Not only was she the best dressed person (she decided to drop the "fallen angel" look and adopt the white mermaid /flapper gown which actually works), but she won for BEST ACTRESS!!
You can't imagine the anticipation, and I screamed when the winner was announced. It looks like my Marion Cotillard campaign paid off. Marion and I are celebrating by grabbing drinks at the Frolic Room. No, actually, sorry, Marion doesn't even know me. But I congratulate her nonetheless!
Other noteworthy comments: Jennifer Hudson looked much better than last year.
Handsome Owen Wilson was a presenter. I didn't expect to see him. YUM!!!!
I was kind of banking on Viggo, because Daniel Day-Lewis has had much better roles in the past, but I wasn't very moved by There Will Be Blood. But whatever, I guess.
Katherine Heigl - beaautiful, but WORST presenter ever (as I was telling Andreux).
Diablo Cody - YAY!
And they mentioned nearly every dead person, but not Brad Renfro!?!?! He died 2 weeks or less before Heath Ledger and he didn't get a mention at all. I informed everyone at my table about Heath's cause of death, because they hadn't heard yet (yes pneumonia with 6 different kinds of prescription medications, not very wise).
So many people. So many of them looked good. I will add more when I think of it, maybe!
We won’t bother to list out the Academy Award winners since you’ve probably seen them already (if you care …), but one controversy stemming from the event is that actor Brad Renfro, who died in January, was left out of the Oscar’s “in memoriam” segment, where the Academy pays tribute to those in the industry that have passed.
While hardly a household name, the actor appeared in several popular movies including The Client and Sleepers, and, the Academy isn’t exactly over-selective in deciding who it features in the segment, paying tribute to more than 50 people last night.Of course, Renfro has the advantage of being a younger star that more people were aware of, versus actors that starred in movies decades ago.
Anyways, what do you think, should Renfro have been included?
Andreux and I pretty much watched the Oscars together and IM'd each other back and forth. Here are some of the highlights from the night. Does anyone else have their favorite Oscar moment?
Jon Stewart was hillarious. I loved the Wii scene and how he brought the co-writer of "Once", the Song of the Year, back on stage after she was rudely cut off by the music.
The demigoddess yelled out, "Transformers was robbed when it lost in the category of Best Visual Effects"
Helen Miren's dress was my favorite dress of the night. My second favorite was Jennifer Garner's dress. I also liked Kathrine Heigel's dress. Red seemed to be the color of the night.
Worst hair of the night -- Cameron Diaz. Did she pay someone to put her hair in a messy ponytail?
Tila Swinton's dress was the worst dress of the night followed by Daniel Day Lewis' wife's dress. She is a beautiful woman. I just didn't care for the dress.
Although the kiddo and I loved the movie Enchanted, I did like the winner for Best Original Song. I've never heard it before and I never even heard of the movie that it came from.
Snow, a Siberian ballroom dancer from Season One of So You Think You Can Dance, was one of the dancers in the performance of "How Do You Know", a song from Enchanted that was nominated for Best Original Song. She was one of the brides.
Kudos for Diablo Coty winning Best Screenplay for Juno.
Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson looked fantastic and he didn't seem nervous at all.
Did Miley Cyrus almost slip? She looked great though.
The Oscar nominations have been released with the presentation of awards set to take place on-air February 28.
Hopefully the writers will have completed their negotiations by this date in order to ensure that the Oscars will go on…
Many stars such as Best Actor nominee Viggo Mortensen's (Eastern Promises) and Tony Gilroy, Best Director nominee (Michael Clayton) have already stated that if the strike has not been resolved they will not cross the picket line.
Besides the wants and needs of the writers has anyone stopped to think of the impact that this strike has had on all those who work for and are connected to the entertainment business?
Make-up artists, stylists, crew members, production assistants, secretaries – the list is never ending of those who have been forced to stop work and lose wages since November 5, 2007. Unfortunately, these staff members will more than likely not be better compensated once negotiations are reached nor will they be likely to recoup their lost wages.
As reported on the January 13, 2008 edition of NBC Nightly News, “…the strike has cost the industry $1 billion so far”.
And what about the actors such as twenty-year-old Ellen Page who received her first ever nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role? She may not have the opportunity to be in front of her peers with her parents clapping with pride while being honored for her professional accomplishment. Don’t all parents wait for such a moment?
The cost and impact of this strike requires us to reflect on whether or not society has lost sight of what is the greatest good for the greatest number?
The nominees for the 80th Annual Academy Awards (“The Oscars”) were announced this morning. Here are the nominees in the biggest categories (in other words, the people you’re most likely to have heard of …):
Best Picture Atonement Juno Michael Clayton No Country For Old Men There Will Be Blood
Best Actress Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age Julie Christie, Away From Her Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose Laura Linney, The Savages Ellen Page, Juno Best Actor George Clooney, Michael Clayton Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd Tommy Lee Jones, In The Valley of Elah Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
The full list of nominees is available here. Reactions? Your picks to win?
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The nominees for the 80th Annual Academy Awards (“The Oscars”) were announced this morning. Here are the nominees in the biggest categories (in other words, the people you’re most likely to have heard of …):