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The 2011 Oscar Running Diary
Well, let's get it on, shall we! Its time for our annual running diary of the Academy Awards. I'm here in the recliner, laptop open, keyboard in lap, while The Lovely Steph Leann is over on the couch, snuggled up in a Snuggie, ready to go.
She has been out a bridal shower in East Podunk, Alabama, so when the sat down, the first thing she saw while watching the Red Carpet special was Robert Downey Jr, and the first thing she said was, "Oh no! He's wearing a navy blue suit? Really? Robert!"
Its time.
732p... a quick recap of the best picture nominees with some of the classic lines from the last year... "If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook."
732p... we open with a classic parody of nominated movies, this time involving Oscar hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway, with an appearance by Alec Baldwin, first intersparsing themselves in Inception, then with The Social Network and then The Fighter. They appear on a horse in a clip of True Grit (James Franco tells Jeff Bridges, as Rooster Cogburn, "Hey, I loved you in TRON!").
735p... Morgan Freeman and his voice! More Alec Baldwin! And James and Anne are in the Back to the Future DeLorean! This is a fun little opening...
739p... James and Anne, who looks AB-SO-LUTE-LEE GOR-GEE-US by the way, hit the stage. She even tells James, "You look very appealing... to a younger demographic..." They banter back and forth, even talking to Anne's mom, and James' mom and grandma, who smiles and says, "I... just saw... Marky Mark..."
Its common knowledge that Mark Wahlberg hates the Marky Mark reference, but he seems to go along with it with a smile, if not a smirk.
Tonight, they are going to be looking back at some great Oscar winners from the last century, and they kick this off with Gone with the Wind. The Lovely Steph Leann absolutely loves this movie, all seven hours of it.
742p... Tom Hanks comes out, and discusses Gone With the Wind's awards in 1939. And he also discusses those films who have previously won Art Direction and Cinematography, and says the last movie to win these two, plus Best Picture, was my 9th favorite film of all time, Titanic.
Art Direction prize goes to "Alice in Wonderland". Crap. I'm 0-1 already. I tell The Lovely Steph Leann that I picked "The King's Speech" and she says, "Really? Kings Speech? Hmmm..."
746p... Tom Hanks now introduces Cinematography, and the Oscar goes to, "Inception". And again, I picked "The King's Speech". I'm 0-2. The Lovely Steph Leann just laughs. She didn't pick the winners, she is just laughing at me.
750p... Commercial break. I say, "Well, those goes my attempt at going 24-0. I'm Oh for 2 right now." She laughs, hard.
751p... James and Anne greet us after the break, and introduce Kirk Douglas, who comes out with a cane, and gets an immediate standing ovation. I have been watching Kirk Douglas movies since I was like, 3 years old, no joke. He's struggling to talk, with the effects of a few strokes. He tells James Franco, "You look much better out of the cave... and Anne Hathaway... SHE'S GORGEOUS!! Where were you when I was making pictures?!"
752p... Kirk Douglas is doing the Supporting Actress Award... usually, last year's Supporting Actor gives out this years Supporting Actress, and vice versa, and the same with Actor/Actress. I am wondering if they are letting screen legends do the acting awards? That would be cool.
754p... So, the guy is just standing there with the golden envelope, while Kirk Douglas ribs Colin Firth and Hugh Jackman in the audience, and he opens the envelope and holds the winner in his hands, and just keeps talking. We are cracking up here.
757p... The Oscar goes to Melissa Leo for The Fighter. Now its a race to see how many in a row I can lose. Standing next to Melissa Leo, Kirk Douglas says, "You are much more beautiful than you looked in The Fighter". She starts stammering, and The Lovely Steph Leann whispers, "Get it together, dear, you don't have much time..." She manages to even drop the F-bomb...
8p... Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake come out together, and Mila Kunis might be the hottest dressed one here tonight. They are doing the Best Animated Feature, and Best Animated Short... finally, at least I'll get one right! For Best Animated Short, the winner is The Lost Thing. Yay, 0-4.
805p... And here's the Biggest Lock of the Night. Toy Story 3. When Mila makes the nominee announcement for Toy Story 3, the audience gives a huge applause. Toy Story 3 wins. Finally, I get on the board... 1-4.
812p... Anne meets us from the break, and tells us about the very first Academy Awards in 1929, happening at The Roosevelt Hotel, across from the Oscars current location, the Kodak Theater.
813p... Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem comes out together, to give the Adapted and Original Screenplay awards. They also are dressed almost exactly alike. Not a great look. My picks for Adapted are The Social Network and The Kings Speech for Original.
814p... And the Oscar goes to... Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network! I got 2 right! Aaron comes up and gives a pleasant speech, and its based on a book called "The Accidental Billionaires". I've got 2 credits built up on Audible.com, think I'll use one of them on this. The orchestra starts to play, but doesn't play him off, because he keeps talking.
816p... Now, its Original Screenplay, and I went with The King's Speech. Josh and Javier, the White Tux Twins, gives the Oscar to The Kings Speech. I lost four in a row, but have now won three straight!!
818p... David Seidler, who wrote The King's Speech, is probably in his 70s, and starts his speech with, "My father always said... I'll be a late bloomer..." The audience, and us, laugh heartily. The gave Kirk Douglas as much time as he wanted, because he's Kirk Douglas, but now they are having to play catch-up by rushing winning speeches.
823p... Anne, still smoldering, even though she's in a tux, is back from break. She begins singing a version of "On My Own" (for Les Mis) calling out Hugh Jackman for standing her up for a duet she was supposed to sing. James Franco comes out in a pink dress, blond wig and horrible lipstick, saying, "You wore a tux, I wore this. Weird part is, I just got a message from Charlie Sheen..."
825p... Russell Brand and Helen Mirren, the most attractive 93 year old on Earth, come out together now. Helen speaks French, Russell incorrectly "translates". They are here to give Best Movie By a Dang Fer-ah-ner. The winner is "In a Better World". There goes my winning streak, and I'm 3-5 for the night. The chick director is doing her best English, though I'm wondering how long they will let her talk before you hear the music... and there it is...
829p... And Ashley Judd Club member Reese Witherspoon comes out, looking so classy and awesome. And she's here for the Best Supporting Actor. I'll take Reese over Mo'nique (last years Supporting Actress winner) any day of the week, and fourteen times on Sunday. And Monday. And Wednesday.
830p... Unshaven Christian Bale is not a pleasant sight.
830p... And the Oscar goes to Unshaven Christian Bale. And his hair doesn't match his beard. We might be 2 for 2 on F-Bombs from The Fighter tonight!
831p... How weird is it to hear Christian Bale speak in his native British tongue? No joke.
834p... So Christian looks over and acknowledges his wife, then stammers without saying her name. The Lovely Steph Leann thinks Bale got choked up, but I think that Christian Bale just forgot his wife's name. Seriously?
837p... Okay, so he just got choked up. He teared up when talking about his daughter, choked up when discussing his wife, and plugged Dicky's website (the guy the his character was based on) Fine, it was a good speech.
Bathroom break needed for both of us. Show is on pause via DVR. We are about 4.5 minutes behind... we'll catch up at the commercial break
843p... Here comes... well, I don't recognize them, but does it matter? I dunno. Its a little speech recognizing the marriage between ABC and The Academy Awards. Shameless self promotions.
844p... Anne is out again, looking like... well, that dress is awkward. Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman come out to award the award for Score. We get a Sound history lesson, and an orchestra appears to play some of the more memorable scores from film. I went with "The Social Network" on this.
847p... The winner is... Trent Reznor for "The Social Network". Who da thunk five years ago that Nine Inch Nails would win an Oscar? I loved Inception's score more, but I can deal with "Network". I'm 5-5 for the night! I'm coming back!
849p... Here comes the award for Sound Mixing and Sound Editing, with me picking Inception for both. Seems like they would go hand in hand. Here comes the very attractive Scarlett Johansson and the not so attractive Matthew McConaughey to give the awards... the winner of Mixing? Inception. The winner of Editing? Inception? Ha! Seven wins for me!
852p... I think to over/under for Christopher Nolan being thanked tonight is somewhere around 4,300.
856p... Back from break, Anne and James are introducing Marisa Tomei. James Franco has a squinting problem.
856p... Marisa Tomei is in my All Time Most Beautiful Actresses Like, Ever Hall of Fame. I love love love love love love Marisa Tomei. She's telling us the tech awards that aren't shown on this broadcast. James Franco says, "Congrats, nerds!"
858p... Every time I think Cate Blanchett is beautiful, she shows up not being so. Tonight? She's beautiful. She tells us about Lord of the Rings, winner of the makeup award. For makeup, its Rick Baker who has like, 87 Oscars. Make it 88, and I got an 8th win tonight. Daddy's on a roll, baby cakes!
859p... The Lovely Steph Leann likes to pick and choose the catagories she wants to predict, and out of the three she has picked, she's 3-0. Of course, she picked Toy Story 3, which was as big of a lock as any award in history. Which means she picked Alice in Wonderland for Costume Design, and that means its going to win.
901p... And the Oscar goes to? Not True Grit, my pick, now making me 8-6 on the night. Its Alice.
902p... The chick who won is reading her speech. When was the last time anyone actually read their speech? She gets to the bottom of the page as the orchestra plays her offstage.
903p... Favorite movie song? Wow... "I've Had the Time Of My Life"... "Beauty and the Beast"... "How Do You Know" from Enchanted... "Against All Odds"... and He Who Must Not Be Re-Elected is onscreen, telling us "Time Goes By"? What? Random.
905p... Kevin Spacey is out to introduce the songs that are nominated... first is Randy Newman, who has his 20th nomination this year. He's doing "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3. Next is Mandy Moore and Zach Levi to do "I See The Light" from Tangled... Zach Levi is a Christ Follower, by the way?
907p... Mandy Moore is stunning, but Anne has her beat tonight. (in fairness, Reese tops them both, Mila Kunis in that dress beats all three, and Amy Adams, whom I'm in love with, tops them all). Zach Levi looks like a welfare Ben Affleck.
909p... Commercial break! Want to see an incredible Oscar song performance? Click here.
911p... James Franco introduce Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams, whom I'm in love with, and the are out to award Documentary Short Film. Jake says it best in saying, "Shorts are also the hardest things to pick on your Oscar ballot... so see the shorts, and you might be a winner." The Lovely Steph Leann isn't picking this catagory, by the way. I chose "Killing in the Name", and the winner is "Strangers No More". I'm 8-7 so far.
912p... And now Best Live Action Short Film. My pick was "God of Love" and WOO-HOO! I picked that one! Yeah! I'm back!
916p... Luke Matheny is giving the speech for the win, looks about 7 feet tall and has a fro the size of Red Robin. Awesome. He races through the thank-yous, including his mom, who did craft services for the film. Awesome speech.
917p... James and Anne are back, and there's a sight gag on movies that aren't musicals that they parody into musicals... including "Harry Potter", "Toy Story 3" and Timberlake on "The Social Network". This little montage should win Best Editing. The Twilight spot is called "He Doesn't Own a Shirt", featuring Taylor Lautner. That was funny.
919p... The next presenter? Oprah. Who's network is really struggling, by the way. The Lovely Steph Leann says, "Oprah looks like she's putting on weight", and I respond, "Doesn't she always?"
920p... Oprah is giving out The Best Documentary of the Year award. No news on whether Algore has given back the one he won for An Inconvenient Truth, which turned out be A Big Fat Piece of Crap. The Oscar goes to? Inside Job. I picked Restrepo. Apparently, Inside Job is about the banking and housing collapse, so had I known that, I would have gone with it. These are the same people who won for the anti-Iraqi doc "No End in Sight". And the speech bascially starts out with, "Rich people suck."
926p... Anne is back, looking all awesome and good looking, and she introduces former Oscar host--someone who did it best for years--Billy Crystal. He even gets a standing ovation. "The producers asked me to tell you that we are running long... so here's the nominees for Best Picture..."
928p... Its a look back at the first televised Oscars, with Bob Hope hosting it 18 times. Billy Crystal has been out for 30 seconds, and he's the funniest thing tonight not named Kirk Douglas. So now, we take a look back at the 25th Annual Academy Awards, hosted by Bob Hope. Bob says, "The Academy Awards, or as its known at my house, Passover." Its a hologram of Bob on the real Oscar podium, introducing what else...
931p... Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law come out to do Visual Effects. Token shot at RDJ's ho filled past by Jude Law, mildly funny banter, and to the nominees we go! I went with Inception... and the winner is... Inception. During the clip, they showed the hallway fight scene, and the big tunnel made to do that scene--you can't show that and then not give Inception the award. Its a techie sweep! And I get my 10th win! And... I still have 8 losses. Boo.
934p... Film Editing is the next award. I chose The Social Network, and the winner is... Facebook! 11-8!
937p... S'Ray just texted me the following: The dress that the escort taking people off stage was
designed by Borris Powell... my high school drum major from the little town of Piedmont, Alabama.
940p... I asked "Is he a fashionista now?" and he replies, "He was on the red carpet tonight and reported that Valentino loved his design." So, there ya go.
940p... James and Anne are back... Anne is ravishing in red. James makes some innuendo jokes on movie titles (Winter's Bone?) and they introduce Jennifer Hudson, who then introduces the final two songs nominated for Best Song. First is "If I Rise" from "127 Hours".
942p... I am now going to sing the first part of "If I Rise"... "fa la wa wa la wa wa... fla wa lo lo la la..."
943p... Here's Gwynth Paltrow to sing her song from "Country Strong", the one I picked to win the award. And the winner is? The one I didn't think would get it, Randy Newman's "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3. I'm 11-9 on the night, and The Lovely Steph Leann is irritated that the Tangled song didn't win.
948p... Twenty noms, only his 2nd win. That's kinda wrong.
949p... The Lovely Steph Leann is still railing against Tangled's loss.
951p... Just saw on Facebook... Discussing the chick who sang the song from "127 Hours", Amarylis By Morning (up from san antone) says, "I want Florence from Florence and the Machine to go to Melissa Clark and get a new hairstyle.."
952p... Celine Dion brings us back from break, and its the In Memorium montage. Celine Dion looks like she's 54, trying desperately to look 34. So far, no applause for anyone yet, even though they showed Tony Curtis already.
953p... With no applause for Leslie Nielsen, I am now guessing they have the Applause-o-Meter turned off. There's no way Leslie doesn't get a round of clapping. Don't know who Susanna York is, but she had bad teeth. Hope that didn't contribute to her death...
955p... My guess would be that Dennis Hopper and Blake Edwards would get the biggest round of applause for the night, but no clapping until the very end. Out comes Halle Berry to tell us about Lena Horne, who died this past year. She gets a good tribute, and we fade to commercial...
958p... No Corey Haim. That's tragic.
1001p... The show is officially running long. Anne Hathaway is in a deep blue silky looking gown. She introduces Hillary Swank, who is a... gulp... two time (!) Academy Award winner!
1002p... Last year's Best Director, Kathyrn Bigalow, who won for "The Hurt Locker", is out to give away Best Director. The Oscar goes to... Tom Hooper, for "The King's Speech". This now seals Speech as Best Picture, if you ask me. I picked Fincher for "The Social Network", so now I'm 11 wins, 10 losses. Forget beating my all time record, I'll be lucky to finish above 500...
1005p... James looks like he's on drugs. He brings out Annette Bening. She tells us about The Governor's Awards, which is a Lifetime Achievement ceremony for legendary Hollywoodians. Eli Wallach is one shown given an award, as is Frances Ford Coppola. I personally like doing a special tribute to someone on the actual show itself, though they do bring out Eli, Frances and another honoree to the stage. They get standing ovations, of course.
1011p... James and Anne introduce Jeff Bridges to give Best Actress. The show is in full "We are behind!" mode, so things are speeding up. He mentions Annette Bening's nomination... as much as I hated "The Kids are All Right", I think Julianne Moore was ten times better than Annette.
1014p... I like how Jeff Bridges is talking to each nominee, not just saying their name and their movie, but discussing how good each of them were. I'm sure the Oscars' producers are like "hurry it up, Jeff!" because he's taking forever, but its cool.
1016p... And the Oscar goes to... Princess Padme Amidala. I picked Annette Bening to win, and I'm absolutely fine that she didn't. I know, I know, "Black Swan" is sort of a gay ballet movie too, but its got to be better than "The Kids are All Right". 11-11
1018p... So, right in the middle of Natalie Portman's speech... not only does my internet go down, but my Dish Network goes down as well.
1021p... Apparently, someone introduced Sandra Bullock during the outage, because here she is. She mentions Javier Bardem, then turns to Jeff Bridges and says, "Dude, you already won this. Let someone else win this for a change." True Grit was a great film, by the way. She tells Jesse Eisenberg in saying, "You've inspired lonely young men hunched over keyboards around the world."
1025p... And the Oscar goes to... The President and Founding Member in Good Standing of The Colin Firth Club. The Lovely Steph Leann cheers loudly, claps and waves her hands as Colin Firth accepts the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in "The King's Speech." So I'm pretty confident I'll get the Best Picture win, making me 13-11 for the night.
1027p... Colin Firth gives a classy, eloquent, funny and well spoken acceptance. The Lovely Steph Leann is giggling like a 4th grader. Well done, Colin, well done.
1029p... The Best Motion Picture Oscar is up next, after these messages.
1032p... James and Anne shout, "Steven Spielberg!" He comes out, and has in his hand an envelope that contains three words: "The" "Kings" "Speech". Ten best picture nominees. While seeing Colin Firth do his King's Speech in the King's Speech, we see clips from all the Best Picture nominees.
1034p... Who, besides K-Dub, would have ever expected to hear the words "Best Picture Nominee" and "Justin Timberlake" in the same sentence? Said with a straight face?
1035p... "The King's Speech" takes the Oscar. I finish the night 13-11, a horrible showing. The Lovely Steph Leann cheers on the picture win.
So there is the Oscars. James Franco and Anne Hathaway say goodnight... James seems like he was a little bothered by the whole hosting thing, but Anne sounded like she was having the time of her life the entire show.
We finish the show by having a kids choir sing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and the Oscar winners for the night come out all together, making a pretty cool visual, many of them holding up their Oscars.
And that's a wrap. Thanks for reading, see you this week...
She has been out a bridal shower in East Podunk, Alabama, so when the sat down, the first thing she saw while watching the Red Carpet special was Robert Downey Jr, and the first thing she said was, "Oh no! He's wearing a navy blue suit? Really? Robert!"
Its time.
732p... a quick recap of the best picture nominees with some of the classic lines from the last year... "If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook."
732p... we open with a classic parody of nominated movies, this time involving Oscar hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway, with an appearance by Alec Baldwin, first intersparsing themselves in Inception, then with The Social Network and then The Fighter. They appear on a horse in a clip of True Grit (James Franco tells Jeff Bridges, as Rooster Cogburn, "Hey, I loved you in TRON!").
735p... Morgan Freeman and his voice! More Alec Baldwin! And James and Anne are in the Back to the Future DeLorean! This is a fun little opening...
739p... James and Anne, who looks AB-SO-LUTE-LEE GOR-GEE-US by the way, hit the stage. She even tells James, "You look very appealing... to a younger demographic..." They banter back and forth, even talking to Anne's mom, and James' mom and grandma, who smiles and says, "I... just saw... Marky Mark..."
Its common knowledge that Mark Wahlberg hates the Marky Mark reference, but he seems to go along with it with a smile, if not a smirk.
Tonight, they are going to be looking back at some great Oscar winners from the last century, and they kick this off with Gone with the Wind. The Lovely Steph Leann absolutely loves this movie, all seven hours of it.
742p... Tom Hanks comes out, and discusses Gone With the Wind's awards in 1939. And he also discusses those films who have previously won Art Direction and Cinematography, and says the last movie to win these two, plus Best Picture, was my 9th favorite film of all time, Titanic.
Art Direction prize goes to "Alice in Wonderland". Crap. I'm 0-1 already. I tell The Lovely Steph Leann that I picked "The King's Speech" and she says, "Really? Kings Speech? Hmmm..."
746p... Tom Hanks now introduces Cinematography, and the Oscar goes to, "Inception". And again, I picked "The King's Speech". I'm 0-2. The Lovely Steph Leann just laughs. She didn't pick the winners, she is just laughing at me.
750p... Commercial break. I say, "Well, those goes my attempt at going 24-0. I'm Oh for 2 right now." She laughs, hard.
752p... Kirk Douglas is doing the Supporting Actress Award... usually, last year's Supporting Actor gives out this years Supporting Actress, and vice versa, and the same with Actor/Actress. I am wondering if they are letting screen legends do the acting awards? That would be cool.
754p... So, the guy is just standing there with the golden envelope, while Kirk Douglas ribs Colin Firth and Hugh Jackman in the audience, and he opens the envelope and holds the winner in his hands, and just keeps talking. We are cracking up here.
757p... The Oscar goes to Melissa Leo for The Fighter. Now its a race to see how many in a row I can lose. Standing next to Melissa Leo, Kirk Douglas says, "You are much more beautiful than you looked in The Fighter". She starts stammering, and The Lovely Steph Leann whispers, "Get it together, dear, you don't have much time..." She manages to even drop the F-bomb...
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| Mila on tonight's Red Carpet |
805p... And here's the Biggest Lock of the Night. Toy Story 3. When Mila makes the nominee announcement for Toy Story 3, the audience gives a huge applause. Toy Story 3 wins. Finally, I get on the board... 1-4.
812p... Anne meets us from the break, and tells us about the very first Academy Awards in 1929, happening at The Roosevelt Hotel, across from the Oscars current location, the Kodak Theater.
813p... Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem comes out together, to give the Adapted and Original Screenplay awards. They also are dressed almost exactly alike. Not a great look. My picks for Adapted are The Social Network and The Kings Speech for Original.
814p... And the Oscar goes to... Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network! I got 2 right! Aaron comes up and gives a pleasant speech, and its based on a book called "The Accidental Billionaires". I've got 2 credits built up on Audible.com, think I'll use one of them on this. The orchestra starts to play, but doesn't play him off, because he keeps talking.
816p... Now, its Original Screenplay, and I went with The King's Speech. Josh and Javier, the White Tux Twins, gives the Oscar to The Kings Speech. I lost four in a row, but have now won three straight!!
818p... David Seidler, who wrote The King's Speech, is probably in his 70s, and starts his speech with, "My father always said... I'll be a late bloomer..." The audience, and us, laugh heartily. The gave Kirk Douglas as much time as he wanted, because he's Kirk Douglas, but now they are having to play catch-up by rushing winning speeches.
823p... Anne, still smoldering, even though she's in a tux, is back from break. She begins singing a version of "On My Own" (for Les Mis) calling out Hugh Jackman for standing her up for a duet she was supposed to sing. James Franco comes out in a pink dress, blond wig and horrible lipstick, saying, "You wore a tux, I wore this. Weird part is, I just got a message from Charlie Sheen..."
825p... Russell Brand and Helen Mirren, the most attractive 93 year old on Earth, come out together now. Helen speaks French, Russell incorrectly "translates". They are here to give Best Movie By a Dang Fer-ah-ner. The winner is "In a Better World". There goes my winning streak, and I'm 3-5 for the night. The chick director is doing her best English, though I'm wondering how long they will let her talk before you hear the music... and there it is...
829p... And Ashley Judd Club member Reese Witherspoon comes out, looking so classy and awesome. And she's here for the Best Supporting Actor. I'll take Reese over Mo'nique (last years Supporting Actress winner) any day of the week, and fourteen times on Sunday. And Monday. And Wednesday.
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| Unshaved Christian Bale and his wife |
830p... And the Oscar goes to Unshaven Christian Bale. And his hair doesn't match his beard. We might be 2 for 2 on F-Bombs from The Fighter tonight!
831p... How weird is it to hear Christian Bale speak in his native British tongue? No joke.
834p... So Christian looks over and acknowledges his wife, then stammers without saying her name. The Lovely Steph Leann thinks Bale got choked up, but I think that Christian Bale just forgot his wife's name. Seriously?
837p... Okay, so he just got choked up. He teared up when talking about his daughter, choked up when discussing his wife, and plugged Dicky's website (the guy the his character was based on) Fine, it was a good speech.
Bathroom break needed for both of us. Show is on pause via DVR. We are about 4.5 minutes behind... we'll catch up at the commercial break
843p... Here comes... well, I don't recognize them, but does it matter? I dunno. Its a little speech recognizing the marriage between ABC and The Academy Awards. Shameless self promotions.
844p... Anne is out again, looking like... well, that dress is awkward. Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman come out to award the award for Score. We get a Sound history lesson, and an orchestra appears to play some of the more memorable scores from film. I went with "The Social Network" on this.
847p... The winner is... Trent Reznor for "The Social Network". Who da thunk five years ago that Nine Inch Nails would win an Oscar? I loved Inception's score more, but I can deal with "Network". I'm 5-5 for the night! I'm coming back!
849p... Here comes the award for Sound Mixing and Sound Editing, with me picking Inception for both. Seems like they would go hand in hand. Here comes the very attractive Scarlett Johansson and the not so attractive Matthew McConaughey to give the awards... the winner of Mixing? Inception. The winner of Editing? Inception? Ha! Seven wins for me!
852p... I think to over/under for Christopher Nolan being thanked tonight is somewhere around 4,300.
856p... Back from break, Anne and James are introducing Marisa Tomei. James Franco has a squinting problem.
856p... Marisa Tomei is in my All Time Most Beautiful Actresses Like, Ever Hall of Fame. I love love love love love love Marisa Tomei. She's telling us the tech awards that aren't shown on this broadcast. James Franco says, "Congrats, nerds!"
858p... Every time I think Cate Blanchett is beautiful, she shows up not being so. Tonight? She's beautiful. She tells us about Lord of the Rings, winner of the makeup award. For makeup, its Rick Baker who has like, 87 Oscars. Make it 88, and I got an 8th win tonight. Daddy's on a roll, baby cakes!
859p... The Lovely Steph Leann likes to pick and choose the catagories she wants to predict, and out of the three she has picked, she's 3-0. Of course, she picked Toy Story 3, which was as big of a lock as any award in history. Which means she picked Alice in Wonderland for Costume Design, and that means its going to win.
901p... And the Oscar goes to? Not True Grit, my pick, now making me 8-6 on the night. Its Alice.
902p... The chick who won is reading her speech. When was the last time anyone actually read their speech? She gets to the bottom of the page as the orchestra plays her offstage.
903p... Favorite movie song? Wow... "I've Had the Time Of My Life"... "Beauty and the Beast"... "How Do You Know" from Enchanted... "Against All Odds"... and He Who Must Not Be Re-Elected is onscreen, telling us "Time Goes By"? What? Random.
905p... Kevin Spacey is out to introduce the songs that are nominated... first is Randy Newman, who has his 20th nomination this year. He's doing "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3. Next is Mandy Moore and Zach Levi to do "I See The Light" from Tangled... Zach Levi is a Christ Follower, by the way?
907p... Mandy Moore is stunning, but Anne has her beat tonight. (in fairness, Reese tops them both, Mila Kunis in that dress beats all three, and Amy Adams, whom I'm in love with, tops them all). Zach Levi looks like a welfare Ben Affleck.
909p... Commercial break! Want to see an incredible Oscar song performance? Click here.
911p... James Franco introduce Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams, whom I'm in love with, and the are out to award Documentary Short Film. Jake says it best in saying, "Shorts are also the hardest things to pick on your Oscar ballot... so see the shorts, and you might be a winner." The Lovely Steph Leann isn't picking this catagory, by the way. I chose "Killing in the Name", and the winner is "Strangers No More". I'm 8-7 so far.
912p... And now Best Live Action Short Film. My pick was "God of Love" and WOO-HOO! I picked that one! Yeah! I'm back!
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| Luke Matheny and his fro in a pre-Oscar photo op |
917p... James and Anne are back, and there's a sight gag on movies that aren't musicals that they parody into musicals... including "Harry Potter", "Toy Story 3" and Timberlake on "The Social Network". This little montage should win Best Editing. The Twilight spot is called "He Doesn't Own a Shirt", featuring Taylor Lautner. That was funny.
919p... The next presenter? Oprah. Who's network is really struggling, by the way. The Lovely Steph Leann says, "Oprah looks like she's putting on weight", and I respond, "Doesn't she always?"
920p... Oprah is giving out The Best Documentary of the Year award. No news on whether Algore has given back the one he won for An Inconvenient Truth, which turned out be A Big Fat Piece of Crap. The Oscar goes to? Inside Job. I picked Restrepo. Apparently, Inside Job is about the banking and housing collapse, so had I known that, I would have gone with it. These are the same people who won for the anti-Iraqi doc "No End in Sight". And the speech bascially starts out with, "Rich people suck."
926p... Anne is back, looking all awesome and good looking, and she introduces former Oscar host--someone who did it best for years--Billy Crystal. He even gets a standing ovation. "The producers asked me to tell you that we are running long... so here's the nominees for Best Picture..."
928p... Its a look back at the first televised Oscars, with Bob Hope hosting it 18 times. Billy Crystal has been out for 30 seconds, and he's the funniest thing tonight not named Kirk Douglas. So now, we take a look back at the 25th Annual Academy Awards, hosted by Bob Hope. Bob says, "The Academy Awards, or as its known at my house, Passover." Its a hologram of Bob on the real Oscar podium, introducing what else...
931p... Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law come out to do Visual Effects. Token shot at RDJ's ho filled past by Jude Law, mildly funny banter, and to the nominees we go! I went with Inception... and the winner is... Inception. During the clip, they showed the hallway fight scene, and the big tunnel made to do that scene--you can't show that and then not give Inception the award. Its a techie sweep! And I get my 10th win! And... I still have 8 losses. Boo.
934p... Film Editing is the next award. I chose The Social Network, and the winner is... Facebook! 11-8!
937p... S'Ray just texted me the following: The dress that the escort taking people off stage was
designed by Borris Powell... my high school drum major from the little town of Piedmont, Alabama.
940p... I asked "Is he a fashionista now?" and he replies, "He was on the red carpet tonight and reported that Valentino loved his design." So, there ya go.
940p... James and Anne are back... Anne is ravishing in red. James makes some innuendo jokes on movie titles (Winter's Bone?) and they introduce Jennifer Hudson, who then introduces the final two songs nominated for Best Song. First is "If I Rise" from "127 Hours".
942p... I am now going to sing the first part of "If I Rise"... "fa la wa wa la wa wa... fla wa lo lo la la..."
943p... Here's Gwynth Paltrow to sing her song from "Country Strong", the one I picked to win the award. And the winner is? The one I didn't think would get it, Randy Newman's "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3. I'm 11-9 on the night, and The Lovely Steph Leann is irritated that the Tangled song didn't win.
948p... Twenty noms, only his 2nd win. That's kinda wrong.
949p... The Lovely Steph Leann is still railing against Tangled's loss.
951p... Just saw on Facebook... Discussing the chick who sang the song from "127 Hours", Amarylis By Morning (up from san antone) says, "I want Florence from Florence and the Machine to go to Melissa Clark and get a new hairstyle.."
952p... Celine Dion brings us back from break, and its the In Memorium montage. Celine Dion looks like she's 54, trying desperately to look 34. So far, no applause for anyone yet, even though they showed Tony Curtis already.
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| Corey Haim. December 23, 1971 to March 10th, 2010. Rest in Peace, Lost Boy, Rest in Peace. |
955p... My guess would be that Dennis Hopper and Blake Edwards would get the biggest round of applause for the night, but no clapping until the very end. Out comes Halle Berry to tell us about Lena Horne, who died this past year. She gets a good tribute, and we fade to commercial...
958p... No Corey Haim. That's tragic.
1001p... The show is officially running long. Anne Hathaway is in a deep blue silky looking gown. She introduces Hillary Swank, who is a... gulp... two time (!) Academy Award winner!
1002p... Last year's Best Director, Kathyrn Bigalow, who won for "The Hurt Locker", is out to give away Best Director. The Oscar goes to... Tom Hooper, for "The King's Speech". This now seals Speech as Best Picture, if you ask me. I picked Fincher for "The Social Network", so now I'm 11 wins, 10 losses. Forget beating my all time record, I'll be lucky to finish above 500...
1005p... James looks like he's on drugs. He brings out Annette Bening. She tells us about The Governor's Awards, which is a Lifetime Achievement ceremony for legendary Hollywoodians. Eli Wallach is one shown given an award, as is Frances Ford Coppola. I personally like doing a special tribute to someone on the actual show itself, though they do bring out Eli, Frances and another honoree to the stage. They get standing ovations, of course.
1011p... James and Anne introduce Jeff Bridges to give Best Actress. The show is in full "We are behind!" mode, so things are speeding up. He mentions Annette Bening's nomination... as much as I hated "The Kids are All Right", I think Julianne Moore was ten times better than Annette.
1014p... I like how Jeff Bridges is talking to each nominee, not just saying their name and their movie, but discussing how good each of them were. I'm sure the Oscars' producers are like "hurry it up, Jeff!" because he's taking forever, but its cool.
1016p... And the Oscar goes to... Princess Padme Amidala. I picked Annette Bening to win, and I'm absolutely fine that she didn't. I know, I know, "Black Swan" is sort of a gay ballet movie too, but its got to be better than "The Kids are All Right". 11-11
1018p... So, right in the middle of Natalie Portman's speech... not only does my internet go down, but my Dish Network goes down as well.
1021p... Apparently, someone introduced Sandra Bullock during the outage, because here she is. She mentions Javier Bardem, then turns to Jeff Bridges and says, "Dude, you already won this. Let someone else win this for a change." True Grit was a great film, by the way. She tells Jesse Eisenberg in saying, "You've inspired lonely young men hunched over keyboards around the world."
1025p... And the Oscar goes to... The President and Founding Member in Good Standing of The Colin Firth Club. The Lovely Steph Leann cheers loudly, claps and waves her hands as Colin Firth accepts the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in "The King's Speech." So I'm pretty confident I'll get the Best Picture win, making me 13-11 for the night.
1027p... Colin Firth gives a classy, eloquent, funny and well spoken acceptance. The Lovely Steph Leann is giggling like a 4th grader. Well done, Colin, well done.
1029p... The Best Motion Picture Oscar is up next, after these messages.
1032p... James and Anne shout, "Steven Spielberg!" He comes out, and has in his hand an envelope that contains three words: "The" "Kings" "Speech". Ten best picture nominees. While seeing Colin Firth do his King's Speech in the King's Speech, we see clips from all the Best Picture nominees.
1034p... Who, besides K-Dub, would have ever expected to hear the words "Best Picture Nominee" and "Justin Timberlake" in the same sentence? Said with a straight face?
1035p... "The King's Speech" takes the Oscar. I finish the night 13-11, a horrible showing. The Lovely Steph Leann cheers on the picture win.
So there is the Oscars. James Franco and Anne Hathaway say goodnight... James seems like he was a little bothered by the whole hosting thing, but Anne sounded like she was having the time of her life the entire show.
We finish the show by having a kids choir sing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and the Oscar winners for the night come out all together, making a pretty cool visual, many of them holding up their Oscars.
And that's a wrap. Thanks for reading, see you this week...
Alice in Wonderland
Let's face it... Tim Burton may or may not be a weird guy, but his work is definately out there... let's discuss his biggest hits, and my favorites of his work...
"Pee Wee's Big Adventure" (1985)... Most people now recognize Paul Reubens as Pee Wee Herman and automatically associate him with that, ahem, adult men's theater incident, but back in the 80's, he was a rockstar. This movie was quirky, it was an oddity, and it was absolutely hilarious.
"Beetlejuice" (1988)... Michael Keaton went from Mr. Mom to an absolute genius in this flick, again, a really odd, but absolutely fantastic dark comedy.
"Edward Scissorhands" (1990)... Tim Burton's first real collaboration with Johnny Depp was very unusual. It was a love story... with knives for fingers.
"Mars Attacks!" (1996)... After "Independence Day" a few years prior, this film was timed perfectly. A campy send-up of alien invasion flicks featuring Jack Nicholson as the President, uttering the classic line "I want the people to know that they still have 2 out of 3 branches of the government working for them, and that ain't bad." Oh, and if you don't know who Slim Whitman is, you will after seeing this film.
Tim Burton is also known for his more recent collaborations with Johnny Depp, which includes, "Sleepy Hollow"... "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory"... "Corpse Bride"... "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" and now...
"Alice in Wonderland"
To say that the Tim Burton vision of "Alice in Wonderland" is strange is not a stretch. Its a strange, strange movie. Its a strange, colorful, imaginative journey that doesn't so much re-tell the story of Alice in Wonderland as much as it expands and continues the story.
It begins with a now 19 year-old Alice who only remembers her journey through the land she knows as Wonderland as a dream that she keeps having night after night. Alice is bossed around by her mom and her potential dorkface suitor, much like Rose DeWitt Bukater was before running around the ship with Jack Dawson, and ends up running away from it all... right into a rabbit hole.
You are immediately re-introduced to the characters, or a close image of what you think those characters are. I would imagine that most people's concept of Alice and characters like Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the March Hare, the White Rabbit and of course, the Mad Hatter are from the Disney animated film, not necessarily from Lewis Carroll's two books, that being "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass"... that's my perspective because I have seen the 1951 Disney film and have never read the books at all.
Tim Burton's characters in this story somehow have backstories, and some of them even have real names other than "Caterpiller" and "Mad Hatter" and "Red Queen". Alice finds them, and they tell her that because of a... well, a prophecy of sorts... she has to face a creature called The Jabberwocky (also known as a poem written by Lewis Carroll about a creature of the same name), slay said creature and order will be restored to the land--ie, everyone will stop following the Red Queen, played in essence by Helena Bonham Carter, aka Tim's boo, and start following her sister, The White Queen, played dreamily by Anne Hathaway.
The story itself is fine, the plot is somewhat silly, even for a movie that is sort of supposed to be silly, and Danny Elfman's score really kind of underwhelms you. That being said, I had a good time with it. Much of Underland (which is the real name for Wonderland) is done in CGI, and I enjoyed many of the characters in a way that I had not really gotten to know them in the original animated film. Remember, in that version, Alice goes from scene to scene to scene, with some characters to not be seen again, while here, most of the characters remain throughout the entire movie. Burton himself said he never felt a emotional connection to other film adaptations and always thought it was a some girl wondering around from one crazy character to another. So with this, he attempted to create a framework, an emotional grounding, which he felt he never really had seen in any version before. He said that was the challenge for him - to make Alice feel like a story as opposed to a series of events.
Anyway, to finish up the plot, there's the big creature named Jabberwocky, and the Red Queen screamed "off with your head!" alot, and for some reason there is a battle at the end that doesn't last long and... well, you'll just have to see it to make any sense out of the silliness.
Maybe the weakest link in the entire movie is Alice herself, played by relative newcomer Mia Wasikowska. She does Alice very subdued, almost too quiet, possibly in an effort to play up the fact that Alice spends much of the movie assuming she's dreaming everything. I almost wanted her to be more... well, vocal. A little louder, a little more surprised by the things she found, a little less whiny when presented with things she had to face.
Crispin Glover, the dad from "Back to the Future" and known in Hollywood as a very weird guy, played Stayne, the Knave of Hearts and 2nd in command to the Red Queen and he was brilliant.
Of course, the star of the film? Johnny Depp. Much ado had been made about his Mad Hatter costume and performance, and really, love him or hate him, Depp delivers, no matter who he is playing. And here is no different. Hair like Bozo the Clown, gapped teeth, wide-eyed and strange accent that wavers between British, Scottish and Nonsensish, Depp immerses himself into The Mad Hatter in a way that you'd never imagine from the original Disney film.
I liked the film overall, and in many ways, I think I liked it better than the 1951 animated version. That one was okay, it was a bit trippy for my tastes, and to me, Tweedledee and Tweedledum whole scene in that one was... well, ridiculous. In this Tim Burton version, I loved T'dee and T'dum, I loved their accents, I loved the way they were presented onscreen, I loved the interaction between them, it was great.
Perhaps its not really fair to compare the animated version with this one, as it is so completely different, but I guess there were just more things about this one I liked. I always like Anne Hathaway in anything that doesn't include "Royal Engagament" or "Brokeback Mountain", and the voice cast was stellar. Listen up for Alan Rickman's voice here too.
Oh, and I loved the cards. Again, the movie was a bit too much CGI'y for me, but the Card Guards were great.
The Lovely Steph Leann and I ended up watching it in 3D, not because we thought it would be worth it in 3D--it wasn't, I would suggest all of you go see it in 2D and save about $4 per ticket... but because the 3D version not only had the new Toy Story 3 trailer, but also the new trailer for "Tron Legacy". And if you think I wasn't as giddy as Brad Latta at a Dubya War Crimes hearing, you'd be wrong.
By the way--and I speak to all those 30 and up... was there a cooler movie when you were a little kid than "Tron"? And to think, here's a sequel coming, one that has real potential. Did you know that Walt Disney World is going to put a light cycle overlay on its monorails this fall, in promotion of the movie?
I think I need to go find the original "Tron" and watch it again. Just not tonight. I'm tired. That's why this review rambled everywhere...
For all you kids who think the interweb has been around forever, here's the trailer from the original movie in 1982... cheesy as it might look, remember back then, this was revolutionary.
"Batman" (1989)... Before "The Dark Knight", before the franchise became a joke in "Batman & Robin", there was Tim Burton's first movie, with Michael Keaton, fresh off of "Beetlejuice", being the most unlikely Bruce Wayne--and perhaps the best until Christian Bale. But, let's be honest, Jack as The Joker is what everyone remembers.
"Edward Scissorhands" (1990)... Tim Burton's first real collaboration with Johnny Depp was very unusual. It was a love story... with knives for fingers.
"Mars Attacks!" (1996)... After "Independence Day" a few years prior, this film was timed perfectly. A campy send-up of alien invasion flicks featuring Jack Nicholson as the President, uttering the classic line "I want the people to know that they still have 2 out of 3 branches of the government working for them, and that ain't bad." Oh, and if you don't know who Slim Whitman is, you will after seeing this film.
Tim Burton is also known for his more recent collaborations with Johnny Depp, which includes, "Sleepy Hollow"... "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory"... "Corpse Bride"... "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" and now...
"Alice in Wonderland"
To say that the Tim Burton vision of "Alice in Wonderland" is strange is not a stretch. Its a strange, strange movie. Its a strange, colorful, imaginative journey that doesn't so much re-tell the story of Alice in Wonderland as much as it expands and continues the story.
It begins with a now 19 year-old Alice who only remembers her journey through the land she knows as Wonderland as a dream that she keeps having night after night. Alice is bossed around by her mom and her potential dorkface suitor, much like Rose DeWitt Bukater was before running around the ship with Jack Dawson, and ends up running away from it all... right into a rabbit hole.
You are immediately re-introduced to the characters, or a close image of what you think those characters are. I would imagine that most people's concept of Alice and characters like Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the March Hare, the White Rabbit and of course, the Mad Hatter are from the Disney animated film, not necessarily from Lewis Carroll's two books, that being "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass"... that's my perspective because I have seen the 1951 Disney film and have never read the books at all.
Tim Burton's characters in this story somehow have backstories, and some of them even have real names other than "Caterpiller" and "Mad Hatter" and "Red Queen". Alice finds them, and they tell her that because of a... well, a prophecy of sorts... she has to face a creature called The Jabberwocky (also known as a poem written by Lewis Carroll about a creature of the same name), slay said creature and order will be restored to the land--ie, everyone will stop following the Red Queen, played in essence by Helena Bonham Carter, aka Tim's boo, and start following her sister, The White Queen, played dreamily by Anne Hathaway.
The story itself is fine, the plot is somewhat silly, even for a movie that is sort of supposed to be silly, and Danny Elfman's score really kind of underwhelms you. That being said, I had a good time with it. Much of Underland (which is the real name for Wonderland) is done in CGI, and I enjoyed many of the characters in a way that I had not really gotten to know them in the original animated film. Remember, in that version, Alice goes from scene to scene to scene, with some characters to not be seen again, while here, most of the characters remain throughout the entire movie. Burton himself said he never felt a emotional connection to other film adaptations and always thought it was a some girl wondering around from one crazy character to another. So with this, he attempted to create a framework, an emotional grounding, which he felt he never really had seen in any version before. He said that was the challenge for him - to make Alice feel like a story as opposed to a series of events.
Anyway, to finish up the plot, there's the big creature named Jabberwocky, and the Red Queen screamed "off with your head!" alot, and for some reason there is a battle at the end that doesn't last long and... well, you'll just have to see it to make any sense out of the silliness.
Maybe the weakest link in the entire movie is Alice herself, played by relative newcomer Mia Wasikowska. She does Alice very subdued, almost too quiet, possibly in an effort to play up the fact that Alice spends much of the movie assuming she's dreaming everything. I almost wanted her to be more... well, vocal. A little louder, a little more surprised by the things she found, a little less whiny when presented with things she had to face.
Crispin Glover, the dad from "Back to the Future" and known in Hollywood as a very weird guy, played Stayne, the Knave of Hearts and 2nd in command to the Red Queen and he was brilliant.
I liked the film overall, and in many ways, I think I liked it better than the 1951 animated version. That one was okay, it was a bit trippy for my tastes, and to me, Tweedledee and Tweedledum whole scene in that one was... well, ridiculous. In this Tim Burton version, I loved T'dee and T'dum, I loved their accents, I loved the way they were presented onscreen, I loved the interaction between them, it was great.
Perhaps its not really fair to compare the animated version with this one, as it is so completely different, but I guess there were just more things about this one I liked. I always like Anne Hathaway in anything that doesn't include "Royal Engagament" or "Brokeback Mountain", and the voice cast was stellar. Listen up for Alan Rickman's voice here too.
Oh, and I loved the cards. Again, the movie was a bit too much CGI'y for me, but the Card Guards were great.
The Lovely Steph Leann and I ended up watching it in 3D, not because we thought it would be worth it in 3D--it wasn't, I would suggest all of you go see it in 2D and save about $4 per ticket... but because the 3D version not only had the new Toy Story 3 trailer, but also the new trailer for "Tron Legacy". And if you think I wasn't as giddy as Brad Latta at a Dubya War Crimes hearing, you'd be wrong.
By the way--and I speak to all those 30 and up... was there a cooler movie when you were a little kid than "Tron"? And to think, here's a sequel coming, one that has real potential. Did you know that Walt Disney World is going to put a light cycle overlay on its monorails this fall, in promotion of the movie?
I think I need to go find the original "Tron" and watch it again. Just not tonight. I'm tired. That's why this review rambled everywhere...
For all you kids who think the interweb has been around forever, here's the trailer from the original movie in 1982... cheesy as it might look, remember back then, this was revolutionary.
Oscar-Winning Actress Julia Roberts Is Lancome's New Face
Pretty woman Julia Roberts is the new global ambassadress for Lancome, People.com reports.
"By her remarkable personality and career, Julia Roberts is an emblematic woman of her time," Youcef Nabi, president of Lancôme International, said in a statement.
"Her exceptional talent, her radiance and her strong commitments perfectly echo Lancôme's values. We are convinced she will embody the brand in the most sublime way possible."
The specifics of her role have yet to be announced.
Lancome's gallery of stars includes Kate Winslet, Anne Hathaway, Juliette Binoche and Clive Owen.
"By her remarkable personality and career, Julia Roberts is an emblematic woman of her time," Youcef Nabi, president of Lancôme International, said in a statement.
"Her exceptional talent, her radiance and her strong commitments perfectly echo Lancôme's values. We are convinced she will embody the brand in the most sublime way possible."
The specifics of her role have yet to be announced.
Lancome's gallery of stars includes Kate Winslet, Anne Hathaway, Juliette Binoche and Clive Owen.
Source : http://www.nydailynews.com/
It's the 66th Annual Golden Globes! (live blogging diary)
And... that's all she wrote. The big news is Kate Winslet wins 2 awards in the same night--The Lovely Steph Leann, Mikey (via text) and myself are not even sure that the same person has ever won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in the same night... and the other news is "Slumdog Millionaire". Have you seen it? Let me know how it is...
Good night... more of the 100 Coolest of 2008 to come tomorrow, plus the next running diary will be on Super Bowl Sunday, broadcasting live from The Nipps home!
1000p... "Benjamin Button", "The Reader", "Revolutionary Road" and "Frost/Nixon" are all losers to... "Slumdog Millionaire".
I'll wait until I see it before I make any opinions on it (though I've heard its fantastic, much in the way "Little Miss Sunshine" was a few years back)
958p... Tom Cruise, star of "Der Mavericke", is out to present the winner of Best Picture. My guess is going to be "Slumdog", which is the new love of the HFPA... and possibly the Academy.
952p... I haven't seen this film, but I've heard about it, and I've heard that while the movie is just "pretty good", that Mickey Rourke is remarkable. And hence, he's got the Golden Globe. And Marisa Tomei in the movie is not a bad option either.
950p... Hollywood Liberal Extraordinaire is here for the Best Actor in a Drama Movie. The winner? Mickey Rourke? Really? Wow... Harley Davidson gets the award! (I can only hope that The Marlboro Man will get his due too--thats for you, Mikey)
Mickey, old, saddled with drugs and old age and a lifetime of partying hard, stumbles as he gets to the stage. If, after winning this award, we were to find Mickey Rourke dead in his hotel room tomorrow, I would not be shocked.
945p... I've decided, I'm totally watching this show now. By the way, The Lovely Steph Leann, that is January Jones you spoke of. And yes, she's quite attractive. Not like you, but she's okay, I guess.
943p... Blake Lively from "Gossip Girl" and Rainn Wilson from "The Office" are here to present Best Drama. Rainn says, "Hello. We're just TV actors. Let's hear it for the tv actors!" Blake says, "We are here to present the award for Best Drama", then they both are silent. Blake pops up and says, "Oh, wait, we're supposed to read it!" They shoot through the nominees, and the winner is "Mad Men"
The Lovely Steph Leann: I don't know who that chick is in the blue but she's beautiful. (reflects for a minute) Okay, well, I don't really like the dress, but I love the color.
940p... My favorite actress with my favorite speech of the night. She says, "I just saw the sign that says 'please wrap up'. You have no idea how much I'm not wrapping up..."
I can only hope this translates into her winning an Oscar, because she deserves it... of course, perhaps like tonight, she might be given an Oscar for "Hey, give her one, she has earned it!" rather than a particular performance in "Revolutionary Road", kind of like Denzel in "Training Day" and Tommy Lee Jones in "The Fugitive."
My favorite actress, Ashley Judd Club Member and now, 2 Time Golden Globe Winner Kate Winslet.
938p... Mark Wahlberg and Cameron Diaz come out to announce the aformentioned Anne Hathaway, and the not so pretty Angie Jolie for Best Actress. Kate? Maybe? Kate?
KATE WINSLET!!!! KATE WINSLET WINS HER 2ND AWARD TONIGHT!!!
The Lovely Steph Leann (gasping): Ohmigah... they gave her two!
Me: WOO - HOO!!!!
936p... So, two actors that are Indian/Asian (I won't even pretend to try their names) comes out to introduce "Slumdog Millionaire". This might just win Best Picture tonight, and if so, it will be the front runner at the Oscars.
932p... Didja hear about Anne Hathaway? She is up for Best Actress in "Rachel Gets Married", and a star appeared by her name on the Hollywood Foriegn Press website, indicating she had won... a few days ago. Here's the scoop.
930p... "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" wins for Best Comedy. Okay, so at Valleydale Church (an sbc fellowship), we discussed racism. I hope its not going to make our pastor angry to say that I will probably never see this film, nor do I even want to. Doesn't help that I can't stand Woody Allen.
928p... Sasha Baron Cohen, the man who is Borat, comes out and says, among other digs at celebrities, "The recession is hitting everyone... Madonna has had to get rid of one of her personal assistants. Our thoughts go out to you, Guy Ritchie." The crowd claps and gives a "oooohhh"
926pm... Count me as in the minority of guys who don't find Salma Hayek attractive at all. Nor do I think Penelope Cruz, Angelina Jolie and Catherine Zeta-Jones is anything special. Just sayin'.
921pm... Sandra Bullock comes out... where has she been? She was the hottest chick of the 90s, and suddenly, she's nowhere to be seen. Oh, don't say "The Lake House", that didn't count. Anyway, she's cracking a few jokes here and there, kind of reminding me of Annie is "Speed". The award for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical is Colin Farrell for "In Bruges".
919pm... Ripley herself, Sigorney Weaver comes out to introduce "Revolutionary Road", a film that was getting major buzz early, but has faded a bit because of mixed reactions from critics. It seems "The Reader" is the Kate Winslet film that the voters are loving.
913pm... Emma Thompson, one of my all time favorite actresses, and Dustin Hoffman are presenting the Best Director award. "Slumdog Millionaire" is a favorite, though I'm pushing for "Ben Button's" David Fincher. The award goes to... Danny Boyle.
This is huge. Very, very big. This pretty much guarantees some major Oscar love when nominees are announced in a few weeks. And if it wins best picture (and it might), it might become a front runner over "Frost/Nixon" and "Benjamin Button" to win Best Picture.
904pm... I actually watched "*batteries not included" not too long ago. Spielberg was an executive producer on that one, one of his rare bombs at the box office. It wasn't as bad as I remember it. Oh, don't get me wrong, it was bad. But it was watchable. It was written by Brad Bird, though, future director of "Ratatouille" and "The Incredibles", among other films.
856p... Its time for the Cecille B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement... and this time, its Steven Spielberg. And this is big deal for me, because rather than having older actors or directors that I only know of in older films, Spielberg is a guy I grew up watching, or at least watching his movies...
"Jaws"... "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"... "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial"... "Jurassic Park"... "Schindler's List"... "Saving Private Ryan"... "Minority Report"... "Raiders of the Lost Ark"... "The Terminal"... "Catch Me If You Can"... not only did I see every one of these films, save for "Jaws", at the movie theater, four of them appear on The Dave100... that's how great this guy is.
Here's a hidden gem... "Duel", one of his first films, is amazing. Its from 1971, and its the simple story of a lonely traveler being terrorized by a guy in a semi-truck. Find it on Netflix, or go rent it, or find it on DVR and set to record. Its fantastic.
For the record... "Saving Private Ryan" should have FAR AND AWAY won the Best Picture Oscar in 1998 (?), which went to "Shakespeare In Love." That was a good film, but "Ryan" was unbelievable. Not just a movie, but an experience. Anytime a movie transcends from "entertainment" to "experience", its deserving of recognition.
847p... Best Actress in a Comedy, its Christina vs Tina vs America vs Debra vs Mary Louise (go Debra!!) and the Globe goes to Tina Fey. "30 Rock" is the critic darling right now, much like "The Office" has been in years past. Now that is a low cut dress.
I keep expecting her to go "you say... I only hear what I want to... you say... I talk so all the time... so..."
Tina: "I've collected all the Hollywood Foriegn Press action figures!" Then, she adds, "If you ever start to feel too good about yourself, there's this thing called The Internet, to which I'll call them out right now... DianeFan, you can suck it. CougarGal, you can really suck it. You've been after me all year." Speech of the night thus far.
844p... Diddy Combs are giving away best score. Is that ironic? And the Golden Globe goes to... "Slumdog Millionaire".
842p... Ah, its Pierce Brosnan... and he's introducing on of the biggest disappoinments for me in all of 2008. The musical is magnificent, seen it 4 times and will see it everytime I can, but the movie, "Mamma Mia!" is sorely lacking. And Pierce tries to sing... wow. Just... wow. Not a good wow. A bad wow. And I think it was worse because I was soooo looking forward to it.
833p... Glenn Close from "Damages" and Morpheus are giving out the award for Best TV Series. More than likely, this is a battle between "The Office" and "30 Rock", though "Weeds" might sneak in there. And the winner is... "30 Rock".
Tracy Morgan says, "I'd like to thank the Hollywood Foriegn Press, cause a black man can't get no love from The Emmys!" and he rambles on for a while, until Alec Baldwin leans in and whispers something, which makes Tracy shout, "Oh yeah, Jeff Zucker, the producer"
830p... Megan "Is A" Fox and Terence Howard are handing out the award for Best Actor in a Mini-Series and/or TV Movie. Another "John Adams" win, I'm guessing... which is deserved. Paul Giamatti is another That Guy who is really emerging to be a great actor in his own right...
Paul Giamatti says, "This was a helluva job, a helluva job. You know, this little costume drama we put on over at HBO..." which warranted a laugh from myself and The Lovely Steph Leann.
Well deserved.
828p... Renee Zellweger is wearing... something. The Lovely Steph Leann is in the kitchen at this very moment, and I'm trying to get her in here to get a reaction. Yikes.
822p... Colin Firth Club member Patrick Dempsey, and Amy Poehler are up to give Alec Baldwin Best Actor in a Comedy for "30 Rock", a show that will be on my Netflix queue soon.
820p... Seth Rogan and Elizabeth Banks, stars of "Zack & Miri Make a Porno"! Of course, the announcers didn't say that, they just said, "Seth Rogan and Elizabeth Banks!"
Seth Rogan says, "I wish I was around to present the Golden Globes in the 80s. Instead of getting drunk with Mickey Rourke, I could be doing cocaine with Mickey Rourke." Funny joke, but even funnier is the fact they didn't cut to Mickey Rourke.
Best Screenplay goes to "Slumdog Millionaire", a film that is getting hot and steamrolling to the Oscars. Of course, this might be the one award it gets, as a "you deserve something, so here" token.
818p... So, "In Bruges" is apparently this much acclaimed film. Know very little about it. Anyone?
810p... Aaron Eckhart and Maggie Gyllenhaal, who I had a brief crush/fling with not too long ago, are giving out Best Supporting Actress. Laura Linney is nominated... I do love me some Laura Linney. And... Laura Linney in "John Adams". Of course it does... I do have a feeling this is going to pick up quite a few tonight, just like it did with the Emmys.
Laura Linney, new Golden Globe winner. Oh, she was in "The Truman Show". That's how you know her.
807p... Colin Farrell attempts a joke, which falls flat. Best foriegn film... which means my attention is fading. "Waltz with Bashir" is the winner, and I called it. The Lovely Steph Leann and I both figure it will pick up the Oscar.
On another note... Colin sniffled as he was about to read. He said, "Sorry, got a cold. Its not the kind of cold it used to be." Then he smirked.
The Lovely Steph Leann looked up from under her blanket. "I think he just made a cocaine reference."
Also... Israel won this award. Won't most of the liberal celebrities want to hold him down and let some Palistine beat the crap out of him? Cause libs don't like Israel. Just sayin'.
803p... Is it bad that I want to see "The Celebrity Apprentice 2: Celebrity Apprenticier"? Surely J Rob would join me in this venture.
758p... After giving a little motherly advice to daughter Rumer, who is Miss Golden Globe and is helping onstage, Demi Moore is giving out Best Supporting Actor in a Movie. This is the one Heath Ledger is nominated for--and I kinda knew that this was a foregone conclusion. The entire audience gives a standing ovation. But... the award is deserved. Heath was BRILLIANT in "The Dark Knight".
756p... "John Adams" wins.
753p... This is the part of the show where Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore present "John Adams" with Best Mini Series or TV Movie. "Raisin in the Sun" was nominated, but it's got Sean "Puffy" Combs in it. Or P. Diddy. Or Pididdle. Or Diddy Kong, or whatever he is this week. So it can't win. Wait... wait... "Recount" is nominated. Crap... this might be a contest...
752p... The fact that Cate Blanchett didn't get nominated for Best Actress in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a travesty. She's just simply amazing in that flick.
750p... Is it bad that I kinda want to see "Confessions of a Shopaholic"?
742p... Johnny Depp appears onscreen, looking flaky as ever. He's giving away Best Actress in a Comedy, and really, he is three gold teeth and some dreads away from being Jack Sparrow--he sounds just like him right now. Seriously, Johnny Depp is flaky. So, Sally Hawkins wins for "Happy Go Lucky". I've never even heard of this flick...
739p... The Jonas Brothers are here to give the award for Outstanding Animated Film to "Wall*E". I think out of courtesy they are announcing that "Kung Fu Panda" and "Bolt" were also nominated, but seriously... we know. The Lovely Steph Leann giggles like a little girl when "Wall*E" is formally awarded.
737p... Ricky Gervais is hilarious, lamenting about how he wasn't nominated and how he will not, in the future, get it on with 200 foriegn journalists. He actually is drinking his beer onstage, which is just as funny. He looks at Kate Winslet and says, "I told you, Winslet! Do a Holocaust movie, win an award!"
Mikey just texted me his support for Rogue... er, Anna Paquin. I can concur. Even with that gap in her teeth.
730p... Zack Quintos and the other guy in the new Trek film are doing the Best Actress in TV Drama. Winner? Two shockers in a row... Gabriel Byrne won for "In Treatment" and Anna Paquin won for "True Blood". Didn't see either one of those coming--I thought "Mad Men" would get something, either Jon Hamm or January Jones. I can't complain about Anna Paquin though... she's Rogue. Rock on.
728p... Hayden Panattiere and Zac Efron are giving away Best Actor in a Series. I've never seen "Mad Men", but I'm hearing tons about it. I am wary about jumping into shows anymore, because they get canceled so quickly--Netflix just sent me "Pushing Daisies", and despite my crush on Kristen Chenoweth, I refuse to watch it. Its canceled. I might watch "Mad Men", though.
726p... If I'm Don Cheadle, a prominent actor, rising from That Guy Status to be nominated for numerous awards himself, when I enter, I don't want to be known as "The star of the new motion picture 'Hotel for Dogs'!"
718p... Best Supporting Actress for all those things below. Laura Dern wins for "Recount", and HBO movie from last year. It was chided by some conservatives, Rush & Hannity included, for being biased, but really, I liked it. It didn't put Dubya in a bad light, rather it showed how incompetant John Kerry (who served in Vietnam) and his campaign actually was. Anyway, I liked it.
The Lovely Steph Leann weighs in on this subject. "Laura Dern does not need to be wearing black."
Laura Dern then goes slightly political, raising the applause of the crowd.
717p... Tom Wilkenson sounds loaded. I told you, open bar.
715p... The next award is for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series, Mini Series, Movie, Telemovie, Telenovella, Hardback Adaptation, Cable Show, Local Stage Play and Lifetime Holiday Classic. Tom Wilkenson wins for "John Adams", a mini-series I have yet to see, but will probably take all kinds of awards tonight.
713p... Is it bad that I want to see "He's Just Not That Into You", the new ensemble comedy?
710p... The Lovely Steph Leann: "Hey... he walked the wrong way! Bruce Springsteen walked the wrong way off stage." Me: "He's Bruce. He can do whatever he wants and he dares anyone to tell him different."
708p... The winner is Bruce Springsteen, for a song from "The Wrestler". Honestly, as soon as they announced his name during the nomination annoucements, I knew that Springsteen had won. He's like U2. He could sing the phone book (and like U2, some of his most recent stuff has been about as good) and win acclaim and honor. I think he's overrated. That's right. I said it.
706p... Best Original Song award given by Sting, who's sporting a "Football player in Boston" beard. Peter Gabriel is nominated for "Wall*E", and they pan to him, and he has a "tell me if I won or lost so I can get another drink and effin' leave". Miley Cyrus & John Travolta have also been nominated for their duet on "Bolt", though I just can't root for Miley Cyrus to win a Golden Globe. Something about that just doesn't seem right.
703p... My Dear Kate has been nominated like a bajillion times for awards, including Oscars and Golden Globes, and for whatever reason, she rarely wins the big ones. In fact, she just said, "You'll have to forgive me for stuttering, I'm not used to winning." She's a phenomenal actress, and she's definately an Ashley Judd Club member in good standing. Yay KATE!! She looks fabulous, as always (Even The Lovely Steph Leann agrees).
701p... The Best Movie Supporting Actress award is up. Jennifer Lopez is presenting (The Lovely Steph Leann: "Look at her dress! She's had babies! You don't show that much skin when you've had babies!") I personally am torn, cause I love Amy Adams and Marisa Tomei, but I loooove Kate Winslet... and the winner is... KATE WINSLET, for "The Reader"!!!!
700p... It's the Golden Globe Awards, who's winners are determined by a group called The Hollywood Foreign Press. They give out awards on movies and television shows, and of course, lots and lots of celebrities... oh, and there's an open bar available. No, I'm not kidding at all.
659p... What in the crap is Tiki Barber doing on the red carpet?
654p... Lisa Rinna is talking to Debra Messing. I say, "Oh, I love Debra Messing. Totally Ashley Judd Club." The Lovely Steph Leann responds, "Look at her frizz! I don't love Debra Messing, at least right now."
652p... The Lovely Steph Leann on various celebrities:
Drew Barrymore: "Her dress looks amazing, but her hair is like a planet..."
The Jonas Brothers: "So, Joe Jonas, the main 'hot' one, has terrible hair. Like, the other ones, Kevin and whatshisname? Rockin', awesome hair. Joe? Terrible."
Pierce Brosnan: "Holy crap. Look how big his wife has gotten!!"
Tom Cruise: "Sigh. I like old school Tom Cruise and... wait... is he wearing a Navy blue suit??"
650p... Just got back in. Now, I'm here, at the laptop, currently I and The Lovely Steph Leann are watching Joey Fatone (the cool N*Sync'er) on the TVGuide Red Carpet Show. Had to go get dinner (having Long John Silver's, thank you).
518p... The Golden Globes, the ugly stepsister of Oscar's Academy Awards, is on tonight... and it is time for a running diary. That basically means that every few minutes, I'll be giving my thoughts on the celebrities, the show, the entertainment and of course, the winners. Full of pop culture random trivia, I'll be able to give you little facts here and there, random links and such, and hopefully you'll keep checking back.
For Amarylis' sake, I'll even disable the "auto-play" on the playlist, so you don't have to keep cutting it off over and over! Stay tuned!
Good night... more of the 100 Coolest of 2008 to come tomorrow, plus the next running diary will be on Super Bowl Sunday, broadcasting live from The Nipps home!
1000p... "Benjamin Button", "The Reader", "Revolutionary Road" and "Frost/Nixon" are all losers to... "Slumdog Millionaire".
I'll wait until I see it before I make any opinions on it (though I've heard its fantastic, much in the way "Little Miss Sunshine" was a few years back)
958p... Tom Cruise, star of "Der Mavericke", is out to present the winner of Best Picture. My guess is going to be "Slumdog", which is the new love of the HFPA... and possibly the Academy.
952p... I haven't seen this film, but I've heard about it, and I've heard that while the movie is just "pretty good", that Mickey Rourke is remarkable. And hence, he's got the Golden Globe. And Marisa Tomei in the movie is not a bad option either.
950p... Hollywood Liberal Extraordinaire is here for the Best Actor in a Drama Movie. The winner? Mickey Rourke? Really? Wow... Harley Davidson gets the award! (I can only hope that The Marlboro Man will get his due too--thats for you, Mikey)
Mickey, old, saddled with drugs and old age and a lifetime of partying hard, stumbles as he gets to the stage. If, after winning this award, we were to find Mickey Rourke dead in his hotel room tomorrow, I would not be shocked.
945p... I've decided, I'm totally watching this show now. By the way, The Lovely Steph Leann, that is January Jones you spoke of. And yes, she's quite attractive. Not like you, but she's okay, I guess.
943p... Blake Lively from "Gossip Girl" and Rainn Wilson from "The Office" are here to present Best Drama. Rainn says, "Hello. We're just TV actors. Let's hear it for the tv actors!" Blake says, "We are here to present the award for Best Drama", then they both are silent. Blake pops up and says, "Oh, wait, we're supposed to read it!" They shoot through the nominees, and the winner is "Mad Men"
The Lovely Steph Leann: I don't know who that chick is in the blue but she's beautiful. (reflects for a minute) Okay, well, I don't really like the dress, but I love the color.
940p... My favorite actress with my favorite speech of the night. She says, "I just saw the sign that says 'please wrap up'. You have no idea how much I'm not wrapping up..."
I can only hope this translates into her winning an Oscar, because she deserves it... of course, perhaps like tonight, she might be given an Oscar for "Hey, give her one, she has earned it!" rather than a particular performance in "Revolutionary Road", kind of like Denzel in "Training Day" and Tommy Lee Jones in "The Fugitive."
My favorite actress, Ashley Judd Club Member and now, 2 Time Golden Globe Winner Kate Winslet.
938p... Mark Wahlberg and Cameron Diaz come out to announce the aformentioned Anne Hathaway, and the not so pretty Angie Jolie for Best Actress. Kate? Maybe? Kate?
KATE WINSLET!!!! KATE WINSLET WINS HER 2ND AWARD TONIGHT!!!
The Lovely Steph Leann (gasping): Ohmigah... they gave her two!
Me: WOO - HOO!!!!
936p... So, two actors that are Indian/Asian (I won't even pretend to try their names) comes out to introduce "Slumdog Millionaire". This might just win Best Picture tonight, and if so, it will be the front runner at the Oscars.
932p... Didja hear about Anne Hathaway? She is up for Best Actress in "Rachel Gets Married", and a star appeared by her name on the Hollywood Foriegn Press website, indicating she had won... a few days ago. Here's the scoop.
930p... "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" wins for Best Comedy. Okay, so at Valleydale Church (an sbc fellowship), we discussed racism. I hope its not going to make our pastor angry to say that I will probably never see this film, nor do I even want to. Doesn't help that I can't stand Woody Allen.
928p... Sasha Baron Cohen, the man who is Borat, comes out and says, among other digs at celebrities, "The recession is hitting everyone... Madonna has had to get rid of one of her personal assistants. Our thoughts go out to you, Guy Ritchie." The crowd claps and gives a "oooohhh"
926pm... Count me as in the minority of guys who don't find Salma Hayek attractive at all. Nor do I think Penelope Cruz, Angelina Jolie and Catherine Zeta-Jones is anything special. Just sayin'.
921pm... Sandra Bullock comes out... where has she been? She was the hottest chick of the 90s, and suddenly, she's nowhere to be seen. Oh, don't say "The Lake House", that didn't count. Anyway, she's cracking a few jokes here and there, kind of reminding me of Annie is "Speed". The award for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical is Colin Farrell for "In Bruges".
919pm... Ripley herself, Sigorney Weaver comes out to introduce "Revolutionary Road", a film that was getting major buzz early, but has faded a bit because of mixed reactions from critics. It seems "The Reader" is the Kate Winslet film that the voters are loving.
913pm... Emma Thompson, one of my all time favorite actresses, and Dustin Hoffman are presenting the Best Director award. "Slumdog Millionaire" is a favorite, though I'm pushing for "Ben Button's" David Fincher. The award goes to... Danny Boyle.
This is huge. Very, very big. This pretty much guarantees some major Oscar love when nominees are announced in a few weeks. And if it wins best picture (and it might), it might become a front runner over "Frost/Nixon" and "Benjamin Button" to win Best Picture.
904pm... I actually watched "*batteries not included" not too long ago. Spielberg was an executive producer on that one, one of his rare bombs at the box office. It wasn't as bad as I remember it. Oh, don't get me wrong, it was bad. But it was watchable. It was written by Brad Bird, though, future director of "Ratatouille" and "The Incredibles", among other films.
856p... Its time for the Cecille B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement... and this time, its Steven Spielberg. And this is big deal for me, because rather than having older actors or directors that I only know of in older films, Spielberg is a guy I grew up watching, or at least watching his movies...
"Jaws"... "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"... "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial"... "Jurassic Park"... "Schindler's List"... "Saving Private Ryan"... "Minority Report"... "Raiders of the Lost Ark"... "The Terminal"... "Catch Me If You Can"... not only did I see every one of these films, save for "Jaws", at the movie theater, four of them appear on The Dave100... that's how great this guy is.
Here's a hidden gem... "Duel", one of his first films, is amazing. Its from 1971, and its the simple story of a lonely traveler being terrorized by a guy in a semi-truck. Find it on Netflix, or go rent it, or find it on DVR and set to record. Its fantastic.
For the record... "Saving Private Ryan" should have FAR AND AWAY won the Best Picture Oscar in 1998 (?), which went to "Shakespeare In Love." That was a good film, but "Ryan" was unbelievable. Not just a movie, but an experience. Anytime a movie transcends from "entertainment" to "experience", its deserving of recognition.
847p... Best Actress in a Comedy, its Christina vs Tina vs America vs Debra vs Mary Louise (go Debra!!) and the Globe goes to Tina Fey. "30 Rock" is the critic darling right now, much like "The Office" has been in years past. Now that is a low cut dress.
I keep expecting her to go "you say... I only hear what I want to... you say... I talk so all the time... so..."
Tina: "I've collected all the Hollywood Foriegn Press action figures!" Then, she adds, "If you ever start to feel too good about yourself, there's this thing called The Internet, to which I'll call them out right now... DianeFan, you can suck it. CougarGal, you can really suck it. You've been after me all year." Speech of the night thus far.
844p... Diddy Combs are giving away best score. Is that ironic? And the Golden Globe goes to... "Slumdog Millionaire".
842p... Ah, its Pierce Brosnan... and he's introducing on of the biggest disappoinments for me in all of 2008. The musical is magnificent, seen it 4 times and will see it everytime I can, but the movie, "Mamma Mia!" is sorely lacking. And Pierce tries to sing... wow. Just... wow. Not a good wow. A bad wow. And I think it was worse because I was soooo looking forward to it.
833p... Glenn Close from "Damages" and Morpheus are giving out the award for Best TV Series. More than likely, this is a battle between "The Office" and "30 Rock", though "Weeds" might sneak in there. And the winner is... "30 Rock".
Tracy Morgan says, "I'd like to thank the Hollywood Foriegn Press, cause a black man can't get no love from The Emmys!" and he rambles on for a while, until Alec Baldwin leans in and whispers something, which makes Tracy shout, "Oh yeah, Jeff Zucker, the producer"
830p... Megan "Is A" Fox and Terence Howard are handing out the award for Best Actor in a Mini-Series and/or TV Movie. Another "John Adams" win, I'm guessing... which is deserved. Paul Giamatti is another That Guy who is really emerging to be a great actor in his own right...
Paul Giamatti says, "This was a helluva job, a helluva job. You know, this little costume drama we put on over at HBO..." which warranted a laugh from myself and The Lovely Steph Leann.
Well deserved.
828p... Renee Zellweger is wearing... something. The Lovely Steph Leann is in the kitchen at this very moment, and I'm trying to get her in here to get a reaction. Yikes.
822p... Colin Firth Club member Patrick Dempsey, and Amy Poehler are up to give Alec Baldwin Best Actor in a Comedy for "30 Rock", a show that will be on my Netflix queue soon.
820p... Seth Rogan and Elizabeth Banks, stars of "Zack & Miri Make a Porno"! Of course, the announcers didn't say that, they just said, "Seth Rogan and Elizabeth Banks!"
Seth Rogan says, "I wish I was around to present the Golden Globes in the 80s. Instead of getting drunk with Mickey Rourke, I could be doing cocaine with Mickey Rourke." Funny joke, but even funnier is the fact they didn't cut to Mickey Rourke.
Best Screenplay goes to "Slumdog Millionaire", a film that is getting hot and steamrolling to the Oscars. Of course, this might be the one award it gets, as a "you deserve something, so here" token.
818p... So, "In Bruges" is apparently this much acclaimed film. Know very little about it. Anyone?
810p... Aaron Eckhart and Maggie Gyllenhaal, who I had a brief crush/fling with not too long ago, are giving out Best Supporting Actress. Laura Linney is nominated... I do love me some Laura Linney. And... Laura Linney in "John Adams". Of course it does... I do have a feeling this is going to pick up quite a few tonight, just like it did with the Emmys.
Laura Linney, new Golden Globe winner. Oh, she was in "The Truman Show". That's how you know her.
807p... Colin Farrell attempts a joke, which falls flat. Best foriegn film... which means my attention is fading. "Waltz with Bashir" is the winner, and I called it. The Lovely Steph Leann and I both figure it will pick up the Oscar.
On another note... Colin sniffled as he was about to read. He said, "Sorry, got a cold. Its not the kind of cold it used to be." Then he smirked.
The Lovely Steph Leann looked up from under her blanket. "I think he just made a cocaine reference."
Also... Israel won this award. Won't most of the liberal celebrities want to hold him down and let some Palistine beat the crap out of him? Cause libs don't like Israel. Just sayin'.
803p... Is it bad that I want to see "The Celebrity Apprentice 2: Celebrity Apprenticier"? Surely J Rob would join me in this venture.
758p... After giving a little motherly advice to daughter Rumer, who is Miss Golden Globe and is helping onstage, Demi Moore is giving out Best Supporting Actor in a Movie. This is the one Heath Ledger is nominated for--and I kinda knew that this was a foregone conclusion. The entire audience gives a standing ovation. But... the award is deserved. Heath was BRILLIANT in "The Dark Knight".
756p... "John Adams" wins.
753p... This is the part of the show where Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore present "John Adams" with Best Mini Series or TV Movie. "Raisin in the Sun" was nominated, but it's got Sean "Puffy" Combs in it. Or P. Diddy. Or Pididdle. Or Diddy Kong, or whatever he is this week. So it can't win. Wait... wait... "Recount" is nominated. Crap... this might be a contest...
752p... The fact that Cate Blanchett didn't get nominated for Best Actress in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a travesty. She's just simply amazing in that flick.
750p... Is it bad that I kinda want to see "Confessions of a Shopaholic"?
742p... Johnny Depp appears onscreen, looking flaky as ever. He's giving away Best Actress in a Comedy, and really, he is three gold teeth and some dreads away from being Jack Sparrow--he sounds just like him right now. Seriously, Johnny Depp is flaky. So, Sally Hawkins wins for "Happy Go Lucky". I've never even heard of this flick...
739p... The Jonas Brothers are here to give the award for Outstanding Animated Film to "Wall*E". I think out of courtesy they are announcing that "Kung Fu Panda" and "Bolt" were also nominated, but seriously... we know. The Lovely Steph Leann giggles like a little girl when "Wall*E" is formally awarded.
737p... Ricky Gervais is hilarious, lamenting about how he wasn't nominated and how he will not, in the future, get it on with 200 foriegn journalists. He actually is drinking his beer onstage, which is just as funny. He looks at Kate Winslet and says, "I told you, Winslet! Do a Holocaust movie, win an award!"
Mikey just texted me his support for Rogue... er, Anna Paquin. I can concur. Even with that gap in her teeth.
730p... Zack Quintos and the other guy in the new Trek film are doing the Best Actress in TV Drama. Winner? Two shockers in a row... Gabriel Byrne won for "In Treatment" and Anna Paquin won for "True Blood". Didn't see either one of those coming--I thought "Mad Men" would get something, either Jon Hamm or January Jones. I can't complain about Anna Paquin though... she's Rogue. Rock on.
728p... Hayden Panattiere and Zac Efron are giving away Best Actor in a Series. I've never seen "Mad Men", but I'm hearing tons about it. I am wary about jumping into shows anymore, because they get canceled so quickly--Netflix just sent me "Pushing Daisies", and despite my crush on Kristen Chenoweth, I refuse to watch it. Its canceled. I might watch "Mad Men", though.
726p... If I'm Don Cheadle, a prominent actor, rising from That Guy Status to be nominated for numerous awards himself, when I enter, I don't want to be known as "The star of the new motion picture 'Hotel for Dogs'!"
718p... Best Supporting Actress for all those things below. Laura Dern wins for "Recount", and HBO movie from last year. It was chided by some conservatives, Rush & Hannity included, for being biased, but really, I liked it. It didn't put Dubya in a bad light, rather it showed how incompetant John Kerry (who served in Vietnam) and his campaign actually was. Anyway, I liked it.
The Lovely Steph Leann weighs in on this subject. "Laura Dern does not need to be wearing black."
Laura Dern then goes slightly political, raising the applause of the crowd.
717p... Tom Wilkenson sounds loaded. I told you, open bar.
715p... The next award is for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series, Mini Series, Movie, Telemovie, Telenovella, Hardback Adaptation, Cable Show, Local Stage Play and Lifetime Holiday Classic. Tom Wilkenson wins for "John Adams", a mini-series I have yet to see, but will probably take all kinds of awards tonight.
713p... Is it bad that I want to see "He's Just Not That Into You", the new ensemble comedy?
710p... The Lovely Steph Leann: "Hey... he walked the wrong way! Bruce Springsteen walked the wrong way off stage." Me: "He's Bruce. He can do whatever he wants and he dares anyone to tell him different."
708p... The winner is Bruce Springsteen, for a song from "The Wrestler". Honestly, as soon as they announced his name during the nomination annoucements, I knew that Springsteen had won. He's like U2. He could sing the phone book (and like U2, some of his most recent stuff has been about as good) and win acclaim and honor. I think he's overrated. That's right. I said it.
706p... Best Original Song award given by Sting, who's sporting a "Football player in Boston" beard. Peter Gabriel is nominated for "Wall*E", and they pan to him, and he has a "tell me if I won or lost so I can get another drink and effin' leave". Miley Cyrus & John Travolta have also been nominated for their duet on "Bolt", though I just can't root for Miley Cyrus to win a Golden Globe. Something about that just doesn't seem right.
703p... My Dear Kate has been nominated like a bajillion times for awards, including Oscars and Golden Globes, and for whatever reason, she rarely wins the big ones. In fact, she just said, "You'll have to forgive me for stuttering, I'm not used to winning." She's a phenomenal actress, and she's definately an Ashley Judd Club member in good standing. Yay KATE!! She looks fabulous, as always (Even The Lovely Steph Leann agrees).
701p... The Best Movie Supporting Actress award is up. Jennifer Lopez is presenting (The Lovely Steph Leann: "Look at her dress! She's had babies! You don't show that much skin when you've had babies!") I personally am torn, cause I love Amy Adams and Marisa Tomei, but I loooove Kate Winslet... and the winner is... KATE WINSLET, for "The Reader"!!!!
700p... It's the Golden Globe Awards, who's winners are determined by a group called The Hollywood Foreign Press. They give out awards on movies and television shows, and of course, lots and lots of celebrities... oh, and there's an open bar available. No, I'm not kidding at all.
659p... What in the crap is Tiki Barber doing on the red carpet?
654p... Lisa Rinna is talking to Debra Messing. I say, "Oh, I love Debra Messing. Totally Ashley Judd Club." The Lovely Steph Leann responds, "Look at her frizz! I don't love Debra Messing, at least right now."
652p... The Lovely Steph Leann on various celebrities:
Drew Barrymore: "Her dress looks amazing, but her hair is like a planet..."
The Jonas Brothers: "So, Joe Jonas, the main 'hot' one, has terrible hair. Like, the other ones, Kevin and whatshisname? Rockin', awesome hair. Joe? Terrible."
Pierce Brosnan: "Holy crap. Look how big his wife has gotten!!"
Tom Cruise: "Sigh. I like old school Tom Cruise and... wait... is he wearing a Navy blue suit??"
650p... Just got back in. Now, I'm here, at the laptop, currently I and The Lovely Steph Leann are watching Joey Fatone (the cool N*Sync'er) on the TVGuide Red Carpet Show. Had to go get dinner (having Long John Silver's, thank you).
518p... The Golden Globes, the ugly stepsister of Oscar's Academy Awards, is on tonight... and it is time for a running diary. That basically means that every few minutes, I'll be giving my thoughts on the celebrities, the show, the entertainment and of course, the winners. Full of pop culture random trivia, I'll be able to give you little facts here and there, random links and such, and hopefully you'll keep checking back.
For Amarylis' sake, I'll even disable the "auto-play" on the playlist, so you don't have to keep cutting it off over and over! Stay tuned!
Hot Chicken Showers (and Golden Globe noms)
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Some signs our world is becoming a very, very strange place....
ANDERSON, Calif. — Three employees of a Kentucky Fried Chicken have been suspended for bathing in a deep sink used to clean dishes. The prank was discovered after one of the young women posted photos on a social networking site of the trio posing and cavorting in the steaming water in their underwear and swimwear.
Click here for photos.
The photos were filed in a gallery called "KFC moments." Captions included "haha KFC showers!" and "haha we turned on the jets." A manager of the fast-food restaurant said the three were reprimanded and suspended Tuesday. She said no manager was on duty when the photos were taken as the three had closed the restaurant for the night.
Some signs our world is becoming a very, very strange place....
ANDERSON, Calif. — Three employees of a Kentucky Fried Chicken have been suspended for bathing in a deep sink used to clean dishes. The prank was discovered after one of the young women posted photos on a social networking site of the trio posing and cavorting in the steaming water in their underwear and swimwear.
Click here for photos.
The photos were filed in a gallery called "KFC moments." Captions included "haha KFC showers!" and "haha we turned on the jets." A manager of the fast-food restaurant said the three were reprimanded and suspended Tuesday. She said no manager was on duty when the photos were taken as the three had closed the restaurant for the night.
NEW UPDATE!!! Apparently, those KFC Sink Bathers were fired... also, read the result of the fiasco at Burger King (one of the last lines of the story update) Oh, and try not to lust. Or poke sharp toothpicks between your fingers.
Also--other fun stuff around our great nation...
Georgia School staffers in trouble for gettin' it on at school...
Crap until your kidneys fail... good times!!
Jennifer Aniston looks better than Angie Jolie ever, ever, EVER could...
And now, the Golden Globe nominations...
Best movie, drama
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,”
“Frost/Nixon,”
“The Reader,”
“Revolutionary Road,”
“Slumdog Millionaire,”
“The Visitor.”
Best Movie d$ Hasn't Seen, But Will
"Revolutionary Road"
"Gran Torino"
"Australia"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Actress, drama
Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”
Meryl Streep, “Doubt”
Kristin Scott Thomas, “I’ve Loved You So Long”
Kate Winslet, “Revolutionary Road.”
Actor, drama
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Revolutionary Road”
Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”
Sean Penn, “Milk”
Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler.”
Best movie, comedy or musical
“Burn After Reading,”
“Happy-Go-Lucky,”
“In Bruges,”
“Mamma Mia!,”
“Vicky Christina Barcelona.”
Actress, comedy or musical
Rebecca Hall, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Sally Hawkins, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Frances McDormand, “Burn After Reading”
Meryl Streep, “Mamma Mia!”
Emma Thompson, “Last Chance Harvey.”
Actor, comedy or musical
Javier Bardem, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Colin Farrell, “In Bruges”
James Franco, “Pineapple Express”
Brendan Gleeson, “In Bruges”
Dustin Hoffman, “Last Chance Harvey.”
Supporting actress
Amy Adams, “Doubt”
Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Viola Davis, “Doubt”
Marisa Tomei, “The Wrestler”
Kate Winslet, “The Reader.”
Hottest actress in Hollywood
Ashley Judd, "Ashley Judd"
Debra Messing, "Debra Messing"
Anne Hathaway, "Anne Hathaway"
Amy Adams, "Amy Adams"
Kate Winslet, "Kate Winslet"
Supporting actor
Tom Cruise, “Tropic Thunder”
Robert Downey, Jr., “Tropic Thunder”
Ralph Fiennes, “The Duchess”
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight.”
Best Movie d$ Has Seen This Year
"Iron Man"
"The Dark Knight"
"Wall*E"
"Role Models"
"Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian"
Director
Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Stephen Daldry, “The Reader”
David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon”
Sam Mendes, “Revolutionary Road.”
Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire”
David Hare, “The Reader”
Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon”
Eric Roth, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
John Patrick Shanley, “Doubt.”
Foreign language movie
“Baader Meinhof Complex,”
“Everlasting Moments,”
“Gomorrah,”
“I’ve Loved You So Long,”
“Waltz With Bashir.”
Animated movie
“Bolt,”
“Kung Fu Panda,”
“Wall-E.”
Original score
Alexandre Desplat, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Clint Eastwood, “Changeling”
James Newton Howard, “Defiance”
Hans Zimmer, “Frost/Nixon”
A.R. Rahman, “Slumdog Millionaire.”
Original song
“Down to Earth” (performed by Peter Gabriel, written by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman), “Wall-E”
“Gran Torino” (performed by Clint Eastwood), “Gran Torino”
“I Thought I Lost You” (performed Miley Cyrus and John Travolta, written by Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele), “Bolt”
“Once in a Lifetime,” (performed by Beyonce), “Cadillac Records”
“The Wrestler” (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen), “The Wrestler.”
TV series, drama
“Dexter,”
“House M.D.,”
“In Treatment,”
“Mad Men,”
“True Blood.”
TV actress, drama
Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters”
Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: SVU”
January Jones, “Mad Men”
Anna Paquin, “True Blood”
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer.”
Best Wife Ever
Stephanie Dollar, "Wife"
Steph Dollar, "Best Friend"
Steph Campbell Dollar, "The Lovely Steph Leann"
Stephy C. D., "Life partner"
S C Dollar, "Soul Mate"
TV actor, drama
Gabriel Byrne, “In Treatment”
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Hugh Laurie, “House M.D.”
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, “The Tudors.”
TV series, comedy or musical
“Californication,”
“Entourage,”
“The Office,”
“30 Rock,”
“Weeds.”
Best TV Show of the Year, According to d$
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
"Grey's Anatomy"
"Anything on Investigative Discovery"
"The Starter Wife"
"Survivor"
TV actress, comedy or musical
Christina Applegate, “Samantha Who?”
America Ferrera, “Ugly Betty”
Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Debra Messing, “The Starter Wife”
Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds.”
TV actor, comedy or drama
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
Steve Carell, “The Office”
Kevin Connolly, “Entourage”
David Duchovny, “Californication”
Tony Shalhoub, “Monk.”
TV miniseries or movie
“Cranford,”
“Bernard and Doris,”
“John Adams,”
“A Raisin in the Sun,”
“Recount.”
TV actress, miniseries or movie
Judi Dench, “Cranford”
Laura Linney, “John Adams”
Catherine Keener, “An American Crime”
Shirley MacLaine, “Coco Chanel”
Susan Sarandon, “Bernard and Doris.”
TV actor, miniseries or movie
Ralph Fiennes, “Bernard and Doris”
Paul Giammatti, “John Adams”
Kevin Spacey, “Recount”
Keifer Sutherland, “24: Redemption”
Tom Wilkinson, “Recount."
TV supporting actress
Eileen Atkins, “Cranford”
Laura Dern, “Recount”
Melissa George, “In Treatment”
Rachel Griffiths, “Brothers & Sisters”
Dianne Wiest, “In Treatment."
TV supporting actor
Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother”
Denis Leary, “Recount”
Jeremy Piven, “Entourage”
Blair Underwood, “In Treatment”
Tom Wilkinson, “John Adams.”
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Steven Spielberg
Shania, Obama and Other Randomness
Random thoughts while watching the Lakers & Celtics, Game 3. Go C's!!
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If you are Mutt Lange, how do you cheat on Shania Twain? I mean, what more do you want, Mutt? Have you looked in a mirror lately? Your lady is rich, she's nice, she's smokin' hot, she's talented, and she loves you... how do you cheat on Shania Twain? And the lady he stepped out with? If you're going to cheat on Shania, make it with Carrie Underwood, or Taylor Swift, or heck, even Sara Evans... but the chick he was with? It would be like me cheating on The Lovely Steph Leann with Paul Carby.
Shania.... for this? Seriously?
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Kung Fu Panda. Good movie. I laughed, lots. I will say that Jackie Chan (Monkey) didn't have enough to do, but still, it was quite a good flick, and excellent for kids and adults alike.
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I think its a mistake to snatch up every single super hero in comics and make a movie out of them... I mean, some characters translate well to film--ie, Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, Alan Cummings as Night Crawler, Tobey Maguire as Spidey and Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne. Some, as Jenn Garner's Elektra and Brandon Routh's Superman can tell you, don't.
Here's a link to The 20 Superhero Movies We Hope They Never Make. #15 is so scary I almost poo'd myself.
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We kept our 10 year old niece Maddie here at The Cabana this weekend. Friday night, it was Unca' Dave and Little Maddie hanging out, which included the obligatory trip to the mall. We ended up spending some time in Libby Lu.
Its a teen/tween/drama queen dream. If you are babysitting, or caretaking of a young girl, just go there, let them run wild. Takes a good half hour or more of your time. If you want to use up even more time, give them some money to spend there--it'll be another 20 minutes for them to make their mind up on what to buy.
That being said, I think that if you are male, and don't have a child with you, you should be arrested for going into that store, because either you are R. Kelly, or scoping for chicks, and neither is good. I think Chris Hanson should just set up Dateline's cameras right here, in a new episode of "To Catch a Predator".
I almost expected him to walk out of Brookstone and stop me... "Excuse me, what are you doing here? Why don't you have a seat on that speckled, glittery stool right there..."
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Not only does "Get Smart" feature The Rock, whom I've got a mancrush on, but it also features Anne Hathaway, who might be one of the hottest chicks in Hollywood (could possibly be an heir apparent to The Goddess)... so why don't I want to see it?
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The fine art of buttering popcorn is lost on today's generation of theater working teenagers. I worked at a theater in college, then not too long after I moved to Birmingham, and I learned how to butter a tub of popcorn. You put a scoop or two it, give it a swirl of butter, put in more, swirl more butter on it, and so on until its full. That way, as you are eating the popcorn, just when you think you are out of popcorn with sufficient butter on it, well, looky there, more butter!
Today's kids? They just fill it up and do one swig of butter from the machine. If you ask for extra butter, you might get some in the middle. Absolutely no clue of the classics.
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Who hasn't wanted to own a Flux Capacitor?
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Stormtroopers posin'. That's all I can say. Its hilarious.
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I've talked about this on a previous blog... but I gotta tell ya, one of the most random, stupid movies ever that catches me when I flip past it on cable is "Employee of the Month". Dane Cook actually seems funny, Andy Dick is somewhat likable, and for whatever reason, Jessica Simpson is somewhat cute. (note to Tony Romo: Carrie is still hotter. If she wants you back, drop Jess like a bad habit).
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I maintain a theory that Barack Hussein Obama says nothing better than anyone else in the history of the world. He could teach Paula Abdul about sunshine and all of its blowing traits. I also think that when you take away the teleprompter, Barack the Magic Negro completely melts down with a deer in the headlights-like appearance.
Here's a transcript from his speech from last Thursday in Bristol, Virginia... someone asked him about universal healthcare--I had to listen to this about fifteen times to get it down perfectly. I suffer for you people. When you see "...", that doesn't mean I cut something out, this is exactly what he said.
Here's his answer:
"What they'll say is, well, it costs too much money, but, you know what? It would cost ab... it would, it would, it would cost about the same as what we would spend... it... over the course of ten years it would cost what it would cost us... it (uncomfortable chuckle)... alright, okay... we're going to... the... it would cost us about the same as it would cost for about... (someone in the audience says something--and keep in mind, other than this one guy, the audience is dead silent) Hold on one second, I can't hear myself. But I'm glad you're fired up though. I'm glad."
He continued by saying,"Everybody knows that it makes no sense that, you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma, they end up taking up a hospital bed, it costs... when... if you... they just gave, gave them treatment early, and they got some treatment and... uh... a breathalyzer... or an inhalator... not a breathalyzer (crowd finally laughs) I haven't had much sleep in the last 48 hours..."
Yes, I'm sure he's tired, and yes, we all stumble over our words sometimes--heck, I stutter often... but my point is, if this is Dubya, the media would be going nuts about what a stupid, bumbling idiot he is.
Course, as busy as the clean and articulate Barack the Magic Negro is, its no wonder he hasn't visited all 57 states... or, with one left to go, that makes 58... though he hasn't been to Alaska or Hawaii... so 59? I'm so confused.
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You know, I don't know that I would have a problem with nationalized healthcare on two conditions... 1) its not mandatory. I want the option to get my own. 2) The government doesn't run it.
This is my big issue. You want our government, our Congress, who can't balance their budget, who has pumped billions of dollars into programs that don't work, who can't keep their Washington Senate cafes open (!) to run our healthcare program. By the way, if you click on the link, remember that our government majority tells us that privatization is a bad thing, and nationalization is a good thing.
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Whew... feel like I just opened up a firestorm with that. I'm going to get comments, I'm sure. I may respond, I may not... but I will say I'm in a weird position--I don't like either guy. McCain or Barack Hussein Obama. So anything I say about The Magic Negro, I'll probably agree with your responses when you get down on Johnny Mac.
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One of my favorite things about The Lovely Steph Leann? When she wears blue. God did this great thing with eyes where sometimes, if the clothes and the eye color match, the eyes shine. And The Lovely Steph Leann's does, when she wears blue. Her eyes dance. They're pretty eyes anyway, but they are so enamoring when they dance. I love it.
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And finally, I went thrift store shopping the other day with my buddies Jason, Croyle and Paulie Walnuts. The plan, originally, was for Jason to find a used tackle or tool box, but as the afternoon wore on, it was pretty clear that he just wanted an excuse to go out to thrift stores.
Perhaps the best one I'd ever seen was on Highway 150, right across from the Wal-Mart shopping center. Very clean, very organized. We somehow visited one in Centerpoint, then another in Centerpoint, which was like a football field full of nothing but crap. I mean, 8 tracks, vases, cups (I saw the same CBS 42 cup in all three stores), old clothes, tvs falling apart, couches falling apart, and we all felt somewhat dirty when we left.
Centerpoint is not really the safest places for three white guys and a half-Mexicali to be hanging out, so we all wore our Kevlar tightly. The highlight of the day, though, was some guy on his motorcycle who flew past us on his crotch rocket, wheelie and all. Secretly, we were hoping he would fall off.
So anyway, we're strumming along, and we somehow catch up to him. Croyle is driving, so we arne't trying to catch up--he's not known for his interstate speed. The guy on the rocket looks over at us, has this look if "wha? how did you...??" and speeds off. He gets caught behind a truck, and we pass him again. This time we all grin and wave.
This is the kind of stuff you get all the time being single, but only get every now and again married. Paulie Walnuts said, "You know what, forget the wives. Let's just hang out tonight."
Woulda been nice...
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If you are Mutt Lange, how do you cheat on Shania Twain? I mean, what more do you want, Mutt? Have you looked in a mirror lately? Your lady is rich, she's nice, she's smokin' hot, she's talented, and she loves you... how do you cheat on Shania Twain? And the lady he stepped out with? If you're going to cheat on Shania, make it with Carrie Underwood, or Taylor Swift, or heck, even Sara Evans... but the chick he was with? It would be like me cheating on The Lovely Steph Leann with Paul Carby.
Shania.... for this? Seriously?
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Kung Fu Panda. Good movie. I laughed, lots. I will say that Jackie Chan (Monkey) didn't have enough to do, but still, it was quite a good flick, and excellent for kids and adults alike.
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I think its a mistake to snatch up every single super hero in comics and make a movie out of them... I mean, some characters translate well to film--ie, Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, Alan Cummings as Night Crawler, Tobey Maguire as Spidey and Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne. Some, as Jenn Garner's Elektra and Brandon Routh's Superman can tell you, don't.
Here's a link to The 20 Superhero Movies We Hope They Never Make. #15 is so scary I almost poo'd myself.
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We kept our 10 year old niece Maddie here at The Cabana this weekend. Friday night, it was Unca' Dave and Little Maddie hanging out, which included the obligatory trip to the mall. We ended up spending some time in Libby Lu.
Its a teen/tween/drama queen dream. If you are babysitting, or caretaking of a young girl, just go there, let them run wild. Takes a good half hour or more of your time. If you want to use up even more time, give them some money to spend there--it'll be another 20 minutes for them to make their mind up on what to buy.
That being said, I think that if you are male, and don't have a child with you, you should be arrested for going into that store, because either you are R. Kelly, or scoping for chicks, and neither is good. I think Chris Hanson should just set up Dateline's cameras right here, in a new episode of "To Catch a Predator".
I almost expected him to walk out of Brookstone and stop me... "Excuse me, what are you doing here? Why don't you have a seat on that speckled, glittery stool right there..."
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Not only does "Get Smart" feature The Rock, whom I've got a mancrush on, but it also features Anne Hathaway, who might be one of the hottest chicks in Hollywood (could possibly be an heir apparent to The Goddess)... so why don't I want to see it?
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The fine art of buttering popcorn is lost on today's generation of theater working teenagers. I worked at a theater in college, then not too long after I moved to Birmingham, and I learned how to butter a tub of popcorn. You put a scoop or two it, give it a swirl of butter, put in more, swirl more butter on it, and so on until its full. That way, as you are eating the popcorn, just when you think you are out of popcorn with sufficient butter on it, well, looky there, more butter!
Today's kids? They just fill it up and do one swig of butter from the machine. If you ask for extra butter, you might get some in the middle. Absolutely no clue of the classics.
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Who hasn't wanted to own a Flux Capacitor?
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Stormtroopers posin'. That's all I can say. Its hilarious.
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I've talked about this on a previous blog... but I gotta tell ya, one of the most random, stupid movies ever that catches me when I flip past it on cable is "Employee of the Month". Dane Cook actually seems funny, Andy Dick is somewhat likable, and for whatever reason, Jessica Simpson is somewhat cute. (note to Tony Romo: Carrie is still hotter. If she wants you back, drop Jess like a bad habit).
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I maintain a theory that Barack Hussein Obama says nothing better than anyone else in the history of the world. He could teach Paula Abdul about sunshine and all of its blowing traits. I also think that when you take away the teleprompter, Barack the Magic Negro completely melts down with a deer in the headlights-like appearance.
Here's a transcript from his speech from last Thursday in Bristol, Virginia... someone asked him about universal healthcare--I had to listen to this about fifteen times to get it down perfectly. I suffer for you people. When you see "...", that doesn't mean I cut something out, this is exactly what he said.
Here's his answer:
"What they'll say is, well, it costs too much money, but, you know what? It would cost ab... it would, it would, it would cost about the same as what we would spend... it... over the course of ten years it would cost what it would cost us... it (uncomfortable chuckle)... alright, okay... we're going to... the... it would cost us about the same as it would cost for about... (someone in the audience says something--and keep in mind, other than this one guy, the audience is dead silent) Hold on one second, I can't hear myself. But I'm glad you're fired up though. I'm glad."
He continued by saying,"Everybody knows that it makes no sense that, you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma, they end up taking up a hospital bed, it costs... when... if you... they just gave, gave them treatment early, and they got some treatment and... uh... a breathalyzer... or an inhalator... not a breathalyzer (crowd finally laughs) I haven't had much sleep in the last 48 hours..."
Yes, I'm sure he's tired, and yes, we all stumble over our words sometimes--heck, I stutter often... but my point is, if this is Dubya, the media would be going nuts about what a stupid, bumbling idiot he is.
Course, as busy as the clean and articulate Barack the Magic Negro is, its no wonder he hasn't visited all 57 states... or, with one left to go, that makes 58... though he hasn't been to Alaska or Hawaii... so 59? I'm so confused.
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You know, I don't know that I would have a problem with nationalized healthcare on two conditions... 1) its not mandatory. I want the option to get my own. 2) The government doesn't run it.
This is my big issue. You want our government, our Congress, who can't balance their budget, who has pumped billions of dollars into programs that don't work, who can't keep their Washington Senate cafes open (!) to run our healthcare program. By the way, if you click on the link, remember that our government majority tells us that privatization is a bad thing, and nationalization is a good thing.
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Whew... feel like I just opened up a firestorm with that. I'm going to get comments, I'm sure. I may respond, I may not... but I will say I'm in a weird position--I don't like either guy. McCain or Barack Hussein Obama. So anything I say about The Magic Negro, I'll probably agree with your responses when you get down on Johnny Mac.
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One of my favorite things about The Lovely Steph Leann? When she wears blue. God did this great thing with eyes where sometimes, if the clothes and the eye color match, the eyes shine. And The Lovely Steph Leann's does, when she wears blue. Her eyes dance. They're pretty eyes anyway, but they are so enamoring when they dance. I love it.
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And finally, I went thrift store shopping the other day with my buddies Jason, Croyle and Paulie Walnuts. The plan, originally, was for Jason to find a used tackle or tool box, but as the afternoon wore on, it was pretty clear that he just wanted an excuse to go out to thrift stores.
Perhaps the best one I'd ever seen was on Highway 150, right across from the Wal-Mart shopping center. Very clean, very organized. We somehow visited one in Centerpoint, then another in Centerpoint, which was like a football field full of nothing but crap. I mean, 8 tracks, vases, cups (I saw the same CBS 42 cup in all three stores), old clothes, tvs falling apart, couches falling apart, and we all felt somewhat dirty when we left.
Centerpoint is not really the safest places for three white guys and a half-Mexicali to be hanging out, so we all wore our Kevlar tightly. The highlight of the day, though, was some guy on his motorcycle who flew past us on his crotch rocket, wheelie and all. Secretly, we were hoping he would fall off.
So anyway, we're strumming along, and we somehow catch up to him. Croyle is driving, so we arne't trying to catch up--he's not known for his interstate speed. The guy on the rocket looks over at us, has this look if "wha? how did you...??" and speeds off. He gets caught behind a truck, and we pass him again. This time we all grin and wave.
This is the kind of stuff you get all the time being single, but only get every now and again married. Paulie Walnuts said, "You know what, forget the wives. Let's just hang out tonight."
Woulda been nice...