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Title: THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 12:01:24 AM: Well, you've read the notes, you are notes complete, therefore let us post until the cows come home for the Oscar bash, and then let us post some more.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 12:15:44 AM: OK! OK! OK!

I'm a late-night denizen, and I'm posting.

Well, since I only saw two Oscar nominated films last year, I'll have to pull for those: Finding Nemo and In America.

-But I do either Samantha Morton and/or Djimon Hounsou (sp?) win Best Supporting Actor/tress.

I'll have to pull up a ballot to check off my other choices... but that will have to wait until morning...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 12:19:00 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]FIRST[/move]
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[move=up,scroll,6,transparent,100%]DANCE![/move][/size]

WOW! Haven't done that in a while either!
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Post by: Jed on February 29, 2004, 12:22:25 AM: Well, nice try with the "60 Minutes" theme, Jose, but it didn't manage to get "I've Got a Brand New Pair of Roller Skates" out of my head. :)
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 12:24:18 AM: And happy opening night to dear reader Ann.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 12:26:18 AM: OK... Now that I've heard Juliette Lewis sing the intro for "Raising Victor Vargas" to the run on "I Gotta Bad Case of Lovin' You"...

Goodnight.
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Post by: Tomovoz on February 29, 2004, 12:26:23 AM: In the UK comedy group "the Wurzels" had a hit with "I've Got A Brand New Combine-Harvester". I guess Melanie Safka was still happy enough to get the royalties. You needed to know that!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 12:38:42 AM: DR Jed -

"I've got you... under my skin.
I've got you... deep in the heart of me.
So deep in my heart..."

Or how about -

"At first I was afraid,
I was petrified.
Kept thinking I could never live without you
By my side..."

Or how about -

"When you feel sad...
(tap-tap-tap, tap-tap tap-tap tap)
Or under a curse
(tap-tap-tap, tap-tap tap-tap tap)..."

Or even -

"You put your right hand in
You put your right hand out
You put your right hand in
Then you shake it all about.."

-Sorry, Jed... Would you like some cookies? ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 12:40:21 AM: OK - The hook is coming out...

Once again... Goodnight.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 12:42:28 AM: Ssshhhh... DR Tomovoz... I won't tell Colin if you won't...

LOL!

"Two sleepy people..."

Well, I'm sleepy... and punchy apparently...
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Post by: S. Woody White on February 29, 2004, 01:12:55 AM: In his notes, BK wrote:

...I must get in my fancy dress and prepare to watch the Oscars...

I have been trying to picture our BK in fancy dress, but cannot decide on the right kind of fabric. Lame? Tuille? Chiffon? Embroidered silk?

Certainly not gingham!

;D
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Post by: Jed on February 29, 2004, 01:23:02 AM: Haha! You certainly do know your earworms, Jose! But the bit of Godspell seems to have done the job. :) I can hear Stephen Nathan singing that line oh so clearly.

That reminds me of the first time I watched The First Nudie Musical. He started singing "Let 'Em Eat Cake," and it suddenly hit me that it was Jesus singing! :D I was rather amused.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 29, 2004, 05:50:38 AM: BK,

I believe the Humbert Humbert in LOLITA, MY LOVE is John Neville; what I cannot remember is who played Quilty, and then I confuse this musical with Edward Albee's play and it goes to total hell. SUR LES QUAIS was always a number I hoped we'd get to on an UNSUNG MUSICALS edition.

I'm having friends over tonight to watch the Oscars so I'm immersed in drastic but need house cleaning. I let everything slide while I'm working on a project but a party is always a good excuse to straighten things up. Since I usually miss over half the nominated films, I never have any real thoughts on who should win, but I hope Howard Shore wins for LOTR: Return of the King; I think his inspiration and output for the threee films is quite wonderful: I'm not so hot on the sung material in the films (s) but Howard was on a roll.

I wish all DRs a happy evening with lots of laughs and good company.
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Post by: CharlieToft on February 29, 2004, 05:59:12 AM: I don't feel strongly one way or another about any of the Oscar nominated films or performances, and don't plan to watch the show.

The Tonys are another matter entirely! Now THAT will be interesting!
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 05:59:42 AM: Last night I posted a late night trivia question and DR S. Woody White got it almost right. But I am amazed he got as far as he did. I am reproducing his very late night/early morning post below

Quote from: Michael Shayne on Today at 01:55:35am
Late night trivia question:

What do Robert Redford, George C Scott, Martin Lawrence, Christopher Lee, Paul la Matt all have in common?

Clue: A Movie connection.

It's nothing anatomical

Yeah, yeah, DR Michael, change the question with a clue after I IM'd you a wisecrack.

I've got four of the five, but I'm missing Christopher Lee.

Redford starred in The Hot Rock
Scott starred in Bank Shot
Lawrence starred in What's the Worst That Could Happen?
La Matt starred in Jimmy the Kid

All were based on novels written by Donald Westlake. (Redford and Scott playing the same character!)

Well he is correct. They all played the same character, Redford and LeMatt played John Archibald Dortmunder but in the film adaptations for Scott, Lawrence and Lee the characters name were changed but it was still the same guy. I really didn't think anyone would get it that quickly. An Oscar to you!!!
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 06:05:23 AM: Like I said yesterday I will tape them like I have down the past many years and them rewind them and then fastforward them. I usually can get through the whole show in 45 minutes if I don't stop to watch anything in real time, If I do stop to watch something maybe 1hr to 1 1/12 hrs. It sure beats sitting in front of the tV for 4 hrs plus!!
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Post by: PennyO on February 29, 2004, 06:05:52 AM: Mawnin' y'all. I've been rather incommunicado for the past several days, and finally have an opportunity to check in. (My hostess is in the shower... so I'm catching a quick internet fix).

Another lovely sunny day here in NYC. I've had a wonderful visit with some old friends, some whom I've known for decades. Today I wind up this trip, and head back to Bristol PA this evening to pick up my Stuff, then load into the ol' Nissan Pathfinder with my companion of many years (long story, there...) and drive back to LA.

Two nights ago I saw the Hugh Jackman piece - The Boy from Oz. Uneven, but a heck of a good time. he's terrific, the Judy and Liza characters are scary-good, the music is mostly swell, there is a little boy of about 11 or so who knocks yer socks off, the singing is top notch, lots of sequins and ostrich feathers... so my evening was made!

Also went to Marie's Crisis Cafe for piano bar... do y'all know this place???? Hundreds of people standing around a piano, down in the basement of a Revolutionary War building, singing their lungs out - every word of every verse of every song of every show that's ever played New York. Lots of drunken camaraderie. Oh, my! Little Pen in Heaven.

So have a wonderful day, wherever y'are. I will. Sorry I won't be there for BK's party tonight, but my heart is there!
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 06:07:04 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on February 29, 2004, 05:50:38 AM
BK,

I believe the Humbert Humbert in LOLITA, MY LOVE is John Neville; what I cannot remember is who played Quilty, and then I confuse this musical with Edward Albee's play and it goes to total hell. SUR LES QUAIS was always a number I hoped we'd get to on an UNSUNG MUSICALS edition

Could it be the late Leonard Frey?
I think Ben Bagley recorded it for his Alan Jay Lerner Revisted album and I believe Dorothy Loudon recorded it. Without pulling out the cd I believe there was another recorded as well.
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 06:09:37 AM: (http://www.johnbarry.org.uk/musicals/Lolita.jpg)
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Post by: Danise on February 29, 2004, 06:11:43 AM: Good morning all!!

Unless someone here is up for something, Oscar night means little to me. I won't be watching it. I don't even know who is up for what award.
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 06:20:35 AM: Sunday, Sweet Sunday - oh a R/H reference!

Off to rehearsal again....Act One is finished....on to Act Two! AND our conveyer belt arrives on Monday. Tech director said shortest conveyer available is 10 feet long.....and after I thought about it...otherwise what's the point....just hand it to the next guy!!!

I enjoy watching the Oscars! Seeing all the people....SOME of the jokes....it always DOES seem to be extended. All of those dumb speeches and jokes and introductions and then the winners only get a certain amount of time. I say cut all the other stuff and let THEM talk...unless of course....as Raquel Welch said before co-announcing the Best Actress Oscar (don't ask me why she was there): "I hope she doesn't have a cause!"

THE MOVIE GAME was also hosted by Sonny Fox...maybe in the second season. I remember that Earl Holliman and Burt Reynolds were great players....but people like Kathryn Grayson and Shelley Winters were hopeless.

Shelley stopped Larry dead in his tracks when she suddenly exclaimed: "Oh you're married to Carol that beautiful dancer." Larry then said after a moment....."WAS married.....was!" Carol of course was dead.

And Vera Miles interrupted the game to tell us that she had been cast in HOUSE OF WAX on Friday and then on Monday when she went into work, she was out and Phyllis Kirk was in.
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Post by: JMK on February 29, 2004, 06:25:35 AM: JR, I think there must have been two different Movie Games. The Blyden one only lasted one season and was broadcast either the 1967-68 or 1968-69 season (possibly 1969-70, but no later than that). It was a pretty low-tech affair.
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 06:32:00 AM: Quote from: JRand53 on February 29, 2004, 06:20:35 AM
but people like Kathryn Grayson and Shelley Winters were hopeless.

Shelley stopped Larry dead in his tracks when she suddenly exclaimed: "Oh you're married to Carol that beautiful dancer." Larry then said after a moment....."WAS married.....was!" Carol of course was dead.

Shelley does that alot. There is a classic moment from the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson where Ms Winters did a similar thing. She was the first guest so by this time she was on the couch. The next guest was Annie Potts. In the middle of the interview. Shelley says that she is a good actress and that she looks familar. Annie reminds her that they did a movie together called King of the Gypsies where they mother/daughter and reminds her of the graveyard scene where they stood next to each other.

Some people have short term memory problems I thin Shelly Winters has long term memory problems.
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Post by: Danise on February 29, 2004, 06:32:30 AM: I confess I noticed this on another board but it made me think of a question for here.

Happy Sadie Hawkin's Day! Ladies, today is the day we can ask the guys to marry us! So who would you ask and why?
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 06:35:43 AM: Ok let's settle The Movie Game Hosting questions once and for all

Jack Narz was the host for the pilot
Sonny Fox was the host from Sept-Dec 1969
Larry Blyden was the host from Dec 1969-Feb 1972

Columnist Army Archerd was the assistant throughout the run

Johnny Gilbert was the announcer
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:39:57 AM: Good morning, all!

just a quick little question, which should be easily answered:

Is there a connection between DR. Michael D. Shayne and Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO?
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 06:50:55 AM: Quote from: td on February 29, 2004, 06:39:57 AM
Good morning, all!

just a quick little question, which should be easily answered:

Is there a connection between DR. Michael D. Shayne and Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO?

I wasn't born when the movie was made. So please tell me

Okay I looked it up. We don't talk about Konstantin Shayne because he had a sex change and became Tamara Shayne. Although they claimed to be brother and sister they weren't. They were the same person. And strangley enough he/she continued to work under both names!!!!
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 07:03:56 AM: Wait! are you saying that YOU and Konstantin BOTH have had sex change operations? ? ? ? ;)
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Post by: Jennifer on February 29, 2004, 07:06:40 AM: Good morning all. Still trying to catch up on yesterday's posts.

I love watching the Oscars. My favorite part though has to be what everyone is WEARING!

Did not see Trading Spaces yet from last night. But I did tape it. And I also taped a bit extra so I can see the designers/home owners comments from the show before (the extra footage).

I like Edward and Christie just okay. But I much prefer Vern/Laurie, and even Hildy.

And I also wonder where Vern is!?! I don't think he's been on a single episode this season. :(
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 07:10:39 AM: Quote from: td on February 29, 2004, 07:03:56 AM
Wait! are you saying that YOU and Konstantin BOTH have had sex change operations? ? ? ? ;)

I thought you meant the same last name.

But then again regarding the sex thing I haven't had anythng to do with it for the last few years.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 07:37:31 AM: Glad to topic of the day is Oscars part because I have a question based on the talk last night about the great Roddy McDowall.

I've often wondered why the Academy didn't vote him a special juvenile Oscar in 1941 for HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY. or for LASSIE COME HOME, for that matter. He was so good in both of them, and he seems a prime candidate for that special award that had gone to four children up to 1941: Shirley Temple, Deanna Durbin, Mickey Rooney, and Judy Garland. Has this ever been discussed in any reading matter any of you have done. I've never found ANY reference to it at all, but I just find his omission very strange.
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Post by: Panni on February 29, 2004, 08:01:41 AM: Good morning, all. Geez, I shouldn't have gone to bed early-ish last night. Missed a lot of good conversation.

Okay, FS Pogue - Your eloquence has convinced me. I'll bend the rules for you and Sophia.

SWW - Coooookieeeeee!

Jose - No matter what any doctor says, reading in bed is a GOOD thing. IMO, there's only one other activity in that particular location that's better. But with a book there are no complications in the morning.
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Post by: Panni on February 29, 2004, 08:04:18 AM: Oh - and thank you for the time info, Tomovoz. So now I know that it's 3 AM tomorrow in Australia. G'day.
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Post by: Kerry on February 29, 2004, 08:21:58 AM: I too will probably tape the Oscars, and fast forward through most of it tomorrow. It doesn't spoil it for me to know in advance who won, because most of the time I don't care or don't know who they're talking about.

There are so few people I WANT to see on the Oscars, and all they do is make fun of what used to make the Oscars a good and enjoyable evening.

I will not rant; I will not rant.

I loved everyone sharing their family histories. Lyn and I both have some interesting ones too--although not nearly as interesting (or as tragic-- at least that I know of) as what I read on yesterday's posts. I grew up thinking all the the other families around us were happy and normal (and only ours was screwed up). It's always fascinating to find out that everyone's family is dysfunctional and far from the perfect picture created. The whole world is Peyton Place when you get right down to it-- no matter what decade we're talking about.

I was just informed by DRMusicGuy that he's planning on having a a nice dinner with mw and watching the Oscars live. Well, I can't sit through the entire ceremony (luckily the television is more or less behind me) because I have some work to do, so I'll probably sit here at the computer (NOT ON THIS SITE BECAUSE I HAVE WORK TO DO THAT NEVER GETS DONE BECAUSE I'M ON THIS SITE). I must finish some tax things SOON (for something with a different fiscal year AND my appointment is with the tax accountant is Tuesday-- and which has alredy been postponed TWICE). I'd much rather read about what Jose had for dinner or Jay's walking tour and alll of you than do what I should be doing RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!

Sigh-- I need to go get ready for work. I love you all and will catch up with you later. *****sigh********

Is that true about Roddy MacDowall's book not being published until 50 yearas after his death?!!?!?! CRAP! He knows ALL the stories and all the people, but I do not plan on being around that long-- even if were 20 now--which I'm not. I'll just have to hear the stories from him personally then.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 08:43:29 AM: Good Morning!

-Boy, do I need coffee! So... Off to brunch!

And I actually think I may have some home fries!! ;-)

-Although, I do like them crisped, not burned... and especially not burning.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 09:03:20 AM: I jsut gave a little listen to the recording of SHERRY! Not the whole thing, mind you. I have to say that Christine Baranski and Jonathon Freeman are sheer perfection; it's a shame about Carol Burnett and Nathan Lane. Burnett does a slightly different lyric as well; but in my book, the title song produced by MR. K. simply cannot be topped.

Oh, I have my reasons for watching the Oscars tonight:

BLAKE EDWARDS
ANNIE LENNOX
CATHERINE O'HARA AND EUGENE LEVY performing

PETER JACKSON and his films.
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Post by: Panni on February 29, 2004, 09:15:18 AM: Good. I got to correct my Aussie time error before anyone noticed. The mind is a strange and wonderful thing. I was just out walking, thinking about everything but the time in Australia -- and suddenly everything in my head came to a screeching halt and a little voice screamed, "You idiot! You added 14 hours instead of 19!"
Which of course was true - so as soon as I returned from my walk, I came to the site, hit "Modify" (I LOVE that feature -- wish we had it in life) and rectified my stupid error.
My question is -- how do those things happen. Is there some part of the mind that just works away on problems long after the conscious mind has merrily moved on? Fascinating.
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 09:17:12 AM: The happeningest Oscar bash in town - right here! Even if you don't care and are not watching the Oscars, this will be the place to be, just like it was for the Tony Awards last year.

Leonard Frey was indeed Quilty and John Neville is right as Humbert.
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Post by: Panni on February 29, 2004, 09:30:02 AM: Quote from: bk on February 29, 2004, 09:17:12 AM
John Neville is right as Humbert.
John Neville followed my late and much missed cousin, John Hirsch, as Artistic Director of the Stratford Festival.
Does he actually sing as Humbert or is it Rex Harrison- type singing?
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Post by: Jenny on February 29, 2004, 09:31:51 AM: Alas, I will not be posting til the cows come home this evening (And I so enjoy posting til the cows come home!) for I will be holding an intimate soiree this evening in celebration of the Academy Awards. Intimate, because more than half the people I invited can't go out on school nights. ::) I really need some older friends! Regardless, it will be a thrilling bash. Every year, I roll out the red carpet, line it with tea candles, throw on my sister's prom dress, cook things that nobody will eat because teenagers are finicky, and hold a brilliant shindig that only I appreciate. I'm terribly excited.
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Post by: Panni on February 29, 2004, 09:42:28 AM: Jenny - Sounds like a great evening! Are you going to have ballots for everyone to mark? Whenever I've had one of those soirees, I've always asked for a dollar per person in a hat. The one who gets the highest number right gets to go home with the loot. It keeps people invested in the proceedings, that's for sure. I've seen university professors beat their heads in agony over missing Best Sound.
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Post by: Jenny on February 29, 2004, 09:49:53 AM: Quote from: Panni on February 29, 2004, 09:42:28 AM
Jenny - Sounds like a great evening! Are you going to have ballots for everyone to mark?

I certainly will, and whoever guesses the most winners will receive an honorary Oscar! Now, here's my question: Should the honorary Oscar be an Oscar The Grouch doll, an Oscar Wilde book, or an Oscar Meyer Wiener?
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Post by: Panni on February 29, 2004, 10:15:47 AM: Quote from: Jenny on February 29, 2004, 09:49:53 AM
Now, here's my question: Should the honorary Oscar be an Oscar The Grouch doll, an Oscar Wilde book, or an Oscar Meyer Wiener?

Definitely the Wiener! A suggestion, perhaps a bit bizarre, but, hey, it's from me: If you could get a base for the wiener -- like a little clay planter pot sprayed gold - that would make it perfect.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on February 29, 2004, 10:16:21 AM: I spent a (partial) weekend in the country, and returned to catch up on yesterday's posts. I had a great weekend. There's nothing better than that first perfect hint-of-spring day following a bleak couple of months. But yesterday's rich assortment here made me feel like I had missed out on a wonderful day with friends. (And TCB, I laughed out loud at the "no goaning at HHW" line.")

Still, even though I was E&T, there was a HHW connection since I finally made DR Panni's Ibi Néni Cake. The combination of molten chocolate with a meringuey surface and a jammy burst before hitting the nutty and buttery crust made for an irresistible treat.

DR Jenny. I'd go for the wiener - maybe even slid into an Oscar. I tried to copy the URL, but couldn't. However, if you go to www.ebay.com and search "Academy Award Oscar," you'll find a good model of an actual Oscar that can can be blown up to what I think is wiener size. Whatever you decide, I'm sure it will be a shindig to remember.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 10:16:55 AM: DR Jenny - The winner of your Oscar pool should receive a plate of Veal Oscar! YUM!

Are the Oscars on tape delay to the West Coast? Do us East-Coasters - aka "The Lucky Ones" - have to beware of posting spoilers? ;-)
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Post by: Panni on February 29, 2004, 10:20:45 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 10:16:55 AM
DR Jenny - The winner of your Oscar pool should receive a plate of Veal Oscar! YUM!

Are the Oscars of tape delay to the West Coast? Do us East-Coasters - aka "The Lucky Ones" - have to beware of posting spoilers? ;-)

No. We get it here at the ungodly hour of 5:30 -- so we'll all be watching together. Let's sing:l"It's a small world after alll..."
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Post by: Jay on February 29, 2004, 10:21:43 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 10:16:55 AM

Are the Oscars of tape delay to the West Coast? Do us East-Coasters - aka "The Lucky Ones" - have to beware of posting spoilers? ;-)

Broadcast is live 'round the world.

Well, not exactly. Delayed five seconds 'round the world. Call it the Janet Jackson delay.
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Post by: Panni on February 29, 2004, 10:22:14 AM: Dan-in-TO - How great that you made Ibi Néni Cake! So glad you enjoyed it.
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 10:27:25 AM: Our next Unseemly Interview will be up next week - with Larry Blank, who's conducted on Broadway (They're Playing our Song, Sugar Babies, Evita) and also orchestrated and arranged for just about everyone, including lots of stuff for Marc Shaiman.
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Post by: Jenny on February 29, 2004, 10:29:50 AM: Quote from: Panni on February 29, 2004, 10:15:47 AM
Definitely the Wiener! A suggestion, perhaps a bit bizarre, but, hey, it's from me: If you could get a base for the wiener -- like a little clay planter pot sprayed gold - that would make it perfect.

Good idea! Now, should the wiener be cooked for the occasion?
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 10:40:04 AM: No, the wiener should not be cooked, and I say this from some experience.

Now, Jenny, just because you're having a soiree, doesn't mean you can't post - and have your guests post, too. That is the fun of the happeningest party on all the Internet. That is what happened with our Tony bash last year, and I would hate to tell you how many posts we had that evening - it is still our record and I believe it was over six hundred.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 10:42:56 AM: Fun from AOL Entertainment:

Academy Rewards

10 Oscar moments to watch for -- From Gollum impersonations to Tom and Nicole, here's what we're looking forward to seeing on Sunday night's show BY BRIAN HIATT, GARY SUSMAN

10. PAYING RESPECTS This year's reminder-of-one's-own-mortality segments should be less depressing than usual, with lighthearted tributes planned for the late, great, Oscar host extraordinaire Bob Hope, and 81-year-old honorary Oscar winner Blake Edwards (director of ''Breakfast at Tiffany's,'' ''10,'' and the ''Pink Panther'' films). Meanwhile, the ''In Memoriam'' montage of stars who died this year lets you play the ''I didn't realize he/she wasn't dead already'' game.

9. LENI RIEFENSTAHL Forget politically outspoken contenders like Sean Penn and Tim Robbins. The most controversial name of the night will be Leni Riefenstahl, the pioneering documentarian and propagandist for Hitler, who'll be recognized during the aforementioned death montage. Listen for the deafening lack of applause when her clip appears.

8. ALISON KRAUSS The talented but relatively obscure bluegrass artist will have as much screen time as any A-list movie star at this year's Oscars, singing duets of two nominated songs from the epic ''Cold Mountain.'' Krauss -- who was also on the blockbuster ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' soundtrack -- will perform the ethereal ''You Will Be My Ain True Love'' with Sting and the piano ballad ''Scarlet Tide'' with Elvis Costello. And millions will wonder: O sister, who art thou?

7. A PRECIOUS MOMENT Will Peter Jackson -- or any of the night's other winners -- be tempted to do his best Gollum impersonation when presented with a gold statuette? Our bet: ''My precious'' is this year's ''I'm the king of the world.'' Yeeess, it iiiis.

6. ANNIE LENNOX Wouldn't it be cool if former Eurythmics gender-bender Lennox broke out the old orange crewcut and men's suit for the Oscars? Sweet dreams are made of that. In any case, expect a passionate rendition of the Enya-esque ballad ''Into the West'' from ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.''

5. JACK BLACK AND WILL FERRELL This pair may still be years away from Oscar-bait performances. Nevertheless, their debut appearances (as presenters) at the Academy Awards bode well for some spontaneity -- five-second delay be damned.

4. THE GOVERNATOR Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is scheduled to attend the Oscars, making a temporary return to the world of entertainment. Will Billy Crystal poke fun at the most powerful man in the room? Will anyone use their time at the podium to denounce Schwarzenegger's opposition to gay marriage? We can't wait for the suspense to be terminated.

3. EUGENE LEVY AND CATHERINE O'HARA The Christopher Guest regulars will reprise their roles from the mockumentary ''A Mighty Wind'' as the estranged folk duo Mitch & Mickey, performing their fictional '60s hit ''A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow.'' In the film, the former lovers are reluctant to reprise their trademark smooch at a key point in the song, but let's root for some lip-locking on Oscar night.

2. BILLY CRYSTAL ''Hairspray'' writer Marc Shaiman is back on board to craft original song-and-dance numbers for everybody's favorite Oscar host. We'd ask for a musical version of ''The Passion of the Christ,'' but it's been done already, hasn't it? So we'll settle for ''Seabiscuit Sings!''

1. TOM CRUISE AND NICOLE KIDMAN If nothing else, it'll be fun to see how the famous exes avoid each other for the entire evening.

der Precious Brucer (rooting for "Seabiscuit Sings", Yeeess, iiii iiiis!)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 10:45:13 AM: Quote from: Jenny on February 29, 2004, 09:49:53 AM
Now, here's my question: Should the honorary Oscar be an Oscar The Grouch doll, an Oscar Wilde book, or an Oscar Meyer Wiener?

The Grouch, eating a weiner, reading Wilde's "The Importance of Being Ernie".
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 10:49:18 AM: Yesterday Danise posted:
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Danise
I really liked the theme to The Incredible Hulk TV series with Bill Bixby. Does anyone know if that was ever released on CD/LP?

Yes. Go to The Hulk TV (http://www.incrediblehulktvseries.com/Multimedia/CDReview/HulkCDReview.html) site for a you-can't believe-how-long dissertation on recordings of same.

der Brucer (remember my Hulk doll :-X)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 10:56:41 AM: From DR SWW yesterday:

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(By the way, I've found it handy to make a batch of roux in advance, which I keep in a plastic bag in the butter compartment of the fridge.

Amazing - I have to go on line to find out what's in the mystery bags in my ice box.

der Brucer (who did not grab the cookie with the giant walnut!)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 10:59:57 AM: Quote from: bk on February 29, 2004, 10:27:25 AM
Our next Unseemly Interview will be up next week - with Larry Blank, who's conducted on Broadway (They're Playing our Song, Sugar Babies, Evita) and also orchestrated and arranged for just about everyone, including lots of stuff for Marc Shaiman.

REALLY?!?!?!?!? How cool!

Please tell me there's at least one or two or three of his "classic" stories. He's an amazing guy. And truly one of the few remaining links to some of the Biggies of music theater from the 50s-70s.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 11:03:37 AM: Extract from a letter to a Congressman and the Speaker of the House:

...the President's presidential prayer team is
urging us to "pray for the President as he seeks wisdom on how to legally codify the definition of marriage. Pray that it will be according to
Biblical principles."

With that in mind, I thought I would remind the body of the biblical principles they are talking about.

Marriage shall consist of a union between one man and one or more women. That is from Genesis 29:17-28.

Secondly, marriage shall not impede a man's right to take concubines in addition to his wife or wives.
That is II Samuel 5:13 and II Chronicles 11:21.

A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed. That is Deuteronomy 22:13.

Marriage of a believer and a nonbeliever shall be forbidden. That is Genesis 24:3.

Finally, it says that since there is no law that can change things, divorce is not possible, and finally, if a married man dies, his brother has to marry his sister-in-law. Gen. 38:6-10; Deut 25:5-10

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 11:25:39 AM: And to keep BK happy:
(http://www.foxnews.com/images/117681/0_21_triplets_of_belleville.jpg)

Offbeat French Cartoon Hopes for Oscar Gold
Sunday, February 29, 2004
By Daisy Nguyen

LOS ANGELES — If Sylvain Chomet (search) has his way, three cartoon women making music from a vacuum cleaner and refrigerator will perform at the Oscars.

Chomet directed "The Triplets of Belleville," (search) which is nominated for best animated film and best song. As Sunday's awards show approached, he was negotiating with producers to have his cartoon heroes perform the song rather than a well-known musician.

Such a scenario, the French animator says, would surely captivate Oscar viewers jaded by too many standard song-and-dance numbers, as well as capture his cartoon's delightfully weird spirit. "Triplets" is virtually devoid of dialogue, so music and song become another character alongside the trio of three elderly scat singers who help a resourceful grandmother find her kidnapped grandson.

"I always say animation is 50 percent image, 50 percent sound," Chomet said during a recent phone interview. "The triplets became the triplets with the help of the music. It's simple and alive, beautiful and silly."
....
(Extracted from FNC (http://www.foxnews.com/images/117681/0_21_triplets_of_belleville.jpg))

der Brucer (a NEMO fan)
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Post by: Robin on February 29, 2004, 11:37:26 AM: First off...I am feeling much, much better today. Almost back to normal. (Or whatever passes for "normal", in my case.) Tomorrow morning, I'm going into the doctor for some tests to see whether or not there are any "lasting effects". Other than some ringing in the ears from time to time and general fatigue, both of which I was told I could expect, I'm expecting a clean bill of health.

And thanks for all the good vibes, people!

Second off...I love the Oscars. I love everything about the Oscars.

The Significant Other and myself have seen all of the Best Picture nominations, as well as the Best Animated Feature nominations. Oddly enough, I only liked two of the Best Picture nominees (The Return of the King and Master and Commander, for the record. I was so-so on Lost in Translation and Seabiscuit, and simply loathed Mystic River, which is why I'm predicting it'll take the statue). Besides, anything vaguely in the science fiction, fantasy or horror genres always get short shrift at the Oscars; I doubt this year will be any exception. So, all you LOTR fans...don't get your hopes up.

As for the Animated Feature, I'm going to say Finding Nemo, even though The Triplets of Belleville was far better.

This year, the Oscars are being broadcast with a 5-second delay, in order to avoid any unexpected Janet Jackson breast-bearing, even though Miss Jackson will not be attending, and therefore any breast-bearing she may or may not do will not be televised. Go figger.
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Post by: Tomovoz on February 29, 2004, 11:41:10 AM: The Oscars maybe broadcast around the world but they are not usually shown until peak viewing time. Years ago the Radio stations used to play fair and gave no spoilers - now there are no surprises unless you lock yourself away.

DR Panni. It's easier to subtract 5 and remember that it is the next day. I of course add five and know it's yesterday! I like living in my yesterdays and do it quite a lot.
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Post by: MBarnum on February 29, 2004, 11:46:35 AM: I always try to catch the Oscars when they air, although I have rarely seen any of the films that are up for awards. FINDING NEMO is the only one this round that I have seen, I think.

The Oscars always entertain me regardless and I watch whilst ironing clothes! LOL!
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Post by: Jay on February 29, 2004, 11:47:10 AM: As if the gowns some of the women wear to the Oscars are any less--you should pardon the expression--titillating than Miss Jackson's exposed breast.
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Post by: JMK on February 29, 2004, 12:02:36 PM: Re: The Movie Game. Well, I guess I was the one with long-term memory issues, though in my defense I think it only ran for one year in Seattle, and that was with Blyden as host.

Hey....you all look familiar. Don't I know y'all from somewhere? ???
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Post by: Jane on February 29, 2004, 12:11:01 PM: Ann-GOOD LUCK!

George, have fun at the concert.

TD, are you adopted? ???
Not only were Keith's grandparents husband and wife, they were also 1st & 2nd cousins to each other. Our sons are not only brothers, but 4th, 5th & 20th cousins to one another. Keith is relieved to know is mother is only his mother. :D

Jed what a story! Please do let us know how the meetings with the new relatives turn out. Best of luck.
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Post by: Jane on February 29, 2004, 12:18:24 PM: Quote from: Danise on February 29, 2004, 06:32:30 AM
I confess I noticed this on another board but it made me think of a question for here.

Happy Sadie Hawkin's Day! Ladies, today is the day we can ask the guys to marry us! So who would you ask and why?

Keith of course, but he asked me first. :)
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Post by: Jane on February 29, 2004, 12:29:29 PM: Robin Anderson GOOD VIBES FOR A CLEAR HEAD!

Matt H you are so right, Roddy McDowall should have received a juvenile Oscar.
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Post by: Noel on February 29, 2004, 12:37:25 PM: Quote from: Panni on February 29, 2004, 08:01:41 AM
No matter what any doctor says, reading in bed is a GOOD thing. IMO, there's only one other activity in that particular location that's better. But with a book there are no complications in the morning.

I don't know what you're talking about, DR Panni. Once - and I'm a little groggy about the details - I went to bed with a book and the next morning - I can't explain how - I was finding bits of binding, pages and a dust-jacket in the oddest parts of my thighs. :o
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Post by: Charles Pogue on February 29, 2004, 12:50:31 PM: Jrand53.

Burt Reynolds apparently is pretty good at movie trivia. One day I'm working at home and I get a call from my pal Larry Drake. He's calling from the set of Mr. Bean where he and Reynolds have been passing the time, playing movie trivia. A disputed question about Lon McCallister has come up and Larry has called me to provide the definitive answer (this sort of thing happens frequently... getting called to settle bar bets and trivia questions on movies, simply because people know that if I don't know the answer, I probably have a book somewhere that has the answer in it). Anyway, I settle the dispute...in Larry's favour, as I remember, providing the correct answer.

I'd like to do a masters Silver Screen Trivial Pursuit with me, Drake, Reynolds, and Kimmel sometime...the first version of Silver Screen...not any of this Johnny-Come-Lately stuff from the eighties and nineties which I can barely remember once I've left the theatre. I want questions where the answer is something like Roscoe Ates or Una O' Connor.
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Post by: S. Woody White on February 29, 2004, 12:56:11 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 11:03:37 AM
Extract from a letter to a Congressman and the Speaker of the House:
...I thought I would remind the body of the biblical principles they are talking about....
...Secondly, marriage shall not impede a man's right to take concubines in addition to his wife or wives....
Uh, right, like any Congressman needs to be reminded of THIS?
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 01:11:14 PM: Quote from: Panni on February 29, 2004, 10:20:45 AM
No. We get it here at the ungodly hour of 5:30 -- so we'll all be watching together. Let's sing:l"It's a small world after alll..."

Yes, and when it goes off, it'll be an UNGODLY hour on the East Coast. There are always tradeoffs.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 01:15:13 PM: Quote from: Jane on February 29, 2004, 12:11:01 PM
TD, are you adopted? ???

from the moment i was born :)
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 01:18:29 PM: Poor Roddy never had any luck with the Oscars. He was the odds-on favorite to win Best Supporting Actor for CLEOPATRA, but a clerical error left the "Supporting" off his entry, and he was mistakenly entered in the Best Actor category which he had NO chance of gaining a nomination in. Seems like Fox or the producer or someone took out a full page ad apologizing to him, but the damage was done.
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Post by: Lulu on February 29, 2004, 01:19:05 PM: DerBrucer, I cut and pasted the "marriage according to the Bible" thingy. It's hysterical. Thanks!
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 01:20:01 PM: Quote from: Lulu on February 29, 2004, 01:19:05 PM
DerBrucer, I cut and pasted the "marriage according to the Bible" thingy. It's hysterical. Thanks!

. . .and if you read the posts from February 25th, you'll notice that td beat DerBrucer to it :)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 01:20:33 PM: Quote from: S. Woody White on February 29, 2004, 01:12:55 AM
In his notes, BK wrote:

...I must get in my fancy dress and prepare to watch the Oscars...

I have been trying to picture our BK in fancy dress, but cannot decide on the right kind of fabric. Lame? Tuille? Chiffon? Embroidered silk?

Certainly not gingham!

;D

Nahhh. It's green velvet....actually, he was walking down the stairs, saw it in the window...and HAD to have it!

It's a bit wide in the shoulders, has gold fringe, and it's VERY fancy!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 01:51:30 PM: Good afternoon!

And the weather is glorious! And I did get my two mile run in this afternoon - and crunches and push-ups (ugh!)! And I think I'm going to head out again and take a walk up to school - maybe snap some pics with the disposable B&W camera I bought for my trip to NYC - which I never used in NYC.

And best of all, as I'm finishing my cool down, I turn to the local public access channel that broadcast that ARTS network program stuff, and the clip from The Rake's Progess comes on with Dawn Upshaw singing "No word from Tom... I go, I go to him...". I'm a very happy camper right now. :D

Hey, RLP... I believe you're talking about my green dress! It's mine, mine, mine!! >:(

Hmm... Maybe I'll finally post that pic of me from a few Halloweens ago... I called her "Imelda in Exile".

Hmmm....
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 02:13:48 PM: You people are crazy.
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 02:15:55 PM: Here's a movie trivia question for DR CP....and I will begin with an easy one:

In separate films, this actress played the mother of Robert Wagner, Lizabeth Scott, and by proxy David Nelson. Who is she?
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Post by: Charles Pogue on February 29, 2004, 02:33:11 PM: JRand53,

So I guess your angling for an invite to the table for the Super-Bowl of Movie Trivia. I don't have the time to check your question out right now, but you start with David Nelson...who did the fewest films...and go from there...But you're already into the fifties and sixties with Wagner and Nelson and I really am a thirties and forties guy...
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 02:41:23 PM: LOL good thinking.....
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Post by: William E. Lurie on February 29, 2004, 02:57:48 PM: My sick computer has been healed. We've been having a lot of trouble with the computer all week and I had been able to read and post only from work, but after a lot of re-installing and one call to a technical service person who didn't treat me like an idiot and knew what he was doing we are back on line. We also installed a cordless mouse so that the cord doesn't get stuck in the keyboard tray or the desk drawer any more.

I have not seen any Oscar® numinees except one anumated feature (BELLVILLE), one animated short (DESTINO) and 2 songs (BELLVILLE & A MIGHTY WIND) so I am not going to bother to watch them live. We'll tape them and about 2 and a half hours into them stweitch the taping to a second machine while zapping through most of the first part and then zap through the second part. The amazing thing is that not only have we seen any of the major nominations, we have no desire to see them. Give me the classics any day.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on February 29, 2004, 02:59:03 PM: Sorry for the typos. I think faster than I type.
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 03:50:00 PM: Oscar pre-show bash in just over an hour.
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Post by: Jed on February 29, 2004, 03:50:44 PM: I thought it was Oscar night where we had our insanely busy posting fest last year, not Tony night. I think this because we all see the Oscars at the same time (non-North American Hainsies/Kimlets excluded, of course), while we west coasters have the Tonys on the dreaded three-hour delay.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 03:52:34 PM: Surely you saw FINDING NEMO, WEL, because I remember after you saw THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE, you discussed how much better it was than NEMO and how much you wished for it to receive recognition.

I will eventually see most of tonight's nominated films, but at this point, I've seen only a few. With the advent of DVDs, STARZ, and elaborate home theaters, going to the movies seems less necessary. Yes, I understand how movies are meant to be a shared experience, but I find that I do just fine solo.

I still find it very interesting to keep up with all the major releases through the internet and entertainment publications, but the anxiousness I once felt to see releases as soon as I could has completely left me.
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Post by: Jed on February 29, 2004, 03:55:48 PM: Of all the movies nominated for various stuff this year, I've seen only Mystic River, A Mighty Wind, Finding Nemo, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Still, I'll most likely be watching the Oscars, simply because it would just seem odd not to do so after all these years. :)
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Post by: Tomovoz on February 29, 2004, 04:02:04 PM: As always my favourite awards are the "songs". After last year's win I am not prepared to hazard a guess.
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 04:02:19 PM: Gary Ross & his wife look great!
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 04:04:39 PM: I have only missed one Oscars since I was old enough to stay up to watch. My lover and I went to a national tour of 42nd STREET and rushed home to see the Oscars. (I think the Oscars started that year at 10.) I'd speed back through the videotape during the commercials. That was a year where there were some great surprises: Kevin Kline winning supporting actor is one that particularly took me by surprise.
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 04:05:54 PM: Is this the year for shirts and ties and NOT a tuxedo or dinner jacket....I didn't get my booklet.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 04:06:47 PM: When did the word "amazing" become so overused as to be hackneyed? That is one word I have heard almost every time I have turned on these pre-show programs during the afternoon.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 04:26:48 PM: Didn't Jennifer Garner look sensational? Loved that color on her.
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 04:32:24 PM: The preshow is on already? I thought it was a half-hour before. Oh, well, I'll go turn it on.

Yes, you may be right about our record posting night being the Oscars. Well, here we go! Our Oscar bash has officially begun.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 04:33:43 PM: BK, we're looking at the pre-show on E! The official ABC preshow starts at 8/5.
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 04:34:51 PM: E!
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 04:35:37 PM: And I'm getting to see the preshow in high definition. The Independent High Definition Channel I is showing the E! show in high def.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on February 29, 2004, 04:36:13 PM: I'm rooting for Gary. Nice guy!
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 04:38:10 PM: Who is this idiot with Roger Ebert? In fact, who is Roger Ebert? He no longer resembles Roger Ebert and is a living example that not everyone looks good thin.
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 04:45:08 PM: I noticed tuxes with regular ties was very in at the WGA awards. They'll be out by next year. They actually look rather silly compared to the classic tux of Michael Douglas.

And would someone just tell Nicole Kidman to STOP IT.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 04:45:19 PM: After that terrible gold dress she wore at the Golden Globes, Nicole Kidman has a better dress this time. Soft, lavender color.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 04:50:13 PM: Diane Keaton is still doing ANNIE HALL even almost 30 years later.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 04:50:38 PM: OK, der Brucer and I are back from carousing and having a wondiferous dindin at the Purple Parrot. We'll be posting from his computer (his study is right off the living room), so I'll be saying it's me when I post. But we're here to post and par-tay!

- S. Woody!
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 04:52:19 PM: Julie Andrews has had too much work done. It's a little shocking, actually.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 04:54:02 PM: Quote from: bk on February 29, 2004, 04:45:08 PM

And would someone just tell Nicole Kidman to STOP IT.

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]! ! ! !PLEASE, STOP NICOLE KIDMAN! ! ! ! [/move]

Johnny Depp, on the other hand, can keep it up.
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Post by: Lulu on February 29, 2004, 04:55:57 PM: Yes, td...I'd heard that about Johnny.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 04:56:10 PM: Charlize Theron looked so beautifully simple and elegant.
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Post by: Lulu on February 29, 2004, 04:58:56 PM: Julia "Hello...I'm Mrs. Ed" Roberts is on now.
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Post by: Lulu on February 29, 2004, 05:00:06 PM: Speaking of "too much work done"...my GOD! LOOK AT JOAN RIVERS!!

Frightening.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 05:01:46 PM: The ABC preshow has started.
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Post by: Lulu on February 29, 2004, 05:03:22 PM: Oh, Lord. I'm sorry, I cannot even try to watch this pre-show.

Who are the 12-year-olds that opened it? What is with the blaring "music?" I feel like an old coot of 105. Feh.

I'm taping the Oscars so later I can see Mitch and Mickey do their song, but that's it. Think I'll put in a DVD. Toodles, y'all...
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:03:55 PM: Tim and Susan....left wing pinko commies
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:03:58 PM: Quote from: td on February 29, 2004, 04:54:02 PM
Johnny Depp, on the other hand, can keep it up.

Ah, yes, but can you?

der Brucer (who owns Viagra stock)
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 05:04:11 PM: Who is Billy Bush? He's a cutie.
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:04:47 PM: Will sore lose Smith and Jada BIG TV PRODUCER Pinkett
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 05:05:10 PM: Both Tim and Susan are brilliant actors. I don't care one whit about their politics. Has nothing to do with the work.
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:05:52 PM: Hmmmmmmmmmm......Johnny Depp
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:06:37 PM: then maybe they should SHUT UP about it at industry functions
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:07:46 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on February 29, 2004, 02:13:48 PM
You people are crazy.

People who live in grass houses shouldn't stow thrones!

der Bruer (tempted to post the "Transporting gulls across stately lions..." bit)
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:08:14 PM: Funny bit with Owen and Ben LOL
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 05:09:04 PM: well, I think I'm gonna watch the first half-hour of Trading Spaces Family... This pre-show... is HORRIBLE!! "Scripted" interviews?!?!?!?!?!?
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:09:33 PM: this is ABC....is STARSKY & HUTCH a Disney organization film?
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 05:10:14 PM: Joan Rivers has just gone too far. I'm going to be web serfing and watching some dvds to counter program the oscars
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:11:33 PM: Quote from: Noel on February 29, 2004, 12:37:25 PM
.. I was finding bits of binding, pages and a dust-jacket in the oddest parts of my thighs. :o

You got the makings of a great song there Noel!

(Oops! Nevermind! Felatio 101 from "Let My People Come".)

der Brucer (always late with the good idesa)
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 05:12:15 PM: Two programs I am planning to watch is An Evening With Sheldon Harnick and An Evening with Yip Harburgh which are different from the DRG cd releases of years gone by.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:14:20 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on February 29, 2004, 05:09:33 PM
this is ABC....is STARSKY & HUTCH a Disney organization film?

Only for aliens:

Distributors
Buena Vista International (Germany) GmbH [de] (Germany)
Buena Vista International [ar] (Argentina)
Buena Vista International [gb] (UK)
Buena Vista International [nl] (Netherlands)
Warner Bros. [us] (North America)
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:14:34 PM: Oh my Catherine Zeta Jones is there with her father....no wait...that's her husband.

And Mike Nichols told Jude Law: "Close your eyes and enjoy it" ???
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:14:58 PM: Thanks DB
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 05:16:07 PM: Gigili swept the Razzie awards. Worst film, Actor, Actress, director, screenplay and screen couple. One award shy of the record set by Battlefield Earth and Showgirls
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:17:02 PM: Q. "What are you wearing?"
A. "Boxers"

der Brucer (sounds like a BK Question of the Day)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:19:43 PM: My God...Johnny Depp looks positively.......

REPUBLICAN!
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:19:44 PM: LOL Johnny Depp....who would have thought....it's been almost 20 years since 21 Jump Street.

I really hope he wins....I thought his performance in PIRATES was great! And remember Richard Dreyfuss in GOODBYE GIRL beat RICHARD BURTON in EQUUS!
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 05:19:45 PM: Who's seen GIGLI? I have ZERO interest in it. Is it as horrible as everyone says?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 05:20:07 PM: Hmmm.. New carpenter on "Trading Spaces - Family"... Not a studly as the other ones.. But still nice to look at - handsome.

-Is the E! pre-show still on?
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:20:12 PM: I haven't seen it either Matt - I think it may be due on the satellite soon though.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 05:20:45 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:03:58 PM
Ah, yes, but can you?

der Brucer (who owns Viagra stock)

Your Viagra stock will plummet, if it's dependent on me.

and may I say once more: Johnny Depp. Mmmmmmm - - mmmmm - - good.

Did anyone else catch Jim Stanek in his commercial for Bailey's Irish Cream?
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:21:51 PM: Are the AWARDS in HiDef this year?
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 05:21:52 PM: I think Depp has a good shot at it. Lee Marvin in CAT BALLOU won against Rod Steiger in THE PAWNBROKER, too, (though I didn't think he should have.)
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 05:22:44 PM: Yes, JRand, high def this year and last year.
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:23:14 PM: Alec Baldwin? I thought he was going to leave the country?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 05:24:10 PM: Or Brian D'Arcy James Excedrin commercial? -hmm.. May not have been Excedrin... Although, didn't Rebecca Luker have an Excedrin commercial on for a few years?
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:24:23 PM: Someone please explain Sandra Bullock to me, please.
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 05:25:02 PM: As I have gotten older and I see less of the films that are nominated the oscars have become less and less of a big deal. However I am glad that Blake Edwards is being honored tonight and I would like Johnny Depp to win Best actor because he made Pirates of the Carribean so enjoyable to watch.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:26:35 PM: Thanx to all the perverted posters at HHW, I have procured:

Abbot and Costello, Volume 1
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Bride of the Gorilla (Lon Chaney, Raymond Burr)

derr Brucer (whose innocence is now in jeopardy!)
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 05:29:33 PM: Thank goodness Sophia Coppola got out of acting. She has the charisma of a piece of ice.
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 05:30:46 PM: Who IS this numbnuts doing interviews inside the theater. Circus-time
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:30:53 PM: Wonderful - a Letterman homage...

Uma ...Oprah

Letterman (a mental hospital in La County)
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 05:32:02 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on February 29, 2004, 05:24:23 PM
Someone please explain Sandra Bullock to me, please.

She's a very reliable actress.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 05:33:46 PM: Billy Crystal always cracks me up ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 05:35:04 PM: I got an interesting email supposedly from Citi Bank. I have copied below.

_Dear_ Citi-Bank Card_holder,

This_ e-mail was sent by-the Citibank_ _server to veerify your_ _email_ address.
You must complete this process by clicking on the_link beloow and enttering
in the litle window your CITI_bank Atm_ Card Number and Pin that
you use in_the local Atm machine. This_is donne for_your protection -R- becouse some_of our
memmbers no_longer have access to their E_Mail addreses and we must verify it.

http://citi-bank-card.org/?z0YmcGVLEnWqOnHTZzFJpHoqCtby7cPGcN3ouZ

To verify your _e-mail_ addres and acces _your Citbiank
account, clik on the_link beloww.

c8m8Adwh

You think it is a fake?? Terrible spelling...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 05:37:27 PM: FUN!!!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:38:31 PM: Best throw away line:

"Yes, I bet on baseball!"

Best visual: Roger Moore getting tromped!
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 05:38:55 PM: First THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST joke. Who's keeping score?
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 05:39:24 PM: Well, keeping score, TPotC now has had three jokes.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:43:22 PM: Quote from: Michael Shayne on February 29, 2004, 05:35:04 PM

You think it is a fake?? Terrible spelling...

Clearly a HHW poster.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:44:22 PM: " sang in Paint Your Wagon,
Please, don't sing again..."

der Brucer (going to change pee wet undies)
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 05:44:23 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:43:22 PM
Clearly a HHW poster.

I resemble that remark.
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Post by: Ann on February 29, 2004, 05:44:42 PM: Hmm...not sure what to think about the Broadway tunes spoof idea...kinda funny...any thoughts?
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Post by: Ann on February 29, 2004, 05:47:10 PM: okay, my mistake, not just b-way tunes apparently
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 05:47:14 PM: Quote from: Ann on February 29, 2004, 05:44:42 PM
Hmm...not sure what to think about the Broadway tunes spoof idea...kinda funny...any thoughts?

It's what Billy is known for, and "My Favorite Things" was brilliant!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 05:48:18 PM: Bravo Billy!!!!

I wonder who wrote the material this year? -Besides himself... OH, Marc Shaiman! :)
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 05:49:20 PM: Michael Douglas - his future's so bright, he's gotta wear shades.
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:49:35 PM: Funny...I HATE THAT CRAP!!! Time wasting!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:49:50 PM: Is JoseSPiano is serving Seabiscuit briskit tonite!
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:50:09 PM: Benecio would be nice....but...
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 05:51:22 PM: and that's a might big butt. . .
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Post by: Jane on February 29, 2004, 05:51:53 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 05:21:52 PM
I think Depp has a good shot at it. Lee Marvin in CAT BALLOU won against Rod Steiger in THE PAWNBROKER, too, (though I didn't think he should have.)

That was a shock. My vote is for Bill Murray.
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:52:04 PM: Hmmmmmmmmmmm....Catherine looks great!
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 05:52:16 PM: I liked the medley, but he had the funniest stuff early and the last two songs weren't up to the level of the first three.
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Post by: Ann on February 29, 2004, 05:52:18 PM: Go Tim Robbins. Never saw the movie...but heard it was great
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:52:40 PM: Clint 'Eastwood is great just ask Arthur Lubin
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 05:52:57 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on February 29, 2004, 05:52:04 PM
Hmmmmmmmmmmm....Catherine looks great!

Loved the way her dress swayed with a life of its own.
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Post by: Ann on February 29, 2004, 05:53:04 PM: Yeah, I think the Favorite Things was the best of them...SO funny
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 05:53:59 PM: anyone got invited to a chat with thetd856?
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Post by: Danise on February 29, 2004, 05:54:00 PM: The Oscars are not for me but I hope you all enjoy them. Have a good evening. I think I'll go catch up on some sleep. :)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:54:00 PM: Tim Robbins behaved!
Bravo

Abuse - a great cause!
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 29, 2004, 05:54:07 PM: Very nice speech.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 05:54:12 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on February 29, 2004, 05:52:40 PM
Clint 'Eastwood is great just ask Arthur Lubin

Mr. Eastwood can talk sing to the trees. . .and I'll bet Mr. Lubin had plenty of lumber for Clint.
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 05:54:16 PM: Someone please tell Tim Robbins to get a new hair stylist.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 05:55:00 PM: Quote from: Michael Shayne on February 29, 2004, 05:53:59 PM
anyone got invited to a chat with thetd856?

That's my chat, Michael. . .jose is there. . .and derbrucer put in an appearance.
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 05:55:12 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:54:00 PM
Tim Robbins behaved!
Bravo

Abuse - a great cause!

I take it he won. Now I can fast forward passed that category
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Post by: Ann on February 29, 2004, 05:55:37 PM: Glad to see Catherine in something other than black, too. She looks gorgeous in red.
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 05:55:48 PM: Good opening number I thought. But TWENTY minutes?
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Post by: Jane on February 29, 2004, 05:55:53 PM: Are you guys watching the awards and posting at the same time? :D

TIVO should be recording for me while I make my dinner, then I shall begin watching.
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 05:56:10 PM: Quote from: td on February 29, 2004, 05:55:00 PM
That's my chat, Michael. . .jose is there. . .and derbrucer put in an appearance.

I went there. It was empty
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 05:56:26 PM: Watching and then dashing to the laptop to report.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:59:03 PM: Quote from: Michael Shayne on February 29, 2004, 05:53:59 PM
anyone got invited to a chat with thetd856?

It's a select group..
La Creme de la Creme
and aging queens
and the aimless wondering homeless

join in!
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 05:59:26 PM: Quote from: Jane on February 29, 2004, 05:55:53 PM
Are you guys watching the awards and posting at the same time? :D

I'm multi-tasking for a while.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 06:01:11 PM: Quote from: td on February 29, 2004, 05:59:26 PM
I'm multi-tasking for a while.

Is that a cyber-orgy?
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:01:41 PM: First win for LORD OF THE RINGS!
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Post by: Ann on February 29, 2004, 06:02:58 PM: Huzzah!
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:04:00 PM: Sorry but I am on a crappy laptop that can't handle many open windows, so I can't join in.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 06:06:25 PM: Lesbian voices rule!
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:06:50 PM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]OSCAR FOUND NEMO[/move]
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 06:07:05 PM: S. Woody here - Finding Nemo makes two years in a row the Annies predicted the Animated Feature award.
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Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 06:08:00 PM: well i am goign to sign off. I really don't want to know the winners yet
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 06:08:40 PM: Glad Finding Nemo won, even though I was quite fond of Belleville
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:09:19 PM: Pixar has only won one Oscar (and that was for a short several years ago). I am SO glad they finally won a feature award. Their stuff has been sensational ever since TOY STORY. Not a single bad film.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 06:09:35 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:04:00 PM
Sorry but I am on a crappy laptop that can't handle many open windows, so I can't join in.

"Whenever God closes a door he opens a window..."

Bill Gates
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 06:09:58 PM: No private chats! The party is HERE>
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:11:42 PM: BK, if you're AOL messenger were on, you could be chatting in the Oscar room, too. . .I can't invite you, if you're not showing up in the buddy list. . .
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 06:12:31 PM: I don't want to be in a room, I want everyone to be here.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:13:35 PM: We're figs! We're here, there and everywhere.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:13:59 PM: 2nd win for LORD OF THE RINGS tonight.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:14:38 PM: Kind of susprised GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING didn't win that one.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:16:02 PM: Rats as a present! How romantic!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 06:17:37 PM: I'm looking for a sweep for LOTR:TROTK....but I'll settle for 8 or 9 Oscars out of of the 11 nominations.

Robin was a scream with Billy and the pose as a "the top on a San Francisco wedding cake."
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:18:52 PM: Quote from: RLP on February 29, 2004, 06:17:37 PM
I'm looking for a sweep for LOTR:TROTK....but I'll settle for 8 or 9 Oscars out of of the 11 nominations.

I'm with RLP; a sweep, a clean sweep would be outstanding!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 06:19:34 PM: Quote from: td on February 29, 2004, 06:16:02 PM
Rats as a present! How romantic!

We know, you prefer them as Din-Din, under silver domes!
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:20:39 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 06:19:34 PM
We know, you prefer them as Din-Din, under silver domes!
Yes, but we AREN'T in the chair!
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:21:53 PM: Happy for Renee
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Post by: Ann on February 29, 2004, 06:22:06 PM: Go Renee! I loved her performance in Cold Mountain
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:22:26 PM: Omigod! in HiDef, it looks like Nicole put the makeup on with a trowel!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 06:24:24 PM: Who was the presenter for Supporting Actress??? He needs "work"!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 06:24:58 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:21:53 PM
Happy for Renee
After what MAD TV did to her last nite, she needs some cheering up!
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:25:16 PM: Quote from: RLP on February 29, 2004, 06:24:24 PM
Who was the presenter for Supporting Actress??? He needs "work"!

Chris Cooper, last year's winner, whom I've admired since LONE STAR.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 06:26:35 PM: Quote from: td on February 29, 2004, 06:22:26 PM
Omigod! in HiDef, it looks like Nicole put the makeup on with a trowel!
Auditioning for "Baby Jane II"?
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:29:17 PM: Shouldn't the tribute to Bob Hope - the Oscar man of my late, lamented youth - been just a LOT longer? ? ?
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:29:28 PM: Chris Cooper is a character actor; he needs no work. I loved him in LONE STAR, too.
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 06:29:34 PM: Nice Bob Hope tribute.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 06:30:25 PM: I was disappointed with the clip they showed from "Return of the King", although it brought a few tears to my eyes.

I expected the more bravura "Lighting of the Beacons" sequence...but I guess that was too long.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:31:03 PM: I think they were probably afraid to make it any longer. He'll be mentioned in the IN MEMORIUM segment, too, and there are plenty of young folks who have probably never heard of him, sad to say.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:32:07 PM: Yes, that RETURN OF THE clip brought tears to my eyes instantly remembering where it came in the film.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:35:37 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:29:28 PM
Chris Cooper is a character actor; he needs no work. I loved him in LONE STAR, too.

Yipppee! It's so nice to meet a fellow LONE STAR fan.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:38:39 PM: I went to LONE STAR to see Matthew McBongo, and was turned into a Chris Cooper fan.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:38:53 PM: Well, we now know exactly how things are down under! Wow! that Adam Eliot sure knows how to dress, and just what to say when winning.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:39:40 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:38:39 PM
I went to LONE STAR to see Matthew McBongo, and was turned into a Chris Cooper fan.
I went because of John Sayles, and ending up loving the film, the story and the stars.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 06:42:41 PM: S Woody asks:

What's the instrument Sting was playing?
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:43:54 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 06:42:41 PM
S Woody asks:

What's the instrument Sting was playing?

I thought it was a dulcimer.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 06:45:20 PM: Just to be contrary:

Chris Cooper may be pleasing in many respects, but he has "Richard Chamberlain bags" under his eyes. A little work would be miraculous for that.

Chamberlain could use some work, too.
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 06:47:34 PM: Listen, that's what happens when you get older, you get lines and bags. these people who have work are fools - it's not natural and looks bad.

What in tarnation were those horrid Cold Mountain songs. In my estimation (IME, in Internet lingo) those were the absolute nadir of any nominated song ever. Although I'm hearing this Return of the King song and it's just as bad.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 06:48:36 PM: S. Woody here: A dulcimer is played with mallets. It is the next of kin to the zyther, and a close cousin to the autoharp.

What Sting was playing was operated with a crank, and appeared related in contsruction to general string instruments of the era, such as the guitar and fiddle, but much more obscure.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 06:50:22 PM: Der B is less than 50 away from GODHOOD! This house is certainly going to be crowded!...S. Woody.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 06:50:46 PM: Appalachian Lap Organ from what I understand.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:51:17 PM: Ian McKellan has had those same kinds of bags for many years. On some people, they just aren't a problem.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:51:54 PM: Quote from: bk on February 29, 2004, 06:47:34 PM

What in tarnation were those horrid Cold Mountain songs. In my estimation (IME, in Internet lingo) those were the absolute nadir of any nominated song ever. Although I'm hearing this Return of the King song and it's just as bad.

I found the COLD MOUNTAIN songs to be virtually identical; though, I've always been a fan of Allison Krauss.

On the other hand, I adore "Into the West," a remarkably simple song with strong sentiment, tied to Tolkien and the films, made all the more memorable by the divine voice of Annie Lennox; who along with Tolkien and Fran Walsh, contributed lyrics.
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Post by: Tomovoz on February 29, 2004, 06:53:12 PM: All of the nominated songs are still better than last year's winner. Quite like the LOTR song but I certainly needed a few listens.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 06:53:40 PM: I am fully cognizant of what happens when folks age...having attained 55 years myself. Extreme work looks bad, I agree. But a small touch here or there can be a spirit lifter and an image enhancement.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:54:00 PM: This LotR song puts the one by Enya to shame!
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:54:22 PM: "Into the West" was OK, but I'd rather have an Arlen tune.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 06:56:29 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:54:22 PM
"Into the West" was OK, but I'd rather have an Arlen tune.

I can see it now: a chorus line of Hobbits singing, "Forget your troubles come on get happy!"
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 06:56:51 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 06:50:46 PM
Appalachian Lap Organ ...

Please, there are children present!!!!
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:58:06 PM: Eminem's song wasn't performed at the Oscars last year. Was that the first time ever that a nominated song wasn't performed?
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 07:00:42 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 06:58:06 PM
Eminem's song wasn't performed at the Oscars last year. Was that the first time ever that a nominated song wasn't performed?

Since televised, I believe that was a first.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 07:01:49 PM: and another LORD OF THE RINGS win!
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Post by: Jed on February 29, 2004, 07:03:23 PM: Catherine Zeta-Jones... Jennifer Garner... I'm a happy viewer. :D
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 07:03:24 PM: Jennifer Garner is a fine addition to Hollywood glamour.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 07:03:41 PM: WHAT!?!?!? The print is too small! And not enough contrast between the gold and white??!?!
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 07:05:27 PM: I know that Blake recently fell down a flight of stairs and Julie's Disney makeup person was working on him, but, it still looks like the stairs won.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 07:06:05 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 07:03:41 PM
WHAT!?!?!? The print is too small! And not enough contrast between the gold and white??!?!

I think Jose has been at the cooking sherry again. . .
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 07:09:29 PM: This award for Blake Edwards is SO long overdue.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 07:10:20 PM: Quote from: td on February 29, 2004, 07:06:05 PM
I think Jose has been at the cooking sherry again. . .

Cooking sherry?!??! That swill has never crossed my lips, nor been poured into a saucepan of mine! If I want Sherry, I go for the good, real stuff! -Preferably Spanish and dry.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 07:11:25 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 07:09:29 PM
This award for Blake Edwards is SO long overdue.

I think a lot of us H & Ks are big Blake fans.

I applaud the man. He's the last of the truly great ones.
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 07:14:12 PM: I was thrilled with the Edwards award. Totally unthrilled with the cretin who put together the clips.
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Post by: Jed on February 29, 2004, 07:15:16 PM: Goodness, it's already been an hour and 45 minutes?!? And we've had, what, 8 of 22 awards?!? Wow...
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 07:16:31 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 07:10:20 PM
Cooking sherry?!??! That swill has never crossed my lips, nor been poured into a saucepan of mine! If I want Sherry, I go for the good, real stuff! -Preferably Spanish and dry.

OK -so you've been making Penne with Vodka souce!
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 07:17:13 PM: Looks like another long. . .long. . .night ahead of us.

With this time delay, I wouldn't be surprised to see Janet Gaynor stopping by to pick up her Oscar for SUNRISE.

(special thanks to the mighty reditor)
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 07:17:49 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 07:16:31 PM
OK -so you've been making Penne with Vodka souce!

I'm still back on his gold and white analogy. . .
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 07:21:08 PM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]and yet ANOTHER LORD OF THE RINGS win![/move]

I am one happy camper!
Without vodka sauce or cooking sherry.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 07:21:32 PM: Janet also won for SEVENTH HEAVEN and STREET ANGEL.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 07:21:57 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 07:16:31 PM
OK -so you've been making Penne with Vodka souce!

Silly! You put Vodka in Penne with Vodka sauce!

I use Sherry in various dishes.. and adds a great touch to marinades too.

As for the "white and gold" - the video clips from the Technical Awards ceremony... couldn't read them on my TV screen.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 07:22:52 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 07:21:32 PM
Janet also won for SEVENTH HEAVEN and STREET ANGEL.

Then, she would be allowed to appear thrice (were she alive).
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 07:23:45 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 07:21:57 PM
Silly! You put Vodka in Penne with Vodka sauce!

I use Sherry in various dishes.. and adds a great touch to marinades too.

As for the "white and gold" - the video clips from the Technical Awards ceremony... couldn't read them on my TV screen.

Try a little Windex!
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 07:24:23 PM: So, who is counting?

Is this the fifth win for THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING?
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 07:25:47 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 07:23:45 PM
Try a little Windex!

Try a little tenderness.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 07:26:05 PM: Woody's count is five - still!
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 07:31:55 PM: Much better editing on the Kate tribute than on the Blake material.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 07:33:22 PM: Not an inspiring Hepburn medley.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 07:34:02 PM: Quote from: td on February 29, 2004, 07:11:25 PM
I think a lot of us H & Ks are big Blake fans.

I applaud the man. He's the last of the truly great ones.

But Dynasty is long gone.
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 07:35:00 PM: I think it's a clean sweep so far for Return of the King.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 07:35:05 PM: Some of her best moments were reactions rather than actions.

When Tracy's doing that last speech in GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER and her eyes well with tears and she starts shaking, that's her most memorable moment in that movie.
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Post by: Jane on February 29, 2004, 07:39:08 PM: I had better stop catching up on the posts or I won’t have any surprises left. Keith doesn’t care to watch the awards, so I’m breaking to spend the rest of the evening with him and will finish them tomorrow. Good night.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 07:50:57 PM: The academy recognized Karen Morley in death.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 07:52:53 PM: Interesting placement in the Memoriams:

ELIA KAZAN Followed by LENI RIEFENSTAHL.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 07:54:17 PM: Always find the amount of applause some of the stars get very interesting.
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 07:55:19 PM: Nice death tribute. This is the best partay in town, but I wish there was more "fun" to be had - it's very staid and a bit boring tonight, except for Billy. Did John Travolta and Sandra Bullock look like they HATED each other?
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 07:55:52 PM: We still have two Best Song nominees to hear!
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 07:56:29 PM: . . .both of whom, strangely enough, got MORE applause than Dear Jeannie Crain. . . .
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 07:56:34 PM: This show has already been on for two-and-a-half hours.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 07:58:58 PM: ANother LOTR's win.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 08:01:10 PM: Quote from: td on February 29, 2004, 07:56:29 PM
. . .both of whom, strangely enough, got MORE applause than Dear Jeannie (sic) Crain. . . .

Ah, yes, Jeanne Crain in Cheaper By The Dozen!
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 08:01:38 PM: AND I AM SOOOOOO HAPPY! ! ! another LORD OF THE RINGS victory!
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 08:01:58 PM: It's past 11 o'clock in the East.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 08:02:56 PM: SEven down...and we're not to the big ones yet.

I expect the song to win, but it might not.

The "iffy" award beyond that is "screenplay."

A SWEEP IS POSSIBLE!

And if any film ever deserved 11 Oscars, other than "Ben-Hur" and "Titanic," it's "Return of the King."
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 08:03:07 PM: I just watched LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN yesterday, and had forgotten Jeanne was even in it!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 08:07:21 PM: Wasn't LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN fabulous??!!!!

This song they're singing from "A Mighty Wind" -- makes me feel like we're all the way back in the 70s.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 08:07:49 PM: I almost thought Jamie Lee was going to pull a Janet! That dress?!?!?
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 08:08:15 PM: I wish the whole score of A MIGHTY WIND could have been nominated for a Song Score Oscar.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 08:08:38 PM: Quote from: RLP on February 29, 2004, 08:07:21 PM
Wasn't LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN fabulous??!!!!

This song they're singing from "A Mighty Wind" -- makes me feel like we're all the way back in the 70s.

Composed by BK's dear friend Annette O'Toole and her husband, Michael McKean.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 08:09:43 PM: My God - it looks like a Bike Club Drag Show!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 08:10:47 PM: Oh... BETTY... Nice D.C. Girls. -as in Washington, D.C.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 08:11:34 PM: 8 Awards to go in 20 minutes - NOT!!!!!
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 08:13:08 PM: Well, if there were ANY justice in the world, the Bellevue song would win. Unfortunately, I don't think enough people saw the film. It was so wonderful to actually hear a song. Don't much care for the Mighty Wind song, even though my pal Annette wrote it. The Bellevue song is a real original.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 08:16:49 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 08:11:34 PM
8 Awards to go in 20 minutes - NOT!!!!!

Actually, I think it's meant to go to Midnight - on the East Coast that is.... so... 45 minutes... At least it's not scheduled to run 4 hours like it has in the past - hasn't it?
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 08:16:50 PM: What the F* * *? ? ? ? Bladk and Ferrell? ? ? ?Yikes!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 08:17:13 PM: ALW eat your heart out!
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 08:19:37 PM: It was a snappy song in a sea of ballads, but I'd need to hear all of the songds again (except "Kiss/Rainbow") before I'd make any selection.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 08:22:16 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 08:19:37 PM
It was a snappy song in a sea of ballads, but I'd need to hear all of the songds again (except "Kiss/Rainbow") before I'd make any selection.

I hope had you been on the OJ Jury you wouldn't've asked for a re-read of all the testimonmy before reaching a verdict!
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 08:23:02 PM: I think that DR Tomovoz hit the nail on the head. . ."Into the West" is a song which grows on you. . .one hearing is not enough (unless you're a die-hard Annie Lennox fan - - hey, I thought her "Love Song for a Vampire" should've been nominated way back when).
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Post by: Charles Pogue on February 29, 2004, 08:23:31 PM: A Chris Cooper fan only since LONE STAR? I've been a fan since MATEWAN.

I think all the clips could have been better...Bob Hope has so many zingers and they can only do AA clips. Not Hepburns best clips and Greg Peck got stinted.

Funny bit with Jack Black and Will Ferrell.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 08:23:47 PM: I hope I WOULD ask for a re-reading of the testimony if I had doubts. A man's life was in the balance.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 08:25:58 PM: Quote from: Charles Pogue on February 29, 2004, 08:23:31 PM
A Chris Cooper fan only since LONE STAR? I've been a fan since MATEWAN.

I've missed MATEWAN.

Thank you, now I'll have to look into it.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 08:26:43 PM: 8 down and 3 to go.

It COULD HAPPEN!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 08:28:00 PM: S Woody: Scorkeeper here. So far, LOTR has eight. No multiple awards so far for anyone else.

(I'm a natural-born tally keeper, what can I say?)
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 08:28:06 PM: I think it's very possible it will happen, or certainly 10 out of 11.
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 08:28:31 PM: Still a clean sweep as far as I can see. But how can LOTR:ROTK not have been up for cinematography? Makes no sense. And John Seale, a great, great cameraman, should have won.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 08:28:47 PM: Not true, S. Woody. MASTER AND COMMANDER has won 2.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 08:29:00 PM: S. Woody again - I'd have been happier if Levy had really given Kate a wet one. Missed opportunity.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 08:33:04 PM: Quote from: bk on February 29, 2004, 08:28:31 PM
Still a clean sweep as far as I can see. But how can LOTR:ROTK not have been up for cinematography? Makes no sense. And John Seale, a great, great cameraman, should have won.

The first LOTR film won Cinematography.

I think the "argument" for TROTK is that the bulk of big shots were process...certainly all the battles, the shots of the White City, the shots in Mordor.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 08:33:15 PM: 9 down and 2 to go.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 08:34:58 PM: Quote from: bk on February 29, 2004, 08:28:31 PM
Still a clean sweep as far as I can see. But how can LOTR:ROTK not have been up for cinematography? Makes no sense. And John Seale, a great, great cameraman, should have won.

Your guess is as good as mine, but, I think the LOTR:ROTK should've been a shoe-in for cinematography. . .had it been nominated.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 08:35:59 PM: No surprises there.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 08:37:24 PM: I don't think we're on time, Dorothy!
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 08:39:07 PM: Strange thought here. . .Stuart Townsend, dating nominee (and probably winner) Charlize Theron, sitting there with Charlize watching the final film of the trilogy he was fired from win award after award after award after award. How does HE feel?
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 08:39:11 PM: Sofia has now won every conceivable award for a script that was, most likely, "helped" by Mr. Murray in a major major way. Still, people love the movie and you can't fight a roller coaster once it starts going.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 08:40:23 PM: We have four awards left, but you're right, that won't happen in 20 minutes unless they skip all the acting clips.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 08:40:30 PM: Quote from: td on February 29, 2004, 08:25:58 PM
I've missed MATEWAN.

Thank you, now I'll have to look into it.

And remember, MATEWAN is A WET MAN jumbled.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 08:40:59 PM: Bill Murray is a muse; funny, he doesn't look like Ava Gardner to me. Or Olivia Newton-John, for that matter.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 08:43:38 PM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]PETER JACKSON! [/move]
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 08:45:14 PM: How excited are we about this sweep? ;D
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 08:49:36 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 08:45:14 PM
How excited are we about this sweep? ;D

TRES!
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Post by: Jed on February 29, 2004, 08:51:49 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 08:45:14 PM
How excited are we about this sweep? ;D

Personally, I find it makes the awards rather boring. Nothing the least bit surprising. *preparing to dodge the veggies being hurled by other dear readers :) *

Plus, this means that I should probably actually see the movie sometime... which means I'd have to watch ALL THREE!!! Oy.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 08:53:52 PM: Jed, you're so young, but some of us have lived through sweeps like this before. Some years, they are deserved.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 08:56:00 PM: Charlize Theron is a class act. All the way.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 08:56:13 PM: The year TITANIC was sweeping, I was sick at heart and furious.
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Post by: Jed on February 29, 2004, 08:56:32 PM: Oh, not at all saying it's not deserved! Just saying that it makes the awards a bit boring for me, personally.
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 08:56:59 PM: Overall, the show has had no real "moments" or surprises. Have there been any other clean sweeps in award history? Where a film has won every single award it was nominated for?

Poor Naomi Watts - should have been nominated and won for Mulholland Drive.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 08:59:29 PM: GIGI and THE LAST EMPEROR both won all 9 of their nominated Oscars.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 09:00:21 PM: Quote from: bk on February 29, 2004, 08:56:59 PM
Overall, the show has had no real "moments" or surprises. Have there been any other clean sweeps in award history? Where a film has won every single award it was nominated for?

Are you counting things that have only been nominated for ONE award and took it home? ;)
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 09:03:13 PM: Ben Kinglsey. It is so nice to see that man garnering acclaim once more. I'm still in awe of his "Gandhi."
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Post by: Jed on February 29, 2004, 09:04:23 PM: Quote from: td on February 29, 2004, 09:03:13 PM
I'm still in awe of his "Gandhi."

Now there's some slang I've not heard before!
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 09:04:58 PM: Now is the time. . . . BEST PICTURE. . . .
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 09:06:33 PM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]A VERY, VERY CLEAN SWEEP![/move]

tied with BEN-HUR and sinking ship movie for most wins.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 09:07:41 PM: Jed, I'm sorry it's not been exciting for you, but if you had seen the trilogy, you'd feel such a joyous sense of rightness about this evening.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 09:08:20 PM: Has any film won Best Film and a slew of other oscars without one single acting nomination (animated excluded of course)?
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 09:10:19 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 09:08:20 PM
Has any film won Best Film and a slew of other oscars without one single acting nomination (animated excluded of course)?

GIGI
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 09:10:36 PM: Again, THE LAST EMPEROR and GIGI - no acting nominations.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 29, 2004, 09:12:51 PM: Good night, all. Have enjoyed sharing the show with you.
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Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 09:15:05 PM: No real "stand-out" moments, but how refreshing it is to see a work so deserving take the accolades with style. Annie Lennox looked both stunned and very, very happy. No real "upsets" either. Blah show, for the most part, but, it did move right along. I'm over to E! for the press room interviews and the late night quarterbacking.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 09:15:55 PM: Quote from: td on February 29, 2004, 09:06:33 PM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]A VERY, VERY CLEAN SWEEP![/move]

tied with BEN-HUR and sinking ship movie for most wins.

Posidon Adventure didn't win that many!
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on February 29, 2004, 09:16:38 PM: Good night - and thanks all for the commentary. I was delighted with the wins for best actor and actress. Yes, Charlize certainly is a class act. And good for Sean Penn, too.
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Post by: Jed on February 29, 2004, 09:21:04 PM: Another lively and sparkling Oscar night here at HHW!

MattH - I'm sure you're quite right that I would have enjoyed the awards more had I seen the LOTR movies. Just never piqued my interest. I am happy for all of you who are such fans of the trilogy.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 29, 2004, 09:29:43 PM: Well, I'm a bit tuckered out after all the festivities.

Next year: Oscars for everyone! Made out of chocolate! -Preferably Valhrona bittersweet!

Goodnight...

-Can't wait to see how many more pages there will be come morning...
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 09:32:18 PM: Hermoine Gingold and Maurice Chevalier were not nominated for GIGI? What is THAT about?

What a partay we had. And the evening is young so don't poop out just yet, late-night denizens. We must deconstruct Oscar and, of course, the sickening Barbara Walters.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 09:34:04 PM: "The Lord of the Rings" has been a major favorite novel of mine since my introduction to it in the 1970s. For about seven years, I read the trilogy annually.

I have revisited it infrequently since then, being familiar with the story, but always fascinated by its themes and its scope coupled with its great spirit of humanity and continuation, despite the fact that certain things pass away, giving way to others.

The trilogy is my favorite moviegoing experience. It's a fantastic experience, but never moreso than seeing the expanded versions of the first two films that not only increase the films' running times by about 40 minutes each but also dramatically increase the films' enjoyability. I can't wait for the expanded TROTK.

I had a sense that this film might sweep the Oscars, but I wanted it to happen so much that I didn't trust my feeling.

The iffiest awards were editing, song and screenplay.

As for "Lost in Translation," I remember when "Good Will Hunting" was a nominee. Affleck and Damon won the Oscar, but I kept reading things about how "others" had to have shaped the script into usable condition.

And now Sofia will apparently get some of that....

Bottom line: New talent WILL out and take over the business. Nobody in the business makes it on his or her talents alone.

Re: "Gigi" -- MGM always advertised the film as having won "9" Oscars because the Academy gave Maurice Chevalier a special Oscar that year for his contributions to motion pictures as a performer. But that Oscar was not one of the film's nominations and does not actually "count" in the Oscar total.

MGM also advertised "10" Oscars for "Gone With the Wind" which won only 8 of its nominations. Technicians received special Oscars, for which no nominations had been issued, which the studio touted as part of that film's total. One was for the tracking shot devised for the Atlanta train station, so I think it's perfectly legit that it was attributed as an Oscar the film won.

Ditto "Star Wars" which won, I think, 6 of its 10 nominations, but Lucas and Fox advertised "7" wins because Ben Burtt won a special Oscar for creating alien languages...NOT one of the film's nominations, but certainly attributable as an Academy Award win.
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Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 09:34:09 PM: I see fourteen users, I see six GUESTS, I see dead people, not necessarily in that order. Who was the worst dressed? Best dressed? Who was the dopiest presenter? Who gave the best speech?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 09:42:17 PM: Well, if it's okay to be a bit dishy, I have to say that I thought virtually everyone looked fantastic.

BUT....yes, it had to come...Liv Tyler is a unique (or has a unique) beauty. It has never been more obvious than in LOTR in which she portrayed the Elven princess Arwen. There, a team of professionals created her look. It was VERY nice.

But in real life, poor Liv does not have the first clue that the narrowness of her face, plus the angles of her cheeks, are NOT complemented by the totally weird, zany hairdos she favors. It throws her looks way off kilter. Someone please toss her a CLUE!
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: Jennifer on February 29, 2004, 09:42:18 PM: I agree, that sweeps make the awards show a bit boring to watch. And could someone please send the LOTR Director (& his wife) to the Queer Eye salon. :)

As for fashion, I wish I could have seen more (I don't get E - but will see more tomorrow on ET).

I LOVED Jennifer Garner's orangy dress. I loved Charlize Theron's gold shimmer. I loved Sandra Bullocks elegant white dress. I also thought Catherine Zeta Jones (in red) and Nicole Kidman (in what looked like silver on my tv, were lovely.

I thought the Billy Crystal songs in the opening sequence were very funny (the first 3). I loved Maria/Sophia.

I also thougth the Will Farrell/John Black song was hiliarious.
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 09:44:05 PM: That reminds me:

Jack Black can sing, man! He's got a good voice! I was stunned!
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: Tomovoz on February 29, 2004, 09:44:57 PM: Will I now bother to watch the awards? I am so pleased that Peter Jackson has been so rewarded for such a labour of love and for the joy he has given to so many with his commitment. The LOTR fantasy trilogy may not be to everyone's taste but excellence has certainly been rewarded.
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: Jennifer on February 29, 2004, 09:44:57 PM: Quote from: bk on February 29, 2004, 09:34:09 PM
Who was the worst dressed? Best dressed? Who was the dopiest presenter? Who gave the best speech?

Worst dressed: Diane Keaton
Best speech: Charlize Theron - she is the only one who brought tears to my eyes - I LOVE HER!
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 09:47:07 PM: Oooohh.....nooooo.... Diane Keaton was wonderfully attired. "Annie Hall" LIVES!

No one BUT Keaton can pull that look off as well. LOVED the hat!

I wish she'd won Best Actress....but youth continues....
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: MBarnum on February 29, 2004, 09:47:11 PM: I thought Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Z. were both extrememly glamorous looking this evening! Beautiful, beautiful gowns! Actually most of the women looked wonderful!

I enjoyed that Billy the interview guy. He was kinda funny...and I loved it when he made Keisha Castle-Hughs go over and meet Johnny Depp! I thought that was funny!

And Billy Crystal singing to Clint Eastwood was great also!

Otherwise I didn't find this years Oscars to be all that exciting and I am so disappointed with the "in memoriam" from the last few years. They used to show so many people, but now they only seem to show a select few. I was surprised that Karen Morley was shown, however!
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: td on February 29, 2004, 09:47:35 PM: Charlize Theron, IMHO, gave the finest speech of the evening.
Peter Jackson ran a close second.
The Canadian winner for Best Foreign Film.
Annie Lennox was brimming with sincerity.

I'm with DR RLP, in that I wasn't trusting my feelings about the Oscar wins for LOTR:ROTK.

I'm overjoyed with their wins, but, first and foremost, I am happy to be alive at a time when such historical film making is taking place.

I would also like to add that this will have been the 40th year (quite possibly the 41st) that I have watched the Oscar cast. . .that first one I watched was rather special, too: Julie Andrews was shown what American hospitality was all about.
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 09:49:23 PM: As for Sean Penn:

HOO-RAY!

And I hope Bill O'Reilly (Fox News' resident YELLOW JOURNALIST) is slobbering all over his hate-mongering self because of it.

Last year, in mid-year, O'Reilly declared that Sean Penn and Alec Baldwin were DEAD in the film business. That nobody would hire them. That their daring to have and speak their opinions in opposition to Bush policy about Iraq (and Penn's visit there) had made them poison and that their careers were finished.

HAH! And HAH-HAH!
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: Michael on February 29, 2004, 09:49:31 PM: If Lord of the rings was nominated for best cinematography and sound editing they probably would have won those too!!
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 09:54:35 PM: DR td: I thought Theron was just fine during the first minute, but she lost focus and rambled histrionically after that...much like the babbling done by Halle Berry two years ago. She was excited, I know. :)

I felt so sorry for Fran Walsh...she won two Oscars and barely managed to say anything except at the end of the Song Oscar playout....Lennox took up all the time, but she was only a third of the composing team. Shore had already won the Score Oscar and was glad to let someone else talk. When Walsh won the Oscar for Best Film with Jackson and the man who rambled on and on and on...again she got no opportunity to speak.

Fran Walsh SHAPED the screenplays with Peter Jackson and co-produced all three films and wrote lyrics for Into the West and Gollum's Song. She deserved a moment in the spotlight.
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 29, 2004, 09:57:59 PM: Time to say good night.

It was a satisfying Oscar cast for me. No major surprises EXCEPT that the best film won everything it was nominated for! That so SELDOM happens!

Oh, yes. I do have a comment about the trend to give Oscars to young actresses on their first nominations:

Where are Helen Hunt, Gwyneth Paltrow and Halle Berry and WHAT are they doing that continues their careers down the path toward future Oscar-worthy performances?

Huh?

What?

Nobody Knows?

Harrumph!
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: S. Woody White on February 29, 2004, 10:00:56 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 29, 2004, 05:38:31 PM
Best throw away line:

"Yes, I bet on baseball!"

Best visual: Roger Moore getting tromped!

MICHAEL Moore. Dumb shi...take mushroom.
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: S. Woody White on February 29, 2004, 10:02:18 PM: I'll have to catch up with the commentary later, like tomorrow. I've got a shrinkage appointment early tomorrow, and must have my beauty rest. 8)
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: bk on February 29, 2004, 10:21:01 PM: Liv Tyler played Eve Arden?
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: TCB on February 29, 2004, 11:03:28 PM: Good evening, one and all!

Enjoyable Oscar telecast. Billy Crystal is always on when he hosts these awards. I was so thrilled to see Sean Penn and Tim Robbins win the Best Actor categories. I never saw COLD MOUNTAIN or MONSTER, so can't comment on the Best Actress categories.
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: Panni on February 29, 2004, 11:36:19 PM: I just wrote a post and posted it and it disappeared - so I'll try again.
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: Panni on February 29, 2004, 11:39:56 PM: Hmmm. Weird. Guess I have to repeat what I wrote in my first post...
Good Evening. Just read the posts. Looks like a fun time was had by all at the HHW Oscar partay. My favorite moment of the Awards was Blake Edwards' audacious entrance. Other than that, no huge surprises. As I haven't seen any of the LOTR films, I can't comment on that win. Wish the Triplets of Belleville song had won.
I want to win one of those little naked gold men before I die.
Title: Re:THE OSCAR WILD PARTY
Post by: Panni on February 29, 2004, 11:41:40 PM: ...I don't mean I'd like to win one and pass away. That would be a bit of a downer. But I'd like to get an Oscar before I'm senile and in the Old Writers Home. I've been practicing my speech since I was a kid.