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The Academy Awards
February 27, 2017, 01:38 AM
Balzé HalzéThe Academy Awards
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Originally posted by Jim Shugart:
Whadda buncha assholes.
Well, that made my night.
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February 27, 2017, 05:46 AM
XinTXquote:
Originally posted by Keystoner:
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Originally posted by OcCurt:
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Originally posted by Ackks:
hahahahahahah they read the wrong name for Best Picture.
Staged publicity stunt.
Why?
It put the whole thing at the top of Drudge this morning. Otherwise, it would have just been 1/4 way down the page. Maybe they think it will work like NAPCAR and next year people will tune in to see another wreck.
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February 27, 2017, 05:51 AM
IrishWindquote:
Originally posted by Vgex:
If the Academy is so bent on equality and unity, why doesn't every garbage movie they put out get at least a participation trophy? Hypocrites.
It's an honor just to be nominated. Or something like that.
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February 27, 2017, 06:05 AM
thunderson"May I say too that much of what I put in this book was inspired by the grotesque prices paid for works of art during the past century. Tremendous concentrations of paper wealth have made it possible for a few persons or institutions to endow certain sorts of human playfulness with inappropriate and hence distressing seriousness. I think not only of the mudpies of art, but of children's games as well- running, jumping, catching, throwing.
Or dancing.
Or singing songs."
-Excerpt from Author's Note from the Novel Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut.
I have the heart of a lion.......and a lifetime ban from the Toronto Zoo.- Unknown February 27, 2017, 06:09 AM
Hamden106The mixup certainly reduces the political comment fallouts. Hmmm... I wonder.
February 27, 2017, 06:19 AM
Bob RIWatching that show was not even a remote consideration....nobody in my house even mentioned it let alone wanted to watch it. I remember as a kid we all used to watch the show. Today it's just not the same.
February 27, 2017, 06:32 AM
NK402quote:
Originally posted by IrishWind:
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Originally posted by Vgex:
If the Academy is so bent on equality and unity, why doesn't every garbage movie they put out get at least a participation trophy? Hypocrites.
It's an honor just to be nominated. Or something like that.
As Jim Rockford once said, "The nomination is really the award. "
February 27, 2017, 07:03 AM
recoatliftWe haven't watched since Bob Hope left due to age & then Johnny took over. After Mr Carson left, so did we.
Ps... I guess showing my age. They were fantastic hosts, also the actors, writing and movies seemed so much better.
February 27, 2017, 07:03 AM
2BobTannerquote:
Originally posted by dave7378:
Morons. Gave the best picture award to La La Land, let them all give their speeches and then, oops, best picture went to Moonlight. Perfect.
To paraphrase someone, "You didn't earn that!"
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February 27, 2017, 07:33 AM
RogueJSKquote:
Originally posted by TMats:
I watched Gangs of New York tonight. Hadn't seen it in quite awhile and had recorded it a week or two ago when we had free movie channels. Amazing performance by Day-Lewis and good performances by others.
As the saying goes, "based on true events." Helluva time in American history.
One of my favorite films (despite Leonardo DiCaprio
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Daniel Day-Lewis is a helluva actor.
February 27, 2017, 07:49 AM
Ripleyquote:
Originally posted by nojoy:
Damn, I missed one of the best Oscars in 10 years. Lol.
Not at all, you'll get to see the only thing that mattered over and over today and beyond. In an of itself, that's a dammed shame, seeing that bunch of assholes in success or failure is hard to take.
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. February 27, 2017, 08:57 AM
bigwagonI want everyone to be clear that it is purely a coincidence that a year after the Oscars were criticized for being too white, that black actors won Best Supporting Actor and Actress and a movie with an all-black cast won Best Picture. Again, this is pure coincidence.
February 27, 2017, 08:59 AM
rkentmquote:
Originally posted by bigwagon:
I want everyone to be clear that it is purely a coincidence that a year after the Oscars were criticized for being too white, that black actors won Best Actor and Actress and a movie with an all-black cast won Best Picture. Again, this is pure coincidence.
Uh, Emma Stone is about as white as white gets....
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February 27, 2017, 09:01 AM
bigwagonSorry, Supporting Actor and Actress. But maybe that proves they are still biased.
February 27, 2017, 09:02 AM
rkentmquote:
Originally posted by bigwagon:
Sorry, Supporting Actor and Actress.
Thought I'd missed something!
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February 27, 2017, 09:15 AM
ASKSmithWatching the what?
The Walking Dead is on!!!
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February 27, 2017, 09:20 AM
Rey HRHquote:
Originally posted by OcCurt:
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Originally posted by Ackks:
hahahahahahah they read the wrong name for Best Picture.
Staged publicity stunt.
That's what I think too. They saw what it did for the pageant in terms of garnering publicity.
Which supports my point that all of the entertainment business (movies, music, and tv) has really hit a dearth of unoriginality and subsists mostly on remakes and copycats.
The guy who gave the acceptance speech moments ago and then turns around saying, "This is real. La la land won...." couldn't even act well enough to show the mixed emotions and chagrin that would have going through a winner-then-loser.
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February 27, 2017, 09:21 AM
ChicagoSigManquote:
Originally posted by bigwagon:
I want everyone to be clear that it is purely a coincidence that a year after the Oscars were criticized for being too white, that black actors won Best Supporting Actor and Actress and a movie with an all-black cast won Best Picture. Again, this is pure coincidence.
And best picture was about a black man struggling with his own sexuality. Make him a muslim and you'd have an SJW Victimhood trifecta.
February 27, 2017, 09:24 AM
Jim ShugartDon't forget Hanlon's razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity,"
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw
February 27, 2017, 09:25 AM
erj_pilotSomehow, somewhere, this Foxtrot Uniform will be blamed on Trump. Or Bush.
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