OFFICIAL ACADEMY AWARDS CEREMONY THREAD Part 2

Why wait?

• I was holding back on judgement on Seth but he brought it to a new low...c'mon be classy! it's the oscars! FAIL...

• Oscars arent classy. If only you knew about the perverted beyond belief practices that happen AFTER the show is over.

  Anonymous

• R2, what happens after the show is not considered the oscars, did you even graduate high school?

• Is Matt Damon there to commiserate with Ben? I really don't like Ben.

• Where are Travolta's eyes?

• Stand by for the best commentary on the internets

  Bored

• Chicago. Randomness.

• OMG, they've dredged up CZJ to do that stupid song AGAIN!

• CZJ sounds like a dude.

• Send in the cwowns! Oops.

  CZJ

• What was the Lincoln joke? I missed it

• Travolta looks great for his age despite the stupid wig. He's lost so much weight.

• Too lazy to rewind, but why are they singing a song that's not been nominated??? All That Jazz??? Why?

• In silhouette form, CZJ looked like Queen Latifah. She's packed on some pounds.

• So far the song is too low for her. Here we go, key change!

• Did anyone else get the sense that CZJ waited just a beat too long after the first stanza because she thought the audience was going to applaud?

• The guy that really got into Lincoln's head was John Wilkes Booth

• CZJ looks good - nice to see a woman with some flesh on her bones.

• So what did Ben Affleck say about Seth?

• Why are they doing Chicago?

• This is weird.

• Why is CZJ so muscular?

• CZJ lipsynched.

  Beyonce

• Wow, they've lowered the key about 5 steps. She looks great though. She actually sounds pretty good too. Good for her. The scary part is that Jennifer Hudson is going to sing that AWFUL "And I'm Telling You" shitty song next. Ugh! That song ALWAYS sucks and I saw Dreamgirls on Broadway in 1982. It is an ugly song.

• CZJ has natural breasts. She's 43.

• All That Jazz is celebrating its own significant moment at the Oscars. Tonight marks the 1,000,000th time the song has been broadcast on television.

• [quote]Oscars arent classy. If only you knew about the perverted beyond belief practices that happen AFTER the show is over. That's not entirely fair to Dame Judi Dench. She had just won best Supporting Actress, and she didn't intend for that event with Haley Joel Osment to happen.

• i hate all this singing...i only want to hear babs!

• She was great. Excellent, classic song.

• She be lip singing!

  Beyonce

• CZJ lip syncs really badly

• I have to say CZJ looks good.

• Jennifer Hudson looks great!

• Was Beyonce not asked to participate in this Dreamgirls reunion?

• I think she's doing great. She's the one who should be playing Mama Rose.

• YAy Go Jhud! Suck it Beyonce!

• Travolta lost weight because he probably couldn't get laid without paying for it.

• Ooops...Anne Hathaway is going to have to follow Jennifer Hudson (a REAL singer). Sucks to be her!

• [quote]CZJ lipsynched. Not in the first few bars. She hit a definite clinker. And she was lipsynching for sure at the end.

• I hope Zellweger stays seated.

• I adore that song, R24. Hush now.

• Why are they wasting so much time on old musicals?

• Wouldn't this stuff have been more appropriate the year these films were nominated?

• No r16, that's how it is in the show too. It's just a full intro.

• Jennifer. Hudson. Is. Screaming. At. Me.

• Twenty years from now the caftan crowd of the day will be soiling their Depends over CJZ.

• Why are they getting these musicals ladies to trot out their most famous songs YET AGAIN?

• All that Jazz was playback, and Catherine Zeta-Jones did a shitty job lipsynching to it.

• JHud is flawless.

• I wish they would just hand out the awards and call it a night.

  Bored2

• JHud out - sings Babs and Shirley

• J-Hud's wig looks awful.

• Amateur.

  Beyonce%20Knowles

• J Hud is doing very well. Unlike Beyonce, she can really sing.

• They needed something to fill an extra 30 minutes for added money from commercials.

• CZJ's voice has gotten a lot lower cz of all those cigarettes!

• Great dress on J Hud.

• R42, the producers of this years Oscarcast made Chicago. They're sucking their own dicks. I also think Les Mis was expected to be more of a contender in Hollywood circles when this was being put together.

• A tribute to musicals, really? I was hoping they would just show clips from things like Betty Hutton movies.

• Ugh, I hate this song, it would be better if they had Jennifer what's her name have a spasm while she's singing, at least that would be entertaining. And was it me, or did CZJ totally phone that dance number in? There was no ooomph. Not Fosse at all. No isometric tension in any of her movement, her arms were like noodles. Oh shut up Jennifer Hudson.

• Jennifer Hudson better watch out. She might end up being another Jennifer Holliday and only being known for one song.

• J Hud belting it out at The Oscars! Beyonce must be DYING!

  BrownEyedGirl

• Uh oh....Jennifer Hudson just raised the bar and got a standing ovation to boot...The Les Miserables cast might as well go back to their seats.

• Holy shit Jennifer Hudson was incredible.

• LOL Those fools are going to have Russell Crowe sing after JHud!

• "She's the one who should be playing Mama Rose." I agree with you. Cathy, not Babs! And if Jennifer Hudson is singing live, I am fucking impressed.

• it's me! It's me!

  AnnE

• Standing O. Awesome.

• Ben affleck said something like, " it's a great show so far, but hope you can turn it around later," meaning, it's not going so great so far... jennifer hudson is much better than beyonce.

• Sang it girlfriend!

• OMG, we're going to have to hear Anne sing That Song now.

• CZJ--singing a song from "Chicago", in which she won Best Supporting Actress, JHud--singing a song from "Dreamgirls", in which she won Best Supporting Actress, Anne, et al, singing a song from "Les Miserables"... Anyone else think they're trying to tell us something?

  Anonymous

• No comment on Amy Adam's hunky bf? Hottest guy on camera so far tonight.

• Goddamn J-Hud! You go girl!

• Jennifer's caterwauling is awful.

• Ugh. Am I the only queer in gaydom who hates muscials?

• I think Jennifer Hudson has a wonderful voice but there is something annoying about her singing. I can't put a description or pinpoint it but it's so screechy. She screams most times when a simple long note will do. CZJ definately lipsync but what can one expect with all the moving around she had to do. Still her voice is good.

• I don't even like JHud and that brought the tears for me.

• CZJ lipsynched, nice ovation. JHud kills it, standing O.

• Hugh Jackman dyes his beard.

• Ewwwww...she's wearing a nightie!

• JHud is a great singer, but the song is awful.

• Like Anne.

• [quote]They needed something to fill an extra 30 minutes for added money from commercials. This. Plus its hard to make good tv out of Amour and Zero Dark Thirty.

• Wow! J Hudson was the highlight of the Oscars so far!

• This ain't the Tony awards. This is embarassing.

• The Miz medley doesn't look live for some reason.

• Eddie Redmayne

• Just suffered through the caterwauling of Jennifer Hudson! Ugh

• Who's the gal singing so good in blue?

• Eddie Redmayne can't sing for shit...but the Kate Middleton lookalike sings pretty well (the best in the cast).

• Did they really sing in English in France?

• [quote]I think Jennifer Hudson has a wonderful voice but there is something annoying about her singing. I can't put a description or pinpoint it but it's so screechy. She screams most times when a simple long note will do. "I Screamed a Scream"

• Is this shit live? Anne is boring me to tears!!!!!

  Anonymous

• Aaron Tveit is sex on a stick. And there's Crowe bellowing his line.

• Mess! MESSS!!!!!

• [quote]JHud is a great singer, but the song is awful. Turn in your gay card at the door.

• Liver lips sings.

• Russel Crowe?! GAWD~! Make it stop!

• Sascha Baron Cohen, and Helena Bonham Carter are cringing to have to be up there in this silliness.

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• Sing it Russell Crowe!

  Bored2

• The Tony Awards Russell Crowe! Yay! Sue me, I'm his biggest fan.

  Della

• Aaron Tveit wins most fuckable of the night!

• Who's the blond guy singing in the Les Miz number?

• Why is Seth Meyers singing in the Le Mis number?

• This is why my mom hates modern musicals. "Whatever happend to Gordon MacRae in Carousel?"

• Sasha Baron Cohen is hot. Why does Russell Crowe look like he did in the Gladiator?

• LMAO...they had the worst singers in the cast come out at the end (Russell Crowe, HBC, SBC) in order to drown them out by the few who can actually sing (i.e., Hugh Jackman and Samantha Banks).

• [quote]Who's the gal singing so good in blue? Samantha Barks. She was Eponine in the movie and in a couple of the stage versions.

• YAWWWN

• Okay, the "Les Miz" cast is definitely singing live! Because those amateurs can't sing counterpoint without losing their places.

• Broadway has been the only good thing so far

• I was All That Jazz lipsync'd when I couldn't even hear it. If it was playback couldn't it have been louder. Loved Jen Hud, she rocked. It was a bit off seeing the Les Miz cast in evening wear after CZJ was all in character and I could buy Effie in the dress.

• I agree with every "this is bullshit" expression Daniel Day Lewis' wife always makes at these things.

• All of my wine glasses just shattered! That was les miserable!

  BrownEyedGirl

• Helena BC . . . seriously, is she ill?

• Aaron Tveit has really deep nasolabial folds.

• Ok, is the singing over now?

• AnnE actually sounded pretty good. Russell Crowe, sad, very sad. And fugly

  Rex%20Reed

• I agree with r77.

• [quote]Sascha Baron Cohen, and Helena Bonham Carter are cringing to have to be up there in this silliness. Oh please, they're big whores just like the rest of them.

• Was it just me or did I see CZJ trying to elbow her way on stage to sing the Madame Thenardier part instead of letting HBC do it?

• Eddie Redmayne can really sing!

• Why is it LIPSYNCH and not LIPSING

• Samantha Banks was in girl in blue, very nice voice, She's 22 and Manx.

• Loved Les Mis and Russell!

• I liked the One Day More. Even Crowe sounded ok.

• Are the actors also going to perform scenes from the films they are nominated for live ln stage? Because that's the only thing I want to see.

• Russell Crowe got applause when he lumbered out!

• Enjoras *swoon*

• You've got to love Hollywood patting themselves on the back for a decade of movie musicals, each of which was based on a Broadway show.

• A little pitchy, dawg.

  Randy%20Jackson

• Wow, the cameraman or stage manager or whatever the fuck seemed to be making a concerted effort to not focus the camera on Russell Crowe.

• [115] THAT

  Bored2

• That's Arthur Miller's daughter, R114.

• I think everyone lip-synced, right? I think the only ones that didn't tonight were Seth and Shirley Bassey.

• Eddie Remayne is the best singer in the movie. I kind of liked that montage. This June on the Tony Awards, a salute to the movies!

• [quote]Why is it LIPSYNCH and not LIPSING Because you're trying to synch your lips to the music/vocals?

• Anyone else get the sense that Chastain was supposed to present Foreign Film alone and Jennifer Garner got, um, shall we say added on?

• lol, r131

  Della

• Aaron Tveit is the only one who sounded really good. Even stage pros Jackman and Banks sounded like they hadn't been able to warm up. Or maybe their voices are overused. Hathaway, Seyfriend, and Crowe just embarassed themselves. They just can't sing that sort of material life.

• r131, most Broadway shows nowadays are based on movies.

• If the proposed TV remake of CABARET using the stage script and score ever gets made, Samantha Barks for Sally.. She played the role on stage.

• AnnE looked very insecure and terrified.

• J-Hud's wig was unbeweavable.

• The sound was hideous during Jennifer's number.

• How did Kristi Dawn get so involved with this? Red carpet, production number, even a cruise ship commercial?

• No, R139. Maybe you should joint Nikki Finke. You seem as much in the know.

• Stacy Keibler has the best gown. You gays don't know shit.

• chris pine over did it on the fake tan...

• Jennifer's tone is irritating-it's too much screaming & very unmelodic. You can find a heavyset black woman with a powerful voice like hers any day at your local Ebenezer Baptist Church. She has that garden-variety black church gospel voice except her tone isnt warm or as inviting as say Whitney Houston or Patti Labelle for instance.

  Anonymous

• Good Christ, there's still almost 90 minutes left!!

• Sasha Baron Cohen was the best singer out there.

• Note to Jennifer Hudson-less is more.

• I miss the days when Chris Pine was hot :(

• Jeenifer Lawrence's dress may look like a wedding gown, but Zoe Saldana's looks like a wedding [italic]cake.[/italic]

• This is the sickliest Oscars EVAH! I've had the "is she/he sick?" reaction to Helena, Kristen Chenoweth, Chris Evans...

• Chris Pine's facial hair is fuckin' gross! It's weird looking. What's with all the *actual* beards on guys this year?

• What is wrong with some of you people? Except for Russell Crowe, who sings through his nose, the rest of them were just fine and some were great.

• Catherine Zeta Jone's singing was incredible!

  Beyonce

• [quote] She's 22 and Manx. What is MANX?

• [quote]Why is it LIPSYNCH and not LIPSING Because your synching your lips to the music. Lip singing is just singing.

• The Academy Awards does not allow lip singing to recorded tracks!

• "AnnE looked very insecure and terrified." And sounded that way as well. Was that her soprano going wild during the big choral finale?

• Marky Mark--my least favorite movie star.

• Wow. Mark Wahlberg must want to stab Seth right about now.

• Ted SUCKED. there i said it.

  Bored2

• R114 so true

• I don't know who the host is but he is doing okay

• Redmayne sounded great, but Aaron Tveit was outstanding

• Anne was in character.

• Shirley Bassey still owns for the best moment.

  Della

• Jessica Chastain is a robot, right? And she came dressed like an Oscar. Tacky.

• [quote]What is MANX? It means she is from the Isle of Man, between Britain and Ireland.

• the brits are cleaning up! WTF???

• OMG ... this is so fucking boring and JUST DRAGS ON.

• Redmayne did sound great. This Jewish / post Oscar orgy business is just weird.

• Chris Pine's nose job is so un-special. It's the exact nose the teen girls get. Wow, the Jew jokes are really bombing!

• Seth Macfarlane is HOT! Looks like he's got a nice toned body under that tux...

• Can I be the first to say Travolta is looking like Bela Lugosi?

• Per Nikki Finke: My sources say the mood inside the Dolby Theatre has turned ugly. “The audience is fed up with this self-promoting musicals sequence. Emails galore asking: ‘WTF’”?

• Next up - Supporting Actress

• I am surprised at that Les Mis win. In the theater I saw it in, the sound mixing was terrible. You'd barely know there was an orchestra.

• Jokes about [italic]JEWS[/italic] ... coming from a goy? OMG, he is going to get critically eviscerated.

• Why do they do this? Can't they just announce who won for sound?

• I didn't watch Le Miserable so I don't know much about it. Which character was Russell Crowe? Was he supposed to be rough and prickly? If so, then his singing was fine. I'm sure the makers of the movie knew what kind of singer he is (he had his own band and was lead singer). For everyone complaining about his singing and looks, post a video of yourselves singing and particularly if you're in your 40's, post a pic. I think he's fine as he is. Now let's discuss DL fave Walberg doing his schtick with a fucking puppet.

  Crowefan

• I agree with you Della about Shirley Bassey.

• We have... a tie!

  Ingrid%20Bergman

• I thought Travolta looked kind of hot. He still has a huge ass.

• This ZDT music guy looks like a vampire who just ate a crew member backstage.

• Alexander Skarsgaard is not aging well.

• Did Adele just win for sound editing?

• Are Mark Boal and Kathryn Bigelow fucking each other? I think they are...

• The banter is horrible. Just give the statues.

• The Oscars need a William Hurt comeback.

• A tie! A tie! That can only be good for me, right? Somehow? I changed.

  AnnE

• A tie and no Argo.

• What's with the men with the big hair tonight

  Bored2

• R161 Isle of Man

• I thought Travolta looked like his own entry at Madame Tussaud's.

• Apparently in Europe it's still 1988 from those hairstyles.

• Long blond hair for men in IN!

  charles%20hix

• Is shoulder length hair on middleaged men making a comeback??

• Anne with an E nervousing

• This is the third long-haired dude to ramble on up here!

• [Wow, the Jew jokes are really bombing!] Consider the audience. The joke bombing proves its validity.

• Who tied for what!!!

• What's up with all these long-haired yellow skinned men

• Is it possible this Nikki Feine person decided to rag for effect?

• [quote]Sasha Baron Cohen was the best singer out there. Funny, I didn't realize he was on stage performing with the cast.

• Seth McFarlane is dead to me.

  Everyone%20in%20Hollywood

• $20 says here comes Jaws. Rude.

• [quote]What is MANX? Male Spanx

• Boal and Bigelow used to date but broke up correct?

• I think Argo is getting shut down.

• Brace yourselves...here comes AnnE

• Betcha ten bucks that Hathaway is having a meltdown backstage.

• Breaking: Men in Holloywood Embracing the Latest Hairstyle Trend: The Rapunzel.

• Anticipatory DL heads exploding as Anne's name is called....

• OMG, this is just getting worse!!!!!!!

• Following Jew jokes with Nazo jokes? Way to go.

• A nazi just walked into the Oscars.

• Is Seth McFarlane Asian?

• [quote]Are Mark Boal and Kathryn Bigelow fucking each other? I think they are... They used to be a couple, but the rumor is they are no longer together.

• Plummer hates the Sound of Music - he's gonna be pissed.

• He will not be back next year, no way! he sucks so bad!

• This is always the WORST past, all the noboby-gives-a-shit categories for over an hour!

• It my time!

  AnnE

• Iceberg straight ahead!

  2013%20Oscar%20Director

• Ah, some Nazi jokes to go with the Jew jokes! This is really making me nervous. Christopher Plummer looks ancient but great.

• Who is this old blabbering fool

• I'm going to be presented to by Captain von Trapp! Oh, thank you UNIVERSE!

  AnnE

• Have any Americans actually won Oscars tonight? I'm hearing nothing but English, German, Irish and Lord knows what accents coming from the people accepting their awards. Do many Americans win Baftas?

• Finally! Go Anne!

• It's my time now get ready DL

  Anne%20with%20an%20E

• Plummer was disgusted by the Sound of Music joke.

• Please be senile and call out the wrong name, Mr. Plummer! Even if it says "Anne Hathaway," it'll be easy to blurt out "Sally Field!"

  Marisa%20Tomei%20%28but%20really%20Judy%20Davis%29

• The star of "Inside Daisy Clover!!!!"

• What's black, white and red? A penguin in a blender and also Christopher Plummer.

• How sad that a respected Hollywood power player like Nikki Finke was unable to attend the Academy Awards.

• Please lose please lose please lose please please please lose lose lose please please please please.

• Sally Field...come on....

• According to Musto, Streisand is performing as part of the In Memoriam package, singing 'Evergreen' in tribute to Marvin Hamlisch. That's not scheduled for another 40 minutes or so and I'm already up past my bedtime...

  Tired%20Old%20Queen

• I'm kind of glad they used John but on the other hand, I don't think John and Kelly should have showed up. It's like a complete lie and every fucking person knows they are a lie. Aren't they embarrassed?

• How long will annE's speech be? Do you think we will hear the Jaws theme?

• Ok I dislike Anne as much as the next guy and didn't see Les Miserables but that clip of her singing always gets me.

• Please let her lose, please let her lose.

• Which one of Hathaway's nipples will accept the award?

• UPSET!!!!!

• "Alexander Skarsgaard is not aging well" In what ways?

• Boooooooooooo!

• EXPLOSIONS!!!!

• Yay Anne!

• FUCK YOU, ANN-E HATERS!!! I am so sick of your bullshit.

• AnnE for the win!!

• So, are DL heads exploding?????

• Moment of Truth!!!!!!!!!! Yessssssssssssssss Bithcessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

  anonymous

• TRIUMPH!!!

  Anne%20H.

• Suck it bitches!

  Anne

• Gentlemen, start your engines...

• YeS! Anne got it. Poor Sally.

• I am SOOOOOOOOO shocked!

  AnnE

• YEAH ANNE WON!!!!!

• Anne! As predicted! No surprise!

• FUCK FUCK FUCK!!

• It must be cold in the theater.

• Ha.

• Let me get my Flying Nun speech out!

• Oh, the trembly overwrought victory speech.

• ANNE HATHAWY!!!!

• Please let this be the last we hear of her for a while. I also never want to hear the score from Lez Miz again!

• Look at those rocks on Anne!

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• shocker!

• God, I loathe her. Get the bitch offstage!

• FUK YOU FAGOTS> I WON

  annE%20hathawaY

• Plummer hates what he calls "The Sound of Mucus". He said, "It's time to get a new song."

• Where is Hugh's wife?

• Anne has rehearsed this a million times. None of it sounds genuine or off the cuff.

• Come on, Jaws...

• Worst kind of Oscar speech - a list of names.

• Annegel!

• Why is she so winded?

• "It came true." That cunt has a team...no wonder she won.

• Come on!! JAWS!!!

• i HATE ANNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• da duh da duh da duh

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• Memo to Christopher Plummer- The lead singer of Digital Underground called and is asking for his nose back.

  Della

• The Keane painting come to life has won an Oscar.

• Anne's dress is the dress of the young pretty winner. It reminds me of Marisa Tomei's, and Gwyneth Paltrow's Oscar dresses.

  First%20Night%20Fanny

• someone get the Jaws theme playing!

• Datalounge heads combust! Oh my gah, start the Jaws music already!

  Anonymous

• Oh, her speech was fine. Was the Godfather outcue a sign?

• Just horrible. Horrible speech.

• "...and world peace."

  Laying it on thick

• I can't stand the Jaws music tonight, but they should have played that with AnnE.

• [quote]Bithcessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss SOclose.

• Riiight! Rub the magic Oscar and make all the bad stuff go away, Ann. You can do it!

• She's such a fucking phony. Now go home and stick it up your twat, Anne.

  Sally%2C%20Helen%2C%20Jackie%2C%20Amy

• I would rather it be rehearsed than a long rambling mess. She looked pretty on stage at least.

• If this means I never have to hear from her again like Marisa Tomei, Mercedes Ruehl, Marcia Gay Harden, the Mighty Aphrodite chick etc. Then I can stomach her winning tonight.

  please%20go%20away%20annE

• I liked the end of annEs speech. It wasn't half bad.

• well from the clips, it looks like Anne actually put more effort in her performance. Sally was always the same character in her roles. Maybe it just got old.

  Crowefan

• Hathaway could have made herself more human getting on stage and making a remark about wanting her next costar being Christopher Plummer. At least that would have been "in the moment" but her speech was so rehearsed and the latst line made me want to vomit. And she thanked all her agents, managers, publicists....its just gross to me when winners use all their screen time to namedrop their pro team.

• Good speech from Hathaway. She listened to the feedback obviously. Was genuine. Good job.

• Whatever cunts. Sally Field has TWO BEST ACTRESS (not supporting) Oscars, and AnnE will NEVER win another after this little supporting award. EVERYONE HATES HATHAWAY.

  If%20you%20don%27t%20have%20the%20gays%20on%20your%20side%2C%20you%27re%20done.%

• There will always be Fantine's in this world because of people like Cunt Hathaway's ex-con boyfriend.

• May the misfortune of Fantine only exist in stories and not in real life. Mary! How sappy. Her speech was horrid. It sounded like she was going to end it off singing What a Friend We Have in Jesus. My goodness.

  Anonymous

• It takes a team, apparently, to act in a fucking movie.

• Cool. I like Anne, fuck the haters.

• Which ones are the yellow-skinned men?

  YST

• Ugh, the list of names speech to remind all of us "Little People" that she is a veritable corporation and is very important to the jobs of many many people, so of course I should win! Look at what a "Job Creator" I am! I really wanted Sally Field to win. I love her.

• You're crazy R299. For us watching it's best when we get a crazy rambling mess of a speech. Who wants to hear a list of people we've never heard of?

• Ugh, the link someone gave to free stream has been found out apparently, and is no longer working. Anyone know of any others? yes, yes, I am cheap, actually poor...

• Plummer should be grateful for SOM although a good actor this gave him the great opportunity of many great roles!

• Hey Captain Von Trapp - you will ALWAYS be most known for Sound of Music. Ha ha ha ha.

  And%20it%27s%20a%20tribute%20to%20musicals%20tonight%2C%20hater.

• I couldn't wait for Anne to win to witness all the whiners on DL. This is great! Congrats Anne!

• Ummm Annie my doll, where is MY thanks after dressing you for all these years??? Bitch.

  longtime%20stylist%20Rachael%20oe

• Anne Hathaway's facial features are still too big for her tiny head.

• She rehearsed that speech. She was thanking her campaign team. She didnt win without brownnosing.

  Anonymous

• ANOTHER LINK? That link the nice guy provided in the other thread just went down. Any others? Help! I saw half of annE's acceptance, and then blank

• MacFarlane looks so bizarrely like an even faker Donny Osmond. Doesn't every body notice that?

• She is THAT annoying girl from your high school theater group.

• What the what with that line about the Fantines of the world what?

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• Humpty Hump!!! Love your reference, Della!!

• doesn't take a team to act in a movie but it takes a team to make someone like Anne a star. She's come a long way on very little (and I liked her in Les Mis and thinks she deserves the Oscar) - she should thank her lucky stars for the Huvanes and everyone else who made her happen.

• Is Don Mischner having a stroke? All of his cutaway shots are of nobodies!! I want to see stars in these moments! The only good one was watching Nicole Kidman look at Keith Urban in disbelief when a great speech by a tech winner getting his mic cut off.

• That list of college students was incredibly pointless.

• I used to really like Anne. Or at least TRIED to. But she has gone off the rails with the fucking fake sincerity. I HATE her now and it's wierd how that shifted!

• SANDY JUST SAID HAM HOCK.

• I wish there was an acceptance speech on the par of Pia Zadora's in The Lonely Lady.

• What is that thing in her ear???

• When I saw Christopher Plummer on stage, I thought he was going to sing Edelweiss.

• Sandra bomb

• Sandra Bullock's nosejob is horrible.

• sandra bullocks looks rough!

• Sandra looks very pretty.

• Anne who? I've blocked it out already.

• SANDRA!!!!

• OK the win is over.. and so is Les Miz a horrible adaptation of a stirring musical on stage. we won't have to hear any more about the movie after tonight.. unless you buy the blu ray or watch it next year on premium cable.

• Speaking of never changing her hair, when the fuck is Sandy Bullock going to get rid of that same 'do she's had since 1996?

• I never understood the AnnE hate on here, but after hearing her phoney speech, I understand now.

• I was hoping Anne would break into a stanza of "You'll Never Walk Alone".

• You queens are a hot fucking mess....green Isn't \tgood color on y'all. Anne's speech was appropriate

• Seth MacFarlane looks like Christopher Knight.

• Argo's first award of the night.

• Love Sandra Bullock's dress. But year 2001 wants its flat-ironed hair back.

  Gwynnie%2C%20I%20used%20to%20rock%20that%20flat-iron%20for%20longgg%20time

• Sandra Bullock - class act.

• Did AnnE crash the server?

• Does this mean Argo is a lock for best pic?

• Yeah, what was Hathaway talking about "all the Fantines"?

• R313, the broadcast is on network TV, not cable or is it you don't have a TV?

• R312 I hate when they ramble on and never actually say anything. It's a waste of their moment.

  299

• They're really spreading the love around tonight. Except for Lincoln.

• Hot daddy film editor!

• Did Sandra Bullock seem very smug?

  What%20up%20with%20her%3F

• Is Sandra hosting late night horror movies on cable somewhere?

• Sandra Buttocks

• Argo is winning best pic!

• is the worst behind us ?

  Bored2

• Bullocks' dress looks like the one she wore when she won her award except that she had it dyed black.

• Jennifer Lawrence has no cleavage and no tits.

• Jennifer Lawrence's ill-fitting prom dress would be more appealing if it covered up those hideous moles all over her chest.

• Did Jennifer Lawrence dress up by mistake to go the Twelve Oaks barbecue?

• Jennifer Lawrence's dress is a hideous mistake.

  Bjork

• Smoooches, r324. Where's Barbra!?

  Della

• They might as well give the Oscar to Adele, she's the only one they're letting sing their nominated song.

• Adele ... what an amazing voice. No lip synching here.

  khroochang

• I am glad Adele fixed her hair. Lovely!

  Bored2

• Adele is beautiful.

• They could hold on that shot of Clooney and Affleck for the entire 3 hours and I'd be just fine with that.

• adele is doing an OK job

• You bitches go right ahead and make fun of Adele's looks but she sings circles around anyone you can compare her to.

• Adele: It's amazing that such a beautiful singing voice could come out of a classless gutter snipe who carries herself with the grace and charm of a meth addicted trucker.

• Suck it bitches!!!! I won! My amazing performance won!!

  A*N*N*E H*A*T*H*A*W*AY

• I was surprised to find out that Adele is 5'9". I always thought she was short.

• [quote]You queens are a hot fucking mess....green Isn't good color on y'all. Ohh, back in the knife box, Miss Sharp.

• Adele sounds terrible. I think there are sound problems.

• Well, Girl with Dragon Tattoo won editing last year, but yes. Argo will win Best Picture, editing and screenplay. 3 Oscars. Very weak.

• Adele's dress matches the backdrop! She's blending into it! I wonder if it was deliberate? And if so, whose idea was it?

• DDL will be the win for Lincoln. Possibly Spielberg. That's all it needs.

• lol r363

• Adele's dress and hairstyle for her song is MUCH better than her dress and hairstyle on the red carpet. Fat girls need to have a very simple and classy look on formal occasions, which is exactly what she's working now.

  hint%20to%20Melissa%20McCarthy...

• Adele live isn't so fab.

• Jennifer Lawrence is under contract with Dior so she has to wear their shit.

• Bad audio mixing, the orchestra is playing over Adele's vocals. You can hardly hear her. The second verse seems better like they realized it.

• Usually when someone is singing you can't tell their accent but Adele is so obviously cockney.

• Now with Argo winning editing and Amour foreign, and Sugarman doc, it seems all the predetermined winners are on track to win so no surprises are likely. Prepare yourselves for a Jennifer Lawrence win.

• [quote]Speaking of never changing her hair, when the fuck is Sandy Bullock going to get rid of that same 'do she's had since 1996?

  http://www.poster.net/bullock-sandra/bullock-sandra-photo-sandra-bullock-6204158.jpg

  Sandy in 1996

• Is it Adele or her audio?

• I love Sandy Bullock but, yeah, the flat iron hair needs to go. I'm sick of burning my hair every morning because this style won't die. Adele, Bassey, the singers in general seem bored. Bored to be singing there. The musical parts of dragging like in slow motion.

• THE SOUND ON SKYFALL FUCKING SUCKS. FUCKING. SUCKS.

• [quote]Jennifer Lawrence has no cleavage and no tits. Jennifer Lawrence has huge tits.

• Keep Adele away from Quvenzhane at the buffet table. She might mistake her for an hors d'oeuvre.

• I hope Argo doesn't win and I don't want Les Miz to win either. I like Anne, I've been a fan for years except I wonder about her...why was she dating a crook?

• pity we can't hear her in the chorus ... drowned out by the orchestra

  khroochang

• [quote]Speaking of never changing her hair, when the fuck is Sandy Bullock going to get rid of that same 'do she's had since 1996?

  http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__vjcuVchhnA/S3gt2dgc_qI/AAAAAAAACEY/1PGEB0yGp_w/s400/sandra_bullock_1131895.jpg

  Sandy in 2002

• Thank you, R343. Really sick of the Anne hate and projection of phoniness.

• I liked Adele better when she was called Alison Moyet.

• R363... THANK YOU! I've been trying to figure out how best to damn that awful dress all night and you did it!

• Since when does winning Best Picture = a weak showing?

• LMFAO@R364!!

• I sure as fuck prefer Adele to listening to Jennifer Hudson vocally jack off for 4 minutes.

• No standing o for Adele

• OH MY EARS on that sustained note.

• Sally Field's adorable gay son! And quite impressed with the show's make up and costume folks -- they managed to make Adele look thin.

• I don't know whether to switch to The Amazing Race at the top of the hour, or wait to see if Argo wins BP so I can hear Ben diss Seth again. What a dilemma.

• If Jennifer Lawrence has huge tits, she's wearing a girdle around them because annE H looks bigger than her.

• Adele should be the posterchild for the word frau. She is frau personified. She looks so matronly and frumpy even when made up. She is Susan Boyle Jr. The weird thing is she has a pretty face and she has the potential to look hot if she lost like 50 lbs. I still can't believe she is younger than Rihanna and Lady Gaga. She needs to get some tips from J-Hud after the show.

  Anonymous

• [quote]I wish there was an acceptance speech on the par of Pia Zadora's in The Lonely Lady. "I don't suppose I'm the only one who's had to FUCK her way to the top!"

  Jerilee%20Randall%2C%20Screenwriter

• Because Jennifer was better.

• [quote]Speaking of never changing her hair, when the fuck is Sandy Bullock going to get rid of that same 'do she's had since 1996?

  http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gZxvCHbYjPo/S6e9ztyHiKI/AAAAAAAAEx0/ju2pFe4dAik/s400/28days_bullock.jpg

  Sandy in 2000

• Agree with comments about sound on SKYFALL. Song lost a lot of punch, IMO.

• And with Everyone Hates Hathaway winning, we bid farewell to Les Miz forever.

• Jennifer Hudson got a standing ovation for her Dream Girls tribute but no standing O for Adele? I wonder if the overbearing sound of the orchestra and backups that blocked out her vocals on tv were even worse than inside the Dolby Theater. The song her her powerful vocals. You'd never know that watching at home.

• What happened to "Jennifer Lawrence is so fat"?

• The problem is that Anne acts like a big ole phony baloney. She'd be more likable if she were in on the joke.

• Tomorrow, Jennifer's dress will win the HATE it vote on every LOVE IT HATE it photo vote for the Oscar dresses. In a year, more people will remember Jennifer's name. No one will remember that awful fucking dress I chose.

  Jennifer%20Lawrence%27s%20evil%20publicist

• Did Sandy come with Keanu?

• [quote] they managed to make Adele look thin. Try hitting the side of your TV to fix the picture.

• [quote]Speaking of never changing her hair, when the fuck is Sandy Bullock going to get rid of that same 'do she's had since 1996?

  http://static.becomegorgeous.com/gallery/pictures/sandrabullock-hairstyle-2011golden-globe-awards.jpg

  Sandy in 2011

• Argo will join great films like Dances With Wolves, Crash, Forrest Gump, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind... Its almost better not to win.

• From Nikki Finke-- Ben Affleck is pissed! "I just received an email from inside the Dolby explaining that Ben Affleck was furious about the Gigli reference – which explains the looks-that-kill he shot MacFarlane onstage."

• Adele was swell.

  1940%27s%20man

• Boring song. Ponderous. Waste of Adele's good voice.

• Per Nikki: I just received an email from inside the Dolby explaining that Ben Affleck was furious about the Gigli reference – which explains the looks-that-kill he shot MacFarlane onstage.

• Does anyone else think the set/stage is a hideous horrible looking mess?

• Is Kerry Washington at the Oscars?

• [quote]Speaking of never changing her hair, when the fuck is Sandy Bullock going to get rid of that same 'do she's had since 1996?

  http://thebertshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sandra-bullock.jpg

  Sandy in 2010

• I have a feeling Lincoln going to be shut out. Hugh Jackman in an upset of DDL. This is the worst Oscar show I've seen in a very very very long time. Think it's time to wheel Billy Crystal back on stage.

• Ben has no one to blame for Gigli except himself. Fuck that egomaniac.

• Maybe it's not a joke to her. If I had worked my ass off and gotten my reward, I wouldn't care less what a bunch of little people thought.

• Jennifer Hudson was the musical performance of the night. Adele was tepid and fat ... I mean flat.

• Nicole Kidman's face has settled. She's looking better.

• Nicole Kidman's dress is fabulous, I have to say.

• R405 I know I love him he's so cute and smart and charming!

• Wow, even I think Nicole is a phony!!

  Anne%20H.%2C%20Oscar%20winner

• Les Nipperables

  http://www.tmz.com/2013/02/24/anne-hathaway-oscars-nipple-dress/

• Quentin Tarantino is fucked up already, LOL...

• MacFarlane/Affleck catfight! The fur will be flying!

• I'm sick of this Adele slob.

• I am mesmerized by Nichole's forehead

  Bored2

• What was the Gigli joke?

• And the hair pieces, r439

• [quote] I just received an email from inside the Dolby explaining that Ben Affleck was furious about the Gigli reference – which explains the looks-that-kill he shot MacFarlane onstage. If this is true, then Ben get the fuck over yourself. You're a successful actor and director. If you can't laugh at yourself for the duds, then find another career.

• Someone needs to update Anne's IMDB page.

• I hate to say it but Adele was pretty flat for the most part.

• R437 What's wrong with my nipples?

  annE

• Nic allowys everyone claps and praise and a nice David O'Rullell line and a hands up clap for Django/Quentin. FINALLY some unscripted moments. Go Nic! There should have been applause all along for the best pic nominees. Great way for us to judge the audience's love.

• If he's pissed about Gigli, fuck him. Shit happens.

  Ishtar

• Aaaw, Kristin Stewart's last trip to the Oscars.

• Great job Adele! I was nervous for her - but she nailed it So who the fuck cares if she's fat, and plain looking - you aint going to sleep with her. And your heroine Judy - was no oil painting EVER!!

• Who's the grunting crack whore next to Harry Potter?

• Kristen Stewart decided to come tonight as a hairy caterpillar.

• OMG, Kristen Stewart, WTF? She can't afford a comb for all her millions?

• There are definitely a lot of jealous wannabes on this thread.

• Kristin Stewart-GO AWAY!

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• Kristen Stewart. Idiot.

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• Kristen Stewart if you can't walk Next time saty home

• Kristen Stewart is tweeking.

  Bored2

• Kristen Stewart, get over your "shy" self!! So uncomfortable to watch her.

• Was that awful Kristin Stewart limping? She mumbles. Mumble, mumble, mumble.

• Kristin Stewart is so fucking high...loved how she hobbles out, does her signature hair run-through, and then turns so the camera captures the bruise on her arm.

• Kristen Stewart looks like Jodi Foster on crack.

• Why is Bradley Cooper hideous with longer hair and adorable with the buzz cut?

  life%27s%20mysteries

• R453 wins.

• Why couldn't Kstew just come out with a cane?!

• Why is Kristen limping? And she has bruises.. Was she in a car wreck? Take a tumble?

• Ease up on the meth, r451.

• I think the stage is beautifully lit. What is wrong with Kristen Stewart? What a joke.

• Adele seemed distracted. No doubt she's heard rumours about the buffet at the Vanity Fair party.

• Kristen Stewart's voice has finally dropped!

• Steve Jobs finally gets his Oscar

  Bored2

• Too late for Lincoln to get shut out, it just won something meaningless.

• Barbra singing The Way We Were.

• For an old guy, that Lincoln winner is pretty handsome.

• [quote]I just received an email from inside the Dolby explaining that Ben Affleck was furious about the Gigli reference – which explains the looks-that-kill he shot MacFarlane onstage. Oh fuck you Affleck. You're so fucking important and special now because you managed to make a good movie? Really?

• Ben, just roll w/ it and be in on the sketch for the next awards show.

  The%20Flying%20Nun%2C%20er%2C%20Sally

• We know Kristen Stewart didn't shower today. Or yesterday. Or maybe last week. She twitches like she has lice.

• Kristen Stewart looks and sounds like she was interrupted in the middle of receiving cunninlingus to get on stage.

  Della

• This show needs a little Lena Dunham to liven things up while keeping it real.

• Where is the other half of Salma Hayek? Sad, she is losing her looks.

• Oh dear. Salma Hayak has all the money in the world to spend on gowns, but she picks something that makes her look like she's all head.

• Salma needs to eat.

• OMG, Salma Hayek's special ed presentation.

• You think Kristen Stewart started dating Chris Brown?

• Kristen Stewart was grunting while poor Daniel Radcliffe was trying to do his bit! Gross!

• No other link? Help us without TVs, please.

• What was that music they played when Salma hayek walked out? was it from an Hercule Poirot film?

• Salma Hayek is married to a billionaire and yet she's dressed like a maid who rifled through her employer's Goodwill donations for something to take home.

• During the red carpet shows, they mentioned that Kristen Stewart is on crutches. Didn't hear why, though.

• I feel bad for KStew...she seems like a nervous mess.

• Is Kirsten Stewart pregnant or did she gain weight? She looked in pain on stage.

• was kristen steward on drugs? c'mon experts, weigh in! i've never done drugs so i don't know!

• Holy shit, George Stevens is still ALIVE???

• Didn't she break her leg?

• [quote]I just received an email from inside the Dolby explaining that Ben Affleck was furious about the Gigli reference – which explains the looks-that-kill he shot MacFarlane onstage. Affleck needs to get over himself--does he expect everyone to just forget "Gigli" happened? At least Seth didn't pull out his "Ben Affleck's contribution to 'Good Will Hunting' was minimal" joke!

  Anonymous

• The Governors Awards - where the actual movie stars go now and the real shit goes down. Not the Oscars themselves.

• Did Hayek get a breast reduction?

• [quote] Nic allowys everyone claps and praise and a nice David O'Rullell line and a hands up clap for Django/Quentin. You're having way too much fun at your Oscar party!

• Jeffrey Katzenberg won a HUMANITARIAN award? THAT'S a joke.

  Soledad%20O%27Brien

• Jeffrey Katzenberg won the [italic]humanitarian[/italic] award? That's rich.

• Salma looked good, you crazy.

• Was Kristen Stewart's fuck buddy's wife in the audience?

• Are beards a big thing this year? I notice a lot of the top actors have them. Also facial hair seems to be in vogue again.

• Did everyone give up and go to bed?

• [quote] I just received an email from inside the Dolby explaining that Ben Affleck was furious about the Gigli reference – which explains the looks-that-kill he shot MacFarlane onstage. So how does this work? If you are inside "the Dolby", did you see a shouting match between Affleck and McFarlane during the commercial break?

  I%20Smell%20Bullshit

• Salma looked amazing tonight.

• Thanks for your support, DL! Um....so how about that bitch Anne Hathaway, huh?

  Kristen%20Stewart

• R468, it was indeed - theme from MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.

• "Adele: It's amazing that such a beautiful singing voice could come out of a classless gutter snipe who carries herself with the grace and charm of a meth addicted trucker." God Bless America

  not%20kidding

• Reporter: Salma - who are you wearing? Salma: Norma Desmond!

• I like when the Academy Awards used to be held at the Shrine Auditorium.

• This is so long! Have the Red Carpet pre-show interviews, have an opening song, opening monologue by host, have the presenters introduce, announce the winners, and then have a big finish & closing song. Enough with the carnival barkers and all of these shenanigans! This shindig should be condensed.

  Anonymous%20

• Great minds think alike, r500.

  r501

• Kristen you there? Where my bitch?

  chris%20brown

• [quote]Too late for Lincoln to get shut out, it just won something meaningless. Yeah, meaningless. Designing and building everything you see on screen. Movies would be great without Production Design. That man is more of an artist than Anne Hathaway.

• Holy crap, I think the show is running pretty close to schedule!

• R506 You know how everyone has access to email with a smartphone? I assume Nikki has a trusted source backstage that relayed the information.

• Then maybe Ben shouldn't have starred in Gigli. You don't get to choose what your past is.

• [quote]So how does this work? If you are inside "the Dolby", did you see a shouting match between Affleck and McFarlane during the commercial break? No rube. There are dozens and dozens of people backstage moving about as the show goes on. Not just crew and make up but agents, publicists, managers, other presenters and their temas, etc.

• [quote] Are beards a big thing this year? THIS year??

  Kevin%20Spacey%2C%20George%20Clooney%2C%20Leo%20Dicaprio%2C%20Bradley%20Cooper%2

• I think Selma looked gorgeous.

• Someone posted on twitter that Ben Affecks is extremely angry over the Gigli joke, and is not happy with Seth MacFarlane.

• Need to make thread 3

• What is going on with AnnE's tits? So far all the musical numbers (with the exception of Jennifer Hudson) have been a bit of a mess. I would totally bang MacFarlane.

• [quote]If you are inside "the Dolby", did you see a shouting match between Affleck and McFarlane during the commercial break? More likely, Affleck grumbled to someone backstage, who immediately emailed what he said to Finke.

• Even the announcer sounded smitten saying Clooney's name.

• [quote]Jeffrey Katzenberg won the humanitarian award? That's rich. And they say Jews run Hollywood!!!

  Seth%20McFarland%2C%20soon%20to%20be%20sued%20by%20AIPAC

• Bring on the dead.

• JHUD shoulda started in a lower key, she was straining.

  Just sayin'

• The Golden Globes and the DL GG threads were a lot more fun.

• Where's Barbra!?

• Clooney looks like shit!

• still kind of shocked and saddened about the loss of Michael Clarke Duncan.

• Doing the dead folks now

• Clooney looks greasy.

  Yuck

• During the commercials, watch the link. It's pretty funny to see the audience eating popcorn and fixin' themselves up.

  http://oscar.go.com/backstage-pass/award-show

• I'd rather they get Anne to sing I Dreamed a Dream again than hear Barbra.

• What is the theme song playing during the Memorium? Love this piece

  TIA

• Where is the applause? I used to love that-it was the only genuine part of the night.

• R451 Au contraire baby boy. Notice how she is framed by the window? So yes, she was an painting at least once.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DQQ224PLpY9o

• So I take it that Meryl Streep will present best actor?

  Where%20is%20the%20Meryl%20authority%20tonight

• What theme is this they're using for In Memorium? Is it Sophie's Choice?

• Same here R534

• BABS!

  Bored2

• Big nose!

• Wow I had no idea Ray Bradbury was dead.

• More bad live singing?

• BBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

• Babs!

  Oy%20vey

• There ya go R532

• Barbra doesn't look a day past 70.

• OMG...it's Barbra, I'm actually crying!

• OH My Dear Lord.. she looks like a vampire

• BARBRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• babs had a face lift and it seems lopsided!

• Damn, Erland Josephson died.

• Babs looks fabs!

  Della

• R539 and R543, it was the theme from "Out of Africa".

• Babs looks great, though she's too old for that hair.

• Babs also wearing Norma Desmond. It's a big night for her.

• Barbra looks fabulous!

• Barbra is 70.

• A witchy jewess

• BABS!

• OMG, her voice is SHOT to SHIT!

• Barbra's hair looks good. Pity about the Anne Rice dress.

• Babs! She looks good. Good makeup and subtle surgery. Sound is bad though. The vocal amp is too low.

• Is that a wig? Barbra's hair never looked like that in her life! She sounds pretty good, though, at least compared to the singing that came before her.

• Holy 70's Disco Manicure Batman!

  Bored2

• This song reminds me of my Granny and makes me wanna cry. I hate this.

• Babs has hit the stage!!! May the meltdowns begin. . .

• Momma must've been honored when Barbra asked to wear his caftan at tonight's Oscar telecast.

• this is the most 1970s oscars ever....

• I love watching the Oscars with DL!

• Streisand sounds great. Better than Adele and Bassey.

• OH MY EARS Part Deux

• Neckline too low Babs

  Oy

• Bab's voice sounds great for a 102 year old.

• Barbra looks good. But did she get outshined by Shirley Bassey?

• The stage looks the most beautiful it has in years with lovely lighting.

• Babs is no Shirley Bassey.

• FLAT FLAT FLAT

• Lol @R554

• Enough is enough! No more ear-splitting caterwauling!

  Donna%20in%20Heaven

• That's Barbra? I thought it was Glenn Close.

• JHud outsang all these women, just sayin'

• Her voice isn't what it was, but she's doing a good job of delivering the song in spite of her vocal limitations. Like Shirley Bassey, that's what aging divas DO.

  I swear to God I'm not an eldergay

• Aniston tweet: Barbra singing. Now I know what I'll look like when I'm old.

• Why is she wearing a dog collar?

• Babs simply cannot sing anymore, She needs to retire

• Why was andy griffith left out?

• Barbra looks fab! One flat note, but she was great.

• Babs can't belt anymore. Her voice actually cracked when she tried for the high note.

• I agree, R582. Dame Shirley Bassey outdid Barbra by far. Her voice was far richer than Barbra's.

• Come on, she looks fabulous.

• Babs should retire from singing

• Shouldn't Barbra have cleared her throat before she shuffled out?

  Julie%20Andrews

• Barb neither looks great nor sounds good--especially when you consider all the preparation she supposedly went through to be at her best.

• It's like when they used to trot out the elderly Birgit Nilsson for Met ceremonies and she'd gratefully croak out a few incredibly flat "Hojotoho"s.

• What exactly was the Gigli joke? I missed it.

• Babs schnozzola looked huge from that camera angle at the end of the song. Heads will roll.

  Marty%20Ehrlichman

• Why wasn't Bea Arthur on the list?

• The music for the In Memoriam was the theme from Out of Africa - one of John Barry's finest, and perfect for the occasion. Gorgeous score, that one.

• R587, you need to compare her to Bassey and Babs at their peak, not now. She's good, she ain't that good.

• The hair wasn't happening.

• LIKE BUTTAH!

  Linda%20Richman

• That was grief, you little schmuck.

  Barbra

• No Gore Vidal in the memoriam? Shameful.

• Jesus you bitches are never happy. I wouldn't want to watch the Oscars with anyone else, though.

• Why is Golda Meir lip synching to a Streisand tune?

• We're gonna need another thread.

• Her voice wavered a lot but she hit most of the notes. Can't sustain well. The choker hides a lot of bad neck.

• Whew! I can exhale for another year dahlinks!

  Zsa%20Zsa%20now%20turning%20off%20the%20Oscars

• She was completely off key. That was terrible.

• Didn't Whitney Houston die this year . . . or was it all a bad dream?

• Forget JHud. You know you're in trouble when Catherine Zeta-Jones out sings you by a mile. Sorry, Babs.

• Wow, we need to open DL University. First, Barbra was the best vocalist of the night. Period. J Hud was excellent, but she is young and didn't have the richness of Babs. Adele was backed by bad sound. After reading a number of responses on here tonight, I have to think that some of you are living in an alternate universe. Although after watching the commercial for the upcoming Splash, I'm thinking that so are some ABC executives.

• When did CZJ become so fucking pretentious? She's bizarre.