The Oscarfest is tonight, and we've reached the end of our "Countdown" (which started over thirty days ago!). Many thanks to those of you who played along. A special thanks to my "guests": Kelly Anders, Garrett Levin, Jacqui Lipton, Lance McMillian, and Collin Miller. I've made some new friends!
Today's parting shot: "I have won more than a single Oscar, and I've been nominated on numerous occasions for my acting prowess. And to think that I may have been a lawyer, but for sleeping in on the morning of an interview with a law school admissions office. Who am I?"
Pictured: Nancy Rapoport, the Gordon Silver professor of law at UNLV. My friend Nancy has a "listing" over at imdb.com. Might she be the only two-time law school dean in the history of legal academia to appear in an Oscar-nominated film?
No guesses from me, but I've enjoyed this series of posts, Tim, and am sorry to see it end. Thanks for doing it.
Posted by: Kim Krawiec | March 07, 2010 at 01:03 PM
Thanks, Kim.
Tomorrow I start "Oscar Countdown: Day 364."
Just kidding!
Posted by: Tim Zinnecker | March 07, 2010 at 01:54 PM
Meryl Streep!
Posted by: Michael Higdon | March 07, 2010 at 02:22 PM
Thanks, Tim, for doing the Oscar countdown and for letting me join in. I had a blast!
Posted by: Jacqueline Lipton | March 07, 2010 at 05:06 PM
Meryl Streep and I are the same age, and I don't think that law schools requested (or even did) any admissions interviews in those days. According to another source she slept through the LSAT, which seems more likely.
Anyhow, thanks Tim -- I've enjoyed the countdown.
Posted by: Steven Lubet | March 07, 2010 at 05:21 PM
Meryl Streep is indeed the correct answer!
Source:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000658/bio
Believe it or not, I'm working that bit of trivia into an article that I'll be submitting to journals in a day or so.
She's my pick tonight in the Best Actress category. Shocking, isn't it, that she last won an Oscar over 25 years ago!
Posted by: Tim Zinnecker | March 07, 2010 at 05:23 PM
Steve, you may indeed be correct. (I posted my comment before reading yours.) I'd love to know your "source" (privately, or in a comment). Oversleeping and missing the LSAT may indeed have been a sign that she might be destined for greatness in another line of work.
Whatever the reason, I'm delighted she became an actress. I'm a big fan. And I have often thought that she should have been nominated for THE RIVER WILD -- a role that was a significant departure from her norm (at least at the time).
Posted by: Tim Zinnecker | March 07, 2010 at 05:37 PM
It would have been nice to see Streep win, but I am happy for Bullock. Her acceptance speech was touching. Thanks so much to Tim for generously including me in the pre-Oscar posts. It was great fun.
Posted by: Kelly Anders | March 08, 2010 at 02:46 PM