The Gay Super Bowl...
 

Or, rather, the 80th Annual Academy Awards. Hello, Oscar!

Party at location variously known as "Chez TodiMooers," "Tom and Heidi's Thai Pad" and "We Should Probably Clean It."

Ceremony starts 5PM PT, but you're welcome to join us for red carpet at 3. Tasty nutritive substances provided, along with potent potables, less-potent potables and potables which are simply not potent whatsoever.

Please reply to the thread, PM, IM, email, call, write a letter, telegraph, semaphore and/or smoke signal us if you'd like to come and we'll send an Evite to you!

Yay. Everyone dress as their favorite Oscar-nominated film.






or not.


But wooot. Oscar Night Fun!

I've got my ballot printed for the evening. Alas, I won't be with you but in spirit. A small Oscar DO here since Vanity Fair canceled their party, but the food will be good. I'm wearing a sparkly outfit for the ocassion.

Yawn. In the same spirit of peope wondering why the super bowl is such a big deal, I wonder about the Oscars as well. I have no interest in famous people - actors or musicians or whomever - finding occasion to pat each other on the back.

What day of the week is that? Is it a Sunday night?

LSPE, I think that is scaeagle's polite way of saying "sorry, but I have other plans that night and so can't attend your boring-ass party."


I also can't attend but I'm sure it won't be any more boring than the Oscar nominated films I've seen this weekend (Elizabeth 2: Electric Boogaloo, La Vie en Rose, the entire slate of animated shorts).

If I were closer I'd definitely be in, I don't think I've ever watched the Oscars (though that's maybe only one year in four that I watch them at all) with people who've seen enough of the movies to actually have an informed opinion.

Next Sunday

Sweeney Wins !

Oh, I must run and add to that thread now...

Aww, awesome. It will be a "Yes please."

Naw, I feel you, because I find no interest in famous muscle-y people finding occasion to plow each other over and pat each other on the backside!

I'm not particularly into celebrities, but I am into artists, and I'm REALLY into film. I find the whole awards "game" fascinating.

Yes, to me it's mostly the fun of the film contest. It's a silly contest, but it gets you to think about a bunch of mostly good movies (the nominees are mostly worthy, the winners not really "the best" and, of course, there are tons of other great films that don't get nominated).

The rituals of the show I've come to watch for 45 years thru my lifelong movie-fandom have also taken on some fun of their own. Critiquing the acceptance speeches, the women's gowns, and the host's banter is snarky good times.

It's all become great fun, and i love making an event of watching it with friends. Thanks LSPoorEeyoirk and (in Cherny-speak) LSPoorTom!


(oooh, please send an evite to szlick@msn.com, pretty please)

Will there be gambling?

I'd be shocked!

Round up the usual suspects.

Play it again Sam?

Gambling would make it even more interesting. We could have an Oscar's pool, of sorts. Or, a pick 3. For very little money. Just for cheap thrills.

Why am I saying "we"? I can't be there anyway. And, does this indicate a gambling 'problem'?

Heh. I took it to say "damn, why do I have to live so far I miss the meets with all the cool, sexy fun people! I'm so bitter!"

I think that we will be able to make it for at least part of the time.

We're a maybe, depending on other plans. Driving in and out of Hollywood will be challenging, I assume...

I plan on getting off the freeway at about 4th street and taking surface streets in. If I didn't have to get home to my baby boy, I'd take the train.

I'm in! I'minI'minI'min.
:)

I'm in.. but would you mind if I did it in my own home? ;)

I'll be thinking of you whilst watching the Oscars! It would be so cool to watch them with you someday! I bet you know all the cool gossip!

The closet?

What?!? Gemini Cricket's GAY?!


OMG!, I don't believe it.




(Next thing you'll be telling me he's a nelly bottom boi. Pulease. Pfft.)

Ugh, he rode in my car! Now i have to clean the seats...


;)

Driving in Hollywood? How unswanky... just Metro there.

I'd love to go to this sort of gathering.

Getting there from OC is no problem. Getting back becomes questionable, especially on a Sunday.

I am a gay.
If I was a cupcake, I'd have sprinkles on me.

I want sprinkles. and a cupcake. and to attend.

Maybe I'll get some ice cream or a cupcake on the way home. But I won't be able to attend :(

There will be cupcakes there. And sprinkles. And sprinkley gay cupcakes.

I am not touching anything with white frosting on it.

Barring the start of a new job, I'm in. White frosting with gay sprinkles and all. I must perfect my cupcake eating skills so that I will get the cupcake eating part!!

:P

Dude do you want your gay sex experience or not?

Mmmmmm... Cupcakes......

JWBear, WHO is that guy??

Yummy!

Um, that's Sir Walter Raleigh ... as played by the yummy Clive Owen ... in what's actually his most schmaltzy role and, so, in many ways his least yum.






Except that his least yum has got most mortal men's yum beat by six lifetimes' worth of yumminess.










oh, er, sorry. we now return to your regular thread of homosexual cupcake chomping.

Wish I could be there. Ah well maybe next year.

Now, see... I thought it was one of his yummiest roles.

On that, we agree. :snap:

WOOF

Sorry to interrupt this gay festive droolfest, but... party!

Naw, not if you get off at Hollywood and Western; the roads in our neighborhood shouldn't be blocked; I'll find the street closure maps.

So, iSm, Bornieo, NotMeinkes, CadaverousDelights, Mousepods, People Who Are Or Were At Some Point Blue... evite comin' your way. And new HD TV in the living room for the occasion!

Anybody else?

Yep, nothing closed between the Hollywood/Western exit and Chez TodiMooers.

http://www.oscars.org/closures/224.html

I wanna go, am I swanky enough?

We're still a maybe. We're having guests over this weekend and it'll depend on when they make their exit.

Hehehehe! Thank you for writing my brand new sig line! Do you have an email for me? I'll PM you.

:D

:) again... I"ll be with you guys in spirit. My friend and I will be making snarky red carpet comments in NorCal! Have a great time!

I'm a yes.
:)

Oh, I know! I was just listing people who are getting evites.

I could be a maybe. I have a "group" shift that day, which basically means I don't find out what I'm actually working till the day before.

Maybe, but I might be at a race that day.

Is there another race besides the Oscar race?


Even for the gayest straight man (or his runner-up, as the case may be)?

What's a Briony?

Dunno, but I think the foursome picture was inspired by your briliant Four Queens! I win.

Alas, no, 'twas an idea stolen from someone on an Oscar-Watching message board. But since it IS so similar to GC's clever sig, I'll post it as mine.

A Briony, for the record, is a character in Atonement played by three different women - all of whom sport a haircut just like Javier Bardem's in No Country. Alas, I have just spoilt the joke by explaining.

No you haven't spoilt it. Now I understand WTF, I am laughing hysterically.

:D

Boy am I glad I didn't bother to mention that one of the Brionys was definitely male...

Also, as an aside, for anyone who's interested, AMC is playing ALL of the Best Pictures nominees at the Bridge and in Tustin Saturday for about $30. I'm thinking about going. It beats sitting on the couch with the dog on a rainy Saturday...

Which one's Vanessa Redgrave? The 3rd one or the 4th?
:D

That's cool about the best pic marathon. But i've seen them all. Too busy Saturday anyway.

Would the football Superbowl be considered the straight Oscars?

No worries. It was just a thought.

oh, i'm not shooting it down or anything. just that it won't work for me.


And it's the kind of thing i'd like about a month before the Oscars, but i'm sure i'm the rare person who's seen all the best pic and most of the other nommed films by the time the Oscars roll around.

Yeah, I've seen all five as well and have no real interest in seeing Atonement or There Will Be Blood again (not that I'm in the region to join any group seeing them).

Ok, I found this "Oscar Speach generator." Maybe we can all write one and give the speach at the party? yes/no?

http://www.radaronline.com/features/...r_speeches.php

Here is mine:

Seriously, no worries. I generally would have seen them all, but this past year's been a doozy for me. My circumstances did not allow as much movie viewing as I generally enjoy, especially since I had no one to go with, and going alone gets old after awhile.

But now I have all of you guys. Yeay!

The answer to that, my dear Bornieo, is:

YES, WE CAN!

I hope no one is feeling like they have to make cupcakes because of my joke. It was just a joke. :)

But if there are cupcakes, I will eat them.

Um, no.

In fact, one Mr. LSPoorTom had already deemed the party cupcake-necessary. We have, in fact, already ordered them from whence we usually order them.

And some of them, in fact, are called "Red Carpet Cupcakes."

But Joel McHale would simply call them.... Sprinkles.

Oh good.

So if I go to this party, I can munch on red carpet? In front of everyone?


Kinky.....

I've decided to vote my favorites, as if I were an Academy member ... and not how I think the geezer Academny members will vote.

If I lose ... and I expect I will (with my taste being far better than theirs), I will simply eat another cupcake ... and enjoy even better taste.

Someone please take a picture of said cupcakes. If I am joining via vibes, I have to see the cupcakes!!!

Why Morrigoon, you didn't tell me you preferred red heads!


Sorry.


I am particularly looking forward to watching the awards with others who are interested in who wins the technical awards. I still have not forgiven the Academy for awarding Best Editing to Titanic. Or any of the LOTR movies, for that matter.

To a straight woman, all heads are red ;)

I did my mad libs speech...

Wow. Oh boy. I wasn't going to prepare a speech, but my Mom told me I'd jinx myself if I didn't. So, thanks, Little Moose! [Pause. Inhale deeply. Nod to Jack Nicholson.] I'd like to thank the Academy. I'd like to thank the perfunctory, swanky, geriatric actors I was nominated with. Just to be included in a group with you all is an honor. I'd like to thank my manager, Ruth, my agent, Ari, my stylist, and all the immensely talented people at New Line, Harvey Weinstein, Thad, and Dr. Teaberry.

I'd also like to thank my parents, who supported me through wet my pants. And Amy Powell, my one ... true ... love [gaze into audience]. Last, but certainly not least, we all just lost Jackie Mason, a truly curious visionary and fantabulous soul. [Begin tearing.] I'd like us to take a moment to ... No! Christ on a bicycle!! Don't start playing that music, I have 73 more people to go! My editor Tom Moore, my accountant Jane, my lawyer Bill, and my personal assistant Tiffany, Josh at Hippogryff Pictures. Brad Grey. When we started this project, Persistant sweat glands was something no one wanted to talk about. Victims of Skinhead copulation, this is for you! Thank ...

ok.

Wow. Oh boy. I wasn't going to prepare a speech, but my Aunt Faffy told me I'd jinx myself if I didn't. So, thanks, Space Girl! [Pause. Inhale deeply. Nod to Jack Nicholson.] I'd like to thank the Academy. I'd like to thank the fat, greasy, geezer actors I was nominated with. Just to be included in a group with you all is an honor. I'd like to thank my manager, Shlomo Blinkenstein, my agent, Ari, my stylist, and all the immensely talented people at New Line, Harvey Weinstein, Ling Ling, and Dr. Phil.
I'd also like to thank my parents, who supported me through a malaria attack. And Thora Birch, my one ... true ... love [gaze into audience]. Last, but certainly not least, we all just lost Mel Brooks, a truly quick visionary and ginormous soul. [Begin tearing.] I'd like us to take a moment to ... No! Stars and Stripes!! Don't start playing that music, I have 86 more people to go! My editor Bilo, my accountant Ira Rosensteinberg, my lawyer Marsha Clark, and my personal assistant Mitzi Gaynor, Josh at Minotaur Pictures. Brad Grey. When we started this project, sweaty butt cracks were something no one wanted to talk about. Victims of transgendered whaling, this is for you! Thank ...

LOL! The Oscar program has been on for 5 minutes and they've already referred to it 3 times as the Super Bowl.

I was just looking at the TV schedule and see that ABC has about 4 hours of pre-game coverage. If they want a legitimate comparison to the Super Bowl they're going to have to bump that number up.

Myself, I haven't yet decided if I will watch or just read the results tomorrow. A return to bed sounds very tempting.

I'm all about the red carpet fashion.

Surprisingly I actually enjoy that too. But I definitely save that for alternate sources the after so that I don't have to listen to the horrid interviews done by E! or TV Guide Channel or whomever is doing it this year.

I've seen only one nominated movie so I have nothing real to root for. But I will be rooting for Marion Cotillard since she has the best accent and hottest dress.

Joel Cohen (or is it Ethan) looks like RStar (or is it the other way around).

Sooo.... When do we get to start dissing the fashion faux pas?

Were they any fashion faux pas? I can't think of anyone who didn't look good.

Jennifer Hudson

She looked fine to me.

She looked fine.. her pronunciation on the other hand....

All in all, this might be one of my favorite Oscar ceremonies.

More to discuss later.

I thought she look like she was stuffed in a sack. Tilda Swinton's dress was another one that I thought was horrible. And was Diablo Cody thinking? Awful!

I thought she was great and she's a writer!- Cameron Diaz was probably my least favorite

Katherine Heigl in red.

Yeah, Tilda Swinton's wasn't good.

Diablo Cody looked like she forgot if she won that she'd be standing above everybody and therefore they'd be looking up her dress.

I should clarify that I didn't mean Heigl's was a faux pas. As someone said in the pre-show, "best of the reds", which is no small feat.

Who was the woman who won, in some sort of black dresslike thing, who looked like Clay Aiken?

Tilda Swinton?

She's got awesome hair, and did the best in the awkward red carpet interview round. "I'm not used to standing in flower planters in heels."

I adore Tilda Swinton. She always expresses her own style and is always wearing fashion forward designers. She really stood out tonight as being different which is a good thing with all of the retro glamor that was being exhibited. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE retro glamor and would love to be seen in most of the dresses worn tonight. I just think it is it amazing when someone can express their own style and be unique among so many beautiful people.

The same can be applied to Diablo Cody. She took a beautiful Dior gown and made it hers in a way that completely fit her. I thought she looked fantastic, great haircut, tattoo and all.

I don't remember Hudson's dress which means I probably found it boring.

Nicole Kidman had probably my favorite look next to Marion Cotillard (JPG trumps almost any designer). Kidman had the aura of a beautiful Hitchcock blond. Incredibly classic and beautiful (but she always looks close to perfection).

Another retro favorite was Penelope Cruz who pulled off something not many people can - feathers. She reminded me of Sophia Loren at her most beautiful.

I may go on another Daniel Day Lewis jag. Excepting the pair of gold earrings, he is a completely exceptional man.

Mrs. Day-Lewis wore my least favorite dress.

I had SO much fun tonight! Kudos to all those who called the various races - but mostly, the terrific quippy banter (onscreen, but mostly in-living-room) was my favorite. Lovely. Thank you all for coming, those who joined us!

(BTW, this is Oscar 3 for 3 Tom and I have tied in terms of our prognostics.)

Mrs. Day Lewis's dress was terrible. It looked like someone tacked Christmas bows all over her and gave her some sort of Final Fantasy Trophy to hang around her neck. Yuck!

It was lots of fun at the Oscar swanking at LSPE's and Tom's. Total fun!
Thanks for having us.
:)

Best commercial of the night has to involve an underwater circus. Worst, the roving eyeball.

Yeah, not a lot of good commercials to choose from this year. The American Airlines commercial made me want to try their new seats that turn into beds, though.
:)

Helen Mirren looked great. Hillary Swank looked great. Jennifer Garner looked great. But Jennifer Hudson and Tilda Swinton were fashion challenged tonight. Yuk.

Rebecca Miller did not have a good dress but it was her hair that really bothered me. Between her hair and Daniel's BROWN shoes - well, thank god there's talent there.

Yeah. I would fly to Australia with a bed like that.

Oh, the other commercial that had me covering my eyes was the Godfather horse head commercial. I actually thought they were showing that scene and it is one of my LEAST favorite film scenes of all time.

And, what happened to Viggo Mortenson (I did NOT recognize him) and who was the little girl he was with?

Now, these we can agree on. Stunning.

I forgot about her! That was just plain wrong!

The eyeball one creeped me out.

His niece.

I was appalled at Tilda Swinton's look. All was forgiven, however, when she gave the evening's best acceptance speech.

Marion Cotillard's acceptance was charmingly delightful as well. And she looked great.


Jennifer Gardner had my favorite gown of the evening, with Nicole Kidman my runner up. Penelope Cruz looked devine.


Daniel Day probably had Mrs. Lewis dress in that awful get-up as the only thing that could destract from his terrible tuxedo.


Jon Stewart was a riot. Right mix of writer's strike, political, and film humor. His stuff after the monologue was great, too. Giant Wii, Lawrence of Arabia on his iPhone, Montage of Binoculars and Periscopes. HaHaHa Ha Ha!


The show either moved along at a great clip, or we were having so much fun at Tom and Heidi's that it seemed to go so quickly.

What a fun and terific Oscar party. Kudos to our host and hostess. Marvelous!

LOL! The Oscar party I managed several years ago finally got some prime press coverage as one of the "big parties" of the evening. I guess there's a deficite of parties with no Vanity Fair party.

I was amazed that the reclusive Cormac McCarthy could be seen in the audience, but given this year of weirdness (seriously, NCFOM is his worst book -- as a fan, I can barely acknowledge its existence) I guess I should have been prepared. I think I'm a little resentful that people are discovering him via such a pale echo of what he can do. It's sour "I discovered that band when they were cool" talk I'm doing here. :)

I'm glad Marion won. I don't care for a lot of stuff Tilda is in, but I love her anyway. Loved the binocs/periscopes gag, and the waking from nightmares bit, too. Yes, and the wii play and Lawrence of Arabia on the stupid small video device (iPhone?) were fun. Pretty good show this year, but most of the dresses were same-y. Like, insert skinny person in shiny fabric here. Yawn. And Harrison Ford seemed like he was on serious old-guy meds and that made me sad.

Viggo's awkward moment came on the red carpet when the interviewer pointed out that his niece should NOT have seen his performance in "Eastern Promises." Yeah, no kidding. To her credit she said she'd "covered her eyes" during the questionable bits.

Final note: the eyeball commercial. Whoever thought that one up must be hurt badly, because I'm so deeply weirded out I'm thinking about payback. I don't know what I can do, but...I want payback.

I think one of the best moments for me was when John Stewart let Marketa Irglova finish her thank you's after she was prematurely cutoff by the Conti band. I thought that was pretty cool. (Although, I'd hate to see it as some sort of ongoing thang in years to come.) But it was classy for Stewart to do and I've often wondered why previous hosts didn't do the same in years past.
:)

I had fun tonight - thanks to Hosts Heidi and Tom for a wonderful evening! :cheers:

His hair always looks like it could use a wash.

Me too... if I had an extra $10k or so.

I missed the game...who won? Patriots or Giants? Oh wait....never mind.

Pretty good show. Moved along nicely. I thought Helen Mirren had the best look and the Day-Lewises the collective worst. Diablo Cody wins the "F*ck, I should have bought underwear," award.

I guess it's okay that "No County For Old Men" won. Of the four best picture nominees that I saw, all had some serious problems, so why not give the Coens the award for their body of work. My best picture of the year is still "Hairspray."

Nice couple of kids, neat story, etc., and maybe you love it in the context of the movie, but that winning song just about put me to sleep. Judging by the performances alone, I thought the "August Rush" song was going to win.

This was my kids' first Oscars. They enjoyed seeing Giselle, Jadis, the girl from Princess Diaries, etc. My son is still not entirely clear on the actor concept.

All I can say is thank god for teen pregnancy.

Best line of the night.

A great awards show made even better by the company with whom it was viewed. Kudos to LSPE and Tom for hosting a lovely gathering with such a mélange of treats.

My favorite moment of the show was when Jon Stewart brought out Marketa Irglova to give her thanks that she had been denied by the timer. Pure class.

The "Lawrence of Arabia on an iPhone" joke reminded me of this great spoof on the iPhone commercials using footage of David Lynch.

Y'all know that bringing Marketa Irglova out again wasn't Stewart's decision, right? I mean, still a classy move on the part of the producers, but Stewart doesn't have that kind of power as emcee.

I am with you on Jennifer Hudson (just not a flattering look for her at all) and Tilda looked like she was wearing a potato sack.

But Diablo's outfit was perfect for her.

And was it just us, or was there a huge return of the mermaid look in the dresses?

GD beat me to the punch: I highly doubt that Stewart is to credit for bringing Marketa back out.

I'm all for trying your own style but Swinton's dress really did look like she poked a hole in the bottom of a Glad garbage bag and was wearing it as a poncho.

^ Hahaha, perfectd description.

* * * *

We may never know, but I don't know why people are assuming the host doesn't have that kind of clout. You need a big wake-up call, because he does. That's not to say the producer wasn't consulted or that it was even Jon's idea. But if he was the one who thought of it, he has the power to make it so.


And it was the show's best moment, so kudos to whomever arranged it. Plus her Thank You was teh awesome.

It was a great knock on the tacky musical cane-hook that belongs on the Gong Show and NOT the Academy Awards.

The DUCKS! 6 - 3 with a hat trick from Selanne! :p

Mrs. Day Lewis' dress looked like some gadawful thing from QVC. Daniel on the other hand....hubba hubba

Kidman looked spectacular (those dia-monds, oh my) and I thought Helen Mirren looked incredible.

I was thrilled to bits for Cotilard and for Diablo Cody.

Viggo Mortensen and Colin Ferrell took home the scruffier-then-thou award.

I've been rooting for Tilda Swinton since I first saw her in Orlando (wow, how long ago was that?).

Enjoyed the show, enjoyed the friends I had over, but I think all-in-all, I would rather been at the swankier bash south! ;)

But in pre-show that dress looked fine. She didnt fidget with it once. It definatley was not a "sit for three hours, then get right up and speech" dress.


Well, in his defense he did immediatley try to steer that conversation. And you know, it is her uncle. I am sure she didnt want to see the questionable moments.



Agreed.

I think the only dress I really took notice of was the one worn by Alexandra Byrne who won for best costume design. It was rather bland. Somehow, given her calling, I was expecting something more interesting.

And speaking of Mrs's

Vanessa Paradis (Johnny Depp's squeeze) is freakin' gorgeous. She just needs to not smile.

I certainly missed the more fun party. Went to my friend's house, where I've watched the show for the last 15 or so years, people, food, etc. This year, what used to be fun, ended up being sitting in the back of a chatty room, watching a smallish tv with no sound system, listening to Rick wash dishes and run the garbage disposal during the show. Finally, I just begged off, claiming to be tired from my market, went home, and watched the second half of the show in hi-def sonic splendor.

Was anyone else counting the number of times someone slipped on the slick patch at the stage right microphone? I think it was 5.

I didn't see that many, but I didn't catch the whole show. But yeah, that was a problem.

We would have loved to have been at the swankiest party in Hollywood, but our weekend guests didn't leave until it was too late to make the trek.

I got Jennifer Garner, John Travolta, Scruffy, That Little Girl, and Giselle in the big ballroom number.

While the LA Times didn't like it, Susan and I (like NA, ISM and possible others above) loved Marion Cotillard's gown.

They didn't like it?! Hers was my favorite.

Yes, and I think Colin Farell's reaction to it was the best.

Here. I guess they gave in a little with the last sentence, but still not what I would call overwhelmingly positive.

Geez, who's the one in that horrible green dress behind her?

I don't know, but she looks like she's wearing belted draperies.

God, I hated that scaly thing. Let's be honest, dress of the night goes to Helen Mirren.

Party was terrific, thank you to our gracious hosts :)

Or a mermaid's tail made out of a mattress pad.

I think Cotillard's dress was terrible. I said it last night and I'll say it again... She looked like a tilapia.

I liked Helen Mirren's dress, but the sleeves were a bit odd. They resembled the Xmas lights that don the princess floats in Fantasmic!.


I thought John Stewart was excellent last night. He was hysterical and consistently funny. I hope he does it again. Much better than the last time.

I loved Mirren's gown, sleeves and all. I thought she looked like the millions of dollars Nicole Kidman's necklance cost. She looked totally classy and gorgeous.

Kidman, as always, looked spectacular.

Zelleweger looked weird to me, then again, she always does, to me. So did Frances McDormand, no surprise there either.

Its funny, it seems if youy liked one, you hated the other.
I liked the scaly dress...

I hated Mirrens gown. Loved the red part, hated the sleeves, and they were too distracting.

Kidman does NOT always look spectacular. So was pleasantly pleased she was fantabulous!

I adored Helen Mirren's sleeves, but I see G.C.'s point.


I also get that Coutillard's Mermaid Gown would be a love-it or hate-it. I'm glad I loved it. But I'm always fascinated by anything love-it or hate-it, so I'm granting her best gown status over my previously (misspelled) Jennifer Garner.

I also found it neat that all of the four acting awards went to European actors. Yay!
:)

I thought there were a lot of touching moments last night. Javier Bardiem's acceptance speech was great. The last part in Spanish was lovely. And at one point they panned to him in the audience and his mom was holding the Oscar. That's so cool. I'd never let my mother touch my Oscar. She'd steal it and have it baptized.
:D

I loved Colin Ferrel's intro for the Once song, too. He seemed genuinely touched to be introducing the duo from his home country.

I loved Daniel Day-Lewis's fake coronation. What an amazingly cool moment.

I also thought the Harlem choir was just okay, but the 11 year old singer was wonderful. She could sing and had an amazing voice for her age.

Amy Adams's song was terrific. She held her own and didn't seem too nervous singing a song on her own with no one else on stage. I thought she was better than Chenowith.

What was up with Travolta's hair?

I get the fishy comments, but I loved Cotilard's gown and I loved Mirren.

I'm wracking my fashion-challenged brain, I can't remember when Kidman showed up at an award ceremony not looking great. I'm sure you're right iSm, I just can't picture a bad night for her.

I didn't mind Mirren's, though I fall on the side that disliked the sleeves.

Looking at photos, I like Garner's, but wasn't there another black one with a lot of lace detailing on it? They kept showing one during the preshow, but I'm forgetting who it was.

Well, it looked purple, it looked like some of his scalp was dyed and the whole mess looked like it snapped on like the hair for a Lego action figure...
Was it Swank's dress?

Yeah, that's the one, thanks. That was my favorite until I saw Cotillard.

And speaking of fashion, did anyone notice that two second clip of Bette Davis presenting an Oscar? She was in some sort of Flash Gordon space suit! No kidding, honest!
:D

Oh and I thought Laura Linney was stunning and that Jessica Alba looked like she was wearing a purple drape adorned with a Muppet scalp.

Nicole Kidman is an odd one to me. She still always looks beautiful in films, but looks plasticky and overdone in these appearances. Her forehead and cheeks have an odd prominence and polish to them.

This was the first year we watched the show in larger-than-life HD, and I was shocked at how bad Cameron Diaz's skin looked. Too much sun!

Totally. AND she can't pronounce 'cinematography' either.
:D

Nothing, thats what was wrong. It was so NOT up.

Is this the point where I say that I BELIEVE that Swanks dress was actually Blue? :eek:

Its not that she has bad nights, she has made at least one poor dress choice.

Oh yes, we noticed!
and the purple drape? I'm was of the opinion that the Muppet scalp was there to hide her VERY ample bosom which I can no longer find a picture of.

Some of Stewart's quotes last night:

In light of all this talk about fashion, with narry a comment about film ... I think Stewart's remark about the celebs making catty comments about what WE wore to be perhaps his best line of the night.


Of many.



And yes, dear G.C., that would make YOU the star of What-in-Heck-Were-You-Wearing? at last night's Gay Super Bowl Soiree.


(At least I had the Tilda Swinton fashion daring to wear The Tonto Tattoo!)

Heh, if I'd seen more of them, I'd be commenting more.

I'm sure much was made of the PJs I wore! Heh.

Okay, I had to go back and look at Helen Mirren's dress. At first, the sleeves threw me off as well, but the more I looked (I loved the rest of the dress - especially the sweeping pleats), the more I grew to love the sleeves as well.

Here is a combined photo of Helen Mirren and Kathrine Heigl.


Actually, I gotta go with black:


I gotta go with hiding bosom.

I wore a dashing 100% cotton baseball shirt with athletic grey down the center and dark blue sleeves. Designer: J. Crew of Bakersfield Outlet Mall. Atop this smashing number, I wore a red Dave of Matthews Band shirt. Made of 70% bamboo and 30% organic cotton, it gives the man-blouse a sheen of silk. My hindquarters were adorned with denim jeans from Levi's of Strauss from their Costco collection, third table from the aisle near the sample table for bite-sized quiche hors d'ourves from (most likely) Kirkland of Signature. Shoes by Manolo Reeblonkic, size: 10 1/2 4E. Hair by Sam Fantastic of Studio City.
I think I was quite smashing.
:D

Maybe Travolta should know about your stylist?

OMG, thru the tears, I must confess that I must spread some more mojo around before I can mojo Gemini Cricket again!

Damn, I must confess the same thing happened to me.

Every time I see a picture of Whatshername Heigel from last night the lipstick jumps out at me as wrongwrongwrong. It looks orange on her.

Happily, I was able to properly mojo GC.

And yes, you do make me laugh, often and very hard.

Swank's dress looked different in different light. In some of the views it seemed the floral decoration was blue tinged or highlighted, but when she was on stage, it all looked black.

Boy, was she nervous or what? When she was presenting, she looked like she was going to have an anxiety attack. I felt bad for her.

In fact, many people seemed nervous last night. I mean, I don't blame them but heck it's part of their profession. Kristen Chenowith seemed nervous, Ryan Secrest seemed nervous (I watched some of his interviews this morning) and Jennifer Garner seemed nervous (but if I was attacked by Gary Busey, I'd be really danged nervous).
:D

Harrison Ford looked great but man, he sucks at presenting.

I was referring to the green disaster behind her. I love the mermaid dress.


On a completely different note.... Without the pixie hair, Javier Bardem is muy caliente!!

Don't know if its true yet, but I've seen a couple sites mention a rumor that it was Colin Farrell (the presenter of that award) that started the fuss to get her some time to speak.

Cool if true, and an even more unlikely source for getting a change in the schedule.

According to Access Hollywood, it was all Gil Cates:

Oops on the looking down bit on the part of the director...but I always thought they "cued" not "queued." :confused:

Regarding the "green disaster" dress... it kinda reminds me of something you'd see on the stage at Wicked. It's got that whole Emerald City asymmetry thing going.

Ditto. It's pretty rare that I see more than a few of the nominated films in general (they just tend to not be the kinds of films at the top of my list to see). This year, Juno and Ratatouille were the only two nominated films I've seen. That's abnormal. Especially since there were several that I actively wanted to see (No Country, Charlie Wilson's are the first two that come to mind).

Well, I saw almost all of the significant ones but we did all our talking about them before the awards so there doesn't seem to be much more to say on those topics.

My favorite Stewart moment not yet mentioned was "stay the course...." complete with hand signals.

I thought this year, even though I didn't see everything, was prob the most well deserved year in a long, long time. For the most part I think what won was what should have IMHO. (Minus the F**king shorts) :)

Oh, this was the first time I'd seen the finalists for the Dove commercial.

T's was better than either of those. They were both good, but T's was better. Left me wondering if maybe hers was too good, that the judges favored ones that were good but still had an amateur feel to them.

Yeah, those Dove commercials sucked.


Oh, and I realized that the only majorly nommed film I haven't yet seen, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, was shut out - despite many nominations. I'm still gonna see it. Word is it's great.



Ok, the reviewer in Variety who was at the Kodak said "That's How You Know" played wonderfully live. My sister, who attended the rehearsal, said it was terrific live, but - looking at the overhead screens - predicted it would be awful on TV. She was right. But I'm willing to give the bloated production number the benefit of the doubt, since it just may have somehow been fantastic in person.


I blame it on the cinammontography. :p

I miss the over-the-top Oscars production numbers. <sigh>

I don't

I had a totally swanking good time at the home of the lovely LSPE and Tom. LSPE always makes me think "Lispy", which is ironic, as she's quite articulate.

Many thanks to my tattooed wine boy, who was kind enough to share a seat with me, and kept the globe of my---wine glass always within his grasp.


Seriously, it was a great time, and I genuinely enjoyed the cupcakes, the company and the banter. Did I mention the cupcakes?

My thoughts:

Mrs. Day-Lewis must have a fabulous sense of humor.
Jon Stewart is teh man
Women over 60 should not have jet-black Betty Paige haircuts.
Yeah Juno-writer lady!
Tilda is just awesome
Helen Mirren is just fabulously regal
My heroes are getting old- Jack is downright elderly, now. And Harrison. Oh, Harrison.
Bad haircut, scientologist or not, Any man who will waltz into his presentation is just fine in my book.
Fish scales, feathers, and animal prints are in. I have a deep seated fear that another Clan of the Cave Bear movie may follow.

You're entirely welcome, and it was all my pleasure.


And I must have been pretty much the wined-up tattooed wine boy to brazenly display my tattoos at the drop of a hat (not to mention some trou.) ;)

You didn't see me complaining! :P

I was disgusted, biased or not, T's commercial was leagues better than those.

Well, I'd never even seen the first of the two they showed. It blew. It blew so bad that it was blatantly obvious what the producers wanted to win.

And T's was better.

Can I just say that I was in the bathroom taking a slash when the commercials aired. Totally bummed. I haven't seen them, but the general consensus of the room was that they blew burrito chunks.

I watched the version they showed on French TV last night. It was so completely ridiculous that basically everything is dubbed into French. Even the dialog in montages is dubbed. The funniest though was that the dubbed voices even read out the nominee names, but in a French accent.

I cannot find what I thought was Alex's post about Refro, but either way....

per IMDB.com

Yes, especially since they - for the only time that I can remember - included AGENTS in the montage.


Perhaps if they started including all the child actors who went on to die from drugs at a young age, the entire montage would take on too much sleaziness. Oi.



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Having finally seen head-to-toe shots of Oscar Ceremony Celebrity Formal Wear, I noticed for the first time that Daniel Day Lewis was sporting brown Hush Puppies with his disgusting tux. Ugh, demand the Oscar back.

But they matched the brown stripe on his lapel!

That's what Swanie said but to me it looked like the lapel stripes were red matching his wife's outfit.

I think that the Day-Lewises were exercising their right to a sense of humor... or over-the-top "fashion" "sense".... either way, it didn't make much sense.

I get that that's what he was going for, but he'd have done better with multicolored shoes eg: black with brown accent, or something*.

(*-this fashion advice brought to you by the woman who wears black suede clodhoppers with just about everything - when I'm not wearing the multicolored ribbon shoes that go with everything and clash with it at the same time)

I like the idea that the Day-Lewises were having a fashion faux-pas field day with a jokester sense of humor.


Otherwise, ... well, the alternatives are too horrible to consider.

*shivers*

Might I add that I fit your side note to a T except that my clodhoppers are brown leather, not suede.
And I dont beleive my multi colored ribbon shoes go with as much as I think. :snap: