On the Oscars
The 78th Academy Awards are, well, officially behind us. The curtains have been drawn and the red carpets have been rolled up. The twee golden men have their pride of place now in many a new display cabinets. There were some upsets and surprises throughout the course of the show (but of course), most notably in the Best Picture category, when Crash triumphed over crowd-favourite Brokeback Mountain to take home the coveted prize.
Perhaps the AMPAS folks don't like overtly gay themes.
The whole coverage was safe but bland, and most of my predictions materialised. There were but few heartfelt speeches. Incidentally, i had no luck with Brokeback Mountain, Transamerica, or A History of Violence either. The local board of film censors passed those 3 Oscar-nominated films with R21 ratings so i'd no chance to catch 'em.
So much for breaking my piggy bank.
Some of my priceless Oscar moments
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Perhaps the AMPAS folks don't like overtly gay themes.
The whole coverage was safe but bland, and most of my predictions materialised. There were but few heartfelt speeches. Incidentally, i had no luck with Brokeback Mountain, Transamerica, or A History of Violence either. The local board of film censors passed those 3 Oscar-nominated films with R21 ratings so i'd no chance to catch 'em.
So much for breaking my piggy bank.
Some of my priceless Oscar moments
- This year's Oscar nominees get goodie bags filled with -- get this: diamond-encrusted bra & panty sets, 22-carat gold leaf and crystal hammers and $25,000 luxury packages from Halekulani Hotel on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu. The least expensive item, by the way, is a $600 Krups XP4050 Premium Pump espress machine. Now, that's what i call priceless.
- Jon Steward, i.e. "I do have some sad news to report. Bjork couldn't be here tonight. She was trying on her Oscar dress and Dick Cheney shot her" or "Martin Scorsese: No Oscars, Three 6 Mafia: One Oscar"
- Oh, Three 6 Mafia of course, for winning the Best Song. Someone give the men a Golden Globe already.
- Tom Hanks getting smashed by a violin after demonstrating how not to drag an acceptance speech on for too long.
- Ben Stiller and his green "invisible screen" suit.
- I thought Jessica Alba was an atomy.
- Did J.Lo morph into one of those plush, red Kodak Theatre seats they were sitting on?
- Watching Lee Ang win the Best Director Oscar. Hurray, asians!
- Watching the cast and crew of Crash jump up into the air after their win was announced.
- Playing a spot-the-difference game, i.e. spot the differences in oceans of false breasts and botoxed faces. Boy, that was hard.
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