Oscar Prepare To Be Blogged

Today is a Holy Day in Los Angeles. Oscar Sunday of course, and in the absence of any pressing news these days -- other than Iran's nuclear weapons development crisis, [don't miss my groundbreaking post 'MSM Ignores Iran's Admission Of Guilt' which The Telegraph (see Powerline) only picks up on today], the election of Hamas terrorists in Palestine, ongoing worldwide Muslim riots and killing in reaction to a cartoon, Al Gore's near sedition while speaking in Saudi Arabia, the turning over of our East Coast ports to be managed by a United Arab Emirates firm, the criminal leaking of vital NSA secrets to the New York Times, Mexican military incursions across our southern border, the Iraqi crisis, Congress's refusal to deal with the developing financial collapse of Social Security and Medicare, inter alia -

In other words, the day to keep an eye out for the must read Roger L. Simon blog. Roger is a member of the Academy, and to my knowledge the only blogger who has that unfortunate honor. I say unfortunate, as it comes with the onerous duty of being obliged to watch every mitigating cinematic disaster that is forced his way. Including of course having to put up with the turmoil that hits Tinseltown today, more resembling the streets of Riyadh. The fun parties make up for it though, don't they Roger?

Via one of my favorite bloggers Gerard Vanderleun: "It's a hundred and six miles to the Oscars, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." -- The Blues Brothers..."

I am going to hang loose and watch the festivities on the box, delighted this year that I am not going to be there.

It's fun if you are invited to the great parties, and not involved in the way that I have never been. When it does not bother you personally as to who wins what award, and who gets left out, you really have the best fun. I am glad I don't have to stress about what I will be wearing tonight, or whether I have put on that extra ounce making it impossible to sit down in my dress. Breathing of course always comes secondary, one can always do that the next day.

I remember one year literally hyperventilating as I committed the mortal sin of eating a morsel of food prior to getting dressed. I literally had to leave, as the corset around my abdomen was getting tighter and tighter, and short of ripping the whole damn thing off, which believe me I was close to doing in a weak moment, I had to abandon ship.... I know it seems ludicrous, but there you have it.

If you like to consider yourself an albeit lightweight intellectual, as well as attempt to look good in the process, life can be a bitch. Especially if you are sitting and blogging whilst munching biscuits, the rest of the year, not a good idea.

The shoe department can be equally trying, and as a Manolo [Blahnik that is, not the blogger] loving girl, I know Michelle Malkin knows exactly what I am talking about. Those heels can be murderously high @ 5 ". How we have to suffer at times in the name of beauty. Liquid in the comments reminds me that we have the kitten heel option.

Anyway, I look forward to the live blogging prepared by Pajamas Media, featuring the talented Roger Simon, my friend Jeff Goldstein, the hunky Steve Green, the fashionista Manolo, no less than 2 Gay Patriots, Andrew Leigh, and Fedora Mann. It starts at 5pm PDT. Be there, or be square.

Well at least for the token Tim Robbins attempt at a witty comment at the expense of the religious right. He will of course remain mum on Muslims and cartoons. Yeah right.

Dominick Dunne reminisces about the Oscar Galas to remember way back when. Great fun if you like the old Hollywood stories. Here are some behind the scenes tit-bits from Vanity Fair who host the best post Oscar Party!

For the rest of the fashionistas, simply tune into E Entertainment on the box for some fun coverage. For those of you glued to your favorite Louis XIV bureau de dames, with your Apple Mac on a live feed, simply tune into E on line. who have some fun pre-Oscar "red carpet watch" videos.

As for any bets, I guess these are mine, together with who I think actually deserves to win:

Best Performance by an Actor in a leading role: Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Capote" [a brilliant chameleon in the role, absolutely deserves to win] *BINGO*

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) although unfortunately it will probably be Matt Dillon in "Crash" *GEORGE CLOONEY*, which I  am delighted about!

Best Performance by an Actress in a leading role: Reese Witherspoon in "Walk the Line" [should be Vera Famiglia in "Down to the Bone", who was not nominated, for her brilliant performance as the drug addict on her way to recovery] *BINGO*

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Michelle Williams in ""Brokeback Mountain" [should be Rachel Weisz in "The Constant Gardener"] *RACHEL WEISZ*

Best Achievement in Directing:  Ang Lee, for "Brokeback Mountain" [he wrote and directed my favorite movie "Hero"] *BINGO*

Best Motion Picture of The Year: "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) *CRASH*

UPDATE: Ian Schwartz has the Clooney video. Don't miss Ed Morrissey live blogging which started @ 7pm CT, and Ann Althouse is "simulblogging". Glenn Reynolds @ Instapundit has the round-up. 

Ed Morrissey: "It's hard to say that this was the worst Oscars ever; I wasn't around in 1934. It's certainly one of the worst I've ever watched, and not just because of the talentless performance by Jon Stewart. Chris Rock wasn't any better last year, either. It shows that the Academy has lost their grip on what entertainment actually means. But what made this awards show perhaps the worst of all time was the selection and staging for "It's Hard To Be A Pimp". Dance lines of pimps and whores on what's supposed to be a celebration of the best that Hollywood has to offer only shows the paucity of real imagination and taste in the town. The fact that the Academy selected this song as its winner shows why their films continue to pull fewer and fewer people into the theaters.

Well I enjoyed myself, what the....

Mickey Kaus is wandering if Hollywood is homophobic, and Ed Driscoll follows with an excellent post on how Hollywood is just another niche market:

On the other hand, my parents' generation had to rely almost exclusively on Hollywood for their entertainment: only the stars themselves could afford their own in-home recording studio--and video production at home was strictly science fiction.

Tom Shales @ WaPo launches a scathing attack on Jon Stewart who hosted the evening, advising him to keep his Daily Show job. Jonah Goldberg has a good dig at Clooney. Jonah I love you dearly but quite frankly you need to stick to political commentary and leave hunky George to the girl bloggers to comment on.

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Comments

[RL]

pierrerehov.com

"As long as most media will lie, peace won't be possible in the Middle East."
Pierre Rehov

hmmm . . ., this brings al-jazeera to mind.

Chere Alexandra, patience is a virtue, and therefore, you are a virtuous(beautiful) lady. Tu es tres mignone aussi.

i need to find a Serbian girlfriend.

: )

[Alexandra]

RL,

Phew, thank you, I appreciate that. You know what I am talking about. One less administrative job for me to do manually. Ahem...LOL

[RL]

The financier, as well as being a producer, of the best motion picture of the year, "Crash", is an Iranian-American and a Jew.

He has made alot of Americans of Iranian ancestry very proud of him, in the process. i, for one, wish him continued creativity and much success in the future.

[Saunders]

As for Jonah, I love him dearly, but he should stick to political commentary and leave the hunks to the girl bloggers to comment on.

On this subject, dear Alexandra, I withdraw from the field in deference to your undoubted wisdom and perspicacity.

[Jeremiah]

Oh my, I've been missing out! Big time. (Not on the Oscars, but on All Things Beautiful.) Hilarious.

[Alexandra]

Saunders,

You are right, I thought Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin did a brilliant double virtuoso performance.
As for Jonah, I love him dearly, but he should stick to political commentary and leave the hunks to the girl bloggers to comment on.

[saunders]

Jonah Goldberg on the Corner re Clooney's speech:

As for the Clooney business, I don't mind him talking about sticking to his principles, blah, blah, blah. But there's something a bit odd about striking a proudly rebellious pose when you admit to holding views and taking positions which confirm the biases of everyone you know, work with and admire, and earn praise from every elite establishment organ in America. Standing proudly by the fact that you agree with Hollywood to the applause of Katie Couric and the New York Times isn't exactly the stuff of a Profiles in Courage Award. Oh, wait, it actually is.

[Liquid]

I love them! It will be easy to stay all visual and navigate well! Another idea is to run them horizontal in smaller size at the top of the page so that scrolling is avoided...if typepad allows that option.

As for Clooney, well ummm...I better not say! I don't wanna piss off anyone with my opinion!

Back to the cool visuals with substance...

I really really like the thumbnail thingy. Your site is always a visual feast!

[RL]

other than the spooky photo of thunder-thighs, it's pretty cool, as usual. this blog is definitely not aesthetically- challenged. it would be kinda cool if you added a photo-section, and occasionally posted some images that you enjoyed shooting. if anybody is aware of a pinker blog on the www, would you please let me know about it. Pink is a very feminine and beautiful color, in my humble opinion. Since we are on the topic of images, ricergenbright.com : )

[Alexandra]

Liquid,

The guy looks great, he deserved to win, he gave absolutely the best speech, his professional integrity is...but yes what the hell, most of all he looks great. Ahem.

But listen what I really want to know is what do you think of the new thumbnail photos in the side bar, which lead to a few of the latest posts? It's a new thing I did this morning, since I feel being featured by Daily Kos and TPM Cafe on the same day, I've arrived, and needed a new face lift!

[liquid]

"Me, I enjoyed myself, and seeing Clooney win was great"

C'mon now Alexandra...tell all....

Did you enjoying "seeing" Clooney as he is a a "Looker" or did you enjoy Clooney winning for his work in Syriana?

[Alexandra]

Go watch the Country Music Awards. Toby Keith is sure to please and maybe Lee Greenwood will show up and give you a good case of the goose bumps.

Well Pug, that is certainly not going to be me. LOL! Have you seen the visuals on this blog lately?

You are quoting Ed Morrissey, so I assume you are talking to him?

Me, I enjoyed myself, and seeing Clooney win was great.

[RL]

my impressions of the oscars,

i fell asleep with my older sibling's JRT(terrier.com) sleeping and snoring like a wrestler right next to me on a very comfy couch, about 45 minutes into the program. i'm absolutely certain that i didn't miss anything of eternal significance, and i'm thankful to God that "paradise now"(dangerous propaganda) didn't win anything. i also thought that the black dress that the Charlize woman was wearing, especially that big and goofy thing on her left shoulder, looked absolutely awful.

She ought to fire her "style/fashion consultant" this morning. i should have turned the set-off once Dolly came on stage and started "singing", but the JRT was sleeping on my right arm and shoulder area and i couldn't reach for the remote without
disturbing his sleep. the 45 minutes of this years show that i suffered through, have inspired me to skip next year's show.

zeitgeistfilms.com

[Pug]

There was plenty of boilerplate inveighing against "racism, sexism and homophobia," but not a single clip that celebrated our free enterprise system or our military might. Oh well.

Check the nightly news from Iraq for the latest on our military might, fool.

I thought Jon Stewart did a good job, too. There's no pleasing the winguts. If they hate it so much why don't they just go away? No one may care what George Clooney thinks, but they sure as hell don't care what you think of George Clooney.

Go watch the Country Music Awards. Toby Keith is sure to please and maybe Lee Greenwood will show up and give you a good case of the goose bumps.

[Dave]

I thought Jon Stewart did a good job.

[Saunders]

Initial impressions of the Oscars:

Jon Stewart won't be back next year.

George Clooney's half-wit sophomoric political disquisition didn't even rise to the level of Susan Sarandon's cringe-inducing addle-brained prattle. God, what a bore he is.

The montage of liberal nostalgia (shown halfway through the Oscar show) actually had me on the edge of my seat. I waited with bated breath wondering whether the producers would include a single film clip that had a patriotic theme, one that, say, trumpeted our nation's struggle against its mortal enemies (a clip from Patton would have sufficed). Alas, if I had held my breath I wouldn't be posting this note. There was plenty of boilerplate inveighing against "racism, sexism and homophobia," but not a single clip that celebrated our free enterprise system or our military might. Oh well.

I guess we won’t hear anything about Theo van Gogh, the Dutch filmmaker who was mutilated and subsequently murdered by an Islamic fanatic. The poor Islamic moron actually botched the job...van Gogh's head was only three-quarters sawed off. I guess we'll have to wait until next year for a mention of van Gogh.

Jon Stewart definitely won't be back next year.

Meryl Streep looks absolutely fabulous.

[Washington]

I truly could care less about anything. :-)

[Liquid]

I love Blahnik's shoes and I tell you...they have some smaller heeled ones that are scrumptous! Check out the orientalia
Manolo Blahnik

[RL]

Chere Alexandra,

Ciao bella! My favourite movie is probably, "Braveheart". There are some good postings about cinema over at the Liberty Film Festival's and Brian Godawa's websites/blogs.

I just hope that "Paradise Now" (dangerous propaganda) doesn't win anything; because hollywood will be sending a terrible message if it does.

Two other memorable films that currently come to mind, and that i thoroughly enjoyed were, "Antwone Fisher", and "Good Will Hunting".

I've heard that Andre Agassi's favourite film is, "Shadowlands". The man has very good taste, and this might have something to do with his compassionate weltanschauung. I was very disappointed when he was recently eliminated in the second round of a tournament in Dubai. the Dubai jinx continues. : )