Cher responds with grace to viral criticism of Michael Douglas’ Oscar win for 1988’s “Moonstruck.” A rep for the music and acting icon vainly told Entertainment Weekly: “Cher loves Michael Douglas.”
At the 60th Academy Awards in April 1988, Cher won best actress, beating Douglas’s “Fatal Attraction” co-star Glenn Close. Almost 40 years later, Douglas still disagrees with the Academy’s decision. Douglas, who recently appeared with Close on an episode of “The Graham Norton Show,” noted: “She should have won [the Oscar] With ‘Fatal Attraction’ and I believe Close was nominated, [for] When the actor realized Cher had won the Oscar, Norton responded, “Oh wow,” and Douglas began dissing Cher: “I know, we all said so!”
As the studio audience laughed, Close turned to Douglas and replied, “Michael, be nice.”
All three actors were nominated for the 1988 Oscars; Cher won the best actress award for the movie “Moonstruck” and Douglas won the best actor award for his role in Oliver Stone’s movie “Wall Street”. While Douglas had the only nomination for his film, “Moonstruck” was awarded six awards, including best picture. The romantic comedy also won Oscars for adapted screenplay and supporting actress (Olympia Dukakis). Meanwhile, “Fatal Attraction” was nominated for six Oscars but went home empty-handed. Both films competed for best picture and best director but lost to “The Last Emperor” and Bernardo Bertolucci, respectively.
As Douglas notes, Close entered the 1988 Oscars as a four-time Oscar nominee. She had previously received three nominations in the best supporting actress category for the films “The World According to Garp”, “The Big Chill” and “The Natural”. “Fatal Attraction” marked Close’s first best actress nomination. He was later nominated for an Oscar four more times for the films “Dangerous Liaisons,” “Albert Nobbs,” “The Wife” and “Hillbilly Elegy.” He hasn’t yet won a competitive Oscar, but he will be awarded an honorary statue at the Governors Awards this month.
Cher, meanwhile, won an Oscar for “Moonstruck” after previously being nominated for best supporting actress in 1984 for “Silkwood.”