Tonight, I'm grading a stack of political theory papers, watching the Oscars, and live blogging the event. Wahoo!
My boyfriend, Jon Stewart, did his thing. Not so much with the big ha-has yet, but he looked cute as always.
Will someone make Jack Nicholson go away? Those stupid sunglasses and dumb jokes. Come on. How corny. We now have George Clooney to provide the dumb jokes and buffoonery and the bimbo on the arm. Nicholson is redundant.
Jennifer Garner just handed out the best costume award in a fab, black dress. Drezner is right that Garner was the best thing about Juno. She made me cry twice. There should be a "Making the Blogger Cry" award.
OK, let's pile some hate on Katherine Heigl. Little Miss Perfect is really getting on my nerves. Can you say over exposure. Of the other over exposed stars of 2007 that I would swerve to hit on a highway, let's add the entire cast of High School Musical and all of Brangelina's children. Roadkill. Oddly enough, I don't yet hate Miley Cyrus. Even after the Oprah special. And officially changing her name.... I might have to rethink things.
Jennifer Hudson walked out in a gravity defying dress, and millions of people thought one thing. BOOBS!
Go, Coen brothers!
Tilda Swinton wins for Supporting Actress. We here at 11D support all pasty skinned redheads, so two thumbs up from us.
I'm glad that they had Owen Wilson and Jessica Alba present. It reminded us of the big themes of 2007 -- drug overdoses and birth control failures.
Coen brothers win for Best Adapted Script. Today I visited my new nephew, Thomas, in the hospital. He is a darn near perfect baby, by the way. The first thing that Steve and I said after sanitizing our hands was, "he's an angel. An angel straight from heaven." Then my brother declared that Thomas was a little outlaw. Shows you how the Coen brothers have invaded our lives.
I'm grading a stack of American government midterms while I watch the Oscars. So far, I'm thinking that Jon Stewart is several orders less funny than last time. The writer's strike really hurt, I guess.
Posted by: Russell Arben Fox | February 24, 2008 at 09:22 PM
I love Jon Stewart, but Billy Crystal does it better.
Posted by: Lisa V | February 24, 2008 at 09:24 PM
Okay, but I love the goggles and bad dreams salutes.
Posted by: Russell Arben Fox | February 24, 2008 at 09:24 PM
Billy Crystal?! Wow, flashback to the great Oscars broadcasts of the early 90s...
Posted by: Russell Arben Fox | February 24, 2008 at 09:26 PM
It seemed like Crystal did more production, made it more an event than just doing stand-up.
But as you point out, it was a long time ago. It could be that I'm too fondly remembering; "back when I was a girl...our Oscar hosts tried and took things seriously. And the next day we walked to school in the snow."
Posted by: Lisa V | February 24, 2008 at 09:51 PM
I finished grading yesterday. :) (We're on a trimester system.) Nyeah. ;)
I have an strange love for Katherine Heigl. A FOAF works on Grey's and I tried to find out if she's really a bitch (most young blonde actresses are, practically by definition), but I couldn't get any inside info.
I thought Kristen Chenowith ruined a great song ("How Do You Know") but it's still Oscar-worthy. There are 4 really terrific songs up for Best Song ("So Close" is a snooze).
Posted by: Wendy | February 24, 2008 at 10:29 PM
I'm sad Ruby Dee didn't win. Not because I've seen "American Gangster" (though I want to), but because she's Ruby Dee! Come on!
Posted by: Jackie | February 24, 2008 at 10:54 PM
In my household we are celebrating Marion Cotillard's award. She really was great as Piaf. And we (driven by my fourteen year old daughter) are mourning the injustice of Depp not taking best actor. I thought he was worthy of it for pulling off Burton's dark adaptation of Sweeney Todd but I had warned her of the general bias against musicals (I know, Chicago was an exception...). C'est la film....
Posted by: Sam | February 25, 2008 at 09:11 AM
I saw Sweeney Todd on Broadway where the actors not only sang and acted, but they also played all the instruments, since they couldn't afford a separate orchestra. Though Depp is a cutey (loved him since Jump Street), I just can't watch that movie. There's no way it can compare to the stage version.
I will run out to see the Piaf movie. Loved great from the clips on the Oscars.
Posted by: laura | February 25, 2008 at 08:12 PM
Ugh, we were watching the Barbara Walters special before the show because my daughter wanted to see the Miley Cyrus interview. Barbara asked her, "with all the problems that the other Disney stars have had--Britney & Lindsay--what's going to keep you from going down that road?" (I paraphrase). Miley's answer? "I have good parents."
Ouch.
In other news, who cares if Johnny Depp won, as long as he showed up and was pretty?
Posted by: landismom | February 25, 2008 at 09:25 PM