Oscars 2020

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Prince beat The Muppets Take Manhattan and Songwriter (a Kristofferson project)

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a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 February 2020 20:16 (four years ago) link

Eminem didn't attend the ceremony in 2003 when "Lose Yourself" won, so he never actually performed it at the Oscars until last night.

jaymc, Monday, 10 February 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link

well thank god the academy saw fit to finally right that historical wrong

Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 10 February 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link

remember when he made fun of moby for being 36?

otm into winter (rip van wanko), Monday, 10 February 2020 20:29 (four years ago) link

basically em has a new album out is my thinking

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link

"I didn't see the movie, but I guess Elton John recorded a new song for his biopic?"

yes. it's a pretty good song too, IMO. but off the top of my head I can't remember where it was in the movie (not over the closing credits, that was I'm Still Standing).

Eminem performance was unnecessary even if he was good; I just kept thinking "this seems like a retreat from the nominal nods toward diversity and women that they're trying to make in this show". I was rather surprised by the standing ovation he got.

akm, Monday, 10 February 2020 20:34 (four years ago) link

what's more diverse than rap tho, such a brave decision from the academy

Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 10 February 2020 20:42 (four years ago) link

the nonstop pandering about supporting women in film against an uncaring and sexist industry read quite a bit like the presenters were fighting back against... the show they were on?

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 10 February 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link

have to say now that Parasite won so many Oscars I'm.... less excited to get around to watching it

Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 20:53 (four years ago) link

including jeffrey epstein in the 'in memoriam' segment seemed like a misstep too tbqh xp

Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 10 February 2020 20:54 (four years ago) link

trust your gut imo (but see it anyway) xp

otm into winter (rip van wanko), Monday, 10 February 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link

yeah there's no way you're going to dislike it shakey.

"the nonstop pandering about supporting women in film against an uncaring and sexist industry read quite a bit like the presenters were fighting back against... the show they were on?"

yes which is funny considering none of it was unscripted

akm, Monday, 10 February 2020 21:16 (four years ago) link

the bullshit about how no, they really do get it, actually, is why parasite won

Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 10 February 2020 21:20 (four years ago) link

maya and kristen's were mad lol j/k wasn't a dismissal of sexism so much as fuck the oscars

otm into winter (rip van wanko), Monday, 10 February 2020 21:27 (four years ago) link

we're

otm into winter (rip van wanko), Monday, 10 February 2020 21:27 (four years ago) link

but off the top of my head I can't remember where it was in the movie (not over the closing credits, that was I'm Still Standing).

The credits are long enough that both songs were featured.

a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 10 February 2020 21:53 (four years ago) link

Oof, I just saw that they didn't include Luke Perry in the in memoriam. And he's even in one of the top nominated films!!

Btw, every time they cut to Sam Mendes I thought it was bearded Mark Ruffalo and that the cameraman was making a mistake.

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 February 2020 22:30 (four years ago) link

ppl should understand that if the deceased isn't *best known* for the medium of film, not TV or stage, they may not be included.

of course an exception was made for Kobe

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:37 (four years ago) link

Kobe won an Oscar.

a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:40 (four years ago) link

I didn't know Anna Karina had died until last night. :(

jmm, Monday, 10 February 2020 22:42 (four years ago) link

yes, Kobe won an Oscar; so did Dorothy Malone, and they left her out last year

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:42 (four years ago) link

... possibly sparing us seeing her stroke the oil derrick again.

a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:44 (four years ago) link

one of the great shots in '50s cinema

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:45 (four years ago) link

Well, yeah.

a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:46 (four years ago) link

Tim Conway fans need to know Apple Dumpling Gang doesnt get him in; the Emmys, yes

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:48 (four years ago) link

did they show Kobe? I don't recall that.

akm, Monday, 10 February 2020 22:52 (four years ago) link

ppl can always click thru the 163 photos here (they have Barbara Hammer AND Arte Johnson)

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 February 2020 22:57 (four years ago) link

Kobe was first, Kirk Douglas was last, some non-rapists were in-between.

jaymc, Monday, 10 February 2020 22:58 (four years ago) link

Probably some rapists.

a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 10 February 2020 23:04 (four years ago) link

I noticed there was some audible reaction during the death montage. I thought they'd gone silent on that for a few years.

clemenza, Monday, 10 February 2020 23:11 (four years ago) link

seriously, shove the unsubstantiated "rapist" shit in the case of Douglas

brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 02:10 (four years ago) link

The decisive factor, I suspect, was "own Trump." So, y'know, fine, I'm sure it will prevent his reelection.

I like the movie! I just have no idea what it was trying to say about class war.

Maybe that the victims are always human beings? (And the rest of the natural world, to floods.) (But that humans are incapable of saving themselves in the end.)

🚶‍♂️💨 (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 02:28 (four years ago) link

douglas was certainly a philanderer but I've never heard him accused of rape.

akm, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 03:52 (four years ago) link

I hadn't, either, until he died, and Natalie Wood was suddenly trending on Twitter.

jaymc, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 03:54 (four years ago) link

this all seems to be harkening back to...GAwker?

sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 03:58 (four years ago) link

unless the "some non-rapists in between" was used for an easy joek above, which I'm....sure hoping not.

sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 03:59 (four years ago) link

I have a hard time condemning Douglas without something other than an anonymous source and assurances that "these rumors have persisted for years". I don't have a hard time believing Natalie Wood was brutally raped,as she confided this in her surviving sister Lana. But the identity of her rapist was not publicly provided by Natalie, nor has it been provided by surviving family, but rather some anonymous internet handle whose identity has never been authenticated, who is choosing to speak on behalf of Natalie and her surviving family, without any comments from the family endorsing the statement?

sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 04:37 (four years ago) link

choosing to speak *eight years ago* at that

sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 04:38 (four years ago) link

Fine, sorry for being flip.

jaymc, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 05:32 (four years ago) link

when did this happen, at best director?

Bong and Spike inciting a standing ovation for Scorsese made this whole ordeal worth it. Verklempt.

— Sean Burns (@SeanMBurns) February 10, 2020

brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 21:42 (four years ago) link

yes

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 21:49 (four years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyW-APoy_9A

jmm, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 21:50 (four years ago) link

C'mon, you gotta throw Morbs a bone and mention that Bong also pointedly gave a kind shout-out to QT...who sadly did not receive a standing o.

Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 22:15 (four years ago) link

I think many will agree that while QT may not be so "likable" or exciting to talk about, the man is a giant

otm into winter (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 22:24 (four years ago) link

a giant douche

brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 22:26 (four years ago) link

Speaking at the podium in front of his supporters, Trump asked, “How bad were the Academy Awards this year?” He went on to say, “And the winner is… a movie from South Korea! What the hell was that all that about? We’ve got enough problems with South Korea, with trade. On top of that, they give them the best movie of the year. Was it good? I don’t know. Let’s get Gone With the Wind back, please? Sunset Boulevard. So many great movies.”

Trump later brought up another Oscar winner from this year’s awards ceremony, which took place earlier this month. Referring to best supporting actor winner Brad Pitt of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Trump said, “And then you have Brad Pitt, I was never a big fan of his. He got up, said a little wise guy thing. He’s a little wise guy.” As he continued his speech, Trump held up pages from news outlets that covered the 2016 election, mostly with poll results from the primaries where he was leading.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/trump-takes-aim-at-parasite-oscars-win-brad-pitt-colorado-rally-rant-1280306

brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 February 2020 12:32 (four years ago) link

I look forward to his non-inclusion in next year's "in memoriam" segment.

🚶‍♂️💨 (Eric H.), Friday, 21 February 2020 13:54 (four years ago) link

Maybe they can use his moldering corpse like a puppet to give out the foreign language awards.

Hot, Now, and Oh-So-Very Wow! (Old Lunch), Friday, 21 February 2020 14:00 (four years ago) link

I know we are all exhausted with this shit, but the potus just called brad pitt “a little wise guy” at a political rally.

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 21 February 2020 14:34 (four years ago) link


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