Blog Posts by Meriah Doty

Anne Hathaway in the Oscars press room on Sunday (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Perhaps Anne Hathaway knew her backstage audience was filled with dozens of jaded press members waiting to pounce. After all, she has had a bit of an acceptance-speech deficit lately. The 30-year-old was all "thank yous" and genuine humility in the Oscars press room. She even got teary.

9/11 victim Bradley Fetchet (Photo courtesy of CBS News)

The intro to "Zero Dark Thirty" dramatically -- and grimly -- sets the tone for the rest of the film. It is an interpretation of the horror and chaos that occurred on September 11, 2001, in New York. And the sequence utilizes, in part, audio of some of the actual victims who died on that tragic day.

One of those victims' voices was Bradley Fetchet's. And his parents are not happy his last words were used in a commercial film.

Lupe Ontiveros (Photo: (Photo: Everett Collection)We noted earlier the big names that didn't make this year's Oscar show In Memoriam segment; and the late, prolific Latina actress Lupe Ontiveros was one of them.

The late performer, who died in July at the age of 69, appeared in titles, including, "The Goonies" (1985), "Selena" (1997), television's "Desperate Housewives," and the Oscar-winning film "As Good As It Gets" (1997).

On Tuesday, the National Hispanic Media Coalition spoke out against the Academy's omission of Ontiveros, pointing out that she was denied Academy membership. "It is astonishing that an actress of Ontiveros' caliber and experience was denied membership to the Academy," the NHMC wrote in a statement, adding, "We ask that the Academy take a moment to pause and reflect on its commitment to the growing U.S. Latino talent."