"Shit! He got robbed."

I was knee-deep in Madonna recapping this morning when the Oscar nominations were announced—some real surprises in there, including only two nominees for song (suck it, Elton John), a full five nominees for animated feature (but no Gnomeo & Juliet, so...maybe David Furnish & Elton John can 69-suck it!), no recognition for Bill Cunningham New York, no Leo DiCaprio (yet STILL no space for Michael Fassbender) and quite a few more.

Here is what I heard from the ultimate Oscars expert, Nathaniel from The Film Experience Blog:

This is from a Facebook back-and-forth between Elton John's aged kept boy David Furnish and William Orbit, and actually gifted musician. Unbelievable! Orbit was quite gracious in his comment and then Furnish has the stones to say Orbit "wouldn't know a good song if it hit you over the head" and to repeat rumors that Madonna had banished Orbit after working with him in a public forum.

Furnish has since apologized (sorta) for his comments about Madonna.

David Furnish, after calling Madonna "desperate" and "embarrassing" and saying she should stay out of movies and stick with music, among other choice words ("Fuck off!" was in there somewhere), has taken to Facebook to act as if the whole thing was "a tempest in a teapot" and his words have been "blown way out of proportion."

Chalking his comments up to his passion for his Gnomeo & Juliet project and its song, he now says of Madonna:

"I must say for the record that I do believe Madonna is a great artist, and that Elton and I wish her all the best for next week's premiere of the film W.E."

Don't worry, David, the record will reflect this desperate and embarrassing and phony change of heart!