Comments on: My half-assed Oscar blusings* http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html a virgo's guide to the universe Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:54:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: NiNi http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-682 NiNi Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:10:28 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-682 Jon Stewart is the only reason I watched this year....and you're so right. He SO is God! Jon Stewart is the only reason I watched this year….and you’re so right. He SO is God!

]]> By: Erik http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-658 Erik Tue, 07 Mar 2006 05:51:10 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-658 Agreed, no more press for Dingdong, or Dinkdong as I accidentally typed and now prefer. Agreed, no more press for Dingdong, or Dinkdong as I accidentally typed and now prefer.

]]> By: communicatrix http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-657 communicatrix Tue, 07 Mar 2006 05:07:56 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-657 Thanks, nylamn! I always figured the stars came packin', but I didn't realize you could get legally tanked. Erik, M. Night Shamalamadingdong must get no more press. That is the only solution. We must STOP paying Mr. Dingdong any mind, and if his shamalama gets bent over it, too bad. He has partnered with AOL, a.k.a. the devil incarnate. 'Nuff said. Thanks, nylamn! I always figured the stars came packin’, but I didn’t realize you could get legally tanked.

Erik, M. Night Shamalamadingdong must get no more press. That is the only solution. We must STOP paying Mr. Dingdong any mind, and if his shamalama gets bent over it, too bad. He has partnered with AOL, a.k.a. the devil incarnate. ‘Nuff said.

]]> By: Erik http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-656 Erik Tue, 07 Mar 2006 03:15:30 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-656 Speaking of alcohol, did you notice that moment when the camera caught Diana Ossana drinkin' booze in the theater? (This was towards the end of the ceremony, after she had won the screenplay award and before she lost the producing/best pic award.) Oh and a sidenote on M. Night Shamalamadingdong's commercial: on the aol.com homepage, there's a link to M. Night's "2 minute film." So, is aol trying to say that they're commercials when everyone else makes them and they're "films" when M. Night Shamalamadingdong makes them? Or is the thirty second version (whcih will inevitably replace Kate Winslet's awesome AmEx commercial--the one where she's walking around Camden Town in London talking about all of the wild dramatic experiences she's "lived through" in her life and which honestly gets me all goosepimply and does what a good commercial is supposed to do--it makes me want to get in even more debt so that I can be like Kate Winslet)...is this inevitable 30 second version a commercial and is the 2 minute version one a film? I think it'd be fun to watch the Oscars with YOU too. xoxo Speaking of alcohol, did you notice that moment when the camera caught Diana Ossana drinkin’ booze in the theater? (This was towards the end of the ceremony, after she had won the screenplay award and before she lost the producing/best pic award.)

Oh and a sidenote on M. Night Shamalamadingdong’s commercial: on the aol.com homepage, there’s a link to M. Night’s “2 minute film.” So, is aol trying to say that they’re commercials when everyone else makes them and they’re “films” when M. Night Shamalamadingdong makes them? Or is the thirty second version (whcih will inevitably replace Kate Winslet’s awesome AmEx commercial–the one where she’s walking around Camden Town in London talking about all of the wild dramatic experiences she’s “lived through” in her life and which honestly gets me all goosepimply and does what a good commercial is supposed to do–it makes me want to get in even more debt so that I can be like Kate Winslet)…is this inevitable 30 second version a commercial and is the 2 minute version one a film?

I think it’d be fun to watch the Oscars with YOU too.

xoxo

]]> By: nylamn http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-654 nylamn Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:17:29 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-654 Alcohol is served in the lobby throughout the ceremony....and it is actually free until the TV broadcast starts, then it is a cash bar......just an insider FYI. Alcohol is served in the lobby throughout the ceremony….and it is actually free until the TV broadcast starts, then it is a cash bar……just an insider FYI.

]]> By: Colleen http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-653 Colleen Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:54:23 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-653 Marilyn, I meant no disrespect to La Bacall, who continues to shame her peers by her natural (or at least, natural-looking) fabulosity. I do think her handlers might have stepped in though, and either made sure she had the speech down in case of teleprompter SNAFU or made sure she could walk upright without aid. Or both. Preferably, both. (If I'm ever in that situation, I hope one of my handlers steps in and helps me.) Neil, I'm with you on all counts, esp. that shrill-yet-hollow "WATCH MOVIES IN THE THEATERS OR WE'LL KILL YOU!!!" message. WTF?! I do think the Daily Show writers are fucking brilliant, but that brilliance needs meshing with That Thing that the Academy Awards broadcast has become. Seriously, I think the smartest thing they could do is turn it back into the Golden Globes: attendees are all potential wieners, the fete is small and the booze flows freely. I watched this year mainly to see if my friend, Scott, would be onstage when the gay cowboy movie won. It didn't and he wasn't. Really, the only way to watch that boring ass show is whilst doing something else—partying, sniping, ironing... Although Erik, I think it might actually be fun to watch something like the Oscars with you. Yes, I think so very much. We should talk. Marilyn, I meant no disrespect to La Bacall, who continues to shame her peers by her natural (or at least, natural-looking) fabulosity.

I do think her handlers might have stepped in though, and either made sure she had the speech down in case of teleprompter SNAFU or made sure she could walk upright without aid. Or both. Preferably, both. (If I’m ever in that situation, I hope one of my handlers steps in and helps me.)

Neil, I’m with you on all counts, esp. that shrill-yet-hollow “WATCH MOVIES IN THE THEATERS OR WE’LL KILL YOU!!!” message. WTF?!

I do think the Daily Show writers are fucking brilliant, but that brilliance needs meshing with That Thing that the Academy Awards broadcast has become.

Seriously, I think the smartest thing they could do is turn it back into the Golden Globes: attendees are all potential wieners, the fete is small and the booze flows freely. I watched this year mainly to see if my friend, Scott, would be onstage when the gay cowboy movie won. It didn’t and he wasn’t. Really, the only way to watch that boring ass show is whilst doing something else—partying, sniping, ironing…

Although Erik, I think it might actually be fun to watch something like the Oscars with you. Yes, I think so very much. We should talk.

]]> By: Erik http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-652 Erik Mon, 06 Mar 2006 06:53:34 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-652 I call him M. Night Shamalamadingdong too! Great minds think alike, obviously. By the way, his commercial felt like it was almost as long as the Oscar ceremony, but I agree with you that it was better than Signs, The Village, and that other one combined. As far as the actual Oscars go, I think they need to get rid of those awful "reverential" montages. The only montage that was interesting in the least was the "macho" western one at the beginning. I'm really upset that I chose to take a bathroom break during the performance of that song from Hustle and Flow, which means I also missed them accepting the award, which, according to my wife, was one of the highlights of the evening. So "Meryl" is a nickname from "Mary Louise"? I like that. My name is Erik Ross. If I combined my middle and first names like Meryl did (though, I guess, she didn't technically combine them, they're more mumbled together with the "ouise" dropped off at the end), my two names could combine to be Eros, which I'm not even going to riff on, I'm just gonna leave it at that, and go back to commenting on your Oscar blusings (which is a great word, by the way), I know that Dolly's boobs are old news, but I guess it's been awhile since I've seen her and I forgot that they were so ginormous. I'm sorry, Colleen, why am I talking about Dolly's boobs on your blog? How great were those faux campaign commercials? I loved those. I haven't seen Walk the Line, but Reese's speech was a little too blah for me. I kept expecting her to say "you like me, you really like me." Oh, and Clooney. Clooney, Clooney, Clooooooooney. I just like saying his name. I call him M. Night Shamalamadingdong too! Great minds think alike, obviously. By the way, his commercial felt like it was almost as long as the Oscar ceremony, but I agree with you that it was better than Signs, The Village, and that other one combined. As far as the actual Oscars go, I think they need to get rid of those awful “reverential” montages. The only montage that was interesting in the least was the “macho” western one at the beginning. I’m really upset that I chose to take a bathroom break during the performance of that song from Hustle and Flow, which means I also missed them accepting the award, which, according to my wife, was one of the highlights of the evening. So “Meryl” is a nickname from “Mary Louise”? I like that. My name is Erik Ross. If I combined my middle and first names like Meryl did (though, I guess, she didn’t technically combine them, they’re more mumbled together with the “ouise” dropped off at the end), my two names could combine to be Eros, which I’m not even going to riff on, I’m just gonna leave it at that, and go back to commenting on your Oscar blusings (which is a great word, by the way), I know that Dolly’s boobs are old news, but I guess it’s been awhile since I’ve seen her and I forgot that they were so ginormous. I’m sorry, Colleen, why am I talking about Dolly’s boobs on your blog? How great were those faux campaign commercials? I loved those. I haven’t seen Walk the Line, but Reese’s speech was a little too blah for me. I kept expecting her to say “you like me, you really like me.” Oh, and Clooney. Clooney, Clooney, Clooooooooney. I just like saying his name.

]]> By: Neil http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-651 Neil Mon, 06 Mar 2006 05:33:45 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-651 They seriously need some new producing blood there other than Gil Cates. I say let the winners talk as long as they want until the audience boos them off. The music drowning out the speeches was just annoying. And all that talk about watching movies in the theater was just plain weird. Most of the academy members have home theaters and NEVER step in a movie theater. Was that supposed to be a stab against piracy? I really like Jon Stewart, but I didn't particularly like him as host. He's too laid back for an already laid back show. I've seen a lot of Oscar ceremonies -- and this one ranks with the most unnecessary. Bring David Niven and the streaker back! If FOX was smart, they would have show American Idol because they would have won in the ratings. They seriously need some new producing blood there other than Gil Cates. I say let the winners talk as long as they want until the audience boos them off. The music drowning out the speeches was just annoying. And all that talk about watching movies in the theater was just plain weird. Most of the academy members have home theaters and NEVER step in a movie theater. Was that supposed to be a stab against piracy? I really like Jon Stewart, but I didn’t particularly like him as host. He’s too laid back for an already laid back show.

I’ve seen a lot of Oscar ceremonies — and this one ranks with the most unnecessary. Bring David Niven and the streaker back!

If FOX was smart, they would have show American Idol because they would have won in the ratings.

]]> By: Marilyn http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-650 Marilyn Mon, 06 Mar 2006 05:05:18 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2006/03/my-half-assed-oscar-blusings.html#comment-650 Lauren Bacall...HA! Man, that was bad. But good god, the woman's gotta be about 80 and she still looks better than most 55-year-olds in Hollywood. Those who have gone under the knife I mean...the 'naturals' look fab. Dolly Parton is starting to resemble her statue at Madame Tussaud's (if she even has one). Lauren Bacall…HA! Man, that was bad. But good god, the woman’s gotta be about 80 and she still looks better than most 55-year-olds in Hollywood. Those who have gone under the knife I mean…the ‘naturals’ look fab. Dolly Parton is starting to resemble her statue at Madame Tussaud’s (if she even has one).

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