My Way of Life
Last night I hit the gym and watched some of the Clinton Obama debates while I was on the elliptical trainer thingee. Since this is a Handbag blog I am not really supposed to post my political views- not that there a mystery but I think Tina Fey best summed up my feelings on Saturday Night Live. It occured to me I never commented on the Oscars. I t was boring. I adore Javier Bardem but people at the Oscars really confuse me. Just what do they like? I thought Javier was really cool in No Country etc., etc., but an Oscar? Really? Okay. What the fuck was Miley Cyrus doing on the Oscars? Daniel Days’ wife…the dress. Was that compliments of Franks Nursery and Crafts? How embarassing would it be to have 3 songs out of five nominated and still lose? Jessica Alba hosting the technical Oscars- and you thought the primetime one was wretched. It was nice to see Marion Cottilard win. Tilda Swinson seems like she’s fun to hang out with, but honey that dress was so dumb. The Academy apparently apologized to Whoopie for the snub. I thought she went a little overboard and got a lot of press out of it, but what do I know?
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I didnt realise til later they left Brad Renfro out of the ‘departed’ montage. Bastards!
I only watched part of it (the best actress awards) and it was just a stroke of luck that I caught the one category I cared about. The men have turned into Julia-Roberts-With-A-Penis nowadays–all starring in heavily-merchandised and logo-laden “blockbuster” lawyer dramas with proper names as the title. (I mean, seriously–can’t they think of better titles? Fuck!)
I thought the Whoopi thing was more blown out of proportion by the other hens on “The View” than Whoopi herself…the huggie-kissie thing she did was a little over the top, though…
Whoopi was not included on great Oscar moments because she never had any. She was a horrible freaking host. And they left off Steve Martin also, but he was a thousand times more entertaining. And you don’t see him crying on a daytime talk show about it. He’s doing it alone in a French apartment.
BC - You know who else they left off the list?
Joey Bishop (Valley of the Dolls)
Alice Ghostley (The Graduate, Grease)
Robert Goulet (Brigadoon, Carousel, Kiss Me Kate)
Charles Nelson Reilly (Duh, A Face in the Crowd, All Dogs Go to Heaven)
Lois Nettleton (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas)
Allan Melvin (With 6 You Get Eggroll)
Tom Poston (The Happy Hooker, Rabbit Test, Carbon Copy)
Marcel Marceau (Barbarella, Silent Movie)
Floyd “Red Crow” Westerman (Dances w/ Wolves, The Doors, Buffalo Girls)
And a lot more, I’m sure.
Most unfortunate was Charles Lane, who was in all of Frank Capra’s great movies, including It’s A Wonderful Life, he was 102. 102! (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0485272/)
God, THOSE omissions are even more unforgivable!
Oh, and Alice Ghostley was in “To Kill A Mockingbird,” too…that’s one reason I can’t believe she wasn’t included. I guess once you make your main living on TV, the “learned” academy can write you off…although they included Alice Faye a few years back and she worked mainly in radio in the last part of her career.
Yeah, I’m sorry but they could have cut some of those lame Jon Stewart moments in place of the deceased they left out. I don’t think he was that great of a host. If anything Whoopie with her Bruce Vilanch banter was just as good as his ironic winking schtick.
i have to commend jon stewart for bringing that check-chick (”Once” songwriter) back out to give her speech. finally there was someone genuine, honest, and believable on television. and she was inspiring. i was cheering for her and for john travolta, who finally decided to remove that insanely heinous weave.