Oscars 2024- Official Thread 3

Thanks OP!

Between the PR about shitting with his young daughter (whom he said in the same interview he "wasn't sure he loved" at first) and yet another failed attempt at an Oscar, I fear Bradley will be a suicide risk after tonight's awards ceremony.

The worst In Memoriam I can remember seeing -

TCM does this perfectly every year - can the Academy not learn by their example?

R2 I need a zoom on his face when he loses best actor.

I thought the dancing around the in memoriam clips was tacky.

This is an extremely well produced show. One of the best in years.

Unfortunately it’s also boring as fuck. Someone needs to slap somebody.

If Annette doesn’t win for Nyad I will literally set myself on fire.

Maybe I missed any comments about it in the last thread, but I have to say I'm very glad "The Zone of Interest" has taken two categories. That movie was incredible.

um, what was up with the tiny names>???

Why can't they give Bradley anything. This was supposed to be his masterpiece.

[quote] TCM does this perfectly every year - can the Academy not learn by their example?

It's because of that oriental lady who heads AMPAS.

She's horrible.

Time to get rid of her.

Did they leave out Lance Reddick?

The dog is the best looking and most interesting one there

They should have had Eva Marie Saint, Shirley Jones and Estelle Parsons participate in the Best Supporting Actress segment.

Get the matches ready, R7.

Did I miss Best Actress?

Ben Kingsley!

WTF with all the names in text at the end? The only name I could pick out was Cormac McCarthy. That segment was a travesty. Just music and photos is all we need..

Brendan!!!

R10 Bradley needs to write and star in a Christopher Reeve biopic in order to get an Oscar.

*are all we need*

Actor>Actress>Director>Film

Jeffrey Wright is a major talent.

forrest whitaker's wife just died

R20 Bradley needs to suck some dick

[quote] Bradley needs to write and star in a Christopher Reeve biopic in order to get an Oscar.

Bradley needs to disappear forever.

Fixed it for you.

Cage is funny!!!

R22, Wasn't it always Actor after Actress?

Ryan has always been a singah!

That memoriam STANK!

R25 He probably will.

I'm rooting for Belize, R23!

R20 he would need a smaller prosthetic nose and I don’t think it works that way….

Matthew looks like a hospice patient.

McBongo looks like he had something done to his face.

Matthew McConaughey looks like a homeless meth head.

I like Bradley.

There I said it.

Cage looked better than he has in years.

Is McConaughey sick? He looks like a desiccated beanstalk.

Brendan looks good, but they used too much fake hair powder spray in the wrong color. Cage looks good too. Is Giamatti dating the Asian lady?

Nic Cage looked hotter than Matthew McCoghneyhey

I swear Cillian Murphy looks like that damned Annabelle doll.

Cillian's hair looks like it was styled by a drunk lesbian.

Mama Cooper looks so trashy.

Matthew looks like a burn victim.

r39, his face never bounced back when he lost all that weight for Dallas Buyers Club.

How is Cillian pronounced Killian?

CIllian. He's so beautiful!

Bradley Cooper is about to Mommie Dearest.

BRADLEY!!

OMG McConaughey looks like shit!

A piece of bacon in a tux.

Is he doing a Dallas Buyers Club sequel?

Mama Cooper looks like Mrs. madoff

R42 can’t unsee! lol!

[quote] I like Bradley.

[quote] There I said it.

Bradley is clearly posting on Datalounge from his phone.

Murphy be short.

Good for Cillian. I remember him from Red Eye. Beautiful boy.

How much of Cillian’s face is face and how much of it is filler? Like 50/50?

Is Bradley getting up to leave?

BRADLEY COOPER: BOX OFFICE POISON

Someone asked about Slash and Barbie. He worked on the creation of "I'm Just Ken."

"How is Cillian pronounced Killian?"

How is Stephen pronounced Steven?

His face has always looked weird.

Cillian seems like a nice guy.

Bradley Cooper watching Murphy accept his Oscar.

HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY!!!!!!!!!

matt m looks disheveled.

Cillian starting to look like an aging lesbian. But he's such a great actor.

I thought Cooper won an Oscar for that Clint Eastwood movie.

I think a Hunter Biden biopic might be a good Oscar vehicle for Bradley.

Cillian deserves this. He was great in the movie. I don’t really like him, though.

Cillian is beautiful but he is a bit too smooth faced. It’s ok to age a bit.

Cillian has. Wig?

Haha the shady camera people zoomed on Bradley Cooper at the end of Cillian's speech!

Lol!!

R58 my thought too. He looked like "fuck I'm outta here"

I just checked and Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino are listed as presenters. They must be there for Best Picture.

R22, Well, I guess we both got the order wrong.

poor bradley.

It's all in the eyes -- Murphy nailed the haunted Oppenheimer "now I am become death" face.

[quote] How is Cillian pronounced Killian?

He's Irish.

Spielberg has that denture lisp...

Well there you go. Oppenheimer. I'm gonna have to try and watch the second half now.

Christopher Nolan did an outstanding job, no question about it.

Finally!

mark ruffalo's sister recently died,

If they're saving Best Actress for 2nd to the last, then Lily Gladstone won.

They want to be dramatic with the "Historic" Native American win.

Fuck that!

About twenty years too late, but Yes!

Irish shit is always pronounced weird. I wouldn’t be surprised if “Cillian” is pronounced “cruller” or “Shelly” or something.

Play the music off for Nolan

Time to reboot The Hangover.

Actually, they could have The Hangover 4 or 5 or wherever it's at feature the Copper character as having gone on to success in acting and when he loses a major award he goes back to Las Vegas with his buddies to grieve and forget about it. Hijinks ensue.

where is flo pugh????

I'm so happy that fucking BARBIE DOG SHIT movie got completely SHUT OUT!!!!!

I want to drink Greta Gerwig's salty tears!!!!

Nobody tell r47 about "Siobhan." 🤫

Looks like Oppenheimer is the movie of the year. Not surprising really.

How did Emily Blunt get that JLo booty?

Why didn't Nolan and RDJ get along?

I don't know about you but I probably wouldn't ever take an acting class from Bradley Cooper or Glenn Close.

He finally wins one.

R90, In "Dune: 2."

BRADLEY COOPER'S COLLAPSE IS COMPLETE

Halle Berry is one of the Best Actress presenters.

R92 Or Niamh.

Time is running out and I’m still waiting for them to award a second honorary prize to Sandra Bullock for her brave performance in The Blind Side

r95, I have a feeling that Nolan is a very surgical exacting man, and RDJ is a loose canon.

If Bradley wants an Oscar. He should write a Gretchen Whitmer biopic and star as Big Gretch with the help of intense makeup, prosthetics, and wigs.

Flo Pugh is there because she’s in Oppenheimer but she’s not presenting or anything. Sitting far back.

This is funny.

Get ready for a smug Lily Gladstone win, followed by a pretentious Lily Gladstone speech.

FUCK THAT!!

She's such a bitch.

Bradley could play a transgender drag queen with Aids to win an Oscar

Matt Damon won the Oscar early and told Graham Norton it was fleeting. He couldn't imagine waiting until he was 70 to win one and be like - that's it?

He should talk to Bradley.

I find Nolan’s films a bit cold but he is a meticulous filmmaker.

Barbie won Song. It has 1 win under its title. Maestro walked away empty handed.

Scorsese needs bleph surgery.

R94 That's what I'm saying. And she made sure to arch her back so everyone could see.

R107, AND something said in Cherokee or WTHever.

ZERO surprises tonight (so far).

R105 do we know if feminist icon filmmaker Olivia Wilde is attending?

Jessica Lange!

Cool watch commercial.

Make some noise, Benning hive. Here we fucking go!!!

They all look great!

please let Emma Stone win instead of that fat smug cunt.

ugh.......Not Chinese Lady who complains when her shows get cancelled.

Emma needs to win this

They're only standing up because Jessica's up there.

Oscas so white women!

All speeches, unless one is a Brit, should be like Cillian's - brief, well spoken, thoughtful and meaningful.

MOTHER!!!!!!

Bring me the ax!!

UNION!!

[quote] Halle Berry is one of the Best Actress presenters.

Nope.

Jennifer Lawrence who?

I thought she was cancelled, after Harvey Weinstein's downfall?

Emma looks ill.

Aww Sally. Still cute.

I do love Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence.

To reiterate: The movie "Madeleine" had the EXACT same "Did she or didn't she?" ambiguity unto the end.

Cillian, Ciara, Ciaran. All hard c's. The traditional Irish alphabet does not contain the letter K.

That said, well done, ya culchie bastard!

[quote]They're only standing up because Jessica's up there.

No, they like me! They really like me!

[quote] UNION!! —Sally

Inclusion rider!

All these women with their lip fillers!

Michelle Yeoh annoys the hell out of me. She's a good actress, but not great. She shouldn't have won the Oscar.

THE ONLY HORSERACE OF THE NIGHT

I love Scarlett’s dress and jewelry. The glamor of old Hollywood.

Could Bradley win a GRABBY Award?

Michelle Yeoh is ASIAN

Charlie looks like she has had bad work done.

Charlize is insincere.

Reading the teleprompter.

BOO!

wheres warren beatty

Jessica looks good.

Carey Mulligan was the best thing in that movie.

Warren Beatty not present.

Carey Mulligan looks adorable tonight.

YAYAYAY! Emma Stone!

EMMA!!!!!!!

She tried it. They had to tackle Bassett backstage because she pushed Theron against the wall and tried to storm the stage. She almost pulled it off but she dropped the scroll containing that unheard acceptance speech and they knocked her to the floor when she bent over to pick it up.

YAAAAS!!!! EMMA!!

YAY GLADSTONE LOST

[quote] Carey Mulligan was the best thing in that movie.

Not it was Duckling!

Charlize is an awful bitch and really not that talented

R108 add in jewish and during WW2 and he'd take it

They should have had Hilary Swank introducing Annette.

Wow, she looks genuinely surprised.

Thoroughly deserved.

YES!

Emma! They did the right thing.

Jennifer Lawrence has come a long way from her BEARDING DAYS with Josh Hutcherson.

R92 - same thing. No v in the traditional Irish alphabet.

Finally, an upset!

She was great in Young Adult

WOW!. Well deserved, but I thought Gladstone had it.

Emma was the correct choice.

BITCHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Get ready for 3,000,000 think pieces on the INJUSTICE against a Blackfoot womyn!

R111 it won best make up I think

To warn youse guys:

There are TWO MORE movies coming this year about women long-distance swimmers!

Where’s my fucking peace pipe?!

lol Lily has to fake being grateful for Emma's mention.

Annette was robbed.

Emma Stone annoyed the fuck outa me in Poor Things. But when an actress gets naked, fucks a lot on screen, and acts special, I guess that passes for "brave" these days.

is emma stone lindsay lohan????

Hoo, boy! Those Native American musicians are going to be on the warpath, haha!

She hasth lisp?

[quote]If they're saving Best Actress for 2nd to the last, then Lily Gladstone won. They want to be dramatic with the "Historic" Native American win. Fuck that!

Nostradamus you ain’t.

Annette is upset.

Slap her, Annette!

I'm so glad Annette lost.

I kind of want AoaF to be the upset here. It was better than Oppie.

Poor things won makeup awards earlier, it is usually the sign of winning best actress

Warren shoulda been there.

Annette glared her eyes!

Annette Bening will win someday and just like Paul Newman when he finally won, she won't bother being there.

Fatface is now free to star in the first Indigenous bus-and-truck company of Hairspray.

Poor Annette she was great.

Someone is going to get motherfucking SCALPED tonight!!!

annette looks po'd

Yorgos has now won Oscars for Lead Actress for his past two consecutive films.

I loved Emma’s speech.

Emma's speech was lovely.

So happy for her!

Emma was the right choice.

It was a real performance as a true lead that stood out—she had to create this basically sci-fi character and do a lot of wild and brave shit.

Lily Gladstone was a supporting performance and not that great. Enough with the political handouts.

"Isn't it past your jailtime?"

That Trump truth social post was real. I just looked it up.

I would imagine Bening is mad at herself, kicking herself, for showing up.

[quote] This is an extremely well produced show. One of the best in years.

Since the Allan Carr years.

Emma Stone has come a long way since her BEARDING DAYS for Andrew Garfield.

Presenting Best Picture... former Rent Boy AL PACINO!!!

No Jean Hersholt award?

He looks good.

I'm glad Emma won. I remember being so impressed with a scene in Crazy Stupid Love where she conveyed surprise, panic, loss, and then fortitude in her eyes without any dialogue whatsoever in a space of 30 seconds.

“Isn’t it past your jail time?” is the quote of the night.

“We only do “historic” wins for the blacks”

Pacino looks like end-stage Julia Child.

um....is al pacino ok?

Clear your throat!

Al doesn't sound well.

WTH did Pacino just do?!

No list of the nominated films??

Uh - Pacino totally fucked up that announcement.

Shady Pines Al -

Did Al have a little drinky poo before coming out?

Thought Al Pacino was about to say “GLADIATOR??!”

Great delivery Al

Did Barbie only win one?

Wow, that was weird

Al Parino was terrific as Mrs. Doubtfire--------------->>Me. Influcencer with 6 million followers.

Oh no!

um, al forgot the nominees

One of the best SNL skits

Welcome, Al Pacino!

Yay, OPPENHEIMER!!!!

Truly the best film in the past 10 or 20 years.

So predictable - Oppenheimer.

And yes, Annette is definitely regretting coming to the show.

Bradley could play a transgender drag queen with Aids who, while trying to save her farm from unscrupulous bank foreclosure has to sell a kidney on the black market in a parallel universe in order travel back in time again to the Holocaust in order to save her kidnapped children from Nazis.

Lynn Redgrave looks great. I didn't know she was in Oppenheimer!!!

Michelle Pfeiffer was announced as a presenter originally. Something must have happened for her to not be there.

Lmao, R213!

That's the men, keepin' things movin'!

We’ve heard the nominees all night. Glad he got to the fucking point. But this show has been incredibly boring.

You can get killed walking your doggie!

Trump's Truth Social post:

[quote]Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars. His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be. Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up, but cheap, ABC “talent,” George Slopanopoulos. He would make everybody on stage look bigger, stronger, and more glamorous. Also a really bad politically correct show tonight, and for years - Disjointed, boring, and very unfair. Why don’t they just give the Oscars to those that deserve them. Maybe that way their audience and TV ratings will come back from the depths. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

They give it out at the governors awards r203 along with the other honorary awards.

[quote]No Jean Hersholt award?

It 's going to Will Smith, but he's not allowed to attend.

Al said "I'm 85, I don't have time to rattle off 10 movies -- I gotta PEE!"

Oh dear. That was like a Jack Palance moment.

R204 = Andrea Bocelli, back again.

The Academy should have required that Al Pacino take a competency exam before being selected to present.

R103 Watching Oppenheimer, it was apparent that he has dedication to detail.

Henry Kissinger!! WOW....

R222 agreed. I will always love her because of that skit, so funny.

Oppenheimer was 3 hours but didn’t feel it.

Wait -- he really did post that r233?

Florence Pugh troll, she's theeeere!

I'm surprised Trump is watching. I'm wondering who he thinks deserves Oscars.

Yeah, Pacino forgot, but if he had re-said the nominees for BP it would have been redundant.

They were introduced throughout the telecast.

Yes! R244

I'm pleased with the selections of the top wins.

R7 Drop and roll (she should have won).

R233 Dump won’t be alive in Nov. He’s in rapid decline.

Yes, r244. Direct copy and paste.

Holy crap Trump really did tweet whaat Kimmell read on stage.

At least Pacino didn’t announce the wrong winner!

weird...

I love Emma, but she did not deserve to win.

Anatomy of a Fall was the best (nominated) movie of the year and Zone of Interest wasn’t far behind. Hüller 100% deserved the Oscar.

Are you guys having audio issues? Mine is slowing down the gentleman's speech so it sounds like he's drunk.

Chris Nolan is pretty classy for letting his wife speak.

But he should have at least come to the microphone to thank the Academy himself.

It seems almost rude, not to thank them or even say anything.

I loved AP...straight to the point.

New Host next year please.

I'm glad he read that tweet - make some of those Trumpsters realize what a fucking fool they're supporting.

Trump's a weirdo

It didn't really feel shorter, but it was only 3:25:00

R260 ok Trump.

Attention is exactly what Trump wants with that shit and Kimmel gave it to him.

there're!! The last shot was of that cute dog whizzing on Matt Damon's Sidewalk Star!

Pacino should host next year. The show would be an hour.

[quote]make some of those Trumpsters realize what a fucking fool they're supporting.

Like that's gonna happen.

I was just so MOVED by the whole evening! Truly, I was.

Hi5 R267

Hey, it’s an honor just to be nominated, you know. No one should feel bad.

[quote]I'm glad he read that tweet - make some of those Trumpsters realize what a fucking fool they're supporting.

Yes, that’ll be sure to happen.

Stop having old people read best picture and being potus

Hasn't Trump been kicked off of Twitter for a few years now?

I look pretty good now, don't I?

Christopher Nolan? That's the actor who played Ben Carrington on Dynasty. I wondered what happened to him.

Twitter is NOT happy about Lily's loss

I don't think I've ever seen the actual end of the Oscars before!

Tokyo Mitch must have been rubbing his loins seeing so many China-people on the stage tonight. Make America white again!

R274 I think Elon allowed him back on.

[quote]No Jean Hersholt award?

They haven't done special awards during the show in 2 decades; I think the last one presented on the Oscar broadcast was Jerry Lewis in '04.

r274 he posts on Truth Social

[quote]I'm glad he read that tweet - make some of those Trumpsters realize what a fucking fool they're supporting.

Not one Trumpster was watching the "Festival of communist Liberals," but will certainly post how bad it was.

Favorite moments? Nude John Cena, the Ryan Gosling song & the Batman gag with Arnold, Danny & Michael.

I think Elon paid his bond too.

For the poster who asked about Flo

[R268] Mark Twain — 'It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.'

R233 It's impossible for him to keep his big fat mouth shut. He is such a negative entity. I figured it was real since Jimmy probably assumed that he'd be sued for saying anything about him that wasn't true.

This is one of my favorite videos ever in the world.

Trump's moronic supporters will applaud him for telling-off Librul Hollyweird.

But, that same shit is him continuing to dig his grave with moderate voters.

Emily Blunt was mugging for the camera all night in that ugly dress and pancake makeup. Get rid of her!

R276, Christopher Cazenove, but it's an easy mistake. Great joke, BTW.

True, r247, but he fumbled the envelope announcement part, too. He was like,

"I guess this is where I....Oppenheimer."

My favorite bit was the Kate/America/Spieberg one

NOOO! Bradley Cooper has now invaded Abbott Elementary! Let the Emmy campaign begin!

Given Kimmel mentioned that they had a couple of extra minutes, that time could have been used for rementioning the 10 Picture nominees.

I think Bradley will take a break from movies and do limited series shows like Sam Rockwell.

R260 = Stephen Miller, Amanuensis.

Oppenheimer wins 7 Oscars, which is below where most people were expecting it - 9 was seen as likely. The Screenplay and Sound losses were surprises.

That being said, no big surprises in important categories. Even the only horse race, Best Actress, went to the most likely winner, Emma Stone.

It’s really a sign of the disservice the awards show complex has done to the ceremony. Everything is known ahead of time. Voters are generally reluctant to suddenly switch at the last moment to somebody who has accepted awards for the past two months.

Did this thing come in under time?

Kate McKinnon will probably host the Oscars. She probably kissed a lot of ass tonight to get the hosting gig for next year and some Oscar bait roles.

R286 she was on stage when Oppenheimer won best picture

Oscar tally:

Emma Stone 2

Jennifer Lawrence 1

Annette Bening 0

Glenn Close 0

Was this the shortest Oscars in modern history? Two and a half hours?

[quote] NOOO! Bradley Cooper has now invaded Abbott Elementary! Let the Emmy campaign begin!

Bradley Cooper vows: "I'll NEVER stop pulling THIRSTY STUNTS to win an Oscar!!!"

Can McKinnon get a handle on her incredible awkwardness well enough to host the Oscars?

People speaking about how chaotic the way Al announced Best Picture was

R303 ummm are they the only 4 actresses to exist?

The only non-win that I'm unhappy about is Society in the Snow.

"Was this the shortest Oscars in modern history? Two and a half hours?"

It was three and a half.

Nolan must be counting his blessing Dune 2 was pushed back to this year. I think the Oscars would look very different if it came out last October like it was supposed to.

Seriously Bradley should be on suicide watch tonight

Agreed, R309. I loved it.

[quote]Was this the shortest Oscars in modern history? Two and a half hours?

It was three and a half hours.

Al Pacino was drunk as fuck

[quote] Was this the shortest Oscars in modern history? Two and a half hours?

It started at 7 EST & ended shortly before 10:30 EST.

R295, Philly Boy's gotta Philly!

I don't like Abbott Elementary.

The mockumentary format is beyond tired and gives it a hacky feeling.

I mean, after The Office, Modern Family, and Parks & Rec, what more is there to add? They should just drop that piece of it.

Bradley is doing a remake of Bullitt with Spielberg. No suicide for him.

[quote]There are TWO MORE movies coming this year about women long-distance swimmers!

Both starring Meryl Streep

Cillian Murphy is 47 and has bangs.

Is that age-appropriate?

I'm going to eat this entire fuckin' box of Reduced Fat Wheat Thins. I wish I could stop, but I can't.

DONE, R318!

No Kevin Spacey?

[quote] Bradley is doing a remake of Bullitt with Spielberg

HA!

Glomming on to an actual Oscar winner now, is he?

I guess if he can't earn one on his own, he's going to latch on to Spielberg to get one.

What a goddamned loser.

A very thirsty loser.

R311 that’s a good point but I think Dune 2 would have actually only won Oscars for Visual Effects and Sound, which Oppenheimer did not win.

The Daily Maul has video of Emma Stone where it looks like she says "prick" in response to Kimmel's joke about Downey's drug use.

I wonder if Michelle Pfeiffer got wind that Al was drunk and bailed.

[quote] Michelle Pfeiffer was announced as a presenter originally. Something must have happened for her to not be there.

She learned that Emma Stone was going to win her SECOND best actress Oscar and stayed home.

R328 I could see her not wanting to put up with that shit.

Cillian Murphy gives me the creeps

I liked America's dress the best.

R303, that is INSANITY.

r322 = Lily Gladstone

All the Bradley Cooper nonsense on this thread is bizarre. What the hell is that about?

It was also an incredibly gracious act to get Steven Spielberg to present the Oscar which Nolan was certain to win. Although Nolan certainly would have been disappointed in losing for his Screenplay, he received his first Oscar from the man whom it would probably mean the most to receive it from. Short of summoning Stanley Kubrick from the dead.

Zendaya was best dressed

[bold] "WHY did ABC end the show? I don't understand. I am heartbroken. I have complaints." [/bold]-----------------Michelle Yeoh.

And in the end, Greg Gerwig's "feminist masterpiece", Barbie, won solely for its pop song—as it should have. Cunt.

All the Bradley haters can kiss his buttocks…

Emma Stone seemed to ignore Jessica on stage. Rude.

Cillian Murphy looks like one of the kids from "Village of the Damned" all grown up.

Don't know where the hell I've been because I had no idea that Emma Stone is married and has a kid.

[quote]r28 Wasn't it always Actor after Actress?

Yes, for years it was. Holdover of the Patriarchy.

Judging by some of your comments you deserve another Trump presidency.

[quote] Cillian Murphy gives me the creeps

Hi, Bradley!

Good show everyone. Let’s meet here again next year.

Now, off to watch most of the nominated movies I haven't seen yet.

Only saw Oppenheimer and the pink movie. 🤷🏻‍♀️😛

I’m verklempt

R327, it's funny you mentioned that because I do recall a brief shot of Emma in the audience after one of Kimmel's jokes in which she looked annoyed about something. Of course, that could've been something entirely different.

John Mulaney was sexy and funny.

Love him!

R327, RDJr made the joke by touching his nose. Jimmy just made sure everybody got it.

Spielberg received his first Oscar from Clint Eastwood who had won the year before

Menopause seems to agree with Olivia Munn, R350. How inspiring.

R347, Watch first "The Holdovers." No murders, no weirdness. You'll feel good.

R327 it was obvious she was pissed at something he said but I wasn't paying attention to his monologue.

[quote]Was this the shortest Oscars in modern history? Two and a half hours?

[quote]It started at 7 EST & ended shortly before 10:30 EST.

Thanks. I thought it started at 8 EST. I came in later than I thought

I wanted Annette to win. I am glad the "fat drunken methed-out Injun." did not win. Too much praise for a supporting actress role. I didn't want to see her fat titties again squeezed into a dress.

Annette should have won for The Grifters and American Beauty.

Oscars In Memoriam Segment: Disappointing And Rushed:

I agree about Annette and American Beauty. "Fuck Me Your Majesty!"

Social Media (especially X) is all over what Emma Stone said about Kimmel after he made his jokes about RDJ. The camera shot to her just as she turned to her side and said something. 'Lip reading experts' weighed in and the consensus is she said to the guy next to her, 'What a prick'.

“Isn’t It Past Your Jail Time?”: Jimmy Kimmel Gets In A Dig At Donald Trump After Former President Calls Him Worst Oscars Host:

R332, This old thing? 😘 😊

Why didn't Bradley bring his male model friend?

[quote]it was obvious she was pissed at something he said but I wasn't paying attention to his monologue.

He showed some clips from Poor Things and something like “Those are the only parts of the movie we can show on TV.”

[quote] I am glad the "fat drunken methed-out Injun." did not win.

r357, What the hell is wrong with you? What happened to you?

Dislike a performance or nomination all you want, but if you're going to express such ugly , bigoted words, you can shove them straight up your asshole.

Fucking bigot.

Congratulations to the android/ androgynous looking Cillian Murphy. I’ve always had a tough time looking at him.

[quote] “Isn’t It Past Your Jail Time?”: Jimmy Kimmel Gets In A Dig At Donald Trump After Former President Calls Him Worst Oscars Host:

I'm glad Jimmy subsequently made it clear who the former president was. I was trying to figure out if it was Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton ... or Carter.

Oscar tally:

Emma Stone, age 35 years

Jennifer Lawrence, age 33 years

Annette Bening, age 65 years

Glenn Close, age older than Methuselah

John Mulaney and Olivia look high on drugs.

America Ferrara really needs to bring back The Mindy Project----------->>IG TV Critic with 6 million followers.

I would suck Cillian's cock SO HARD, and then SWALLOW.

And then after that, I would do the same for Ryan Gosling.

As of this morning, I have seen all 10 films that were up for Best Picture. I get the achievements of Oppenheimer, but I don’t think it was the best of the year. “Long” doesn’t always mean “best.” . Past Lives, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Poor Things, and American Fiction were better.

Where was Michelle Pfeiffer???

Dune Part Deux and Wicked will duke it out over the visual effects, production design and sound categories next year.

Why did that mediocrity Kate McKinnon get so much camera time. I know she was in Barbie but still.

I should think that AMPAS will be, like, nothing could ever top “I’m Just Ken” so let’s go out on a high and never have numbers from the song category again. Oh, wait, there could be new songs inserted intio Wicked and Kiss of the Spider Woman and would be performed by Ariana Grande and JLo, respectively. Never mind.

I can't see Michelle wasting her time babysitting Al Pacino.

That IN MEMORIAM segment was horrible. Why the dancers ?

R360, They and she must not have seen RDJr's initial gesture.

Do not make me say this a 3rd time!

Cillian Murphy's face is too feminine looking for me.

Oppenheimer was easily the best of the nominees.

Emma made a face after Jimmy made a joke about Poor Things. Not RDJ. Twitter is just making up shit.

MAGAts are going after Jodie Foster for laughing too hard at Kimmel's takedown of Trump.

I was hoping Huller would pull an upset, but am not mad about Emma.

Ryan Gosling is good looking but it appeared to me that he's had cheek fillers.

WTF was up with Blunt's harness dress?

Maestro and Killers walked away empty handed.

Gosling looks terrible. I’m not seeing all the good comments

I agree with the author of the Deadline article on the in memoriam segment. It was awful and rushed.

R380, I really don't care, do U?

[quote]Dislike a performance or nomination all you want, but if you're going to express such ugly , bigoted words, you can shove them straight up your asshole. Fucking bigot.

Welcome to DL, the safe home where bigots are never hesitant in demonstrating their ignorance.

Killers of the Flower Moon would have been better off as limited series on TV.

R379 This article says it was after he joked about her movie, others are saying it's after he joked about RDJ.

R384, Tell me about it.

It's obvious Gosling has had cheek fillers.

You could see the outline of the fillers under the stage lights.

He doesn't need them. He didn't have them in Barbie, where he looked great.

I didn't catch Jodie laughing particularly hard. If anything they showed Annette enjoying it longer..

Robert Downy Jr....(Who I loved on Ally McBeal---the only job he could get after prison---then promptly got himself fired from).....But he just seems like an asshole now. The intolerable prick at every party who thinks the universe rotates around him. He had to beg for the Iron Man role and yet doesn't seem to have an ounce of humility.

[quote] Cillian Murphy's face is too feminine looking for me.

I find him attractive, but he can look crazy sometimes, in photos.

Margot Robbie always seems to be a good sport.

And it wasn't so filled, r390?

My favorite Oscar moment.

"Hi, I'm Al Pacino. Let me see. Why am I here? Something something something. Oscars. Oh, yeah. Glad to be here, glad that guy won who should have back in '93 but I did instead for my worst performance. To date. At that time. I've had worse since. What was he playing? That guy with the little moustache. No, not Hitler, the other one. The one who was funnier than Hitler. Envelope. Envelope. Open the envelope. My eyes see...Alzheimer's. Huh. That's a film? Michelle, where are you? I thought we were going to fuck in the cab ride over!"

Why was Bradley Cooper's mother wearing sunglasses indoors the whole time?

Excellent point, R389. Scorcese, et al., used this material and this historical horror in hopes of building their clout but were too egocentric to do a limited series for television that would have done the material justice. Plus, his take was hamfisted. He only got nominated because DEI, not because he directed a decent film.

Deadline review:

I don't understand the opprobrium for RDJr. He seems to me unfailingly self-deprecating, like tonight when he called his wife a veterinarian (as he's not quite a human being...) and funny.

Interesting comparison of Emma Stone’s poise for her first Oscar and her second

This was obviously the Oscar she felt she earned.

Streisand is another female who also won two Oscars before the age of 35.

Does anybody know if they are making a Cruella part 2?

R394, I think it must be difficult for RDJ to know how to present himself. People love him for being the arrogant but damaged Tony Stark/Sherlock and he's admitted he has to remind himself he's not either one of them.

His awards persona is geared towards that audience-pleasing schtick. Which can get a bit obnoxious.

I respect the hell out of him for dealing with the addiction issues and keeping his nose to the grindstone. I hope he can continue - he's got some interesting performances left in him.

And he still has the most beautiful eyes on any man in Hollywood.

R406, I kind of hope not, although Emma was brilliant in it (both Emmas, come to think of it).

R404 Emma loves those light and midtone colors that can look washed out against her skin. She’s better in shades with more contrast like midnight blue.

".....since Tyrone Power." *smooches, r407*

Al Pacino is looking his age but I don't care since his acting has given me so many hours of enjoyment in my life.

Out of all of them, I think McConaughey looked the worst. Unkempt hair and blotchy skin. Sad.

R411 I agree, but couldn’t someone get a tailor to hem those pants?

[quote] Excellent point, [R389]. Scorcese, et al., used this material and this historical horror in hopes of building their clout but were too egocentric to do a limited series for television that would have done the material justice. Plus, his take was hamfisted. He only got nominated because DEI, not because he directed a decent film.

I listened to the audiobook version of Killers of the Flower Moon right after it was released and back then I thought it would be good material for a limited series vs a movie. It kind of reminds me of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,-very good book, but it didn't work well as a film adaptation.

So this is interesting

Very calm when accepting her first Oscar

BUT when Olivia Colman won, she had a very similar reaction to the one she had tonight

That would mean the uniting factor is Yorgos Lanthimos

He validates them as artists.

It's also the more surprising of the two wins so it's a different reaction emotionally. People myself included just recently started calling the upset after watching the movie. II'm sure she knew she had a shot but that Lily Gladstone would probably win.

But it wasn’t an upset. She won the Golden Globe and BAFTA. Olivia Colman also won the BAFTA. Emma Stone was very likely to win this.

R411 why should you care if someone is looking their age or not?

Da'Vine Joy Randolph will probably host SNL in the next month or so.

@evamendes You took Ken all the way to the Oscar’s, RG. Now come home, we need to put the kids to bed. 💋 1h

Nailed it, r176.

Is Emma Stone opining that Jimmy Kimmel is being a dick really that controversial; like it's some sort of scandal?

I'm glad Jimmy read Trump's response on air. It's important that everyone is reminded of what a monster he is.

I’m sure Da’Vine’s mailbox will be filled with top-notch scripts and starring role offers..you know, just like Mo’Nique..

John Mulvaney for host next year.

Mulaney…

[quote]I’m sure Da’Vine’s mailbox will be filled with top-notch scripts and starring role offers..you know, just like Mo’Nique..

Mo was blacklisted by Tyler and Oprah. If Da'Vine doesn't get in their crosshairs, she'll be Da'Fine.

Da’vine doesn’t bother anyone and doesn’t seem problematic. Unlike Monique.

The hatred of Lily Gladstone on this thread is puzzling to me. She gave a decent performance for what was required. And, believe it or not, having a Native American actress win would be a genuinely big deal and also a good thing. It's one thing to say that Stine (or any other actress) was better. But some seem to insinuate that she is talent-free fraud and the whole thing was cooked up by ANTIFA. Which is not the case.

Mo'Nique allowed her "daddy," aka husband/manager, to get her blackballed. I see DaVine having a career similar to that of Octavia Spencer.

STONE and not STINE, of course...

"I’m sure Da’Vine’s mailbox will be filled with top-notch scripts and starring role offers..you know, just like Mo’Nique."

I actually think that's what makes wins like hers a bigger deal in some ways. It may not lead to bigger and better things; so nice to have the roles and awards when there's an opportunity. I figure she'll get some work. She's not unliked as Monique was/is.

Margot Robbie didn't wasn't even nominated, and she's not going to suffer for work by any means. I don't think all Oscar winner automatically get consistent stream of great work for years on end.

I am not immediately worried about Da'Vine's career prospects... I'm more concerned that Da'Vine needs to get on da'treadmill.

I was genuinely concerned that she was going to stroke out during her speech.

Lovely performance, lovely woman, but she seemed to be having trouble breathing.

Poor Annette. After losing twice to a Masculine Oscar Thief she tried to BE the masculine Oscar thief.

Sorry, Nettie.

Can't speak for the others, but I like Gladstone, R430. But, putting her in the BA instead of BSA category was category fraud. Her role wasn't novel, other than being a NA. Plus, the category was packed with amazing performances. Everyone was more deserving, even Carey.

The real crime is her role choices are limited for several reasons, not that she didn't when this specific award.

Remember when Bradley had this "special friend".....oh my.

I didn't see Killers of the Flower Moon but I thought Lily Gladstone looked gorgeous tonight.

It's rumored Annette is disliked for remaining married to Beatty who only hasn't been me too'd because he exited public life.

[quote] There’s something especially brutal about seeing the cast and crew of a really solid movie leave empty-handed. That was the case for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which came in with 10 nominations and left without a single win – not even for Lily Gladstone, who lost best actress to Emma Stone in what was arguably the night’s biggest upset.

[quote] Notoriously, two films have fared worse: “The Color Purple” and “The Turning Point,” each with 11 nominations and zero statues. But “Killers” grants Martin Scorsese a dubious honor. He is now the first director to have helmed two films that were nominated for ten awards but won none, a feat that he previously pulled off with “Gangs of New York.”

[quote] She gave a decent performance for what was required. And, believe it or not, having a Native American actress win would be a genuinely big deal and also a good thing.

“Decent” isn’t award caliber. And therein lies the problem.

R439 I think he's losing it. Senility, Alzheimer's, whatever you want to call it.

[quote] I don't think all Oscar winner automatically get consistent stream of great work for years on end.

Or even one year.

R441, as I said above, it would be easy to simply say her performance was not at Oscar-worthy standards.

Fine.

But the venom present here (and elsewhere) is disturbing, insulting and smacks of anti-woke (and far worse) bullshit.

Nude John Cena was a treat.

Speaking of senility - hello, Al Pacino!

They couldn't muster one Tom, Julia, Brad, George or Denzel for one of the top awards?

I think it was brilliant of Kimmel (who I normally dislike) to read out Trump's tweet. Trump got an earful of the entirety of Hollywood laughing at him.

I hope it cut him to his craven, shriveled heart.

You know he thinks he's on equal standing with them.

[quote]You know he thinks he's on equal standing with them.

He knows he isn't, r448, and it eats at him.

R449, that only makes it more delicious. Kimmel dealt his ego a real blow tonight.

Imagine everyone there from Jodie Foster to Robert Downey Jr. to Annette Benning to Lily Gladstone to Zendeya laughing at you.

I hope he shits himself more than usual.

[quote] Margot Robbie didn't wasn't even nominated, and she's not going to suffer for work by any means

That's because she's blonde and attractive.

Not exactly a difficult feat for her to find work.

I think Margot Robbie will win an Oscar before Annette Benning wins one.

[quote] Remember when Bradley had this "special friend".....oh my.

Is it just me, or does Bradley's mom look like a really mean bitch?

I mean, the type who wouldn't tolerate having a gay son, and who would actually call gay people the F-word?

Something about her strikes me as a stage mom and a homophobe.

Bradley actually seems scared of her.

R448, EQUAL?!

Try "SUPERIOR"!

(Frankly, I'd think that, too, if I had been the FPOTUS!)

[quote] But the venom present here (and elsewhere) is disturbing, insulting and smacks of anti-woke (and far worse) bullshit.

The racism comments are nonsense. But she did not do herself any favors in the public perception department with the non-binary nonsense and the chip on her shoulder she seemed to carry during this silly and obnoxious awards season.

There was zero need for that and it came across as entitled and narcissistic instead of expressing gratitude for a rare opportunity for an essentially unknown actress.

She may be lovely but she created this unlikable aura around her.

Margot Robbie has reached max saturation point. If she was smart, she'd lay low for a year and a half and maybe just quietly produce some quality things without having to star in them.

I used to like her, but i get sick of the same actresses being shoved down our throat year after year. Jennifer Lawrence, Nicole Kidman and others also fit this bill. There's something to be said for not always trying to do the cash grab and star in every fucking project for several years running. Quality, not quantity.

Who’s the Chinese lady everyone is talking about?

[quote] I used to like her, but i get sick of the same actresses being shoved down our throat year after year. Jennifer Lawrence, Nicole Kidman and others also fit this bill. There's something to be said for not always trying to do the cash grab and star in every fucking project for several years running. Quality, not quantity.

But you still like ME, right?

No one ever gets tired of ME, right?

I mean, year after year, after year after year.

[quote] Who’s the Chinese lady everyone is talking about?

She does the laundry for all the celebrities.

R458 should be signed, "Bradley Cooper."

Whoops!

Mrs. Cooper:

R457:

I really thought they might get Julianne Moore for Nettie's introduction.

Giving Eyelash awards is ridiculous. She's a mumblecore, whispercoo, dead-eyed, heroin-sounding idiot.

Stop giving this entitled bitch awards.

R447 I know! I remember when they would have Gregory Peck and Rock Hudson past their prime presenting.

Ariana Grande became a Hollywood star tonight. Universal and Donna Langley are having a very good night indeed.

Ariana Grande looks like she's on the edge of Karen Carpenter territory. She seems extremely thin and frail.

I'm tired of Zendaya. Just model, you're better at that than acting.

R440 many films have left empty handed. This isn’t anything new.

[quote] Hüller 100% deserved the Oscar.

I read that as Hitler 100% deserved the Oscar.

I hope next year’s Best Actress presenters are (in addition to Stone) Julianne Moore, Sissy Spacek, Helen Mirren, and Holly Hunter.

BSA presenters (in addition to Randolph) should be Octavia Spencer, Dianne Wiest, Juliette Binoche, and Marcia Gay Harden.

R466 you live under a rock?

R468, she's been wonderful in the Spiderman films - where, ironically, she seems like an average kid. But I agree that she is in danger of being over-exposed.

She looked fabulous tonight, BTW.

The Oscars aren’t over exposure. Zendaya wouldn’t be asked if she was in danger.

R363:

[quote] Why didn't Bradley bring his male model friend?

R437:

[quote] Remember when Bradley had this "special friend".....oh my.

What's the male model "special friend's" name?

[quote] What's the male model "special friend's" name?

Rentboy #7

Most people like what they like and don't worry about getting too much. Zendaya, for better or worse, has a lot of fans, and I don't think they care if they keep seeing her.

Bradley had a kid just to keep his mom happy.

[quote] Cillian Murphy's face is too feminine looking for me.

That's precisely what I love about it.

R430 Gladstone did an adequate job. Nothing more. As beens said, all the other nominees in her category blew her out of the water. I don’t dislike Gladstone, but she took on this air of entitlement because she’s Native American, and she thought this would work in her favor, in a close race with Stone. So happy Emma won this.

Who’s the Chinese lady everyone is talking about?

Coco Chow!

Michelle Yeoh who won last year or Janet Yang Academy president.

The fashion was underwhelming, I expect more from the Oscars. America's dress was the best, wonderful color and shiny. Lupita did well. No other standouts that I can think of.

So despite all the 'Oscar Buzz' Sarah Haines heard about 'The Color Purple', and was talking about back in December, the horrible movie was nominated for one category and walked away empty handed. Let's see how they spin this on 'The View' tomorrow.

America’s dress was beautiful.

The highlights were Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. Otherwise another forgettable show.

Gladstone was underwhelming

Love that Mary Steenburgen wore the same evening coat she wore back when she won.

THR review:

I agree with R455, Miss Lily came across as smug.... I don't like smug!

Ur people stole their land and now they have casinos. Is Gladstone now Sadstone?

Did I miss the discussion of how Jimmy Kimmel basically 'outed' Bradley Cooper for always bringing his mom as his date?

Lupita always shows up and knows how to be a star.

Oppenheimer did everything an epic movie should do and justly won the top prize. I had no doubt that Christoper Nolan would win, he did an intelligent job as did Cillian Murphy. There really was no competition, in my opinion. I wish more movies could be as deserving.

It’s creepy that Bradley always brings his mom. Come out come out wherever you are.

r494 truly.

R493 Dune 2 next year.

We rewatched Oppenheimer last night and I had forgotten or ignored how good Murphy is.

On Vulture Jen Chaney made a reference to John Cena’s “cum gutters.” Haha. I guess she lurks at DL.

Murphy was amazing in the film. I called his win last summer

Plus, R493, it was a somewhat "difficult," involved, adult film that actually did great at the box office. Top notch all around.

R496, For cinematography. For acting, directing, and best picture, IDTS.

R501 Dune won 6 Oscars. You’re nuts if you think 2 is winning less.

Furthermore, r500, "Oppenheimer" was one of those "Met the Moment" Zeitgeist films, what with the Middle East, Ukraine/Russia, etc.

NONE, R502, for ACTING, DIRECTING, OR BEST PICTURE. I mentioned one certainty, didn't say it was exclusive.

[quote] Is Gladstone now Sadstone?

Well, she certainly ain't EmmaStone, that's for sure.

[quote] 2 is winning less

Fewer!

I admired Cillian Murphy's speech. He referenced world peace and the subject of nuclear warfare must have gotten under his skin. More than he or any of us would like to think about.

R503 oh you poor thing. You didn’t watch the film if you don’t think Denis is 100% getting a nomination and most likely a win for Director.

I love them!

It’s a little premature to assume Dune 2 will win major awards. It’s only March.

I’m fucking sick of Dune 2 already.

this looks boring.

[Quote] The Godzilla crew came with props!

too bad they didn't come with an interpreter. I didn't understand a single word the winner was reading

I...actually enjoyed this show.

Which, given the skidmark last year was, I did not expect to do.

Some very clever moments, the Ken song was unexpectedly great, the winners were self-effacing and witty, everyone looked refreshingly formal.

[quote]'Dune' wins 6 Oscars at Academy Awards

Where else would you win 6 Oscars?

It was a pretty great show, if a little light on “star power”…

But, I get them trying to appeal to a wider range of viewers by having young presenters like Bad Bunny and Zendaya.

I thought this was the BEST Oscars show in recent history. Yeah, I am sick of awards shows. I watched the rest of the awards pack here and there over the past couple of months. Bad, bad stuff. But this was wonderful for a change. Big surprise for me, don't know about others here but it was a great success IMO.

I'll be like I did with Titantic and Gladiator. So pushed for how great it was. It was shoved down my throat and I don't care for that.

I watched both of them at least 3 years after their time, and while good, they weren't ASTOUNDING and worth all the awards.

I've continued to do the same. I'll watch them in my own time and not because of hype or actors. I'll watch it and judge it if i want to and not because some academy thinks it's great or it's some part of a social movement.

fuck that.

Society of the Snow was robbed.

Or it wasn't

R358 Did they leave out Raquel? She had more right to be there than Chandler Bing.

R87 😆

R519 Yes, it was actually robbed. Typical Hollywood, refusing to award a non-English movie. If this movie was in English it would have won 10 awards, at least. Everyone knows it. It won like 12 Goya awards.

I guess you'll have to learn to accept it, R522.

[quote] It won like 12 Goya awards.

[quote]Where else would you win 6 Oscars?

Dunno, perhaps at an Academy of Television Arts & Sciences retrospective salute to 'The Odd Couple' tv show?

R516 I agree. I have hated it for the last four or five years, and wasn't planning to watch it tonight, but my husband had it on. I don't even like Jimmy Kimmel, but overall it was a good show. I'm not sure who should get the credit, but I suspect they had really good writers.

I heard someone say silly Anne Murphy won the Oscar. That is sexist! Did she win for her show Shitty Lane?

I never understood the love for Ryan Gosling, until recently.

He's a pretty average looking guy, but it's his attitude that makes him attractive.

For a bland Canadian, he has a lot of swagger.

Typical Hollywood, refusing to award a non-English movie. If this movie was in English it would have won 10 awards, at least. Everyone knows it.

"Everything, Everywhere, All At Once" wasn't in English, but that movie won a lot of awards last year.

I listened to John Mulaney's monologue again, and it was really great.

Someone upthread said he should host next year, and I agree.

I like his inoffensive brand of humor, which is what the show needs.

[quote] overall it was a good show

Was it a positive show?

[quote] "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once" wasn't in English, but that movie won a lot of awards last year.

But it was, like, everywhere all at once.

That lucky bitch Scott Evans got to kiss Ryan Gosling!

Nick Cage is the new Bruce Willis. Free streaming apps are clogged with his movies no one has ever heard of.

Time and future movie releases will tell, r507. But just to irritate you (further) I'll contradict myself somewhat and predict that Austin Butler will be nominated for BSA.

Carey Mulligan's husband Marcus Mumford is hot!

[quote]Streisand is another female who also won two Oscars before the age of 35.

We won won 2 Best Actress Oscars by the time we were 30.

Is Anya Taylor-Joy the new AnnE Hathaway? She comes off very self-important and humorless but maybe she's just hungry.

R357 Bening was supporting in American Beauty.

She might have won over Angelina Jolie ("Girl, Interrupted") had she gone supporting.

Hilary Swank was the true lead in "Boys Don't Cry" and was in almost every scene.

R85 they tried doing that a few years ago with the late Chadwick Boseman but Anthony Hopkins ended up winning in an upset.

The "in memoriam" segment was a disgrace, with great stars such as Glenda Jackson being relegated to distant background actors we couldn't have spotted if we tried, their names in tiny print. I've gotten used to the focus being on singers in this segment, but dancers? Fucking dancers? Did the producers decide that no one really cares about a lot of boring old dead people? What an embarrassment.

R541 I agree about the dancers: unnecessary and distracting to the point of being annoying.

how is no one talking about how hot swann arlaud is?

No, R466. No she didn’t.

R541, Short shrift to Glenda was not cool especially in retrospect, what with time remaining at the end.

I was thinking during the dancers that at least they weren't blocking the screen. But "too many dancers on stage" is true for the entire show.

R440 many films leave empty handed all the time. Why you or that article acts like it’s new is weird.

Just last year Banshees was nominated for 9 Oscars and didn’t win a single one. A decade ago American Hustle was nominated for 10 Oscars and didn’t win one. A few years ago The Irishman was nominated for 10 Oscars and left with zero. Etc.

It has happened more times than that article suggests.

I’ve got to go against the grain. I found John Cena’s cartoonishly steroided body disturbing.

I like a muscular guy. To me, that was deformed.

R544 Ariana has been Hollywood A List for years now. Shes a big pop star who sells out stadiums. Are you ok?

Thank God I saved this. The Academy announced Michelle Pfeiffer as a presenter on 2/26. Something must have happened where she couldn’t attend. She was supposed to present with him and it would be a Scarface reunion but because she couldn’t be there they changed it to him being there for the anniversary of Godfather II.

[quote]Imagine everyone there from Jodie Foster to Robert Downey Jr. to Annette Benning to Lily Gladstone to Zendeya laughing at you.

They're in for some hellacious IRS audits if he wins.

R546, "The Banshees of Inisherin" and "Elvis" (8 noms) both came up goose eggs last year.

R547 I agree. That is a ROIDED body and what it looks like. Abnormally huge muscles. I don’t find it hot.

A nickel for every "Hollyweird full of Communists" uttered by red-hat-wearers today.

R551 yup. It happens more often than that article linked upthread suggests. It used to happen a lot more years ago. In the 00s the Academy started spreading Oscars out more, trying to give every film with multiple nominations at least one, but they seem to be going back to voting who they feel deserves it and not just making sure it’s more even.

[quote] but she took on this air of entitlement because she’s Native American, and she thought this would work in her favor, in a close race with Stone. So happy Emma won this.

r480, just own it and call her an Uppity Injun.

"...because she's Native American..."- textbook bigotry.

Asshole.

R547 and r552, Truth be told, I first thought Cena's entire torso was a prosthesis!

Has Nicolas Cage always had those long ears??

[quote]how is no one talking about how hot swann arlaud is?

I can hazard a guess.

Has Nicolas Cage always had those really long ears

I’m still pissed that Julianne and Rosamund got pushed out of nominations by Blunt and Ferrara.

R529 EEAAO was very much in English as well as some Chinese. It was mostly in English

I just noticed the Bafta is 4-4 for this year's acting awards while 0-4 just the previous year. Such an unreliable Oscar predictor.

R510 Good thing that Zendaya wasn’t there to promote Dune 2!

R563? Enough.

Hoist the Oscars on their own petard? Never enough.

R529 are you deaf, dumb and blind? Parasite won best pic a few years ago. The first foreign film to do so.

[quote] Giving Eyelash awards is ridiculous. She's a mumblecore, whispercoo, dead-eyed, heroin-sounding idiot.

Amen!

Everything about her is also rehearsed and fake to pretend or present that she is natural and relaxed......but she sounds for all the world like some HS dropout who works at the decrepit Orange Julius in the mall......

[quote]she did not do herself any favors in the public perception department with the non-binary nonsense and the chip on her shoulder she seemed to carry during this silly and obnoxious awards season.

Yeah, first it was the whole "I came out as nonbinary at age 6" thing - girl, you did NOT.

Then when she got a nom, it was "Why am I the first?"

A little good manners goes a long way. You don't have to be confrontational all the time. I know that's not the way Gen Z operates but Gladstone's nearly 40.

I like Billie.

[quote]I like Billie.

What's to like?

Cage’s hair is fake. 30 years ago I started him on a treadmill at the gym in LA. I was shocked at how thin his hair was.

IYKYK

I do not like Mulaney's transfo from nerdy prepster to mullet-blotch frat daddy. Ick.

R547 He looked very plastic to me. I wasn't turned on by the body.

But I do love Cena. He's a good comic actor and a big supporter of the LGBTQ community.

My partner thought he was wearing a prosthetic because it was so ridiculous.

Mary R385, you're ridiculous. Gosling looked great.

I'm just gonna say about Gladstone, I'm glad she didn't win because it shows the Academy isn't solely performative. Emma Stone took on a weird and arguably unappealing role and knocked it out of the park. She deserved her Oscar. Gladstone's part was limited and probably wrong category. So the universe didn't pander. That's actually a really good thing in my view.

And here's the thing... maybe this edges Hollywood along a path where an actress like Lily Gladstone can play any part, not just Native American parts. I watch an Australian comedy called Fisk. Aboriginal Australians are cast throughout the series, in parts - not Aboriginal parts. It's refreshing. Noticed the same thing when I went through a phase of watching European cop procedurals on Netflix. The absolute majority of lead cop parts were played by women. And there was virtually no oh, it's so hard being a lady cop scripting. They were as tough and complex and multidimensional as any character, but they weren't mired in the exploration of the female experience. There was no self-consciousness about the casting. I think that's what Hollywood needs to move beyond. Instead of message pictures, the message in the picture can be delivered as easily through the casting as the scripting.

Why did so many actresses seem to be smothered by ruffles this year?

All in all, apart from the Memoriam section, it was a pretty decent show. The "I'm Just Ken" number was very entertaining.

R577 This idea that if a POC wins an award it's because its performative is very racist btw! You can say Emma deserved it more but that is also opinion-based.

Jessica's gown.

Why do black actors very often win best supporting? Because they don’t get cast in lead roles with the same frequency!

Because the supporting Oscars are more likely to go to the best performance vs. whatever else is going on.

[Quote] Did they leave out Raquel? She had more right to be there than Chandler Bing.

R520 she was in last year's In Memoriam she died Feb. 15, 2023

R377, His face looks like it was destroyed and then reconstructed.

R585 His hair was what really bothered me. Was that real or a wig?

Nice to see " The Boy and the Heron" win for Best Animated Feature, especially since it was hand-animated, as opposed to the computer animation of " Spiderman..." Good to see true art recognized; it's a dying form.

R580, I wrote it, I know what I intended and no it is not racist, so don't be annoying or thick.

I did not say nor intend to imply that if a POC wins an award it is performative. What I said is that despite the strength of Stone's performance and the bravery in taking the part, I could see Hollywood giving it to Gladstone in this instance because they're performative and frightened of Twitter. Sorry you misunderstood.

Also, R580, it may be news to you, but we can all say what we want, without being controlled by you. You may not agree, you may wish to debate, but you don't get to decide and you certainly don't get to label, especially wrongly. I will wait for your apology for your unkind and erroneous remarks as a consequence of your mistaken interpretation. Given your evident sensitivity I am sure I won't wait long.

Jet black hair on 92 year old Rita Moreno looked ridiculous.

Cillian’s hear does look wig-like.

But his ears are the real thing!

Oh, piss off, R590. She looked and sounded great.

^Good morning, Rita!

Rita's a cunt.

Sure, dear old R595.

She's 92 and she seemed decades younger than decrepit Al Pacino.

R590 I totally agree. She's an attention whore and a crybaby.

Maybe we can stop hearing about Barbie now?

To R597..Rita is a "fucking Bitch" to everyone. How can you hate on Natalie Wood, she's been DEAD since 1982.

What a "Fucking Bitch"!!

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R588 In the last 10 years, one non-white actress won best actress. I know to some, they don't see a problem with this. They think it is well earned and perhaps but the Oscars are not performative. Gladstone had a strong performance and she would have earned that award.

Rita is just fine, you nasty cunts.

That was actually one of the more entertaining Oscars in a while. It had just the right amount of old school grandeur, some great bits (John Cena, Spielberg/Kate, even the normally John Mulaney hit), Jimmy had the clickbait line of the night (jail time) and there was even a *somewhat* surprise win (Emma).

I really enjoyed the entire broadcast.

I hate saying this, but it also seemed less "woke" or whatever that's called now. It just felt less forced or preachy. Both in the general tone and in the most of the speeches given.