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Blogging the Oscars 2008 Part II
It turns out the Oscars show was more exciting than we expected. It's a good thing we went in with low expectations as Nikki Finke suggested. Jon Stewart was there to provide humor and save us from the lack of exciting films. No Country For Old Men won four Oscars including Best Picture. You can see a complete list of winners here. Gary Busey went crazy and tried to hog the microphone and kiss Jennifer Garner. Marion Cotillard was a surprise Best Actress winner. Here are some highlights from the blogosphere.
 Jon Stewart had a funny "Gaydolf Titler" joke - although Tom O'Neil didn't like it. This joke was also a good one: ""Democrats do have an historic race going. Hillary Clinton vs Barack Obama. Normally, when you see a black man or a woman president an asteroid is about to hit the Statue of Liberty. How will we know it's the future? Silver unitards, that can't be all?" About.com lists a few others. The BBC said Stewart sparkled. Defamer says critics agree that Jon Stewart had a good night.
Jon Stewart also joked about John McCain's 100 years in Iraq statement.
The Gary Busey video. More Busey coverage here and here. Yahoo Buzz says many people are searching for Busey bringing the crazy.
Poor Amy Adams had to perform a Disney song from Enchanted called "Happy Working Song" on stage all by herself. Would it have been too much trouble to get Amy some mice or birds?
Whoopi Goldberg was upset for being left out of a clip about Oscar hosts. L.A. Times writes, "This snub may have been unintentional, but to not include a clip of the first woman to solo as Oscar host (and four times at that -- 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001) really is inexcusable."
Marion Cotillard's Oscar win was the one real surprise of the night. There are many views for her Best Actress acceptance speech on YouTube.
Tilda Swinton's acceptance speech is getting attention because of the comparison she made to the Oscar statue and her agent's buttocks.
Hooray for Books: The winner in the Best Picture category No Country For Old Men was based on a book by Cormac McCarthy.
Another Oscar snub - Bran Renfro?
Juno writer Diablo Cody: From stipper to Oscar winner. Congrats to Diablo. Don't forget to read her blogging tips.
Some of the films receiving awards were actually box office hits. The Bourne Ultimatum won three awards and The Golden Compass won for special effects.
Some actresses were showing off their baby bumps.
Low rating likely for the Oscars. Deadline Hollywood Daily says worst ratings since 1974. More on the Oscars as a ratings bomb here and here.
Oscar Fashions that Worked: Jennifer Garner and Marion Cotillard | Anne Hathaway and Penelope Cruz
Jon Stewart pulled out an iPhone and started watching Lawrence of Arabia last night. He also played Wii on the big screen.
Gristmill says the Oscars were green again this year but not in a braggy way.
David Berkowitz made some interesting online media and online marketing notes while live-blogging the oscars.
Gawker does the Oscars in 10 bullet points. Mahalo does it in 60 seconds. (via The Movie Blog)
The J-Walk Blog doesn't want anymore wax lips at the Oscars.
Oscars write-ups: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.
Blogging the Oscars 2008: Part I can be found here.
Photo source: oscars.org
Note: For the most recent Oscar posts please visit ShoppingBlog.com's Oscar section.
Posted on February 25, 2008
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Blogging the Oscars 2008 Part I
 There's far less buzz for this year's Oscars than there was in 2006 and 2007. The 100-day writer's strike may have helped to dampen the buzz. During the strike we weren't sure if there would even be an oscars. Writers are now back at work but there hasn't been much time to hype up the Academy Awards. Another big problem this year is that most of the films nominated for awards have been seen by very few people. When you look at last year's list of winners you see films you recognize but this year's nominees are filled will films that many people have not seen. And another problem that may make these Oscars less memorable is the threat of a wind-driven rain. At least there will be a tent to protect the red carpet and plastic to cover the giant Oscar statues. Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood Daily writes in her blog that it is "best to expect the worst Oscars ever." If you lower your expectations enough it still might be a fun night. Here are some highlights from the blogosphere.
CNN asks does anyone care this year? Yes, the marketers are very happy.
Jon Stewart is hosting this year's Oscar presentation on ABC. That may draw viewers. He's not afraid.
The Internet has become widget obsessed and the Oscars.com website has a widget for those needing another widget for their blog or MySpace site.
Need a printable Oscars ballot? Here's one. Thanks Mahalo.
Need tons of Oscar data? You get a downloadable CSV file of Oscar Nominees and Winners from 1927-2006 here.
The New York Times Carpetbagger blog describes that rain that is on the way to ruin the night.
The Best Picture Nominees: Atonement | Juno | Michael Clayton | No Country For Old Men | There Will Be Blood
Variety looks at the Oscar bump for the nominated films.
Some bloggers are not interested. Gay Patriot: The Oscars? Who Cares?. The Rundown: The Oscars. Pffft.
High gold prices have made the Oscar statues more expensive. They cost $500 this year compared to $400 in 2004.
Tom O'Neil at L.A. Times Gold Derby blog predicts a Clooney upset.
Razzies domination for Lindsay Lohan and Eddie Murphy. A big comedown for Eddie Murphy after being nominated last year.
ABC News has some of this year's hot trends. ShoppingBlog.com has some jewelry trends.
There may be a scientific formula for which films get nominated.
Showbiz Spy blogs that Angeline Jolie and Jennifer Aniston will come face-to-face at a pre-Oscars party.
Waxy.org has data about pirating Oscar films and DVD release dates. (via Wired)
Sicko director Michael Moore oddly wants to bring resigned Cuba leader Fidel Castro to the Oscars.
Simon Doonan from the New York Observer thinks Valentino will dominate this year's Oscars red carpet.
VH1's blog says Paris Hilton was banned from attending the Oscars.
Broadway singer Kristin Chenoweth says Oscars prep can be nerve-wracking. She will be singing "That's How You Know" from the Enchanted film. More on the Oscar-nominated songs here.
Wired takes a closer look at some of the year's nominated Afghanistan and Iraq War documentaries.
Another sign there is less buzz. Some of those Oscar blogs we linked to last year (scroll to end of post to see) have less coverage, little coverage or no coverage this year.
Writers rule. A list of the screenplay nominees.
What in the world do teenagers think about the Oscars? Cinematical asked some teens to find out.
Make it Work Meryl: Tim Gunn is hoping actress Meryl Streep can make it work at the Oscars this year. He's a little worried after what she wore last year.
Twitter Oscars tweets. Oscars | Atonement | Juno | Clooney | There Will Be Blood
Those Oscar swag bags are packed full again.
IndieWire blogs that the Coen Brothers are posed for a big night. No Country Old Men is nominated for eight awards.
The very popular Miley Cyrus will be performing tonight. Some pictures of her rehearsing can be found here.
Defamer says Kevin O'Donnell is the the Susan Lucci of the sound-mixing set.
Cinematical offers a list of flicks that should have won Oscars.
Look at this Oscar fashion from a post on InsideSoCal.com. It's Oscar the muppet fashion.
Screenwriter Diablo Cody (Juno) is going to wear Stuart Weitzman's million-dollar shoes to the Oscars. (via Defamer). Or maybe she isn't? Diablo already scored at the Independent Spirit Awards.
Check back Monday. We will have another roundup after the Oscars are over. If you are looking for live-blogging try this list from BuzzFeed or run a Technorati search.
Update: Oscars Winners List
Note: For the most recent Oscar posts please visit ShoppingBlog.com's Oscar section.
Posted on February 24, 2008
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Blogging the Oscars 2007 Part II Oscar Highlights
 The Oscars are an international event. This year that was especially true. Reuters calls this year's Oscars "the most diverse Oscar night ever, certainly by the nominations. Plenty of awards were won by foreigners, too."
The show is watched around the world and Technorati shows this. There were at least 2,500 English-language posts on Technorati yesterday if you search for Oscars. However, that number soars to about 12,500 posts if you include all languages. Google Blog Search shows over 30,000 Oscar posts from the past week. This year's show was also greener than previous years. The Oscars even provided a page of green tips with help from the NRDC (via Eco-Chick). Here are some highlights from the 79th Academy Awards.
A list of this year's winners.
One of the funniest moments was when Will Ferrell, Jack Black and John C. Reilly sang a song about being a comedian at the Oscars.
The Gold Derby blog from the L.A. Times reports that Nikki Finke's Oscar "spoilers" were misleading or wrong.
An Invconvenient Truth wins two including Original Song. The video for the winning song, "I Need To Wake Up" by Melissa Etheridge, can be seen here. TreeHugger says the win for Al Gore's documentary means, "An Oscar win can only mean more people seeing what could have just remained a former Vice President's slide show." Informed Comment also has an interesting post on this issue.
The Risky Biz blog has some interesting conversations overhead at the Oscars. For example, "Most bizarre and random yell was by one lady to Francis Ford Coppolla: 'I met you at my Uncle Dennis Hopper’s wedding!' Coppolla just nodded and smiled, and moved on."
Film Experience says that Oscar winner and American Idol star Jennifer Hudson was once a Xanadu cast member.
Some swag bags from the Global Green pre-Oscar party have landed on eBay.
There were tasteful and enjoyable Oscar ads according to blogs here and here.
Think Progress has the transcript and video clip of Al Gore's "big announcement" during last night's Oscars.
Hello. Yes, there was an iPhone commercial. Details here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.
The Hot Button lists ten reasons why they think the Oscars came up short this year.
First Showing calls Forrest Whitaker's intense acceptance speech brilliant. They have the transcript and the video of the speech so you can decide for yourself.
Ellen was nervous. People says, "Ellen DeGeneres may have told PEOPLE she was 'not at all' nervous about hosting the Oscars, but when the big night rolled around, she tearfully admitted Monday, she was 'scared to death.'" Who wouldn't be nervous?
Make your own little gold statue or make something golden. (via Popular Science Blog)
A spectacular fug from Sally Kirkland.
Jack Nicholson was bald last night but we doubt his look was inspired by Britney Spears.
Martin Scorsese finally won an Oscar for Best Director. David Carr at the New York Time's Carpetbagger is asking if he won for the right film.
Best Screenplays: The Writer's Blog blogs about screenwriter William Monahan's (The Departed) Ode to Valium.
Ellen's invention was a big hit with the Times Online news blog: "Ellen is now making a joke about winners putting their gongs on the floor. She comes on stage wearing a baby sling carrier, with an Oscar in the front. If this was unplanned, it's genius."
Vanity Fair's Little Gold Men blog has lots of photos from the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. See here, here and here.
Blogcritics has a recap: "If you missed the Oscars, then you missed quite a bit. Ellen Degeneres hosted, and quite well. There were some surprises, some funny moments, and then there were some sappy moments. Also, plenty of montages to fill four hours of show and plenty of celebrity glitz to go around."
Gore's Oscar is fueling calls for a late '08 run. (via Wonkette).
Jossip says Jennifer Hudson never thanked Beyonce during her acceptance speech. She also snubbed American Idol.
Eddie Murphy promptly left after he lost his chance at an Oscar for best supporting actor to Alan Arkin.
Yahoo has a bunch of Oscar photos.
Note: For the most recent Oscar posts please visit ShoppingBlog.com's Oscar section.
Posted on February 26, 2007
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Blogging the Oscars 2007
 Tonight the winners of the 79th Academy Awards will be announced. We will soon know which of the nominees get to take home a coveted gold statue. Final preparations have been taking place at the Kodak Theatre. This Reuters blog post includes a photograph that shows the red carpet being rolled out. The Oscars have always been a big media event and in the blogosphere it also seems to get bigger every year. Technorati shows about 75,000 posts if you search for the keyword Oscars. There were about 1,000 Oscar posts yesterday and there will be several times that amount today. Here are some highlights from the blogosphere as well as some links to blogs covering the Oscars.
Is Oprah muscling in on Barbara Walter's Oscar turf with her celebrity-celebrity interviews. The New York Post thinks Oprah owns the Oscars.
Oscar swag bags are falling out of a fashion. Now its invitation-only branded retreats that are in style.
Macrumors and Macminute say you might see iPhone ads during the Oscars telecast. Update: Crunchgear weighs in on the iPhone ad rumor.
Language Log is blogging about how to pronounce the name of the film Babel. Even Brad Pitt isn't entirely sure according to an AP story. "Thank you for honoring our film 'Babble.' Or 'BAY-bel' or 'Bah-BELL,'" Brad Pitt said after the film received an earlier award at a film festival in Palm Springs, Calif. "We're still arguing how to pronounce it."
Who should win in the screenplay categories? Cast your vote here.
Oscar Green: Lots of stars plan to arrive at the Oscars in green cars. This year there is a hot green sports car called the Tesla Roadster and both Penelope Cruz and Al Gore may be arriving in one.
Sacha Baron Cohen turned down an offer to present because they wouldn't let him present as Borat. Details here and here
Ellen will not be making any Britney jokes. She's taking Craig Ferguson's no Britney Spears jokes route.
Engadget says there will be a cameraphone ban at the Oscars.
Nikki Finke has spoilers for today's Oscar telecast.
Defamer will be twittering live from the Kodak Theatre on Sunday. (via Biz Stone)
The Academy goes after Oscar Watch. (via LA Observed)
A different gold statue: Check out the statue for Oceana's inaugural Masters of Making Mercury in the Environment (MOMMIE) Awards. The awards celebrate America's chlorine plants for outstanding achievement in the field of poisoning our tuna fish sandwiches.
Screenhead debates the Oscar worthiness of Little Miss Sunshine
Radar has the history of crashing the Oscars (hat tip LA Observed)
Dorothy Surrenders on Ellen Degeneres hosting the Oscars: " Hosting the show is an honor for Ellen and a nod of acceptance for all of us. While she may not wave the pride flag as feverishly as some would like, Ellen is still very much family. To have her beam into living rooms across the country and the world as the face of the awards, well, that’s something to feel proud about. So, this Sunday, I can’t wait to root, root, root for the home team. Go Ellen, go team!"
Scorsese is overdue. Will he win? Citizen Brand says he has to: "And perhaps Martin Scorsese will finally win the Oscar for his masterful direction of The Departed. Of course he should have won for Raging Bull, Goodfellas, or Taxi Driver just to name three. When you look at Scorsese's entire body of work, it makes you wonder why he hasn't won two lifetime achievement awards already. He has to win this time."
Yahoo has Oscar shortcuts.
A Man faces jail time for uploading an Oscars screener.
Thank You For Snubbing: Watchers Watch says, "But of all the slights, we think Thank You For Smoking was the biggest oversight. Aaron Eckhart deserves a Best Actor nod for his brilliant portrayal of a cynical tobacco lobbyist." EW's Popwatch blog agrees in this Thank You for Smoking rant. If you haven't seen Thank You for Smoking you should.
Dicaprio was both honored and snubbed at this year's Oscars.
David Spade is liveblogging for Comedy Central at www.theshowbizshow.com. (Via TV Squad)
Don't forget the about the Razzies, the awards for the worst acting and the worst films. Update: The Razzies "winners" were dominated by Basic Instinct 2. M. Night Shyamalan also won two Razzies. Details here.
Will social media change Hollywood? After reading an L.A. Times article called "The Magic is Gone," GigaOm says, "Instead, what Hollywood might look like in the year 2020 could have more to do with how studios develop new 'products' ... much like they did with the advent of television (when they created sitcoms, game shows, movies of the week, etc.). But this time, future Hollywood products will probably have to integrate and leverage the virtually unlimited digital resource of self-expression and social media."
Former Vice President Al Gore is thrilled that his documentary An Inconvenient Truth was nominated twice (Best Documentary and Best Original Song). The nominated song is I Need to Wake Up by Melissa Etheridge. The book version of the film is going to be placed in some high-level Oscar Swag bags.
MollyGood likes the grouchy kind of Oscar best.
Robert Scoble has embedded a video he found here called Rejected, an Oscar thank you to movie crews throughout the world. Harrison Ford and Sandra Bullock talk about the less noticed people that make films possible.
Tips about what to serve at your own Oscar party from Mindy Weiss.
Oscar Politics: CNN political analyst Bill Schneider speculates whether Al Gore will announce his candidacy for president of the United States during a probably acceptance speech for Best Documentary Film for An Inconvenient Truth.
LAist describes a pre-Oscars gifting suite: "All manner of free food and booze awaits you -- as long as you're willing to drink your cabernet out of a paper cup that promotes Monster energy drinks. That's the thing about these events, there are sponsors for E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G. Sponsors for the tea sandwiches at the snack table, sponsors for the vodka, sponsors for the energy drink, sponsors for the dessert table. I'm only surprised there wasn't a sponsor for the toilet paper you use to wipe your ass. Although who knows. I didn't go to the bathroom, so there might've been."
David Barry admits he hasn't seen many of the films: "I generally see movies with my daughter, and thus am pretty much limited to the genre known technically as 'Movies Featuring Talking Raccoons.'"
The Predictions: Check The Envelope and OscarWatch for interesting
insight into who might win tonight. You could also visit Unreasonable Observations which has come up with a formula for predicting the Best Picture winner (via Carpetbagger).
More Predictions: Here is a long but incomplete list of the many bloggers and columnists offering predictions: Roger Ebert,
Joel Siegel,
Slog,
Slacker Mama,
Mike Greenberg,
Blogto,
Book Rising,
Eat the Press,
FresnoBeehive,
The Film Experience,
andPop,
The Moviezzz Blog,
Thinking Girl,
From Medskool,
Cinematical,
Rope of Silicon,
Oscarology,
Jam Showbiz,
TheUrbanWire,
This Divided State,
The Jay,
Erin Go Blog,
Scot Freeman,
Joe. My. God.,
Sean's Ramblings,
Craig's MovieBlog,
Cinematial,
News Blaze,
Blogcritics,
The Seventh Sense,
Slashfilm,
Eric Coomer,
Oscar Frenzy,
Global Paradigms,
Film School Rejects and Daniel Drezner.
More Coverage:
And the Oscar Goes To
And the Winner Is
Award Winners Blog
The Carpetbagger
Casual Critic
Catwalk Queen
Cinematical
CNN Showbiz
Deadline Hollywood Daily
Defamer
E! Online
Edrants.com
The Envelope
Fandango Oscar Blog
Film School Rejects
The Gold Rush
Hollywood Elsewhere
The Hollywood News
The Hot Blog
The Hot Button
Huffington Post
InContention
IndieWire
Little Gold Men
Movie City News
On the Red Carpet
Oscar 2006 Blog
OscarCentral
OscarWatch
Oscar Frenzy
Oscar Wild (New Republic
Oscarology
Oscars.about.com
Oscars.com
Oscars.org
Popbytes
Popsugar
Popwatch
The Reeler
Risky Biz Blog
Shopping Blog
The Showbiz Show (David Spade)
Variety Award Central
Watchers Watch
Yahoo Oscar Blog
Update 2-26-07: The Winners List
Note: For the most recent Oscar posts please visit ShoppingBlog.com's Oscar section.
Posted on February 25, 2007
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Vanity Fair Launches Oscars Blog
 Eventually we will hit an awards season where every major media company already has an awards blog. Until then newspapers and magazines will continue to launch Oscar blogs a month or two before the big event. In past years we have seen awards blog launches like the New York Times' Carpetbagger, the L.A. Times' The Envelope and USA Today's O-Factor. This year Vanity Fair is offering a new blog called Little Gold Men. The blog has the tagline, "Vanity Fair's Daily Guide to the Oscar Season." Jessica Coen, the former editor of Gawker, is the blog's writer. On her personal blog she blogs about having to write in the first person and being unable to use certain words and phrases.
Vanity Fair does have at least one other blog -- James Wolcott's political blog. They also have a collection of blog links on their On the Web section. Will Vanity Fair stop at just two blogs? No. Expect more. (via Eat the Press)
Note: For the most recent Oscar posts please visit ShoppingBlog.com's Oscar section.
Posted on February 21, 2007
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Boompa Enters Growing Automotive Social Network Market
 Michael Arrington at TechCrunch is reporting that Ethan Lance and Dave Snider have launched an automotive social network called Boompa.
Berkeley, California based Boompa is just that - a new web startup focused on car fanatics (and better yet, it isn’t ridiculous). The founders, Ethan Lance and Dave Snider, previously worked together at CNET before starting this company.
Users enter information on cars they own, or want to own. Other users can tag and comment the vehicle, and contact the owner and/or add him or her as a friend. The site is extremely well designed and uses Ajax effectively throughout. The fact that just the two founders built the site in a few months is impressive.
The founders have another, rather ambitious goal as well - to create the definitive database of car information on the web, called their Database Project.
Boompa isn't actually the first "MySpace for Cars." Michael Arrington obviously hasn't heard of Edmunds' CarSpace which was talked about in March. Boompa probably won't be the last car-related social network to launch either.
Posted on June 12, 2006
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Blogging the Oscars Part IV
Here are some more Oscar highlights from the blogosphere:
Lots of blogs here,
here,
here,
here
and here are linking to Ebert's article that dismisses homophobia and says Crash won because it was the better film.
BlogPulse has a the final Crash and Brokeback Mountain
graph showing discussion of the films in the blogosphere: "A BlogPulse
Trend Graph shows how closely the two movies tracked...right up until
the moment when the statuette went to the Crash crew"
The Media Cynic dicusses Jon Stewart's stellar performance.
Appassionata nominates Jon Stewart to host the Oscars
again.
Author and screenwriter Larry McMurtry gave a shout out to the
culture of the
book during his acceptance speech for the Best Adapted Screenplay award
for Brokeback Mountain. Good for him.
Toyota and Ford plugged hybrid cars but GM stuck with
non-hybrid luxury cars by driving stars in Escalade SUVs and
advertising their Hummer vehicles.
The Movie Blog has some suggestions
for Oscar improvements including cut the montages and the President of the Academy speech.
They also suggest cutting the Best Song performances but without those there would have been no Three 6 Mafia performance.
Best Original Screenplay oscar winner Paul Haggis has been writing
screenplays since his early days with tv shows like Different Strokes
and Who's the Boss.
ShoppingBlog.com reviews dresses worn by Jennifer Aniston,
Salma Hayek, Keira Knightly and Michelle Williams.
Konrad West finds an interesting quote
about star power in Hollywood.
Idea Grove asks if
Crash beat Brokeback Mountain with better PR.
Go Fug Yourself spots a fugged out Sean Young at the post-Oscar parties.
Wendy doesn't like the Oscars: "Personally I find the Oscars boring, I've always more or less thought of them as an annoying interruption of my regular scheduled programs, chock full of pretentious people making dull speeches about how now they 'finally matter' and thanking God for choosing them to win over all the other nominees who just have sit back, smile and clap politely while wondering to themselves why God doesn’t love them as much."
Steve-0 is an idiot for peeing on the red carpet. (via Buzz Patrol)
Jon Swift is critical
of the March of the Penguins movie: "Like many Hollywood stars these penguins practice what is known in Los Angeles as "serial monogamy" and in the rest of the world as promiscuity. After spending a year with one partner, these swinging penguins then abandon their mates and find someone else to shack up with." Other bloggers, like Quillnews, were happy to see a March of the Penguins victory
NarniaWeb reports on Narnia's Oscar win.
PopSugar reports on Heath Ledger's ongoing feud with the
Australian press.
The Blingdom of Gods asks why didn't Felicity Huffman wear the Black Orlov Diamond like this article said she would. More on this story here at ShoppingBlog.com.
Note: For the most recent Oscar posts please visit ShoppingBlog.com's Oscar section.
Posted on March 8, 2006
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Blogging the Oscars Part III
Here are some more highlights of Oscar coverage in the blogosphere:
YouTube.com has tons of Oscars video clips here.
Jason Calacanis says it looks like
YouTube "got the rights to air the Oscars!"
ShoppingBlog.com has a write-up about this year's Oscar dresses. They also remind Into the Blue star Jessica Alba to keep her head-up because "Best Supporting Actress winner Rachel Weisz got her start in The Mummy and The Mummy 2"
Defamer caught
Capote co-star Catherine Keener trying to email or Blackberry someone during the Oscars.
Defamer also asks who was Tom Hanks swearing at?
Well Ferrell's name was not spelled correctly on the Oscars banner. (via Defamer)
M. Night Shyamalan: Jaffe Juice liked
the American Express commercial starring M. Night Shyamalan: "A brilliant American Express 2-minute commercial, featuring M. Night Shyamalan. I was TiVo'ing through the awards, but somehow I found this and couldn't help but watch...rewind...and watch again. Although I struggled to find the commercial online using traditional search keywords, I eventually did and you can view it here."
AdRants also liked the Shymalan ad. (via psfk.com)
There seems to a growing anti-Clooney movement in one corner of the blogosphere -- see the blog posts here,
here, here and here.
Clooney won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Syriana and explained the importance of films in his acceptance speech: "We are a little bit out of touch in Hollywood every once in a while... but maybe that's a good thing. We were the ones who talked about AIDS when it was being whispered. We talked about civil rights when it wasn't really popular. This Academy gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs of theaters. I'm proud to be part of this Academy. I'm proud to be part of this community. I'm proud to be out of touch."
Meanwhile, Running Scared blogs that some bloggers are critical of films they probably haven't even seen.
Some bloggers, like Molly Golightly, think
George Clooney is attractive: "Also? George Clooney is an attractive man. That is how you make a movie star, dear readers. More George, less Oscars."
Jennifer Garner saved herself from an Oscar disasters when she caught herself after a slip. She even managed a clever quip: "I do my own stunts."
Boston Mommy has a post about Garner's slip including a couple photos.
Blogaholics compares two pictures: one is of Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman and
the other is a picture of Robert Scoble.
Long Plastic Hallway: "When the line in the Hustle and Flow nominated song was changed from "a whole lotta bitches talkin' sh**" to "a whole lotta witches jumpin' ship". Melonfarming fantastic! I hate it when those witches jump ship."
PopSugar has photos of Madonna at the Oscars with Guy.
Oscars schadenfreude from Girl with a movie camera: "Despite the rant, Oscar night piques my interest for one reason and one reason only: a delightful dose of schadenfreude (as in, pleasure derived from someone's misfortune)."
The FaerieWizard writes "So as expected, there is a lot of Oscar backlash going on in the blogosphere as well in some papers about how Crash upset Brokeback to take the best picture award. Some people are claiming Hollywood homophobia, some are claiming Hollywood played it safe and didn't want to scorn the religious right anymore than they already had." Another possibility is that some
just thought Crash was the better film.
A lot of bloggers, including Shaghaghi.net, watched the Oscars with Tivo.
AdJab enjoyed the funny Oscar campaign ads created by Stewart and the Daily Show team. "Created to resemble political ads, one featured an elderly couple who felt suspicious of all the 'foreign-sounding' first names of the Best Supporting Actress nominees. One stood out as clearly American, though: Reese. Another attacked Charlize Theron for being unattractive in North Country but praised Keira Knightly, whose cheekbones must be sprinkled with 'God dust', for 'acting while hot.'"
Oscar Babies: Blogging Baby blogs about the celebrity moms and celeb moms-to-be at last night's Oscars show. Pregnancy Weekly also blogs about Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon, a mother of two.
Note: For the most recent Oscar posts please visit ShoppingBlog.com's Oscar section.
Posted on March 6, 2006
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