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Hooplehead
01/12/09

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I do awards show parties every year. I love the pageantry, love the second-guessing, love calculating the odds that my movie or actor or project is going to get the nod. I'm often annoyed at the politics, the ridiculous movies that are held up as greatness while truly great projects are ignored (looking at you, Forrest Gump!) But at the end of the day, I love award shows because it's the time of year when the studios finally release the really good movies. I may just be a crotchety old lady, but it seems like the good movies lately are so few and far between that I go months without wanting to see anything. Then December rolls around and I can't keep up with all of the good movies to see.
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The Queen of No
01/12/09

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I hate when movie stars get offended on behalf of other movie stars. It's so awkward.
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bitchplease
01/12/09

@The Queen of No: I would hardly call Madonna a movie star, but yes, true speak.
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The Queen of No
01/12/09

@bitchplease: Well, she once won a Golden Globe for acting, so..
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The HZA.
01/12/09

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I love the fact that Tina Fey tells people to suck it.
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barzzini
01/12/09

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Anna Paquin looked so beautiful last night. Im so glad she won. And Stephen Moyer looked hot as hell. They are totally together.
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dashenbka
01/12/09

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what about STING? didn't anyone else freak out at his dark hair and beard? I couldn't talk for a full two minutes.
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lookethatmyface
01/12/09

@dashenbka: My mom yelled about how she had no clue who these people are and how she's getting old. Then I gently told her that he was Sting and she was in shock. The same thing happened earlier with Peter Gabriel.
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Capital City Goofball
01/12/09

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Wow- was like EVERYONE wasted last night? That looked like fun.
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lookethatmyface
01/12/09

@Capital City Goofball: Isn't that the point of the Golden Globes?
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YourScreenplaySucks
01/12/09

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I spotted dilated pupils on Drew, Jessica Lange, Dustin Hoffman, & Emma Thompson. I just know those little rascals were passing around a bong backstage.

Colin was obviously mid-coke binge when he was called to the stage to accept his award - his speech, spoken at 80 mph, was a textbook example of drug-fueled philosophizing (i.e. pseudo-profound gobbledygook). Whatever, at least he looked clean.
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Calraigh
01/12/09

@Your Screenplay Sucks: Eh, he's been in rehab and had lots and lots and lots of therapy. So it's shrink speak, not coke-speak.

I mean, have you actually heard what people on coke sound like? It's all self-aggrandizing pseudo-profundity. This is him just taking self-deprecation to the nth degree because he's talked about himself non-stop for about 4 years to one other person in a room. But it ain't drugs. He's way too self-conscious.
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fluxus flucker
01/12/09

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I just watched Kate Winslet's acceptance speech on youtube and started crying. She has got to be the most sincere, loving, and kind person in Hollywood.

And I think its obvious that she and Leo are among the best of friends. They've shared a lot as actors and grown up together as actors.

And its obvious that she adores and respects her husband and family. And that Sam M. adores her as well. Their long embrace and her shout out to the kids - So sweet.

I am so in love with her!

IF she doesn't get her Oscar this year, I will proceed to boycott any film not featuring Kate until she finally receives her very deserved award.
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
01/12/09

@crampyscamp: I love her friendship with Leo. Although the tabloids will start blaring about their "Secret Sordid Love Affair" in 3...2...1...
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FashionShowAtLunch
01/12/09

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I really think Sacha Baron Cohen is an asshole.

sorry.
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emilyanne
01/12/09

@FashionShowAtLunch: what particularly for? I'm not a huge fan of his so I'm curious. I have to say though the Madonna crack didn't annoy me as I think both Guy and Madonna a) kind of deserve it and b) should be big enough to take it.
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Mafalda para Presidente
01/12/09

@FashionShowAtLunch: Yeah. I'm not a big fan of the easy comedy. "Victoria Beckham hasn't eaten in three weeks" it's just too easy. The Madonna joke was a bit better but still in the low spectrum. I'm not even a fan of Madonna (kind of don't like her, actually), but going that personal just smacks of a lack of imagination. Unfunny guy.
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FashionShowAtLunch
01/12/09

@Mafalda para Presidente:

Exactly. It reminded me of Sarah Silverman (also kind of an asshole) did that "Britney's vagina" face at whatever awards show that was. Just mean. There's room for humor, but mean-spirited sucker punches just feel wrong to me. I guess I just don't get the humor of publicly attacking somebody who's having a difficult time.
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FashionShowAtLunch
01/12/09

@emilyanne:

Funny or not, I just don't think the Golden Globes are an appropriate venue for that kind of stand-up.
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emilyanne
01/12/09

@FashionShowAtLunch: I actually agree that his comedy is largely mean spirited which is why I'm not a fan, he goes for the cheap shot far too often.

I don't know about the difficult time though, maybe it's because I don't actually think either Ritchie or Madonna are having a difficult time. Their children certainly, they on the other hand seem to be spending their time getting snapped with potential new partners, which is fine but also sort of fair game in a court the media, die by the media way.
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stoprobbers
01/12/09

@FashionShowAtLunch: I thought that was Paris's vagina?
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FashionShowAtLunch
01/12/09

@emilyanne: Perhaps Madonna's not crying into her beer every night or anything, but it's still mean. And Victoria Beckam's presumed eating disorder should not be funny either. And poor, poor Britney. As though she wasn't going through enough.

Anyway, I'm not a prude or anything, I swear! I think one can be snarky without being cruel or facile. Plus, I always think the funniest stuff is self-deprecating humor.
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emilyanne
01/12/09

@FashionShowAtLunch: ha you see it's actually a myth that the british are self-depreciating, in reality we are snide and nasty. More seriously no I sort of agree with you about Baren Cohen but then I didn't enjoy Borat as I found it facile.
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FashionShowAtLunch
01/12/09

@stoprobbers: I'm pretty sure it was Britney's, in reference to those infamous crotch shots, and it was in the context of talking about her two kids, which was doubly wrong, imo.
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rollergirl76
01/12/09

@FashionShowAtLunch: Wow, I've never heard anybody say that before about him. I think he's a comedic genius personally. I love him, and I can't wait for the Bruno movie.
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Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
01/12/09

In reply to The Golden Globes... In Under 2 Minutes
I think the kraft works lady will be really syked about Tracy's shout-out...he's getting extra meat and cheese in his tacos from now on.
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Mafalda para Presidente
01/12/09

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I loved Tina Fey's bit during her speech. It was better than whatever that Cohen guy could ever come up with.
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Mkp-hearts-NYC
01/12/09

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Tina Fey is my hero - I could have listened to her tell people to suck it for HOURS.

I also liked the moments when the cameras caught various celebrities looking bored and toying with their blackberries.

And my god, how long was Spielburg's speech?!
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LaComtesse
01/12/09

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I'm sorry, I think Kate Winslet is a dear, but that Revolutionary Road won ANYTHING is shameful. She wasn't good in it (though it's impossible to turn shit into gold) and the movie was dreadful. Give her awards for performances that DESERVE it, not afterthoughts for previous shows of theatrical prowess.
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emilyanne
01/12/09

@LaComtesse: more than that it ruins a great book. But actually this is definitely Winslet's year because it's the law that people actually win for the wrong performances (cf Newman, Paul). Plus actually it might be heresy but I think if Ledger wins it'll be for the wrong performance too, his Dark Knight stuff is a bit hollow and showy for me.
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jeteplumererie
01/12/09

@LaComtesse: completely agree. felt it was a poor attempt to create what Mad Men accomplishes so well, and turned it off halfway through. I do think she is a great actress though.
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LaComtesse
01/12/09

@emilyanne: @SmallbutMighty: I thought Heath Leger did an excellent job in the Dark Knight. Maybe it wasn't his best role, but I do understand the "We'll give it to you as a cumulative thing" more than for other people, since this is literally his last chance. As for Kate, yeah, it was cummulative and so ridiculous. After having worked in LA for two years amid so many voting people, I came to the conclusion that if I ever won an Oscar, I would never care. It's so political. The people who are voting for these awards are the same people who stand to make money if they can slap a "Academy Award Winner" sticker on the DVD box. So of COURSE the Paramount people will vote for the Paramount movie nominated, the Warner Bros people for the WB picture, etc. etc. If a director has an academy nomiated actress in his upcoming feature, he'll vote for her in order to increase her B.O. punch and boost ticket sales for HIS movie. It's so political and entirely motivated by business...
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
01/12/09

@emilyanne: Also see: Nicole Kidman winning for The Hours when she wasn't even nominated for To Die For.
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LaComtesse
01/12/09

@jeteplumererie: Seriously. I liked that movie when it was called "American Beauty" and had subtlety and depth and the actors didn't just state everything a half-way intelligent viewer would have realized on their own. "Do you realize that crazy man was the first to understand us?"

Yes Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. Yes I did. A child could have figured that one out.

Mad Men level excellence: ur doin it rong.
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justcallmespartacus
01/12/09

@LaComtesse: I haven't seen Revolutionary Road yet, but I think you are right about the politics of the whole thing. That said, I love Kate Winslet and was very happy for her. I thought she gave a nice speech--particularly the second time. She seemed very moved and genuine and like she really wasn't expecting to win, which I do assume was the case, given that she won an award earlier in the night. I mostly hate it when you can tell that someone knows they will win. Even if they are the most deserving, I just don't like it when it is really obvious. I thought they would give this one to Anne Hathaway, so I was pleasantly shocked--as was Kate, clearly--when they called her name.
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
01/12/09

@justcallmespartacus: It's funny, I totally expected her to win Best Actress after she had won Best Supporting. My guess was that the HFPA really, really wanted to guarantee she got a win so she garnered votes in both categories.
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emilyanne
01/12/09

@sarah.of.a.lesser.god (2009: a space ovumlord): ooh great call.

@LaComtesse: oh yeah I know, the politics of it all render it ridiculous. And I sort of agree about Ledger but to be honest I'm not sure he deserves it just because he's dead. But I know that's an unpopular view. The only comparison is really with Peter Finch but he actually was the best candidate the year he won (then again maybe my dislike of the Dark Knight as a film is clouding my judgement).

Plus you are right RR was a better film when called American Beauty. Not sure about Mendes and film but his stage plays I like, I just saw his Cherry Orchard in New York and it was brilliant.
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stoprobbers
01/12/09

@jeteplumererie: @LaComtesse: Have any of you guys read the book? I'm not criticizing, I'm just curious. Because the book is dark and shallow and obvious and annoying and absolutely brilliant. And I felt it was reflected and adapted incredibly faithfully in the film.

By the end of the book, I loathed April and Frank Wheeler. They were annoying, shallow, idiotic, lethargic, inert -- everything that was and always has been wrong about 20th century Americans. And, therefore, the book, the story, the characters, were absolutely brilliant.
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stoprobbers
01/12/09

@emilyanne: Also, I'm sorry, but "Look at the plastic bag!!"?!?! American Beauty, for me, is a film that has not, at all, stood up to multiple viewings.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
01/12/09

@LaComtesse: Oh, you're no fun. If they followed your rules Scorscese and Pacino wouldn't have their Oscars.
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emilyanne
01/12/09

@stoprobbers: I love the book but hated the film because seeing it acted out irrated me so much more.

@stoprobbers: oh I agree but the point is I still think its better than RR and they both have pretty much the same ideas under Mendes' direction. As I said it's his plays I liked.
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LaComtesse
01/12/09

@stoprobbers: i haven't read the book, but, even based on the movie, you can tell it looked great. I just don't think it is something that would translate well.

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Granted, I am no expert on his work, but ever since the Godfather, I don't think Paccino has done anything especially stunning... unless they have added a "Quirky Shouting Regardless of Social Propriety" category.
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KrisP
01/12/09

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Man... I'm so mad I missed this show last night! I just completely blanked that it was on...even with all the reminders I'd left myself. Can you get old age brain at 32?
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cuteasabutton
01/12/09

@KrisP: I'm 30. I've had it for like 2 years now.
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Twilly
01/12/09

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Muld...I mean David looks all nice and cleaned up.
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
01/12/09

@Twilly: It felt a bit awkward when he said he had just received a text from his wife. I half-expected him to say something like "Don't forget not to dip your duck."
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
01/12/09

@sarah.of.a.lesser.god (2009: a space ovumlord): Er, dick. Although dipping his duck would also be ill-advised.
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kabamli
01/12/09

@sarah.of.a.lesser.god (2009: a space ovumlord): Yea, can anyone provide an update on the Duchovy/Leoni divorce? Happening, not happening? He called her his wife, he had a ring on, I'm confused by the situation.
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The Queen of No
01/12/09

@Twilly: Yeah, he looks super young.
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The Queen of No
01/12/09

@kabamli: From all that I gathered from red carpet interviews and little things he was doing when the camera was on him, he is GROVELING for his wife to stay with him.
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