I guess he's considered royalty or something.
Jennifer Garner's dress was beautiful except that it really squished her boobs. I noticed a couple of dresses that did that, is it a trend?
Well, Little Happy Working Song is NOT going to win, lol! I can't believe it was even nominated!
i am surprised to see owen wilson.
he said "pitcher" instead of "picture"
;D
leslie, the only songs have been from enchanted and august rush
I want the song from Once to win but my track record is pretty bad so far tonight....
yeah, I felt sorta bad for Jennifer Hudson...
has she done anything since winning last year's Oscar?
i can't believe they are announcing best actress before best song...
:P
wow leslie, i am loving the Once performance.
Wasn't it great? Now you need to see the movie. He played the same guitar.
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They always do. They always announce them in the same order every year.
It's clearly the song that should win. No contest.
Nicole Kidman. Another one who shouldn't wear black. But now I'm wondering if they might be doing it because of Heath!
She'll be hard pressed for parts for the rest of her career because as someone said to me (not too kindly, but it is true)...she's black and she's fat. And those roles are not a dime a dozen, unfortunately.
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Edit: That old guy is still talking...
Rene looked amazing in that dress.
We should all look so good and be so articulate at 98....I'll probably be drooling!
The image of Heath was perfect.
Yes it was. Did they show Brad Renfro? I didn't see him.
it was two shots of him up against the Aguirre's trailer from the beginning of the movie, one with head down, other looking at the camera
I just got home and turned it on like 5 minutes before the In Memorium thing. I agree, Heath should have had two scenes, but I liked how he was last (save the best for last, you know) and that there was that lovely swell in the music when it cut to him.
I just got home and turned it on like 5 minutes before the In Memorium thing. I agree, Heath should have had two scenes, but I liked how he was last (save the best for last, you know) and that there was that lovely swell in the music when it cut to him.
Who names their kid, "Diablo"? LOL.
Who names their kid, "Diablo"? LOL.
Except that I think all the deaths were honored in chronological order so of course Heath was last.
Yeah, I figured, but I still liked him being at the end. I'm choosing to be positive. :-\
Diablo Cody is her pen name. Her real name is Brooke something. And I'm glad she won. :)
Yeah, I figured, but I still liked him being at the end. I'm choosing to be positive. :-\
No one. She made her name up.
NO COUNTRY hat trick. Like I said before, I've never won an Oscar pool, lol!
NO COUNTRY hat trick. Like I said before, I've never won an Oscar pool, lol!
Ye gods, Helen Mirren was gorgeous.
LOL. Who did you bet on?
1. Am I the only member of the Brokies for Jon Stewart Fan Club? I thought he was fabulous. My favorite line was the thing about how during the commercials, they all discuss the tacky clothes that viewers at home are wearing. I also loved his remark after the incredibly down-to-earth and humble "Once" guy accepted his award: "Can you believe how arrogant that guy is?" But just about everything Jon Stewart said was funny.
I'm coming to this so late because I apparently can't multitask as well as you guys and watch and comment online at the same time. So while I'd like to say something in response to just about every comment everybody here made, I'll limit myself to these:
1. Am I the only member of the Brokies for Jon Stewart Fan Club? I thought he was fabulous. My favorite line was the thing about how during the commercials, they all discuss the tacky clothes that viewers at home are wearing. I also loved his remark after the incredibly down-to-earth and humble "Once" guy accepted his award: "Can you believe how arrogant that guy is?" But just about everything Jon Stewart said was funny.
5. Clotheswise, I didn't see anyone who I thought looked fantastic, but I didn't see anyone hideous, either. Lots of pretty ordinary dresses, especially all the black ones (for Heath? for Iraq? for the writers?), and none that stood out as being Halle-Berryishly lovely. Squished boobs were in great supply. Why is it that Nicole Kidman always looks so beautiful as her characters and so so-so in real life, at least at these red-carpet events? That seems the reverse of most actresses!
I thought Helen Mirren, in red with silver sleeves, looked quite wonderful. You are right, no over the top clothes like the old days (ah, remember Cher and Bob Mackie) but lots of pretty things: Rene Zellweger in silver, Cameron Diaz in pink, Jessica Alba's dress was pretty (sort of a dark maroon). I even liked Nicole Kidman's black ensemble. Tilda Swinton's dress was vaguely reminiscent of a black garbage bag, though. I didn't see the red carpet intro so I missed the parade of fashion.
I can't say I am too fond of Diablo Cody's tattoo, though. What is she, channeling Amy Winehouse? Although Amy's "babe" has bare boobs and Diablo's is wearing a bikini top. Still, neither one is my taste!
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Yes, that song made me wish they'd ix-nay the category.
The Walking Tall dude? Really??
They always do. They always announce them in the same order every year.
Oscar Fashion Report Card
Why so many black dresses? And which ones were best?
By Amanda Fortini and Julia Turner
Posted Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, at 4:50 AM ET
Julia Turner: Amanda, thanks for joining me once again to discuss this year's Oscar frocks. I was going to start by asking you who had the best dress, but we can narrow it down a bit tonight: Who had the best black dress, and who had the best red one?
Amanda Fortini: I think I counted nine black dresses.
Julia: At least! Ellen Page, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Garner, Laura Linney, Hilary Swank, Penelope Cruz …
Amanda: Tilda Swinton.
Julia: Yes! Even Little Miss Once. And in red we had Anne Hathaway, Katherine Heigl, Helen Mirren, Miley Cyrus …
Amanda: … Ruby Dee, Heidi Klum, Julie Christie. There was quite a divide. One group seemed to be paying homage to this somber moment we're in, and one group seemed to be attempting a celebratory mood.
Julia: Do you think the preponderance of black had anything to do with the writers' strike?
Amanda: I think so. There has been so much fallout, not just for the writers but for everyone in the industry, and so I guess it seemed a moment for respect. There was an almost funereal aspect to much of the garb—well, off-the-shoulder looks excepted.
Julia: Right. They all seemed to be in mourning, except that in Hollywood, mourning includes sequins and marabou.
Amanda: And then there was the opposite approach: Let's celebrate the end of the strike! In bright red! The color seemed a very deliberate effort to brighten things up.
Julia: Or maybe it was Reds red: Cheers to those commies in the unions!
Amanda: Don't you wonder, though, how it comes to be that practically everyone wears red? Who says, This year, girls, it's red! Why not bright green or royal blue?
Julia: I know! Poor Amy Adams didn't get the memo.
Amanda: And yet I liked her dress. It was Cameron Diaz who looked like she was of another moment. Blush felt out of place—like it belonged to a more carefree, innocent time.
(continues ...)
Here's a Slate discussion of Oscar fashions. I've excerpted part in which they discuss the preponderance of black (and red).
http://www.slate.com/id/2185033/nav/tap3/ (http://www.slate.com/id/2185033/nav/tap3/)
Oscar loves biopics, remember?
Darn I missed the Busey/Seacrest incident!
Two questions:
1. Why was Miley Cyrus a presenter? If they needed a youthful presenter, why not the girl from Atonement?
Two questions:
1. Why was Miley Cyrus a presenter? If they needed a youthful presenter, why not the girl from Atonement?
2. What happened to Cameron Diaz's face? She was all cheekbones. (Maybe she's lost a ton of weight.)
Meow. :)
As for Jon Stewart jokes, I liked when he said Cate Blanchett also played the dog or wolf or whatever that animal was in the clip.
Here you go, oilgun!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2008/02/ryan-seacrest-v.html (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2008/02/ryan-seacrest-v.html)
1. Who is Miley Cyrus?
4. Leave my Kristen Chenoweth alone, if you know what's good for you! >:( :)
I like Kristen and think she has a beautiful voice (I am probably one of three people in the world who own the DVD of The Music Man with her and Matthew Broderick) but I have to say, she really left me flat with that performance last night.
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Here you go, oilgun!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2008/02/ryan-seacrest-v.html (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2008/02/ryan-seacrest-v.html)
I was worried (hoping?) she'd fall off her platform shoes! ;) Are there so few eligible songs? Most of the nominated ones were so painful to listen to1
I was worried (hoping?) she'd fall off her platform shoes! ;) Are there so few eligible songs? Most of the nominated ones were so painful to listen to1
1. Who is Miley Cyrus?
Wasn't Gary Busey in a horrible motorcycle accident quite a few years ago? Maybe he has some late effect residual brain damage or something.
why was Jessica Alba the host for the Technical Awards held on February 9th. What does she have to do with technical awards?
At least the presenters' patter was mercifully brief. They should say good evening, and "the nominees are..." IMO
Though the part where Jon Stewart called the Once singer back onstage to say her thank-you's after being cut off by the orchestra was, IMO, the most touching moment of the show. I don't know if it was Jon Stewart's doing or someone else's, but it was very thoughtful and something that, in a lot of years, wouldn't have been done.
I haven't even seen Enchanted, but I suspect the songs sound more stupid out of context. At least Kristen's song was cute: kind of white calypso.
So true,TwinkleKatherine.
(Kim Masters) We wondered how come they always show the teary wives but no quick reaction shot when Rudin thanked his honey. What's up with that, liberal Hollywood?
... (Dana Stevens) Viewers were so burned out by the time Scott Rudin finally gave his acceptance speech for best picture that you had to TiVo back to notice what Kim points out—that his shout-out to his life partner, John Barlow, was unaccompanied by a cutaway shot to Barlow's face. Defamer even notes that Rudin's mention of his "honey" was absent from the official press transcript and wonders whether the academy was guilty of "pinkwashing." It seems likelier that the transcriber, like me, was just too worn down by four hours of clip montages to get it all. But the producers' failure to allow Barlow his moment to kvell onscreen was less forgivable (if only because he may be the only person in Hollywood who likes Scott Rudin). When Melissa Etheridge won for best song last year, she gave her wife, Tammy Lynn Michaels, an on-camera kiss, but they're women, and attractive blondes to boot. I guess being publicly gay at the Oscars is still no country for old men. But maybe next year.
Though the part where Jon Stewart called the Once singer back onstage to say her thank-you's after being cut off by the orchestra was, IMO, the most touching moment of the show. I don't know if it was Jon Stewart's doing or someone else's, but it was very thoughtful and something that, in a lot of years, wouldn't have been done.
Paul, here's "Happy Working Song" in context. Hope you like rodents. LOL
I can see I'm going to live to regret posting on here after drinking prosecco. ::)
Here's another item of interest. Writers on Slate observed that No Country for Old Men producer Scott Rudin thanked his (male) partner, but there was no shot of the partner.
Was anyone bothered by Jon Stewart's comment -- I think -- in reference to the Once singers. He made some comment about how much fun they were having backstage after their win, adding, "He said, 'Let's have our Oscars kiss,' and she said, 'But they're men.'"
(Or maybe it was "guys" instead of "men.")
A friend saw "Enchanted" she thought it the worst movie she'd seen this year. The song was so saccharine and excruciating to listen to the singer warble it, that I couldn't believe it was nominated.
Del, three "Enchanted" songs were nominated.
Mercifully, they all cancelled each other out. :)
Billy Ray Cyrus's daughter, the one who plays Hannah Montana. She just legally changed her name to Miley. It was something else (can't remember what) but her family has always called her Miley, so....
Leslie this is just cruel. I assumed that because Brad Renfro died in '08 that he'd be included in next year's In Memoriam. (I know that Heath died this year, too, but I was thinking that they included him this year because he was so well known, and his death was all over the media, and not to include him this year would have looked like a snub.) But if they intentionally left Brad off the list that's really mean.
And Sam the Butcher may not have been in the game in recent years, but he did entertain a lot of people in his day.
The rest of the winners -except for Tilda Swinton- (I was not expecting her to win anything) wasn't a surprise to me.
Re: Jennifer Hudson She'll be hard pressed for parts for the rest of her career because as someone said to me (not too kindly, but it is true)...she's black and she's fat. And those roles are not a dime a dozen, unfortunately.
The Walking Tall dude? Really??
Which Ennis pic/scene was it? I'm not watching the Oscars tonight, but I'm curious about this part of course.
3. Ryan Seacrest is beyond annoying.
4. Leave my Kristen Chenoweth alone, if you know what's good for you! >:( :)
I quit wearing black velvet ever, when I went to a Xmas party once and saw every woman there in the same fabric.
I like Kristen and think she has a beautiful voice (I am probably one of three people in the world who own the DVD of The Music Man with her and Matthew Broderick). . .
The Academy really needs to change their rules about songs, also foreign films. Too many good songs/films get excluded.
Just imagine Emmylou Harris or Teddy Thompson singing up there two years ago.
So much better than that nasty Dolly Parton thing or the Pimps on Parade song.
I think Suzanne Pleshette received the loudest applause from the attendees.
I just got home and turned it on like 5 minutes before the In Memorium thing. I agree, Heath should have had two scenes, but I liked how he was last (save the best for last, you know) and that there was that lovely swell in the music when it cut to him.
And yes, the picture of Heath was excellent, but he should have gotten two scenes from two movies like lots of the others did...
I'm surprised they didn't have Renfro.
It was chronological, it was fitting and poignant to have Heath last - I note that he was the youngest of this year's group. The simplicity of the scene was lovely and will leave a lasting bittersweet memory.
Burt Lancaster was a former athlete. He was a trapeze artist. He performed in the circus.
he made "The Greatest Show on Earth" as a trapeze artist and did his own work.
I agree. It ain't easy out there for black actresses in general. I had the TV on PBS the other night and caught the tail end of a ballroom dancing competition as I was piddling around. The hostess's voice and delivery caught my ear. She was so infomercial, for lack of a better word. Turns out it was Jasmine Guy.
Jennifer Hudson'll have to work hard and be lucky to find a part as good as what she had in "Dreamgirls." But I think she can have a good career. Looks like she's doing alright. According to the IMBd, she's got four movies in the can:
The Family That Preys Together (2008) (pre-production) (A Tyler Perry film)
The Secret Life of Bees (2009) (post-production) .... Rosalene Daise (With Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, and Alicia Keys)
Sex and the City: The Movie (2008) (post-production) .... Carrie's Assistant (She'll have to really bring it to compete with the four leads, but I know I'll be going to see this one.)
Winged Creatures (2008) (post-production) .... Kathy Archenault (Again, with Dakota Fanning. . . do they have the same agent or something? . . . Kate Beckinsale, Forest Whitaker, Jackie Earle Haley, and Guy Pearce)
Not too shabby. At least she ain't playing Willona or doing a "Soul Plane" sequel.
For years now I wanted to start a list about Belgium being mentioned (on TV, cinema, etc.) for no reason, really.. Never started the list though..
j. U. d. E.
She's too much. One of my sisters ADORES her. I'm sorry I didn't get to see her in "Wicked." I've got her version of "Popular," and it's incredible. There's nothing that can stop you from becoming popu-ler. LAR! I read an article about her a couple of years back, and she admitted to Bedazzling everything. Bless her heart!
Have you seen her do "Hopelessly Devoted to You" on "Pushing Daisies"?
I'll start: In 1969, Suzanne Pleshette starred in If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium.(http://www.britposters.com/images/if%20its%20tuesday%20this%20must%20be%20belgium%20320x240.jpg)
I never associated Belgium with bikini clad women before. :P Are there cute young guys running around without much on also?
I never associated Belgium with bikini clad women before. :P Are there cute young guys running around without much on also?
Sure, here are a couple of nice footballers for you. ;)
http://www.humo.be/cps/rde/xchg/humo/hs.xsl/DezeWeek_index_Gouden-Stud-Patrick-Nijs-Johan-Gerets-Stijn-Vreven-Paul-Kpaka.html (http://www.humo.be/cps/rde/xchg/humo/hs.xsl/DezeWeek_index_Gouden-Stud-Patrick-Nijs-Johan-Gerets-Stijn-Vreven-Paul-Kpaka.html)
I'll take Johan. You guys can fight over the others...LOL
Wow! Those guys are hot. :D Thanks.
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You picked the right one Leslie. He was voted 'stud of the year' :P
And you thought I couldn't read Dutch...Zo! Dat is prima!
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You are a woman of many talents! Have fun with Johan. It's said that all the team players are kinda jealous when he shows up in the shower room... :P
:laugh: To be truthful, I've never thought of Belgium as a sexy country before.
Johan is very lekker! ;D
See? When you put you're mind to it, dutch isn't all that difficult. ;D
Burt Lancaster was a former athlete. He was a trapeze artist. He performed in the circus.
he made "The Greatest Show on Earth" as a trapeze artist and did his own work.
Here's what I think is a great commentary/suggestion for the Academy:
http://www.laweekly.com/film+tv/surf-report/oscar-interruptus/18418/
:laugh: After years of everyone complaining about the interminable acceptance speeches, with their shopping lists of names, they finally try to do something about it and now we want them back? Seriously?
I agree that those montages were not needed but I'm glad the speeches are discouraged because most of them consist of just that, a bunch of names. I think they should show more clips of the nominated films, that's what the evening is about.