At some point(s) tonight, the liberal Hollywood communists will say or do something that makes the wingers foam at the mouth. I don’t know what it will be, there’s so many possibilities, and I’m not as adept with winger hermeneutics as I used to be.
If I’m Rick Santorum (sorry for the Grudenese, but there’s no off-season anymore), I’m thinking about turning Michelle Williams’ Palestinian scarf or Viola Davis’s terror fist pump or whatever into a Two Minutes Hate fund-raising, attention-getting opportunity. Use this an open thread to comment on the Oscar moments that might get the right riled up (remember, it could just as easily happen on the red carpet as during the awards ceremony itself).
Update. Here’s the mistake I think Republican candidates make: they wait for Rush or Drudge to find something crazy to yell about, then they fall in behind them and yell about it too. They should be more pro-active, have a staff that finds crazy stuff to scream about, and get out in front of the Two Minutes Hate. Sarah Palin is good about this, “death panels” was a big hit for her. Why don’t the presidential candidates take more fliers on things like that? When it pans out, it can be political gold.
Update. I just tuned in. Why is Billy Crystal dressed as a matador?
chopper
if only brokeback mountain came out this last year, they could make so many santorum jokes tonight.
redshirt
I hope one of the winners gives a huge shout out to Obama and Rih decides that proves LIBERAL HOLLYWOOD is 100% supporting Obama, and brainwashing our children and voters via TV and Movies.
Good Republican Christians only watch Christian channels, run by Christians, for Christians.
Maude
I miss Marlon Brando. He made them foam at the mouth.
The Republican Party has gone thar.
Mark S.
There’s also the NBA All Star game. It’s always possible that Kevin Durant or Derrick Rose might slip and praise Allah after the game.
Brian R.
THAT GUY can really bring the crazy talk. In fact, I’d say of all the NUTJOBS in the GRAND OLD PARTY, THAT GUY is the best at the crazy talk. Man, I love THAT GUY!
cmorenc
Maybe Billy Crystal will start telling some good Chuck Norris jokes to warm up the crowd.
David Koch
Clooney’s girlfriend is a fuckin knockout!!
http://www.nationalconfidential.com/images/2011/09/stacy-keibler-ides4.jpg
MaxxLange
Clooney gets ALL the ass
Villago Delenda Est
Bare arms.
The tools of Satan.
Mark S.
@David Koch:
Man, you’re supposed to say she’s “a real piece of ass.” Stay in character!
David Koch
They’re gonna be pissed when Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis speed away in their purple cadillacs, drinking gin and juice outta their oscar statuettes.
General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero)
Reading memorandum on the current goings on, especially with Santorum’s religious puke funnel set on rock and roll, I’m only getting murky vibes of despair from the propeller head krews on the right. Stacey McCain or Jim Hoft can always be counted on for cranking up the outrage organ regardless of reality. And then there is always Atlas Juggs calling for her usual sustained carpet bombing of Islam. I wonder if mere actors and the like can move the wingers much these days. They seem to have gone beyond the usual hot buttons, into either a suicidal crouch, or Peak Wingnut worthy mindlessness.
David Koch
Nolte sure got old.
JGabriel
DougJ:
When The Help cast gets uppity.
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elftx
@David Koch:
No chit…I have not seen him in ages and I swear my jaw hit the floor!
JGabriel
@David Koch:
Dude is 71. Of course he got old.
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Jim C
They could always just red bait the Red Carpet itself.
jl
@Villago Delenda Est: yeah, I agree, look for a deranged tirade against bare arms on hot floozies, tools of Satan. Parlay that into a nice FLOTUS tie in, or deft insinuendo.
DougJarvus Green-Ellis
@David Koch:
Not bad for a beard.
Chyron HR
Nah. I predict that whatever movie wins big will be retroactively hailed as a piece of Conservative Art, which proves that America is on their side and liberalism is doomed.
See also: Ghostbusters, a film in which a group of scientists discover that the world is in peril from a certain phenomenon, and the secondary villain is a buffoon who claims that they’re just perpetrating a hoax in order to get rich. But it’s totally conservative because EPA LOLZ.
David Koch
This was a great moment. When Vanessa Redgrave got booed for giving Meir Kahane the middle finger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeGWxHvKs48
Randiego
A bunch of Frenchys there too. How perverted if that kind could win.
Quarks
Wait, 20 comments in on a sorta Oscar open thread and no one’s mentioned Sasha Baron Cohen yet?
Raven
“And the winners are…Indiana, 86–68.”
Actor and basketball fan Elliott Gould ripped open the envelope and made that announcement at the Academy Awards just as he was supposed to name the winner of the Oscar for Best Film Editing, Monday night, March 29. Then the world knew what Bobby Knight and his unbeaten Hoosiers had wrought.”
lamh35
I’m not gonna really watch the actual telecast. I usually DVR these things then read liveblogs of the events and go back to the telecast later.
I do watch the red carpet though, and first of all I just gotta say Colin Firth….hmmmm!
Also, shout out to Viola Davis who looked beautiful on the carpet rockin’ a Natural ‘Do. As an African American female who wears her hair natural, it was all the rage with all my friends.
Viola Davis
Viola Davis Hairdo
Comrade Mary
What did Cohen do with sand? I tuned into red carpet and saw Ryan whatsisface in a snit about it.
JGabriel
Someone will make a Santorum double (or triple) entendre, and Man on Dog will call it a blood libel.
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Suffern ACE
Well they’ve come out strongly against kids movies that offer messages like hope and cooperation. I’m sure whatever takes the best animated feature Oscar will get the treatment it deserves.
David Koch
@Chyron HR:
Digya know, Obama was in Ghostbusters.
http://nicolemerrifield.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/obama-view-proton-pack-ghostbusters.jpg
http://images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/20111027//425.bill.cm.112711.jpg
Silver
The one that makes a scene about “Senna” getting snubbed gets my vote.
Quarks
@Comrade Mary: He came in with an urn full of the “ashes” of Kim Jong II and then dumped them on Ryan Seacrest, making the Twitterverse all happy if only for a brief moment of unity.
eric
In the spirit of the Gruden reference, I am going to channel Hubie Brown: ” you are george clooney and you are a mega-star in this league. you can say whatever you want and no one can stop you. you can pass to your supporting cast or you can take it to the hole strong and finish with the ladies. You are the a-list of the a-list. You can dominate the stage with your presence and put Obama up there on your shoulders and pronounce him jesus. you gotta finish the play and make santorum work into a lather trying to attack your remarks. Go big fella. Go.”
Karen
I have to admit that tomorrow I’ll be watching Fashion Police and their…er…critique of the clothes worn on the Red Carpet. It’s a guilty pleasure of mine. Well, not so guilty pleasure but ever since Brokeback lost, I lost interest in the Oscars themselves.
David Koch
@JGabriel: he looks like he’s 130.
Robert DeNiro is 69 and Nolte doesn’t look 2 years older, he looks 25 years older.
Spaghetti Lee
Well, Betsy McCaughey thought up ‘death panels.’ Don’t know how it got from her to Palin, though I’d make an educated guess that William Kristol was involved.
I actually think there’s a landmine of wingnut butthurt just waiting to be stepped on at this show. Best Foreign Picture favorite is Iranian, the Frenchies behind The Artist will win a lot, two black women could win best actress and supporting actress…getcha popcorn ready!
Spaghetti Lee
I’ll be watching the Oscars, myself. Pompous, bloated, irrelevant, throw whatever words you want at it (and it’s not a very great year for cinema either, imho), but I just like ’em. I like nostalgia and tradition. And I assume that this year James Franco has a restraining order of 5,000 feet.
ETA: I will say that I could not possibly give even half a damn about the dresses, fashions, etc. Probably my Y chromosome.
Karen
@Suffern ACE:
They’re already bitching about the Lorax and it’s liberal message from liberal Hollywood but if they should be bitching at anyone, it should be Dr. Seuss who wrote the story long ago. They just need to make a movie from some conservative children’s author talking about how fresh air causes cancer or how polluted drinking water is actually healthier than clean water.
Baud
So which one of the Republican presidential candidates is going to win Best Actor in a Comedy this year?
JPL
Chris Dodd appeared to enjoy his red carpet treatment. It must be nice retiring from the Senate and becoming a lobbyist for Hollywood.
JPL
@Spaghetti Lee: Rush will have a good day tomorrow explaining how we are all going to hell and the President doesn’t believe the USA is the bestest country ever.
sandy
why isn’t The Star Spangled Banner sung at the beginning of it? what are they, too good to show some patriotism? in a time of war.
Comrade Mary
[tiny voice] Tom Hanks looks kind of hot with that grey goatee.
Spaghetti Lee
@Suffern ACE:
No Pixar and no Ghibli makes for slim pickins’. If Kung Fu Panda wins it will have as many oscars as Martin Scorsese.
@Karen:
Can I just strangle everyone involved with that movie? It was one of my favorites as a kid and they could have made something really important out of it if they cared, but no, they had to go for another easy-money bullshit Shrek ripoff. I’d be surprised if the green message even makes it through all the stupid.
blahblah
I don’t think they’re in Sarah Palin’s league and I’m not sure if that’s good or not.
Hawes
Contrarily, when will the wingers applaud Cohen for stealing Kim Jong Il’s ashes? Sometimes they get behind a joke without realizing it’s a joke.
OTOH, they could point out that Hollywood hangs out with dictators…
Comrade Mary
Oh, that opening montage was not good.
David Koch
Billy’s act really is past its sale date.
lamh35
@Karen: I actually got to admit, I love Fashion Police and whatever her age, Joan Rivers is as sharp as a tack with her witticisms and she is very verbally quick on her feet.
Comrade Mary
OK, who could do a good job as a host, assuming that Ricky Gervais is permanently persona non grata?
Southern Beale
In case y’all missed this …
What. An. Asshole.
Randiego
@David Koch: not working is it?
Suffern ACE
Ughh. I think this would be better as a PowerPoint.
David Koch
This is obama’s fault.
He should have called in a drone strike once he saw Crystal was bombing.
lamh35
@David Koch: @Comrade Mary:
yeah, not good at all. I know the Academy regrets trying to go younger last year with Anne Hathaway and James Franco, but I think they just weren’t the right fit.
My dream host is Neil Patrick Harris, Jimmy Kimmel, or Jimmy Fallon/
Svensker
@MaxxLange:
Does anyone else think that George Clooney is in the closet? He’s very handsome, but something does not ring hetero to me.
Comrade Mary
@lamh35: Yes, NPH has been awesome at the Tonys, so he should be a great choice for the Oscars.
lamh35
@Svensker:
Clooney does sometimes give that Rock Hudson, Cary Grant kinda vibe.
What I do notice though, is that Clooney’s girlfriends keep getting younger as he gets older.
Svensker
@Brian R.:
My son and I do excellent Gruden imitations. You, sir, have it nailed.
That guy drives me insane!
Spaghetti Lee
@Comrade Mary:
I wonder if it’s even possible. It seems like you’ve got to be both entertaining and magnetic, but also deferent to the actual winners, and basically starting over trying to re-win the audience after every commercial break with a new skit without getting tiresome. Seems like it’s just a thankless task. Could they just do away with the host and have the presenters be the only people who speak?
amk
speaking of oscars, tundra twit gets nominated for a razzie.
Comrade Mary
@Spaghetti Lee: Yes, it’s very tough, but Billy used to be able to pull it off, and Carson and Hope before him (warhorses, for sure, but respectable).
lamh35
I want Captain Von Trapp…I mean Christopher Plummer to win for Best Supporting Actor Is Maria…sorry, Julie Andrews here to give him his Oscar?
Stephanie
The Muppets Movie is nominated for best song. That’s proof America is heading down the slippery slope to communism.
Spaghetti Lee
Are they purposefully trying to make the acceptance speeches shorter? Good on them, if so.
Comrade Mary
Errol Morris is using dark rather than light backgrounds now?
JPL
@Svensker: IMO..It’s a win, win. I certainly wouldn’t mind holding Clooney’s arm even if it’s only for a short time.
Southern Beale
Well godammit. Husband said he was going to DVR the Oscars so we could watch the Amazing Race, and we’d fast forward thru the commercials to catch up with the Oscars. Guess who forgot to DVR the Oscars, though?
So what have I missed? How is Billy Crystal>
lamh35
@Spaghetti Lee: I think I saw on twitter somewhere that they told them to keep it to 45 seconds?
JGabriel
@lamh35:
Franco was the wrong fit. Put Anne up there by herself or as co-host with someone that has experience on a stage — like Hugh Jackman or Neil Patrick Harris, or a comedian like Patton Oswalt — and she’ll do fine.
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Comrade Mary
You missed — not much. Crystal has been awful, and the cinematography, art design, makesup and costume awards have been given out.
Foreign film and supporting actress coming up.
Raven
@Comrade Mary: oh he has not, not great but not awful.
lamh35
@JGabriel: true James Franco was def the weakest link. Which is sad for me to say ’cause I find James Franco extremely hot in a stoner kinda way.
DougJarvus Green-Ellis
@JGabriel:
Doogie would be a good choice, I agree.
Tom
And Sandra Bullock speaking Mandarin Chinese takes the lead!
Poopyman
Oh yeah, the non-Chinese (German) spiel we’ll hear about in the morning.
Raven
Well, here it comes. . . .
Randiego
And right there is your wingnut explosion. best foreign film to Iran.
Comrade Mary
Oh hell, let’s get Sandra to host.
Spaghetti Lee
I think we just found our moment.
David Koch
Okay. Jewish Hollywood awards Iranian film — wingers/neo-cons/netanyahu freak out.
John O
I thought J-Lo was very close to a fun wardrobe malfunction.
lamh35
oh oh, the Iranians have invaded Hollywood…hide ur…umm, what do wingnuts usually hide from Iranians???
Southern Beale
Debbie Schlussel is still a horrible person. She just tweeted:
… because Bullock just introduced the best foreign film award category by speaking a few words of Germam.
JPL
Jessica Chastain was pretty good in The Debt.
SiubhanDuinne
@lamh35:
She is lovely. I hope she wins.
lamh35
I do love Sandra Bullock.
Poopyman
@Southern Beale: You are SHITTING us!
Raven
The State of Alabama (hahahahahahahahha)
Spaghetti Lee
@Southern Beale:
Debbie Schlussel is still a horrible person. She just tweeted:
Fix’t.
David Koch
Oh Gawd!
First the Iranians, now the darkies. And they’re giving her a standing ovation, no less. Hollywood is really sticking it to the heartland.
Quarks
@Southern Beale: What the hell?
PeakVT
@Southern Beale: We need to find a way to get all conservative pundits to use Twitter on a daily basis.
Southern Beale
@Spaghetti Lee:
LOLZ. You’re right. My bad. I shouldn’t enable this shit.
Well, the wingnut brigade is gonna freak out over Iran getting the best foreign language film award anyway. Schlussel picked the wrong thing to be an ass about. She should be complaining about Liberal Hollywood being a bunch of terrorist appeasers by reward the Axis of Evil with a big prize.
General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero)
Pair of spanky new Charlie pics for those interested.
One
two
JPL
@Spaghetti Lee: Now I went to her twitter..
Is the President running against the repubs on Super Tuesday? I’m confused..
David Koch
@General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero): looks like Charlie is ready for his close-up.
Spaghetti Lee
You know, I think some of Crystal’s jokes would be quite good if he didn’t stop to smirk for three seconds after each one.
Raven
Best in Show!
“I’ve banged a lot of waitresses in my day baby but you were the best. . .”
JPL
@General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero): How can you not love Charlie.
lamh35
@Spaghetti Lee:
IDK, that Blacks in Beverly Hills joke was awkward…
This whole telecast in kinda off. I guess the Eddie Murphy and Brett Ratner telecast was to target younger viewers, but this telecast seems as if the producers just gave up on the young viewers.
I mean the Guest focus group was great, but they are age-limited if ya know what I mean.
Raven
@lamh35: He just reads the jokes.
but it was bad
Yevgraf
@John O:
Just another inch on JLo’s top…
Poopyman
“Let’s get outta here.”
Classic.
Mike G
@Silver:
This.
I went to see it at the Landmark in West LA (ground zero for the movie biz crowd) last year and the theater was packed for every showing, so I thought it might get some recognition at Oscar time. But they always seem to go for “message-y” or sentimental topics.
JPL
Three..Hugo.. One..The Artist
just sayin
edit..it would have been hard for the artist to win a sound mixing oscar though…
Randiego
Boy, only two hours to go…..
Southern Beale
So I gather from her Twitter feed that Debbie Schlussel hates Sandra Bullock because Bullock’s ex-husband had an affair with a stripper who once posed for a picture wearing a swastika armband. Yeah, FUCK HER the anti-Semite bitch! /sarcasm
Suffern ACE
So far, Ellen is ahead on commercial rollouts.
rikyrah
@Svensker:
And here I am thinking Clooney is the most honest guy in the room. been married, tells everyone, I’m not getting married…so, don’t think you can change me.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero): Charlie!!! Much better than handsome guys with hot beards.
Mike G
@lamh35:
Hathaway was OK but Franco was a mess.
Billy Crystal I find tiresomely smug.
I’d like to see Stephen Colbert host the Oscars.
JPL
What’s up with Wikipedia?
SiubhanDuinne
@General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero):
LOVE.
lamh35
Man, is Cirque de Soleil as crazy in person as it is on the screen?
It kinda looks awesome.
lamh35
Robert Downey Jr should host the Oscars!!!
John O
@Mike G:
Colbert would be great! FSM knows he can sing.
elmertfudd
@eric: Into a froth, not a lather….
elmertfudd
@lamh35: It can be.
RandomChick
FYI – I know John was talking about looking forward to the new series “Awake”. I just went to the NBC web site to check the premiere date and saw they have a sneak preview available.
You can watch the whole premiere episode online NOW. I’m about half way through it in another window. So far, no commercials. I’ve never even heard of a station letting viewers watch a show free online before it’s even been aired.
BTW, it is pretty damn good. I think this might be a must-see series.
John O
@lamh35:
I’ve never seen the show, but everyone I know says they’re unbelievable.
PeakVT
@JPL: Looks like “bits” – which serves up the CSS – is hosed ATM.
ETA: @RandomChick: “Buzz” is essential in social-media world. Looks like a good move by NBC, if your reaction is typical.
Southern Beale
@lamh35:
Yeah it’s pretty incredible. Don’t go tripping on acid, I think you’d freak out.
Poopyman
@lamh35: There is NO comparison.
If you get a chance to see them live, GO.
JPL
@PeakVT: it’s back..
SiubhanDuinne
@JPL:
That is weird. Nothing’s loading over there.
Spaghetti Lee
That Chris Rock bit made me laugh.
Southern Beale
Speaking of “buzz” and movies, we saw “Wanderlust” today. Hilarious.
Peregrinus
@Poopyman:
I’ll second this (’cause I forgot to type it up) – CdS is amazing live. Especially if they decide to do one of their more comedic shows. It’s amazing how funny they can be while still being visually impressive and completely and utterly silent.
lamh35
Chris Rock should host the Oscars again!
SiubhanDuinne
@SiubhanDuinne:
All I can find out is that Wikipedia apparently (briefly) fell victim to a hoax report saying Rowan Atkinson had died, but I wouldn’t think that would be enough to freeze the entire site.
PeakVT
@JPL: Still hosed … no, just slow, for me. Wikipedia is probably being hammered right now as everybody tries to update Oscars-related pages.
Mnemosyne
I’m just waiting around for Viola Davis to win. I know it’s more for her 20 years of great work than because The Help was a particularly good movie, but I’m okay with that.
I still wish Melissa McCarthy had won for Best Supporting, but I think Bridesmaids was just too dirty for the Academy to reward.
Suffern ACE
I did think rango was the best animated feature I saw during the past year. I’m surprised that tin tin and toy story 3 weren’t nominated.
Poopyman
Now that was cute – the visual effects intro.
Spaghetti Lee
@Suffern ACE:
TS3 was last year. And maybe TinTin doesn’t qualify as animated.
Keith G
Fire the writers.
Joel
@Quarks: I feel like his gig is up. He was hilarious in Da Ali G show (it helped to have guys like Seth Rogen writing lines for him, too) but his comedy doesn’t translate to movies and his pranksterism worked better when he had the element of surprise.
Whenever I see Sacha Baron Cohen being unfunny, I watch some Ali G clips and remember the good times…
amk
Chris Rock: “I like animation because you can play anything. If you’re a white man, you can play an Arabian prince. And if you’re a black man you can play a donkey, or a zebra! “.
Zing.
Suffern ACE
@spaghetti lee- oh that’s right. They don’t nominate films based on when I rent them.
Mnemosyne
Why are all of these men so short? Seriously. It seems like every actress is about a foot taller than her co-presenter.
JPL
Christopher Plummer should win this one although I like Jonah Hill also,too
General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero)
@Mnemosyne:
Birth control pills, it’s shrinking us menfolk.
Spaghetti Lee
@Mnemosyne:
Heels?
Poopyman
@Mnemosyne: Mrs. P asked the same question almost simultaneously. But Ben Stiller and Billy Crystal aren’t exactly giants.
Comrade Mary
Yay, Plummer!
Poopyman
@Spaghetti Lee: That also.
David Koch
Oh Jeezus.
First Iran, then blacks, and now an Oscar for a gay character. Gay Jewish Hollywood is rubbing salt into the wound.
Poopyman
@Comrade Mary: And still all class.
JPL
My pick list is in rubbles but finally Christopher Plummer comes through.. Yeah!
SiubhanDuinne
Very glad about Plummer. I did like that movie, and he was terrific.
lamh35
@Mnemosyne: yeah, I was hoping for a Melissa McCarthey upset, but alas it was not meant to be.
But yay, Captain Von Trapp won for Best Supporting Actor. I wish he had sung Edelweiss just for DougJ.
sfinny
Very happy about Plummer. I grew up watching him in various roles at the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, CT. He was always amazing.
JPL
@SiubhanDuinne: He over shadowed the other actors. Ewan McGregor is talented but next to Plummer looked like a ‘beginner’ to me. I’m glad that he got his Oscar.
lamh35
@amk:
he ended that with “not a white man…no”.
lamh35
Titanic in 3D…reallY/
Mnemosyne
It’s interesting that Hugo seems to be winning everything it’s up for. Upset?
Comrade Mary
BTW, that’s a gorgeous dress on Cruz, but it looks much darker here than outside on the red carpet, where it was more of a lilac.
Poopyman
John Williams a two-time loser in one night!
lamh35
@Mnemosyne: I haven’t heard anything grand about Hugo other than from critics and film buffs. The average movie goers I know found it boring.
Comrade Mary
Huh. The composer for The Artist, an accordion player (!), looks like the missing Baldwin brother.
Spaghetti Lee
@lamh35:
I loved it.
Is it just me, or is the show getting funnier? This Ferrell/Galifanakis bit is pretty good.
Southern Beale
Is it just me or is the sound off in the Oscar telecast? I’m hearing this weird beeping noise over the audio.
Poopyman
Oh geez! Galafanakis and Farrell.
Anya
@David Koch: A self congratulatory gesture from Hollywood for awarding an Oscar to a black actress for her role in a racist movie.
Southern Beale
@lamh35:
Oh we liked Hugo a lot. We paid the extra couple of clams and saw it in 3D which is totally not necessary. Probably would have enjoyed it more just as a regular movie. But it was good, not as cloying as I expected it to be.
gwangung
Heh. Apparently a sister of a friend of mine was on the team that won an Oscar for visual effects. Cool.
gwangung
Heh. Apparently a sister of a friend of mine was on the team that won an Oscar for visual effects. Cool.
Suffern ACE
@southern Beale – glad you mentioned it. Something is off with the stage mic for presenters. They sound like auto tuned aliens.
amk
twitter
gnomedad
@Southern Beale:
If English was good enough for Jesus, it should be good enough for Sandra.
lamh35
@Spaghetti Lee:
yeah, alot of the non-Billy bits are funny.
BTW, I did love the Muppets movie and I’m kinda upset that they didn’t let the song nominees perform… there was only 2 of the damn things.
Still glad the Muppets won something.
YellowJournalism
Christopher Plummer won? Now I wish I was watching.
Plummer is still a very sexy man. There. I said it. I felt the same way about Paul Newman.
Suffern ACE
Ooooh. Tide resurrects men without hats.
David Koch
PPP (Michigan): Romney 39, Man-on-Dog 37, Paultard 13, Gingrich 9
C’mon, Santo, you can pull it out.
Keith G
@Spaghetti Lee:
Think they wrote their own?
lamh35
Woo! The “Dean” from “Community” just won an Oscar. NBC has got to renew it now right???
Comrade Mary
HERZOG! MOAR HERZOG!
patrick II
Angelina has gotten too thin.
Southern Beale
@patrick II:
No shit, Brad needs to give her a sandwich, what the hell? Maybe it’s for a movie or something.
Spaghetti Lee
To people who have seen Bridesmaids: Is it funnier than the stuff I’m seeing here?
Southern Beale
So tonight I found out that John Corbett, the cute guy from “Sex And The City” and “Northern Exposure,” has been in a relationship with Bo Derek for over 10 years.
lamh35
@Southern Beale:
agreed, the only things that seems to be of a healthy weight on Angelina is her lips, which thank God doesn’t get thinner as her body gets thiner.
She’s beautiful, but I got back and see her in her past pre-Brad roles and she had some depth to her and still looked georg!
WyldPirate
Angelina Jolie looks like Skeletor. I would say she is likely dealing with an eating disorder.
Suffern ACE
Is Angelina sick?
patrick II
Iran and Pakistan, now if we can just work in an academy award to North Korea it will give Rih something to talk about until Super Tuesday.
patrick II
@lamh35:
When Angelina shot Mr. and Mrs. Smith she was absolutely gorgeous. Every time since she has been a little thinner, and now it seems worrying.
Comrade Mary
Michael Douglas looks damn good. May his remission keep going.
YellowJournalism
Bridesmaids was a nice movie, but was overpraised. It has a few hilarious scenes but is not rolling-in-the-aisles funny. It’s quiet-funny.
Mnemosyne
@lamh35:
We’re both total film buffs (and Scorsese fans) so I think we’ll like it. It probably helps that we’ve both seen some of Georges Melies’ films.
And I thought I was the only person in America who was disappointed they didn’t perform the songs. Come on, Oscars, WTH?!
vheidi
@DougJarvus Green-Ellis: wha?
Spaghetti Lee
@Mnemosyne:
Well, for years now I’ve heard post-show complaining about how they don’t like the songs, and they’re too long, and they’re cheesy, and yada yada. Maybe people are just impossible to please.
Mnemosyne
Meh. I knew it would be this guy, but I was still pulling for Scorsese.
Southern Beale
@Suffern ACE:
I’d say running around after 18 children probably doesn’t help but yeah I wondered the same thing.
Comrade Mary
Waiot — there are now mass honorary awards given separately, then the recipients get to stand up in the audience? How long have they been doing this?
OK, death reel coming up.
lamh35
so who’s seen The Artist? Good or overrated?
Mnemosyne
@Comrade Mary:
I’ve never seen them do it this way before. I wonder if the recipients preferred it or if they’ll go back to the usual way next year.
Southern Beale
@lamh35:
I thought it was good but it didn’t live up to all the hype. Still, see it in a theater if you can, it’s worth seeing.
Poopyman
Who is it singing “Wonderful World”??
lamh35
@Comrade Mary: I think it’s new this year. I don’t like it. I hope they bring it back.
I think some of the best part of the ceremony were the honorary Oscars.
lamh35
@Poopyman: Esparanza Spaulding.
Last year’s Grammy Best New Artist winner. She beat out “The Beibs”
Southern Beale
Oh, man. There’s already a Twitter account called @AngiesRightLeg and it already has over 3,000 followers.
lamh35
Okay, so this new Ashley Judd show is basically “Taken” but on a TV screen?
Poopyman
@Poopyman: Esperanza Spaulding. Thank you,-Billy- imh35.
That was great!
(Need to update more often.)
amk
tweet: Meryl Streep wants another Oscar so badly she came dressed as one.
Comrade Mary
Fuck! I had to turn the channel because they’re making the actors slobber all over each other before giving out the awards.
rikyrah
I’ll be blunt..I’m rooting for George!!
Spaghetti Lee
@Southern Beale:
The information age, everybody!
MikeJ
@Southern Beale:
Every good sound person in Hollywood is in the audience, only the b-team left to do the telecast. But yes, it sounds like shit.
Spaghetti Lee
@Comrade Mary:
Yeah, they really oughta just pick up the statue at a drive-thru or something.
martha
@lamh35: It was good but not a “best picture” IMHO, but I think I’m going to get overruled tonight. But definitely worth seeing on the big screen IF you are one who can sit still for 2 hours w/o car chases, etc. (the guy next to me was NOT…he was in pain!)
Comrade Mary
I’m rooting for Oldman — just saw him in it last night.
Comrade Mary
@Spaghetti Lee: If the writing and acting on stage were good, I’d be fine with this, but the presenters are always so stiff and nervous. I liked the old system of naming the actor and just showing them in a clip.
Poopyman
Jean who?
Leadpipe
Uh oh! There the lede Frechy talks funny!
Mnemosyne
@Spaghetti Lee:
Nah, I see her point — it’s weird that they make the presenter do the summary in the first person like they’re such a huge fan.
At least they don’t do it as a group anymore. That was even weirder.
lamh35
Dude from The Artist is certainly easy on the eyes
lamh35
oooh…Colin Firth is speaking now… plz be quiet!!!!
rikyrah
COLIN!!
COLIN!!
LOL
rikyrah
I can be honest… I will never wind up seeing The Artist.
Poopyman
Yay Meryl!
What a field, though.
lamh35
Whoa…..Best Actress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTF!~!!!
rikyrah
Meryl won
Southern Beale
Why is Tom Cruise presenting the Best Picture award?
rikyrah
if you gonna lose, lose to Meryl Streep…now, if it had been Michelle Williams or the Tatoo girl, I woulda been pissed.
danielx
Meryl Streep won Best Actress? A large helping of awesome, thankyewverymuch…
Mnemosyne
Gah! Very irritating. I really wanted that career award for Viola Davis. But at least she seemed happy for Meryl.
Yutsano
@Southern Beale:
Because Scientology likes their hold on Hollywood.
rikyrah
THE ARTIST?
W-T-F?
Poopyman
Huh!
And with that, to bed.
MikeJ
@rikyrah: Who would have thought a good movie would win?
Tripod
The Oscar goes too…..Harvey Weinstein!
Southern Beale
@Yutsano:
Our local Scientologists have been throwing their fucking literature in everyone’s driveway, basically littering the neighborhood for months. Guess they’re too cheap to actually buy a bulk mailing permit.
danielx
@Southern Beale:
There will be a marketing tie-in for dental care products….or possibly a special on sharks.
Mnemosyne
In case you missed the announcement, the irony of The Artist is that it’s a French film that was filmed entirely in Los Angeles — in fact, it was the only one of the nominees to be filmed in LA.
amk
tweet: Last year’s best picture: An English dude who couldn’t speak. This year’s: A French dude no one could hear. I’m speechless. So I guess I’ll win best picture next year.
some guy
of the 3, I liked Puss better than Rango, but Panda 2 was the easiest to watch. a hard choice, but Rango had the widest narrative range and ingenuity of the 3. least formulaic, most bedazzling.
still haven’t seen The Artist.
Yutsano
@Southern Beale: Hey for-profit churches need to cut corners too. I’ve noticed a big ad push lately too, they had a sign on a Seattle city bus the other day. Of course the city is a bunch of whores for this bullshit.
kc
@rikyrah:
Your loss.