Near the end of this work week I overheard one of my co-workers transferring a call to our enrollment team. This was nothing out of the ordinary. We get hundreds of call every day that need to be routed to that department. Normally this is because the average customer has the attention span of a baked potato. They get a prompt telling them to hit number three if they would like to check their billing statement or make a payment. Option six gets them to an enrollment representative. However, they immediately hit number one because they think that will speed things up. Then they grumble that they never got an option for the billing and enrollment department. Of course they didn’t get such an option when they went all button happy because of their need for instant gratification. These are the same people who fast forward through porn to get straight to the penetration. What is wrong with enjoying the cheesy dialogue and loose plot points?
On that particular day, the person asking for our enrollment team wanted to cancel their policy. This again was nothing out of the ordinary. It was actually expected since most of our members are paying for a product they don’t understand. The man in question had a specific reason for canceling. One we hadn’t heard all week, but it was inevitable yet confusing at the same time. This gentleman had called in to cancel his policy because the Health Care Reform Bill had passed. Apparently this man didn’t bother to read up on the reform. He wasn’t about to be handed a government issued insurance plan. His cancelation defied logic, especially seeing as not having insurance would eventually incur tax penalties. Needless to say, the man would eventually be very disappointed. I would like to know how this man came upon this idea that he would immediately be taken care of. This is the same type of guy that is probably bringing down Obama’s approval rating because the change he offered didn’t come immediately.
This particular folly was not the first time such a hasty decision was made. Another guy had called in earlier this year to get his policy reinstated. Apparently he had canceled back in November of 2008. His reason for the cancelation was the election of Obama. The man was under the assumption that it meant he’d be getting free health care. That clearly didn’t shake out how his feeble little mind had anticipated. It amazes me how quickly people expect change to happen.
Minutes after the reform bill was signed, we had people calling in expecting the change to be in place. Some wanted to know if their lifetime maximum had been lifted. Others wanted to know when their premiums would be lowered. This was laughable. In fact, I did laugh upon hearing about these calls. It was a hearty laugh, kind of like Santa’s laugh, but with much or hatred. I really wanted to know what these people were thinking. It was as if they thought we had literally just gotten off the phone with some of Obama’s staff members and had assured them that we were taking care of those reform points right away. Never mind the fact that there is a distinct timeline for all of the laws to be enacted. These people weren’t even figuratively fast forwarding to the penetration in the porno movie version of Health Care Reform. They went right into the scene selection screen and skipped all the way to the money shot. Sorry folks. The only swallowing being done right now is a little dose of reality.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Last oscar blog
BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE
Kathryn Bigelow wins Best Director for The Hurt Locker! That is one way to stick it to your ex-husband. She is truly in awe of what is happening to her. The cut away to the screenwriter, Mark Boal, who is as teary eyed as can be. So is Jeremy Renner. These people believe in the movie that they made. If they win best picture, I hope she screams “I’m the Queen of the World”..
Tom Hanks is out announce the best picture…. THE HURT LOCKER. They wasted no time getting right to it. They didn’t even list the nominees again. That was abrupt. TAKE THAT AVATAR! All is right in the world. SEE THIS MOVIE. It will change your hole thought on soldiers at war. Touching words by Kathyrn Bigelow to close things out.
Kathryn Bigelow wins Best Director for The Hurt Locker! That is one way to stick it to your ex-husband. She is truly in awe of what is happening to her. The cut away to the screenwriter, Mark Boal, who is as teary eyed as can be. So is Jeremy Renner. These people believe in the movie that they made. If they win best picture, I hope she screams “I’m the Queen of the World”..
Tom Hanks is out announce the best picture…. THE HURT LOCKER. They wasted no time getting right to it. They didn’t even list the nominees again. That was abrupt. TAKE THAT AVATAR! All is right in the world. SEE THIS MOVIE. It will change your hole thought on soldiers at war. Touching words by Kathyrn Bigelow to close things out.
Oscar 9 - Best Actress
BEST ACTRESS
Let’s see who they bring out for this one. Forrest Whitaker was chosen to talk about Sandra Bullock. Interesting choice. However, I didn’t know that he directed Hope Floats. Michael Sheen rambles on about Helen Mirren. She has a spider web tattoo? It is no wonder why she is so hot for an older woman. Peter Sarsgaard gives us his take on Carrie Mulligan. Who is she? Oprah in the house! She is out to give us talk about the girl from Precious, Gabourey Sidibe. Oprah makes a point about this being a fairy tale story for this girl. If she wins, it is a fairy tale. Stanley Tucci raves on about Meryl Streep. We’ve all heard about her before.
Who will win this award? I honestly have no clue. Streep always has a chance. Probably will win. Many people think Bullock wins this one. I think it might be the girl from Precious. Sean Penn will tell us. And then he’ll wish us rectal cancer. Drumroll… Sandra Bullock! Last night she won a couple Razzies for some of her other movies. This is a huge surprise if you ask me. Who would have ever thought? She is gracious and funny tonight. She cracks a Clooney joke! Yes! She caps off her speech with a tribute to her mother. It was sweet.
Let’s see who they bring out for this one. Forrest Whitaker was chosen to talk about Sandra Bullock. Interesting choice. However, I didn’t know that he directed Hope Floats. Michael Sheen rambles on about Helen Mirren. She has a spider web tattoo? It is no wonder why she is so hot for an older woman. Peter Sarsgaard gives us his take on Carrie Mulligan. Who is she? Oprah in the house! She is out to give us talk about the girl from Precious, Gabourey Sidibe. Oprah makes a point about this being a fairy tale story for this girl. If she wins, it is a fairy tale. Stanley Tucci raves on about Meryl Streep. We’ve all heard about her before.
Who will win this award? I honestly have no clue. Streep always has a chance. Probably will win. Many people think Bullock wins this one. I think it might be the girl from Precious. Sean Penn will tell us. And then he’ll wish us rectal cancer. Drumroll… Sandra Bullock! Last night she won a couple Razzies for some of her other movies. This is a huge surprise if you ask me. Who would have ever thought? She is gracious and funny tonight. She cracks a Clooney joke! Yes! She caps off her speech with a tribute to her mother. It was sweet.
Oscars 8
I just noticed that the set contains a bunch of lamps. What the fuck is that about? Someone explain this to me.
Kathy Bates was sent out to introduce Avatar. Now she is a real actress. She needs to do more movies that allow her to get all crazed and shit. Like when she did Misery. That was some damn creepy work. Speaking of acting, isn’t it great that not a single actor from Avatar was nominated? If it was such a great movie, maybe there would have been an acting nomination. Oh wait, maybe the special effects covered up the stale performances.
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
I have no clue who will win this award. My guess is Clooney, however it wouldn’t surprise me if Morgan Freeman wins this one for all the ass kicking he has done over the years. I hear Jeff Bridges is the favorite. This should be interesting. This year they brought out five people to give statements about each nominee. Michelle Pfieffer is out to talk about Bridges. She speaks from the heart. Vera Farmiga gives us her take on Clooney. She seems to really admire the man. Julianne Moore gives us some words on Colin Firth. Tim Robbins is out to give us some words about the iconic Morgan Freeman. He gave an humorous story about their first day together on The Shawshank Redemption. Colin Farell is out to talk about Jeremy Renner. Something about a trip to Mexico comes up. It gets a laugh. That’s fun. I didn’t realize that Jeremy Renner was in Swat. Hmm. I usually catch those things. I like how they do this. It is kind of endearing.
Kate Winslett out to present the winner! She is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. She could present me a pink slip at work and I wouldn’t mind. I’d take it willingly. The winner is Jeff Bridges. Finally, some personality on stage. Bridges is the most charismatic person to take the stage all night. This award acceptance makes me want to see Crazy Heart.
Kathy Bates was sent out to introduce Avatar. Now she is a real actress. She needs to do more movies that allow her to get all crazed and shit. Like when she did Misery. That was some damn creepy work. Speaking of acting, isn’t it great that not a single actor from Avatar was nominated? If it was such a great movie, maybe there would have been an acting nomination. Oh wait, maybe the special effects covered up the stale performances.
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
I have no clue who will win this award. My guess is Clooney, however it wouldn’t surprise me if Morgan Freeman wins this one for all the ass kicking he has done over the years. I hear Jeff Bridges is the favorite. This should be interesting. This year they brought out five people to give statements about each nominee. Michelle Pfieffer is out to talk about Bridges. She speaks from the heart. Vera Farmiga gives us her take on Clooney. She seems to really admire the man. Julianne Moore gives us some words on Colin Firth. Tim Robbins is out to give us some words about the iconic Morgan Freeman. He gave an humorous story about their first day together on The Shawshank Redemption. Colin Farell is out to talk about Jeremy Renner. Something about a trip to Mexico comes up. It gets a laugh. That’s fun. I didn’t realize that Jeremy Renner was in Swat. Hmm. I usually catch those things. I like how they do this. It is kind of endearing.
Kate Winslett out to present the winner! She is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. She could present me a pink slip at work and I wouldn’t mind. I’d take it willingly. The winner is Jeff Bridges. Finally, some personality on stage. Bridges is the most charismatic person to take the stage all night. This award acceptance makes me want to see Crazy Heart.
Oscars # 7
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sandra Bullock, star of Speed II: Cruise Control, is out to present the award for this category. Can Avatar lose this one too? Nope. Some guy wins it for James Cameron and his evil minions.
This leads to Demi Moore coming out as they play Unchained Melody in the background. She must be out to do the tribute to dead people. For an older woman, Demi looks quite young. Gosh I have been doing a lot of gawking at women tonight.
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
J-Lo and the next Hollywood superstar, Sam Worthington, are out for these one. I hope the guy who wrote the score for Up wins. I like what they are doing here by having some dancers on stage doing bits for every nominated score. This is different from what I can remember of anything in previous years.
YES! Another shot of Clooney after the dancers finished their performance. He makes a face at us. The man has an awesome sense of humor and is willing to poke fun at himself.
Michael Giacchino wins for Up! Rock on! He also did a score for this year’s Star Trek and often contributes to episodes of Lost and Fringe.
VISUAL EFFECTS
They allowed Bradley Cooper to present an award! Nice! This one is totally going to Avatar. No way it doesn’t. Yep. There it was. It looked spectacular. I can admit that much. The 3D was cool, even if it did wear off after about 40 minutes. Why does everyone who comes out to accept an award for Avatar have to give James Cameron a verbal blow job?
Jason Bateman in the house! That man must be thrilled that his career was resurrected after he did Arrested Development. He is out to introduce Up in the Air, a movie he starred in. He made a great joke about getting to boss around George Clooney. After seeing the video package, the more I realized that Up in the Air was an excellent reflection of our society amidst this economic hardship. Let’s get back to Bateman for a second. He has picked a lot of roles in recent years in movies that did remarkable things. Juno and Up in the Air were nominated for best picture awards. He was in The Kingdom which was one of the best films of 2007. I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up with an acting nomination sometime in the near future.
The Hurt Locker just took home an award for Film Editing. They are winning awards left and right. This is great for them. Maybe people will now go rent the movie and give it some money it deserves.
Okay, who invited Keanu Reeves to the Oscars? Not funny. And he almost shits on The Hurt Locker by introducing it.
Sandra Bullock, star of Speed II: Cruise Control, is out to present the award for this category. Can Avatar lose this one too? Nope. Some guy wins it for James Cameron and his evil minions.
This leads to Demi Moore coming out as they play Unchained Melody in the background. She must be out to do the tribute to dead people. For an older woman, Demi looks quite young. Gosh I have been doing a lot of gawking at women tonight.
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
J-Lo and the next Hollywood superstar, Sam Worthington, are out for these one. I hope the guy who wrote the score for Up wins. I like what they are doing here by having some dancers on stage doing bits for every nominated score. This is different from what I can remember of anything in previous years.
YES! Another shot of Clooney after the dancers finished their performance. He makes a face at us. The man has an awesome sense of humor and is willing to poke fun at himself.
Michael Giacchino wins for Up! Rock on! He also did a score for this year’s Star Trek and often contributes to episodes of Lost and Fringe.
VISUAL EFFECTS
They allowed Bradley Cooper to present an award! Nice! This one is totally going to Avatar. No way it doesn’t. Yep. There it was. It looked spectacular. I can admit that much. The 3D was cool, even if it did wear off after about 40 minutes. Why does everyone who comes out to accept an award for Avatar have to give James Cameron a verbal blow job?
Jason Bateman in the house! That man must be thrilled that his career was resurrected after he did Arrested Development. He is out to introduce Up in the Air, a movie he starred in. He made a great joke about getting to boss around George Clooney. After seeing the video package, the more I realized that Up in the Air was an excellent reflection of our society amidst this economic hardship. Let’s get back to Bateman for a second. He has picked a lot of roles in recent years in movies that did remarkable things. Juno and Up in the Air were nominated for best picture awards. He was in The Kingdom which was one of the best films of 2007. I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up with an acting nomination sometime in the near future.
The Hurt Locker just took home an award for Film Editing. They are winning awards left and right. This is great for them. Maybe people will now go rent the movie and give it some money it deserves.
Okay, who invited Keanu Reeves to the Oscars? Not funny. And he almost shits on The Hurt Locker by introducing it.
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Robin Williams is out to present this award. I wonder how much coke he snorted earlier tonight. He better get ready to step aside because MoNique is about to win this award. If she doesn’t, I am going to turn off the tv and not bother with the rest of the show. I can play some video games instead. However, I did grow a little crush on Vera Farmiga after seeing Up in the Air. Then again, her performance wasn’t earth shattering. She is just charming as hell.
Poor little Anna Kendrick was dropped into this category with a tough bunch for her first nomination. She’ll be back for something else. I can count on that. Time to announce the winner….. Monique! Congrats to her. I haven’t seen that movie yet, but I hear she just owns the role. She is getting a standing ovation and it is probably well deserved. From what I hear, he performance is the best of the year all together, in any category. She thanks her husband with a story about him telling her that sometimes you have to forgo what is popular to do something right.
I just fast forwarded through some boring shit. Charlize Theron introduces Precious. Theorn is looking classy tonight. However my gazing at her was ruined when the announcer said that the Twilight kids were going to be on the shoe. I hope that movie franchise goes away soon.
YES! Martin and Baldwin are doing a Paranormal Activity spoof. This is fantastic because I thought Paranormal Activity was incredibly underrated. It was something different than most horror movies we’ve seen in recent years. There were no fantastic special effects or cheap scares. It all felt so real. Okay, so the Twilight kids get momentary forgiveness for introducing a tribute to horror films. Wow, to think that it’s been 37 years since The Exorcist won a couple Oscars. Horror really is the shit on genre. That is probably because the shitty movies outnumber the excellent ones by about 10 to 1. This makes me want to write an Oscar worthy horror movie. One last thing before I move off this topic. I saw them show some Twilight clips in this video package. Nope. Those movies do not count as horror. Maybe horrible, but not horror.
SOUND EDITING
There’s Zac Effron again! Damn him! But he brought out Anna Kendrick. She’s cute. Oh! Morgan Freeman is doing a narration for the sound editing category. He makes an awesome joke about narrating even though he is in the crowd. Great stuff. Some guy from The Hurt Locker won this award. Yes! One more that Avatar does not win. Take that!
SOUND MIXING
How is this different from the last category? Oh well, same guy from The Hurt Locker won. Good. He can win all night as long as Avatar loses more awards.
Why is Elizabeth Banks out here? Oooh. She is introducing the winners for the science technology winners that shouldn’t be mentioned since they aren’t going to name the people.
Travolta comes out to introduce Glorious Basterds. He should have apologized for not making a good movie in the better part of 12 or so years.
Robin Williams is out to present this award. I wonder how much coke he snorted earlier tonight. He better get ready to step aside because MoNique is about to win this award. If she doesn’t, I am going to turn off the tv and not bother with the rest of the show. I can play some video games instead. However, I did grow a little crush on Vera Farmiga after seeing Up in the Air. Then again, her performance wasn’t earth shattering. She is just charming as hell.
Poor little Anna Kendrick was dropped into this category with a tough bunch for her first nomination. She’ll be back for something else. I can count on that. Time to announce the winner….. Monique! Congrats to her. I haven’t seen that movie yet, but I hear she just owns the role. She is getting a standing ovation and it is probably well deserved. From what I hear, he performance is the best of the year all together, in any category. She thanks her husband with a story about him telling her that sometimes you have to forgo what is popular to do something right.
I just fast forwarded through some boring shit. Charlize Theron introduces Precious. Theorn is looking classy tonight. However my gazing at her was ruined when the announcer said that the Twilight kids were going to be on the shoe. I hope that movie franchise goes away soon.
YES! Martin and Baldwin are doing a Paranormal Activity spoof. This is fantastic because I thought Paranormal Activity was incredibly underrated. It was something different than most horror movies we’ve seen in recent years. There were no fantastic special effects or cheap scares. It all felt so real. Okay, so the Twilight kids get momentary forgiveness for introducing a tribute to horror films. Wow, to think that it’s been 37 years since The Exorcist won a couple Oscars. Horror really is the shit on genre. That is probably because the shitty movies outnumber the excellent ones by about 10 to 1. This makes me want to write an Oscar worthy horror movie. One last thing before I move off this topic. I saw them show some Twilight clips in this video package. Nope. Those movies do not count as horror. Maybe horrible, but not horror.
SOUND EDITING
There’s Zac Effron again! Damn him! But he brought out Anna Kendrick. She’s cute. Oh! Morgan Freeman is doing a narration for the sound editing category. He makes an awesome joke about narrating even though he is in the crowd. Great stuff. Some guy from The Hurt Locker won this award. Yes! One more that Avatar does not win. Take that!
SOUND MIXING
How is this different from the last category? Oh well, same guy from The Hurt Locker won. Good. He can win all night as long as Avatar loses more awards.
Why is Elizabeth Banks out here? Oooh. She is introducing the winners for the science technology winners that shouldn’t be mentioned since they aren’t going to name the people.
Travolta comes out to introduce Glorious Basterds. He should have apologized for not making a good movie in the better part of 12 or so years.
Oscar Blog #5
Does anyone have any idea who the hottie with George Clooney might be? She is the only thing interesting me while they are presenting some best short film awards.
Sweet Jesus, it is Ben Stiller looking like one of those Avatar things. See how much I really got into the movie? I didn’t even remember the name of the race of blue people in the movie. All those flashy effects didn’t leave me with anything to think about apparently. Stiller is out to hand out the best make-up award. He is speaking the gibberish the blue cat people spoke. James Cameron isn’t offended like I would have guessed. Maybe he now has a sense of humor.
BEST MAKE-UP
Star Trek won! It was up against some movies where you couldn’t even tell the people were wearing makeup. So it is a good thing it one. JJ Abrams is name dropped! These three make-up artists are overwhelmed with this award. I am glad to see people legitimately appreciative when they win.
Jeff Bridges is out to introduce A Serious Man. It is cool that Bridges is out to introduce another movie. Well, these clips make me want to see this movie. I will have to get on that.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Rachel McAdams and Jake Gyllenhal are out to introduce the Best Adapted Screenplay. Rachel is looking quite stunning tonight. I’d like to cuddle with her. If she let me. I hope the District 9 screenplay wins here. The winner is Geoffrey Fletcher for the Precious screenplay. He seemingly gets a standing ovation. Another guy who is thrilled to have won. He is legitimately moved. He probably should be.
Queen Latifah is out to present the video for the honorary awards that were given out a few nights ago. Lauren Bacall is a funny 85 year old woman. She made a great riff about a two legged man in her room for the night. Ha. I love when old women talk dirty.
Sweet Jesus, it is Ben Stiller looking like one of those Avatar things. See how much I really got into the movie? I didn’t even remember the name of the race of blue people in the movie. All those flashy effects didn’t leave me with anything to think about apparently. Stiller is out to hand out the best make-up award. He is speaking the gibberish the blue cat people spoke. James Cameron isn’t offended like I would have guessed. Maybe he now has a sense of humor.
BEST MAKE-UP
Star Trek won! It was up against some movies where you couldn’t even tell the people were wearing makeup. So it is a good thing it one. JJ Abrams is name dropped! These three make-up artists are overwhelmed with this award. I am glad to see people legitimately appreciative when they win.
Jeff Bridges is out to introduce A Serious Man. It is cool that Bridges is out to introduce another movie. Well, these clips make me want to see this movie. I will have to get on that.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Rachel McAdams and Jake Gyllenhal are out to introduce the Best Adapted Screenplay. Rachel is looking quite stunning tonight. I’d like to cuddle with her. If she let me. I hope the District 9 screenplay wins here. The winner is Geoffrey Fletcher for the Precious screenplay. He seemingly gets a standing ovation. Another guy who is thrilled to have won. He is legitimately moved. He probably should be.
Queen Latifah is out to present the video for the honorary awards that were given out a few nights ago. Lauren Bacall is a funny 85 year old woman. She made a great riff about a two legged man in her room for the night. Ha. I love when old women talk dirty.
Oscars # 4
Christopher Pine comes out to introduce “District 9”. This film was my favorite of 2009. It was an achievement in science fiction. It brought action, some love story, and some eye opening with its retelling of South African apartheid.
Tina Fey and Robert Downey Jr. come out to present an award. They should do a movie together. Wow, they do some funny back and forth ribbing at writers and actors. In so many words, RDJ refers to writers as ugly mole people! YES!
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The winner is Mark Boal for The Hurt Locker. Good. The movie was a perfect reflection of a reality most of us could never imagine. Apparently he was a reporter over there. Anybody who wrote that movie would have needed to be in the midst of the chaos.
Molly Ringwald! She is out with Matthew Broderick for a John Hughes tribute. She looks great. Then again that is probably because I have a thing for red heads. I think my favorite movie of his would be Uncle Buck. Then again, he did also write the first three Vacation movies. Wow they brought out an entire slew of actors that John Hughes created. Judd Nelson just does not look anything like he did as a kid. Macaulay Culkin always looks like he is sick.
Sam Jackson! He is introducing Up!
Oscars # 3
They bring out Ryan Reynolds to do an introduction to the first Best Picture nominee, The Blind Side. I suppose he is a fitting choice since he did that Betty White movie with Sandra Bullock.
The beauty of the DVR is that I can fast forward through the boring parts. I did let the commercials play during the first break. Great Jimmy Kimmel live commercial with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner. Google it!
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
They have some characters from the films doing some bits about being nominated. When The Fantastic Mr. Fox speaks I immediately recognize that Clooney voiced him. That man is all over the place tonight. Clooney, that is. Two nominated movies, and his Best Actor award. Oh, and looking annoyed when the camera is on him. The winner is Up! It should have won. Spectacular movie. Rent it.
Baldwin and Martin are out again. A joke about the Hangover! Yes! And they just noted that the two upcoming presenters, Miley Cyrus and Amanda Seyfried, don’t know who they are! So true. Ummm, Miley, did Daddy approve that dress? You shouldn’t be drawing attention to your girls at that age.
BEST SONG for a MOTION PICTURE
I am still bitter that “Stu’s Song” from The Hangover was not nominated. It was a brilliant piece within the movie and set the tone for the third act of the film. Also, it was pretty fucking funny. None of these nominated songs seem funny. Oh, some song from Crazy Heart won. Look how much I care.
The beauty of the DVR is that I can fast forward through the boring parts. I did let the commercials play during the first break. Great Jimmy Kimmel live commercial with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner. Google it!
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
They have some characters from the films doing some bits about being nominated. When The Fantastic Mr. Fox speaks I immediately recognize that Clooney voiced him. That man is all over the place tonight. Clooney, that is. Two nominated movies, and his Best Actor award. Oh, and looking annoyed when the camera is on him. The winner is Up! It should have won. Spectacular movie. Rent it.
Baldwin and Martin are out again. A joke about the Hangover! Yes! And they just noted that the two upcoming presenters, Miley Cyrus and Amanda Seyfried, don’t know who they are! So true. Ummm, Miley, did Daddy approve that dress? You shouldn’t be drawing attention to your girls at that age.
BEST SONG for a MOTION PICTURE
I am still bitter that “Stu’s Song” from The Hangover was not nominated. It was a brilliant piece within the movie and set the tone for the third act of the film. Also, it was pretty fucking funny. None of these nominated songs seem funny. Oh, some song from Crazy Heart won. Look how much I care.
Live Oscar Blog #2
Interesting start to the show. They lined up all the actors and actresses for the top acting awards and named them all off. What the hell is that about?
Holy shit! Speak of the devil! Neil Patrick Harris! Oh my god! That is legendary! He is starting the show with a song and dance number! They should have just had him host the show. Well, I assume the producers realized that he was a commodity. Money says he hosts next year.
Baldwin and Martin are on fire. Martin probably wrote the bulk of the jokes here. They are not pulling the punches. Everyone is subject for a joke…. Including a joke about Woody Harrelson being high. Clooney doesn’t look entirely amused here. I wonder if that is the joke. Yep, it is. Clooney is a good sport.
They just showed Zac Effron and Taylor Lautner. Only one of them has talent, which isn’t anything I want to admit. So Zac Effron, take this compliment from me. Now, not too fast. I didn’t say you had a lot of talent.
There’s Clooney again. Looking quite annoyed (intentionally). I bet this one comes into play again later.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
These clips are the first looks I have had at some of these nominees. Looks like Matt Damon and Woody Harrelson kicked ass in their respective roles. Money is on Christoph Waltz though. He was a menacing villain in Inglorious Basterds . ……AND Waltz won it. He seems so timid whenever he speaks at these awards shows. I can’t imagine how he played such an evil person.
Holy shit! Speak of the devil! Neil Patrick Harris! Oh my god! That is legendary! He is starting the show with a song and dance number! They should have just had him host the show. Well, I assume the producers realized that he was a commodity. Money says he hosts next year.
Baldwin and Martin are on fire. Martin probably wrote the bulk of the jokes here. They are not pulling the punches. Everyone is subject for a joke…. Including a joke about Woody Harrelson being high. Clooney doesn’t look entirely amused here. I wonder if that is the joke. Yep, it is. Clooney is a good sport.
They just showed Zac Effron and Taylor Lautner. Only one of them has talent, which isn’t anything I want to admit. So Zac Effron, take this compliment from me. Now, not too fast. I didn’t say you had a lot of talent.
There’s Clooney again. Looking quite annoyed (intentionally). I bet this one comes into play again later.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
These clips are the first looks I have had at some of these nominees. Looks like Matt Damon and Woody Harrelson kicked ass in their respective roles. Money is on Christoph Waltz though. He was a menacing villain in Inglorious Basterds . ……AND Waltz won it. He seems so timid whenever he speaks at these awards shows. I can’t imagine how he played such an evil person.
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