Welcome to "Another Movie Guy?"! Normally I review recent new releases, but tonight is special. It's the night when Hollywood's best and brightest strut their stuff, and celebrate how awesome they are. It's the night when some sound editor wastes everyone's time by thanking every person he knows. It's the night when we watch montage after montage, and the background music gets exponentially more melodramatic. That's right, it's Oscar night!
I've decided to liveblog the ceremony. With any luck, this exercise will serve as a permanent reminder of why I should never do this again. I only have bourbon and Milano cookies to help maintain my sanity. Some ground rules:
- I will only write, "This is fucking bullshit" once.
- During commercials, I plan to flip to AMC, which will be screening Patton.
- I will drink only when I am outraged.
- If WALL*E does not win Best Animated Feature, I'm turning off the TV and walking to the nearest bar.
I may seriously regret this.
p.s. full list of winners here
God loves a cheerful giver.
before we even begin, can someone tell me WHY hugh jackman is hosting? is 2009 the anti-funny year?
Svetlana,
Anyone who can be Wolverine and can sing Broadway standards must have a sense of humor.
and why did giulianna bring up natalie portman in such a revering manner, why showing anne hathawy? how long do i have to wait to see portman's dress? oh excuse me. "ensemble". "gown". what have you. this better be worth it.
oops. why= while
and dont say think like "how about i scream like a freak when I see brangelina". tsk.
Hugh Jackman is fabulous.
i can't really deal with the E! red carpet coverage ever since they shunned Joan Rivers.
I did however just see Barbara Walkers stare Mickey Rourke straight into his flavor savor and ask: "Why did you destroy your career? And how" without laughing.
So-that was good.
he really is fabulous.
kate winslets dress wins so far
Some background reading before the ceremony starts:
http://www.starpulse.com/...hugh_jackman_pees_his_pants_on_stage
ha ha ha. ah that is no good.
Barbara Walters is getting a lap dance. Who needs a drink?
i do wish we had some kind of a drinking game figured out for this ....
i love kate winslet.
and i love tim gunn.
Kate Winslet kinda looks like Grace Kelly.
Svetlana,
Drink every time the orchestra signals the winner should shut the fuck up.
tv guide was recommending drinking games earlier...
make it work! tim gunn is great. even better? santiago's impression of tim, season 1.
Drink every time the person says, Oh my gosh, I dont have a speech prepared...
and/or every time they say I'm just in awe of the other people who were nominated.
THat should do it.
Hey if you're feeling ambitious, drink every time someone walks on or off stage.
my question is: why is miley cyrus at the oscars?
i got a little distracted by the bedazzled bonanza that was miley cyrus' dress. SO BAD
Amy Adams is absolutely gorgeous. As Matthew McConaughey once said, I love them redheads.
lauren-amen.
(i guess she's a star? the high school musical spawn was there too? zac ephron's eyebrows look GREAT)
Oscars are rigged. I quit. Bye.
whatever Michael.
Angelina's earrings are bangin'. Rourke is wearing a pendant of his dog.
santino@svetlana- ha.
i heard a rumor mickey rourke is dating evan rachel wood.
Where does Zac Effron get off calling an 18 year old a kid?
hey zac efron...have enough gel in your hair? his eyebrows are banging though. vanessa hudgens should RUN BITCH RUN
Ephron looks like he just walked off (or out)of American Psycho, and I couldn't be happier about it.
miley's belt!
there are NO WORDS.
Anne Hathaway should win Best Actress.
Svetlana,
Miley's dress looks like fish scales.
kate is winning best actress.
anne hathaway looks amazing through.
as a side note: bride wars: actually funny.
There's something so endearing about middle aged men who have their moment on the red carpet. Go Richard Jenkins!
I think Penelope got my heart in the split with Tom Cruise...the part that Tim Gunn doesn't own. Don't worry about Kate, she'll get her piece.
RICHARD JENKINS BICHEZ
what is up with the one shoulder dresses tonight? is that back in now?
people i love: jack black (he will always be funny to me), marisa tomei (remember "only you"?) and richard jenkins 4ever
if she does, i hope its not another gushing leo-lovefest. her poor hubby.
I always think of Jenkins as Nathaniel Fisher. Best character on the show.
leslie mann looks super hot too. i want that dress and then i want to cut it off and make it short and wear it every weekend this year
and david rockwell who is the production designer is my #1 idol!!!
fyi pierce brosnan is getting down and dirty on some movie on the cw
hugh jackman is already worth it.
Poop joke directed at Kate Winslet? I approve.
is annes dress elie tahiri because i love it. wasnt she wearing a different white gown earlier?
I haven't seen the Reader. True story.
Svetlana,
Kate Winslet will probably get the statue, but Anne Hathaway is a winner in my book.
Quoth the Zilber-man:
ZOMG
...but I called it.
even not as wolverine...sexy as hell.
OMG I am so surprised and pleased with Hugh Jackman's opening!!!
i've seen the reader. for all of us.
http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/movies/film-review-the-reader/
hugh jackman loves laps.
First montage of the night: speechless women. Aren't they charming when they're saying the same thing?
Also, I love Tilda Swinton.
totally gay for tilda swinton.
tilda swinton was so awesome in michael clayton. the best part was when clooney was like you're so f***ed.
Prediction! Your thoughts?
Who will win: Viola Davis
Who should win: Viola Davis
i secretly wish penelope wins even though she's esentially playing penelope.
not loving: whoopi's get up.
Are they going to do a round table with 5 people kissing the nominees ass for each award?
Wow, I did not see that one coming. I guess it makes sense, though. She was never going to win until she portrayed a character who needed to stumble through English.
cruz: points for originality.
Bobby G,
I sincerely hope they have former Best Sound Editing winners take the stage.
i, for one, am happy for penelope.
commercial mania: tom coliichio drinking diet coke? i hardly think so.
Tina Fey?!?!?! I want to go to there.
ah i love it! why were these two never paired before: fey and martin, so great. SNL's finest, truly.
my 2 favorite people on the stage right now.
Who should win: Martin McDonough
Who will win: Dustin Lance Black
can we just cancel the whole awards show and have tina & steve read to us all night?
OH MAN. I could watch entire full lengths movie narrated like this. love love love.
I agree completely. Martin McDonough should win. Great movie but I'll take Milk FTW.
alan, nice call
that scene from wall-e was when i cried first during it.
and-milk wins.
its going to be their token award because rourke is taking the actor thing with him
Dustin Lance Black, a gay ex-mormon, is a very good looking man.
that kid looks not a day over 19.
I think Tina Fey might actually be B. Button, cuz she looks ten years younger than she did five years ago. But then television will do that to you, I'm told.
Who should win: Simon Beaufroy
Who will win: Simon Beaufroy
he shoots. he scores.
Slumdog is going to clean up tonight. 2/3 Alan!! Good start.
janniston acts now?
WALL-E!!! Alan, will you walk out if it doesn't win?
Aniston....awkward....
why do i love jack black so much?
jen is really struggling. poor girl having to see brangelina front and center must be tough.
POOR JENNIFER ANNISTON
Does it Offend You Yeah? in the Academy Awards? This is fucking bizarre.
Attack of the 50 ft. Lesbian Octopus.
i really don't like her.
if wall-e does not win i am walking away too.
Dustin Lance Black thanked Cleve Jones while accepting his Oscar for MILK. Cleve Jones (played by Emile Hirsch in MILK) presented an award at a benefit party that Brightest Young Things sponsored this spring (and where Ca$$idy was the DJ). Just saying.
I saw that band with another movie guy one time. Well, this one. But it's still the second strangest incidental music I've ever heard, but I'm not going anywhere.
I'm 3 for 4 right now.
Svetlana, you like Jack Black for his sarcastic enthusiasm.
it all comes together full circle.
glad to see we're all still here.
"thanks to everyone get off the stage. " - my roommate.
back to janniston:
they are ten feet away (brangie) and jann looks like she is p.o'd. I half expected her to leap into the audience and claw angelina.
wow...bold move oscar producers showing brad and angie with jen on stage. well done!
Presto is going to win this one. That shit was funny.
i hope there is some clawing soon enough.
la maison en petit cubes was directed by someone who does not speak english or french. that's what he and jennifer aniston have in common
Why does P.Cruz suddenly seem serious and articulate?
i like the jc penney commercial song.
my life is officially over
That scene from wal e was the first time I cried.
OK, we're breaking the fourth wall now and going into promotionals.
That AmEx spot just reminded me how talentless you can be and still be famous. Except Tina, she rocks my world.
Os Mutantes was used in a McDonald's commercial. That's kinda cool, right?
love that song too. so much
david rockwell is such a design genius.
In the words of the Hanukkah Song by Adam Sandler......Daniel Craig. Not a Jew.
and .... Benjamin Button starts winning its consolation Oscars.
I'm abstaining from predicting the technical awards. I know so little about what makes a good art director. That being said, I thought Revolutionary Road was beautiful.
My Benjamin Button review had a few good fashion comments:
http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/movies/another-movie-guy-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button/
I think Bond and Bradshaw have never heard music before because it's distracting them like a panda bear crapping in the corner.
i knew dutchess would win this one.
it was like a haute couture fashion show, that whole movie.
cried pretty hard during that one as well.
Who wouldn't love to see costume awards presented by previous costume award winners? Missed opportunity there.
my money is on Julie Andrews for Mary Poppins.
Catherine Martin (who is Baz Lurhmann's wife and does all the costumes and sets for him) is one of my favorite people working in film though. Just so wonderful every time.
A quick note:
For the first 52 minutes of Benjamin Button, the character is CGI.
Why don't the costume folks wear better clothes and the makeup people cooler faces?
THREE MOTHERS! YOU HAVE THREE MOTHERS!
twilight dude looks ominous. still trying to forgive amanda seyfried that she was in "mamma mia"
Inaccurate. A CGI rendering of Brad's head stuck on some poor anonymous bastards.
3 fathers in "mamma mia".
ugh.
i love music montages.
I actually like Coldplay better now when Chris isn't signing. Again I blame Gwyneth.
Oh, right. I was referring to Big Love. My bad. You liked that one, right?
big love is great. mamma mia is the end of modern civilization as we know it.
ok couldnt find la maison, but THIS WAY UP (aminmated) is avail at the bbc here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A43425308
my roommate and i just watched it - its only 9 min. check it out at the next break.
its very morbid and werid though, but kind of funny. if you like edward gorey you 'll probly like the film.
you gotta have a montage.
tried to integrate link into goreys name but it didnt take. heres the link to his work.
I don't get HBO anymore but Eastbound and Down makes me wish I did on principle.
Jeremy,
If you like Danny McBride, you should check out the Foot Fist Way. He spends the movie beating up kids.
oops, heres the whole original post.
ok couldnt find la maison, but THIS WAY UP (aminmated) is avail at the bbc here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A43425308
my roommate and i just watched it - its only 9 min. check it out at the next break.
its very morbid and werid though, but kind of funny. if you like edward gorey
you 'll probly like the film.
Who should win: The Dark Knight
Who will win: The Dark Knight
why does ben stiller look like cornell west?
It will go on my future Netflix queue.
Speaking of principle, BB should get cinematog hons on it.
nat's dress? i'm not bowled over. its pretty but not amazing. kind of "im 7 and a fairy princeth! i just loth my fronth tooth"
he looks like devendra
!
"You look like you work at a hasidic meth lab." Awesome.
This isn't passive-aggressive or hoaxy enough. Point Phoenix.
CORNEL. But yes, awesome. You mean Leaf, right?
Lauren,
He's doing an impression of Joaquin Phoenix, who was an asshole on David Letterman last week.
What is everyone laughing at? Why won't they show us??
Ben is doing his best impression of a whacked out Joaquin Phoenix...
i think the cinematography for slumdog was where its at
JP is fine, I think Casey Affleck is the dark force at work in that whole situation. Cleary.
Svetlana,
Slumdog did have good cinematography, but my unabashed Dark Knight love is well documented.
Right now I'm 3 for 6. My ratio needs to improve.
this dude's hair is worth everything we've endured thus far.
I'm loving that handkerchief.
i am very good at predicting.
very, very good.
Start posting your predictions before the winner is announced. We can compete. Perhaps a bet is in order?
In the year 2000, all commercials between 3-minute Oscars segments will be in HD. Wait, are we in the future? Where are the Jetsons cars?
i don't bet.
i still love that jc penney song.
I'm still waiting for my jet pack promised to me in 1989. The future is not here yet as far as I am concerned.
i predict jessica biel in worst dressed of the week in many many copies of people, usweekly, and all those other rags.
is that a bag? did they stop sewing the top flap? what the hell is that? poor girl, so pretty and she looks so bad.
...I came in from the bathroom and heard Jess B. saying "he...is...god," and was surprised that she was talking about me during the ceremony.
The Soloist looks like such an Oscar-groveling movie. Why are they releasing it in April?
Is anyone else not excited to see the soloist?
what is that jcpenney song?
Laughing at the Reader = best moment of the night
so the reader is funnier than the love guru?
God bless stoners....
No lie: James Franco is ADORABLE.
Hey, they showed the best part of the wrestler!
james franco is MINE!!!
That was a solid montage.
So I guess the theme this year is to take what made the MTV Movie Awards popular, and apply that to the Oscars.
Mick Foley was lying through his gums when he said he didn't see himself in the Wrestler.
hehe he said 'DP'
jc penney song:
sleepy rebel "unbelievable"
http://www.myspace.com/sleepyrebels
Pete, I think you mean SEXY
Uh oh, nazis. it's a lock!
its foreigner appreciation year.
Does that fill our Holocaust quota for the night? Please?
As Alan is probably pointing out right now, foreigners swept last year. But Foreigner will likely never be recognized.
Pete,
One can only hope. I wonder if Winslet saw the irony of the Reader coupled with her guest appearance on Extras.
they switched up the jc penney song now.
quit playing with my heart.
I'll gladly risk identity theft if one of you fine folks will order me a pizza.
Hyundai coupled Yo Yo Ma with Smashing Pumpikins (Corgan at least)? Natch
That dress looks...um...menstrual?
Beyonce makes life worth ending.
while i hate mamma mia, i love this beyonce/hugh musical music medley.
I wonder of America's tolerance of musicals is inversely proportional with the state of our nation's economy.
@ patrick
laughing very hard.
Alan,
Also don't forget factoring in the strength of the Yen.
was zac ephron really necessary here?
It's a very bad sign when the Oscars are biting off the Grammys.
Jeremy,
So true. Too bad Radiohead wasn't there as well.
This is amazingly entertaining. I don't think I've seen a better Academy Awards.
Hugh Jackman is going to kick the shit out of Zac Effron for that hat business.
one more thing i love: ryan reynolds
I kinda want to see a romantic comedy with the bertoli guy now, after seeing the ryan reynolds movie ad.
Svetlana,
Me, too. Did you ever see Smokin' Aces? He makes a convincing action star.
Svettie baby,
Betty White can hunt my easter eggs any time.
BG,
Only 40% of RH was at the Gramophones, but I'm with ya, buddy. (But not at TVoTR, cuz I failed to get tix).
i did.
i make a point of seeing every ryan reynolds movie.
Per comic lore, Reynolds' character in the Wolverine movie is supposed to have a real messed-up face. Don't see that happening.
@all
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/11/joaquin-phoenixs-bizarre_n_166229.html
v
they'll probably keep him shirtless to balance things out
Jeremy,
No TVoTR?!?!? Damn. You are going to miss a good one.
alan arkin, kevin kline and christopher walken are walking onto the stage together.
my uterus is tilting.
Ok. How many asses will be kissed on this presentation? over/under...5 million.
that'll teach you to have three names
Philip Seymour Hoffman is wearing a do rag. What a sad sack of shit.
Joel Grey: well preserved or no?
I think PSH gets an oscar nomination when he puts on his pants in the morning.
I kinda think Josh Brolin should win...but it won't happen
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-02-20/battle-of-the-oscar-stylists/
i want diane lanes dress.
i love how rdj is totally ignoring his fawning woman and soaking in his praise from cuba WHOLE heartedly. ego. maniac. but i still heart him.
robert downey jr. should have been nominated for iron man.
ledger takes this one though.
robert downey jr. rocks my world. i'm so happy he's clean...finally. he's amazing.
i hope winslet wins best actress. she deserves it, for sure.
Blasphemy, Patrick. Heath Ledger is a lock.
Oh no they didn't!
@svetlana: you are correct. ironman was brilliant tinged with just the right hint of i'mfuckedupness characteristic of downey. kisskissbangbang? maybe a little too much. or was that too much from val kilmer. i dont know.
Of course he's a lock. The odds on him were like, what, 1-50?
Posthumous oscar vs. going to bed with Diane Lane?
Toughie.
Wow. Way to give his family seats near the stage....not like he wasn't going to win. FAIL.
How hilarious would it be if the orchestra started playing the wrap it up music?
Get that phlegm, girl
Jeremy,
I want to win an oscar while dying in bed with Diane Lane. She will be naked. I will only be wearing a mustache and cowboy hat.
Werner Herzog has such an endearing voice.
Who should win: Man on Wire
Who will win: Man on Wire
Werner Herzog scares the hell out of me. Is his face eating his eyeballs?
Herzog completed a sentence without mentioning the inevitability of death or how dangerous bears are? wtf oscars.
Werner Herzog is a legend.
Well Bobby, now you've just gone brokeback. And don't worry about me, there's always Craiglist...I hear they have dancers.
I was worried this acceptance would be too emotional to snark about, but luckily they put Herzog on there with some generic sonata strains behind him immediately following.
i think man on wire will win (its the people's choice) but i just want to touch werner herzog once and then die happy.
Maher's unlikely and probably unnecessary resurrection from politically incorrect looks Christ-like next to Rourke's.
I was shooting for more Josh Brolin a la No Country for Old Men. But whatever works.
Man on Wire.
4 for 7 bitches!
MAGIC!
A leather suit! And magic! I want this man in my house.
that was super awesome.
MAN ON WIRE! YES!
tight ropes, crazy frenchman and magic. loveitloveitloveit!!!
I just got in trouble for calling her a giraffe.
i'm going to start adding "lucky me" to the end of all my sentences. lucky me.
more olive oyle than anything else.
but i think she's darling.
I'm pretty excited for the action montage.
Svetlana,
I wholeheartedly agree.
We're about to hit a dry stretch. I'm making a sandwich.
"turning a simple nut into an extraordinary ....."
(fill in the blanks)
I just got crapped on by that Panda bear in the corner. Lucky me.
Yeah, it even works as sarcasm. Lucky me!
I am watching the Oscar's in my mom's room at the hotel Palomar. My mom is wearing a cheetah print robe and hating on Angelina Jolie.
the song is back!
libby wins.
Wait, I'm sorry, is Steve-o dancing with the stars now?
did tom cruise just get sexy again for a second?
lil kim too.
DFA for animation, what I can only assume to be derivative drivel for action.
Montage!!! Why can't everyday life occur in montages?
lash, tom cruise was NEVER sexy!!!
WILLENIUM
Iron Man walking away from the imminent tank explosion is crucial.
Who doesn't love action movies, Will Smith?
I hate respect will smith
Continuing this show's proud legacy of awarding the special effects prize to the movie whose effects call the most attention to themselves. Who'da thunk the Batman movie would be the most subtle?
I meant DIOYY and I think that was the hives mocking themselves.
Pete,
An excellent point. Those effects were seamless.
that guy looks constipated
@cynthia; he was kind of hot in cocktails.
Lash,
Bobby G and I are working on a sequel to Cocktail called On the Rocks. I shit you not.
in my perfect world slumdog and wall-e win everything.
they're so going to bust out the orchestra on these poor people
I have never embarrassed myself more than I did while watching cocktail, and if there was anyone around to see me tonight, it's possible I could top that performance.
@lash....I love Cocktail. One of the greatest stories ever told.
my mother: john mayer is a piece of shit
Alan: hot.
Our sequel to Cocktail is going to kill. We'll be wining an Oscar in 2011!!!
slumdog takes editing.
for sure
@lash: for the record, i love all your comments. i wouldn't have said anything if i didn't detest him so much. he's just a scary person to me and he isn't even a good actor. he's a total hack. people give keanu a hard time, but i feel like their talent levels are about on par with one another and keanu is actually hot.
I want a mini-Dev Patel for my workspace knickknackery.
the editing winner looks kind of like alan.
BG/AZ-AMG,
I'd like to volunteer as a hilarious sidekick/cautionary tale/and/or to do punchups and rewrites.
Jazzed up Aimee Mann wtf?
Svetlana,
I absolutely agree. I remember thinking the editing was amazing as I was watching the movie.
Bobby G,
When we're up there with our gold statues, I'll be sure to thank those who comment in this thread.
Alan,
That is a great idea. Show our humble beginnings on our way to rock star screen writers.
"no but i read the book"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123388108793554869.html?mod=article-outset-box
a little background.
Guys,
Matt & Ben are still kind of queer. Like, odd.
Jeremy,
This is why we have to go to the bar as much as possible. Considered research for Cocktail 2: On The Rocks. Anyone want to take a bartending class with me?
On that note, EM=low point. But let's face it, 25 years ago he was the absolute shit.
Why is Eddie Murphy here? Shouldn't he be working on Norbit 2?
who would you rather have sex with: Mickey Rourke or Jerry Lewis
mickey rourke now or circa wild orchid?
Mickey Rourke. They'd both make me feel like trash, but at least with Rourke he'd do so intentionally.
mickey rourke now
Sean Penn's face = Where was THIS guy during Katrina?
rourke. no doubt.
what is with PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMANS SKULL CAP
Why not both? Actually Dino Martino is my idol.
Bobby, as long as we don't do our research at The Playbill, I'm down. Researching now, kinda.
Libby, you've just named my mid-life crisis glam rock band.
Jeremy, we'll have to do a month of research at a resort in Jamaica too. ABR. Always Be Researching.
JC Penny back with a vengeance?
back with a vengeance.
i'd say rourke.
How was Springsteen not nominated for best song from The Wrestler?
Svetlana,
New BYT song of the day?
re: psh's skull cap. i think he's giving the academy a big "eff you" for snubbing synecdoche, new york, which definitely deserved a few nods, at least, but got nada...i thought he film was great.
Michael Giacchino is a pimp. The Incredibles score > all.
I feel like mickey rourke would cry after sex. especially now that LOKI's gone.
@libby...no no no. jerry lee lewis. or better yet, dennis quaid back when he played jerry lee lewis.
Really? The boss was tossed?
John Mayer could redeem himself to me, if not Libby's mom, by tossing the weepy violin paradigm for holocaust flix and replacing it with a wah-wah pedal, a-la Chapelle's show.
there is a big difference between jerry lewis and jerry LEE lewis.
Mickey Rourke...with the fireman boots.
Two lovely young ladies.
alicia looks like she could eat zac ephron for breakfast and he looks like he knows it.
alicia is so gorgeous! who is that kid and why is he everywhere?
Is he reading his speech of the back of a flyer for a strip club on Sunset Blvd.?
@svetlana, yes i know i mean instead.
India is having the best week ever
I hope Hugh Jackman joins the Indian singer.
It's a shame they couldn't bring in mega-preggers MIA for this.
Isn't that the dude who just won for best score?
yeas. MIA already gave birth though.
I don't remember this part of WALL-E.
wasnt she huge in SPIN a couple of months ago? hasnt she had the baby yet?
Eminem was huge in SPIN for years and he ain't birthed shit.
a little too much highlighter on alicia.
and slumdog wins!!!!!
"Eminem was huge in SPIN for years and he ain’t birthed shit."
This.
I CHOSE LOVE
That guy does the most decisive walkoff I ever seen.
That plastic hat in the jcp commercial was stunning and elegant.
Ok, so I guess they're about to start the awards that everyone cares about. Here are my predictions:
Best Foreign Film: Waltz with Bashir
Best Actress: Kate Winslet
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke
Best Director: Danny Boyle
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionare
If he threw down the mic I would have stood up and given him the slow clap.
alan-i agree. i am still skeptical waltz with bashir is any good though. the trailer looked atrocious.
p.s. i am seriously motivated to go to jc penney now.
HOW PRETTY IS THE SLUMDOG GIRL?
so pretty.
liam neeson-not looking so good though.
I am sticking with my chosen people for this award. The Brews!
This is fucking bullshit.
Domo arrigato mr. robot?
are you sure you want to use your "fucking bullshit" card here, alan?
Best Actress: Anne Hathaway
Best Actor: Sean Penn
Best Director: Gus Van Sant
Best Picture: Milk
First Pearl Harbor and now this.....
I stand by it. The only thing that could illicit such a response is if Brangelina wins something, and I don't think that'll happen.
You might be contractually obligated to shill for diet coke if you're on a bravo reality show. I'm hoping for one with Nene from real housewives of ATL...
my moms picks
best actress: kate winslet
best actor:sean penn
best picture: slumdog
my mom's best friends picks
best actress: meryl streep
best actor: mickey rourke
best picture: slumdog
Queen Latifah should have busted out some of her raps from the 90s.
Yeah that Collichio ad was pretty jarring. But the man does what he must to keep his show and his restaurants afloat. And you can't say he didn't look uncomfortable doing it.
its been at least 10 minutes since i've seen a jc penney commercial.
w.t.f.?????????
WHO YOU CALLING A BITCH?!?! U.N.I.T.Y.
No Heath Ledger?
@Libby
I think that would have been much more appropriate for the remembrance montage. Word Up!
Heath was last year. He OD'd at the Olsen's house early last February I think.
TYLER PERRY FOR ACADEMY PRESIDENT
Witherspoon's dress looks a lot like Queen Latifah's.
and the oscar goes to: danny boyle!!!!
YES.
I'd like to use my bullshit card.
danny boyle has mad ups
Although as a body-of-work award, this is appropriate.
i'd like to use this chance to urge everyone to see "shallow grave"
pete, who should have won?
I'd say Gus Van Sant by a mile, but hey, diff'rent strokes.
Hence I say not to worry about kwinslet. In a dozen years, she's built as strong a case as Marty, and he got his, and it was sweet. But still, fuck Costner.
JCPFTW
Dresses I covet
and for good measure a couple others from british vogue and others since i got bored
http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/show.aspx/full-length-photos/id,7269
they own the night
Jeff Bridges:
Your dad used to say: I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue.
everyone looks great. nicole kidman looks plastic.
I really like these sentimental toast presentations of nominees.
Marion cotillard! What a doll!
I love Rachel Getting Married. It's a shame that the movie isn't better represented in the nominations.
Sophia Loren=Cougar. Yikes.
Sophia Loren looks like dolled-up jerky.
I agree Alan. I'd like to see Hathaway walk away with this award. She was fantastic.
Sophia Loren= head bitch in charge
Jolie's emeralds are amazing.
Sophia Loren has a solid gold toilet seat and was in Grumpier Old Men. What have you done with you life.
KATE!!!
This is nice.
i want to cut off angelina's ears so i could get my hands on those.
so happy for kate winslet.
note how NO ONE ON STAGE CAN MOVE THEIR EYEBROWS!!!!
dont say LEO
dont do it kate
i love her so much
DADSSSSSS~!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO CUTE
Ok that whistle was fucking adorable
100%
greeeat speech i love the shampoo bottle bit, refreshingly honest.
Did she just say 'fuck you so much'?
Jeremy....I was just typing that myself.
Fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, fuck you, and I'm out!
What's the over/under on Sir Ben Kingsley accepting this award on behalf of Sir Ben Kingsley?
I love Brody but he is kind of so outclassed right here.
when they pick the announcers, do they know who they will be presenting before they agree?
Pete,
Hasn't Anthony Hopkins been knighted too?
Yeah, but I'm fairly sure Hopkins will speak to you even if you forget the honorific.
love deNiro. love penn. want penn to win. nice reference to fast times at r. high
60 films and another movie guy's favorite tv show of all time, Szpilman.
...and Tony Hopkins is high.
is anthony hopkins turning manorexic?
why does tina fey get a seat further away from stage than the twilight kid?
Rourke is shaking he is so nervous. Does anyone else think that he'd feel sticky if you touched him?
I am pulling for Penn.
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm glad to be wrong about this one. Sweet! Hollywood loves the gays.
I needed rourke's speech
sean penn wins.
probably rightfully so but i so saw them going to mickey's flavor savor with this one.
Well I guess going full retard earlier in his career did not hold him back. Bravo Sean Penn. Milk was marvelous.
libby-ditto
Outstanding.
i cannot believe he lost to denzel for f-ing Training Day, which was an ok film but not of the caliber of I Am Sam.
he so deserves this.
take that you commie, homo loving sons of guns.
I find this a downer. But it's ok. What I really want to know is...where has Jackman been for most of this show and what the hell has he been doing.
...and he's going political. Oh Sean.
Did Penn thank his wife?
best movie!
best movie!
Alan,
I don't think he thanked Jenny. Not cool dude. Not cool.
Rofl. Spielberg walks on to the theme of "The Lost World," certainly the one he wants to be remembered for when it's all said and done.
No. And I thought, I bet he has Robin triple underlined on that list.
Great Best Picture montages....love it.
he was probably still in character, and without a wife.
great job on the montages.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/big-fat-story/2009-02-21/oscars-sympathy-votes/
I had this at the ready in case Heath was overly adorned.
also:
check out the cover of nymag.com
God Milk was great.
Choose Life.
Ugh. Well that was kind of predictable but why not. I'll say I liked Milk much more but Slumdog was excellent as well.
the little boys in slumdog were amazing.
was fun, y'all. good night!
almost 400 comments. nicely played.
proud to be a commie, homo loving son of a gun. Milk WAS great. James Franco was hot, Sean Penn was profound, heartwarming and inspiring and Josh Brolin was perfectly cast for the stubborn rigid character he played.
now i guess i should probably watch Slumdog at some point. not to mention a few others...
Ugh. A plug for 2009. So noone will ever again release a film between the nomination deadline and the Oscars...and remakes are weak.
Well that was a ton of fun. I'm going to bed.
Good night everyone! Thanks to all who posted!
hey whered everyone i wanted to tell my new heath ledger joke:
"What did heath ledger say when he heard he won best supporting actor oscar?"
(answer: "HELP OMG SOMEBODY LET ME OUT OF THIS COFFIN IT IS COLD AND SCARY HERE" )
:-/ sorry, i ate too many jelly beans tonight.