Topic: MARCHING INTO MARCH (Read 35179 times)

George · « **Reply #30 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:06:42 AM »

The first time, I posted a picture that was way too big. Here's a smaller one.

Quote from: bk on March 01, 2004, 08:49:51 AM

Dear readers Noel and George must be writing a Don de Lillo novel.

And here it is:

Quote from: bk on March 01, 2004, 08:14:43 AM

Enough with what the stars were wearing - what were our Dear Readers wearing whilst watching the ceremony. I was in lovely pants made of jean, and a top which really complemented my hair. I made a "no jewelry" statement and hope to start a trend.

During all of the Academy Awards and then some, my mom and I went to see Sarah Brightman in concert in Seattle. It was her Christmas present to me. (I was wearing black Champion boxer briefs, black jeans and my Hawaiian "Woody" shirt...it has palm trees, big, red tropical flowers and the Woody car. Remember those? I had Skecher ankle socks and asics running shoes...even though I don't run. And don't ask what my mom was wearing...she never took off her coat. I don't know why.)

Anyway, if you like Sarah Brightman, then you would've liked the concert, "The Harem Tour." If she's not your cup of tea, then, it would not have been a fun evening. My mom loves her voice, but only when she's singing the classical/operatic stuff. She doesn't like the "pop" songs that Sarah sings. Otherwise, I loved the concert and my mom liked it. The Key Arena was filled and the audience gave her a standing ovation at the end of the concert (very deserved) and even one near the end of the first act (unexpected, but also deserved)! It was about two and a half hours, including intermission. She sang VERY well. She didn't do the weird arm-position (hugging someone who's not there) thing and she sang with all her vowels, even the quasi-classical stuff. Yea! The whole evening had the look of Sarah's interpretation of a harem. There were six dancers (all women) and they wore nothing but variations on belly dancing outfits. There were two other featured vocalists, but they both wore saris. Sarah only had three or four costume changes and showed off her legs (they're nice...if you like that sort of thing).

I can't remember all of the songs she sang, but she ended her concert-proper with "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" and then "Time To Say Goodbye." Goosebumps! Those two songs were worth the price of admission alone. She was incredible. So a happy evening was had by me.

I did tape the Oscars, so I can watch them at my leisure. I called my niece during intermission (at about 9:00 pm) and she told me at that time that LOTR had won 10 of the 11 awards that it had been nominated for. As I was telling my mom, a woman sitting in front of me asked which movie I was talking about. She couldn't believe it! My niece told me on the phone that when (not if) LOTR wins best picture, it will be tied for the most Oscars won by a picture. Pretty cool!

I bought her Limited Edition CD "The Harem Tour" ($20...I didn't pay the extra $15 to get the autographed copy) and I'm going to listen to it at work today. Here's the cover (although it may appear that Sarah is impersonating Janet Jackson (with the revealing angle), she really has all her bits covered up):

bk · « **Reply #31 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:10:54 AM »

It was worth the wait, Curious George. Thanks for the review.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #32 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:12:02 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on March 01, 2004, 07:20:16 AM

I have to correct something DR RLP said last night about GIGI's Oscars. MGM did NOT include Maurice Chevalier's honorary Oscar as one of GIGI's wins. It was nominated for 9 Oscars and won in every category where it was nominated: Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Costumes, Cinematography, Film Editing, Song, Score.

Actually MGM did claim Chevalier's Oscar in ads at the time...I'm just misremembering how many it claimed...MGM (and other studios) also used to inflate its Oscar totals by separating art direction and set decoration.

I can't tell you how many ads were out there claiming "Doctor Zhivago" won 6 Academy Awards, when it only won 5 of the 10 it was nominated for.

There was a little tiff over that in the late 60s-early 70s and studios stopped doing it.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #33 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:14:40 AM »

Quote from: bk on March 01, 2004, 09:02:06 AM

Now, here we have the case of Curious George. Curious George was writing a post. Then he was previewing a post. Now he is reading the board and said post has disappeared into the ether. Since that entire process took twenty minutes, I'm endlessly Curious BK as to what that post was about and why Curious George decided not to post it.

Why does this seem ominously like a case of "Big Brother" is watching us?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #34 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:19:08 AM »

Quote from: RLP on March 01, 2004, 09:14:40 AM

Why does this seem ominously like a case of "Big Brother" is watching us?

I was about to ask the same thing...

So then I guess you already know what we were wearing last night while we were watching the Oscars? And what we're wearing now...

To quote Little Red Ridinghood... "excited and scared".

Ann · « **Reply #35 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:20:02 AM »

Quote from: RLP on March 01, 2004, 09:14:40 AM

Why does this seem ominously like a case of "Big Brother" is watching us?

I was thinking the same

Last night I was wearing blue jeans, light grey Hanesherway underwear, and a grey sports bra. That was it for most of the night until I had to go to rehearsal, then I threw on a navy blue sweater and flip flops. Yes, my feet were a bit cold, but I despise wearing socks...don't ask me why.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #36 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:23:16 AM »

Second thoughts?

bk · « **Reply #37 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:25:37 AM »

I think everyone can do the same as I occasionally do, so we can all be big brothers. Not so ominous after all, eh, smart guys? Just click on "Who's Online" and you, too, can be all-knowing and all-seeing because by doing so you can see who's looking at what and if they are replying or modifying a post. Isn't that lovely?

Now, get to the fashion reports, smart guys.

Lulu · « **Reply #38 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:26:49 AM »

I watched the Oscars today (taped them last night). Fast-forwarded through much of it, the show lasted barely an hour.

I am wearing crosshatch Lee jeans and a royal blue one-pocket baby T.

Was it just me, or did Nicole Kidman look terrible? She's way too thin, and that light-green dress is far too light for her fair coloring (ditto the blonde rinse).

Susan Sarandon looks MUCH too gorgeous for a woman in her mid-50s. It may just be against the law.

I hoped against hope that Johnny Depp would win (not for Pirates, which I still haven't seen, but for his other amazing performances in films throughout the past 15 years), but knew he wouldn't as soon as I saw those clips with much heavier, more "dramatic" roles. We all know how Oscar is about things like that.

I taped the Oscars to see Mitch and Mickey sing "A Kiss At the End of the Rainbow," and I was not disappointed. Love Gene and Catherine, and I just had a big grin on my face the whole time they were up there.

Jrand, I agree, that moment with Louise Fletcher thanking her parents in sign language is a real keeper. "I want to thank you for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true." It brings tears to my eyes whenever I see it.

The only moment this year that came even somewhat close to that (without touching it) was when the Finding Nemo guy finished up his speech with, "And my wife...I wrote it in a note to you in the 8th grade, and now I can finally say it in front of a billion people: I love you."

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #39 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:27:42 AM »

Good Afternoon!

-Well, it's just after noon where I am.

It's another beautiful day here in Richmond! It's currently 63 degrees and may even get up to 70! Hmm.. Maybe I'll go for another run today... Hmm... Otherwise, I do have to get some laundry done... Hmm...

I liked the Oscars last night. No major surprises. No major fashion faux-pas - for the most part, everyone dressed pretty class-ily and nattily. -However, Liv Tyler's glasses bugged me.

As for Oscars past... Since I was playing a show that night, I missed the whole Rob Lowe/Snow White dance number. I heard about it for days, but never got to see it.

-And remember "American Idol" fans - and maybe even some non-AI fans - tonight could be end up being one of the most "so bad it's good" nights on TV! I think I may even get my VCR ready! "Uncut, Uncensored and Untalented". -And although I'm sort of glad that William Hung will be coming back to sing "She Bangs", I can't wait to who else they ~~suckered~~ got to come back and sing live. -Yes, there is some schaudenfreude going on here.

Well, I'm off to enjoy my afternoon... and, hopefully, unmonitored.

Chat tonight?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #40 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:28:33 AM »

Thanks DR GEORGE. I went with my niece to a Sarah Brightman concert a couple of years ago - and I actually had a good time. She was in great voice, and she was funny!

And she is much prettier in person than in photographs. My favorite song she sang....was...."Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" which is so pretty...and is so S A D in the POTO.

I don't own any of her SOLO CD's but I am tempted!

Lulu · « **Reply #41 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:28:40 AM »

Oh, and one final thought...Angelina Jolie really should have worn a bra.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #42 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:37:49 AM »

Oh My God!

BK is correct. We CAN spy on one another while we are online.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #43 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:39:09 AM »

Quote from: Lulu on March 01, 2004, 09:28:40 AM

Oh, and one final thought...Angelina Jolie really should have worn a bra.

Perhaps she was anticipating the month of St. Patrick, Ireland, four leaf clovers, blarney stones and that famous victory cry:

"Angelina...ummm...Erin Go Bra-Less"

Panni · « **Reply #44 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:44:26 AM »

Good morning.
I came down the HHW red carpet in black cotton pants and a sheer white top with pearl buttons. Matching earrings purchased from a street vendor at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco complemented the ensemble. Striped black and gray socks and high heeled black sandals adorned my dainty feet.

Panni · « **Reply #45 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:45:55 AM »

Re Sarah Brightman - Peter Wildeblood, a dear friend of mine, now gone, had a song he wrote (with Peter Greenwell) on her album "The Songs That Got Away." The song is "If I Ever Fall in Love Again." Just lovely.

I forgot the name of the musical and looked up Peter's obit to get it. It was so incredibly interesting, I thought I'd quote a couple of sections for you, DRs.:

"In March 1954, Peter Wildeblood, then diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Mail, was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment for homosexual offences, together with Lord Montagu of Beaulieu and Major Michael Pitt-Rivers. The Montagu Case, as it came to be known, was a cause célèbre. It had a direct influence on the Wolfenden Committee, whose report in 1957 recommended that homosexual acts between consenting adults in private be legalised – proposals which were finally passed into law in 1967. "The right which I claim for myself, and for all those like me," Wildeblood wrote, "is the right to choose the person whom I love."
...In Against the Law (1955), he told the story of his childhood and schooldays, his war service and university, his life as a journalist, his arrest, trial and imprisonment, and finally his return to freedom. In its honesty and restraint, the book is eloquent testimony to the injustice in the treatment of homosexuals in Britain only a generation ago.

Panni · « **Reply #46 on:** March 01, 2004, 09:54:21 AM »

As for my favorite Oscar night. It was the year BEN HUR won. I adored Charlton Heston (who knew he'd turn strange?) and was crazy for the film. But no matter how I pleaded, I wasn't allowed to stay up to watch the Oscars So I quietly camped on the floor outside my mother and stepfather's bedroom and listened to the whole show from there. I was caught when I started cheering when Heston won.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #47 on:** March 01, 2004, 10:09:38 AM »

My first Oscarcast was for the 1962 Oscars (March 1963). I had the pleasure of seeing Gregory Peck win for "To Kill A Mockingbird" and Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke for "The Miracle Worker."

Alfred Newman was the music conductor that night!

Worst Oscar memories:

Rex Harrison taking the Oscar for 1964's "My Fair Lady" over Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton for "Becket." (Yes, Harrison was good, but "My Fair Lady" is my least-favorite screen musical adaptation. I find it rather embalmed.) both O'Toole and Burton remain electrifying in "Becket."

John Wayne taking the 1969 Best Acting Oscar for "True Grit" over four FAR superior performers/performances, including Peter O'Toole for "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" and Jon Voight for "Midnight Cowboy."

Paul Scofield in "A Man For All Seasons" winning the Oscar over Richard Burton's "George" in 1966's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

OUTRAGEOUS! UNBELIEVABLE!

Cliff Robertson' "Charly" winning over Peter O'Toole's Henry II in "Lion in Winter" in 1968. PREPOSTEROUS!!! INANE!

"The Godfather" winning the 1972 Best Picture over "Cabaret" which netted 8 Oscars, including Actress, Supporting Actor, Directing and Editing. LUDICROUS!

I know eveyrone else has differing opinions. I just calls 'em as I sees 'em.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #48 on:** March 01, 2004, 10:13:23 AM »

I think I mentioned most of my Oscar mo's last night. Crystal's opening was fab; loved the Jack Black/Will Ferrell lyrics to the "get off" music; thought clips for Hope, Hepburn, Blake were all bad, and thought that Peck who is in that upper echelon of stars should have had his own moment. Joan Rivers looks like a mummy and, sadly, her daughter must be going to the same plastic surgeon, because she has ruined her looks by having too much surgery while still too young. I agree, Susan Sarandon looked stunning. I didn't mind that Angelina didn't have a bra, but I did mind that ugly tattoo on her arm, marring her flesh, however, and thought it ruined her otherwise attractive appearance. I don't know if most of the presenters in the pre-show were local TV people or network people, but my question is who the Hell are they? Where the Hell did they come from? Why the Hell were they all so young? And why theyHell are they all so untalented and flip? How in the Hell did they get these jobs? If I was a star being irritated by them, I would have punched them in the mouth.

Panni, I worked with Heston on stage years ago...He was a lovely, kind man and had a wonderful sense of humour that people rarely see. Yes, it is a shame that a man who walked with Martin Luther King suddenly got so arch-conservative.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #49 on:** March 01, 2004, 10:17:39 AM »

Peter O'Toole may be the most gypped actor in the history of the Oscars.

Lulu · « **Reply #50 on:** March 01, 2004, 10:22:48 AM »

Just thought I'd clarify on my Angelina comment; I think she should have worn a bra not for any "moral" reasons, but for aesthetic ones.

Jean Harlow looked sensational when she chose to go braless in a clingy white bias-cut satin gown.

Angelina didn't.

No big deal; most women don't have a Harlow bod (moi included). Which is why the brassiere was invented.

Lulu · « **Reply #51 on:** March 01, 2004, 10:23:41 AM »

Barbara Stanwyck never won an Oscar.

Cary Grant never won an Oscar.

Alfred Hitchcock never won an Oscar.

Sorta puts it all in perspective, doesn't it?

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #52 on:** March 01, 2004, 10:29:54 AM »

From last night: RLP, you were stunned that Jack Black can sing? In some circles, he was known as a singer before he was an actor. He's a member of a two-person comedy rock group called Tenacious D that has quite a following. He also used to do some singing on the old HBO comedy, Mr. Show. And if you haven't seen the film HIGH FIDELITY, which was where he really first came to notice, go and out rent it immediately. A wonderful film, he's great in it, and he also sings in it. And School of Rock is quite fun too!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #53 on:** March 01, 2004, 10:34:32 AM »

Quote from: Charles Pogue on March 01, 2004, 10:13:23 AM

I didn't mind that Angelina didn't have a bra, but I did mind that ugly tattoo on her arm, marring her flesh, however, and thought it ruined her otherwise attractive appearance.

Here's Biker-Girl:

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #54 on:** March 01, 2004, 10:37:47 AM »

Here's Diane Lane - wearing an Olympics ad Dress:

der Brucer (imagining the bodice rearranged to accommodate Janet Jackson)

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #55 on:** March 01, 2004, 10:39:21 AM »

My favorite -almost a Grace Kelly look:

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #56 on:** March 01, 2004, 10:39:57 AM »

Quote from: RLP on March 01, 2004, 10:09:38 AM

I know eveyrone else has differing opinions. I just calls 'em as I sees 'em.

I know how you feel RLP. I felt the same when Rocky won over Network and Jill Clayburgh lost out to Sally Field.

I think I win the J-Lo award for a revealing outfit last night: red plaid flannel boxers. (Should I mention that they were vintage?)

Jrand74 · « **Reply #57 on:** March 01, 2004, 10:42:43 AM »

Now I don't know from bras...except that song I'm Going Back to the Bonjour Tristess Brassiere Company....but I do have a question, and I know that I can get the answer here at HHW.

What does it mean that someone is wearing a "Vintage" Valentino? Is it actually an older dress, a used dress, or a new dress made in the style of an older dress? What does that mean.....and where would one find a Vintage Valentino....and please don't say Forest Lawn.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #58 on:** March 01, 2004, 10:47:23 AM »

Oh for the Good Old Days:

Jennifer · « **Reply #59 on:** March 01, 2004, 10:49:08 AM »

I don't think Angelina Jolie could have worn a bra, since the slit in the front is VERY LOW.

Btw, what did you guys think of Uma Thurman's outfit. Very puffy!

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