The Irving Thalberg award is giving to producers who we can say have reached legendary status. Also about 70-90% of the artists, who have won the Irving award would have won an Oscar for best picture years earlier or would have been nominated.
Also. the academy gives the award based on who they think produced the best movie. reason the producer/producers win the award for ''Best Picture''. I was factually correct in saying the producers get the nomination and the win. it is not an opinion, it was a fact. here is the fact seen on this video.
I am using this clip as a perfect example because I very much remember watching the award that year, and was surprised Scorsese did not win 2 Oscars that night until I realised that he was not a producer on the departed, so he did not get any award for best picture even though he directed the film.
As said in the clip, the award goes to the producers. Unless Jack Nicolson and Diane Keaton were not reading things correctly.
Feige is already a nominee for producing Black Panther. his nomination is listed like this.Saying Feige could be nominated for "best producer" is nonsensical. It is only the honorary Irving Thalberg Award that is for producers.
Best Picture Nomination- Black Panther
Producer- Kevin Feige.