Omg, don`t tell him, he has already prepared an acceptance speach, including a happy dance.
2020 Oscars thread
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Okay kingricefan , how did the party go? You and your guests thoughts about the night?
Here are mine:
First off, apparently they had lanes on the red carpet this year, kind of like freeway driving. Hoping to avoid congestion. I think there were 3 if I heard that right. There was a lane for the nobody people. And there was a lane for the stars. How would you like to pull up to the Oscars and get shuffled into the lane with the people deemed boring? Not sure what the third lane was for. Maybe it was for the people carpooling with mannequins.
My favorite dress of the night was Regina King. Elegant. This picture does the dress no justice. She was dazzling on the stage.
And while I would never where yellow, I thought Mindy Kaling looked so fresh and happy.
I will give a shout out to Natalie Portman's dress. It was very old school throw back to me, reminiscent of the roaring 20s, but I liked it. Minus the cape. I had a hard time finding a decent photo without the cape. Which had her statement for the night embroidered along the edge -- missing female director names. Okay. We hear you. Lose the cape.
Billy Porter. Okay. I love his outfits. He is out there loud and proud and nobody's putting baby in a corner. BUT, if you're going to greet people and talk to them, know what you're doing. I don't think he knew even a smidgen of the people he was talking to. He obviously had an earpiece, so somebody kept dropping the ball giving him information as he bumbled along.
I loved the performance of Frozen with all the countries bringing in their Elsas to participate.
And, while I love Elton and Bernie, I felt the song should have gone to Cynthia Erivo for Stand Up from Harriet for Best Original Song. Very powerful music.
And Randy Newman? Love him, but every song he writes sounds the same. Exactly the same. Bubbly and fun and cute, but when he sings them, it's the same damn song.
Diane Keaton. WTH Diane. While her and Keanu were sweet and charming together, (thank you for being her wrangler up there, Keanu)
I hate it when some elder of Hollywood presents who looks either to have imbibed one too many cocktails or who needs to get back home to watch Wapner. Quickly. and NOW.
Very tickled that Taika Waititi won. I love my New Zealand boys. Haven't seen Jojo Rabbit yet but will as soon as I can.
While someone in a wheelchair isn't a moment of giggles for me, I had to laugh when Diane Warren's nominated song, I'm Standing with You (not to be confused with Cynthia Erivo's Stand Up) was performed, they showed a long line of back-up choir members and at one moment during singing the phrase, "I'm standing with you!", they focused on the wheelchair guy. Awwwwkkkward.
Has anyone here seen Parasite? I must see this now. It seems like a movie that is very out of character for the academy to vote for.
And I loved Eminem's blast of energy. I was up moving. Yes. I was hip hopping out. My kid told me to stop.
So, what stood out to you all?
Here are mine:
First off, apparently they had lanes on the red carpet this year, kind of like freeway driving. Hoping to avoid congestion. I think there were 3 if I heard that right. There was a lane for the nobody people. And there was a lane for the stars. How would you like to pull up to the Oscars and get shuffled into the lane with the people deemed boring? Not sure what the third lane was for. Maybe it was for the people carpooling with mannequins.
My favorite dress of the night was Regina King. Elegant. This picture does the dress no justice. She was dazzling on the stage.
And while I would never where yellow, I thought Mindy Kaling looked so fresh and happy.
I will give a shout out to Natalie Portman's dress. It was very old school throw back to me, reminiscent of the roaring 20s, but I liked it. Minus the cape. I had a hard time finding a decent photo without the cape. Which had her statement for the night embroidered along the edge -- missing female director names. Okay. We hear you. Lose the cape.
Billy Porter. Okay. I love his outfits. He is out there loud and proud and nobody's putting baby in a corner. BUT, if you're going to greet people and talk to them, know what you're doing. I don't think he knew even a smidgen of the people he was talking to. He obviously had an earpiece, so somebody kept dropping the ball giving him information as he bumbled along.
I loved the performance of Frozen with all the countries bringing in their Elsas to participate.
And, while I love Elton and Bernie, I felt the song should have gone to Cynthia Erivo for Stand Up from Harriet for Best Original Song. Very powerful music.
And Randy Newman? Love him, but every song he writes sounds the same. Exactly the same. Bubbly and fun and cute, but when he sings them, it's the same damn song.
Diane Keaton. WTH Diane. While her and Keanu were sweet and charming together, (thank you for being her wrangler up there, Keanu)
I hate it when some elder of Hollywood presents who looks either to have imbibed one too many cocktails or who needs to get back home to watch Wapner. Quickly. and NOW.
Very tickled that Taika Waititi won. I love my New Zealand boys. Haven't seen Jojo Rabbit yet but will as soon as I can.
While someone in a wheelchair isn't a moment of giggles for me, I had to laugh when Diane Warren's nominated song, I'm Standing with You (not to be confused with Cynthia Erivo's Stand Up) was performed, they showed a long line of back-up choir members and at one moment during singing the phrase, "I'm standing with you!", they focused on the wheelchair guy. Awwwwkkkward.
Has anyone here seen Parasite? I must see this now. It seems like a movie that is very out of character for the academy to vote for.
And I loved Eminem's blast of energy. I was up moving. Yes. I was hip hopping out. My kid told me to stop.
So, what stood out to you all?
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Oh, and it was great when Tom Hanks said, "I am Spartacus!"Okay kingricefan , how did the party go? You and your guests thoughts about the night?
Here are mine:
First off, apparently they had lanes on the red carpet this year, kind of like freeway driving. Hoping to avoid congestion. I think there were 3 if I heard that right. There was a lane for the nobody people. And there was a lane for the stars. How would you like to pull up to the Oscars and get shuffled into the lane with the people deemed boring? Not sure what the third lane was for. Maybe it was for the people carpooling with mannequins.
My favorite dress of the night was Regina King. Elegant. This picture does the dress no justice. She was dazzling on the stage.
And while I would never where yellow, I thought Mindy Kaling looked so fresh and happy.
I will give a shout out to Natalie Portman's dress. It was very old school throw back to me, reminiscent of the roaring 20s, but I liked it. Minus the cape. I had a hard time finding a decent photo without the cape. Which had her statement for the night embroidered along the edge -- missing female director names. Okay. We hear you. Lose the cape.
Billy Porter. Okay. I love his outfits. He is out there loud and proud and nobody's putting baby in a corner. BUT, if you're going to greet people and talk to them, know what you're doing. I don't think he knew even a smidgen of the people he was talking to. He obviously had an earpiece, so somebody kept dropping the ball giving him information as he bumbled along.
I loved the performance of Frozen with all the countries bringing in their Elsas to participate.
And, while I love Elton and Bernie, I felt the song should have gone to Cynthia Erivo for Stand Up from Harriet for Best Original Song. Very powerful music.
And Randy Newman? Love him, but every song he writes sounds the same. Exactly the same. Bubbly and fun and cute, but when he sings them, it's the same damn song.
Diane Keaton. WTH Diane. I hate it when some elder of Hollywood presents who looks either to have imbibed one too many cocktails or who needs to get back home to watch Wapner. Quickly. and NOW.
Very tickled that Taika Waititi won. I love my New Zealand boys. Haven't seen Jojo Rabbit yet but will as soon as I can.
While someone in a wheelchair isn't a moment of giggles for me, I had to laugh when Diane Warren's nominated song, I'm Standing with You (not to be confused with Cynthia Erivo's Stand Up) was performed, they showed a long line of back up choir members and at one moment during singing the phrase, "stand up!", they focused on the wheelchair guy. Awwwwkkkward.
Has anyone here seen Parasite? I must see this now. It seems like a movie that is very out of character for the academy to vote for.
And I loved Eminem's blast of energy. I was up moving. Yes. I was hip hopping out. My kid told me to stop.
So, what stood out to you all?
scarlet Johansson's dress was pretty, goddess like.
and, I did like Sandra Oh's dress. But, get rid of the Carmen Miranda sleeves. Too much. She looked like she was walking around with shrubs on her arms, or discarded cotton candy. If those puffs would have been smaller, it could've worked. Or just a smooth sleeve.
and, I did like Sandra Oh's dress. But, get rid of the Carmen Miranda sleeves. Too much. She looked like she was walking around with shrubs on her arms, or discarded cotton candy. If those puffs would have been smaller, it could've worked. Or just a smooth sleeve.
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And this, why? I really should support this. She has chosen to wear her Xmas tree while I continue to have mine up. Maybe this is a sign from God to me personally.
Take down the tree.
And Maya Rudolph. Why does her stylist continue to drape her in recycled and bedazzled Holiday Inn bedspreads?
Take down the tree.
And Maya Rudolph. Why does her stylist continue to drape her in recycled and bedazzled Holiday Inn bedspreads?
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And, there is something sadly broken in Joaquin Phoenix. And it is why his performance as Joker was brilliant. He channeled every bit of his weirdness and vulnerability into the perfect role at just the right time. The stars aligned.
While I support his message and his right to say it to a captive audience, it was a bit long. In this day of 140 words, he lost most of the viewing audience probably 50 words in because their squirrel attention spans had them clicking on Cheez Wiz commercials on their phones.
He spoke with passion, concern and with great skill, and he had a little moment of choked up glitch at the end, quoting River's song lyric.
It's like he said, if he wouldn't have found acting, he didn't know where he would've ended up. And I agree. I fear it would've been a bad path.
I believe he walks a fine line on this earth.
While I support his message and his right to say it to a captive audience, it was a bit long. In this day of 140 words, he lost most of the viewing audience probably 50 words in because their squirrel attention spans had them clicking on Cheez Wiz commercials on their phones.
He spoke with passion, concern and with great skill, and he had a little moment of choked up glitch at the end, quoting River's song lyric.
It's like he said, if he wouldn't have found acting, he didn't know where he would've ended up. And I agree. I fear it would've been a bad path.
I believe he walks a fine line on this earth.
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There is something weird about Billie Eilish. She has those dead eyes. I know she drinks and does weed. There is just something off about her, like she's not totally there.
Her and her brother are brilliantly talented but awkward humans.
Nice to see a non-western film getting representation
.....why?????........looks like she should be standing beside a can of freakin' Scrubbing Bubbles........
It's ribbed, for her pleasure.
Or on the arm in the car wash
....or at the end of a Swiffer pole......
Well, my friends and I had a great time watching the show. I thought it was pretty good. One thing that I didn't like at all was they gave David Lynch his lifetime Oscar behind the scenes! I wanted to see him receive this much deserved award and hear what he had to say about it. I love that Laura Dern and Brad Pitt won. I thought for sure that Once Upon A Time In Hollywood would take Best Picture and was quite shocked when Parasite took it since this movie already won the Oscar for Foreign movie.
It was a surprise that Parasite won but i think a good thing. Too long, IMO, has the winner for best picture been english spoken. Either american or english. So many european and asian great movies has been made it was time one won the Oscar for best picture. After all it is Best Picture, not Best picture where thay speak english. I havent seen all the contestants but at least i think that Parasite is better than 1917. Havent seen any other yet. If the Oscars shall continue to be highly regarded i think its correct that others great achievements should also be considered in prizegiving times.