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[veronica_rich]

Hugh Jackman + dancing in a tuxedo = FTW Oscars (bring him back next year, dudes!)

Tina Fey: Someone once said that to write is to live forever.
Steve Martin: The man who wrote that is now dead. (ROFL)

Ah, awkwardness at the Oscars. Poor Wil- I mean, Jennifer. Jen, Jen, Jen. It's okay. Jack and Elizabeth Brad and Angie may be smirking in the front row, but you're the only one guaranteed to be up onstage tonight. (And you know he totally still wants you.) ;-)

RPATZZ? DUDE!!

ETA: And a "Public Enemies" preview!

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[gobsmacked.livejournal.com]

All I've seen so far is the Yahoo reviews of gowns - which are bitchy and pointless. Last awards show they picked as "bad fashion" all the gowns that everyone else thought were good.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

You have NO idea how much I miss Cher.

[gobsmacked.livejournal.com]

Well, at least we have this quote (forwarded to me by a Top Chef blog-reading friend):
Post-Traumatic Dress Disorder
I'm not sure of the context but Tom Colicchio was somehow involved.

[gobsmacked.livejournal.com]

Upon reflection, I think
Post-DRAMATIC dress disorder might have been more a propos.

WTF Ben Stiller??

[finding-neo.livejournal.com]

I noticed that members of the audience were not as horrified as I was with Ben Stiller's mocking of Joaquin Phoenix's supposed poor mental state. And then the mention of meth from Ms. Portman had NO place at an awards ceremony.

Anyone who knows a little history of the Phoenix family should be more respectful.

Hollywood made a big deal out of Heath Ledger's death, but no one helped him with his addiction, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

Not saying that's what's going on with Joaquin Phoenix, but if you didn't see his appearance on Letterman the other week, it's on YouTube. Judge for yourself. And it's very sad.

Re: WTF Ben Stiller??

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I knew it was supposed to be a riff on Joaquin. I've seen photos of the guy and have been trying to figure out what is going on with him. I honestly think there's something in the Phoenix family's genetic makeup with depression, and they need to stop having kids. (Take it from someone who has it in her family, too.)

As for the meth comment, I didn't have such a reaction. I don't really care who makes fun of meth dealers; it's put entirely too many people in their graves and ought to be shunned and mocked. Meth makers put their neighbors in danger by mixing volatile substances - I have a friend who was once dating a guy she found out well after they'd broken up had been arrested for having a lab in his house NEXT DOOR TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

Re: WTF Ben Stiller??

[finding-neo.livejournal.com]

I have plenty of meth users and no doubt makers as customers. They don't look like Ben Stiller's get-up tonight. Someone wrote that "joke?" Besides Stiller, I would really like to know who the Oscar official was who Ok'd that "routine."

There was a day when the Oscars had class with humor. I see it's going the way of the biggest grossing movies - dumb and dumber. And they wonder where their audience has gone.

Re: WTF Ben Stiller??

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I'm just remembering my years covering the sheriff and police - at the time, MO was the meth capital of the country. Plenty of the people arrested for meth usage looked like that, or worse.

But ... I do agree the fact it was aimed at Stiller as Phoenix was in poor taste. Because if he hadn't looked like that, there would've been no need for the joke in the first place. I guess.

Re: WTF Ben Stiller??

[gobsmacked.livejournal.com]

So I missed all the really tacky stuff.