...also, somewhere in the world, Kathyn Bigelow is shouting "who's the king of the world now, Beeyotch?!"
and somewhere in the world, Sam Worthington is regretting his decision to chew gum on stage. Didn't his mother every teach him anything?
and somewhere in the world, director Roger Ross Williams is giving interviews about getting KANYEd.
and somewhere in the world, someone is wondering why they did the whole Ben Stiller as an Avatar bit, because, seriously? NOT FUNNY. Ben Stiller is hardly ever funny. And while I DID enjoy James Cameron looking all nonplussed and not amused, the only thing more irritating to me was the Interpretive Dancing. or maybe Sarah Jessica Parker.
Other things worth mentioning:
I really miss Billy Crystal's opening montage. He was my favorite Oscar host, by far. I mean, sure, I would love to be in a Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin sandwich but some of their jokes just fell flat. But, they get bonus points for wearing snuggies and for having a very sparkly Neil Patrick Harris guest sing.
Newsflash: Twilight is NOT a horror movie.
Was George Clooney as annoyed as he looked or was there some joke he was in on?
Sean Penn is cryptic on stage and talks about forgetting the same person, which I can only assume is the Academy overlooking his on-again-off-again wife Robin Wright, the same way he forgot to thank her last year during his best actor acceptance speech.
Speaking of acceptance speeches, Sandra Bullock. MY GOD. And while I still hold the opinion that she was getting an award based on a character she was portraying, rather than her acting chops, she gave such a perfect speech, including poking fun of herself by asking, "Did I earn this, or did I just wear you all down?"
THE DUDE ABIDES. And while this year's big four were all considered to be shoe-ins, so we all knew that Bridges was going home with the Best Acor award for his role in Crazy Heart (which I LOVED), I was so happy that he won this. And am happy to know that he actually IS the dude in real life too. Man.
PS: Leaving Farrah Fawcett off of James Taylor's tribute to the stars we lost in 2009 was uncool.
Douche of the year award goes to the costume designer winner who so graciously said, "well, I already have two of these!" Way to keep it classy Sandy Powell.
I heard that Clooney was a little tipsy, or a lot tipsy. He was reportedly drinking a flask while walking down the red carpet.
You know, Sma Worthington is hot and has a sexy accent, so I forgave him. :)
Yes, we felt that Martin & Balwin were just, eh. All that hype and they were hardly on stage.
Ben Stiller, why are you trying so hard?
Agree with SB acceptance speech but after watching BW interview with her, I knew she would make her mom proud. Didn't Helen Hunt win for being surrounded by great actors & having a great script, and just lucking out with a great role too?
I wondered about George Clooney because he did seriously look po'd.
Oh SO thought that Sandy Powell was pretty douche-y. Guess that will be your last Oscar, as now you have three of them.
Great post-oscar post A!