I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.

Dawn ,'Beneath You'


Natter 57 Varieties  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


JenP - Feb 25, 2008 3:54:54 am PST #1391 of 10001

OK, seeing Josh Groban singing in that cracked me up. Also the bumper sticker. And Brad Pitt, delivery boy - talk about scruffy.

I actually hadn't seen the Matt Damon one either. Funny.


Jessica - Feb 25, 2008 4:05:17 am PST #1392 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY ONCE!!!

I was lukewarm on No Country For Old Men, so whatever. And Juno was pretty much a lock for screenplay, even though the opening convenience store scene should have disqualified it for ever winning ANY writing award. Am I right in thinking all the Best Pic nominees won at least one major award?

Best Short Animated really surprised me. I was certain Walrus would take it. And Tilda Swinton surprised me, but it was worth it to see her take the stage in all her awesome freaky Tilda-ness.

My second-favorite moment of the night was probably Cate Blanchett's face when they read her name in the list of Best Actress nominees.

But mainly YAY ONCE. And SUPERYAY for Jon giving Marketa a chance to speak.

I saw them play in concert as The Swell Season a few months back, and someone shouted "You deserve an Oscar!" right after they played that song. And it's true. And now they have one.


Jessica - Feb 25, 2008 4:07:06 am PST #1393 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Oh, and this year's Unfortunate Fashion Theme was apparently Weird Shit Around The Neckline And Also On Skirts. There were so many perfectly nice dresses up there with random fugly shit happening around the neck.

WTF Hollywood? WHY DO YOU HATE BOOBS???


Jesse - Feb 25, 2008 4:40:38 am PST #1394 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Hey, it went over only by 18 minutes. Not bad!

Yeah, and I realize I started fretting at 11:25 because last year, didn't they have like 17 montages and 3 honorary awards in between the lead actor awards and best picture? At least they didn't do that!


msbelle - Feb 25, 2008 4:43:36 am PST #1395 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I hadn't checked my mega millions until now - matched 2 on one line - that's it. suck.

I checked this morning because I had lottery winning dreams. they were fun dreams.


Kathy A - Feb 25, 2008 5:01:51 am PST #1396 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I like this recap of the Oscars, especially this series of "awards":

Worst Rob Lowe – Snow White Flashback: The moment John Travolta waltzed onto the stage after the final Best Song nominee performance. He is partially redeemed by what happened next, which was...

The 'Seriously, If This Song Doesn't Win I'm Going to Have a Coronary Right Here on the Couch' Award went (thankfully) to Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, for their gorgeous duet "Falling Slowly," (from the film "Once), which leads us to...

Best Line of the Night: "Falling Slowly" wins Best Song, Glen Hansard, blushing charmingly, gives a charming, stammering acceptance speech, and then charmingly leads his equally surprised partner Irglova off the stage. Jon Stewart's response: "That guy is so arrogant."

The Surprising Moment of Humanity Award goes to the Academy itself, which, after playing Marketa Irglova, a.k.a. one half of the Best Song winning team, off the stage, invited her back so she could say her piece, which was, unsurprisingly (see above), exceedingly charming.


Jessica - Feb 25, 2008 5:04:23 am PST #1397 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

ION, I can't seem to stop watching the "I Drink Your Milkshake" SNL sketch online.


sumi - Feb 25, 2008 5:22:52 am PST #1398 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

I can't believe I missed Chenowith! I tivoed the Oscars mostly for her!


§ ita § - Feb 25, 2008 5:23:52 am PST #1399 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The "c" in "victuals" is silent, right? I guess that mispronuciation falls in line with the plot of this ep of Trek.


Kathy A - Feb 25, 2008 5:28:23 am PST #1400 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

EW's in-the-press-room Oscar story:

Asked about whether [Hansard]'d go back to busking (i.e. singing on the street), he answers that he was just doing that a few months ago in Barcelona: ''It's a great way to get to know a city.''

9:33 p.m. Perhaps because his role in There Will be Blood is the most richly, darkly serious in a group of five serious Best Actor nominees, most of the questions to Daniel Day-Lewis are almost determinedly light-hearted. Have you been offered a lot of complimentary milkshakes? ''I'm very much looking forward to all the milkshakes I'm going to have over the next 25 years.'' What do you do for a laugh? ''The great thing about that is I don't have to talk about it. I'm not telling!' Oh, why not? ''Because it's none of your f---ing business!'' (He says this with a wry smile.) Are you aware how big the milkshake line has become? ''I am completely aware of it. I think it's fantastic. I mean, if people absorb something that you've done, if that gets absorbed into the culture in such a way that people can make something else from it, that's delightful to me.... We call it ''slagging'' in Ireland, taking the piss in England.'' Why did you kiss George Clooney on your way to the Oscar stage? ''Because George has been there for me, and he was the closest fellow nominee.... George is just so incredibly generous. He's a great guy, really. I had to kiss someone. I kissed my wife, and in the interests in parity, I kissed him too.''