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Finally, they did settle on a host who will likely find the appropriate tone and volume of cowboy sodomy jokes -- Jon Stewart.

http://oscarbeat.latimes.com/awards_oscar/2006/01/ladies_and_gent.html

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 14:47 (twenty years ago)

but stewart is nothing without his desk!

― Yawn (Wintermute), Thursday, 5 January 2006 14:52 (twenty years ago)

some of those comments are hysterical

and his name (Saunders) is suspiciously Jewish

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 5 January 2006 14:55 (twenty years ago)

Even if GWB laughs at it, I won't tolerate it
If Hollywood wants biting political pundits, Ann Coulter is a riot.
YOU ARE AFRAID TO MAKE FAMOUS A CONSERVATIVE ACTOR
A "technical" Oscar for the Passion. But you wait and see what the gay movie will get. "Best"...everything.
C'mon people. It's hollywood... do you expect, Rush Limbaugh to host? Of course they'll pick one of their own.

My mind is boggling at the thought of Limbaugh hosting

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:06 (twenty years ago)

Times staff writers Scott Collins and John Horn report that Oscar show officials first approached Stewart shortly before Christmas.
Surely they meant:
Times staff writers Scott Collins and John Horn report that Oscar show officials first approached Stewart shortly before Hanukkah.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:10 (twenty years ago)

Really, this was the best possible choice short of Ali G and Borat.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:14 (twenty years ago)

Um, you know that Ali G and Borat are the same person, right? They couldn't host a show together.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:15 (twenty years ago)

They'd just split the screen -- it's exactly the sort of stupid stunt they love to do for the Oscars. How many awards have been given by animated characters in recent years?

― elmo, patron saint of nausea (allocryptic), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:19 (twenty years ago)

Oh, they've been genial, certainly, but animated?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:20 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, FX even better than The Patty Duke Show, I hear. Jesus, they're both on Da Ali G Show, aren't they?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:21 (twenty years ago)

Ali G is actually not that funny when he's constrained by broadcast TV decency standards.

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:29 (twenty years ago)

I was thinking more of Borat wandering down to the Brokeback actors... "In Kazakhstan we content ourselves with sheep" etc; an alternate-universe Oscars obv.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:34 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, if they'd let him do his usual shtick, it would be great, I'll grant you. of course, they never would though.

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:36 (twenty years ago)

So how are the nominations looking?

Best Pic: Brokeback Mountain, Munich, Good Night, Good Luck, Capote? and King Kong.

Best Actor: Heath Ledger, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeff Daniels (long shot), Joaquin Phoenix, David Straithairn.

Best Actress. As usual, slim pickins. Reese Witherspoon, Felicia Huffman, Keira Knightley? Laura Linney? Naomi Watts?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:45 (twenty years ago)

Keira Knightley
ONLY ONLY ONLY if it's for Domino and not P&P

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:47 (twenty years ago)

I think King Kong is pretty much considered 'dead' in Oscar terms since it's going to gross less than $500 million domestically. The much-maligned Crash is apparently emerging as the liberal-guilt hetero alternative to BBM.

Squid won't get anything but screenplay unless they slot Daniels in supporting (which I think they are).

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:51 (twenty years ago)

safe picks from that list: Brokeback, Hoffman, Witherspoon

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:51 (twenty years ago)

Alfred, your forgetting that Judi Dench has taken over the Jack Lemmon Must Be Nominated Bylaw. She just got a Screen Actors Guild nom (I'll put those in the "detrius" thread?).

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:06 (twenty years ago)

Munich seems to have done poorly in most of the other awards lists / Golden Globes noms. Ditto King Kong. Can't see either getting best picture nods.

― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:33 (twenty years ago)

Alfred, your forgetting that Judi Dench has taken over the Jack Lemmon Must Be Nominated Bylaw. She just got a Screen Actors Guild nom (I'll put those in the "detrius" thread?)

For Mrs. Henderson or Pride & Prejudice?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:34 (twenty years ago)

Zebedee is right. Capote is looking a lot more likely than Munich or King Kong based on all the guild awards so far. Those two will have to pick up DGA noms to ensure that they're still in the race.

Alfred: Mrs. Henderson.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:36 (twenty years ago)

Dench, Mrs. Henderson. Ye gods, is she in P&P too?

Ledger up against 4 animatronic historical impersonations in SAG. If it's the same in the Oscars, he wins in a walk.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:40 (twenty years ago)

Supporting Actress: Maria Bello, Catherine Keener (for something), Michelle Williams, Scarlet Johansen, who else?

Supporting Actor: William Hurt, Ed Harris (maybe; if HOV does well), Jake Gyllenhaal (ditto), Frank Langella, Giamiatti.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:42 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I'd say the Best Actor race is the most interesting: Hoffman vs Ledger.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:42 (twenty years ago)

Gyllenhaal might get the nod (but not the award) in that Toni Collette-Ethan Hawke we-really-love-the-film kind of way.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:45 (twenty years ago)

Supporting Actress: Maria Bello, Catherine Keener (for something), Michelle Williams, Scarlet Johansen, who else?

If Keener gets it, it'll be for Capote, not 40-Year-Old Virgin, I'm guessing!

Frances MacDormand for North Country and Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener are also in this race.

Supporting Actor: William Hurt, Ed Harris (maybe; if HOV does well), Jake Gyllenhaal (ditto), Frank Langella, Giamiatti.

At this point, Crash is doing so well, I expect that there's a nomination in there for Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard, or Don Cheadle: maybe even two of them. Clooney for Syriana also a possibility. Ed Harris seems unlikely, as the fate of A History of Violence seems to have sunk lately -- though I still think Hurt is likely.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:47 (twenty years ago)

in that Toni Collette-Ethan Hawke we-really-love-the-film kind of way.

Hawke's acting nom for Training Day or his writing nom for Before Sunset?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:49 (twenty years ago)

Some ppl seemed to think William (One-Scene Lark) Hurt was a frontrunner after he won a couple critics groups, but he wasn't even nominated by SAG. Ed Harris, forget it. Looking to me like AHOV will be shut out except for Adapted Screenplay to me.

If the supporting noms match SAG, I'd say Fat Clooney has the edge on Gyllenhaal.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:50 (twenty years ago)

the acting nom. (xpost)

Yeah, I forgot about Matt Dillon; he's got a good shot.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:51 (twenty years ago)

the fate of A History of Violence seems to have sunk lately

say what?

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:51 (twenty years ago)

the Capote movie was so dreary and self-aggrandizing, it's bound to win an Oscar of some sort.

― elmo, patron saint of nausea (allocryptic), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:52 (twenty years ago)

Should have included Amy Adams too.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:53 (twenty years ago)

I'm fairly certain that the chips will fall into place for Terrence Howard to take the soft fifth slot in the lead actor category. But, then again, Cinderella Man is doing fairly well for itself in chasing the Finding Neverland slot.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:54 (twenty years ago)

Looking to me like AHOV will be shut out except for Adapted Screenplay to me.

I find it hard to imagine Bello won't be nominated. Her failure to get a SAG nomination should probably be chalked up to category confusion over whether she was lead or supporting. SAG is notoriously weird about this: Benicio del Toro won lead from SAG for Traffic, even though he was considered supporting by all other critics' and awards groups.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:54 (twenty years ago)

And I doubt the Academy will two supporting actor nods to Crash, despite the renascent love for this film.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:55 (twenty years ago)

I really can't see Capote getting a BP nomination (too inconsequential), and yet it keeps getting nominated by each and every guild. It missed BP at the Globes, though, so I think it's still a pretty iffy prospect.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:56 (twenty years ago)

Matt, you and I both know that critics' polls -- especially the Village Voice one! -- means diddly-squat when it comes to the Oscars. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, prepare your tuxedo!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:56 (twenty years ago)

But, then again, Cinderella Man is doing fairly well for itself in chasing the Finding Neverland slot.

I like to call it the Chocolat slot. Rhymes, too.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:57 (twenty years ago)

If Cinderella Man gets a BP nom after being released THREE TIMES (at least in NYC), Ron Howard should play the lead in the next George Romero film. "YOU WILL LIKE MY MOVIE!" (CHOMP)

Who gets the last spot in the Obit Montage this year, Anne Bancroft (two memorable films) or Richard Pryor (ill-used his entire career)?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:00 (twenty years ago)

Reviewing the SAG noms of the last three years, it's clear they've got an excellent track record of predicting the Oscar nods. I'm assuming that there's considerable overlap in membership of both groups.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:01 (twenty years ago)

I like to call it the Chocolat slot.

I heard that about you.

― Dan (ZING) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:02 (twenty years ago)

john you and i both know that the nominations for the academy awards haven't even been released yet, so any speculation about fates of movies "sinking" "lately" (especially when just getting a boost from a poll that is probably read by a few academy voters) has diddley-squat to do with anything

i mean, you're right, but for the WRONG REASONS

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:03 (twenty years ago)

Who gets the last spot in the Obit Montage this year, Anne Bancroft (two memorable films) or Richard Pryor (ill-used his entire career)?

Good question. Surprisingly sizeable applause: Pat Morita.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:06 (twenty years ago)

abe vigoda

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:07 (twenty years ago)

BP: Brokeback, Constant Gardner, Cinderella Man, Capote, Walk the Line
BA: Terrence Howard (either movie), Heath Ledger, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeff Daniels, Viggo Mortenson
BA: Reese Witherspoon, Felicity Huffman, Judi Dench, Emmanuelle Devos, Rachel Weisz

― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:09 (twenty years ago)

actually scratch viggo for jauquin

― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:10 (twenty years ago)

Rachel Weisz has been promoted as a supporting actress though.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:12 (twenty years ago)

has she? that's strange. well, she'll get that then. i think that constant gardner will be the film that gets a surprisingly large amount of nominations.

― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:13 (twenty years ago)

Richard Pryor (ill-used his entire career)

BREWSTER'S MILLIONS is seriously one of my all-time favorite movies.

― don't start a RYE-OTT! (plsmith), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:13 (twenty years ago)

I really can't see Capote getting a BP nomination (too inconsequential)

Oh Eric, c'mon. Which got a Best Picture nomination, The Towering Inferno or In Cold Blood?

Emmanuelle Devos

Not anywhere on their radar.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:16 (twenty years ago)

I think most categories are pretty well set, actually, to the tune of there only being one or two slots that are even open for discussion. Everything below that doesn't have astericks is (to my mind) locked in.

PICTURE
Brokeback Mountain
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Munich***
Walk the Line
in the heat: The Constant Gardener, King Kong

DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mount
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck.
David Cronenberg, A History of Violence***
Woody Allen, Match Point***
Steven Spielberg, Munich
(I take a couple chances here because the directors' guild usually does too.)
in the heat: Paul Haggis (Crash), Fernando Meirelles (Constant Gardener)

ACTOR
the four everyone already predicts (Ledger, Hoffman, Phoenix and Strathairn)
Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow***
in the heat: Russell Crowe (Cinderella), Jeff Daniels (Squid)

ACTRESS
Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger***
Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Kiera Knightley, Pride & Prejudice
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
in the heat: Charlize Theron (North Country); Ziyi Zhang (Geisha)

SUP. ACTOR
George Clooney, Syriana
Matt Dillon, Crash
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
William Hurt, A History of Violence
(actually, I don't think any of these guys are spares at this point; Hurt's in the weakest spot, but I still don't see it without him)
in the heat: Frank Langella (Good Night); Terrence Howard (Crash)

SUP. ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Junebug
Maria Bello, A History of Violence
Catherine Keener, Capote
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener***
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain
in the heat: older women -- namely Diane Keaton (Family Stone) and Shirley MacLaine (In Her Shoes)

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:17 (twenty years ago)

I like Towering Inferno more than Capote!

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:19 (twenty years ago)

ah joan allen. upside of anger was the one i was trying to think of. not a great movie, but she was wonderful.

― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:19 (twenty years ago)

And I bet the Academy goes with Johnny Carson for the death roll finale based on his one or two hosting gigs. It would be like them.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:20 (twenty years ago)

(xpost) Yanc3y, you are crazy if you think anyone even knows who Emmanuelle Devos is: her films from this year are nowhere near as high profile as Central Station or Life is Beautiful or Before Night Falls.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:21 (twenty years ago)

Eric: Carson was in last year's montage, wasn't he? He died early in the year.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:22 (twenty years ago)

That's possible. We're also ruling out the possibility of a major Hollywood death in the next two months.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:23 (twenty years ago)

jaymc, my thought was simply that k&q is starting to build -- i know a few oscar voters and they all received screeners for it and loved it, and there always seems to be that one unknown best actress nominee (mainly cuz, duh, dude screenwriters ain't writing many great female roles). it's wishful thinking, sure, but it wouldn't shock me.

― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:24 (twenty years ago)

Eric H is OTM on those nods. I wouldn't discount Woody getting a nod either.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:25 (twenty years ago)

I might agree, Eric, but I haven't seen Towering Inferno in 30 years, or Capote at all. But a movie about a famous lisping writer and serial killers? The very Academy definition of consequential.

Jams giving Oscar voters name-dropping anonymity!

A friend of mine is sure the US remake of Kings & Queen will star Jim Carrey and Julia Roberts.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:26 (twenty years ago)

There are always going to be surprise nods (Fernando for City of God), but there's no way a Devos is going to happen outside of the 1970s.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:28 (twenty years ago)

But a movie about a famous lisping writer and serial killers?

How 'bout a movie about gay cowboys? or about the love between woman and ape?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:35 (twenty years ago)

It's clear that the only thing there's no room for anymore is mothers dying of cancer.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:47 (twenty years ago)

Terms of Endearment sewed that one up.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:50 (twenty years ago)

DGA Nominees:

George Clooney, Good Night Good Luck
Paul Haggis, Crash
Ang Lee, BBM
Bennett Miller, Capote
Steven Spielberg, Munich

Now it gets interesting: Spielberg and Miller in the running...

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 19:22 (twenty years ago)

There's not a chance in hell of anyone but Ang Lee winning this or the Oscar.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 19:47 (twenty years ago)

Yeah – he and Brokeback are a lock. I cannot imagine anyone/thing else upsetting this.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 19:58 (twenty years ago)

Unless, y'know, Heath and Jake come out. That would ruin everything.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 20:05 (twenty years ago)

"D'YA MEAN, LIKE, THEY'RE REALLY GAY?!?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 20:16 (twenty years ago)

It's hard for me to imagine both Haggis and Miller getting Oscar nominations, even if Crash and Capote get Best Picture nods. The Director category is frequently a place where younger/lesser-known/non-auteur directors get snubbed in favor of respected heavyweights whose films weren't worthy of a Best Picture nomination. (See David Lynch over Todd Field in 2001, Mike Leigh over Marc Forster in 2004.) Which means one of them won't make it, and either Cronenberg or Allen will take their place.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 5 January 2006 20:18 (twenty years ago)

(When upstarts get nominated for Director, it's because they're visionary, inventive stylists rather than workaday hacks who've made a decent biopic: see Spike Jonze over Frank Darabont in 1999, Fernando Mereilles over Gary Ross in 2003. This doesn't apply to Miller and Haggis, obv.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 5 January 2006 20:21 (twenty years ago)

Yeah. I'm still predicting Woody and/or Cronenberg getting nods.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 5 January 2006 20:24 (twenty years ago)

Depending on how this newly cut New World plays, the directors might even go on a limb and nominate Malick, unless the thing just dies in general release.

jaymc, what about Rob Marshall being nominated as a first-time non-visionary?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 20:27 (twenty years ago)

Marshall is an exception, but the nomination also makes sense since Chicago went on to win, and if I recall correctly, there's only been like three or four films that have won the big prize without their directors even being nominated (last one was Driving Miss Daisy).

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 5 January 2006 20:33 (twenty years ago)

It's clear that the only thing there's no room for anymore is mothers dying of cancer.
-- Eric H. (ephende...), January 5th, 2006.

Terms of Endearment sewed that one up.
-- Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (sotoal...), January 5th, 2006.

Daughter! ("The brilliant turbulence of Debra Winger," per Shirl)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 21:33 (twenty years ago)

Mr. Stewart, 43, was appropriately humbled by the invitation. "As an avid watcher of the Oscars," he said today in a statement, "I can't help but be a little disappointed with the choice."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 January 2006 22:11 (twenty years ago)

Well, now they don't hafta give Altman one for A Prairie Home Companion:

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/382118p-324441c.html

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 January 2006 14:26 (twenty years ago)

This year's list of eligible features (the most in decades, apparently):

http://www.oscars.org/78academyawards/reminder/reminder_list.html

Three of these 7 short-listed films will be nominated for Visual Effects:

"Batman Begins"
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
"King Kong"
"Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith"
"War of the Worlds"

As obvious as Kong, Sith and WOTW? or Narnia if they're sick of either Lucas or Jackson?

Three of these 7 for Sound Effects Editing (infamously, Fight Club's only nom):

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
"King Kong"
"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith"
"Walk the Line"
"War of the Worlds"

What are the techie sounds in Geisha?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 January 2006 17:23 (twenty years ago)

How could Grizzly Man not be nominated.

― deej.. (deej..), Saturday, 14 January 2006 01:35 (twenty years ago)

For doc, I mean, not special effects.

― deej.. (deej..), Saturday, 14 January 2006 01:35 (twenty years ago)

"They made the guys in bear suits look so real!"

― deej.. (deej..), Saturday, 14 January 2006 01:35 (twenty years ago)

Best honorary award choice in recent memory.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 14 January 2006 04:13 (twenty years ago)

Since Satyajit Ray, who accepted via satellite from his deathbed?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 January 2006 16:18 (twenty years ago)

Off the GGs, Rachel Weisz strongly positioned to carry on Supporting Hot Chick streak, and Hoffman over Ledger (character schlub over beauty, but still gay enough).

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 15:26 (twenty years ago)

My predictions:

BEST PICTURE

Brokeback Mountain
Crash
Good Night and Good Luck
Munich
Walk the Line

BEST DIRECTOR

George Clooney
David Cronenberg
Paul Haggis
Ang Lee
Stephen Spielberg

BEST ACTOR

Russell Crowe
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Heath Ledger
Joaquin Phoenix
David Straithairn

BEST ACTRESS

Judi Dench
Felicity Huffmann
Keira Knightley
Charlize Theron
Reese Witherspoon

BEST SUPP ACTOR

George Clooney
Matt Dillon
Paul Giamatti
Jake Gyllenhaal
Terrence Howard

BEST SUPP ACTRESS

Amy Adams
Maria Bello
Catherine Keener
Rachel Weisz
Michelle Williams

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:32 (twenty years ago)

That's not bad. I have my doubts about a couple of those, but I also don't think there are any obvious choices you've missed, either. A couple of weeks ago, I'd have said William Hurt, but the SAG snub doesn't do him any favors.

Although I'm curious what makes you think that Capote will miss out on Picture: just because of the Golden Globes?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:41 (twenty years ago)

I'm thinking Capote instead of Munich also, and Scarlett could sneak into Supporting.

But yeah, a typical Academy list of boredom, mostly. After seeing the sublime Brokeback-antidote Breakfast on Pluto last night I really wanna skip the show.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:46 (twenty years ago)

Munich is the only variable; I can see Capote subbing for it. I'm pretty sure Cronenberg will get the token Artsy Director With No Chance of Winning nod (a couple of weeks ago I would have said Woody).

Crowe's chances for a nod look stronger, confining Howard's chances to the supporting category.

The Best Actress field, more than most years, is full of also-rans.

The Supporting Actor race is b/w Clooney and Giamatti. In Supp. Actress, Weisz has momentum, but it's a close race b/w her, Keener, and Michele Williams.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:47 (twenty years ago)

The only thing I wanan know about Pluto: how was Bryan Ferry?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:48 (twenty years ago)

has transamerica not come out yet or is it not eligible? i thought the rule was if youre an actress and you make yourself either look ugly or look like a man you automatically took home best actress.

― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:49 (twenty years ago)

xpost

Scary, and i had no idea it was Ferry til I looked up the iMdB credits. Gavin Friday's amusing too.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:50 (twenty years ago)

Transamerica is most certainly eligible, and Huffman will definitely get a nomination. But it's such a low-profile film, and there's so much goodwill toward Witherspoon and her performance, that it's hard to imagine Huffman walking away with it. Also: I'm not sure Hollywood is ready to give their best picture to a movie about gay cowboys, best actor to a man playing a notorious homosexual, AND best actress to a woman playing a transgendered man. It's sort of remarkable as it is that Brokeback and Hoffman are considered favorites.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:57 (twenty years ago)

Finally saw Junebug last night. I'm still gathering my thoughts. The direction alternated between the assured and the awkward, like wasn't sure whether to stress the Eudora Welty-Flannery O'Connor grotesqueries in the script or the character interplay at which he excelled for most of the picture.

Adams was terrific (even saddled with horrible please-laugh-I-beg-you lines like this one, in response to Embeth Davidz's admission that she counts horseback riding and reading as hobbies: "At the same time?") but Celia Weston, always underrated, was fantastic as the mom.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 16:59 (twenty years ago)

It was a nice little movie, and yeah I thought Celia Weston (and Scott Wilson) were just as good as AA.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 20:07 (twenty years ago)

It's sort of remarkable as it is that Brokeback and Hoffman are considered favorites.

I'm not sure I buy this.

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 20:34 (twenty years ago)

You don't buy that it's remarkable, or you don't buy that they're considered favorites?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 20:40 (twenty years ago)

I don't buy that it's remarkable!

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 20:40 (twenty years ago)

me neither. Hoffman fits in fairly well with recent Oscar tradition... a sufficiently fruity gay character played by a str8 actor has won before: William Hurt in Spider Woman (plus PSH has the biographical element in his favor). And BBM totally fits the Hollywood mold of issue-oriented Best Picture 'pioneering', real or imagined, dating back to Gentleman's Agreement.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 20:42 (twenty years ago)

I agree with that. It's just that it's happening in the same year, is all I'm saying.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 20:43 (twenty years ago)

well, they'll draw the line (by Walking the Line) at Felicity Huffman.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

It's just that it's happening in the same year, is all I'm saying.

and Oscar never does that

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 20:46 (twenty years ago)

2001: Year of the Negro.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 20:47 (twenty years ago)

Exactly, Dr. M. That's what I said in my original post.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 20:47 (twenty years ago)

I knew it sounded familiar!

I guess the run of musical bios bodes well for Shane West's chances with the Darby Crash movie that might be out some year.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Is playing a gay man the kind of 'brave' acting that Hollywood almost always rewards when an actor plays anyone with a disability? Are voters given a weighting formula to help them score fags against cripples against retards?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 18 January 2006 21:24 (twenty years ago)

I would think so. Just look at the Philadelphia/ Forrest Gump Tom Hanks dynasty.

― Sym Sym (sym), Thursday, 19 January 2006 06:27 (twenty years ago)

Ugh Walk the Line. Behind the Music: Milli Vanilla was similar, and more tragic.

― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 19 January 2006 06:30 (twenty years ago)

In something of a shrugger, the Academy has decided (contrary to other bodies) that Syriana is an original screenplay.

http://www.cinematical.com/2006/01/19/syriana-screenplay-not-an-adaptation-after-all/

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 January 2006 14:35 (twenty years ago)

And O Brother Where Art Thou was an adaptation, yeah, okay.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 19 January 2006 14:46 (twenty years ago)

I just read all the comments on that article linked in the first post.

http://oscarbeat.latimes.com/awards_oscar/2006/01/ladies_and_gent.html

Some top drawer infantile reds vs blues bashing.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 19 January 2006 14:54 (twenty years ago)

This handicapping/news site leads with the BAFTA nominations:

http://oscarwatch.com/

I'm thinking Frances McDormand will squeeze into the AA supporting noms too -- she's won, and they like her -- at the cost of Maria Bello, perhaps?

Munich will likely go missing from Best Picture as Amistad did.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 January 2006 15:47 (twenty years ago)

Munich will likely go missing from Best Picture as Amistad did.

If I thought there was anything viable for the fifth slot at this point, I and Ed would've gone along with you. But (curious across-the-board support from the guilds aside), we just can't see Capote slipping in there.

We have both Bello and McDormand in there. But not Adams.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 January 2006 18:21 (twenty years ago)

Ah...

http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/features/2006oscarnominationpredictions.asp

I just think with BBM, GN&GL and Syriana, Oscar has all the politics it can handle for this year without getting in the middle of terrorism/anti-Israel/not anti-Israel-enough debates.

Double nomination for T-How, very gutsy. I wouldn't bet on them keeping Russell Crowe at home, but maybe. And yeah, maybe Amy Adams will have to content herself with an Indy Spirit.

I appreciate the should-bes for Best of Youth (tho I didn't love it), but judging by the official list it ain't Oscar-eligible.

Is there a list of the submissions for Foreign Language Film? cuz along my Munich rationale, I don't expect to see Paradise Now on the shortlist.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 January 2006 15:45 (twenty years ago)

i dunno how Jake G can be considered "supporting actor" in BBM.

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:14 (twenty years ago)

i know he probably will be, it just makes no sense.

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:15 (twenty years ago)

Cuz a double Best Actor nomination for BBM would siphon Ledger's Oscar chances. It's the All About Eve-Thelma & Louise syndrome.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:28 (twenty years ago)

Argentina, "El Aura," Fabian Bielinsky, director;
Bangladesh, "Shyamol Chaya," Humayun Ahmed, director;
Belgium, "The Child," Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, directors;
Bolivia, "Say Good Morning to Dad," Fernando Vargas, director;
Bosnia & Herzegovina, "Totally Personal," Nedžad Begovi?, director;
Brazil, "Two Sons of Francisco," Breno Silveira, director;
Bulgaria, "Stolen Eyes," Radoslav Spassov, director;
Canada, "C.R.A.Z.Y.," Jean-Marc Vallée, director;
Chile, "Play," Alicia Scherson, director;
China, "The Promise," Chen Kaige, director;
Colombia, "La Sombra del Caminante," Ciro Guerra, director;
Costa Rica, "Caribe," Esteban Ramírez, director;
Croatia, "A Wonderful Night in Split," Arsen Anton Ostoji?, director;
Cuba, "Viva Cuba," Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti, director;
Czech Republic, "Something Like Happiness," Bohdan Sláma, director;
Denmark, "Adam's Apples," Anders Thomas Jensen, director;
Estonia, "Shop of Dreams," Peeter Urbla, director;
Fiji, "The Land Has Eyes," Vilsoni Hereniko, director;
Finland, "Mother of Mine," Klaus Härö, director;
France, "Joyeux Noel," Christian Carion, director;
Georgia, "Tbilisi-Tbilisi," Levan Zakareishvili, director;
Germany, "Sophie Scholl – The Final Days," Marc Rothemund, director;
Hong Kong, "Perhaps Love," Peter Ho-Sun Chan, director;
Hungary, "Fateless," Lajos Koltai, director;
Iceland, "Ahead of Time," Ágúst Gudmundsson, director;
India, "Paheli," Amol Palekar, director;
Indonesia, "Gie," Riri Riza, director;
Iran, "So Close, So Far," Reza Mir Karimi, director;
Iraq, "Requiem of Snow," Jamil Rostami, director;
Israel, "What a Wonderful Place," Eyal Halfon, director;
Italy, "La Bestia Nel Cuore," Cristina Comencini, director;
Japan, "Blood and Bones," Yoichi Sai, director;
Korea, "Welcome to Dongmakgol," Kwang-hyun Park, director;
Luxembourg, "Renart the Fox," Thierry Schiel, director;
Mexico, "Al Otro Lado," Gustavo Loza, director;
Mongolia, "The Cave of the Yellow Dog," Byambasuren Davaa, director;
The Netherlands, "Bluebird," Mijke de Jong, director;
Norway, "Kissed by Winter," Sara Johnsen, director;
Palestine, "Paradise Now," Hany Abu-Assad, director;
Peru, "Días de Santiago," Josué Méndez, director;
Poland, "The Collector," Feliks Falk, director;
Portugal, "Noite Escura," João Canijo, director;
Puerto Rico, "Cayo," Vicente Juarbe, director;
Romania, "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu," Cristi Puiu, director;
Russia, "The Italian," Andrei Kravchuk, director;
Serbia & Montenegro, "Midwinter Night's Dream," Goran Paskaljevi?, director;
Singapore, "Be with Me," Eric Khoo, director;
Slovak Republic, "The City of the Sun," Martin Šulík, director;
Slovenia, "The Ruins," Janez Burger, director;
South Africa, "Tsotsi," Gavin Hood, director;
Spain, "Obaba," Montxo Armendáriz, director;
Sweden, "Zozo," Josef Fares, director;
Switzerland, "Tout un Hiver sans Feu," Greg Zglinski, director;
Taiwan, "The Wayward Cloud," Tsai Ming-liang, director;
Tajikistan, "Sex & Philosophy," Mohsen Makhmalbaf, director;
Thailand, "The Tin Mine," Jira Maligool, director;
Turkey, "Lovelorn," Yavuz Turgul, director;

Vietnam, "Buffalo Boy," Nguyen Vo Nghiem Mihn, director.

I'm guessing that Paradise Now has a helluva lot better shot at a nod than the Dardennes or Mr. Lazarescu.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:32 (twenty years ago)

(xpost)

The reverse happens just as often: a supporting actor promoted to actor (Peter Finch in Network, Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs).

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:34 (twenty years ago)

...Brando in Godfather, Louise Fletcher in Cuckoo's Nest...

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 January 2006 16:38 (twenty years ago)

Well, since it's a small group that nominates the Foreign Langs, it always seems like picking from a hat. "Sophie Scholl – The Final Days" seems a good bet.

Michael Musto with his annual bitchy predix (Constant Gardener, nah): "FELICITY HUFFMAN...would probably win if only this wasn't the year of the better drag queen, REESE WITHERSPOON!"

http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0604,musto,71890,15.html

Doesn't having Le Miz on the red carpet undo the sodomite agitprop of Brokeback? or is he just comforting reassurance that yes, not all gaysare tight-lipped cowboys?

http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1152258,00.html

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 14:43 (twenty years ago)

Mira Sorvino, as a reminder that yesteryear's winner is today's trivia answer, will announce the nominations tomorrow with the AMPAS president:

http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2006/06.01.27.html

My crystal ball:

Brokeback, Capote, Crash, GN & Good Luck, Walk the Line

Crowe, Hoffman, Ledger, Phoenix, Strathairn

Huffman, Kilcher (no guts, no glory), Knightley, Theron, Witherspoon

Clooney, Dillon, Giamatti, Gyllenhaal, Langella

Adams, Keener, McDormand, Weisz, Williams

Clooney, Cronenberg, Haggis, Ang Lee, Spielberg

This way, everyone gets to have fun with Crash's 3 or 4 noms, and not a single black acting nominee.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 January 2006 15:15 (twenty years ago)

I can't believe Oscar nominations come out the same day as Pazz and Jop. I might as well call in sick for work, because I am NOT getting any done.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 30 January 2006 16:07 (twenty years ago)

I expect my contact lenses to dry out by noon tomorrow.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 January 2006 16:11 (twenty years ago)

Hmmm, why exactly are the Gay Men of ILX contributing disproportionately to this thread? (I explained to a co-worker who mocked my alleged Oscaritis that the real homos obsess on the Tonys.)

btw, Terrence Howard has a shot at 3 nominations, including Best Song.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 January 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

Hmmm, why exactly are the Gay Men of ILX contributing disproportionately to this thread?

*cough*

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 30 January 2006 16:14 (twenty years ago)

If we rope the Brokeback and Gylly threads we can keep'em in the top 3 all day!

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 January 2006 16:17 (twenty years ago)

I'm curious why you think Langella still has a chance, my good doctor.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 January 2006 16:18 (twenty years ago)

Sorry jaymc; I didn't mean to pigeonhole you, Mr Situational. ;)

Alfred, just cuz Langella's a vet, has a small number of short juicy scenes, and is the only nominatable semi-antagonist in a movie they like (given Joe McCarthy's ineligibility). I can see T-How and Cheadle cancelling each other out... but apparently the nominating procedure is weighted so the top 2 choices count most, but I'm not enough of an Oscarfag to spend that much time on the math!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 January 2006 17:03 (twenty years ago)

Really, I don't mind. :)

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 30 January 2006 17:06 (twenty years ago)

I didn't think you did!

(self-censorship in full effect)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 January 2006 17:10 (twenty years ago)

Speaking of gay men and the Oscars, do any of y'all follow Nathaniel's The Film Experience for Oscar prognostication and commentary?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 30 January 2006 17:12 (twenty years ago)

That one I don't know, but I can't quite get with sites that are Awards First, Films Second.

I do think despite Happy Endings' general crappiness, I'd nominate Maggie G ahead of Jake this year. She's a better actor.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 January 2006 17:20 (twenty years ago)

But must I slog through another crappy film to recognize a good performrance? (but, yes, I do prefer Maggie to Gylly).

I just checked out The Film Experience....got the feeling its author is drawing breaths and will endure a rather sleepless night.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 January 2006 17:31 (twenty years ago)

I mostly just check the site for his predix, since they're usually pretty well-informed. I sort of understand his worship of Julianne Moore (although I'd really like to see her in a role where she doesn't look like she's about to burst into tears at every second -- and yet I don't want to suffer through The Laws of Attraction, either) -- but don't really get all the Michelle Pfeiffer love.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 30 January 2006 17:40 (twenty years ago)

Say what you want about the Oscars being overlong or whatever, but I watched a bit of the Actor's Guild awards and boy was it boring.

Also, is Haggis's Crash actually good? I can't seem to get a straight answer.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 30 January 2006 17:42 (twenty years ago)

No.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 30 January 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)

Apparently Jake and Heath got razzes for being either giggly/nervous or drunk at the SAGs (which oughta change their name, given the centrality of Botox).

I rented Crash last night but haven't watched, am trying not to anticipate hating it.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 January 2006 17:49 (twenty years ago)

I caught a bit of it; they mostly acted like they either shared a quick joint in the pee-pee room or stemmed the rose.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 January 2006 17:51 (twenty years ago)

I thought it was down to a case of giggles over how to act around each other as co-presenters - the awkwardness of straight men who've played gay lovers on screen.

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 30 January 2006 17:59 (twenty years ago)

And the lurid prose they were forced to read.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 January 2006 18:09 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://www.iheartjakemedia.com/details.php?image_id=17455&sessionid=49f99d139d860515b9c74e2ec11eeee7

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 January 2006 18:18 (twenty years ago)

Going by past ILE discussions:

White people tend to hate "Crash" because they can't believe that people would act like that; also some of them didn't watch the movie very closely and missed entire scenes of it that led to it not making any sense to them.

People of color tend to like "Crash" because they've seen people act like that time and time again.

― Dan (Limited Sample Size) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 30 January 2006 18:23 (twenty years ago)

Crash is not nearly as bad as some people would lead you to believe, the narrative is silly though.

― ryan (ryan), Monday, 30 January 2006 18:57 (twenty years ago)

So are the characters, the acting, the mise-en-scene, the propositions, the conclusions, the observations, the lessons, and the resultant discussions about the movie. But other than those...

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 30 January 2006 18:59 (twenty years ago)

haha!

― ryan (ryan), Monday, 30 January 2006 19:00 (twenty years ago)

i was hoping Terrence Malick would get nominated again and then refuse to show up, but i guess i am wish for too much. Kilcher is the real dark horse as Morbius points out in his predictions.

― ryan (ryan), Monday, 30 January 2006 19:02 (twenty years ago)

Also apparently gay people hate "Crash" because they can't stand movies that aren't about themselves.

― Dan (Yay Ad Hominem) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 30 January 2006 19:06 (twenty years ago)

Oh snap!

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 30 January 2006 19:09 (twenty years ago)

Dan is giddy today!

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 30 January 2006 19:10 (twenty years ago)

Damn Ebert and Armond White for defying racial expectations on that movie! I had a look at the scary Crash thread months ago, and hence will try to keep my postmortem to five words or less...

I think Kilcher's chances are miniscule, but every year there's a WTF nomination and I can't anticipate any others.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 January 2006 20:00 (twenty years ago)

Plus, Keisha Castle-Hughes sets a precedent, sorta.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 30 January 2006 20:04 (twenty years ago)

ZACKLY!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 January 2006 20:06 (twenty years ago)

I still haven't seen Crash, despite Dan asking me to. I feel bad about this.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 30 January 2006 20:06 (twenty years ago)

Did he ask nicely?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 30 January 2006 20:07 (twenty years ago)

Also apparently gay people hate "Crash" because they can't stand movies that aren't about themselves.

http://cansesclasseled.com/images/rhonetta/rhonettawhatev.gif

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 30 January 2006 23:21 (twenty years ago)

kilcher should SO get nommed.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 30 January 2006 23:45 (twenty years ago)

From a Q&A w/ NY Times critic Manohla Dargis:

Q. In your review of “Something New” you commented on the pathetic lineup of Academy Award nominees for best actress. I'm curious to know your opinion on the lineup - is it the acting of the nominees, the failure to nominate actresses for finer performances, the lack of roles for women, or something else?
— Kim Wittchow, San Francisco, CA

A. Have you seen “Junebug,” “Mrs. Henderson Presents” and “Transamerica”? All three are bad in degree, with the last being the worst, and their lead female performances pale next to those of Sibel Kekilli in “Head-On,” Ziyi Zhang in “2046” and Juliette Binoche in “Caché.” Amy Adams is certainly cute in "Junebug," and I like it when her dim bulb of a character feverishly declares that she loves Embeth Davidz's encroacher. That said I like Ms. Davidtz better in that film, partly because her big-city career woman is so mistreated both by the other characters and the director. As to “Mrs. Henderson Presents” – yeah, well, I like British accents, too. But isn’t it time Dame Judi started working for a living? And only in a year so profoundly devoid of juicy female performances (in English-language films that is) could Felicity Huffman’s graceless, unpersuasive turn in “Transamerica” be in contention. As to the other two nominees let’s just say that Reese Witherspoon should have won for “Election” and, man, can that Jane Austen chick write.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 21:06 (twenty years ago)

I read it too -- and am pleaesd she enjoyed Embeth Davidz's work rather better.

She really gives Bill Murray what-for too.

What'd you think of her take on the Heath Ledger vs. Philip Seymour Hoffmfan fite?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 22:26 (twenty years ago)

Not having seen PSH, I dunno. However, HL didn't work as fully on me precisely cuz all the furtive eyes and mumbling (esp early on) seemed too obviously Repression in neon. (Relatively -- not Crash neon.)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 14:24 (twenty years ago)

I liked both performances and would be happy if either won.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 14:25 (twenty years ago)

I will simply pretend that Cillian Murphy, Tony Leung or Joseph Gordon-Levitt won.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 14:54 (twenty years ago)

I will simply pretend that you wish Cillian Murphy to win for Batman Begins.

― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 15:12 (twenty years ago)

If only someone had thrown a Mariah track onto the end credits of Brokeback...

xpost
(or Eric Bana)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 15:16 (twenty years ago)

Can't we just pretend that the Academy had substituted Cillian Murphy in Pluto for Dame Dench?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 15:17 (twenty years ago)

The BAFTAS just ended. Most of the pundits expected The Constant Gardener to take most of the awards, but Brokeback Mountain took Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, and, somewhat surprisingly, Supporting Actor.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 19 February 2006 22:45 (twenty years ago)

Courtesy of Slate's Oscar roundtable:

What will this year be remembered for? To the extent these things are remembered at all, 2006 will have to go down as the year of the big fat gay Oscars. Look at the three Oscar years Bryan can dredge up in memory: the Driving Miss Daisy year, the Schindler's List year, and the Dances With Wolves year. Do you see a theme emerging? If this is the Brokeback Mountain year, and it's hard to believe it won't be (though I could see George Clooney sneaking off with the Best Director award), it will be because the Academy has decided to pat itself on the back for tolerating gays, just as they did in those years with blacks, Jews, and Indians, respectively.

This is in no way a comment on Brokeback, which seems to me a more serious and successful film than any of those three (I number myself among those who were repulsed by the smug solemnity of Schindler's List). But handing out honors to dramas about underrepresented minorities seems to be Hollywood's too-little, too-late version of affirmative action. Everyone remembers the Halle-Denzel-Sidney Poitier acceptance speeches of 2001, but how many of us are rushing out to rent the DVD of Monster's Ball or Training Day?

I tend to agree that Reese Witherspoon will take the Best Actress award, if only because of the relative poverty of this year's field. Both Charlize Theron and Felicity Huffman have been too showered with awards these past few years to be credible Oscar bait right now, and Keira Knightley's nomination for Pride & Prejudice feels almost like filler for the category. Dame Judi Dench is sensational, of course, but Mrs. Henderson Presents, a slight, agreeable British comedy that practically no one in this country saw, hardly provides her the role of her career. The Best Supporting Actress lineup features much sharper competition. If it's going to be a year of recognizing small indies, let's start with Amy Adams' glorious performance as a voluble pregnant bride in Junebug, or Catherine Keener's sly, witty rendering of the novelist Harper Lee in Capote.

As for Jon Stewart: Readers of my column know what a fan I am, but when I heard he'd been chosen to host the ceremony, I wondered cringingly whether this might be the beginning of an anti-Stewart backlash. Remember when he refused to be Tucker Carlson's "monkey" on Crossfire? It's hard to imagine a more simian gig than Oscar host; there's a reason they call a tuxedo a "monkey suit." I'm sure he and his writing team, who have taken this week off from The Daily Show, are holed up at the Chateau Marmont coming up with some sharp material. But can Stewart—can anyone—simply dispense with the sentimental, toastmaster-style duties expected of an Oscar host? Is he going to sing one of those joke medleys at the top of the show, in which a pop standard is rewritten with corny lyrics about the year's big films? Can you imagine him, with a straight face, introducing the inevitable old industry dude who comes up to talk about the mission and purpose of the academy?

Finally, one open question to both of you: Why is Heath Ledger's performance in Brokeback Mountain considered a leading role, while Jake Gyllenhaal's is relegated to the status of "supporting"? They share roughly equivalent portions of screen time, and Gyllenhaal certainly has more lines, if only because his character is far chattier than the taciturn Ennis Del Mar. It's hard to imagine one of the two leads being similarly dissed in a love story between a man and a woman. Is this just because the academy wanted to avoid pitting the two men against one another in the Best Actor category? Or is Gyllenhaal smiting his forehead right now for agreeing to be cast as the bottom to Ledger's top?

http://www.slate.com/id/2137284/entry/2137387/

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 3 March 2006 19:19 (twenty years ago)

My office pool bets are in. I kept going back and forth between Williams and Weisz, and in the end went with Weisz.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 3 March 2006 19:32 (twenty years ago)

sidney poitier was in training day?

― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 3 March 2006 19:48 (twenty years ago)

My office pool bets are in. I kept going back and forth between Williams and Weisz, and in the end went with Weisz.

I went with Weisz too, but bit my lip and took a risk by voting for Gyllenhaal.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:00 (twenty years ago)

That last paragraph is idiotic, see also John Travolta v Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction. Studios would prefer to see both their actors win, even if one is for a "lesser" award than should have been, than watch them both lose because they split the votes.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:00 (twenty years ago)

I no longer work in ad agencies, but for a place where the ex-frat sales guys approvingly quote Glengarry Glen Ross, so no pool here.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:09 (twenty years ago)

Pulp Fiction's a good example. I thought the is-he-a-supporting-actor-or-a-willing-bottom? discussion was settled weeks ago. Apparently no one remembers All About Eve, Network and Thelma & Louise

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:14 (twenty years ago)

Pulp Fiction is an easy example to remember of this kind of thing because the John Travolta as BEST ACTOR and Sam Jackson as SUPPORTING ACTOR thing was mindblowing.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:16 (twenty years ago)

My mind was blown the year Mary McDonnell and Alfre Woodard were in virtually every scene of Passion Fish together, and McDonnell gets Best Actress nom, AW zippo.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:18 (twenty years ago)

Travolta did technically have more screen time, though, didn't he? I mean, not THAT much more, but he has the whole date-with-Mia-Wallace subplot.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:19 (twenty years ago)

Well that's a different kind of mind blowing.

xpost yes he did, like a tiny bit more, but I think it's basically agreed by all that the central character of the film is basically Sam Jackson. But Sam Jackson wasn't making some vaunted comeback at the time so fuck 'em whatevs ya know?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:21 (twenty years ago)

There is no central character in Pulp Fiction, not even the suitcase.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:26 (twenty years ago)

Oh let's not go into this Mr. Hates Quentin Tarantino! Let's all pretend I didn't even mention Pulp Fiction.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:30 (twenty years ago)

Apparently no one remembers All About Eve, Network and Thelma & Louise

B-b-but one of the lead actors in Network won. (And for a supporting performance, at that.)

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:31 (twenty years ago)

My mind was blown the year Mary McDonnell and Alfre Woodard were in virtually every scene of Passion Fish together, and McDonnell gets Best Actress nom, AW zippo.

Geez, I forgot about this movie – probably my favorite John Sayles. It's Edward Murrow's best movie too.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:32 (twenty years ago)

I don't hate QT as a filmmaker, and Pulp Fiction is my favorite of his. I doubt he'll ever make anything in its league again.

So who gets final spot in the Obit Montage? I know Eric is rooting for Shelley Winters, swimming through the Poseidon.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:35 (twenty years ago)

Winters vs. Pryor vs. Bancroft

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:39 (twenty years ago)

Jackie Brown is my favorite.

Anyone read anything by the Michael Medved Brigade on this year's Queer Oscars?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:43 (twenty years ago)

Did you read Ann Coulter's predictions?

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

Assuming there'll be one upset somewhere in the top 12 categories -- and maybe not any in acting, but Score or Cinematography -- I think a lot of these pools are gonna be decided by Shorts! The Rwanda one all the way!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:58 (twenty years ago)

Haha, we only do 15 categories in my office: the four acting categories, the two writing categories, the two music categories, Picture, Director, Visual FX, Cinematography, Animated Feature, Doc Feature, and Foreign.

The party I'll be at on Sunday, though, goes all out. And it's $20 instead of $2. Last year, I won both pools and wound up with something like $250.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 3 March 2006 21:01 (twenty years ago)

Damn. Is it a costume ball?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 3 March 2006 21:11 (twenty years ago)

Bancroft by a mile for the last montage person.

See you lot on Sunday night!

― suzy (suzy), Friday, 3 March 2006 22:16 (twenty years ago)

jaymc, you are TOTALLY a 6 on the Oscar scale.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 March 2006 22:40 (twenty years ago)

B-b-but one of the lead actors in Network won. (And for a supporting performance, at that.)

Exactly. It's the reverse of what happened this year: a supporting actor upgraded to lead. Peter Finch had no business winning for shouting a lot. William Holden was much better.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 4 March 2006 01:55 (twenty years ago)

finch and duvall are the only tolerable things about that flick (maaybe ned beatty), the holden storyline was really mawkish and unbearable.

― j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 4 March 2006 02:27 (twenty years ago)

Mel Gibson in Mayan surely is the reason to watch and boggle.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 4 March 2006 02:32 (twenty years ago)

finch and duvall are the only tolerable things about that flick (maaybe ned beatty), the holden storyline was really mawkish and unbearable.

If I have to stand a Paddy Chayevsky mawk-fest, it's gotta be as well-acted as Network.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 4 March 2006 03:02 (twenty years ago)

It occurred to me while watching Female Trouble recently that John Waters should've directed Network to make it work.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 4 March 2006 03:05 (twenty years ago)

god waters and dunaway in their primes together - heaven

― j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 4 March 2006 03:06 (twenty years ago)

Edith Massey playing Beatrice Straight's part. If only!

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 4 March 2006 03:08 (twenty years ago)

Man, this is an astonishing vision.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 4 March 2006 03:08 (twenty years ago)

Substitute the "I'm as mad as hell!" speech with the "Thank you from the bottom of my black heart!" one.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 4 March 2006 03:09 (twenty years ago)

I mean, really, that whole Ecumenical Liberation Army subplot? It so clearly wants to be in a Waters movie.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 4 March 2006 03:10 (twenty years ago)

Peter Finch had no business winning for shouting a lot.

Hey, he got an upgrade for dying shortly before the nominations came out. And he was fine, if different than in Sunday Bloody Sunday (for which he "should" have won, maybe).

re Chayefsky, I remember The Hospital being well-acted by Scott and Rigg.

My friend cancelled her Oscar party, so I may be going to the Park Slope gay bar to try to win the prediction$ conte$t. And if I blow it on the short films, it's Slant's fault! ;)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 4 March 2006 18:37 (twenty years ago)

George C. Scott, The Hospital
Marlon Brando, Last Tango in Paris

Oscar had a mini-streak there of nominating actors who, when winning just the year previously, turned down their awards.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 4 March 2006 19:04 (twenty years ago)

plus all those hoffmann nods when he was trashing the oscars

― j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 4 March 2006 20:58 (twenty years ago)

http://i2.tinypic.com/qpp250.jpg

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Saturday, 4 March 2006 21:42 (twenty years ago)

Ann Coulter's "predictions."
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=12857&o=ANN001

This is my first annual Oscar predictions column, for which I am uniquely qualified by not having seen a single one of the movies nominated in any category. I've never even watched an Oscar ceremony, except once when a friend called me 35 minutes into Halle Berry's acceptance speech and I managed to catch only the last 20 minutes of it.

I shall grant my awards based on the same criteria Hollywood studio executives now use to green-light movies: political correctness. Also, judging by most of the nominees this year, the awards committee prefers movies that are wildly unpopular with audiences.

The box office numbers for this year's favorite, "Brokeback Mountain," are more jealously guarded than the nuclear codes in the president's black box. Hollywood liberals want the government to release everything we know about al-Zarqawi, but refuse to release the number of people who have seen "Brokeback Mountain."

I shall summarize the plots of the five movies nominated for best picture below:

-- "Brokeback Mountain" (gay)

-- "Capote" (death penalty with bonus gay lead)

-- "Crash" (racism)

-- "Good Night, and Good Luck" (McCarthyism)

-- "Munich" (Jew athletes at Munich had it coming)

Everyone says it's going to be "Crash," but I think "Crash" is too popular with filmgoers. Moreover, Hollywood feels it has done enough for the blacks. Hollywood can never do enough for the gays. Gays in the military, gays in the Texas Rangers, gays on the range. It's like a brokeback record! As Pat Buchanan said, homosexuality has gone from "the love that dare not speak its name" to "the love that won't shut up."

Is the idea of gay cowboys really that new? Didn't the Village People do that a couple of decades ago? Am I the only person who saw John Travolta in "Urban Cowboy"?

Movies with the same groundbreaking theme to come:

-- "Westward Homo!"

-- "The Magnificent, Fabulous Seven"

-- "Gunfight at the K-Y Corral"

-- "How West Hollywood Was Won"

OK, back to predictions. The best director award will go to ... Ang Lee, director of "Brokeback Mountain." (For analysis, see above.) Also, this is gays directed by an Asian, which should satisfy the gaysians. Hands down: Ang Lee.

The nominees for best actor in a leading role are:

-- Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"

-- Terrence Howard, "Hustle & Flow"

-- Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"

-- Joaquin Phoenix, "Walk the Line"

-- David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck"

The winner in this category will be ... Philip Seymour Hoffman. The awards committee can't give everything to "Brokeback Mountain," and at least Truman Capote was gay (though not a cowboy). I personally would have chosen the lion in the Narnia movie, but he wasn't even nominated.

The nominees for best actress in a leading role are:

-- Judi Dench, "Mrs. Henderson Presents"

-- Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica"

-- Keira Knightley, "Pride & Prejudice"

-- Charlize Theron, "North Country"

-- Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"

I gather Reese Witherspoon is very good in "Walk the Line," but that's irrelevant -- this is the Oscars! Felicity Huffman plays a pre-op transsexual in "Transamerica." That strikes a chord in Hollywood. It's not exactly gay, but close enough! I say Huffman wins.

For best actress in a supporting role, Rachel Weisz ought to win for "The Constant Gardener" because it's about how drug companies are evil, which to me is the essence of quality acting. Plus, English accent equals good acting. But Michelle Williams ("Brokeback Mountain") is engaged to Heath Ledger, who played a gay guy in "Brokeback Mountain." So I pick Weisz, with Williams as the dark-horse favorite.

The best original screenplay will be "Good Night, and Good Luck" as Hollywood's final tribute to the old Stalinists (Hollywood's version of "The Greatest Generation"). George Clooney has been mau-mauing the awards committee by going around boasting that conservatives have called him a "traitor," although I believe the precise term was "airhead."

Finally, my favorite category: best foreign language film. The nominees are:

-- "Don't Tell" (Italy)

-- "Joyeux Noel" (France)

-- "Paradise Now" (Palestine)

-- "Sophie Scholl" (Germany)

-- "Tsotsi" (South Africa)

After consulting with the Yale admissions committee, the awards committee will give the Oscar to ... "Paradise Now," a heartwarming story about Palestinian suicide bombers. How good is it? Al-Jazeera gave it 4 1/2 pipe bombs. It's Air Syria's featured in-flight movie this month -- go figure! I don't want to spoil the ending for you, but let's just say there won't be a sequel.

Normally, the smart money is on the Holocaust movie, so any other year, "Sophie Scholl" would have been the clear favorite. Unfortunately for the makers of "Sophie Scholl," their Holocaust movie came out the same year as a pro-terrorist movie, so they lose.

As a final prediction, for the second year, there will be no mention of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, who was brutally murdered by an angry Muslim a little over a year ago on the streets of Amsterdam. (Now that's blacklisted!) I also predict this will be the lowest-rated Oscars ever. Remember to turn off your cell phones, no talking ... or sleeping.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Saturday, 4 March 2006 22:08 (twenty years ago)

Meanwhile, as a distraction, the Razzie winners.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 5 March 2006 03:39 (twenty years ago)

For the first year ever, there's proof that all the female nominees have breasts!

(try not to stare at Kiera's for too long, she was only 15 or 16 at the time, apparently)

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 5 March 2006 20:31 (twenty years ago)

can anyone more internet savvy than me figure out what time the oscars will be televised in paris?

(I MEAN NOT LIKE I WATCH THEM I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHEN I CAN GO BEAT UP THE SISSIES THAT DO RRRR)

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Sunday, 5 March 2006 21:23 (twenty years ago)

Get ready:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40967000/jpg/_40967048_mel_gibson_beard203ap.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 5 March 2006 21:24 (twenty years ago)

In Paris? Live, tonight on Canal+.

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 5 March 2006 21:27 (twenty years ago)

See? He didn't know about those breasts either! (xpost)

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 5 March 2006 21:29 (twenty years ago)

excellent. thanks.

do you think it's some kind of pay-per-view thing, though? a soccer game is on canal+ right now and it's being distorted..

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Sunday, 5 March 2006 21:34 (twenty years ago)

'fraid so. They've bought the rights so it's not on any of the free channels... :-(

(at least, that's what I can find online)

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 5 March 2006 21:39 (twenty years ago)

aw damn.. maybe there will be some bar or something..

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Sunday, 5 March 2006 22:00 (twenty years ago)

I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHEN I CAN GO BEAT UP THE SISSIES THAT DO RRRR)

Yes! There's going to be lots of them together in bars!

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 5 March 2006 22:04 (twenty years ago)

poortheatre you should have come to the FAP lastnight! As for Oscars, they reran the Golden Globes on free channels, so I don't see why they wouldn't do the same for the oscars?

― richardk (Richard K), Sunday, 5 March 2006 22:36 (twenty years ago)

This "Ann Coulter" seems sharp and culturally-savvy.

― Adam Rice Lacucaracha (nordicskilla), Sunday, 5 March 2006 22:41 (twenty years ago)

Oh man, Amy Adams is such a darling.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Sunday, 5 March 2006 23:14 (twenty years ago)

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/6271/standin9iw.jpg

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Sunday, 5 March 2006 23:26 (twenty years ago)

Now that's good makeup.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 5 March 2006 23:30 (twenty years ago)

is there a british channel that will broadcast the awards?

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Monday, 6 March 2006 00:22 (twenty years ago)

Sky Movies.

The only online streaming I've found has Turkish dubbed over the top of it.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Monday, 6 March 2006 00:25 (twenty years ago)

can you give me a link to that stream? I might find another stream later. if i do I will post it here for you.

fuck sky!

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Monday, 6 March 2006 00:26 (twenty years ago)

Good result for Sweden this week.

― Adam Rice Lacucaracha (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 00:28 (twenty years ago)

are you refering to the sweden-ireland game?

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Monday, 6 March 2006 00:29 (twenty years ago)

mms://144.122.56.15/odtutv - paste it into the 'open url' option under file in Windows Media Player.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Monday, 6 March 2006 00:45 (twenty years ago)

Did they try to find the three worst 'house' critics for the TV broadcast?

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 00:47 (twenty years ago)

Keira Knightley: phwoar

http://a.oscar.abc.com/images/galleries/redcarpet/78th_knightley_01.jpg

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 00:53 (twenty years ago)

http://www.dollreference.com/images/child_halexandre12_5fa.jpg

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 00:57 (twenty years ago)

Jack Nicholson and his date:

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5281/jack4wd.jpg

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Monday, 6 March 2006 00:58 (twenty years ago)

Is that one of the Olsen twins?

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 00:59 (twenty years ago)

looks a little jojo cobainy

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:00 (twenty years ago)

Good for him!

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:00 (twenty years ago)

thanks for the link. i pray to god they will stop the dubbing during the ceremony but i doubt it.

how long til it starts?

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:00 (twenty years ago)

This opening animated thing is making me want to run over to Bl0ckbuster and rent something.

― Redd Scharlach (Ken L), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:01 (twenty years ago)

The stream has started buffering to fuck in the last fifteen minutes.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:02 (twenty years ago)

must cause loads of people are trying to watch it?

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:05 (twenty years ago)

IN A TUX

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:05 (twenty years ago)

dude looks crazy nervous

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:06 (twenty years ago)

Nice camera angle looking right down Michelle Williams dress.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:08 (twenty years ago)

i think his jokes are going over the audience's heads.

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:08 (twenty years ago)

ugh i hate him in syncophant mode

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:09 (twenty years ago)

yeah, poor Jon Stewart, seems a little uncomfortable up there.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:09 (twenty years ago)

a schindler's list joke! holy.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:10 (twenty years ago)

What the fuck is on Charlize Theron's shoulder.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:11 (twenty years ago)

Wow, Joaquin Phoenix looking fat, medicated and crazy. He must be doing an Elvis biopic next.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:11 (twenty years ago)

"walk the line... ray with white people"

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:12 (twenty years ago)

haha here we go

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:13 (twenty years ago)

oh shit, this is awesome. (the westerns!)

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:14 (twenty years ago)

The ILE thread is a lot less funny than past years...

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:18 (twenty years ago)

all the actors have beards!

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:19 (twenty years ago)

Clooney OTM

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:20 (twenty years ago)

Clooney gets better jokes than Stewart.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:21 (twenty years ago)

otm about what? the stream keeps fucking up for me

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:22 (twenty years ago)

i cant wait till he's president

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:22 (twenty years ago)

you dont even live here!

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:24 (twenty years ago)

are they dubbing in the music during the speeches in the booth, or playing it live? it's annoying either way

― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:24 (twenty years ago)

tom hanks rocking the raggett

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:26 (twenty years ago)

humor can be funny

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:26 (twenty years ago)

Clooney OTM with his first line about not winning Best Director

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:26 (twenty years ago)

haha green screen

― latebloomer: keeping his reputation for an intense on-set presence (latebloomer), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:27 (twenty years ago)

"this is blowing spielberg's mind"

bahahaha

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:27 (twenty years ago)

ben stiller is packin'!

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:28 (twenty years ago)

Jon Stewart Running Jewish Joke Count: 3 (not including random mentions of Steven Spielberg's name)

Nightlong over/under: 10 ???

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:32 (twenty years ago)

Aren't Jewish circumsion jokes pretty much moot since at least 80% of all American men have had that done?

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:33 (twenty years ago)

ben stiller's mom isn't even jewish!

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:34 (twenty years ago)

"Now we have proof that Ben Stiller is Jewish [or was born in the United States after 1950]."

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:34 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, in North America the whole dick snipping thing is kinda played but that shit still KILLS in Europe and Asia.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:35 (twenty years ago)

jesus wept

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:35 (twenty years ago)

ew, dolly parton is getting mary tyler moore face.

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:35 (twenty years ago)

EW DOLLY PARTON lookin' GRODEY

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:36 (twenty years ago)

I don't think it was a circumcision thing so much as size.

Damn, this is the worst Dolly song ever.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:36 (twenty years ago)

tom hanks rocking the raggett

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:36 (twenty years ago)

[insert joke about dolly parton's cans here]

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:37 (twenty years ago)

parts of her disappear from the side! gross

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:37 (twenty years ago)

I thought that Munich clip was going to be a joke - like he turns it over to reveal an ipod as the bomb trigger or something.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:39 (twenty years ago)

haha

Finally, they did settle on a host who will likely find the appropriate tone and volume of cowboy sodomy jokes -- Jon Stewart.

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:40 (twenty years ago)

Moral: Caffeine gives you the courage to do dum shit.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:40 (twenty years ago)

helluva drug, etc

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:40 (twenty years ago)

scientology joek

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:42 (twenty years ago)

oh christ here we go

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:45 (twenty years ago)

The cartoon shit is never good/funny, etc.

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:45 (twenty years ago)

most of the show so far has been me going "oh yeah that movie"

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:47 (twenty years ago)

Nice shade of orange, Jennifer.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:48 (twenty years ago)

She had (another?) nose job...

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:49 (twenty years ago)

The cartoon shit is never good/funny, etc.
What's that?
Please tell me they didn't do one of those "o lol The Simpsons are sitting in the front row and bantering delightfully with the host ¯\(º_o)/¯" things.

(following this thread without watching the show: c/d?)

― Øystein (Øystein), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:51 (twenty years ago)

Jailbait alert (costume designer's daughter)

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:51 (twenty years ago)

Heh, the only reason Aniston is on the show tonight is because she got divorced last year.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:51 (twenty years ago)

Playing music throughout the acceptance speeches to get them to hurry the fuck up: dud or dudddddddest? Am I stating the ridiculously obvious?

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:52 (twenty years ago)

classic

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:53 (twenty years ago)

So they're celebrating the startling fact that movies can be about real people, too?

Um, wow, they included Mommie Daerest.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:54 (twenty years ago)

i love the montages that basically amount to "hollywood makes movies about things"

haha xpost

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:54 (twenty years ago)

yay steve carell is presenting!

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:55 (twenty years ago)

Also, "Movie stars are lots prettier than most of the real people they portray!"

― phil d. (Phil D.), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:55 (twenty years ago)

Worst T. Rex cover ever

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:55 (twenty years ago)

Plus the haunting theme from Cinema Paradiso...

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:56 (twenty years ago)

i liked it! (xpost)

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:56 (twenty years ago)

George Hamilton and Liza Minelli?

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:59 (twenty years ago)

Winning an award for doing makeup to make ppl look liek matthew barney

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 01:59 (twenty years ago)

whoa, nice village people mustache

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:00 (twenty years ago)

Well, at least he didn't a joke specifically reffing Crowe and the phone.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:01 (twenty years ago)

Uh, nice Bedazllered tank top, Rachel McAdams?

― phil d. (Phil D.), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:02 (twenty years ago)

Rachel MacAdams lookin' 15 at the nerd Oscars.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:02 (twenty years ago)

The nerds have to get their awards in another cafeteria

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:03 (twenty years ago)

show more nerd oscars!

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:03 (twenty years ago)

catherine keener = rowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwr

― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:04 (twenty years ago)

xpost - Catherine Keener: hott

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:04 (twenty years ago)

Not x-post, consensus.

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:05 (twenty years ago)

Don't pick at your nose with 12 billion watching, Frances!

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:05 (twenty years ago)

JACK NASTY!

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:06 (twenty years ago)

I can't believe that was the clip they chose for Brokeback

Whooo, Weisz wins.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:06 (twenty years ago)

Lush mom boobs

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:06 (twenty years ago)

haha I didn't want to say it.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:07 (twenty years ago)

Lush mom boobs

That's just what Matt Dillon appeared to be thinking.

― phil d. (Phil D.), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:07 (twenty years ago)

i am glad to see i didnt have the only, uh, instinctual reaction to the catherine keener crowd shot

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:09 (twenty years ago)

That convinced me that Good Night, and Good Luck is as fetishistically textural (that b&w! that voice! the lines on his face!) as a German microhouse record.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:10 (twenty years ago)

best definition of film noir ever

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:12 (twenty years ago)

Bacall's slopping up her lines is just painful to hear. Is L&O on right now?

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:13 (twenty years ago)

Whoops -- a little early for the Shelly Winters Death Clip!

― phil d. (Phil D.), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:15 (twenty years ago)

was that a colbert v/o?

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:17 (twenty years ago)

Sounded like it!

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:17 (twenty years ago)

yes! awesome.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:17 (twenty years ago)

God dust

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:18 (twenty years ago)

haha jody i love you

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:19 (twenty years ago)

Terrence Howard, super stylin. cool.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:20 (twenty years ago)

Clooney's trying to figure out if he hit that.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:21 (twenty years ago)

love the orange, charlize

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:22 (twenty years ago)

fuck this shit

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:23 (twenty years ago)

GET OFF THE STAGE YOU FROG AND TAKE YOUR FUCKIN BIRDS WITH YOU

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:23 (twenty years ago)

huh, is j.lo still alive?

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:24 (twenty years ago)

What's up with J-Lo's dress not showing off her ass. And where did her eyebrows go?

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:24 (twenty years ago)

J-Lo to introduce Crash

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:24 (twenty years ago)

Just sayin'.

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:24 (twenty years ago)

Damn, J.Lo looks like she got Will Ferrell's make-up artist.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:24 (twenty years ago)

so glad the sound's off

― latebloomer: keeping his reputation for an intense on-set presence (latebloomer), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:24 (twenty years ago)

alex in ml

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:25 (twenty years ago)

what is this garbage?

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:26 (twenty years ago)

Interpretive dance, hell yes.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:26 (twenty years ago)

not enough fire on the stage

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:26 (twenty years ago)

sub-mann song over crash tableau, argh

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:26 (twenty years ago)

Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Crash"

― phil d. (Phil D.), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:27 (twenty years ago)

This really cries out for the Blue Man Group.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:27 (twenty years ago)

or the zombies from Shaun of the Dead

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:27 (twenty years ago)

So what's going to be the special surprise performance?

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:28 (twenty years ago)

Grammys provided much better thread material.

I liked seeing the Out Of The Past film poster.

― Redd Scharlach (Ken L), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:28 (twenty years ago)

PLEASE GOD LET IT BE A MISFITS REUNION

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:29 (twenty years ago)

Dude, Gable and Monroe are DEAD.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:30 (twenty years ago)

Celine Dion performs "Hard Out Here For A Pimp"

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:30 (twenty years ago)

jeez, there isn't even a randy newman song this year, is there?

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:31 (twenty years ago)

Haha, Michael. You too, Jody.

― Redd Scharlach (Ken L), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:31 (twenty years ago)

Pimp My Disabled Relative

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:31 (twenty years ago)

GET ONE COMB, SANDRA

― phil d. (Phil D.), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:33 (twenty years ago)

Wow, uh...a Speed reunion. How timely.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:33 (twenty years ago)

Sandra looks a little baked

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:34 (twenty years ago)

can we just admit that geisha is going to win everything it's nominated for?

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:34 (twenty years ago)

BEST USE OF CHINESE ACTORS PLAYING JAPANS.

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:35 (twenty years ago)

Man, Zhang Yiyi needs more screentime.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:36 (twenty years ago)

Ziyi

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:36 (twenty years ago)

Ooh, that was a smug little grin there, wasn't it, Steven?

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:36 (twenty years ago)

Sandra Bullock's shoulder muscle intersects with her skull in a most unattractive way. To much working out.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:36 (twenty years ago)

The only reason I can think of for all these montages are to stir up back-catalog DVD sales, and maybe put a little jingle in the copyright holders' pockets.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:38 (twenty years ago)

MUVEYS R GREBT

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:40 (twenty years ago)

The annual Mr. Tibbs line

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:40 (twenty years ago)

http://www.wwtdd.com/images/fm.jpg

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:40 (twenty years ago)

"and none of those issues were ever a problem again"

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:40 (twenty years ago)

why were they playing the "beef, it's what's for dinner?" music over that montage?

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:41 (twenty years ago)

Is John getting a little testy or is it me?

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:41 (twenty years ago)

STATE OF THE HEART STORYTELLING

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:42 (twenty years ago)

President of the academy in joke falling flat shockah

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:43 (twenty years ago)

Don't buy DVDs, kids! We make more when you go to the theater!

― musically (musically), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:43 (twenty years ago)

C'MON SNIPERS

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:43 (twenty years ago)

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL NEW ORLEANS, AND THE CAMERAS TOO

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:44 (twenty years ago)

Salma is so underused

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:44 (twenty years ago)

salma hayek. so hot, so retarded.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:44 (twenty years ago)

Is it me or does one of Salma's boobs look substaintially bigger than the other?

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:44 (twenty years ago)

"I'll bet you're a great swimmer."
http://www.eskimo.com/~bpentium/beatles/john3.jpg

― phil d. (Phil D.), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:45 (twenty years ago)

i want more principal skinner humor

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:45 (twenty years ago)

I think the right boob is just trying to break free.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:45 (twenty years ago)

There's something about that dress that makes Salma Hayek's right boob look three times bigger than the left one.

xpost hahahaha

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:45 (twenty years ago)

Last time I saw Yitzak Perlman was on Sesame Street

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:45 (twenty years ago)

i hope yitzak is getting paid well for this

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:48 (twenty years ago)

"somehow i doubt he's doing it gratis out of his love for the scene"

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:50 (twenty years ago)

"He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, so Americuns, don't be afraid when he sounds foreigner"

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:50 (twenty years ago)

x-post -- Hahahah

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:50 (twenty years ago)

touche, strongo, touche

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:50 (twenty years ago)

:-D

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:51 (twenty years ago)

Thomas Edison did NOT FUCKING INVENT the film projector. < /film pedant>

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:55 (twenty years ago)

but thomas edison invented everything!

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:55 (twenty years ago)

uh, what about the lumiere bros? way to go, inaccurate commercial.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:56 (twenty years ago)

he didn't even invent the lightbulb

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:56 (twenty years ago)

Here comes "No Prisoners"

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:57 (twenty years ago)

jake looks like a '70s maitre d'.

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:57 (twenty years ago)

More anti-DVD propaganda? Geez!

― musically (musically), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:57 (twenty years ago)

"Even Rocky had aNOTHER FUCKING MONTAGE .. ."

― phil d. (Phil D.), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:57 (twenty years ago)

hahaha oh dvds.

― deej....., Monday, 6 March 2006 02:58 (twenty years ago)

"and now, please watch as we honor THE CONCESSION STAND."

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:58 (twenty years ago)

So I can actually do something *legal* -- like buying non-bootleg DVDs -- to piss off the movie industry? Awesome!

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:59 (twenty years ago)

"let's all go to the LO-BBY"

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 02:59 (twenty years ago)

Eric Bana's the same shade of orange as Jessica Alba. Ouch.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:01 (twenty years ago)

Did all the makeup people go on strike this week?

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:01 (twenty years ago)

It's always sunny in LA

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:02 (twenty years ago)

wtf is everyone painted gold?

― Kim (Kim), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:02 (twenty years ago)

maybe they're just eating a lot of carrots?

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:03 (twenty years ago)

(xpost)

Sounds like the teleprompter operators went on a sympathy strike.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:03 (twenty years ago)

g on t

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:03 (twenty years ago)

NEEEEEERRRRRRDS

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:03 (twenty years ago)

Lily Tomlin is wearing the same dress she wore in 9 to 5!

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:04 (twenty years ago)

meryl, get one bra

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:04 (twenty years ago)

DO YOU, MR. JONES??

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:05 (twenty years ago)

Somewhere, a Chinese restaurant is cursing that bitch Lily Tomlin for taking their tablecloth

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:05 (twenty years ago)

WHOA drug reference

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:05 (twenty years ago)

this is kinda great

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:06 (twenty years ago)

seriously, how do women their age have chest area skin like that? is it like a body of 20 yr old catsuit? it's weird.

― Kim (Kim), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:06 (twenty years ago)

this is the most middlebrow thing i've ever heard

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:07 (twenty years ago)

Wow, what a pity I don't think there's a single Altman movie I don't hate in some way.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:08 (twenty years ago)

every altman movie would be better if it were directed by hal ashby.

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:08 (twenty years ago)

Oh man, OTM.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:09 (twenty years ago)

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thereeler/archives/images/altman-lohan.jpg

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:10 (twenty years ago)

Who had Suicide is Painless in the Oscar pool??

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:10 (twenty years ago)

"prairie home companion"

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:11 (twenty years ago)

Could we start getting people their lifetime Oscars before they're so old it's kind of sad?

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:12 (twenty years ago)

haha altman is already boring everybody to tears

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:12 (twenty years ago)

Actors under 30: "Who the fuck is this old guy?"

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:12 (twenty years ago)

Even Meryl looks bored. Geez.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:13 (twenty years ago)

oh come on play the music already

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:13 (twenty years ago)

fun fact: gallagher is robert altman's stepson

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:14 (twenty years ago)

This is nowhere near as bad as Satyajit Ray getting his award via satellite from what looked like his deathbed, though.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:14 (twenty years ago)

OMG HE IS OLD LOL

― gear (gear), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:14 (twenty years ago)

QUEEN LATIFAH WILL BE ON NEXT

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:14 (twenty years ago)

it wasn't that bad really, he did fine

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:14 (twenty years ago)

haha i was hoping he would say "i got a face transplant 11 years ago"

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:15 (twenty years ago)

ALSO MORE C KEENER PLS.

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:15 (twenty years ago)

fun fact: gallagher is robert altman's stepson

fun fact: super dave is albert brooks' brother.

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:15 (twenty years ago)

ALSO MORE C KEENER PLS.

no shit

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:16 (twenty years ago)

Altman's family looked like one of those pics on the "so not gonna happen" thread.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:16 (twenty years ago)

jody fun facts aren't supposed to be true

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:17 (twenty years ago)

these facts aren't quite as fun as we were led to believe.

― Kim (Kim), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:17 (twenty years ago)

Fly

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:18 (twenty years ago)

totally

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:18 (twenty years ago)

sex joeks

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:19 (twenty years ago)

this is not anything i ever expected to see ever

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:19 (twenty years ago)

I really, really hope that Terrence Howard wins the Oscar.

Oy, all these music segments are horribly lame.

― musically (musically), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:19 (twenty years ago)

This is a watershed moment in American Culture

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:20 (twenty years ago)

They should have performed this on the Crash set.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:20 (twenty years ago)

three six at the oscars!!

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:20 (twenty years ago)

Terrence Howard did a much better job of the song, I think.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:20 (twenty years ago)

Admit it: their appearance here is like a 1,000 times less ridiculous than it would be in the Grammys.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:20 (twenty years ago)

um what the hell are those dancers doing

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:21 (twenty years ago)

Turn down the strobe, dayummmm

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:21 (twenty years ago)

"Whole lot of witches talking shit"?

You can say shit on TV but not bitches?

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:21 (twenty years ago)

haha god i wish i was on acid

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:21 (twenty years ago)

Hey, how come we don't get any shots of the audience during this? that, I wanna see.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:21 (twenty years ago)

I don't know if the Academy considers the importance of the song in the movie. If that were the case, this song might actually win.

"...who lotta witches jumpin ship"

― musically (musically), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:21 (twenty years ago)

it's "wenches jumpin' ship".

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:21 (twenty years ago)

what's the name this band?

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:21 (twenty years ago)

or group i mean

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:22 (twenty years ago)

The white dude in the brown slacks dancing just now = yikes

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:22 (twenty years ago)

Three 6 Mafia.

Is that the woman from the movie?

― musically (musically), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:22 (twenty years ago)

ship-jumpin witchez

― latebloomer: keeping his reputation for an intense on-set presence (latebloomer), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:22 (twenty years ago)

Keanu: "Whoa!"

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:22 (twenty years ago)

maybe its witches, i have an ear infection after all.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:22 (twenty years ago)

It's no more wierd than Unclefucker NOT getting nominated

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:23 (twenty years ago)

hahahahahahahahahahaha

― musically (musically), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:24 (twenty years ago)

YES

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:24 (twenty years ago)

Holy mother of God.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:24 (twenty years ago)

Oh word.

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:24 (twenty years ago)

AWESOME

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:24 (twenty years ago)

who didn't see that coming?

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:24 (twenty years ago)

whoa

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:24 (twenty years ago)

Hey, how come we don't get any shots of the audience during this? that, I wanna see.

Seriously, I was afraid to look away for a sip of water lest I miss Jack Nicholson's reaction.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:24 (twenty years ago)

HAHAHA YES!!!!!

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:24 (twenty years ago)

did three six mafia just stomp dolly parton at the oscars? I THINK SO.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:24 (twenty years ago)

wow

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:25 (twenty years ago)

3-6 WIN OSCAR!

― team jaxon (jaxon), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:25 (twenty years ago)

Awesome, they had to bleep an acceptance speech.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:25 (twenty years ago)

best oscar moment ever! hooray

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:25 (twenty years ago)

oh jon, stop it with the jew jokes

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:26 (twenty years ago)

Note to every future Academy Award winner: your acceptance speech should be more like that.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:26 (twenty years ago)

ah, good times.

― Kim (Kim), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:26 (twenty years ago)

the joke about it getting a little easier in there for a pimp was great

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:26 (twenty years ago)

OMG

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:27 (twenty years ago)

More luscious mommy boobs!

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:27 (twenty years ago)

2 mor lush mom boobs

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:28 (twenty years ago)

Oh those crazy negros, winning awards and amusing everyone...

― musically (musically), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:28 (twenty years ago)

"this year's nominees have their skills tested TO THE MAX"

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:28 (twenty years ago)

So apparently they're slapping an excessive amount of dark foundation on presenters and then slinging them out on stage.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:29 (twenty years ago)

DED PPL

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:30 (twenty years ago)

This is the middle?!?!?!

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:30 (twenty years ago)

these are people who died

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:31 (twenty years ago)

DEAD PERSON MONTAGE.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:31 (twenty years ago)

Couldn't they have scored this to "Dead Homies"?

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:31 (twenty years ago)

dead ppl montage

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:31 (twenty years ago)

vincent schiavelli

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:31 (twenty years ago)

Aww, Moira Shearer!

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:32 (twenty years ago)

aw, barbara bel geddes died

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:32 (twenty years ago)

There's a current actor who looks just like John Fiedler

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:32 (twenty years ago)

SHELLY

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:33 (twenty years ago)

who closes

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:33 (twenty years ago)

And they ended with Pryor, wow.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:34 (twenty years ago)

OMG NO DON KNOTTS

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:34 (twenty years ago)

pryor and robert wise, nice

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:34 (twenty years ago)

ok, my boyfriend just fully overrode that touching montage by playing "Unkle Fucker" at high volume and standing in the middle of the living room doing hip thrusts and making ass slapping motions. just thought you'd all like to know that.

― Kim (Kim), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:36 (twenty years ago)

My back was to the TV at the bar I was just at (after seeing Capote, ironic no?), but I did turn around in time to catch the Crash interpetive dancers.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:36 (twenty years ago)

Is the extended dance remix of the DeNiro AmEx commercial?

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:37 (twenty years ago)

Richard Widmark twice in the Film Noir montage, that's all I need.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:37 (twenty years ago)

You still Fresh Prince

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:38 (twenty years ago)

Will Smith = not funny

― musically (musically), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:38 (twenty years ago)

will smith sucks

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:38 (twenty years ago)

ARGH. NEVER ANOTHER "WHAT HAPPENS...STAYS IN..." JOKE! NEVER!

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:38 (twenty years ago)

haha dear god i just looked up at the tv and it was will smith in front of a swastika

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:39 (twenty years ago)

bring on carlton

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:39 (twenty years ago)

Haha, the captioner didn't even attempt to write what Smith siad when he spoke fast.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:39 (twenty years ago)

SHOUT OUT TO THE WEBSITE!

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:40 (twenty years ago)

eh, not a good line Jon

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:41 (twenty years ago)

Say it in mandarin, baby, it's hotter.

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:41 (twenty years ago)

Right now on TBS Queen Latifah is beating up the fake Ring girl in Scary Movie 3.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:42 (twenty years ago)

roffle

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:43 (twenty years ago)

whoa! hilary is rocking some serious corset action

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:44 (twenty years ago)

i don't think she's breathing

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:44 (twenty years ago)

Hillary Swank giving us tw tickets to the gun show

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:45 (twenty years ago)

Did anyone watch the end of Flavor of Love? Who won?

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:45 (twenty years ago)

I want to see Hilary Swank fight Carly Simon, but they can only use their teeth.

― midi sanskrit (sanskrit), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:45 (twenty years ago)

TEH AMERICAN VIEWING PUBLIC, TONE.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:46 (twenty years ago)

Oh SHIT I forgot flavor of love is on right now! I gotta go downstairs and watch it.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:47 (twenty years ago)

I want to see Hilary Swank fight Carly Simon, but they can only use their teeth.

awesome

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:47 (twenty years ago)

yay for PSH!

― musically (musically), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:47 (twenty years ago)

Please, God: please don't let I LOVE I LOVE I LOVE I LOVE be a new Oscar joke meme.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:49 (twenty years ago)

whatever happens at the oscars...

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:49 (twenty years ago)

that was a surprisingly ineloquent speech

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:50 (twenty years ago)

so the mincing, queeny fag wins, and the msm who complicates queer desire loses. FUCK PSH and his cheap, obviousness

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:50 (twenty years ago)

yay for PSH!

-- musically (emxbe...), March 5th, 2006. (musically) (later) (link)

rochester represent!

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:51 (twenty years ago)

so the mincing, queeny fag wins, and the msm who complicates queer desire loses. FUCK PSH and his cheap, obviousness

He was playing a real person; obviousness has nothing to do with it

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:52 (twenty years ago)

collagen m&m's!

― latebloomer: keeping his reputation for an intense on-set presence (latebloomer), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:53 (twenty years ago)

"real" becomes less so when filmed, deciding what to depict and what not to, is impt--and capote played into the sterotypes. i really did think that capote (the man, and how psh played the man) was a minstrel act and the whole line about him being pyschopathic because killing the boy he wanted to fuck made a better story, fit into that whole peter lorre noir genre, and was an easy role and him winning set things back

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:54 (twenty years ago)

"even the orchestra is beautiful"

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:55 (twenty years ago)

mysteriously, tom hanks and john travolta have switched haircuts.

― Kim (Kim), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:56 (twenty years ago)

CONGRATULATIONS ON LIGHTING CHINEE LIKE JAPANS

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:56 (twenty years ago)

john travolta looks like henry rollins on quaaludes

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:57 (twenty years ago)

Mincing, queeny fags: the eternal whipping boys of the rad chic left.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:57 (twenty years ago)

But PSH playing the man like he played himself is a whole part of the skill of acting

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:57 (twenty years ago)

Can't wait for the "WINNER OF 3 ACADEMY AWARDS" Memoirs of a Geisha DVD.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:58 (twenty years ago)

mysteriously, tom hanks and john travolta have switched haircuts.
omg HAIR/OFF

Ok.
I'm going to bed.

― Worst Ever (Øystein), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:58 (twenty years ago)

I like the way Judi Dench thinks.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 03:58 (twenty years ago)

My money's on Reese.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:00 (twenty years ago)

reese is gonna win this

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:00 (twenty years ago)

xpost!

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:00 (twenty years ago)

see

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:00 (twenty years ago)

I dunno if she deserved it, but I didn't really care about the rest.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:01 (twenty years ago)

Oh she totally deserved it.

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:01 (twenty years ago)

i wanted felicity to win :-(

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:01 (twenty years ago)

FLICK PICKED

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:01 (twenty years ago)

I just saw Capote and goddamn, him getting the oscar for a good impersonation is just a chance to jinx his ass from ever making a good movie again.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:02 (twenty years ago)

Thank you to Joaquin Phoenix and the frog growing out of his head.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:02 (twenty years ago)

dude what's up with reese's eyebrows?!

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:02 (twenty years ago)

Felicity is going to cut her.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:02 (twenty years ago)

Make a dozen movies where you steal the spotlight, get ignored. Make a movie where you produce and keep the camera on you even though your character is the least interesting on screen, get the oscar.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:03 (twenty years ago)

gawd, reese is such a phony

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:03 (twenty years ago)

yeah totally

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:03 (twenty years ago)

Whoops, there went her "You really like me!" moment.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:04 (twenty years ago)

You like her, you really like her!
(xpost!)

― Redd Scharlach (Ken L), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:04 (twenty years ago)

easy leather fuck: priceless

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:04 (twenty years ago)

*giggles*

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:05 (twenty years ago)

I thought PSH was terribly overrated in Happiness and Boogie Nights. I don't really remember his other roles. He's too showy for me.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:05 (twenty years ago)

http://www.viewaskew.com/press/psycomic/5.html

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:05 (twenty years ago)

He sure can lisp, though. It's really impressive how good he lisps.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:06 (twenty years ago)

miccio you really thought capote was the least interesting character in capote? cmon!

reese was giving off a total tracy flick vibe!

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:06 (twenty years ago)

Her pussy gets SO WET

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:07 (twenty years ago)

DUSTIN

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:08 (twenty years ago)

...looking eeriely like Jon Stewart.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:08 (twenty years ago)

haha he's baked

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:09 (twenty years ago)

I did, J.D.! Seriously, I've read In Cold Blood, seen the movie, didn't get much from lingering close-ups of the author and scenes of him telling anecdotes to hangers-ons (I'm not gonna even go into single tears coming down eyes). They should have picked a time in his life where he was more interesting, maybe the filming of Beat The Devil.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:09 (twenty years ago)

he's looks like strathairn's nebbish brother

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:09 (twenty years ago)

The Brokedown avalanche begins

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:10 (twenty years ago)

maybe the filming of Beat The Devil.

Or Murder by Death?

Anyway, Wallace and Gromit won best animated flick = that's all I need. But wait, Mel hasn't spoken yet, has he?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:11 (twenty years ago)

also, wtf Flavor Of Love wasn't the finale! I guess cuz everybody's watching the Oscars.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:11 (twenty years ago)

"thank you annie proulx... she's right over there..."

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:11 (twenty years ago)

Larry McMurtry kicks ass.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:11 (twenty years ago)

Blue jeans?! Jesus, McMurtry... or should I say, ARNOLD STANG.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:12 (twenty years ago)

OH NOES BOOKS ARE IN DANGER

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:12 (twenty years ago)

you know, uma thurman is not an unattractive woman

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:13 (twenty years ago)

squid! squid!

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:13 (twenty years ago)

Uma's head is wobbling freakily around her neck like she's on X.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:13 (twenty years ago)

damn.

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:13 (twenty years ago)

Or maybe the Crash avalanche begins.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:14 (twenty years ago)

I will be watching the Three 6 Mafia performance on youtube, but it doesn't sound like I've missed much.

x-post with uma head wobble comment, obv.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:14 (twenty years ago)

So this is the dude that's guilty of writing crash?

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:14 (twenty years ago)

dear usa, i would like to apologize on canada's behalf for giving you paul haggis

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:15 (twenty years ago)

I'll be really surprised if "anyone could be gay, even cowboys" beats "anyone could be a racist, even minorities."

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:17 (twenty years ago)

Speaking of Canada, the opening motif to this intro and outro orchestral music remind me of the Canadien national anthem.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:17 (twenty years ago)

Brkeback Mtn Jeans

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:19 (twenty years ago)

what do you mean rad chic left, michael?

and do you think the role was much different then lets say the mincing he did so wonderfully in boogie nights or the drag queen saviour to all man kind (or at least a gorked out robert de niro in flawless)

do you think that mirroring instead of creating something new is harder?

and what about the whole seductive/black widow/wishing the death of the working classes schitck isnt just a little played out?

xposts:
the writing award is the one they give to movies they want to reward for being brave w/o giving it to one of the big 6, larry mcmutry indeed kicks ass, and i still dont think that the writing was the strongest peice in the film.

i really am confused about crash, which i thot was too obvious and too silly, but i saw it on an off night, and i will have to watch it again

(i wanted noah baumbach to win for squid and the whale, a movie i think was my favourite last year, and which i think was bestwritten)

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:19 (twenty years ago)

I'm sad Felicity Hoffman didn't win. uh, as for PSH.. queeny? huh? that wasn't the film I saw, I thought he was more.. enigmatic, once you got past the mannerisms you had almost no idea what was going on in that guy's head, and I liked that.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:19 (twenty years ago)

Hanks mullet suddenly in check.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:20 (twenty years ago)

gay cowboys eating oscars

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:20 (twenty years ago)

I wish I knew how 2 quit U VS. I'm king of teh wrld

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:20 (twenty years ago)

hurrah for ang lee!

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:21 (twenty years ago)

no, crash is too obvious and too silly, you got that right.

mannerisms and inexplicability is definitely the sign of great acting.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:21 (twenty years ago)

BIG UP TO THE HOMELAND, MY CHINKS!

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:22 (twenty years ago)

Hey, why don't you call him bourgeois while you're at it, AE?

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:22 (twenty years ago)

SUNGLASSES

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:22 (twenty years ago)

I also caught Tom Hanks' Bono hair at the bar, what the hell is wrong with him?

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:22 (twenty years ago)

I hope Jack's been hitting on Keira Knightley all night.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:22 (twenty years ago)

haha jack nicholson is such a don. those shades!

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:22 (twenty years ago)

CAPO-TAY

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:23 (twenty years ago)

he needed it for the ice storm, ride w. the devil, and eat drink man woman, first..

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:23 (twenty years ago)

anth who was your pick for best actor?

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:23 (twenty years ago)

Jack will spend the rest of his goddamned life mugging for every fucking camera in front of him.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:23 (twenty years ago)

CAOPTAY, MAH MAIN DAIMIES

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:23 (twenty years ago)

ERRGGGHJ

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:23 (twenty years ago)

CRASH? WTF

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:23 (twenty years ago)

OH WORD

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:24 (twenty years ago)

crash really looks SO TERRIBLE.

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:24 (twenty years ago)

Upset!

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:24 (twenty years ago)

OH FUCK NO

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:24 (twenty years ago)

CUH-RASH

― musically (musically), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:24 (twenty years ago)

JACK WAS STUNNED

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:24 (twenty years ago)

Called that, bitchez

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:24 (twenty years ago)

Even audible gasp in the audience.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:24 (twenty years ago)

AGGGH!!

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:24 (twenty years ago)

BOOOOO

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:24 (twenty years ago)

ew @ her arm!

― musically (musically), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:25 (twenty years ago)

academy haets teh gayes

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:25 (twenty years ago)

Damn, producer-lady looks like she can bench 300.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:25 (twenty years ago)

And the award for Record of the Year goes to ... Green Day.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:25 (twenty years ago)

WHAT THE EFF? i thought that movie was pretty AWFUL.

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:25 (twenty years ago)

Maybe now racism will finally end.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:25 (twenty years ago)

Great, now the Newport Beach Film Festival will be all "Hey, we premiered the Oscar Best Picture winner here last year, we're important now!" I fear the end results.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:26 (twenty years ago)

HAHAHA the music!

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:26 (twenty years ago)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
*kills self*

― Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Plastic Gas Booby Trap), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:26 (twenty years ago)

Hey anthony, here's your cause set back.

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:26 (twenty years ago)

the academy cut her off!

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:26 (twenty years ago)

Oh, Canada.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:26 (twenty years ago)

BOOOOOOOO

― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:27 (twenty years ago)

DUDE WHAT.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:27 (twenty years ago)

So in hindsight, the best movie won a screenplay award and Hollywood thanked some hotties for making classy flix and helped some dudes jump some sharks. SHOCKAH.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:27 (twenty years ago)

What?! Wow. Huh. Whoo! NO! WHY?!

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:27 (twenty years ago)

Hahahah.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:28 (twenty years ago)

jesus christ, seriously, fuck this movie.

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:28 (twenty years ago)

So Dan was the only ILXor who didn't think Crash was a complete piece of shit, right?

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:28 (twenty years ago)

http://i2.tinypic.com/qs7h2e.jpg

― ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Monday, 6 March 2006 04:28 (twenty years ago)

hilarious.

― ryan (ryan), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:29 (twenty years ago)

that is, Crash winning!

― ryan (ryan), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:29 (twenty years ago)

blame canada. i wonder what s1ocki is thinking right now.

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:30 (twenty years ago)

I wanted Good Night to win so we could see the guy from True Lies accept best picture award.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:30 (twenty years ago)

I'm disappointed Jake Gyllenhaal wasn't added to the "classy piece of ass" Oscar roll call.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:31 (twenty years ago)

I liked Crash. So that makes...two of us? Y'all are haters.

― musically (musically), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:31 (twenty years ago)

Mr. Conti, the Rocky soundtrack was thirty years ago. Give it a rest.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:31 (twenty years ago)

im not making a class arguement, directly. i am making an arguement about bad acting mired in cliche. (and can you actually answer the question, mike)

the thing is, i think that jake gyllenhall and michelle williams deserved them---so its not a direct transferal, of the people nomniated (and its not a strong list), i would actually have given it to david strathian)

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:31 (twenty years ago)

I wanted Good Night to win because the archives I work at has the Edward R. Murrow papers.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:32 (twenty years ago)

so dumb. crash was basically about this: "people, sometimes, ARE RACIST -- STILL."

That was actually the only nominated movie I saw and if that was the best movie of the year -- TROUBLE.

― gunther heartymeal (keckles), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:32 (twenty years ago)

paging anthony miccio. you're needed in the crash victims unit ward.

― Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Plastic Gas Booby Trap), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:32 (twenty years ago)

grizzly man wuz robbed

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:32 (twenty years ago)

No, because I'm just provoking you, Anthony.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:33 (twenty years ago)

surely you enjoyed the interpretive dancing, werner.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:33 (twenty years ago)

speaking of bad acting mired in cliche, im glad that i wasnt the only one who hated crash

why the fuck do you bother

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:34 (twenty years ago)

I'm most disappointed in Best Actor. Ledger was one of the few performances ever that moved and impressed me so much.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:34 (twenty years ago)

YEAH I WONDER, AE.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:35 (twenty years ago)

I think I'll finally see Brokeback Mountain. It didn't win Best Picture so I'm guessing it doesn't secretly stink.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:35 (twenty years ago)

i did contemplate joining in on the fun and setting myself on fire, now that you mention it

― Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Plastic Gas Booby Trap), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:35 (twenty years ago)

hmmm..

― PAUL HAGGIS, EMOTIONAL TERRORIST (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:36 (twenty years ago)

conspiracy

― PAUL HAGGIS, EMOTIONAL TERRORIST (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:36 (twenty years ago)

of dunces

― PAUL HAGGIS, EMOTIONAL TERRORIST (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:36 (twenty years ago)

amen

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:36 (twenty years ago)

im not exactly sure michael.
something about me threatens you, it seems.

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:37 (twenty years ago)

Oh for the love of God.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:37 (twenty years ago)

which archives, michael?

i didn't watch the oscars at all so i could frantically write a film paper instead. oh the irony etc but judging by the thread i guess i didn't miss much?

― joseph (joseph), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:38 (twenty years ago)

im already dreading the crash re-launch campaign

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:38 (twenty years ago)

haha THE LAST TEN BEST PICTURES BEFORE CRASH

Million Dollar Baby
Return Of The King
Chicago
A Beautiful Mind
Gladiator
American Beauty
Shakespeare In Love
Titanic
The English Patient
Braveheart

If I'm not mistaken, the most popular of these films with Ilxors is the one about elves.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:39 (twenty years ago)

*giggles*

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:40 (twenty years ago)

x-post - Quite right.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:40 (twenty years ago)

of course crash isn't the best film of the year but all the hate it has gotten on this board is pathetic and dan perry explained why perfectly in one thread(cant remember which, but it wasnt the crash thread). fuck all ya'll.

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:40 (twenty years ago)

oscar best pictures are uiversally both safe, self congratualtory and shit.

i still actually want michael not to be oblique and list why he views it proper to abuse me and my opinons regardless of what they are

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:41 (twenty years ago)

anthony if you're going to throw around phrases like "mincing queeny fag" and "minstrel show" and expect to be taken seriously don't be so shocked when people get kind of fed up.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:41 (twenty years ago)

Did I miss something

― PAUL HAGGIS, EMOTIONAL TERRORIST (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:43 (twenty years ago)

xpost - Tufts University Archives

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:43 (twenty years ago)

It was like to compensate for Jon being the host I've always wanted (and those daily-show-like bits were brilliant), the Oscars strove to be the most boring and poorly produced they've ever been.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:44 (twenty years ago)

p.s. Grizzly Man pwns everything, yes

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:45 (twenty years ago)

What was the Altman tribute like? Fawning enough?

― PAUL HAGGIS, EMOTIONAL TERRORIST (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:45 (twenty years ago)

they called him a SATIRIST and a SAGE

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:46 (twenty years ago)

is this what living in l.a. is gonna be like?

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:46 (twenty years ago)

hilarious!

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:47 (twenty years ago)

no, it's going to be like Crash watch out for keybs

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:47 (twenty years ago)

Could've been more fawning, really. More clips even. The Lily Thomlin/Meryl Streep bit was entertaining and weird.
xpost

"Please send more clips. We've used them all." haha

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:47 (twenty years ago)

how do i express that i found hoffmans performance part of a long, homophobic tradtion, and that this performance was part of a larger series of performances that he did, that translated effimancy and exaggeration as a kind of sexual identity, and then tied that to if not violence then something close to it, in a way that i can be taken seriously.

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:50 (twenty years ago)

and usually when i point out something like this, michael finds a way to challenge my personae, rather then the point im making

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:52 (twenty years ago)

I haven't seen Flawless, but god if I had I might agree with you.

x-post and if you weren't so self-pitying.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:54 (twenty years ago)

wow, those past ten films are all bad except Million Dollar Baby (just meh).. I haven't seen every one but have a special intense hatred for American Beauty, that was such garbage.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:56 (twenty years ago)

what do you mean self pitying?

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:58 (twenty years ago)

See anthony, you just made it about your persona by qualifying your statement.

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:59 (twenty years ago)

a friend of mine has a purely subjective theory that the movie that wins the best original screenplay award is always better than the movie that wins best film. of course, uh, this year's results throw a kink in that argument...

― joseph (joseph), Monday, 6 March 2006 04:59 (twenty years ago)

it's not necessarily original screenplay, but it definitely the one that only gets a screenplay nod.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:00 (twenty years ago)

it's funny but Titanic might be the best of the ten films on that list!

― ryan (ryan), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:01 (twenty years ago)

god that list in toto...wow

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:02 (twenty years ago)

I. Am. Beyond. Shocked. Crash. Won. For. Best. Picture.

Fuck, it's not supposed to be like this. The number of movies I saw last year in the cinema could be counted on one hand, but you know what one Best Picture-nominated movie I did see? CRASH. I was not supposed to have been there for the Best Picture winner. Brokeback Mountain, a movie I have not yet been able to see in the theaters, was supposed to have won. But Crash?!?! And another movie I did get to see at the theater was Best Documentary (Feature-Length) winner March Of The Penguins. And a couple of other, decidedly less illustrious picks. But... my God, this is like awarding the Best Actress Oscar ca. 1988 - 1989 to someone other than Jessica Tandy.

Oh yeah, speaking of Best Actress, I too am disappointed they didn't award that statuette to Felicity Huffman. She's my mom's favorite member of the "Desperate Housewives" cast by far and she's always seemed to me (via interviews) to be a real, down-to-earth person. But ah well. Hopefully she (like Michelle Williams, Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, etc.) will have plenty more opportunities to be nominated for Oscar gold AND end up getting it.

BTW, my mom totally loved the Three 6 Mafia song that was performed tonight. It is official -- my mom is more "street" than I am.

― See Me, Repeat Me (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:04 (twenty years ago)

screenplay winners the previous ten years (that didn't get best pic)

Eternal Sunshine.../Sideways
Lost In Translation
Talk To Her/ The Pianist
Gosford Park
Almost Famous / Traffic
Cider House Rules
Gods And Monsters
Good Will Hunting / L.A. Confidential
Fargo / Sling Blade
Usual Suspects / Sense & Sensibility

Not always good, but uniformly superior.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:04 (twenty years ago)

some of those movies are terrible

― gear (gear), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:04 (twenty years ago)

those are significantly better!

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:05 (twenty years ago)

I just got out of an Oscar party; the air went out of the room when Crash won. And I thought it'd take a few years to make another film as terrible as Million Dollar Baby.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:05 (twenty years ago)

the more recent ones are better, though

― gear (gear), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:05 (twenty years ago)

i mean except for almost famous and good will hunting

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:05 (twenty years ago)

but look at what got best pic those years

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:07 (twenty years ago)

i just checked out the complete list of BP winners, and these are the ones i think are great:

1929-1930 All Quiet on the Western Front
1940 Rebecca
1943 Casablanca
1946 The Best Years of our Lives
1950 All About Eve
1960 The Apartment
1969 Midnight Cowboy
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1977 Annie Hall
1992 Unforgiven
1993 Schindler’s List

not that impressive for a list of 78! and yeah yeah i know i didn't include the godfathers, i've accepted that i'm pretty much alone on that one.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:07 (twenty years ago)

the usual suspects and l.a. confidential are pretty weak

― gear (gear), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:07 (twenty years ago)

Lost in Translation lost to Mystic River, right? I'd certainly give MR and its flaws the nod over LiT.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:07 (twenty years ago)

gods and monsters, cider house rules, ugh

― gear (gear), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:08 (twenty years ago)

it's all a pile of crap. i'm just gonna watch anthony wong movies from now on

― gear (gear), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:08 (twenty years ago)

beast cops!

― gear (gear), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:09 (twenty years ago)

gods and monsters was good!

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:09 (twenty years ago)

I am grateful to the Academy for hipping me to this thing called "film noir," and so now I am watching something called The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers, with a woman who looks just like the Vulcan battleax who said "dis combat is to de death." But I guess in the Montage of Death they also acknowledged the guy who tried to frame Scotty for the Jack-the-Ripper murders, so I guess the Academy likes them so OG Star Trek.

― Redd Scharlach (Ken L), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:14 (twenty years ago)

(Adam, you're right. I guess I don't make any sense)

― Redd Scharlach (Ken L), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:15 (twenty years ago)

Just saw Ang Lee at the E! after party. He looks stunned.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:15 (twenty years ago)

Like Barry Wom, after hearing about Leggy Mountbatten?

Man, that old lady is even meaner than she was to Joan Fontaine in that 1940 best picture!

― Redd Scharlach (Ken L), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:18 (twenty years ago)

Actually, for that film noir montage, they shoulda brought in Geoffrey O'Brien to do it.

― Redd Scharlach (Ken L), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:21 (twenty years ago)

weird, i completely overlooked on the waterfront and from here to eternity! obv those belong too.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:24 (twenty years ago)

liking The Apartment but not the Godfathers? Unconscionably twee.

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:29 (twenty years ago)

That's the way it tumbles, Oscar-wise.

― Redd Scharlach (Ken L), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:36 (twenty years ago)

i think midnight cowboy was the last genuinely radical movie to win a bp oscar

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:38 (twenty years ago)

annie hall was pretty radical!

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:41 (twenty years ago)

nothing's been radical in the bill and ted sense since patton, tho

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 6 March 2006 05:42 (twenty years ago)

ts: midnight cowboy vs. gay cowboys eating pudding

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 06:40 (twenty years ago)

my favorite bit tonight was the win for three 6 mafia and dolly parton's subsequent reaction

― gear (gear), Monday, 6 March 2006 06:41 (twenty years ago)

ts: midnight cowboy vs. gay cowboys eating pudding

That South Park episode came up in syndication here this past Thursday. I think they were running that season anyhow (I'm not sure, I hadn't watched in a week or two) but still, I'm assuming it wasn't a coincidence.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 6 March 2006 06:45 (twenty years ago)

So, any ideas for pr0n parody titles?

Rash?

Bareback Mountain is a little too obvious, probably.

(Not sure if we need pr0nified versions of "Transamerica" and "Cinderella Man")

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 6 March 2006 06:45 (twenty years ago)

Bareback Mountin' you mean.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 06:51 (twenty years ago)

Phallus & (Gromit): Purse of the She-Rabbit (needs more work)

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 6 March 2006 06:58 (twenty years ago)

Oh, and that other one starring Phillip Semen Hofman.

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 6 March 2006 07:03 (twenty years ago)

best joke I heard tonight was as follows:
Hey, you know what they're calling the porn remake of Brokeback Mountain?
Brokeback Mountain.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 March 2006 07:09 (twenty years ago)

Yes, it's a bit of a problem, that one. To parody the story and keep it shocking they would need like a male fashion designer and a boy band singer who are living together but they find out they're straight or something.

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 6 March 2006 07:15 (twenty years ago)

ts: midnight cowboy vs. gay cowboys eating pudding

they should remake midnight cowboy with gyllenhaal as ratso rizzo.

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 March 2006 07:18 (twenty years ago)

PEOPLE WHERE ARE THE FROCKS? I HAVE NO SKY TV AND ONLY KEIRA KNIGHTLEY IS PICTURED. ACK. And the BBC News 24 red-carpet muncher at the VF party is particularly USELESS.

As to Crash, I claim Suzy's Oscar Logic™ in that a lot of people voted for one of two pictures, neither of which were Crash, allowing it to win by default. Films about classism or racism always win in the face of other "issues" movies anyway, even if they are not as good.

As to PSH winning, YES!!! Minstrel show? Absolutely not: Truman Capote was a clever, cynical child prodigy raised around wealthy drunks. He got away with brattishness, he was smart and funny and did become a bit of poodle for a certain kind of Plaza hag eventually, and KNEW he was a lapdog at the end of it - hence the anger. The bewilderment conveyed by PSH comes when explaining the bit about the killer and him being from the same house.

― suzy (suzy), Monday, 6 March 2006 07:21 (twenty years ago)

by definition, no radical film has ever won best picture oscar.

― The Man Without Shadow (Enrique), Monday, 6 March 2006 09:40 (twenty years ago)

Crash might actually be more "radical" than Brokeback. It's the first movie I've ever seen that has nothing but big "Oscar moment" clips in it.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 6 March 2006 09:45 (twenty years ago)

I'm sort of embarrassed about my bad faith in ranking Brokeback below Crash on that other thread now. But this is more like a omglolwtf moment in my opinion. A reminder that the Oscars remain the biggest joke in a pretty funny routine. (And yes Titanic is probably the best BP in the last ten years. Better than the two screenplay winners that year anyway)

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 6 March 2006 09:50 (twenty years ago)

xpost Ah that last para does not make sense! I meant the bewilderment and conflictedness PSH conveys in the film at the fight desire and revulsion are having in his head, plus 'staying on story' at all costs is all completely and perfectly real (my favourite bit is when he worries the lawyer he found might get the murderers off). So is acting like a prat in front of your best friend, who grew up next dor (Catherine Keener is awesome awesome awesome in this). I saw this with another writer (a business journalist working for a newswire) and she says Capote was no different, really, than any other reporter who thinks they can go deep on a story and winds up an alkie mess, teh gayness doesn't make him special here, it just gives him a charge card at Bergdorf's.

― suzy (suzy), Monday, 6 March 2006 09:58 (twenty years ago)

Titanic might indeed be better than l.a. confidential, which has the veneer of class and style but is just an ok bruckheimer movie tricked up with period costumes

― gear (gear), Monday, 6 March 2006 10:03 (twenty years ago)

'...'

― The Man Without Shadow (Enrique), Monday, 6 March 2006 10:26 (twenty years ago)

OMG did they just censor the 3 six mafia here in aus? We had no swearing or anything in their speech. have we been ripped off?

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 6 March 2006 11:40 (twenty years ago)

The last ten years of best actress winners:

Reese Witherspoon
Hilary Swank
Charlize Theron
Nicole Kidman
Halle Berry
Julia Roberts
Hilary Swank
Gwenyth Paltrow
Helen Hunt
Frances McDormand

I think Frances McDormand winning for Fargo was the last time I was all "omg they totally deserved this FOR THIS MOVIE" about an oscar winner (which is admittedly rare in part because I don't see a lot of Oscar movies - though I'm tempted to rent a bunch now!).

― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 6 March 2006 13:24 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, McDormand and Swank for Boys Don't Cry are my picks, and maybe Roberts for Erin Brockovich (which is unfair because I like it a lot more now than I did in 2000).

I can't say the same for Best Actor though:

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Jamie Foxx
Sean Penn
Adrien Brody
Denzel Washington
Russell Crowe
Kevin Spacey
Roberto Begnini
Jack Nicholson
Geoffrey Rush

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 6 March 2006 14:24 (twenty years ago)

http://cache.eonline.com/Features/Awards/Oscars2006/Blog/Images/bb.36mafia.jpg

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 6 March 2006 15:29 (twenty years ago)

Okay, ranking Titanic over pretty much ANYTHING is proof that you're an idiot.

― Dan (Terrible, Terrible Movie) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 15:29 (twenty years ago)

http://cache.gawker.com/gaybehind.JPG

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 6 March 2006 15:46 (twenty years ago)

oh god, roberto begnini

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Monday, 6 March 2006 16:14 (twenty years ago)

Denzel's oscar for training day is such a classic case of fucking with an actor's brain by giving him an oscar for a mediocre performance after a decade plus of quality work.

― ant@work, Monday, 6 March 2006 16:27 (twenty years ago)

why does Frayser Boy get a statuette? did Terrence Howard even get one, considering he performed song in the movie and on the soundtrack?

y'all are nuts thinking Catherine Keener looked hot

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Monday, 6 March 2006 16:35 (twenty years ago)

Ya'll are a closet case if y'all think she didn't.

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 16:36 (twenty years ago)

:( no brokeback

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Monday, 6 March 2006 16:37 (twenty years ago)

NOT ENOUGH FASHION ON THIS THREAD WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE.

also: Titanic is the worst film ever made. EVER.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 17:11 (twenty years ago)

After Salma Hayek's ta-tas yearning to be free, I lost interest in the rest of the gowns and boobs.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:03 (twenty years ago)

Here you go, Ally. My half-hearted fashion rundown. I’m too lazy to work out best and worst so its in (my version of) alphabetical order:

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/958/alba9nz.jpg
yeah, i get the whole wearing gold to the oscars but what the hell is going on with the top half of that dress. somehow i don’t think its the dress' fault. crap hair too.

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/6606/charlize6eh.jpg
is that any way for an oscar nominee to dress, young lady? how i wish this was leather. nevermind, its a travesty anyway. what makes people look at a dress like this and say 'Yes!'?

http://img478.imageshack.us/img478/925/dolly1tu.jpg
rural tennessee 1958

http://img326.imageshack.us/img326/546/helena5ud.jpg
the ever consistently fashion freaky (yes, in a bad way) helena. i wonder if its some kind of reaction against all those period piece outfits.

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/1785/huffy4yq.jpg
huffy, no. the gathered mermaid thing works for noone.

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/7728/keener4ix.jpg
someone hasn't been washing with Cheer for dark clothes on the gentle cycle. Nice dress, bad color.

http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/1515/keira1ac.jpg
hey look! Keira must be going to my year 10 formal c1986.

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/2717/linsay9bc.jpg
yes yes yes! what a peach miss lohan is. too skinny my ass.

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/9891/michellewilliams6ka.jpg
there's that bunchy hip thing again. what the hell? i actually like this dress minus the neck ruffle. the color is sweet. the back is nice too.

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/4158/naomi5io.jpg
anyone else in this dress would look like a toilet roll doll. on naomi, pretty much perfect.

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/6766/nicole5ej.jpg
i don’t know why everyone in hollywood isn’t trying to steal nicoles stylist. for starters, they’re clearly pro-straight hair for curly haired girls. nicoles dress always seem to fit the occasion just right. this dress isnt fantastic but its right.

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/9056/queenlatifah1rt.jpg
why is queen latifah allowed to be fat? seriously. noone else in hollywood is allowed to be fat. anyone else would be torn to shreds in the press and ripped apart by 5 talk show hosts a night for being that size. i mean, its peachy and all, but how does she get away with it? oh, and the dress? Eh. I’m not a fan of ruffles.

http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/2867/reese6wy.jpg
love that resses to pieces. looking fine.

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/7828/selma4ig.jpg
haha

http://img418.imageshack.us/img418/6331/seymour9ci.jpg
again with the gold. dress is too small.

http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/2581/shaun4id.jpg
best dress of the night by far. i want one. people need to go sparkly when they get the opportunity.

http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/6159/swanky2nn.jpg
swanky looked more spanky at the golden globes. this is a decent dress though. I’m not sure about that train. looks like black tp.

http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/7551/taraji0tw.jpg
i really want to like this but i just cant. bad color and weird shit going on at the neckline.

http://img321.imageshack.us/img321/8356/teri1lr.jpg
haha

http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/7250/terry6yh.jpg
this is dress is just horrible but its working for her nevertheless.

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:06 (twenty years ago)

two were cut off:

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:10 (twenty years ago)

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/5255/uma9ud.jpg
uma is always perfect. 'cept for the haunted junkie eyes.

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/8219/weiss9fs.jpg
very civilized

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:11 (twenty years ago)

I'm usually not one to disavow skinny girls or anything, but I thought Latifah looked pretty hot when she was giving out the best song award.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:14 (twenty years ago)

I'm not one to disavow skinny girls or anything, but I thought Latifah looked pretty hot when she was giving out the best song award.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:16 (twenty years ago)

I'm not one to disavow skinny girls or anything, but I thought Latifah looked pretty hot when she was giving out the best song award.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:16 (twenty years ago)

oops, I got poxy fuled twice.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:17 (twenty years ago)

Is it just me or has Jessica Alba lost like 30 lbs??? She looked awful last night, like her head was about to break off. I didn't like Michelle Williams's bright bright lipstick :( When I saw Naomi Watts my first reaction was "Is that Derelicte?" Ack. And Nicole Kidman looks like Corpse Bride, they are right on the La Lohan thread to point out the existance of Nicole Kidman should negate any "too skinny" comments thrown towards Lindsay.

Uma looked great but was doing the thing that a lot of the chickys were doing, ie wearing wedding gowns. That seemed very odd to me, all the white. I think Dolly looks like a peach, if she showed up wearing something tasteful I'd die of sadness. I LOVE Keira's necklace, not so much Keira or her dress, tho the dress is a purdy color.

Also: Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves were obviously boning each other backstage, they both looked completely disheveled and shocked when thrown on the stage. Though they could've just been shocked and disheveled because who the fuck invited Keanu and Sandra??? To PRESENT???

PPS: MORE OWEN AND LUKE NEXT TIME SO CUET.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:18 (twenty years ago)

yes. always. and the nominees for best screenplay always beat the pants off the best film noms.

― piscesboy, Monday, 6 March 2006 18:20 (twenty years ago)

yeah i know i didn't include the godfathers, i've accepted that i'm pretty much alone on that one.

-- J.D. (aubade8...), March 6th, 2006.

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the usual suspects and l.a. confidential are pretty weak
-- gear (speed.to.roa...), March 6th, 2006.

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fck, this board has gone bonkers.

― piscesboy, Monday, 6 March 2006 18:28 (twenty years ago)

alba has looked bad for a while. skinny-muscley-sinewy thing going on there.

yeah, there were a lot of wedding gowns. i think nicole looked great thought. and naomi. maybe its the australian in me but its more likely the untanned blonde in me. (not that nicole is australian)

im so in love with shaun's dress. must watch out for the rip-off.

i didnt see any Hayek. Can someone post a pic?

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:30 (twenty years ago)

Hot:
http://cache.eonline.com/Features/Awards/Oscars2006/Popup/Pics/Images/16.keener.jpg

http://cache.eonline.com/Features/Awards/Oscars2006/Popup/Pics/Images/09.hayek.jpg

http://a.oscar.abc.com/images/galleries/redcarpet/78th_ZhangZ_01.jpg

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:31 (twenty years ago)

Oh, Salma.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:32 (twenty years ago)

another balcony. i like it.

a lot of ilx men seem to have a real strong attraction to the average.

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:35 (twenty years ago)

Oh come on, Salma would be hot even without clot... eh... nevermind.

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:36 (twenty years ago)

Oh for a world where Zhiyi Zhang is the average.

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:38 (twenty years ago)

Salma's boobs get bigger every single year, by the time she's 60 she's going to be the Mexican Dolly Parton. Or, uh, Charo I guess. She looked good but one problem was what everyone on the thread said, when you saw the dress full on and not at a slight angle, it made her look like she had one E cup and one B cup on her chest, which was a little weird.

Catherine Keener looked great but that is a terrible, terrible photo of her, wtf.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:39 (twenty years ago)

Now that all you hets have had your fun:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e374/Robl7/7760916Eliandal362006104154AM.jpg

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:39 (twenty years ago)

jockular

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:40 (twenty years ago)

What is that lady behind him wearing?

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:41 (twenty years ago)

I don't "get" Ziyi Zhang. She's not even the most attractive actress in Memoirs. That aside, that dress is really promy and weird. I think I like Lindsay, Keira, Michelle, and Uma the best with civilized mom award going to Rachel.

xpost that is a very odd pic of Jakey. Post some Clooney, he always looks fantastic at these things.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:41 (twenty years ago)

Ziyi photographs well

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:42 (twenty years ago)

Catherine Keener isn't hot. Sorry. Cameron Diaz in a mousey wig and bad clothes was even hotter than her in that one movie. And I don't think that Cameron Diaz is hot either.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:42 (twenty years ago)

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/259906801_6040361411.jpg?x=400&y=400&sig=aYChMiU6YaxV2SKiuKaJDA--

Why are we continuing when this pic exists?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:43 (twenty years ago)

I don't "get" Ziyi Zhang. She's not even the most attractive actress in Memoirs.

She's possibly the most beautiful movie star alive!

IN MY OPINION

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:44 (twenty years ago)

DUDE, YOU MUST GET THE FULL BODY VERS TO SEE TEH PEACOCK FEATHERS

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:44 (twenty years ago)

And what the hell are these guys talking about?

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"George, Phil...you're buyin' the shots..."

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:46 (twenty years ago)

What the hell is going on in that picture? I don't even know who those people are.

xpost to Ally

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:47 (twenty years ago)

Keira looked like shit! She dunked her hair in the toilet and said, "Okay, good to go." Also, that dress was nice and the jewellry was nice but neither complemented the other.

Ziyi was GORGEOUS, particularly underneath the stage lights where the sequins in that dress glittered and sparkled like fairy dust.

Salma needs to do some time for tit abuse; poor Leftina.

― Dan (Also Someone Should Beat Jamie Foxx With A Shoe) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:47 (twenty years ago)

LEFTINA

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:48 (twenty years ago)

bro-tastic!! xpost but everyone knew that

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:48 (twenty years ago)

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e374/Robl7/7770138Eliandal362006104729AM.jpg

"That's JOHN NASTY to you, dear."

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:50 (twenty years ago)

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"No, really, sleeping in pup tents does WONDERS for your mojo."

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:51 (twenty years ago)

I think Charlize Theron lost a bet or something; that's the only thing I can think of to explain that dress.

― Dan (The Bow! WTF) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:54 (twenty years ago)

I thought she was wearing a chocolate truffle.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:54 (twenty years ago)

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060306/capt.camw12703061102.elton_john_oscar_party_camw127.jpg

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:55 (twenty years ago)

My mom just told me Charlize Theron looked like Angie Dickenson. As in Angie Dickenson, today and now, not Angie Dickenson, when she was slightly hot and young.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:55 (twenty years ago)

...

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:56 (twenty years ago)

ROFFLE

― Dan (All Hail Ally's Mom) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:57 (twenty years ago)

My better instincts are cautioning not to post any Lauren Bacall At The Podium pictures.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:58 (twenty years ago)

DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT

― Dan (Lauren(ce) Bacall) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:59 (twenty years ago)

Keira looked like shit!

This is insanity to the power of 10000000.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:59 (twenty years ago)

I've been reading lots of stuff on the IMDB message boars since last night's shock announcement that the Academy was giving the Best Picture Award to "Crash" and not the heavy-hitting favorite, "Brokeback Mountain."

I haven't seen Brokeback Mountain (BBM), so I can't really comment on its merits as a film. What I have seen for the past few months though is the passionate, ludicrous fanboyism related to BBM. It seems that no matter how you slice it, if you don't feel like seeing BBM or don't like it, you're a "homophobe."

How fitting it is, then, that a movie dedicated to the problems of racism, intolerance, and bigotry won best picture at a time when the fans of BBM were screaming about intolerance and bigotry.

I was honestly surprised when BBM came out, because it brought back those (ridiculous, IMO) arguments that if someone isn't moved by gay interactions, they too must be gay. I remember thinking that I didn't want to see 50 Cent's "Get Rich or Die Trying," and wondering if that meant I was a racist...or an in-the-closet rapper.

But such is the rhetoric of BBM fans and the gay-activist community. It isn't enough to accept homosexuality and respect people's decision to live their lives as they see fit. What the activist community clearly wants is not tolerance but endorsement.

How else can one explain how on one hand BBM fans and the community which has risen around it claim that BBM is just like any other love story, it just happens to deal with same sex love instead of different sex love, while on the other hand they claim that because of the fact that it deals with same sex love it is somehow "more important," "more meaningful," and "more beautiful?" Is tolerance really what's being requested?

While I thought "Crash" was a bit dopey, predictable, and cliche, I can't help but applaud how its victory exposes the forces behind the BBM movement as hypocrites and liars. Of course gay people should be able to love on another and straight people should of course respect that love. But this movement wasn't about respect. It was about the same sense of superiority which plagues all bigoted communites.

― clouded vision, Monday, 6 March 2006 18:59 (twenty years ago)

Also Michelle Williams was dressed like a Whitman Sampler.

― Dan (Fashion Foils Again) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:01 (twenty years ago)

Is there a complete photographic run-down of dresses? I didn't watch and the People Mag special edn isn't out yet.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:02 (twenty years ago)

Why are people giving props to Keira's homecoming dress?? It was like an exact replica of every cheesy, sheer-iridescent prom dress ever. Combined with her inexplicably zealous eyelinering, Keira looked like a tacky raccoon.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:02 (twenty years ago)

Feel free to use that last sentence for diction exercises, btw.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:03 (twenty years ago)

I haven't seen Brokeback Mountain (BBM), so I can't really comment on its merits as a film.

You can go back to your room now.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:04 (twenty years ago)

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e374/Robl7/7758358Eliandal35200690026PM.jpg

too Guilden's Mustard for me.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:06 (twenty years ago)

My comments had nothing to do with the actual film you moron.

― clouded vision, Monday, 6 March 2006 19:07 (twenty years ago)

Aw MW looks lovely in a good color for Her Incredible Paleness. Also, WTF, didn't she have a baby, like, five days ago? Whoah.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:08 (twenty years ago)

i like the color. hell, i just painted my dining room that color.

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:08 (twenty years ago)

i like the lips too and that shade of blonde is perfect

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:09 (twenty years ago)

i wonder what van der beek was doing last night

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:10 (twenty years ago)

http://www.riteaid.com/product_images/full/T79/T79549.jpg

I see one major difference between this picture and Michelle's picture.

― Dan (Chocolate) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:10 (twenty years ago)

My comments had nothing to do with the actual film you moron.

Wait, those are *your* comments???

I totally thought you had copied and pasted that from some nutcase conservative blog so that we could laugh at it!

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:11 (twenty years ago)

At least I compared Michelle's dress to something nice; I was also thinking that she looked like a prototype for Swiffer Fancy.

― Dan (Swiff It Good!) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:11 (twenty years ago)

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e374/Robl7/7769259Eliandal362006111349AM.jpg

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:12 (twenty years ago)

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e374/Robl7/7769528Eliandal362006111516AM.jpg

"No, really, I could have played Ray Charles too..."

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:15 (twenty years ago)

Yeah....

and what's funny about those comments? Adress them in that case. Frankly I can't see what's "nutcase" about them. I have nothing negative to say about the actual movie. I'm glad it exists but that's not what I was talking about.

― clouded vision, Monday, 6 March 2006 19:15 (twenty years ago)

Okay, did this person spend the whole night stalking Jake and Heath?

(xpost: WTF THE BACK OF MICHELLE'S DRESS HAS JUST MADE A FORLORN LITTLE CORNER OF MY SOUL DIE ARGH WTF)

― Dan (I Thought Joan Rivers Had A New Gig) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:16 (twenty years ago)

xpost - Are they discussing acid reflux?

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:16 (twenty years ago)

OK: Ally, I couldn't pass comment on the red carpet due to bad tech, and went to bed until PSH won Best Actor.

Dresses I like:
None of the dresses blew me away, but some were fine.
Michelle Williams - probably the best cut and colour for her, who made it?
Reese
Only Lindsay Lohan had the *colouring* to pull off bride-white. And the body to pull off satin.
Jessica Alba
Naomi Watts, but it was close
Uma gets first grab at anything Vuitton this year, people. Even so she is not a person who needs a stylist so yay Uma.
Keira Knightley never got to go to her prom, and in 1986 neither did I, and that's the only good butthugger dress out there, and it must be a good dress if I still like it and it's effing PURPLE. Also that McInerney vibe is the particular 'moment' in the '80s designers are focusing on right now (I feel obligated to defend my choice to Tracer but yeah, eye makeup caked on like 'waking' Mexican soap star after take 20)

Any dumbfuck who wore bias-cut satin, except for Lindsay Lohan, because that shit shows up everything including cellulite and last meal travelling south.
Helena Bonham-Carter should stick to what she normally wears and give Issey or Comme a bit of pubicity for a change, so Bjork has less work to do. Also I have stood next to her comparing outfits before (hence former observation) and know that short curvy people don't look right in what appears to be Roland Mouret. She just needs to lay off satin/velvet generally
Salma, NO: your boobs are too big in that and it's not the right blue.
Many accidents with tulle.
Ziyi Zhang is beautiful in anything but has worn better dresses.

MEMO TO NICOLE KIDMAN: NOBODY IS GOING TO MARRY YOU IN THAT. Gain ten pounds and get a life.

― suzy (suzy), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:18 (twenty years ago)

and what's funny about those comments? Adress them in that case

I think they sort of speak for themselves, dude.

Anyway, more fashion talk.

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:19 (twenty years ago)

Michelle looks like she's got an extra pair of breasts...on her back.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:19 (twenty years ago)

I don't understand the hatred for MW's mustard confection. Mmmmmm, appetizing.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:20 (twenty years ago)

Right.

― clouded vision, Monday, 6 March 2006 19:21 (twenty years ago)

LOOK AT THAT FUCKING APPALLING FRINGE DISGUSTINGNESS

About the only good thing about that dress is that when someone wants to spark the inevitable joint at the afterparty, Michelle is already wearing the rolling papers.

― Dan (Really Stupid Fucking Dress) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:22 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah I forgot she just had a baby too, huh? It was a veritable dairy farm up in that bitch last night.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:23 (twenty years ago)

Laurel, I think it's pretty too, especially with her complexion, but I wish she would resume solid food consumption.

― The Milkmaid (82375538-A) (The Milkmaid), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:24 (twenty years ago)

I'm usually not one to disavow skinny girls or anything, but I thought Latifah looked pretty hot when she was giving out the best song award.
-- Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (wooderso...) (webmail), Today 12:14 PM. (miloaukerman) (later)

oh im not saying shes not hot. i just dont understand why she doesn't get ridiculed like everyone else over size 0 in hollywood. its cool, but i dont get why shes the exception.

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:24 (twenty years ago)

As mentioned upthread, the full-length Paris + Pammy photo (with peacock feathers) is really something:

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― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:25 (twenty years ago)

Okay Pamela Anderson is the most ludicrous person alive.

― Dan (Even Michelle's Dress Looks Good Compared To That) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:26 (twenty years ago)

Dairy farm up in that bitch.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:26 (twenty years ago)

When did JLH grow massive hips and join the Ronettes?

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― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:26 (twenty years ago)

Go Fug Yourself is preparing their report!

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:27 (twenty years ago)

I wish she'd grow a different head already.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:27 (twenty years ago)

That's... hot

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:27 (twenty years ago)

GUESS WHO STILL ISN'T CUTE?

― Dan (Fievel With Tits) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:28 (twenty years ago)

The Go Fug Yourself girls are so right about Clooney it hurts.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:46 (twenty years ago)

God help me, but I watched part of Garfield because JLH looked hot in glasses and a lab coat.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:46 (twenty years ago)

yeah Clooney is extra special delicious.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:50 (twenty years ago)

Gyllenahl's kind of rocking The Son of Clooney style and attitude these days, he just gets to skip the Facts of Life period.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:52 (twenty years ago)

"the Facts of Life period"

― Dan (Worst Synchronization ) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:53 (twenty years ago)

...Ever

― Dan (The Devil Made Me Submit Early) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:54 (twenty years ago)

i like that dresses are now enough to fill dan with white hot righteous anger

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:55 (twenty years ago)

i dont find clooney even vaguely attractive until he speaks. at that point, the mercury smashes through the top of the foxy thermometer.

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:55 (twenty years ago)

I loved Michelle Williams's dress! I generally think she's not very pretty, but she looked beautiful last night. And yeah, George Clooney is a national treasure.

― horsehoe (horseshoe), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:56 (twenty years ago)

XP to Mark: Yeah, what is this, nu-Dan Perry?? MORE PLS. Tomorrow's wrath shall fall on bringing back white eyelet for grown wimmins.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 19:59 (twenty years ago)

Clearly the only reasonable solution is for me to sieze control of the United States and declare a fatwah on stupid dresses, since half of you can't identify a total travesty of fashion when you see one.

― Dan (Are We All Talking About The Same Dress???) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:02 (twenty years ago)

is it just the ruffle you object to, Dan? I can see that, but I will defend the color (beautiful!) to the death.

― horsehoe (horseshoe), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:03 (twenty years ago)

(everyone agrees on Charlize Theron's dress as tragic=no need for fatwah)

― horsehoe (horseshoe), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:04 (twenty years ago)

It is primarily the ruffle, yes. Also I think she's too pale to carry off that intense of a bright color but that's a personal thing that I know everyone has a different opinion on.

I kept waiting for Charlize to unwrap herself and show us her REAL dress.

― Dan (Alas) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:06 (twenty years ago)

Yeah I'm not a fan of the ruffle but the color worked just fine on M. Williams.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:07 (twenty years ago)

That ruffle is fashion Kryptonite for me. There's practically no difference between the designer throwing that on there and the designer taking a putrid runny shit on the dress in my eyes.

― Dan (Prolapsed Colon For A Sash) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:08 (twenty years ago)

wait I think Theron's dress actually was leather--wtf?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:09 (twenty years ago)

WAIT I JUST REREAD SOMETHING:

God help me, but I watched part of Garfield because JLH looked hot in glasses and a lab coat.

MILO GET HELP SERIOUSLY

― Dan (12-Step Program) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:10 (twenty years ago)

OK Dan I'm not sure how you can really vent on M. Williams when this existed:

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/589925801_7808161411.jpg?x=400&y=400&sig=bO482UCYQVi.2esQ5lPGpg--

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:10 (twenty years ago)

I think color has become my number one criterion for dresses at the Oscars, because people have started to look so same-y ever since that year everyone wore champagne/dull white. blech.

― horsehoe (horseshoe), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:11 (twenty years ago)

The bad highlighter/bronzer on the face making her look all Will Ferrel...the "grandma's drapes" of the ruching and the color...yikes-oh. JLo please only show yr best attributes, wtf is this nonsense you are wearing.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:11 (twenty years ago)

I think Williams' dress is lovely and deco and Adrian-inspired-ish w/ nice draping at the hips. I dislike the other "mermaid" dress up top (in black) because it's just gathered/ruched over the stomach, which looks cheap and off-the-rack, but MW's uses the extra yardage to good effect for a really luxe look. And the accordion-pleat collar is, I'll grant you, the weakest part of the dress, but overall I think it's forgiveable -- look how lovely and soft her white arms are when they just peek out from under their little shelter.

Although yes, could someone please feed her something?

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:12 (twenty years ago)

J.Lo's dress looked glorious on TV, WTF?

The bronzer is really tragic, yeah.

― Dan (Guess Who Stuck Her Face In The Toaster Oven?) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:13 (twenty years ago)

yeah, Jennifer Lopez needs a new makeup artist yesterday. she looks so dour and pinched and weirdly gaunt in the face.

― horsehoe (horseshoe), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:14 (twenty years ago)

My husband thought Charlize's dress was really practical -- the bow on top was secretly a little pillow she could rest her head on and nap throughout the ceremony.

― My Psychic Friends Are Strangely Silent (Ex Leon), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:14 (twenty years ago)

XP to Ally: My dear god of celery and other green vegetables, WHAT is she doing in that UNDERSKIRT?? It's draped like a banquet hall ceiling-support.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:15 (twenty years ago)

Jada Pinkett has seashell boobies!!!

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/071074801_9821161411.jpg?x=400&y=400&sig=Ezl6kZbzwqmKnZmiVjuWRQ--

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:16 (twenty years ago)

Cintra Wilson:

Most Burnt-Sienna Spray Tan: That went to J.Lo, who is going into Latin overdrive and obviously allowing the wrong family members on her payroll to do her ethnic bronzing job. Her contouring had the unfortunate effect of making her forehead look wildly convex, as if a toboggan were trying to emerge from it, fully formed.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:16 (twenty years ago)

"ethnic bronzing job"?

― horsehoe (horseshoe), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:17 (twenty years ago)

The GoFuggerz agree about Charlize.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/morganzola/57006426.jpg

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:18 (twenty years ago)

Hrmmm. I'm kind of offended by the Keira Knightley "toilet hair" comment now since I wear my hair exactly like this regularly...and it's almost the same color as mine. In fact there is probably at least one photo floating around ILX of me with my hair like this. OFFENSIVE!

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/011764801_2390161411.jpg?x=400&y=400&sig=PhzldBjcdFrlLdT5MwhQLQ--

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:18 (twenty years ago)

I think the biggest disappointment of the night was not getting a mumbling, incoherent acceptance speech from Ledger. He has the mannerisms and posture of Joey Potter.

xpost - Charlize knows she's hot, so she's dressing crazy just to fuck with our heads.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:19 (twenty years ago)

JLo's face scared me. I don't know who that bronzer is supposed to look good on -- it looked like she rubbed Doritos all over her face.

― My Psychic Friends Are Strangely Silent (Ex Leon), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:19 (twenty years ago)

The Go Fug Yourself girls are so right about Clooney it hurts.

-- rrrobyn (apoemabouteverythin...), March 6th, 2006.

Indeed, they are. *sigh*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/morganzola/57003562.jpg

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 20:20 (twenty years ago)

how about how every time the camera cut to him, he mugged in precisely the right way? he should host the show; he would kill.

― horsehoe (horseshoe), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:21 (twenty years ago)

I think the real reason why I love, love, love Keira's hair or, say, Uma's hair:

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/532354801_4419061411.jpg?x=400&y=400&sig=X_mNfoTcPPz4XSsPNb.9Hg--

is because it bears no resemblance to Charlize Theron's hair, or JLo's hair. HELLO PEOPLE HAIR SHOULD MOVE SOMETIMES!!!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:22 (twenty years ago)

Knightley had my favorite red carpet interview, because I was expecting her to have some kind of light, posh accent as with every role she's ever played. She laughed like a drunk hyena.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:22 (twenty years ago)

I'm kind of offended by the Keira Knightley "toilet hair" comment now since I wear my hair exactly like this regularly...and it's almost the same color as mine. In fact there is probably at least one photo floating around ILX of me with my hair like this.

That's okay, Ally -- trashy looks way better on you!!

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:22 (twenty years ago)

Actually that green's a hot colour (this year on accent walls, next year on clothes) and the dress would look great on Nicole Kidman, not JLobait. Rachel Weisz looked good: all milch, no cow.

Dan: lactating ladies be hidin' the upper arms and assosciated areas for a reason. All the other women who could carry off that colour would probably dispense with the bingowing and boobera obscura. Who designed dress anyway?

One thing I forgot to mention about the haleternecks: all of them totally chanelled that whole Vanna White/Dance Fever thing - HURL.

(Go Cintra!)

― suzy (suzy), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:23 (twenty years ago)

(Please note that if Ally is "trashy", then I am someone's arthritic grandma who hasn't changed her wardrobe since approx 1961 when she learned to take dictation.)

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:25 (twenty years ago)

I think I liked Hillary Swank's dress. Is that okay?

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:25 (twenty years ago)

Oh, thanks Laurel :P oh, xpost! :)

Err speaking of trashy looking better on me...did you notice a similarity between Jennifer Garner's gown and a dress a certain other ILXor has purchased for a different, upcoming event??? So irritating!!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:26 (twenty years ago)

Hilary Swank's dress - OK
HIlary Swank's face - not OK

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:27 (twenty years ago)

It's more okay than my friend making whinnying noises whenever the camera panned to her. I think she's gorgeous. If anybody deserves a whinny it's Sandra ~~Paddock~~ Bullock.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:27 (twenty years ago)

Hilary Swank's dress looked like it was trying to kill her. She looked much better at the Golden Globes.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:28 (twenty years ago)

Hilary Swank's dress looked like it was trying to kill her.

OTM!!!! I didn't need to see the outline of the bottom of her ribs.

― Dan (Corsets Gone Wrong) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:29 (twenty years ago)

What site is everyone getting the gown pics from??

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:29 (twenty years ago)

I like this!! This is a lot of fun:

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/748714801_2124061411.jpg?x=400&y=400&sig=blen_P317pLNXjJwrZXf7A--

xpost I just went to Yahoo! News and pulled up their Oscars coverage.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:31 (twenty years ago)

is that the adorable woman from Hustle and Flow? she's so adorable.

― horsehoe (horseshoe), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:32 (twenty years ago)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE JADA PINKETT SMITH AND HER SEASHELL BOOBIES AND HER HELMET HAIR

― Dan (Perfect Color For Her) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:33 (twenty years ago)

I don't like the helmet hair but everything else is good.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:34 (twenty years ago)

ADA PINKETT SMITH AND HER SEASHELL BOOBIES

They look more like B shells.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:43 (twenty years ago)

HA!

― suzy (suzy), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

Oy, I do NOT like the seashells, they're doing nothing but flattening her right out.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch: that electric blue bias-cut thing just above is brave BRAVE (although I don't like the side cut-outs) and I hope her support garments are up to the task, because whoever said that about drapey fabrics + bias cut = CAUTION: FALLING ROCKS AHEAD was OTM.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:46 (twenty years ago)

More Clooney.

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/546545801_8900261411.jpg

Awwwwww! :D

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 20:47 (twenty years ago)

XP to me: The crocheted halter embellishment is a bit surf-y, maybe, but she looks like her thing is "cute" and not, say, "chillingly elegant" so that's all right.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:48 (twenty years ago)

No no no, blue polyester-look dress meant for Janice the Muppet, sorry...

― suzy (suzy), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:49 (twenty years ago)

a million x posts, capote is his own tragic figure, who most likely was more complicated and ambigous then PSH allowed

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:51 (twenty years ago)

George Clooney is the best man in the world, no kidding.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:52 (twenty years ago)

More Clooney:
http://www.nndb.com/people/098/000043966/rosemary-clooney.jpg

― Redd Scharlach (Ken L), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:53 (twenty years ago)

Hayak is the best woman. She's like 100 kinds of hot, and by at least an order of magnitude the most attractive lady in the world.

PS xpost times 50: Fuck any Latifah haterz, she's totally rad.

― remy (x Jeremy), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:54 (twenty years ago)

You are correct, Ally. He's a dream.

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 20:55 (twenty years ago)

And this is a nightmare...

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/568714801_4124061411.jpg

WTF?!

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 20:56 (twenty years ago)

LSD is a helluva drug.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:57 (twenty years ago)

http://cache.eonline.com/Features/Awards/Oscars2006/Popup/Pics/Images/09.hayek.jpg

― remy (x Jeremy), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:57 (twenty years ago)

Charlize Theron's dress looks like it was designed using origami.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:58 (twenty years ago)

Is that Tracy Ulman? (xxxpost)

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 6 March 2006 20:59 (twenty years ago)

http://monkeydyne.com/rmcs/opencomic.phtml?rowid=95248

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:01 (twenty years ago)

Nope. According to Yahoo, it's Zandra Rhodes. I have no idea who she is but WOW.

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 21:05 (twenty years ago)

Bonkers fashion designer. Would *you* wear anything designed by someone that looked like that?

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:10 (twenty years ago)

http://www.perezhilton.com/topics/upload/2006/03/lovelymandy.jpg

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:14 (twenty years ago)

That's someone called Amanda in the middle, apparently.

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:15 (twenty years ago)

Reese Witherspoon is so cute. I love her dress.

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/489655801_9961261411.jpg

And here she is with PSH.

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/608795801_5718261411.jpg

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 21:15 (twenty years ago)

and also, i think frances mcdormand was of the best dressed, but i cant find a picture

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:15 (twenty years ago)

Is "Amanda" a man or a woman? This question will haunt me for the rest of the day.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:16 (twenty years ago)

Bonkers fashion designer. Would *you* wear anything designed by someone that looked like that?

-- ailsa (ailsa_watson7...), March 6th, 2006.

She's a fashion designer?!! Holy hell...

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 21:19 (twenty years ago)

Oh, that first photo of Reese is so great. She's a treat.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:20 (twenty years ago)

Themed gallery (frocks, colors, arrivals, etc) here.

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:21 (twenty years ago)

So I missed them last night and caught most of it on Youtube. You guys were WAY too fucking hard on Jon Stewart.

Someone called him a "syncophant" up there! WTF X 1000. He made fun of Hollywood the entire time. And Three Six Mafia was so perfect. So perfect.

I also wish Anthony Easton would elaborate a bit on his view that Seymour Hoffman's portrayal was homophobic.

― _____-----__, Monday, 6 March 2006 21:23 (twenty years ago)

I thought Pamela had her boobs deflated a few years ago - or is this the improved version?

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:24 (twenty years ago)

I don't think I can ever see Reese Witherspoon as attractive, on account of the FREAKY PREHENSILE EYEBROW.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:24 (twenty years ago)

Oh. That "Amanda" pic: David LaChapelle, Amanda Lepore (transgendered person), Pamela Anderson. That was at Elton John's party. (thought it was at the Oscars since Pamela was wearing the same thing)

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:28 (twenty years ago)

What prehensile eyebrow? U MAD. The only thing that's kind of freaky about her is her chin, but I still think she's hella cute.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:28 (twenty years ago)

YOU DIDN'T SEE IT?!

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:28 (twenty years ago)

I guess not, but I also just had to look up the word "prehensile."

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:29 (twenty years ago)

I really love that Rhodes's jewelry is PRINTED ON her dress. I'd wear that, although preferably sans sequins. Also, Amanda Lepore is a relatively well-known figure 'round these parts (http://www.queenmother.tv/nycgirl/amanda/aman.html). I saw her once at Patricia Field's, a shock for a small-town girl new to NYC. (ahh, XP)

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:30 (twenty years ago)

It was twitching like crazy. That thing had more angles than a stop sign.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:30 (twenty years ago)

Not cute.

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/169546801_7448361411.jpg

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 21:32 (twenty years ago)

Zandra Rhodes is a bonkers designer but she has a good heart: she has that candy-coloured fashion museum on Bermondsey Street (the ESM 25th anniversary exhibition which is now in NYC was there). Also buys shedloads of art which all lives in her place in San Diego. Must have been in town.

That is Amanda Lepore, fresh from being turned back by Immigration during London Fashion Week for who knows, really? Amanda uses 'she', having been unhappy with 'he'.

― suzy (suzy), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:32 (twenty years ago)

Looking at Reese Witherspoon feels like being force-fed dangerous amounts of Raspberry Kool Aid.

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:32 (twenty years ago)

I wuv Maggie G! Imagine shuffling along to the Oscars with your hands in your pockets!

http://oscars.sky.com/Images/Gallery/frocks-maggie-gylenhall-2.jpg

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:34 (twenty years ago)

Hmm... I'm with jaymc. Reese is adorable.

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 21:34 (twenty years ago)

All the local radio talk shows were gushing over Witherspoon's acceptance speech. I thought it was cheesy - she wants to make a difference, by starring in fourteen bad romantic comedies a year.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:37 (twenty years ago)

Naomi Watts at the Vanity Fair party, wearing a different dress.

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/174626801_3124361411.jpg

Better or worse than her Oscar gown? I dunno...

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/839434801_9846061411.jpg

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 21:42 (twenty years ago)

Well, it matches the Vanity Fair logo she's standing on, at least.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:43 (twenty years ago)

hahaha

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 21:46 (twenty years ago)

Wait, who are you, Mama Roux?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:50 (twenty years ago)

I was gonnsa say, Ailsa, she looks rather like someone threw a bucket of water over her and either the dyes are running or Ms Watts is moonlighting as Elphaba, and not in a good "Wicked" way.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:52 (twenty years ago)

Are those koi fish on the dress?

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 21:54 (twenty years ago)

oh and also, lindsay lohan is one of the ugliest looking women I've seen, on TV or not.

― ____----_____, Monday, 6 March 2006 22:01 (twenty years ago)

Wait, who are you, Mama Roux?

-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), March 6th, 2006.

Well, I'm not someone familiar posting under a new name. I'm pretty new to ILX; I made my very first post in August 2005. :)

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 22:03 (twenty years ago)

Oh hi then!

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:05 (twenty years ago)

This whole "gowns with pockets" trend is terrible.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:06 (twenty years ago)

But Maggie looks great (in a "slouching along wearing an old sack WITH POCKETS" kind of way).

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:08 (twenty years ago)

At least her hideous afterparty dress is a different color than her skin and hair.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:08 (twenty years ago)

And it's shapelier, too. The other one's ugly and a bit of a sack.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:10 (twenty years ago)

also: Titanic is the worst film ever made. EVER.
I'm sure it is, I've never seen it.

Michelle Williams' dress was probably my favorite - I love the color. I think she wasn't standing up straight in many of the pictures unfortunately.

Maggie's dress is pretty neat too.

Jennifer Aniston was wearing Rochas.. so wrong..

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:12 (twenty years ago)

Okay, take the UNFORGIVABLE HORSESHIT off of the front and I would actually go to bat for Naomi's Vanity Fair dress. Of course, since it has UNFORGIVABLE HORSESHIT on the front she must be killed.

― Dan (By Stylish Robots From The FUTURE) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:12 (twenty years ago)

Yeah I'd like her dress too if it wasn't covered in those weird ruffles.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:15 (twenty years ago)

The party dress is nice I guess, but that black thing is hideous. And,I like Givenchy and everything, but that dress that she wore to the awards is pretty ugly. I still LUV Naomi, however.

Amy Adams rocked the "gown with pockets" very well, and she looked so beautiful.. but otheriwse, it's a NONO. Sandra Bullock was just terrible.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:16 (twenty years ago)

(xpost) I mean really, did she wake up a month ago and tell her stylist, "I want you to base my Oscar look around the theme 'Dumpster-Diving'"?

― Dan (Wa To Distract From Your Freakishly Pretty Face, Naomi) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:17 (twenty years ago)

Weird ruffles and a cardigan made out of one of those net curtain things Spanish women wear on their heads. (this is why I don't contribute to fashion threads)

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:18 (twenty years ago)

Oh hi then!

-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), March 6th, 2006.

Hi! :)

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 22:18 (twenty years ago)

OKAY STOP THE FUCKING PRESSES:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/morganzola/57009307.jpg

― Dan (Lauren Hutton Done Lost Her Cotton-Pickin' Mind) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:18 (twenty years ago)

one of those net curtain things Spanish women wear on their heads

...which I've just remembered is called a mantilla.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:19 (twenty years ago)

This thread doesn't have enough Amy Adams love? Really, how cute was she?

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:19 (twenty years ago)

That first sentence shouldn't have a question mark.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:21 (twenty years ago)

Well, I'm not someone familiar posting under a new name. I'm pretty new to ILX; I made my very first post in August 2005. :)
-- Mama Roux (CitizenGatsb...) (webmail), Today 5:03 PM. (later) (link)
Oh hi then!

-- jaymc (jmcunnin...) (webmail), Today 5:05 PM. (jaymc) (later) (link)

File -> New document

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:22 (twenty years ago)

Hello Mama Roux - tell us about your childhood etc.

― suzy (suzy), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:23 (twenty years ago)

Amy Adams wasn't that cute, sorry.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:23 (twenty years ago)

You're wrong!

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:25 (twenty years ago)

Here's a nice one of Amy Adams.

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/423293801_7521061411.jpg

The color is good on her, but I don't really care for that dress--especially the detailing.

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 22:29 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I really strongly dislike the detailing on that gown.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:29 (twenty years ago)

i still can't get over charlize and her big bow. it was such a big bow.

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:30 (twenty years ago)

Wow. no one has mentioned Amy Adams, and I have to say she's a TREAT with that red hair. Also, her dress is in a blah color, but quite nice lines and I DIG the stripey ribbons.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e66/LimitedLiabilityGirl/AmyAdams.jpg

X-POST EXTRAVAGANZA!!

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:32 (twenty years ago)

I don't like that stick on mini bustier thing right up front!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:34 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, me neither! I think that is what ruins the dress, for me. And those stripes... ugh!

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 22:36 (twenty years ago)

Sorry, I have to post another one of Reese. The look on her face is cracking me up.

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/223826801_7264361411.jpg

This one was taken at the Governor's Ball, BTW.

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 22:37 (twenty years ago)

I thought Amy Adams looked great! Or at least as great as you can look in an average dress.

― Dan ("Doo-Doo Brown? MY FAVORITE COLOR *Swoon*") Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:39 (twenty years ago)

wtf is she eating, gemstone medley?

xpost

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:40 (twenty years ago)

That's the eyebrow! The one on her left!

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:40 (twenty years ago)

XP to Reese pic: oh god, there's a laff! I can't tell if she's honestly sad or if that's a MOCKING MOUE but either way she's the cutest sparkly thing on earth.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:42 (twenty years ago)

did Reese just throw up on her plate?

― Yawn (Wintermute), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:43 (twenty years ago)

I think Amy's dress wd be super-fun to wear -- I have never worn a formal skirted thing for any occasion and I secretly want to flounce around in masses of fabric.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:43 (twenty years ago)

I hate Reese sooo much.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:44 (twenty years ago)

that bustier thing upthread made her look needlessly small-bosomed.

reese's dress was the best.

― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:44 (twenty years ago)

Haha, that photo is indeed hilarious. And yeah wtf is she eating, it looks like uncooked tempeh?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:45 (twenty years ago)

That what happens when you start eating your own dress.

xxxpost

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:45 (twenty years ago)

Reese is teh cute! I like Amy's hair and I like the colour of her dress, but THOSE STRIPES!! Dear God, woman, don't you have a mirror in your dressing-up room?

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:45 (twenty years ago)

xposts: Oh yeah, Jordan, now I see what you were talking about! Her left eyebrow. LMAO!

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 22:47 (twenty years ago)

JURY, PLEASE NOTE THAT I GO ON RECORD AS BACKING THE STRIPEY RIBBONS.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:48 (twenty years ago)

THANK YOU.

It was the motion, independent of her other eyebrow, that was truly disturbing.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:50 (twenty years ago)

Given the madness that is Naomi Watts, no one is really gonna get flustered by some stripes, Laurel.

― Dan (Not To Mention THE SHOULDER BOW) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:51 (twenty years ago)

That's a good mom-face that Reese is making

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 22:58 (twenty years ago)

Looks like somebody did their eye makeup in the car...

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/239226801_2433361411.jpg

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 23:01 (twenty years ago)

She is such a beautiful wreck. Aw.

― Dan (WUV) Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:03 (twenty years ago)

I hate that bitch so much.

(Yes, I'm a h8r, but she is just repugnant on so many levels).

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:04 (twenty years ago)

Jimmy, she has had practice, right?

Brown dress Amy good, stripes yes ON HER. FWIW that dress would look shite on me.

Oscars theme for me: somehow everyone got somebody else's dress by accident.

― suzy (suzy), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:05 (twenty years ago)

Mama Roux, totally. Also, I don't feel NEARLY as bad about that dress I altered for Carly's house party, now that I see Alba's (slightly stretchy??) bosom is barely even touching that cup.

I don't hate her, I just wish she'd gain weight back and do that show again where she was a bike messenger and an escapee from a secret government research project.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:05 (twenty years ago)

Ack. Lauren Hutton actually changed into those godawful moccasins for the VF party. I guess she was really attached to the little front-pouch thingy she was wearing at the Oscars and wanted to, uh, accessorize it?

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/139124801_9074061411.jpg

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 23:09 (twenty years ago)

Oh dear, Laurel, I didn't even notice that! How unfortunate.

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 23:11 (twenty years ago)

haha! Heath Ledger looks like he's got his arm around an imaginary friend. "I love you, man."

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/310346801_1077361411.jpg

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 23:17 (twenty years ago)

Heath Ledger is a handsome guy.. why does he make himself look so terrible?

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:19 (twenty years ago)

not gay, maybe

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:20 (twenty years ago)

Good question.

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 23:21 (twenty years ago)

I love this picture.
http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/894546801_3338361411.jpg?x=400&y=400&sig=OwQrjI4h4DDeNkmQF2lVtw--

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:37 (twenty years ago)

Awww.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:38 (twenty years ago)

maybe hutton wore the native gear in tribute to Brando?

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:41 (twenty years ago)

Okay guys, I've happened upon the worst look of the night:

http://www.perezhilton.com/topics/upload/2006/03/sharonshair.jpg

Sharon Stone.. OMG...

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:42 (twenty years ago)

yes! i dig the REAL of PSH & CK.
(I also do like Keener's dress, but it would've been 1000x better if it were in COLOUR, e.g., orange and pink like that incredibly expensive AP underwear set i like.)

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:43 (twenty years ago)

Keener always seems so genuine, it's her best quality.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:46 (twenty years ago)

Jaymc, I hereby allow you to use the first names of celebrities. Go forth and flourish!

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:47 (twenty years ago)

"Sweet cracker sandwich" is my newest favourite thing to say (as said about Si3nna M1ller here) and also totally applicable to S Stone. Unsurprising.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:48 (twenty years ago)

Damn, I can't see your Sharon Stone pic, Brainwasher. :(

― Mama Roux, Monday, 6 March 2006 23:49 (twenty years ago)

Jaymc, I hereby allow you to use the first names of celebrities. Go forth and flourish!

"Oh, that first photo of Reese is so great. She's a treat.
-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), March 6th, 2006 3:20 PM. (jaymc) (later) (link)"

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:51 (twenty years ago)

pwn

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:52 (twenty years ago)

But it's such a low-profile film, and there's so much goodwill toward Witherspoon and her performance, that it's hard to imagine Huffman walking away with it. Also: I'm not sure Hollywood is ready to give their best picture to a movie about gay cowboys, best actor to a man playing a notorious homosexual, AND best actress to a woman playing a transgendered man. It's sort of remarkable as it is that Brokeback and Hoffman are considered favorites.

-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), January 18th, 2006.

It's hard for me to imagine both Haggis and Miller getting Oscar nominations, even if Crash and Capote get Best Picture nods. The Director category is frequently a place where younger/lesser-known/non-auteur directors get snubbed in favor of respected heavyweights whose films weren't worthy of a Best Picture nomination. (See David Lynch over Todd Field in 2001, Mike Leigh over Marc Forster in 2004.) Which means one of them won't make it, and either Cronenberg or Allen will take their place.

-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), January 5th, 2006.

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:54 (twenty years ago)

hahaha

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:55 (twenty years ago)

double pwn

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:55 (twenty years ago)

So I generalized, this is the internet!

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 March 2006 23:55 (twenty years ago)

NO NO NO

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/224216801_2090361411.jpg http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/024216801_1090361411.jpg

http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/493216801_8980361411.jpg

― Mama Roux, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:00 (twenty years ago)

"grandma forgot to put on her dress again today"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:06 (twenty years ago)

please dont tell me that's alba's boyfriend!

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:06 (twenty years ago)

No, that's Lindsay Lohan.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:10 (twenty years ago)

roffle

― Mama Roux, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:11 (twenty years ago)

I have a girl crush on Michelle Williams. Her dress looked as great on her as Cate Blanchett's lemon and burgundy dress did that one year.

― ShawShank Rambo Connection (Carey), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:12 (twenty years ago)

haha shut up jaymc

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:12 (twenty years ago)

Michelle Williams is still hot but not hot like she was on Dawsons Creek. She's so skinny now.

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:13 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I hope MW doesn't turn into another Hollywood stick figure, à la Lohan. It seems she is headed in that direction, though. :(

― Mama Roux, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:18 (twenty years ago)

Aw, HELL TO THE NAH!

Look at these two pictures of Sharon Stone. The Brainwasher wuz right.

http://images.popsugar.com/uploads11/oscar-stone-worst.jpg

― Mama Roux, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:21 (twenty years ago)

Seriously, what the fuck was with all the spray-on tans last night?

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:31 (twenty years ago)

Gina Gershon at the VF party:
http://img425.imageshack.us/img425/6458/ginagershon046tz.jpg
She's like, "Yeah, I know, my boobs, but what are you gonna do?"

― phil d. (Phil D.), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:49 (twenty years ago)

sub-hathaway at best

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:51 (twenty years ago)

Holy mother of god and the breasts that nursed the Christ child, who doesn't wear ANY KIND OF UNDERTHING under that dress?? And I kind of LIKE Gina.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:52 (twenty years ago)

I like her a lot more now.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:55 (twenty years ago)

I like our new lust for Go Fug Yrself superlatives

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:55 (twenty years ago)

Kate "It's called DETAILING, Gina, look into it" Bosworth:

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/123/katebosworth056gd.jpg

― phil d. (Phil D.), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:55 (twenty years ago)

http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/lg/2/3/Celebrity-Image-Anne-Hathaway-231061.jpg

― thumbs up to the brute force approach (Mark P), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:57 (twenty years ago)

It's much less GFY than it is Tomato Nation, just speaking for myself.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:57 (twenty years ago)

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e374/Robl7/7760916Eliandal362006104154AM.jpg

M. White asked about the lady behind and I WANT TO KNOW TOO.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:59 (twenty years ago)

I think she's actually controlling Jake Gyllenhaal's body.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 01:02 (twenty years ago)

The lady behind Jake looks like she is half poodle.

― Mama Roux, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 01:09 (twenty years ago)

and half-amazing

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 01:11 (twenty years ago)

Gina G looks better than Anne H. despite being 73 years older her boobs are much higher on her chest. POINTS.

That Jakey G photo gets creepier every time it's posted. IT'S LIKE HE'S GOING, "YOU! I KNOW YOU!! C'MERE!"

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 01:13 (twenty years ago)

Since when did School of Rock pick up nominations for this year's Oscars, or is that an old photo?

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 01:14 (twenty years ago)

Agreed. Gina Gershon has got a great rack.

― Mama Roux, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 01:23 (twenty years ago)

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/7153/ohgod5nk.jpg

Also, the stand-in guy from above has a friend:

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9095/garner7vg.jpg

Oh no! Stand in guy, what are you playing at?

http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/8530/standin28er.jpg

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 01:24 (twenty years ago)

LOL @ Elton John's boyfriend

― Mama Roux, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 01:29 (twenty years ago)

I figured, my name is Michael Williams, hers is Michelle Williams, and I'm in the market for a new pair of socks. What did I come back from Marsk and Spencers with?

http://static.flickr.com/54/108889784_ed89606f97.jpg http://us.ent10.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com//movies/us/img/oscars/gallery/360144801_2237061411.jpg?x=400&y=400&sig=oOIgNxD54YENvc3xdcPGPQ--

A near match. Yay.

― Mike W (caek), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 02:00 (twenty years ago)

Is that Summer from the OC standing next to Sir Elton?

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 02:05 (twenty years ago)

Look what happens if you enter "I'm really glad Crash won" into Google (click on the thumbnail):

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/3997/googledoyoumeantrashwon0es.th.jpg

hahahahaha

― Mama Roux, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 02:24 (twenty years ago)

Oops! It didn't work. Here is the direct link to the screenshot I took: http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/3997/googledoyoumeantrashwon0es.jpg

― Mama Roux, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 02:25 (twenty years ago)

Michelle Williams wore Vera Wang. I thought she was the only person at the ceremony who didn't look like a complete and utter fool, except for . . . the lips. The lipstick was so strong and gloppy that it eradicated all definition and just left her with large platypus lips. I'm not sure if it was the color or the amount or the color matched with her size of lips. Bodywise, I thought she actually looked a bit ample, to be honest. I've seen her much more scrawny on certain DC seasons.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 03:35 (twenty years ago)

can someone find me a pic of ms mcdormand

― anthony easton (anthony), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 03:49 (twenty years ago)

http://www.perezhilton.com/topics/upload/2006/03/butch2.png

― My Psychic Friends Are Strangely Silent (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 04:10 (twenty years ago)

http://www.perezhilton.com/topics/upload/2006/03/butch3.png

― My Psychic Friends Are Strangely Silent (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 04:12 (twenty years ago)

myspace.com/180degreeanglee

― Pwnjabi MC (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 04:37 (twenty years ago)

omg those ang/jake pics

― Zwan (miccio), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 04:45 (twenty years ago)

seems like he was taking the loss in stride

― Zwan (miccio), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 04:45 (twenty years ago)

jake is my IDOL

― Shelly Winters Death Clip (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 05:08 (twenty years ago)

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This user has either cancelled their membership, or their acccount has been deleted.

I was too late. Anybody have another link to the Ang Lee/Jake G. pics?

― Mama Roux, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 08:05 (twenty years ago)

hahahaha, i love JG so much now (and hope those photos are real).

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 13:29 (twenty years ago)

Is that Uma with Ang? Jake looks, um, prettier.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 14:18 (twenty years ago)

I haven't read these last few hundred posts, but I did win a $25 tab and 2 movie passes by tying for the lead at the bar's prediction contest (17/24). When I grouched that a "liberal-racist movie" had won Best Picture, the bar owner -- who's known me for 6 years -- dais, "OK, Rush." Nitwit.

Stewart and Altman saved the night (the Tomlin-Streep thing failed and was over the heads of 99% of the audience).

The sign that Crash was the chosen one was that the Richard Pryor obit consisted of shots from his provocative masterworks Brewster's Millions and JoJo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling.

Is Keanu with Bullock? Speed 3?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 14:24 (twenty years ago)

dais = said :(

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 14:25 (twenty years ago)

This is the thread where we dias

― Redd Scharlach (Ken L), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 14:32 (twenty years ago)

Well Morbs, if you're going to make Rush-esque comments, you can't get mad if someone calls you Rush!

― Dan (Seriously) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 14:34 (twenty years ago)

(Besides, a much better example of the "racist liberal" movie is Fahrenheit 9/11.)

― Dan (Saudis Are EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVIL) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 14:35 (twenty years ago)

oh Dan, know when a "Facts of Life" alum out-condescends you after being carjacked.

Really I'm pretty pro-French, but the penguin guys shoulda been shot.

anti-Dame Judi commercial BEYOND GREAT

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 14:38 (twenty years ago)

Really I'm pretty pro-French, but the penguin guys shoulda been shot.

TOTAL 100% AGREEANCE

― Dan (DEATH TO LINUX FRENCHIES) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 14:46 (twenty years ago)

every altman movie would be better if it were directed by hal ashby.

Ms. Underground, I like you but that's NUTS! ;)

Who had Suicide is Painless in the Oscar pool??

Easiest call of the night!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:00 (twenty years ago)

That song has lyrics too, doesn't it?
"Through early morning fog I see,
Visions of the things to be"
or something like that.

― Redd Scharlach (Ken L), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:03 (twenty years ago)

Buy one DVD

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:04 (twenty years ago)

Would that have prevented me from posting cheesy lyrics to this thread, Jimmy?

― Redd Scharlach (Ken L), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:09 (twenty years ago)

Altman's son wrote the MASH lyrics when he about 15 (hence Bob sez the kid profited off the TV series, unlike him).

Also, Steve Carell in joke makeup = SCORSESE!!!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:09 (twenty years ago)

If George Clooney had carried a penguin up on stage nobody woulda said shit.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:13 (twenty years ago)

oh my god those Jake pictures.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:14 (twenty years ago)

they didnt use the lyrics in the series, yes?
xxpost

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:14 (twenty years ago)

Also George Clooney can do whatever the hell he wants and I'm ok with it.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:17 (twenty years ago)

xpost

No, but lyricists get some change whether the words are sung or not, surely?

I generally like Clooney, but from his speech you think he'd won the fuckin Nobel Prize. (yeah, Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar -- for playing "MAMMY")

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:30 (twenty years ago)

It depends on how the songwriting credits are worked out, whether someone gets money.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:32 (twenty years ago)

Not a lot of plum non-Mammy Oscar-bait roles for your Hattie McDanielses in 1939, I think. I mean, really, how many of these are some iteration of "maid" or "cook?"

Gone with the Wind (1939) .... Mammy
Zenobia (1939) (as Hattie McDaniels) .... Dehlia
... aka Elephants Never Forget (UK)
... aka It's Spring Again (USA)
Everybody's Baby (1939) .... Hattie
The Shining Hour (1938) .... Belvedere
The Mad Miss Manton (1938) .... Hilda, Melsa's Maid
Carefree (1938) (uncredited) .... Hattie
The Shopworn Angel (1938) .... Martha (Daily's maid)
Vivacious Lady (1938) (uncredited) .... Hattie, Maid at Prom Dance
Battle of Broadway (1938) .... Agatha
True Confession (1937) (uncredited) .... Ella
Quick Money (1937) (uncredited) .... Hattie, Tompkins' Maid
... aka Taking the Town
45 Fathers (1937) .... Beulah
Nothing Sacred (1937) (uncredited) .... Mrs. Walker
Merry Go Round of 1938 (1937) .... Maid
Over the Goal (1937) (as Hattie McDaniels) .... Hannah
Sky Racket (1937) .... Jenny
... aka Flight Into Danger (UK)
Stella Dallas (1937) (uncredited) .... Edna (maid #2)
Saratoga (1937) (as Hattie McDaniels) .... Rosetta Washington
The Wildcatter (1937) (uncredited) .... Pearl
The Crime Nobody Saw (1937) .... Ambrosia
Don't Tell the Wife (1937) (uncredited) .... Mamie, Nancy's Maid
Racing Lady (1937) .... Abby
Mississippi Moods (1937)
Reunion (1936) .... Sadie
Libeled Lady (1936) (uncredited) .... Maid in Grand Plaza Hall
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936) (as Hattie McDaniels) .... Ellen Belle
Star for a Night (1936) .... Hattie
Postal Inspector (1936) (uncredited) .... Deborah
The Bride Walks Out (1936) (as Hattie McDaniels) .... Mamie, Carolyn's Maid
High Tension (1936) .... Hattie
Show Boat (1936) .... Queenie
... aka Edna Ferber's Show Boat (USA: complete title)
Arbor Day (1936) .... Buckwheat's mother
Gentle Julia (1936) .... Kitty Silvers
The Singing Kid (1936) (uncredited) .... Maid
The First Baby (1936) .... Dora
Next Time We Love (1936) (uncredited) .... Hanna
... aka Next Time We Live (UK)
Can This Be Dixie? (1936) .... Lizzie
We're Only Human (1935) (uncredited) .... Molly, Martin's Maid
Another Face (1935) (uncredited) .... Nellie, Sheila's maid
... aka It Happened in Hollywood (UK)
... aka Two Faces (USA)
Music Is Magic (1935) (as Hattie McDaniels) .... Amanda
Harmony Lane (1935) .... Cook
Murder by Television (1935) .... Isobel, the Cook
... aka The Houghland Murder Case
Alice Adams (1935) (as Hattie McDaniels) .... Malena Burns, Maid Serving Dinner
... aka Booth Tarkington's Alice Adams (USA: complete title)
China Seas (1935) (uncredited) .... Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid
The Four-Star Boarder (1935) .... Maid
Wig-Wag (1935) (uncredited) .... Cook
Traveling Saleslady (1935) (uncredited) .... Martha Smith
Transient Lady (1935)
... aka False Witness (UK)
The Little Colonel (1935) .... Becky ('Mom Beck') Porter
Okay Toots! (1935) (as Hattie McDaniels) .... Maid
Anniversary Trouble (1935) .... Mandy, the maid
Our Gang (1935)
The Chases of Pimple Street (1934) (uncredited) .... Hattie, Gertrude's Maid
Little Men (1934)
Babbitt (1934) (uncredited) .... Rosalie, the Maid
Fate's Fathead (1934) (as Hattie McDaniels) .... Mandy, the Maid
Lost in the Stratosphere (1934) .... Ida Johnson
Flirtation (1934) (uncredited)
Judge Priest (1934) (as Hattie McDaniels) .... Aunt Dilsey
King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934) (uncredited) .... Black Narcissus Mop Buyer
... aka Irish and Proud of It
Operator 13 (1934) (uncredited) .... Annie (a cook)
... aka Spy 13
Merry Wives of Reno (1934) (uncredited) .... Bunny's Maid
Goodbye Love (1933) (uncredited) .... Edna the Maid
I'm No Angel (1933) (uncredited) .... Tira's maid-manicurist
Hello, Sister (1933) (uncredited) .... Woman in Apartment House (reshoots)
... aka Clipped Wings (UK)
... aka Walking Down Broadway (USA)
Hypnotized (1932) (uncredited)
The Golden West (1932) (uncredited) .... Mammy Lou
Blonde Venus (1932) (uncredited) .... Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans
Crooner (1932) (uncredited) .... Maid
The Boiling Point (1932) (uncredited) .... Caroline (Kirk's cook)
Washington Masquerade (1932) .... Maid
... aka Mad Masquerade (UK)
Are You Listening? (1932) .... Singer

― phil d. (Phil D.), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:37 (twenty years ago)

That doesn't matter, the film critics of ILX are the authorities on racism, did you know?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:38 (twenty years ago)

When the Crash producer hailed her movie's hate, intolerance and dishonesty as "love, tolerance, and truth," I wanted to shoot her.

With blanks, of course.

(Ally, you should really see the movie if you want to say we're fulla shit)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 15:55 (twenty years ago)

"I'd like to thank racism for making this film possible."

Aw, racism! That scamp! He wins again!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

It had escaped my notice that Haggis is Canadian. You snow monkeys are dead to me.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 16:15 (twenty years ago)

No, Morbs, I don't need to see the movie to agree with Dan that the tone some of you have taken in discussing Crash is, at best, disgusting.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 17:22 (twenty years ago)

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060306/capt.camw12703061102.elton_john_oscar_party_camw127.jpg

^^^^^HOLY SHIT THAT'S EDDIE VAN HALEN

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 17:37 (twenty years ago)

He looks he just got done filming "Bumfights".

― My Psychic Friends Are Strangely Silent (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 17:47 (twenty years ago)

"burn hollywood burn"

― geeta (geeta), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 17:49 (twenty years ago)

Are you for real?
It's so hard to tell
From just a magazine
Yeah, you just smile and the picture sells
Look what that does to me

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 17:53 (twenty years ago)

EDDIE VAN HALEN!

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 18:03 (twenty years ago)

Dave Kehr with things I didn't (and did) know:

The real highlight of the evening was the delicious moment during the adapted screenplay awards, when ABC captioned a shot of two handsome gentlemen in tuxedos as “Tony Kushner and Eric Roth,” the writers nominated for “Munich.” In fact, the image was of Tony Kushner and his husband, Mark Harris, a New York entertainment writer and editor. Meanwhile, Larry McMurtry and Dianna Ossana were taking the stage to accept their award for taking gay love into the American mainstream, at least as long as said love is depicted as guilty, miserable and unfulfillable.

http://www.davekehr.com

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 18:54 (twenty years ago)

Entertainment writers and critics sniping at each other and the Academy for not being liberal enough about one issue or another is why George Fucking Dubya The Shitbag Bush And Dick I Represent Everything Horrible And Awful About This Country Cheney are running the fucking show and their cronies will continue to do so for the next 12 years.

Go vote for another Clinton, all of you.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:02 (twenty years ago)

HOLLYWOOD NOT FRIENDLY ENOUGH TO GAY MEN; SHOWS AESTHETICALLY COMPROMISED FAVORITISM TOWARDS AFRICAN-AMERICANS; IGNORES LESBIANS ALTOGETHER; LET'S ALL MOVE TO SOUTH FUCKING DAKOTA.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:03 (twenty years ago)

Tom, to many eyes Crash provides an alibi for bigotry. A loud, shrill, elitist one.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:07 (twenty years ago)

Yeah that's what I keep hearing. Bigoted black people talking about how important a movie it is.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:40 (twenty years ago)

Have Crash or BBM gotten into Kill Bill/Lost in Translation territory yet, in terms of how many hundreds of posts we argue about a flick over the course of several threads?

― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:45 (twenty years ago)

i'm bored and this is the internet so i am gonna rank the last ten best picture winners

1) Titanic (i dont care what you assholes say!)
2) Return Of The King (see above)
3) Gladiator (ok wow this is already getting tough)
4) Braveheart (ugh)
5) The English Patient
6) Shakespeare in Love (never liked it)
7) American Beauty
8) Million Dollar Baby
9) Crash
10 Chicago
11) A Beautiful Mind (only because i remember nothing about it)

― ryan (ryan), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:49 (twenty years ago)

In fact, the image was of Tony Kushner and his husband, Mark Harris, a New York entertainment writer and editor.

doesn't Mark Harris for Entertainment Weekly?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:49 (twenty years ago)

i only just saw Brokeback yesterday, but it honestly doesnt surprise me that it didnt win the Oscar. it's probably closest in tone to Million Dollar Baby from the list above, but it's also less manipulative, with no "twist" or whatnot. it's a melodrama, but it's too subtle, too distant. (i think these are all good things clearly)

Crash is a bad movie by almost any standards. i dont think it's racial politics are harmful though. it's just an ugly, silly, movie.

― ryan (ryan), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:52 (twenty years ago)

Brokeback Mountain: No twist, plenty nasty.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:57 (twenty years ago)

My roommate showed me the Sandra-ranting scene seen with this preface, "dude, you gotta see this. this is just some seriously great acting!"

"uh, ok..."

― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:57 (twenty years ago)

A Beautiful Mind is probably the least offensive of the Best Picture winners, because you get two good or great performances (Crowe and Bettany) right up until we find out that Crowe is nuts.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:58 (twenty years ago)

ok, i should have just left it off my list. i cant remember it at all. i think i was really offended by jennifer connelly's weight loss and skinny hollow face.

― ryan (ryan), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:00 (twenty years ago)

Million Dollar Baby was the biggest disappointment as I loved Toole's collection of short stories and I like Eastwood's movies, but they ruined it in translation. The short stories are more humane, less comedy (the side-characters are such awful caricatures - the skinny kid from Undeclared as the dimwit boxer, Swank's family) and have grit that was completely missing from the movie.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:01 (twenty years ago)

I've never seen Gladiator, Braveheart, or A Beautiful Mind and don't intend to, so those would be my favorites of that list...

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:02 (twenty years ago)

braveheart is pretty stupid but has bagpipes and funny accents.

― ryan (ryan), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:03 (twenty years ago)

Titanic is fun once they hit the berg. And certainly having two actors who can get away with shit dialogue helps. (Maybe they shoulda been in Crash.)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:06 (twenty years ago)

Out of the last 11 Best Picture winners, the only ones I've seen are The English Patient and Shakespeare in Love (which I saw on an airplane). Of those, I'd take English Patient.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:08 (twenty years ago)

I actually liked Million Dollar Baby, although the final act was a bit rough going.

I also just realized that Ebert's #1s of the last two years have both gone on to win the Oscar. COINCIDENCE?

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:10 (twenty years ago)

Blimey, I see quite a lot of films but I must just unconsciously ignore those big Oscar contender movies. The only ones of the last ten that I've seen are Titanic, American Beauty and Crash. I thought the first hilariously bad, the second annoyingly bad and the third I liked except for the last 45 minutes or so, its portentous music and the "this is important" air that that invoked.

So woo Crash - my favourite Oscar winner of the last ten years!

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:10 (twenty years ago)

I'll defend 3/4ths of The Return of the King – until the five or six endings pile up like dead orcs.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:10 (twenty years ago)

I still like Gladiator for the non-Joaquin scenes, the final shot, and the Lisa Gerrard.

― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:13 (twenty years ago)

Was there even a few frames of 3 Women in the Altman montage? I didn't see any.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:25 (twenty years ago)

yes there was.

― ryan (ryan), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:26 (twenty years ago)

Joaquin camping it up is the only good thing about Gladiator.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:27 (twenty years ago)

Joaquin said that when he had dinner with Johnny Cash, JC quoted some of his Gladiator dialogue to him. (Cash had a hobbyist's interest in ancient Rome.)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:31 (twenty years ago)

I am now imagining Johnny Cash tinkering with 1/24 scale models of the Coliseum in his back yard.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:39 (twenty years ago)

a boy named suetonius

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:41 (twenty years ago)

JC heavily interested in early Christianity years as historical scholarship, had an impressive library that would make any Latin groupie spin.

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:42 (twenty years ago)

Was there even a few frames of 3 Women in the Altman montage? I didn't see any

I remember there being about a second of the woman (forgot her name) painting that mural in the pool which then spliced into what was presumably a clip of Van Gogh painting from his Van Gogh movie.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

OK, thx (Janice Rule i think)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:51 (twenty years ago)

I find it very funny that Morbius is calling Crash racist because the way he writes make me think he's one of the most racist people on ILE, or to be more fair homosexual-exclusive people on ILE.

― Dan (Tone Not Translating To Print) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 21:18 (twenty years ago)

You really are dumber than you seem to be.

And I watched the Oscars with a barful of mostly tasteless gay men (during the film noir thing: "Whaaaat caaaategory is THISH?!?"), so I hate fags more than usual this week.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 21:42 (twenty years ago)

That's nice.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 21:56 (twenty years ago)

Was there a clip of Hot Lips in the Altman tribute?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:04 (twenty years ago)

Considering MASH is just about the only Altman film you can guarantee the majority of America recognizes in clip format, what do you think?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:06 (twenty years ago)

Is that Clooney doing commercials for Budwieser?

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:08 (twenty years ago)

Just a taunt there, Ally. From me, the racist.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:12 (twenty years ago)

It's not Lou Rawls. x-post

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:12 (twenty years ago)

I know he's doing some voice over, might v well be Bud. His voice is recognizable but the product escapes me every time. xpost bbbbbbbbbut I was taunting Altman...

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:13 (twenty years ago)

OK ILX IS NOT INSERTING SPACES INTO MY POSTS ANYMORE. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS ISSUE?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:13 (twenty years ago)

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:14 (twenty years ago)

oh you wouldn't know.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:15 (twenty years ago)

That's a very curious

question.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:18 (twenty years ago)

I think my firefox is el broken.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:19 (twenty years ago)

That Diana Ossana whoever person looked like the most humorless person on earth. When she and her partner won the award she didn't even look at him and he was sitting right next to her. She just bolted out of her seat and headed to the platform. Then during her acceptance speech she didn't even feign a smile. She was like the inverse of Reese: "I never thought I'd be up here in my whole life!" (Then what are you doing in that dress in this audience?)

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:38 (twenty years ago)

I've got it, too. I guess it's time to dust off some of those <P< tags I've got lying around. xpost

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:38 (twenty years ago)

I like your inability to read, Morbs.

― Dan (The Stuff Here Is Also Important, Moran) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:40 (twenty years ago)

Tracer together we can get through this.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:40 (twenty years ago)

PEE TAGS

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:41 (twenty years ago)

― Dan (OH NOES) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:43 (twenty years ago)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/pee/

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:46 (twenty years ago)

Crash!

― Dan (OH NO HE DIDN'T) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 22:53 (twenty years ago)

Word

― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 23:04 (twenty years ago)

Roger Ebert on Crash and Brokeback

LOS ANGELES -- One of the mysteries of the 2006 Oscar season is the virulence with which lovers of "Brokeback Mountain" savaged "Crash." When the film about racism actually won the Oscar for best picture Sunday, there was no grace in their response. As someone who felt "Brokeback" was a great film but "Crash" a greater one, I would have been pleased if either had won.

But here is Ken Turan in the Los Angeles Times, writing on the morning after: "So for people who were discomfited by 'Brokeback Mountain' but wanted to be able to look themselves in the mirror and feel like they were good, productive liberals, 'Crash' provided the perfect safe harbor. They could vote for it in good conscience, vote for it and feel they had made a progressive move, vote for it and not feel that there was any stain on their liberal credentials for shunning what 'Brokeback' had to offer. And that's exactly what they did."

And Nikki Finke, in the LA Weekly: "Way back on Jan. 17, I decided to nominate the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Bunch of Hypocrites. That's because I felt this year's dirty little Oscar secret was the anecdotal evidence pouring in to me about hetero members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences being unwilling to screen 'Brokeback Mountain.' For a community that takes pride in progressive values, it seemed shameful to me that Hollywood's homophobia could be on a par with Pat Robertson's."

Yes, and more than one critic described "Crash" as "the worst film of the year," which is as extreme as saying John Kerry was a coward in Vietnam. It means you'll say anything to help your campaign.
What is intriguing about these writers is that they never mention the other three best picture nominees: "Capote," "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "Munich." Their silence on these films reveals their agenda: They wanted "Brokeback Mountain" to win, saw "Crash" as the spoiler, and attacked "Crash." If "Munich" had been the spoiler, they might not have focused on "Crash." When they said those who voted for "Crash" were homophobes who were using a liberal movie to mask their hatred of homosexuals, they might have said the same thing about "Munich."
This seems simply wrong. Consider Finke's "anecdotal evidence" that puts Hollywood's homophobia on a par with Pat Robertson's. Pat Robertson? This is certainly the most extreme statement she could make on the subject, but can it be true? How many anecdotes add up to evidence? Did anyone actually tell her they didn't want to see the movie because it was about two gay men?
My impression, also based on anecdotal evidence, is that the usual number of academy voters saw the usual number of academy nominees, and voted for the ones they admired the most. In a year without "Brokeback Mountain," Finke, Turan and many others might have admired "Crash." Or maybe not. But it's a matter of opinion, not sexual politics.
It is not a "safe harbor," but a film that takes the discussion of racism in America in a direction it has not gone before in the movies, directing attention at those who congratulate themselves on not being racist, including liberals and/or minority group members. It is a movie of raw confrontation about the complexity of our motives, about how racism works not only top down but sideways, and how in different situations, we are all capable of behaving shamefully.
"Good Night, and Good Luck," "Capote" and "Munich" were also risky pictures -- none more so, from a personal point of view, than "Munich," which afforded Steven Spielberg the unique experience of being denounced as anti-Semitic. "Good Night, and Good Luck" was surely a "safe harbor" for liberals, with its attack at a safe distance on McCarthyism -- although it carried an inescapable reference to McCarthyism as practiced by the Bush administration, which equates its critics with supporters of terrorism.
"Capote" was a brilliant character study of a writer who was gay, and who used his sexuality, as we all use our sexuality, as a part of his personal armory in daily battle.
It is noticeable how many writers on "Hollywood's homophobia" were able to sidestep "Capote," which was a hard subject to miss, being right there on the same list of best picture nominees. Were supporters of "Brokeback" homophobic in championing the cowboys over what Oscarcast host Jon Stewart called the "effete New York intellectual"?
Of course not. "Brokeback Mountain" was simply a better movie than "Capote." And "Crash" was better than "Brokeback Mountain," although they were both among the best films of the year. That is a matter of opinion. But I was not "discomfited" by "Brokeback Mountain." Read my original review. I chose "Crash" as the best film of the year not because it promoted one agenda and not another, but because it was a better film.
The nature of the attacks on "Crash" by the supporters of "Brokeback Mountain" seem to proceed from the other position: "Brokeback" is better not only because of its artistry but because of its subject matter, and those who disagree hate homosexuals. Its supporters could vote for it in good conscience, vote for it and feel they had made a progressive move, vote for it and not feel that there was any stain on their liberal credentials for shunning what "Crash" had to offer.

Source: rogerebert.com

― Mama Roux, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 00:06 (twenty years ago)

Re: 3 Women- There was also a shot of Sissy Spacek (from right before she dives into the pool)

Movies I recognized from the Altman tribute:

MASH
Brewster McCloud
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
The Long Goodbye
Nashville
Buffalo Bill
3 Women
Popeye
Vincent & Theo
The Player
Short Cuts
Gosford Park
The Prairie Home Companion

There were a couple I couldn't ID (one of them had Cher in it)

― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 00:20 (twenty years ago)

I think Dr. T and the Women was in there at the beginning.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 00:25 (twenty years ago)

I wish Brewster McCloud was on DVD (c'mon, Criterion Collection!). Great movie. Too bad it's OOP, even on VHS.

― Mama Roux, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 01:14 (twenty years ago)

did ebert find that one some nutcase conversative blog?

― clouded vision, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 01:23 (twenty years ago)

http://towleroad.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/oscar_ballot.jpg

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 14:58 (twenty years ago)

Surely the one with Cher was Come Back To The Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean.

― Redd Scharlach (Ken L), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:02 (twenty years ago)

http://towleroad.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/oscar_ballot.jpg
-- Dr Morbius (wjwe...), March 8th, 2006.

Paging Katherine Harris.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:09 (twenty years ago)

OK seriously the people that are DONATING MONEY to run an advertisement thanking the filmmakers because they feel bad that BBM didn't get BP need to all be solidly slapped upside the fucking head and the guy that blogged the idea should be reconstituted as something more useful, like wood glue.

HIV/AIDS research, Katrina relief or a fullpage ad to thank some people a lot richer than me? I DUNNO!

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:23 (twenty years ago)

I stumbled upon it on Monday, tombot. The ad's supposed to run in Friday's Variety. And, yeah, OTM.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:26 (twenty years ago)

I think the MSM have moved on to bigger, earthshaking stories, like Dana Reeve and Barry Bonds.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:31 (twenty years ago)

Luckily it's impossible to donate money to more than one thing at a time. EVER.

― phil d. (Phil D.), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:32 (twenty years ago)

god, if Brokeback Mountain isn't better than Crash I'm gonna be pissed off at lot of people.

― Zwan (miccio), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:34 (twenty years ago)

The Fandango promos are better than Crash.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:42 (twenty years ago)

My dental X-rays are better than Crash.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:43 (twenty years ago)

You're just saying that because of your agenda. Painfully contrived examples of how anybody can be a racist is a brilliant way to express a bold message.

― Zwan (miccio), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:46 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, you might be trying to help people all the time but then one day you're gonna be in a car with a black guy with a visible gun in his left pocket and as you try to get him out of your car he's going to reach into his right and you're gonna shoot him and there will be a statue of the virgin mary in it NOT A GUN. THE GUN IS IN THE LEFT POCKET. AND IT WILL BE BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK AND YOU COULDN'T BELIEVE HE LIKED HOCKEY.

I, Roger Ebert, hope you learn from this.

― Zwan (miccio), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:50 (twenty years ago)

OK phil d, yes, people can donate money to multiple causes at multiple times but anyone who sent money for that is a class A idiot who should just be nut-punched, or at the very least forced to send the rest of their money to more sensible human beings. I don't see what your post has to do with addressing that.

xpost shut up

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:51 (twenty years ago)

I would like the Academy to know that my teeth are an excellent example of how black and white can work together.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:52 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, sure, Ally, it's stupid and trifling and there are a million other priorities and get over the whole awards thing already, blah blah blah, but I'll bet that at least once it the last month you spent money on something completely fucking stupid and useless and stupid and silly, money that could have been spent in a more "socially useful" way. I know I sure did. Does that make me (or you) EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG WITH AMERICA?

― phil d. (Phil D.), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:56 (twenty years ago)

Alfred, be careful, or Paul Haggis will be doing an 'edgy' DV short at your next cleaning.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:07 (twenty years ago)

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