What they want, I don’t know, they’re all reved up and ready to go
At some point(s) tonight, the liberal Hollywood communists will say or do something that makes the wingers foam at the mouth. I don’t know what it will be, there’s so many possibilities, and I’m not as adept with winger hermeneutics as I used to be.
If I’m Rick Santorum (sorry for the Grudenese, but there’s no off-season anymore), I’m thinking about turning Michelle Williams’ Palestinian scarf or Viola Davis’s terror fist pump or whatever into a Two Minutes Hate fund-raising, attention-getting opportunity. Use this an open thread to comment on the Oscar moments that might get the right riled up (remember, it could just as easily happen on the red carpet as during the awards ceremony itself).
Update. Here’s the mistake I think Republican candidates make: they wait for Rush or Drudge to find something crazy to yell about, then they fall in behind them and yell about it too. They should be more pro-active, have a staff that finds crazy stuff to scream about, and get out in front of the Two Minutes Hate. Sarah Palin is good about this, “death panels” was a big hit for her. Why don’t the presidential candidates take more fliers on things like that? When it pans out, it can be political gold.
Update. I just tuned in. Why is Billy Crystal dressed as a matador?
if only brokeback mountain came out this last year, they could make so many santorum jokes tonight.
February 26th, 2012 at 7:44 pm
I hope one of the winners gives a huge shout out to Obama and Rih decides that proves LIBERAL HOLLYWOOD is 100% supporting Obama, and brainwashing our children and voters via TV and Movies.
Good Republican Christians only watch Christian channels, run by Christians, for Christians.
February 26th, 2012 at 7:45 pm
I miss Marlon Brando. He made them foam at the mouth.
The Republican Party has gone thar.
February 26th, 2012 at 7:45 pm
There’s also the NBA All Star game. It’s always possible that Kevin Durant or Derrick Rose might slip and praise Allah after the game.
February 26th, 2012 at 7:46 pm
THAT GUY can really bring the crazy talk. In fact, I’d say of all the NUTJOBS in the GRAND OLD PARTY, THAT GUY is the best at the crazy talk. Man, I love THAT GUY!
February 26th, 2012 at 7:47 pm
Maybe Billy Crystal will start telling some good Chuck Norris jokes to warm up the crowd.
February 26th, 2012 at 7:48 pm
Clooney’s girlfriend is a fuckin knockout!!
http://www.nationalconfidentia.....-ides4.jpg
February 26th, 2012 at 7:48 pm
Clooney gets ALL the ass
February 26th, 2012 at 7:50 pm
Bare arms.
The tools of Satan.
February 26th, 2012 at 7:50 pm
@David Koch:
Man, you’re supposed to say she’s “a real piece of ass.” Stay in character!
February 26th, 2012 at 7:51 pm
They’re gonna be pissed when Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis speed away in their purple cadillacs, drinking gin and juice outta their oscar statuettes.
February 26th, 2012 at 7:51 pm
Reading memorandum on the current goings on, especially with Santorum’s religious puke funnel set on rock and roll, I’m only getting murky vibes of despair from the propeller head krews on the right. Stacey McCain or Jim Hoft can always be counted on for cranking up the outrage organ regardless of reality. And then there is always Atlas Juggs calling for her usual sustained carpet bombing of Islam. I wonder if mere actors and the like can move the wingers much these days. They seem to have gone beyond the usual hot buttons, into either a suicidal crouch, or Peak Wingnut worthy mindlessness.
February 26th, 2012 at 7:53 pm
Nolte sure got old.
February 26th, 2012 at 7:55 pm
DougJ:
When The Help cast gets uppity.
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February 26th, 2012 at 7:57 pm
@David Koch:
No chit…I have not seen him in ages and I swear my jaw hit the floor!
February 26th, 2012 at 7:58 pm
@David Koch:
Dude is 71. Of course he got old.
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February 26th, 2012 at 7:58 pm
They could always just red bait the Red Carpet itself.
February 26th, 2012 at 7:59 pm
@Villago Delenda Est: yeah, I agree, look for a deranged tirade against bare arms on hot floozies, tools of Satan. Parlay that into a nice FLOTUS tie in, or deft insinuendo.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
@David Koch:
Not bad for a beard.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:01 pm
Nah. I predict that whatever movie wins big will be retroactively hailed as a piece of Conservative Art, which proves that America is on their side and liberalism is doomed.
See also: Ghostbusters, a film in which a group of scientists discover that the world is in peril from a certain phenomenon, and the secondary villain is a buffoon who claims that they’re just perpetrating a hoax in order to get rich. But it’s totally conservative because EPA LOLZ.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:01 pm
This was a great moment. When Vanessa Redgrave got booed for giving Meir Kahane the middle finger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeGWxHvKs48
February 26th, 2012 at 8:02 pm
A bunch of Frenchys there too. How perverted if that kind could win.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:02 pm
Wait, 20 comments in on a sorta Oscar open thread and no one’s mentioned Sasha Baron Cohen yet?
February 26th, 2012 at 8:03 pm
“And the winners are…Indiana, 86–68.”
Actor and basketball fan Elliott Gould ripped open the envelope and made that announcement at the Academy Awards just as he was supposed to name the winner of the Oscar for Best Film Editing, Monday night, March 29. Then the world knew what Bobby Knight and his unbeaten Hoosiers had wrought.”
February 26th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
I’m not gonna really watch the actual telecast. I usually DVR these things then read liveblogs of the events and go back to the telecast later.
I do watch the red carpet though, and first of all I just gotta say Colin Firth….hmmmm!
Also, shout out to Viola Davis who looked beautiful on the carpet rockin’ a Natural ‘Do. As an African American female who wears her hair natural, it was all the rage with all my friends.
Viola Davis
Viola Davis Hairdo
February 26th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
I don’t give a shit about the Oscars, haven’t watched them in years and years (nor award shows in general) but Viola Davis is from the next town over in RI, so I hope she wins. Central Falls RI was the main transshipment center for imported cocaine in New England in the 1970s.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
What did Cohen do with sand? I tuned into red carpet and saw Ryan whatsisface in a snit about it.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
Someone will make a Santorum double (or triple) entendre, and Man on Dog will call it a blood libel.
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February 26th, 2012 at 8:07 pm
Well they’ve come out strongly against kids movies that offer messages like hope and cooperation. I’m sure whatever takes the best animated feature Oscar will get the treatment it deserves.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:07 pm
@Chyron HR:
Digya know, Obama was in Ghostbusters.
http://nicolemerrifield.files......usters.jpg
http://images.eonline.com/eol_.....112711.jpg
February 26th, 2012 at 8:08 pm
The one that makes a scene about “Senna” getting snubbed gets my vote.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:08 pm
@Comrade Mary: He came in with an urn full of the “ashes” of Kim Jong II and then dumped them on Ryan Seacrest, making the Twitterverse all happy if only for a brief moment of unity.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:08 pm
In the spirit of the Gruden reference, I am going to channel Hubie Brown: ” you are george clooney and you are a mega-star in this league. you can say whatever you want and no one can stop you. you can pass to your supporting cast or you can take it to the hole strong and finish with the ladies. You are the a-list of the a-list. You can dominate the stage with your presence and put Obama up there on your shoulders and pronounce him jesus. you gotta finish the play and make santorum work into a lather trying to attack your remarks. Go big fella. Go.”
February 26th, 2012 at 8:09 pm
I have to admit that tomorrow I’ll be watching Fashion Police and their…er…critique of the clothes worn on the Red Carpet. It’s a guilty pleasure of mine. Well, not so guilty pleasure but ever since Brokeback lost, I lost interest in the Oscars themselves.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:09 pm
@JGabriel: he looks like he’s 130.
Robert DeNiro is 69 and Nolte doesn’t look 2 years older, he looks 25 years older.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:10 pm
Well, Betsy McCaughey thought up ‘death panels.’ Don’t know how it got from her to Palin, though I’d make an educated guess that William Kristol was involved.
I actually think there’s a landmine of wingnut butthurt just waiting to be stepped on at this show. Best Foreign Picture favorite is Iranian, the Frenchies behind The Artist will win a lot, two black women could win best actress and supporting actress…getcha popcorn ready!
February 26th, 2012 at 8:11 pm
I’ll be watching the Oscars, myself. Pompous, bloated, irrelevant, throw whatever words you want at it (and it’s not a very great year for cinema either, imho), but I just like ‘em. I like nostalgia and tradition. And I assume that this year James Franco has a restraining order of 5,000 feet.
ETA: I will say that I could not possibly give even half a damn about the dresses, fashions, etc. Probably my Y chromosome.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:14 pm
@Suffern ACE:
They’re already bitching about the Lorax and it’s liberal message from liberal Hollywood but if they should be bitching at anyone, it should be Dr. Seuss who wrote the story long ago. They just need to make a movie from some conservative children’s author talking about how fresh air causes cancer or how polluted drinking water is actually healthier than clean water.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:14 pm
So which one of the Republican presidential candidates is going to win Best Actor in a Comedy this year?
February 26th, 2012 at 8:15 pm
Chris Dodd appeared to enjoy his red carpet treatment. It must be nice retiring from the Senate and becoming a lobbyist for Hollywood.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:16 pm
@Spaghetti Lee: Rush will have a good day tomorrow explaining how we are all going to hell and the President doesn’t believe the USA is the bestest country ever.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:18 pm
why isn’t The Star Spangled Banner sung at the beginning of it? what are they, too good to show some patriotism? in a time of war.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:19 pm
[tiny voice] Tom Hanks looks kind of hot with that grey goatee.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:22 pm
@Suffern ACE:
No Pixar and no Ghibli makes for slim pickins’. If Kung Fu Panda wins it will have as many oscars as Martin Scorsese.
@Karen:
Can I just strangle everyone involved with that movie? It was one of my favorites as a kid and they could have made something really important out of it if they cared, but no, they had to go for another easy-money bullshit Shrek ripoff. I’d be surprised if the green message even makes it through all the stupid.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:23 pm
@sandy:
It shouldn’t be sung before any damned event. (And mrs efgoldman, a trained opera singer, sang it before a Lowell Spinners – Red Sox Class A minor league – game, years ago, and brought down the house.)
February 26th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
I don’t think they’re in Sarah Palin’s league and I’m not sure if that’s good or not.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:27 pm
Contrarily, when will the wingers applaud Cohen for stealing Kim Jong Il’s ashes? Sometimes they get behind a joke without realizing it’s a joke.
OTOH, they could point out that Hollywood hangs out with dictators…
February 26th, 2012 at 8:33 pm
Oh, that opening montage was not good.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:36 pm
Billy’s act really is past its sale date.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:39 pm
@Karen: I actually got to admit, I love Fashion Police and whatever her age, Joan Rivers is as sharp as a tack with her witticisms and she is very verbally quick on her feet.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:39 pm
OK, who could do a good job as a host, assuming that Ricky Gervais is permanently persona non grata?
February 26th, 2012 at 8:40 pm
In case y’all missed this ...
What. An. Asshole.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:40 pm
@David Koch: not working is it?
February 26th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Ughh. I think this would be better as a PowerPoint.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:42 pm
This is obama’s fault.
He should have called in a drone strike once he saw Crystal was bombing.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:42 pm
@David Koch: @Comrade Mary:
yeah, not good at all. I know the Academy regrets trying to go younger last year with Anne Hathaway and James Franco, but I think they just weren’t the right fit.
My dream host is Neil Patrick Harris, Jimmy Kimmel, or Jimmy Fallon/
February 26th, 2012 at 8:43 pm
@MaxxLange:
Does anyone else think that George Clooney is in the closet? He’s very handsome, but something does not ring hetero to me.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:44 pm
@lamh35: Yes, NPH has been awesome at the Tonys, so he should be a great choice for the Oscars.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:46 pm
@Svensker:
Clooney does sometimes give that Rock Hudson, Cary Grant kinda vibe.
What I do notice though, is that Clooney’s girlfriends keep getting younger as he gets older.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:47 pm
@Brian R.:
My son and I do excellent Gruden imitations. You, sir, have it nailed.
That guy drives me insane!
February 26th, 2012 at 8:49 pm
@Comrade Mary:
I wonder if it’s even possible. It seems like you’ve got to be both entertaining and magnetic, but also deferent to the actual winners, and basically starting over trying to re-win the audience after every commercial break with a new skit without getting tiresome. Seems like it’s just a thankless task. Could they just do away with the host and have the presenters be the only people who speak?
February 26th, 2012 at 8:49 pm
speaking of oscars, tundra twit gets nominated for a razzie.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:49 pm
@Spaghetti Lee: Yes, it’s very tough, but Billy used to be able to pull it off, and Carson and Hope before him (warhorses, for sure, but respectable).
February 26th, 2012 at 8:51 pm
I want Captain Von Trapp…I mean Christopher Plummer to win for Best Supporting Actor Is Maria…sorry, Julie Andrews here to give him his Oscar?
February 26th, 2012 at 8:57 pm
The Muppets Movie is nominated for best song. That’s proof America is heading down the slippery slope to communism.
February 26th, 2012 at 8:58 pm
Are they purposefully trying to make the acceptance speeches shorter? Good on them, if so.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Errol Morris is using dark rather than light backgrounds now?
February 26th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
@Svensker: IMO..It’s a win, win. I certainly wouldn’t mind holding Clooney’s arm even if it’s only for a short time.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Well godammit. Husband said he was going to DVR the Oscars so we could watch the Amazing Race, and we’d fast forward thru the commercials to catch up with the Oscars. Guess who forgot to DVR the Oscars, though?
So what have I missed? How is Billy Crystal>
February 26th, 2012 at 9:01 pm
@Spaghetti Lee: I think I saw on twitter somewhere that they told them to keep it to 45 seconds?
February 26th, 2012 at 9:02 pm
@lamh35:
Franco was the wrong fit. Put Anne up there by herself or as co-host with someone that has experience on a stage — like Hugh Jackman or Neil Patrick Harris, or a comedian like Patton Oswalt — and she’ll do fine.
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February 26th, 2012 at 9:03 pm
You missed—not much. Crystal has been awful, and the cinematography, art design, makesup and costume awards have been given out.
Foreign film and supporting actress coming up.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:03 pm
@Comrade Mary: oh he has not, not great but not awful.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:04 pm
@JGabriel: true James Franco was def the weakest link. Which is sad for me to say ‘cause I find James Franco extremely hot in a stoner kinda way.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:07 pm
@JGabriel:
Doogie would be a good choice, I agree.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:07 pm
And Sandra Bullock speaking Mandarin Chinese takes the lead!
February 26th, 2012 at 9:07 pm
Oh yeah, the non-Chinese (German) spiel we’ll hear about in the morning.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:07 pm
Well, here it comes. . . .
February 26th, 2012 at 9:07 pm
And right there is your wingnut explosion. best foreign film to Iran.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Oh hell, let’s get Sandra to host.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:08 pm
I think we just found our moment.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:09 pm
Okay. Jewish Hollywood awards Iranian film—wingers/neo-cons/netanyahu freak out.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:09 pm
I thought J-Lo was very close to a fun wardrobe malfunction.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:10 pm
oh oh, the Iranians have invaded Hollywood…hide ur…umm, what do wingnuts usually hide from Iranians???
February 26th, 2012 at 9:10 pm
Debbie Schlussel is still a horrible person. She just tweeted:
... because Bullock just introduced the best foreign film award category by speaking a few words of Germam.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:11 pm
Jessica Chastain was pretty good in The Debt.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:11 pm
@lamh35:
She is lovely. I hope she wins.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:11 pm
I do love Sandra Bullock.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:11 pm
@Southern Beale: You are SHITTING us!
February 26th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
The State of Alabama (hahahahahahahahha)
February 26th, 2012 at 9:13 pm
@Southern Beale:
Debbie Schlussel is still a horrible person. She just tweeted:
Fix’t.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:14 pm
Oh Gawd!
First the Iranians, now the darkies. And they’re giving her a standing ovation, no less. Hollywood is really sticking it to the heartland.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:15 pm
@Southern Beale: What the hell?
February 26th, 2012 at 9:15 pm
@Southern Beale: We need to find a way to get all conservative pundits to use Twitter on a daily basis.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:16 pm
@Spaghetti Lee:
LOLZ. You’re right. My bad. I shouldn’t enable this shit.
Well, the wingnut brigade is gonna freak out over Iran getting the best foreign language film award anyway. Schlussel picked the wrong thing to be an ass about. She should be complaining about Liberal Hollywood being a bunch of terrorist appeasers by reward the Axis of Evil with a big prize.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:16 pm
Pair of spanky new Charlie pics for those interested.
One
two
February 26th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
@Spaghetti Lee: Now I went to her twitter..
Is the President running against the repubs on Super Tuesday? I’m confused..
February 26th, 2012 at 9:18 pm
@General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero): looks like Charlie is ready for his close-up.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
You know, I think some of Crystal’s jokes would be quite good if he didn’t stop to smirk for three seconds after each one.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:20 pm
Best in Show!
“I’ve banged a lot of waitresses in my day baby but you were the best. . .”
February 26th, 2012 at 9:20 pm
@General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero): How can you not love Charlie.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
@Spaghetti Lee:
IDK, that Blacks in Beverly Hills joke was awkward…
This whole telecast in kinda off. I guess the Eddie Murphy and Brett Ratner telecast was to target younger viewers, but this telecast seems as if the producers just gave up on the young viewers.
I mean the Guest focus group was great, but they are age-limited if ya know what I mean.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:22 pm
@lamh35: He just reads the jokes.
but it was bad
February 26th, 2012 at 9:23 pm
@John O:
Just another inch on JLo’s top…
February 26th, 2012 at 9:23 pm
“Let’s get outta here.”
Classic.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:25 pm
@Silver:
This.
I went to see it at the Landmark in West LA (ground zero for the movie biz crowd) last year and the theater was packed for every showing, so I thought it might get some recognition at Oscar time. But they always seem to go for “message-y” or sentimental topics.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
Three..Hugo.. One..The Artist
just sayin
edit..it would have been hard for the artist to win a sound mixing oscar though…
February 26th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
Boy, only two hours to go…..
February 26th, 2012 at 9:28 pm
So I gather from her Twitter feed that Debbie Schlussel hates Sandra Bullock because Bullock’s ex-husband had an affair with a stripper who once posed for a picture wearing a swastika armband. Yeah, FUCK HER the anti-Semite bitch! /sarcasm
February 26th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
So far, Ellen is ahead on commercial rollouts.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:33 pm
@Svensker:
And here I am thinking Clooney is the most honest guy in the room. been married, tells everyone, I’m not getting married…so, don’t think you can change me.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:36 pm
@General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero): Charlie
Much better than handsome guys with hot beards.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:37 pm
@lamh35:
Hathaway was OK but Franco was a mess.
Billy Crystal I find tiresomely smug.
I’d like to see Stephen Colbert host the Oscars.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:38 pm
What’s up with Wikipedia?
February 26th, 2012 at 9:38 pm
@General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero):
LOVE.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:41 pm
Man, is Cirque de Soleil as crazy in person as it is on the screen?
It kinda looks awesome.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:41 pm
Robert Downey Jr should host the Oscars
February 26th, 2012 at 9:42 pm
@Mike G:
Colbert would be great! FSM knows he can sing.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:42 pm
@eric: Into a froth, not a lather….
February 26th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
@lamh35: It can be.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
FYI - I know John was talking about looking forward to the new series “Awake”. I just went to the NBC web site to check the premiere date and saw they have a sneak preview available.
You can watch the whole premiere episode online NOW. I’m about half way through it in another window. So far, no commercials. I’ve never even heard of a station letting viewers watch a show free online before it’s even been aired.
BTW, it is pretty damn good. I think this might be a must-see series.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
@lamh35:
I’ve never seen the show, but everyone I know says they’re unbelievable.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
@JPL: Looks like “bits” – which serves up the CSS - is hosed ATM.
ETA: @RandomChick: “Buzz” is essential in social-media world. Looks like a good move by NBC, if your reaction is typical.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
@lamh35:
Yeah it’s pretty incredible. Don’t go tripping on acid, I think you’d freak out.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
@lamh35: There is NO comparison.
If you get a chance to see them live, GO.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
@PeakVT: it’s back..
February 26th, 2012 at 9:46 pm
@JPL:
That is weird. Nothing’s loading over there.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:46 pm
That Chris Rock bit made me laugh.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:47 pm
Speaking of “buzz” and movies, we saw “Wanderlust” today. Hilarious.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
@Poopyman:
I’ll second this (‘cause I forgot to type it up) – CdS is amazing live. Especially if they decide to do one of their more comedic shows. It’s amazing how funny they can be while still being visually impressive and completely and utterly silent.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
Chris Rock should host the Oscars again!
February 26th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
@SiubhanDuinne:
All I can find out is that Wikipedia apparently (briefly) fell victim to a hoax report saying Rowan Atkinson had died, but I wouldn’t think that would be enough to freeze the entire site.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:50 pm
@JPL: Still hosed … no, just slow, for me. Wikipedia is probably being hammered right now as everybody tries to update Oscars-related pages.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:51 pm
I’m just waiting around for Viola Davis to win. I know it’s more for her 20 years of great work than because The Help was a particularly good movie, but I’m okay with that.
I still wish Melissa McCarthy had won for Best Supporting, but I think Bridesmaids was just too dirty for the Academy to reward.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:52 pm
I did think rango was the best animated feature I saw during the past year. I’m surprised that tin tin and toy story 3 weren’t nominated.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:52 pm
Now that was cute – the visual effects intro.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
@Suffern ACE:
TS3 was last year. And maybe TinTin doesn’t qualify as animated.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
Fire the writers.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:54 pm
@Quarks: I feel like his gig is up. He was hilarious in Da Ali G show (it helped to have guys like Seth Rogen writing lines for him, too) but his comedy doesn’t translate to movies and his pranksterism worked better when he had the element of surprise.
Whenever I see Sacha Baron Cohen being unfunny, I watch some Ali G clips and remember the good times…
February 26th, 2012 at 9:55 pm
Chris Rock: “I like animation because you can play anything. If you’re a white man, you can play an Arabian prince. And if you’re a black man you can play a donkey, or a zebra! “.
Zing.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:55 pm
@spaghetti lee- oh that’s right. They don’t nominate films based on when I rent them.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:56 pm
Why are all of these men so short? Seriously. It seems like every actress is about a foot taller than her co-presenter.
February 26th, 2012 at 9:58 pm
Christopher Plummer should win this one although I like Jonah Hill also,too
February 26th, 2012 at 9:59 pm
@Mnemosyne:
Birth control pills, it’s shrinking us menfolk.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:00 pm
@Mnemosyne:
Heels?
February 26th, 2012 at 10:00 pm
@Mnemosyne: Mrs. P asked the same question almost simultaneously. But Ben Stiller and Billy Crystal aren’t exactly giants.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:01 pm
Yay, Plummer!
February 26th, 2012 at 10:01 pm
@Spaghetti Lee: That also.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:01 pm
Oh Jeezus.
First Iran, then blacks, and now an Oscar for a gay character. Gay Jewish Hollywood is rubbing salt into the wound.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:02 pm
@Comrade Mary: And still all class.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:02 pm
My pick list is in rubbles but finally Christopher Plummer comes through.. Yeah!
February 26th, 2012 at 10:03 pm
Very glad about Plummer. I did like that movie, and he was terrific.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:03 pm
@Mnemosyne: yeah, I was hoping for a Melissa McCarthey upset, but alas it was not meant to be.
But yay, Captain Von Trapp won for Best Supporting Actor. I wish he had sung Edelweiss just for DougJ.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Very happy about Plummer. I grew up watching him in various roles at the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, CT. He was always amazing.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:06 pm
@SiubhanDuinne: He over shadowed the other actors. Ewan McGregor is talented but next to Plummer looked like a ‘beginner’ to me. I’m glad that he got his Oscar.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:07 pm
@amk:
he ended that with “not a white man…no”.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
Titanic in 3D…reallY/
February 26th, 2012 at 10:09 pm
It’s interesting that Hugo seems to be winning everything it’s up for. Upset?
February 26th, 2012 at 10:10 pm
BTW, that’s a gorgeous dress on Cruz, but it looks much darker here than outside on the red carpet, where it was more of a lilac.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:13 pm
John Williams a two-time loser in one night!
February 26th, 2012 at 10:14 pm
@Mnemosyne: I haven’t heard anything grand about Hugo other than from critics and film buffs. The average movie goers I know found it boring.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:15 pm
Huh. The composer for The Artist, an accordion player (!), looks like the missing Baldwin brother.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:15 pm
@lamh35:
I loved it.
Is it just me, or is the show getting funnier? This Ferrell/Galifanakis bit is pretty good.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:17 pm
Is it just me or is the sound off in the Oscar telecast? I’m hearing this weird beeping noise over the audio.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:17 pm
Oh geez! Galafanakis and Farrell.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:17 pm
@David Koch: A self congratulatory gesture from Hollywood for awarding an Oscar to a black actress for her role in a racist movie.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:18 pm
@lamh35:
Oh we liked Hugo a lot. We paid the extra couple of clams and saw it in 3D which is totally not necessary. Probably would have enjoyed it more just as a regular movie. But it was good, not as cloying as I expected it to be.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
Heh. Apparently a sister of a friend of mine was on the team that won an Oscar for visual effects. Cool.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
Heh. Apparently a sister of a friend of mine was on the team that won an Oscar for visual effects. Cool.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
@southern Beale – glad you mentioned it. Something is off with the stage mic for presenters. They sound like auto tuned aliens.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:20 pm
twitter
Apparently a dig at crystal’s lame ass jokes ?
Bring back chris rock’s edgy humor, oscar ‘committee’.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:21 pm
@Southern Beale:
If English was good enough for Jesus, it should be good enough for Sandra.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:22 pm
@Spaghetti Lee:
yeah, alot of the non-Billy bits are funny.
BTW, I did love the Muppets movie and I’m kinda upset that they didn’t let the song nominees perform… there was only 2 of the damn things.
Still glad the Muppets won something.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:24 pm
Christopher Plummer won? Now I wish I was watching.
Plummer is still a very sexy man. There. I said it. I felt the same way about Paul Newman.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:24 pm
Ooooh. Tide resurrects men without hats.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:24 pm
PPP (Michigan): Romney 39, Man-on-Dog 37, Paultard 13, Gingrich 9
C’mon, Santo, you can pull it out.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:26 pm
@Spaghetti Lee:
Think they wrote their own?
February 26th, 2012 at 10:27 pm
Woo! The “Dean” from “Community” just won an Oscar. NBC has got to renew it now right???
February 26th, 2012 at 10:30 pm
HERZOG! MOAR HERZOG!
February 26th, 2012 at 10:30 pm
Angelina has gotten too thin.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:30 pm
@patrick II:
No shit, Brad needs to give her a sandwich, what the hell? Maybe it’s for a movie or something.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:33 pm
To people who have seen Bridesmaids: Is it funnier than the stuff I’m seeing here?
February 26th, 2012 at 10:33 pm
So tonight I found out that John Corbett, the cute guy from “Sex And The City” and “Northern Exposure,” has been in a relationship with Bo Derek for over 10 years.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:35 pm
@Southern Beale:
agreed, the only things that seems to be of a healthy weight on Angelina is her lips, which thank God doesn’t get thinner as her body gets thiner.
She’s beautiful, but I got back and see her in her past pre-Brad roles and she had some depth to her and still looked georg!
February 26th, 2012 at 10:36 pm
Angelina Jolie looks like Skeletor. I would say she is likely dealing with an eating disorder.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:36 pm
Is Angelina sick?
February 26th, 2012 at 10:37 pm
Iran and Pakistan, now if we can just work in an academy award to North Korea it will give Rih something to talk about until Super Tuesday.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:44 pm
@lamh35:
When Angelina shot Mr. and Mrs. Smith she was absolutely gorgeous. Every time since she has been a little thinner, and now it seems worrying.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:46 pm
Michael Douglas looks damn good. May his remission keep going.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:51 pm
Bridesmaids was a nice movie, but was overpraised. It has a few hilarious scenes but is not rolling-in-the-aisles funny. It’s quiet-funny.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:52 pm
@lamh35:
We’re both total film buffs (and Scorsese fans) so I think we’ll like it. It probably helps that we’ve both seen some of Georges Melies’ films.
And I thought I was the only person in America who was disappointed they didn’t perform the songs. Come on, Oscars, WTH?!
February 26th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
@DougJarvus Green-Ellis: wha?
February 26th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
@Mnemosyne:
Well, for years now I’ve heard post-show complaining about how they don’t like the songs, and they’re too long, and they’re cheesy, and yada yada. Maybe people are just impossible to please.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:57 pm
Meh. I knew it would be this guy, but I was still pulling for Scorsese.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:58 pm
@Suffern ACE:
I’d say running around after 18 children probably doesn’t help but yeah I wondered the same thing.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:58 pm
Waiot—there are now mass honorary awards given separately, then the recipients get to stand up in the audience? How long have they been doing this?
OK, death reel coming up.
February 26th, 2012 at 10:58 pm
so who’s seen The Artist? Good or overrated?
February 26th, 2012 at 11:01 pm
@Comrade Mary:
I’ve never seen them do it this way before. I wonder if the recipients preferred it or if they’ll go back to the usual way next year.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:02 pm
@lamh35:
I thought it was good but it didn’t live up to all the hype. Still, see it in a theater if you can, it’s worth seeing.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:03 pm
Who is it singing “Wonderful World”??
February 26th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
@Comrade Mary: I think it’s new this year. I don’t like it. I hope they bring it back.
I think some of the best part of the ceremony were the honorary Oscars.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
@Poopyman: Esparanza Spaulding.
Last year’s Grammy Best New Artist winner. She beat out “The Beibs”
February 26th, 2012 at 11:08 pm
Oh, man. There’s already a Twitter account called @AngiesRightLeg and it already has over 3,000 followers.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:09 pm
Okay, so this new Ashley Judd show is basically “Taken” but on a TV screen?
February 26th, 2012 at 11:11 pm
@Poopyman: Esperanza Spaulding. Thank you,-Billy- imh35.
That was great!
(Need to update more often.)
February 26th, 2012 at 11:13 pm
tweet: Meryl Streep wants another Oscar so badly she came dressed as one.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:14 pm
Fuck! I had to turn the channel because they’re making the actors slobber all over each other before giving out the awards.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:14 pm
I’ll be blunt..I’m rooting for George!!
February 26th, 2012 at 11:14 pm
@Southern Beale:
The information age, everybody!
February 26th, 2012 at 11:15 pm
@Southern Beale:
Every good sound person in Hollywood is in the audience, only the b-team left to do the telecast. But yes, it sounds like shit.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:15 pm
@Comrade Mary:
Yeah, they really oughta just pick up the statue at a drive-thru or something.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:16 pm
@lamh35: It was good but not a “best picture” IMHO, but I think I’m going to get overruled tonight. But definitely worth seeing on the big screen IF you are one who can sit still for 2 hours w/o car chases, etc. (the guy next to me was NOT…he was in pain!)
February 26th, 2012 at 11:16 pm
I’m rooting for Oldman—just saw him in it last night.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:17 pm
@Spaghetti Lee: If the writing and acting on stage were good, I’d be fine with this, but the presenters are always so stiff and nervous. I liked the old system of naming the actor and just showing them in a clip.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:18 pm
Jean who?
February 26th, 2012 at 11:19 pm
Uh oh! There the lede Frechy talks funny!
February 26th, 2012 at 11:19 pm
@Spaghetti Lee:
Nah, I see her point—it’s weird that they make the presenter do the summary in the first person like they’re such a huge fan.
At least they don’t do it as a group anymore. That was even weirder.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:20 pm
Dude from The Artist is certainly easy on the eyes
February 26th, 2012 at 11:24 pm
oooh…Colin Firth is speaking now… plz be quiet
!
February 26th, 2012 at 11:24 pm
COLIN!!
COLIN!!
LOL
February 26th, 2012 at 11:25 pm
I can be honest… I will never wind up seeing The Artist.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:26 pm
Yay Meryl!
What a field, though.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:29 pm
Whoa…..Best Actress
!
WTF
!!
February 26th, 2012 at 11:29 pm
Meryl won
February 26th, 2012 at 11:30 pm
Why is Tom Cruise presenting the Best Picture award?
February 26th, 2012 at 11:33 pm
if you gonna lose, lose to Meryl Streep…now, if it had been Michelle Williams or the Tatoo girl, I woulda been pissed.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:34 pm
Meryl Streep won Best Actress? A large helping of awesome, thankyewverymuch…
February 26th, 2012 at 11:34 pm
Gah! Very irritating. I really wanted that career award for Viola Davis. But at least she seemed happy for Meryl.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:34 pm
@Southern Beale:
Because Scientology likes their hold on Hollywood.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:35 pm
THE ARTIST?
W-T-F?
February 26th, 2012 at 11:36 pm
Huh!
And with that, to bed.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:36 pm
@rikyrah: Who would have thought a good movie would win?
February 26th, 2012 at 11:36 pm
The Oscar goes too…..Harvey Weinstein!
February 26th, 2012 at 11:37 pm
@Yutsano:
Our local Scientologists have been throwing their fucking literature in everyone’s driveway, basically littering the neighborhood for months. Guess they’re too cheap to actually buy a bulk mailing permit.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:37 pm
@Southern Beale:
There will be a marketing tie-in for dental care products….or possibly a special on sharks.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:40 pm
In case you missed the announcement, the irony of The Artist is that it’s a French film that was filmed entirely in Los Angeles—in fact, it was the only one of the nominees to be filmed in LA.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:42 pm
tweet: Last year’s best picture: An English dude who couldn’t speak. This year’s: A French dude no one could hear. I’m speechless. So I guess I’ll win best picture next year.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:47 pm
of the 3, I liked Puss better than Rango, but Panda 2 was the easiest to watch. a hard choice, but Rango had the widest narrative range and ingenuity of the 3. least formulaic, most bedazzling.
still haven’t seen The Artist.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:48 pm
@Southern Beale: Hey for-profit churches need to cut corners too. I’ve noticed a big ad push lately too, they had a sign on a Seattle city bus the other day. Of course the city is a bunch of whores for this bullshit.
February 26th, 2012 at 11:48 pm
@rikyrah:
Your loss.
February 27th, 2012 at 2:15 pm