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    LZ Granderson: Give stunt work its own category at the Oscars

    by LZ Granderson, Los Angeles Times Mar 08, 2024 3 minutes
    Tom Cruise does his own motorcycle stunt jumping off a ramp on a mountain and skydiving to floor of valley in "Mission: Impossible- Dead Reckoning Part One."

    It's especially noteworthy that there's still no Oscar category for stunt coordinator because at the first Academy Awards, the movie that earned best picture did so by showcasing breathtaking stunt work. The 1927 film "Wings" was nominated in only one other category — engineering effects — when it took home the trophy for what was then called "Outstanding Picture."

    Since then the academy has selected 15 more war movies as the year's best, with "Oppenheimer" expected to make it 17 this weekend. Most of them undergirded by the

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