doubleofive said:
I heard that the VFX guys who won for Life of Pi got cut off as soon as they mentioned how they hadn't gotten paid for doing the effects yet and were going out of business.
I guess the Academy likes pretty things, but doesn't care about actually keeping them around.
Here's a link to the protest that was also going on outside:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/feb/25/oscars-protest-life-of-pi
They were the ones played off with Jaws, IIRC.