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So Julian Schnabel had a little outburst on Monday at the Oscar-nominees’ luncheon, wherein he said to the Los Angeles Times, “It’s interesting to be nominated for Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, but not Best Picture. I don’t know what else you have to do to make a picture.” Obviously, we, as dedicated Schnabelites, find this quip charming and endearing and, frankly, quite right, but Vanity Fair Oscar blogger S.T. VanAirsdale was not amused. He called the Schnab’s remarks “ungracious” and the man himself “thin-skinned,” and then gloated about how Schnabel actually did get sort of shafted by the Academy and how “it’s okay to pity him” even though he’s so, like, difficult. Now, we don’t know who or what this S.T. VanAirsdale is — we imagine this little rant being written by a prize-winning terrier — but this will not stand. Clearly, VanAirsdale has not been so fortunate as to receive a Schnug from the Diving Bell and the Butterfly director, but has he ever seen the man? Schnabel is not thin, -skinned or otherwise. He is sensitive and Schnabulous, and he does not need anyone’s pity, okay? God.
Little Gold Men [VF via Carpetbagger/NYT]
