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Academy Screws Renfro, In Memoriam

Posted Feb 25th 2008 1:34PM by TMZ Staff

So in case you missed it, Brad Renfro was ignored during the "in memoriam" montage on the Oscars last night. You're not gonna believe the statement the Academy gave TMZ.

The tape featured 50 movie types who died in the last year. They included actors, studio execs, makeup artists, agents, and on and on. Renfro was nowhere to be seen. We asked the Academy why and they gave us the following statement: "It is simply not possible to include everyone in that segment."

Interesting. Renfro, whose credits include "The Client," "Apt Pupil" and "Sleepers," seems like a bigger player than Margaret Gardner, the head of the international division of a P.R. firm.

Someone in Renfro's world called the slap in the face "unbelievable and disgusting." We couldn't have said it better ourselves.

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76. Instead of yaking about it at the tmz website, which I guarantee The Academy is not monitoring, why not register your disagreement at http://www.oscars.org/contact/general.html. If they get enough emails, they might just issue an apology! ...Just an idea...

Posted at 1:59PM on Feb 25th 2008 by erin

77. his name smells of gay!

Posted at 1:58PM on Feb 25th 2008 by shi* head

78. to everyone saying Brad died in 2008 and not 2007...SO DID HEATH

i don't really know what their reasoning was, or if it's because what most of you are saying ... that he was never nominated or whatever, but i was surpised last night when they didn't show him.

Posted at 1:58PM on Feb 25th 2008 by hey ....

79. Scheider died earlier this month and undoubted will be recognized at the ceremonies next year, as would be appropriate.

Posted at 2:00PM on Feb 25th 2008 by Ken

80. I'll type s l o w l y for all you that can't seem to read....Roy Scheider died AFTER the January 31st cutoff date!

Posted at 2:01PM on Feb 25th 2008 by READ!!!!!

81. Hi, I waited for his tribute as well. Here's is Brad's funeral book.
http://www.legacy.com/KnoxNews/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=101570815

Posted at 2:02PM on Feb 25th 2008 by Janice from Florida

82. And if it was for the year previous, why would they issue that ridiculous statement about not being able to fit everyone in? They fit 98 people, but couldn't fit one more? If it really was for the previous year, why didn't they just say that? It was a cop out, if ya ask me.

Posted at 2:03PM on Feb 25th 2008 by TattedUpChick

83. That's a good suggestion, erin, but it will be fruitless in the end. The fact is (sorry Renfro fans and apologists) that Renfro just didn't rate a mention. He was not particularly distinguished in a "long and honored" type of acting career and he was a repeated junkie and a suicide case.

Posted at 2:03PM on Feb 25th 2008 by Ken

84. That's so sad. It's especially so, because I remember seeing a Brad Renfro interview in which he was asked how he would like to be remembered. His answer? Something to the effect of...."I'd like to be remembered as a good actor". So much for that, Academy! Never before have I actually sat there and thought "I don't know practically ANYONE in this (super long) montage!". And then, to top it all off....you have the nerve to FORGET Brad Renfro. Truly pathetic.

Posted at 2:03PM on Feb 25th 2008 by mg32

85. RENFRO, BRAD BARRON - age 25, of Los Angeles, formerly of Knoxville, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2008. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors: son, Y Renfro; father and step-mother, Mark and Kim Renfro; mother and step-father, Angel and Rick Olsen; paternal grandmother, Joanne Renfro; maternal grandmother, Judy Hurt; sister, Haley Rose Olsen; step-brother, Dane Hoffmeister; several aunts, uncles and cousins; special friends, Jesse Hasek and Matthew Earl. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the charity of your choice. A funeral service will be held 8:00 p.m. Monday at Stevens Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Michael Earl officiating. The family and friends will meet 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at Stevens Mortuary and go in procession to Red House Cemetery in Blaine for a graveside service and interment at 12:00 noon. Pallbearers: Michael Franklin, Ryan Fisher, Jesse Hasek, Christopher Wilson, Matthew Earl, and Darryl Wilson. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday at Stevens Mortuary, Oglewood Avenue at North Broadway. Mr. Renfro's guest book is also available at www.stevensmortuaryinc.com.

Published in the Knoxville News Sentinel from 1/20/2008 - 1/21/2008.
Notice • Guest Book • Funeral home info
Flowers • Gift Shop • Charities

Posted at 2:05PM on Feb 25th 2008 by Janice from Florida

86. RENFRO, BRAD BARRON - age 25, of Los Angeles, formerly of Knoxville, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2008. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors: son, Y Renfro; father and step-mother, Mark and Kim Renfro; mother and step-father, Angel and Rick Olsen; paternal grandmother, Joanne Renfro; maternal grandmother, Judy Hurt; sister, Haley Rose Olsen; step-brother, Dane Hoffmeister; several aunts, uncles and cousins; special friends, Jesse Hasek and Matthew Earl. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the charity of your choice. A funeral service will be held 8:00 p.m. Monday at Stevens Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Michael Earl officiating. The family and friends will meet 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at Stevens Mortuary and go in procession to Red House Cemetery in Blaine for a graveside service and interment at 12:00 noon. Pallbearers: Michael Franklin, Ryan Fisher, Jesse Hasek, Christopher Wilson, Matthew Earl, and Darryl Wilson. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday at Stevens Mortuary, Oglewood Avenue at North Broadway. Mr. Renfro's guest book is also available at www.stevensmortuaryinc.com.

Published in the Knoxville News Sentinel from 1/20/2008 - 1/21/2008.
Notice • Guest Book • Funeral home info
Flowers • Gift Shop • Charities

Posted at 2:20PM on Feb 25th 2008 by Janice from Florida

87. They go by a unique calendar year, idiots. Renfro and Roy were both dead too late to make the cut and will be in there next year.

Posted at 2:09PM on Feb 25th 2008 by Shut it, morons

88. TattedUpChick wrote: "If it really was for the previous year, why didn't they just say that?"

You must've missed the printed announcement with the video tribute that clearly defined the time period. There was no "cop out."

Posted at 2:06PM on Feb 25th 2008 by Ken

89. I barely knew who Brad Renfro was when he died, BUT, I learned rather quickly that he was in some pretty good films I had actually seen but didn't know it was him. After learning he was in so many good films I felt he was an excellent actor with a happening career and a promising future for more of the same. Shame on the snobs in Oscar-land for forgetting him.

Posted at 2:06PM on Feb 25th 2008 by pr

90. =================================================================================================
BETTER YET, I IGNORED THE OSCARS! THE MOVIE INDUSTRY IS A DEAD HORSE. THERE ARE NO MORE "STARS", JUST VERY EXPENSIVE PIGS!!!!!

Posted at 2:11PM on Feb 25th 2008 by Steven

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