They should have Oscar Pistorius on the Oscars tonight, being interviewed by Nancy Grace.
Then I might watch the Oscars instead of Spring Training baseball!
BG
They should have Oscar Pistorius on the Oscars tonight, being interviewed by Nancy Grace.
Then I might watch the Oscars instead of Spring Training baseball!
BG
"When Yes appeared on stage, it was like, the gods appearing from the heavens, deigning to play in front of the people."
Although your post is a joke, I am going to take the opportunity to address the subject of the Oscars anyway.
I really, really, really hope we don't have to sit through endless montages of the same old classic films for the 80th time. As great as some of those movies are, I don't need to see footage from Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Gone With The Wind, any number of Hitchcocks, It's A Wonderful Life, Forrest Effin' Gump, etc. etc... we get it, Hollywood. Let's focus on something else.
Just something that's always really bugged me.
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My wife has been sharpening her claws all awards season, she's ready for the big event. It's more fun listening to her bitching about the dresses than watching the awards.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
I always look forward to the "Those We Lost" segment just to see who gets the most applause for being dead. I'll also be rooting for Searching For Sugar Man in the Best Documentary category.
Who will I be wearing? Mr. Levi Strauss and Mr. Hanes.
The only nominations I've seen were Argo, Django Unchained and Searching for Sugar Man.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
The Independent Spirit Awards is always a good warmup to the Oscars. I feel I learn a lot and I appreciate the camraderie and the underdog spirit of those attending. It beats tonight's extended pomp in many ways. The first award given out last night was to a screenwriter who was well in his cups. After a couple of minutes a graphic came on screen reading "Five Minutes Later" and they cut back to the stage with other guests serving him Jamison's and escorting him off.
Looks like the night won't end with the BEST PICTURE award. Nope. The Academy feels they can supply a "must see moment" by having Seth MacFarlane and Kristen "Damn I Am Ugly & Annoying" Chenoweth do a dance number. Perfect.
You can say that again! It will be nice to skip all the crap. I also love watching SNL the next morning rather than live on Saturday night. After skipping the many commercials, the almost always horrible musical guest and the opening political sketch (rarely funny, at least to non-Americans), I can enjoy the whole show in 40-45 minutes! I haven't watched a commercial in years now.
I've only seen Django Unchained for the nominations this year, although I did suffer through hearing Les Miserables while my wife watched it in the next room. Wow, that Russell Crowe is a flat singer.
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Will be watching with much attention ( I have made a living from the movie industry for the past 30 years ).
Hoping for War Witch in the Best Foreign film category, director Kim Nguyen is from Montreal and this movie got to me big time.
Best actor I hope will be Daniel Day Lewis, he's splendid in it.
Best actress would be awesome if it was Emmanuelle Riva, Amour is just a heartbreaking movie.
Best movie will probably be Lincoln, I hope it's not Argo (long story...)
Best director for me is a tie between Spielberg and Ang Lee.
Robert
Where's Billy Crystal when you need him?
364 days of cartoons, car chases, and Judd Apatow's particular brand of retardation, but for this one day....they're all artists!!
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
no love for Seth huh? Am i the only one who thinks he resembles Peter Brady?
I like Seth a lot but this isn't his shining moment.
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So far lots of lame "jokes" (more so than usual) and lots of presenters coming to the mike and laughing at things only they know about. And that's only the first 90 minutes!
Argo- Best picture...ehhh
Man, that was brutal.
I believe I said "for the 80th time". My issue is not that those films are honoured, it's that they are honoured every single time, and that gets a bit stale, you know? Some of them are my favourite films but how many times do I need to sit through those hokey montages? I have no idea what TCM is.
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Like him or not, MacFarlane was by a very wide margin the edgiest host ever. I personally liked him a lot, and so did the other 2 people I was watching with.
He sure as hell isn't for everyone though.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
TCM is Turner Classic Movies.
So you are against them spending time honoring older actors and directors etc with lifetime achievement Oscars etc? Because that is when they usually show old film montages. The idea being that you are celebrating one of the greats in the business in front of his or her peers, sometimes for the last time on a public stage. I take it you despise Hall of Fame inductions when they show old clips of athletes going in the Hall too?
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