It is a well-worn cliché for an Oscar winner to keep their gong in the bathroom. “The whole point is for everybody to pick it up and go, ‘I’d like to thank my son and my dad’,” Kate Winslet said in 2015, after admitting she keeps her 2009 Best Actress award in the downstairs loo.
Winslet’s remarks spoke to a universal truth: everyone wants to get their hands on an Academy Award. Not always by way of actually winning one, it should be said, because few of us have specific Hollywood aspirations. But who wouldn’t say no to handling one for a minute or two?
Some people even go a bit further. Namely, stealing an Oscar altogether.
For as long as there have been Academy Award ceremonies, there have been Oscar thefts and missing statues. Some have vanished in transit, others have been yanked out of celebrity homes. Some...
Winslet’s remarks spoke to a universal truth: everyone wants to get their hands on an Academy Award. Not always by way of actually winning one, it should be said, because few of us have specific Hollywood aspirations. But who wouldn’t say no to handling one for a minute or two?
Some people even go a bit further. Namely, stealing an Oscar altogether.
For as long as there have been Academy Award ceremonies, there have been Oscar thefts and missing statues. Some have vanished in transit, others have been yanked out of celebrity homes. Some...
- 2/8/2023
- by Adam White
- The Independent - Film
When bar expert Jon Taffer, the reality tv star of Bar Rescue, arrives on the scene, you already know a failing bar doesn’t have much time to turn things around. Most episodes start when an inexperienced bar owner calls Jon for help before having to close their doors for good.
In just a few days, Taffer and his team work tirelessly to turn the bar around, sometimes giving it a new name, a complete remodel, and a brand new menu.
But not every episode is a success story. For every bar that’s saved, there are plenty more that fail after Jon leaves. In fact, some bars have even been featured on multiple episodes of Bar Rescue because they just couldn’t get it together.
According to Reality TV Updates, 48 of bar owners took the advice from Jon Taffer, saved their struggling bar, and are still in business in 2022.
Still,...
In just a few days, Taffer and his team work tirelessly to turn the bar around, sometimes giving it a new name, a complete remodel, and a brand new menu.
But not every episode is a success story. For every bar that’s saved, there are plenty more that fail after Jon leaves. In fact, some bars have even been featured on multiple episodes of Bar Rescue because they just couldn’t get it together.
According to Reality TV Updates, 48 of bar owners took the advice from Jon Taffer, saved their struggling bar, and are still in business in 2022.
Still,...
- 9/22/2022
- by Buddy TV
- buddytv.com
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