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Re: The Oscars
« Reply #20 on: March 06, 2014, 08:51:37 pm »
Grumpy Cat, Legos Parody Ellen's Oscars Selfie

By MICHAEL ROTHMAN
 

Just as soon as Ellen DeGeneres snapped her infamous Oscar selfie, people started posting parodies of the A-lister group shot that included Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep.

It's up to 3.2 million retweets.

Now, "The Simpsons" are the latest to get in on the act. The show ran a selfie parody, where Homer is being literally kicked out of the frame by Bradley Cooper.  Jared Leto shared his excitement on Twitter, saying "I've officially joined @TheSimpsons!"  Also yesterday, The Lego Group did a parody of their very own.  And don't forget Grumpy Cat. He needed to hate on the selfie.   And finally, the Peanuts Gang!



http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/simpsons-parody-ellen-degeneres-oscars-selfie/story?id=22787996


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Re: The Oscars
« Reply #21 on: March 06, 2014, 08:54:23 pm »
Should We Give Kim Novak a Break on the Oscar Plastic Surgery Hate-Tweeting?

Lizzie Crocker


Yes, Kim Novak’s face shocked us at the Oscars. But did she really deserve all the nip-and-tuck hate-tweeting?

The Oscars are invariably remembered as much (if not more) for the speeches, snafus, and outlandish red carpet outfits as for the awards. Last year, Jennifer Lawrence’s charming tumble over her couture when accepting her Best Actress award generated maximum buzz (Anne Hathaway’s nipples came in close second). This year’s highlights included John Travolta butchering Idina Menzel’s name, Ellen Degeneres’ celebrity group selfie and 81-year-old actress Kim Novak’s face—nipped, tucked, and stiff with silicone.

The Internet gasped in horror—or was it amusement? —when the Vertigo star took the stage with Matthew McConaughey to present the award for Best Animated Feature to Disney’s Frozen (an unfortunate coincidence, generating countless rudimentary puns on social media). A sampling of tweets, including several from well-known figures in the entertainment and media industries: Comedian Nick Youssef joked that “Kim Novak was just safely transported back to the Hollywood Wax Museum”; Chelsea Lately writer Fortune Feimster quipped, “I’m assuming Kim Novak was representing the movie ‘Mask’”; Huffington Post editorial director Howard Fineman broadened the mockery: “#AcademyAward for worst plastic surgery: tie between Kim Novak and Goldie Hawn.”

And blowback against the comments was equally fierce. Newly minted MSNBC host Ronan Farrow shot back, “Half the people being cruel about Kim Novak are ten years away from being Kim Novak.” Actress Rose McGowan tweeted a picture of the actress in her heyday as a sex symbol, adding, “Self-obsessed and disrespectful, that sums up the Oscar audience.”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/06/should-we-give-kim-novak-a-break-on-the-oscar-plastic-surgery-hate-tweeting.html


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Re: The Oscars
« Reply #22 on: April 20, 2014, 02:22:54 pm »
In memory of chowhound, I'm rereading his 174 posts. All are memorable, but this one really stands out. Rest in peace, chowhound.

Before our collective memories of this year's Oscars starts to fade, I thought some might enjoy reading this graded list of the acceptance speeches just published in the New Yorker on-liine magazine. I was very glad that Daniel Day Lewis got the only A+ but Ang Lee was not far behind:

There are infinite ways to bomb an Oscar speech. Common pitfalls include self-aggrandizement (King of the World James Cameron), excessive weepiness (Gwyneth Paltrow), and sheer who-invited-this-person weirdness (Melissa Leo). Some are passive-aggressive (Shirley MacLaine, who thanked Debra Winger for her “turbulent brilliance”). Some are strident (Vanessa Redgrave, who chided “Zionist hoodlums”). Some are unsettling (Angelina Jolie, who declared herself “so in love with my brother right now”). At their best, they offer a jolt of liberating mania (Roberto Benigni), or a banquet of finely calibrated self-deprecation, gratitude, and poise (Meryl Streep, whose speeches are perfect and deserve their own awards).

So how did last night’s winners do? I should mention up front that extra points went to people with adorable accents.

Christoph Waltz, Best Supporting Actor: Waltz kicked off the evening with short and classy speech that acknowledged his competitors without condescension, and his collaborators without obligation. Speaking of his director, he said, “We participated in a hero’s journey, the hero here being Quentin.” Anyone who can make Quentin Tarantino seem like a selfless underdog knows his way around a speech. Plus: adorable accent. A-

Michael Haneke, Best Foreign Language Film: “Sank you to my wife.” B+

Anne Hathaway, Best Supporting Actress: All of us who have been following Hathaway’s ingratiating march through the awards season were bracing for the inevitable. Sure, that saccharine “It came true” was a step up from “Blerg,” the opening line from her Golden Globe speech. But the whole thing smacked of endless nights rehearsing in front of the mirror. After a dutifully memorized laundry list of names, Hathaway closed with the wish that “someday in the not too distant future, the misfortunes of Fantine will only be found in stories.” I’m sure all the consumptive French prostitutes with bad dentistry who were watching the Oscars appreciated that. C+

Adele, Best Song: Meanwhile, if you’re going to do teary-eyed earnestness, do it like Adele. She was gracious and disarming and—always a plus—brief. Loved that final arm wave to the auditorium with the line, “You’re all amazing as well!” B+

Quentin Tarantino, Best Original Screenplay: If you happen to find Tarantino’s rubber-faced self-mythologizing completely intolerable, this speech was not for you. Take note: humility is not thanking your actors by saying, “Boy, this time did I do it.” Nor is it necessary to point out that Charlize Theron is your neighbor. After talking over the “Gone with the Wind” play-off music (where’s “Jaws” when you need it?), Tarantino declared 2013 “the writer’s year, man” and signed off with an icky “peace out.” C

Ang Lee, Best Director: The menschiest speech of the night belonged to Lee, who began by thanking the “Movie God” and his cast, whom he called “the golden statue in my heart.” Coming from anyone else, these sentiments might have grated, but Lee seems to truly prize his moviemaking family. (Ronan Farrow, son of Woody Allen, agreed, tweeting, “Let’s be real, if we could pick our legendary director dads, we’d go with Ang Lee, right guys?” Ouch.) Extra credit for thanking Taiwan. Namaste. A

Jennifer Lawrence, Best Actress: At this point in the night, the ceremony desperately needed some spontaneity, so Lawrence’s tumble over her gigantic Scarlett O’Hara skirt was not unwelcome. She recovered quickly, saying, “You guys are just standing up ’cause you feel bad that I fell.” Aside from that, her speech was unmemorable if sweet: she thanked whom she needed to thank (which apparently didn’t include David O. Russell), wished Emmanuelle Riva a happy birthday, and seemed genuinely, breathlessly shocked. B+

Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actor: Ladies and gentlemen, this is how to give an Oscar speech. Maybe it was magical Oscar dust from Meryl Streep, who gave Day-Lewis a big smooch that left his cheek smeared with lipstick. But this speech had it all: convincing humility, a slam-dunk bit about switching roles with Streep in “The Iron Lady” (and, yes, major points for making this a Meryl Streep speech by proxy), and heartfelt shout-outs to his wife, Steven Spielberg, and the “mysteriously beautiful mind, body, and spirit of Abraham Lincoln.” That’s how to thank someone from the nineteenth century, Anne. A+

Ben Affleck, Best Picture: Speaking like someone who has seen the best and worst of Hollywood, a snubbed-no-more Affleck described how the movie industry will pick you up, knock you down, and lift you back up again. After hours of Seth MacFarlane’s frat-boy comedy, cruise-line commercials, piano-bar bait, and William Shatner, we’d all been on a rocky journey, so this felt apt. Affleck spoke lightning-fast, but at that point it was practically Monday so all the better. Extra points for thanking Canada, Iran, and “my wife, who I normally don’t associate with Iran.” B+

Special Mentions: The two guys with Morlock hair who tied for Best Sound Editing; Chris Terrio, who dedicated his Best Adapted Screenplay award to those who “use creativity and intelligence to solve problems nonviolently.” After last night, that group does not include Seth MacFarlane.




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Re: The Oscars
« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2015, 01:10:31 pm »
Last night I saw all five of the Oscar-nominated live action shorts! My favorite to win is a toss-up between The Butter Lamp and Bugaloo and Graham. Apparently these are all available to watch on a special Oscar TV channel: check this out.
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Re: The Oscars
« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2015, 02:48:34 pm »
Here is a link to the director, Hu Wei's notes for The Butter Lamp. I should be able to figure this film out, since I was near there in 2012!
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Re: The Oscars
« Reply #25 on: February 06, 2015, 03:44:49 pm »
anybody else going to an Oscar Party?


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Re: The Oscars
« Reply #26 on: February 22, 2015, 09:12:44 pm »
I'm having an Oscar party of me, myself, and I! Join me?
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Re: The Oscars
« Reply #27 on: February 23, 2015, 01:35:29 am »
The Oscars disappointed, as always.  :-\
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« Reply #28 on: February 23, 2015, 01:51:26 pm »
Last night I saw all five of the Oscar-nominated live action shorts! My favorite to win is a toss-up between The Butter Lamp and Bugaloo and Graham. Apparently these are all available to watch on a special Oscar TV channel: check this out.

Neither of these live action shorts won. Instead, the winner was a British film starring Sally Hawkins as a crisis call-in place volunteer.
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Re: The Oscars
« Reply #29 on: February 23, 2015, 01:58:23 pm »
Lady Gaga is getting a big amount of press for her singing last night, she was great.


Tell him when l come up to him and ask to play the record, l'm gonna say: ''Voulez-vous jouer ce disque?''
'Voulez-vous, will you kiss my dick?'
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