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THE BUSY WEEK
« on: February 23, 2009, 12:07:29 AM »
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were busy, and now it is time for you to post until the busy cows come home.
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« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2009, 12:08:10 AM »
And the word of the day is: PLEONASM!
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« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2009, 12:18:01 AM »
Happy Birthday Druxy!
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« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2009, 12:20:39 AM »
Will we never get to page sixty?
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« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2009, 12:21:10 AM »
Interestingly, our second highest posting day had nothing to do with the Oscars and Tonys - it was on my 60th birthday.
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Re: THE BUSY WEEK
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2009, 12:36:08 AM »
And what WERE they thinking:









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« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2009, 12:52:34 AM »
I actually didn't mind Whoopi's dress...at least, the style.

Anyway, it's time for bed.

Good night, all. :)
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« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2009, 01:05:59 AM »
I guess that the LATIMES called BK for comments:

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The Oscars show itself was puttin' on the fritz

Somewhere in New York, a huge weight has been lifted from David Letterman's shoulders. As Sunday night's Academy Awards began, Hugh Jackman's opening number (pardon me, but did he sing the words "pubic hair"? At the Oscars?) has surely obliterated all memory of the Uma-Oprah thing.
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Now I'm sorry, but didn't we decide, like as a nation, that Big Dance numbers were a blight on the Oscars telecast? Weren't they, in fact, the first thing to go in the '90s when the show swept past the four-hour mark and everyone decided that things had Gone Too Far? So someone explain to me please why we were forced to watch a chorus line tap-dance in sequins on a staircase when the actual nominated songs were cut down to a medley (prompting nominee Peter Gabriel to refuse to perform)?

At least Kate Winslet finally won her damned Oscar -- such a real sense of closure, isn't it? And certainly first-time producers Laurence Mark and Bill Condon made their point -- there is a different way to put on this show. A way in which the actual winners are upstaged by the insanity that has preceded their announcement. And for future reference, here are a few more notes:

Whoever at ABC decided to cut to Angelina Jolie while Jennifer Aniston was helping to present the animated film award should look for a new line of work, because that was unforgivably cheesy.

The mini-mentoring sessions that replaced the standard "and here are the nominees" for the acting categories must Never Happen Again.

Yes, it's wonderful to see all these great performers on stage together, but having Adrien Brody describe Googling Richard Jenkins (because, apparently, he had no idea who he was?) or Shirley MacLaine offer motherly support to Anne Hathaway . . . well, life is short and by the time they were done, we didn't care who actually won, we just wanted the talking to end.
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« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2009, 02:00:10 AM »


Tigard, Oregon - yesterday morning

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« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2009, 02:11:06 AM »
George - be afraid, be very afraid!



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« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2009, 02:24:32 AM »
And, George....

It's Kyle night!

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« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2009, 05:20:56 AM »
Happy Birthday DR DRUXY.

To celebrate I am going shopping and then I will start working on my IMAC!
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« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2009, 05:22:10 AM »
Great par-tay last night.  I think I would have liked the FIVE presenters idea better if I thought the five presenters were really speaking words that they felt, rather than the words of a writer who was struggling to find FIVE things to say about FIVE different people - in the MOST pretentious way possible.
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« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2009, 05:31:48 AM »
Happy Day to Druxy!
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« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2009, 05:32:00 AM »
I was asleep last night.
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« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2009, 05:36:14 AM »
! ! ! ! !  HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR DRUXY  ! ! ! ! !
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« Reply #16 on: February 23, 2009, 05:40:01 AM »
Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 23, 2009, 12:36:08 AM
And what WERE they thinking:

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"Because no one would recognize a cougar print..."



"I was originally going to wear this for the Vanity Fair shoot, but Annie had other ideas."
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« Reply #17 on: February 23, 2009, 05:44:32 AM »
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR DRUXY!!!

I really enjoyed the book!
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« Reply #18 on: February 23, 2009, 05:45:18 AM »
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR DRUXY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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« Reply #19 on: February 23, 2009, 05:47:06 AM »
Happy Happy Birthday, DR Druxy!!!!
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« Reply #20 on: February 23, 2009, 05:49:25 AM »
After watching the Oscarcast, I went to the back room and watched Wall-E again.  Great writing, great realization onto the screen.

But, after the tributes to the various artists during the end credits, I found Peter Gabriel's song a but pretentious, so I turned it off.

Let's face it. the song didn't deserve a full, stand-alone production for the Oscarcast, and I'm glad it didn't get one.  Integrating the song with the numbers from Slumdog Millionaire was the one good decision the producers made.
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« Reply #21 on: February 23, 2009, 05:50:44 AM »
Good morning, all. I realized I didn't care about the Academy Awards and watched LAW & ORDER reruns.

More edits.
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Re: THE BUSY WEEK
« Reply #22 on: February 23, 2009, 06:17:50 AM »
HAPPY NATAL DAY DR DRUXY!
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« Reply #23 on: February 23, 2009, 06:29:41 AM »
Quote from: S. Woody White on February 23, 2009, 05:49:25 AM
After watching the Oscarcast, I went to the back room and watched Wall-E again.  Great writing, great realization onto the screen.

But, after the tributes to the various artists during the end credits, I found Peter Gabriel's song a but pretentious, so I turned it off.

Let's face it. the song didn't deserve a full, stand-alone production for the Oscarcast, and I'm glad it didn't get one.  Integrating the song with the numbers from Slumdog Millionaire was the one good decision the producers made.

I have to disagree here, DR Woody.  I found Gabriel's music and lyrics stirring and hopeful and the perfect accompaniment to the animated illustrations that depicted mankind's reclamation of the Earth.  The movie couldn't have ended any better for me.  The song grabbed me on an emotional level in a way that no other movie song has in a long time.

But more than likely, even if the producers hadn't made the boneheaded decision to allot just one minute to each of the Best Song nominees and Peter Gabriel had appeared to present "Down to Earth", it probably still wouldn't have gotten the full production number treatment that "Jai Ho" received.  It seems that no matter who produces the show, there is always a push behind one song that seems favored to win and is granted the biggest production of the evening.
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« Reply #24 on: February 23, 2009, 06:35:29 AM »
TOD:

The soundtrack to SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE never fails to get me in a romantic mood.  Also, strangely enough, THE SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN.
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« Reply #25 on: February 23, 2009, 06:36:35 AM »
Monday morning greetings!  In keeping with my goal of reconnecting with friends, I'm meeting someone I haven't seen for several years for lunch at Panera.
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« Reply #26 on: February 23, 2009, 06:37:01 AM »
Happiest of birthdays to DR Druxy!
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« Reply #27 on: February 23, 2009, 06:38:52 AM »
Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up... And it looks like today will be a travel day for me. I'll be heading down to Richmond this afternoon for a two or three day visit.
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« Reply #28 on: February 23, 2009, 06:39:16 AM »
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR DRUXY!!!!!
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« Reply #29 on: February 23, 2009, 06:40:54 AM »
Quote from: bk on February 23, 2009, 12:08:10 AM
And the word of the day is: PLEONASM!

And The Song Of The Day Is:  MY DARLING,MY DARLING
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