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Your Early Oscar Open Thread

iconTo watch it go to ABC affiliate at 8 pm EST.

All the nominees are here.

Red Carpet hosts: Tim Gunn on ABC, various other people I don’t know on other channels coverage starts as early as 5 pm.

To take a trip back in time go here.

If you’ve just taken a hit of acid go here, click on the time line at 1969.

Any guesses who will make a political statement while accepting their hot golden man statue? Predict how many actors will mention Obama- I say no less than 5, not including the host what his Wolverine face…

Fashion victims here here and here.

News about Oscar, here, here and here.

For the first time in forever, I’ve seen all of the best pic nominees. I’d like MILK to win, but Slumdog is great too. Mickey Rourke was a billions times better than Brad Pitt… sheesh what were they thinking.. Sean was good too.. Him or Mickey.

Winners? Predictions?

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36 responses to “Your Early Oscar Open Thread”

  1. Tim Avatar
    Tim

    I was in Chelsea last night at a watch party, the crowd went crazy at Kate and Sean’s win.

  2. Zaid Avatar
    Zaid

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPYChyfxWNs&eurl=http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Mel-Gibson-Is-Colonel-Sanders-12110.html

  3. CatherineAtlanta Avatar
    CatherineAtlanta

    Watched every minute starting at 2PM with the countdowns.

    Glad Sean Penn won. Loved his acceptance speech.

    Everyone looked fab. I adore Hugh Jackman – he was great last night. I even liked the musical extravaganza in the middle.

  4. Jules Avatar
    Jules

    Overall good show.. I think all deserving… Love Kate & Sean. I liked the new fangled presentation method.

    However that musical number in the middle was hideous and the pool boy who was serving the drinks had to remove all the sharp objects from the room out of sheer terror.

  5. Zaid Avatar
    Zaid

    I used to watch them with my mom since I was very little actually 🙂

  6. innerredneckexposed Avatar
    innerredneckexposed

    You’ve seen like two Zaid, you’re like 12.

    This is actually the first one I’ve ever watched and I’m only doing it cause I’m with my mom (Gob bless her).

  7. Zaid Avatar
    Zaid

    This is perhaps the best Oscars I have ever seen.

    inb4you’veseenliketwoZaidyou’relike12.

  8. odinseye2k Avatar
    odinseye2k

    Meanwhile, Jack Black continues to take grooming tips from Wolverine.

  9. Jules Avatar
    Jules

    Mr. Wolverine looks well in formal wear.

  10. Zaid Avatar
    Zaid

    get on with the showwww

  11. innerredneckexposed Avatar
    innerredneckexposed

    The roped shoulders are out of control on these dudes’ jackets.

  12. Jules Avatar
    Jules

    Penelope Cruz in 60 year old Balmain! Hollee crap.. yeah they don’t make them like that any more

  13. Zaid Avatar
    Zaid

    At first I didn’t know why miley was there then someone told me Bolt was nominated.

  14. Jules Avatar
    Jules

    Miley’s dress… good christ what the hell?

  15. Zaid Avatar
    Zaid

    Danny Boyle’s from Radcliffe. They do it dirty.

  16. innerredneckexposed Avatar
    innerredneckexposed

    DANNY BOYLE BUTTON YOUR DAMN EFFING SHIRT AND WHICHEVER D-BAG WAS THERE WITH ALL THE CHAINS, NO TIE, AND WHATEVER OTHER SHIT YOU WERE WEARING GO CRAWL INTO A HOLE!

    I like the batwing bowtie the high school musical kid was wearing.

    Robert Downey Junior needs to know that the only acceptable color of a pocket square while wearing a tux is white or cream, preferably silk.

  17. Zaid Avatar
    Zaid

    The slumdog cast looks gorgeous. My fellow Biharis are the most beautiful people there ^_^

  18. innerredneckexposed Avatar
    innerredneckexposed

    Zegna is ok, I own several items from Zegna.

    Their cashmere is especially nice and well priced.

  19. Jules Avatar
    Jules

    Zaid, sadly Sean is one of those guys that really struggles to clean up well. He really should just wear jeans and a leather jacket.. it’s what works best for him.

  20. Jules Avatar
    Jules

    Ok IRE: what about Zegna?

  21. Zaid Avatar
    Zaid

    i’m watching the preshow

    sean penn looks like an f’ing pimp

    damn

  22. innerredneckexposed Avatar
    innerredneckexposed

    Jules, if you recommend to him anything at all from Kenneth Cole, or Boss, you and I are done-zo.

  23. Jules Avatar
    Jules

    Odin: IRE gives pretty good advice.. but seriously call me we can chat.

  24. innerredneckexposed Avatar
    innerredneckexposed

    Yes.

    First off, don’t call them slacks. Pants if you must.

    Second, polo and Chinos are a no-no. At all times. Unless you want to look like you work at blockbuster or some two-bit place of employment.

    Third, as a junior member, you never want your clothes to make you stand out.

    This would be as far as you want to go.

    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qjpwnPW4c1o/RnoZTaS9X5I/AAAAAAAABac/-g11BTYAS5g/s1600-h/shadesBlu.jpg

    Now, if you are going to wear a jacket sans tie, you MUST wear a pocket square.

    Before you guffaw this is what will make you look sharp.

    they are cheap, pick up several in solid colors or subtle patterns at Fielene’s Basement. Won’t cost you much but it will make you look like a million bucks. Also, a white linen one wouldn’t hurt.

    There are plenty of sites detailing how to fold them.

    The rule with wearing them is that they pick up or contrast a color on your shirt (if you wear a tie, do it to the tie, not the shirt). NEVER MATCH YOUR PS AND SHIRT/TIE! EVER!

    There is so much more to say but just work with the pocket square for a while.

  25. odinseye2k Avatar
    odinseye2k

    Post Oscars, I’d like a little DFI advice on something.

    My future place of employment is going to be a culture of the highly casual, but still an office. Just for kicks I was wondering if there was a tie-less option that was sharp but a little different than polo shirt and slacks or unbuttoned dress shirt.

  26. innerredneckexposed Avatar
    innerredneckexposed

    Or ignorant.

  27. Jules Avatar
    Jules

    IRE: Likely you are correct.. all in the name of being hip no doubt.

  28. innerredneckexposed Avatar
    innerredneckexposed

    My predictions is that black tie will get further eviscerated tonight.

    Notch lapels, black trousers, and a regular tie will be seen more often than appropriate black tie accoutrements. And don’t get me started on the lack of waistcoats, cummerbunds, or DB jackets.

    Because we are talking about actors, here is a plug for one of my friends.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/theater/22chea.html?scp=1&sq=Amari&st=cse

  29. Jules Avatar
    Jules

    It’s the planet of the Apes thing puts it over the top no?

  30. Rubyduby Avatar
    Rubyduby

    Ok, I decided to watch the 1969 clip without the suggested hit of acid.

    After I picked my jaw up off the ground, me and Bezerko are wiping the tears from our eyes. I haven’t laughed like that in a long time.

    I can say that the drugs at that time must have been outfuckingstanding! I am embarrassed for every single person associated with that in any way.

  31. Zaid Avatar
    Zaid

    Not seeing Slumdog = fail

  32. BEZERKO Avatar
    BEZERKO

    Of the two I saw, The Reader and Benjamin Button, and of those two, I liked The Reader the best. I really wanted to see The Wrestler because it looks like it’s really good, the same goes for Milk. Got a feeling it’s going to be Rourke for best actor.

  33. Zaid Avatar
    Zaid

    I’m going to have to go geeky with odin for one and say Heath Ledger definitely carried The Dark Knight, yet as an amatuer filmmaker myself, I have to recognize that technically, he was a supporting actor. Yet I don’t think that from a certain sense, one of my friends was wrong, when he said “he made Batman a supporting character at best in that film.” The Joker’s performance was pretty great, and everytime Batman was on the screen I groaned because of his pneumonia-laced voice. Although I will say that the Joker’s motivations as a character were weak. The way Ledger acted him was brilliant, but if Joker was in a book or something I’d think he was just kinda ridiculous. “I wanna blow stuff up ‘cuz it’s fun!” Real development there.

    CAP reflects on BSG: http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/02/farley_human_cylon_alliance_is_impractical_and_irresponsible.php

    Though I still give best socially conscious show to Captain Planet.

    I actually got to see Milk yesterday and was really glad I did. Sean Penn gave a great performance, definitely oscar worthy. However, Slumdog Millionaire really tops Milk in every way. Milk was a good biographical, politically conscious film, but Slumdog transcended cultural barriers in the essence of the thing. When I saw it with my mom we enjoyed it but we didn’t think it would catch on in America, but we were wrong. I’m shocked that a film set completely in India, half of it in Hindi, with little to no cultural relevance for most white Americans, ended up outgrossing Benjamin Button. This was a movie they were once talking about releasing straight-to-DVD.

    I’m glad they decided to bring the little kid actors to the Oscars too. They were completely jipped (http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/28/slumdog-millionaire-child-actors/) so I’m glad they get to finally get some recognition.

    I fully intend to break out in Bollywood dance as soon as it gets Best Picture.

  34. Rubyduby Avatar
    Rubyduby

    I’m tell you all right now that if Kate Winslet doesn’t win the Oscar this year, I’m taking a hostage of some asshat at the Academy.

  35. odinseye2k Avatar
    odinseye2k

    And by good science fiction, keep in mind that BSG is one of the few shows I’ve seen that dedicated an entire episode to a *labor dispute.*

    Think Red Mars’ gift economies or flag-of-convenience countries. Think of the serious class implications of longevity treatments or (as in Heroes) superpower serums.

  36. odinseye2k Avatar
    odinseye2k

    I just want to say that it is bullcrap that Heath Ledger is up for a *supporting* actor nod. The guy carried Dark Knight – that movie wasn’t about Batman, it was about the Joker hands down.

    Heath’s Joker made me almost beg to go back to Schumlaker-esque “villains” and cartoons. Pure insanity mixed with a sociopathic bent that made him a master manipulator. In other words, he scared the ever-living hell out of me.

    Ledger took Joker dead cold serious even though this was a comic book story, and came up with something that had some serious real life to it.

    The Dark Knight and Battlestar Gallactica guys should get together and make some real hardcore science fiction one day. The good stuff that makes you wonder “hey, why can’t *we* do it that way.”

    Okay, I’m done with my DK lovefest.

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