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The overuse of Beyonce in that ceremony is why I thought they'd want to bring her back here and give her the spotlight again, especially after how prominent Lady Gaga was last year (and rightfully so). I'm glad they didn't go that route.

I'm glad too. I guess the producers of the show would've loved her to be nominated, but they have some other really famous performers this year, so they don't really need her this time to help with the ratings. By the way, just out of curiosity, for what performances do you think Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie weren't deserving of being nominated?

It was the movie The Tourist (2010). It was critically panned but Depp and Jolie were nominated for Golden Globes for their performances (not Oscars as I originally thought). There was a lot of controversy over that and online, everyone says they were only nominated to boost ratings.

I had forgotten they were nominated at the Golden Globes for that film. I agree with you, those nominations weren't deserved at all. Though, to be fair, looking at the films nominated in the Musical or Comedy category that year (three of them have a rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes: The Tourist, Alice in Wonderland and Burlesque), it probably wasn't a good year for those types of movies, so that might've been a factor too. Either way, I've also heard they've been accused of doing that several times. And it could be true because unlike the Academy, which has thousands of members, they're a really small number and it would be easier for them to speak among themselves and plan who to vote.

Makoto Shinkai's Weathering With You was the biggest hit of the year in Japan, with the director's follow-up to smash hit Your Name pulling in $129 million. It was a bumper year for Disney, which released the four top-grossing imports, led by Frozen 2 with $117 million, Aladdin pulling in $111 million, Toy Story 4 taking $92.5 million and Lion King, which brought in $63 million in Japan.

Razzie Redeemer Award

Eddie Murphy — Dolemite Is My Name
Keanu Reeves — John Wick 3 & Toy Story 4
Adam Sandler — Uncut Gems
Jennifer Lopez — Hustlers
Will Smith — Aladdin

The Razzie voters don't actually watch the movies they nominate.

Favorite Movie

Aladdin
Avengers: Endgame
Captain Marvel
Jumanji: The Next Level
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Favorite Movie Actor

Chris Evans — Avengers: Endgame
Chris Hemsworth — Avengers: Endgame, Men in Black: International
Dwayne Johnson — Hobbs & Shaw, Jumanji: The Next Level
Kevin Hart — Jumanji: The Next Level
Tom Holland — Spider-Man: Far From Home
Will Smith — Aladdin

General Video (Variety)

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert: Stephen Has a Story
Behind the Scenes of Aladdin Crosswalk the Musical w/ Will Smith
Leonardo DiCaprio & Quentin Tarantino Break Down Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s Main Character
Best Interview Ever: Gaten Matarazzo
If I Could Tell You Just One Thing

Aladdin cost more than Disney’s 2017 feature live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, $185M to $160M before P&A, even though the genie’s overall global costs were slightly lower at $455M compared with Beauty‘s near half billion. Overall difference? Beast made more with $912.5M in all global theatrical, TV and home entertainment revenues to Aladdin‘s $811M. Participations of $25M were mostly collected by Ritchie and Smith. Interest here at $30M is the amount figured on production costs; essentially when a studio looks at their own profitability, it includes an allocation for their borrowing costs. Net profit for Aladdin was $356M versus Beauty and the Beast‘s $414.7M.

In the case of Corpse Bride, John August worked directly with Danny Elfman and shares a writing credit on the songs. “What I’ve classically done, I just write the songs and I know the songs are going to get swapped out at some point… The same thing happened with Aladdin. I wrote some new songs and then Alan Menken swapped them out.”

I wonder why they would've had another composer working on the Aladdin re-make? At least he's humble enough to realize his work was going to be thrown away as soon as Menken came aboard.