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The Oscars
CellarDweller:
I kind of agree with you Meryl. I wasn't very into it this year. I thought Ellen did a great opening monologue, liked the "group selfie" bit, as well as the pizza bit, but some of it was just.....meh.
CellarDweller:
Katie77:
I've always been fascinated by film stars, so it was only natural that I sat glued to the tv for the Oscars. Over here in Australia, the live telecast started at 11.30am Monday morning and went through till 3pm in the afternoon...and I watched it all.
I thought Ellen did a good job, I like her subtle cheeky humour, and most of it gave me a giggle.
Of course I was proud to see the Australians who won awards, but wasn't that enthused about Kate's speech, didn't seem heartrfelt like some of the other speeches.
The speeches of Matthew McConoughey and Jared Leto, I thought were wonderful and honest, which made me glad they had won.
The appearance of Kim Novak, made me embarrassed for her, still not knowing why she was called on to be a presenter, except to show the younger starlets what a disaster plastic surgery can be. The same goes for Goldie Horn, who has always had a beautiful face, yet now filled with botox, looks awful. Why cant she age gracefully and with dignity like her partner Kurt Russell.
I enjoyed the songs that were nominated, which were performed brilliantly, and was glad to see the audience appreciate them.
Sorry that there were very few of the the "old school" actors who are usually familiar faces at the Oscars.
I do love oggling the dresses as well as all the eye candy like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie my favourites.
The standout for me for the night, was Sidney Poitier, looking a bit feeble now, but as soon as he opened his mouth to speak, the familiar dignity and poise in his voice shone through like it always does, and made him stand tall and proud like he always has.
delalluvia:
Matthew McConaughey is getting flak for not mentioning the man he portrayed in "Dallas Buyers Club" at all or the AIDS battle in his acceptance speech.
OK, bit of a miss there, but then he talked about god in his speech, so I'm sure he just wanted to avoid opening a can of worms.
Can't really fault him. He's worked long and hard to get to where he was and as far as I'm concerned, he can talk about whatever he wants.
Cate Blanchett rambled.
Jared Leto - SO happy to see him win, some people lived a charmed life, you know? Hasn't acted in 5 years, someone thinks of him for a role, sends the script to him, he likes it, and bang! He wins an Oscar. I'm glad he was first up as he rambled a lot. I'm going to have to Google Venezuela to figure out what's going on there, that he bothered to mention them. :-\
Ellen seemed a bit distant, but she didn't humiliate people, her humor was mild and the pizza thing was sort of awkward. Those are $6000 frocks the women are wearing and she ordered pizza.
I got to see my favorites
Benedict Cumberbatch got a seat next to Angelina and Brad, not bad for his first trip to the Oscars and his Photobomb of U2 is the most popular going round.
Always happy to see Ewan McGregor. Man never seems to age. Looks better every time I see him.
Chris Evans was pleasant surprise if he ever shaves that dead animal off his face. I get it, I get it, you don't want to be a pretty boy and want to be taken seriously as a manly man and a talent and not on your looks...but c'mon, you ARE good looking. Embrace it.
WTF was up with Liza Minelli? She grabbed that Lupita girl like it was her last chance of getting in the tabloids...which it probably was. Learn some class and grace, Liza.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on March 04, 2014, 08:54:11 pm ---Jared Leto - SO happy to see him win, some people lived a charmed life, you know? Hasn't acted in 5 years, someone thinks of him for a role, sends the script to him, he likes it, and bang! He wins an Oscar. I'm glad he was first up as he rambled a lot. I'm going to have to Google Venezuela to figure out what's going on there, that he bothered to mention them. :-\
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As someone commented in yesterday morning's newspaper, Jordan Catalano is now an Oscar winner. ;D
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