You can’t please all the people all the time. So while we give kudos to Oscar for delivering an almost perfect slate of Best Picture nominees, here are some folks who got cheated:
* Matt Damon for “True Grit” and “Hereafter.” This is what happens when you’re so good in movie after movie after movie. Hollywood takes you for granted.
* Halle Berry was touted in the pre-Oscar season for her work in “Frankie and Alice.” But after a Golden Globe nomination, she has fallen off the map, along with minority actors in general. Last year we had “Precious.” This year … nada.
* Julianne Moore for “The Kids Are All Right.” Co-star Annette Bening got the nod, so why not Moore, who more than held up her end of the deal?
* “Despicable Me.” This terrifically funny film got squeezed out of the animated-feature competition, for which there were only three nominees this year. What gives? Well, Oscar rules say that to have five nominations in this category, there must be at least 16 eligible films. And this year there were only 15. Sheesh.