82nd Academy Awards -- The Show

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Big Magilla wrote:Neither the best nor the worst with a few memorable moments and really only one awkward one - that ill-advised tribute to John Hughes.

I liked most of the actor/actress presentations, especially Michelle Pfeiffer's tribute to Jeff Bridges but thought it odd that her first husband, Fisher Stevens, co-producer of The Cove, now has an Oscar and she still doesn't.

And I discovered that Chris Pine is the son of character actor Robert Pine and the grandson on his mother's side of Anne Gwynne, Universal's horror scream queen of the 1940s.
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Some reactions:

- I felt Kathy Ireland was doing a parody of a red carpet host rather than being a red carpet host.

- The show wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be.

- The John Hughes tribute was unnecessary and way too fucking long. I went to the bathroom to shower during it and I came back and it was STILL going on. Jeez. Not even Stanley Kubrick or Katharine Hepburn got that treatment.

- The Original Score dance number was also way too fucking long.

- I do not approve Sandy's win but she gave a good speech.

- I'm glad they gave Lauren Bacall and Roger Corman a standing ovation.

- I wanna hug Gabourey Sidibe.

- I'm thrilled for Kathryn Bigelow.

- I think Alec and Steve were fine as hosts. The Paranormal Activity gag was kind of funny.




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I found it a little bland and unmoving too.

Last year Hugh Jackman and the revolutionary 5 former oscar winners presenting the acting awards was very moving.

This year I felt the show was competent. No really awful moments - except for Neil Patrick Harris and Tom Hanks - and no really great moments.

It was a fine show - but whether having Taylor and the coughing girl and Miley will bring in the younger fans - I don't know.
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Big Magilla wrote:Neither the best nor the worst with a few memorable moments and really only one awkward one - that ill-advised tribute to John Hughes.

I liked most of the actor/actress presentations, especially Michelle Pfeiffer's tribute to Jeff Bridges but thought it odd that her first husband, Fisher Stevens, co-producer of The Cove, now has an Oscar and she still doesn't.

And I discovered that Chris Pine is the son of character actor Robert Pine and the grandson on his mother's side of Anne Gwynne, Universal's horror scream queen of the 1940s.
Oh, I love Anne Gwynne. Makes me have some respect for this kid whoever he is.
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Neither the best nor the worst with a few memorable moments and really only one awkward one - that ill-advised tribute to John Hughes.

I liked most of the actor/actress presentations, especially Michelle Pfeiffer's tribute to Jeff Bridges but thought it odd that her first husband, Fisher Stevens, co-producer of The Cove, now has an Oscar and she still doesn't.

And I discovered that Chris Pine is the son of character actor Robert Pine and the grandson on his mother's side of Anne Gwynne, Universal's horror scream queen of the 1940s.
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Such a perfectly bland show. No wonder no one is bothered with commenting on it. The only creditable moment – Sandy Powell acceptance speech. Nothing else was even remotely poignant, emotional or funny. On the other hand, it wasn't the train wrack everyone predicted it to be. I wish it was, at least it would amount to, I don't know, something.
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Big Magilla wrote:There was a comment I picked up in one of the stories on the last press release of presenters:

"Some names are being withheld and they're being withheld for a reason."

Can we really expect another Katharine Hepburn/Woody Allen moment, like maybe a joint appearance by Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine ending, or at least temporarily halting, their 63 year public feud?
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Ryan Seacrest just broadly hinted that Neil Patrick Harris will open the show.
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Well, according to Today, apparently Lauren Bacall is supposed to be there, so who knows...
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The thing is they've announced Barbra Streisand as a presenter. She's such a diva I can;t imagine she would allow herself to be announced while "lesser stars" are kept under wraps leading me to have some hope that the "unannounced" will include bigger names.
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Robin Williams and Martin Short were going to do a Marc Shaiman parody number but Williams dropped out a few weeks ago and Short's wife is ill so he left. Now they have Neil Patrick Harris and ?
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Thanks! I was looking at the press releases. Anyway, 46 presenters have been officially announced. "... most of the show’s 73 (!) presenters have dropped by the Kodak Theater to rehearsed..." expressed Mechanic on the article posted by Steve Pond. So, which are the rest?



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No. I think you're looking at the wrong list. I'm looking at it right now...got to: http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/presenters.html
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OscarGuy wrote:Other than Oprah, which I picked up from a separate article on the event, the rest come from the "official" list posted on the Academy's website.
I was referring to Pedro Almodovar. Sigourney Weaver, cameron Díaz, Jennifer Lopez, Demi Moore, Sarah Jessica Parker, Robin Williams. These names are not included in the official list posted on the Academy´s website.
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Other than Oprah, which I picked up from a separate article on the event, the rest come from the "official" list posted on the Academy's website.
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