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A Short Biography of Rex Taylor Reed

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Rex Taylor Reed

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Rex Taylor Reed

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02 Oct 1938

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Movie critic                          
                          
Mother  Jewell née Smith
Father  James M. Reed
                          
                          
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After Jack Palance presented the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress to Marisa Tomei in 1992, Reed started a rumour that Palance had erroneously called out the wrong name because he was unable to read the printing on the card inside the envelope, became confused or was too "drunk" or "stoned" to announce the winner properly. By 1997 Reed was espousing on television his claim that a "massive cover-up" was underway to prevent the public from finding out about the mistake.
Critic Roger Ebert commented on his website that "Not only is the rumor untrue, it is unfair to Marisa Tomei, and Rex Reed owes her an apology." The Academy has stated that if such a mistake had occurred, representatives from Price Waterhouse would have stepped onstage to correct it.