Oscar bait nominated for Oscars. For that reason studios plan their Oscar promotional campaigns long before the movie is even released. It has been estimated that The Weinstein Company spent $15 million on its Oscar campaign for "The King's Speech", almost as much as was spent on the Oscar campaign of Weinstein-produced 1998 Best Picture Winner "Shakespeare in Love". Actors, too, benefit at least financially from Oscar wins. Agents and managers estimate that their clients can get as much as 20% more money for their next projects if they win an Oscar or at least received a nomination. Natalie Portman was expected
Mrs. Grouch normal Grouchy way (Oscar: "Rotten to see ya, Ma." Mrs. Grouch: "Ah, rotten to see you too, son. Heh heh heh!"), which is how Grouch families tell each other that they really are happy to see each other. Mrs. Grouch lives in Illinois. Oscar remembers her gift of a tattered sneaker to him as a baby fondly enough to sing about it in his signature song, "I Love Trash". Her name is mentioned in "Sesame Street Magazine" issue 249 (November 1995). According to an interview on "Q", Oscar explained that his father is from Saint David Ridge, New Brunswick, and