Media: Radio - Naomi Watts wuz robbed!

"Naomi Watts deserved an Oscar nomination this year. Naomi Watts was cheated by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Had she, in a just world, been nominated, Watts this Sunday would be accepting a best actress award for her role in King Kong.

If you haven't seen Naomi Watts in King Kong, you missed what may be the most spectacular performance in the history of screen spectaculars. (Unless it's still playing on a big screen near you, in which case: Go.) There's a reason King Kong transcends its trademark sequences -- the seething fighting dinosaurs, the treacherous-limbed cave beasties, and the biplanes soaring noisily around the tip of the Empire State Building. That one reason is Watts, and a shot of her in a simple white dress, eyes brimming with tears, is more riveting than all the digital effects combined.

What enchants is not simply Watts' glorious beauty. It's her soul-baring relationship with the camera. Imagine this singularly daunting technical challenge: Naomi Watts acting her heart out, wrenchingly -- against a blue screen, perched in a giant mechanical ape hand, and with nothing to act against. She does it with élan, true emotion, and moving complexity. Did Judy Dench surmount such impossibilities? Did Charlize Theron? Not this year, and they've both already won Oscars!"