Best Song: "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" (2005)

Scene from Hustle & Flow

Welcome to Best Song, a new weekly column released on Sunday dedicated to chronicling the Best Original Song category over the course of its many decades. The goal is to listen to and critique every song that has ever been nominated in the category as well as find the Best Best Song and the Best Loser. By the end, we'll have a comprehensive list of this music category and will hopefully have a better understanding not only of the evolution, but what it takes to receive a nomination here. It may seem easy now, but wait until the bad years.

Director of "Crash" Claims He Wouldn't Have Voted For It, Either

Scene from Crash

There is a common notion among movie fans: director Paul Haggis' Crash is the worst Best Picture winner of all time. While that hyperbole is a little unwarranted (I dislike Chariots of Fire the most), there is some levity in those numbers. Is the ensemble story of Los Angeles, CA citizens dealing with racism totally void of its honor? It was a year when director Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain was primed to win, but considering the statistics I discussed in Failed Oscar Campaigns, it makes sense a little why Crash won. However, if you're looking for interesting fodder to fuel your "Worst winner ever" campaign, today marks a pretty juicy piece of news: Haggis didn't think that his film should've won either.

Nothing But the Best: "Crash" (2005)

Left to right: Ludacris and Larenz Tate

Welcome to the series Nothing But the Best in which I chronicle all of the Academy Award Best Picture winners as they celebrate their anniversaries. Instead of going in chronological order, this series will be presented on each film's anniversary and will feature personal opinions as well as facts regarding its legacy and behind the scenes information. The goal is to create an in depth essay for each film while looking not only how the medium progressed, but how the film is integral to pop culture. In some cases, it will be easy. Others not so much. Without further ado, let's start the show.