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I think we can mostly agree that the 2013 Oscars weren't exactly the best they've ever been. They were a decent try and there were some good bits, but it just never came together. Well, for those of you hoping the rumors that Seth MacFarlane would come back to host again in next year were true, turns out that's not going to happen MORE
Look, I'll be blunt with you: At this point, we've gone through so many awards show that the thrill of recapping them is kinda ... gone. It's like when you first move out of your parent's place and realize that nothing is stopping you from eating ice cream all day: Eventually, the thrill diminishes and you get bloaty and your voiding starts coming out frozen. That's what this has become. So instead of spreading this out over an entire day, we're MORE
Best Motion Picture ArgoAmourBeasts of the Southern WildDjango UnchainedLes MisérablesLife of PiLincolnSilver Linings PlaybookZero Dark Thirty Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings PlaybookDaniel Day-Lewis, LincolnDenzel Washington, FlightHugh Jackman, Les MisérablesJoaquin Phoenix, The Master Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Emmanuelle Riva, AmourJennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings MORE
BEST DRESSED Salma Hayek – Alexander McQueen I love that so many actresses are finally embracing McQueen for the red carpet. This has a lot to do with McQueen’s death and the general accessibility that Sarah Burton’s reign as creative director has brought to the brand. Regardless, Salma Hayek (who didn’t do any red carpet press) looks like an absolute goddess. The body-hugging silhouette and dramatic up-do just frame the true star MORE
As we've already demonstrated today, not only are the Academy Awards an opportunity to honor some of the best and brightest that Hollywood has to offer, it's also an opportunity for terrible people to bilk them out of thousands of dollars of free crap. Except this year, the annual Oscar swag bag has ... ummm, gone off in a different and bizarre direction. Via The Daily Beast: Take 2: Your Guide to Happy Endings and New Beginnings by Leeza MORE
If you've never read Patton Oswalt's brilliant book, Zombie Spaceship Wasteland, first off, go out and pick it up now because it's amazing, and second, you missed out on an amazing piece about how gifting suites are essentially the worst thing in the entire world, and are magnets for the most useless, self-involved people in the entire world. Don't believe me? Well, Courtney Stodden went to an Oscars gifting suite, which should really tell you MORE
It's that time of the year again: the 85th Annual Academy Awards are a-coming, and once again we all have to pretend like we don't know exactly who will win. (Beasts of the Southern Wild has no chance, but I hope it picks up a few wins.) Anyway, here's the list of the big awards, via HuffPo, because these are really the only ones I can make informed bets on when it comes time to make my Oscar pool. Best Picture Amour Argo Beasts of the MORE
Yes, The 85th Academy Awards are just around the corner, and the list of potential nominees for Best Original Song is out. Despite it being called a shortlist, the thing is like 75 items long, so we're going to make this as brief as we possibly can. From The Hollywood Reporter: Among the artists included in the shortlist are Adele for "Skyfall" from the James Bond pic; Katy Perry's "Wide Awake" from her 3D concert film; Keith Urban's "For You" MORE
Since the last two telecasts of the Oscars essentially boiled down to "toked-up hipster douche stands around doing nothing while Anne Hathaway tries to salvage a sinking ship" and "Billy Crystal did blackface," this story about Seth MacFarlane hosting the Oscars is ... surprisingly a step in the right direction. From Deadline ... “We are thrilled to have Seth MacFarlane host the Oscars. His performing skills blend perfectly with our ideas MORE
Normally, when an awards show happens and I need to pad things out for the day, I'll just post the headline "So [INSERT NAME OF AWARDS HERE] happened last night ...", make a couple jokes about how they're useless/a metaphorical circle-jerk for Hollywood's elite, post the award winners, and then point out all the ways the show failed. But today I'm going to do something different. Since more humor can be wrung from comparing two different MORE
During the awards ceremony last night, there was a brief moment where a little bitty patch of skin on Jennifer Lopez's boob that was a shade darker than the rest of her boob. Cue the entire web freaking out over the possibility that they may have seen a tiny sliver of JLo's nipple (which now has its very own Twitter account), because despite the fact that you can find boobs pretty much everywhere online, one tiny slip of nip is like crack to MORE
So last night, Community fans everywhere peed themselves a tiny bit as Jim Rash (who plays Dean Pelton) picked up an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Descendants. While his co-writers gave their speeches, Jim took the opportunity to throw a little shade at Angelina Jolie for spending the entire night flashing her "LOOK AT ME!" right leg all night long. Entertainment Weekly reports: “Honestly, as soon as I saw her pose like that, I MORE
So after being banned from The Oscars by the Academy because they were worried he might break tradition by actually doing something entertaining, Sacha Baron Cohen was given the go ahead to show up on the red carpet dressed up as his character from his upcoming film The Dictator, where he rewarded their trust by dumping an urn full of Kim Jong Il's ashes all over Ryan Seacrest's tuxedo. HA! Here's the video via TMZ, although it doesn't really MORE
Is it just me, or is there something just inherently sexy about hot men saying dirty words? Just me? Anyhoo, Jean Dujardin picked up a much deserved Oscar last night for Best Actor in The Artist, and in his acceptance speech, he ended up dropping an F-bomb, although it was in French so it's not like anyone would care ... oh, wait, here comes the entitled assholes who have apparently never communicated with actual people to get all bent out of MORE
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