LOL...I'm still not convinced at the outcome, but I love me some oscars!!!
And the 2010 Oscar for Best Picture goes to.....
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Snoozy
What do you mean she did a great job , for a girl ?
Snoozy...
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Wasanelder Once
I saw Hurt Locker. Wasn't impressed. Typical, predictable and rather slow. I have so little respect for the war portrayed and little sympathy for volunteers who go to war and expect to come back without being mentally messed up. Hey, bombs are always fun. W.Once
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awildflower
I thought Hurt Locker would get best director and Avatar best movie, also. I was kind of shocked and wondered about the politics of the Academy? But OMG Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin had me laughing so hard last night. Especially the spoof on Paranormal Activity when they got in bed! I'm still laughing this morning! I'm going to have to youtube that piece! The show was actually really, really good. I love Sandra, and honestly I'm glad Precious didn't win, I couldn't stand that movie! But the role she played for best supporting actress was really good and deserved. I'm going to have to see Hurt Locker now.
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keyser soze
I saw Hurt Locker. Wasn't impressed. Typical, predictable and rather slow. I have so little respect for the war portrayed and little sympathy for volunteers who go to war and expect to come back without being mentally messed up. Hey, bombs are always fun.
That was my take, as well. I had little sympathy for a character who would rather defuse bombs in a meaningless war then spend time with his family.
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leavingwt
I thought it was great that the director thanked our troops and wished for their safe return.
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awildflower
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVw0xLAP-Zk
If you haven't seen Paranormal Activity, this probably isn't funny, but it cracked me up!
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purplesofa
I did not see any of the movies nominated this year. So it was a weird Oscar to watch.
I was not surprised Bullock won.
I too thought The Hurtlocker might be political,
Very nice that Striesand was able to give Kathryn Bigelow the oscar for best-director.
Was very glad to see Jeff Bridges win.
Got to see a milli-second of Javiar Bardem, sitting next to Penelope, it's time for him to make another movie!!!!
Thought Baldwin and Martin were great.
One of the best oscars I have ever seen.
My son watched with me and thought all the lamps set was a little weird, I thought it was funny he mentioned it
as I was thinking someday someone is gonna look back on it and say, "What were we thinking?"
Could have done without Sheri Sheppard before the show.
and I love Meryl Streep and thought Miley Cyrus looked beautiful in her make-up and dress!
My son liked Looking at J-lo's ass.
And was wondering the story behind the foreign films award?
The story behind Oscar's "Kanye moment"
We talk to the two filmmakers whose personal fight became one of the ceremony's weirdest moments
BY KERRY LAUERMANBigelow vs. Cameron? Streep vs. Bullock? Forget it. The most riveting face-off during Sunday's Oscar ceremony came early: When producer Elinor Burkett wrestled the microphone away from director-producer Roger Ross Williams after their film, "Music by Prudence," won for best documentary short. (Mediaite has the video.)
What really happened? We reached both shortly after by cell phone, and got both sides of the story. We first reached Burkett – a onetime Salon contributor who spends much of her time in Zimbabwe – as she took a smoking break as the proceedings continued inside:
People are already saying you "pulled a Kanye." What happened?
BURKETT: What happened was the director and I had a bad difference over the direction of the film that resulted in a lawsuit that has settled amicably out of court. But there have been all these events around the Oscars, and I wasn't invited to any of them. And he's not speaking to me. So we weren't even able to discuss ahead of the time who would be the one person allowed to speak if we won. And then, as I'm sure you saw, when we won, he raced up there to accept the award. And his mother took her cane and blocked me. So I couldn't get up there very fast.
Can you explain the reason behind the conflict?
BURKETT: The movie was supposed to be about the entire band, Liyana. And the [band members] were very clear they did not want to participate if it ended up being just about one person. The director and HBO decided to focus solely on Prudence . . .
And that led to the rift. But didn't you see him at other events to discuss what would happen if you won?
BURKETT: He won't talk to me! This whole week, there have been events thrown by the International Documentary Association, and he hasn't passed any of the invitations on to me.
The movie was my idea. I live in Zimbabwe. Roger had never even heard of Zimbabwe before I told him about this. And you know, I felt my role in this has been denigrated again and again, and it wasn't going to happen this time.
How do you feel about the final product?
BURKETT: The final product, it's not that it's bad. It's not what I envisioned when I came up with this project. And it's not what we promised the boys in the band. It's just not what we wanted it to be.
About 15 minutes later, Salon reached director-producer Roger Ross Williams by cell phone as he celebrated backstage with family and friends. We asked for his side of the story.
How did that happen?
WILLIAMS: Only one person is allowed to accept the award. I was the director, and she was removed from the project nearly a year ago, but she was able to still qualify as a producer on the project, and be an official nominee. But she was very angry -- she actually removed herself from the project – because she wanted more creative control.
But couldn't you decide ahead of time who would speak?
WILLIAMS: That was handled by the publicist for the academy. I don't know what they told her. The academy is very clear that only one person can speak. I own the film. She has no claim whatsoever. She has nothing to do with the movie. She just ambushed me. I was sort of in shock.
You seemed to run up there pretty fast. Didn't you see her coming up the aisle? What did you think was going to happen when she got there?
WILLIAMS: I just expected her to stand there. I had a speech prepared.
She claims she found the movie's story, that she brought it to you.
WILLIAMS: No, not at all. The truth is that she saw the band perform [in Zimbabwe], and told me about that, and then I opened up a dialogue with the [King George VI School & Centre for Children with Physical Disabilities] school and went on my own – which you would've heard about in my speech -- and spent $6,000 going to Africa shooting myself. And when people expressed interest in the film, I asked her to come on board. And then I regretted that decision. Then she sued.
It was quite a tussle. Does this diminish the Oscar at all?
WILLIAMS: Absolutely not. It's such a career achievement, to win an Academy Award. This is what the business is. There are times when there's disagreement and dispute and you always hope that people will rise up to the occasion. It doesn't diminish it. She disowns it and doesn't want any part of the film. I'm so proud of the movie .
OK, did your mother try and block her with her cane?
WILLIAMS: My mother got up to hug me. And my mother is 87 years old. She was excited.
What are people saying about it?
They're saying it looked like she pulled a Kanye.
WILLIAMS: She did! She pulled a Kanye. And it's a shame, because this is such positive, happy film.
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MsDucky
awildflower, I thought that Steve and Alec were funny, too. Steve had me cracking up when he and the "Precious" actor got nominated for playing the same type role a "kid from a poor Black family"; and when he said "Look! Dam (what's her name)!" And Alec corrected him and said that's "Dame! (what's her name)!".
...and the looks between Alec and George Clooney were priceless!
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purplesofa
oh yeah and I love this pic
and this was funny
Best recovery: Just when the tributes to the Best Actor nominees is getting a little bit over-the-top with talk of the "enormous talent" of "the magnificent Colin Firth" and so on, Tim Robbins saves the day in his tribute to costar Morgan Freeman: "I'll never forget what you said to me about friendship on the last day of shooting. You said, 'Being a friend is getting the other a cup of coffee. Can you do that for me, Ted? It is Ted, isn't it?'