oscars
I only watched a scattered hour or so total, but it seemed like Ellen did a pretty good job, and I was stoked for the "inconvenient truth" wins.
My observations:
1) Ellen and Melissa Etheridge are both starting to look like Hillary Clinton. Must all famous lesbians eventually collapse into a single collective identity? Let's hope not. Or if they do, can't they end up looking more like, say, Michelle Rodriguez? Or maybe Natalie Portman or Salma Hayek. I know...not lesbians, but they certainly aren't hard on the eyes. Or that chick in the previews for "The Black Donnely's." She's hot. What was I talking about again?
2) Speaking of lesbians, Jodie Foster was looking very, um...fit. My first thought was maybe she picked up rock climbing or something, but that's probably just me. Mom thought she needed to cut her bangs. I reminded her that since most white people actually HAVE a brow, her hair probably didn't actually get in her eyes as much as mine does. She said that's still no excuse.
3) Rounding out my lesbo-centric comments, I love the televised Melissa/Tammy kiss. Go visibility. Hooray for hot girlfriends.
4) Speaking of hot girlfriends, it really seems like the black male nominees were sitting next to the hottest partners this year. I mean, Will Smith's lovely wife Jada Pinkett-Smith is a given, but Forrest Whittaker and Eddie Murphy didn't seem to be doing so bad either. (Was that lesbo-centric also? oops) Contrast this to the caucasian nominees' partners...especially the husbands of the female nominees: Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchett...man did their husbands get the deal there. I think the take-home message here is that if you want a hot hookup in hollywood, it's better to either be a black man or a lesbian.
5) I thought Ellen did ok. I mean, she was Ellen, and if you like her, you would have liked it. But it really wasn't that more funny or more impressive than just watching her show. I like her, I think she was funny, but maybe I just had my hopes up. I wasn't disappointed, maybe a little underwhelmed. But huge props for the joke about America voting for Al Gore. That was a winner.
6) I felt bad for Eddie Murphy. I wanted him to win it, and failing him, Mark Wahlberg. Of course those were the only two nominated films that I saw, so that might have something to do with it. I just worry he might have bought into all the pre-oscar hype, and I'd hate to see this loss doom him to end his career by only making more Nutty Professor sequels.
7) I'm not a huge Reese Witherspoon fan (outside of Election), but I thought she had the best dress I saw on the show. Elegant but interesting. J-Hud and Beyonce looked nice too, but I was afraid they were going to fall out of their tops while they were singing. That little kid from the VW bus movie looked adorable too.
8) I love Jack Nicholson. I love how he made Diane Keaton read all the nominee stuff off the teleprompter for him, so all he would have to do is read the "and the oscar goes to" part. So Jack.
9) I wanted Children of Men to have been nominated for more substantive awards (and won them). It was the best movie I saw last year. However, given the nominees, I agree with The Departed.
10) I don't really have a "10," but it seemed silly to stop at 9. Do you think when she goes home after these things, that Meryl Streep gets drunk and does obnoxious impersonations of the winners? I bet she could do a devastating Helen Mirren. That would be awesome on youtube.
My observations:
1) Ellen and Melissa Etheridge are both starting to look like Hillary Clinton. Must all famous lesbians eventually collapse into a single collective identity? Let's hope not. Or if they do, can't they end up looking more like, say, Michelle Rodriguez? Or maybe Natalie Portman or Salma Hayek. I know...not lesbians, but they certainly aren't hard on the eyes. Or that chick in the previews for "The Black Donnely's." She's hot. What was I talking about again?
2) Speaking of lesbians, Jodie Foster was looking very, um...fit. My first thought was maybe she picked up rock climbing or something, but that's probably just me. Mom thought she needed to cut her bangs. I reminded her that since most white people actually HAVE a brow, her hair probably didn't actually get in her eyes as much as mine does. She said that's still no excuse.
3) Rounding out my lesbo-centric comments, I love the televised Melissa/Tammy kiss. Go visibility. Hooray for hot girlfriends.
4) Speaking of hot girlfriends, it really seems like the black male nominees were sitting next to the hottest partners this year. I mean, Will Smith's lovely wife Jada Pinkett-Smith is a given, but Forrest Whittaker and Eddie Murphy didn't seem to be doing so bad either. (Was that lesbo-centric also? oops) Contrast this to the caucasian nominees' partners...especially the husbands of the female nominees: Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchett...man did their husbands get the deal there. I think the take-home message here is that if you want a hot hookup in hollywood, it's better to either be a black man or a lesbian.
5) I thought Ellen did ok. I mean, she was Ellen, and if you like her, you would have liked it. But it really wasn't that more funny or more impressive than just watching her show. I like her, I think she was funny, but maybe I just had my hopes up. I wasn't disappointed, maybe a little underwhelmed. But huge props for the joke about America voting for Al Gore. That was a winner.
6) I felt bad for Eddie Murphy. I wanted him to win it, and failing him, Mark Wahlberg. Of course those were the only two nominated films that I saw, so that might have something to do with it. I just worry he might have bought into all the pre-oscar hype, and I'd hate to see this loss doom him to end his career by only making more Nutty Professor sequels.
7) I'm not a huge Reese Witherspoon fan (outside of Election), but I thought she had the best dress I saw on the show. Elegant but interesting. J-Hud and Beyonce looked nice too, but I was afraid they were going to fall out of their tops while they were singing. That little kid from the VW bus movie looked adorable too.
8) I love Jack Nicholson. I love how he made Diane Keaton read all the nominee stuff off the teleprompter for him, so all he would have to do is read the "and the oscar goes to" part. So Jack.
9) I wanted Children of Men to have been nominated for more substantive awards (and won them). It was the best movie I saw last year. However, given the nominees, I agree with The Departed.
10) I don't really have a "10," but it seemed silly to stop at 9. Do you think when she goes home after these things, that Meryl Streep gets drunk and does obnoxious impersonations of the winners? I bet she could do a devastating Helen Mirren. That would be awesome on youtube.