No Moore Oscars in '05

The Academy Award nominations were announced today, and while I couldn't possibly care less who wins, I did enjoy these two paragraphs from the Fox News story:

Mel Gibson's religious blockbuster "The Passion of the Christ" missed out on main categories, but did pick up nominations for cinematography, makeup and original score.

Michael Moore's gamble to hold his hit film "Fahrenheit 9/11" out of the documentary category -- to boost its best-picture prospects -- backfired. The movie was shut out across the board.

Michael Moore has to be crushed (and that's not easy). I'm sure he was expecting Hollywood to rally around him following their defeat in the November election, and he's been taking out those silly "For Your Consideration" ads in Variety and other newspapers to flog his movie.

Meanwhile, Mel Gibson did no promotion whatsoever for "The Passion" and got three nominations. Granted their in minor categories and he probably won't win any of them (I just can't see Hollywood honoring Mel for completely circumventing their system), it's at least a moral victory for Gibson.