Greats of old, decorum reign at the Oscars [FReep report: BIG crowd, no RATs, no Moore. Pix later.]

Denver Post (and the Hollywood Resistance Force) ^ | March 1, 2004 | Joanne Ostrow (Denver Post Media Critic) and RonDog (LA Chapter)

[HairOfTheDog]

Bull! Billy Crystal showed a pic of Dean and that he starred in "Anger Management"

[Howie]

Thanks gang for "keepin' 'em honest".

[1Old Pro]

er... Billy Crystal took funny shots AT ~everyone~.

I don't equate getting hooked on Oxycontin for back pain with snorting cocaine ala Whitney Houston and her thug boyfriend.

[1Old Pro]

Crystal made a joke. If you consider that a 'shot' so be it. It was still funny

Only if you believe the liberals that the economy is "tanking" right now. IMHO it's recovering and I take loose use of facts seriously.

[RonDog]

It so stank that they decided to restrict the crowds...

You got THAT right.

No one arriving after about 1 pm could get anywhere NEAR our location.

ALOHA RONNIE, FIT-AIM-ACT-1 and I got there around 10 am, and even THEN the crowd was already four or five deep at the rail.

We vigorously defended the "alcove" of the large while builing right at the northeast corner of Hollywood and Highland - where Ted set up our base camp last year, and there was room for at least a dozen of us in that area...

...but the police would not even allow a "hostage exchange" - in which the three of us already on the inside would promise to leave - permanently - so that you and Ted and Outraged could go in to take our places. ;(

There were just TOO MANY other people who also wanted to get in, that they had to adopt this disappointing policy.

We really want the folks to see your ELF costume...

...and Ted's new Uncle Sam outfit:

[HairOfTheDog]

Then wait two seconds for the next joke. There was a chuckle in there for everyone.

[rightcoast]

Crystal's Bush joke (paraphrased):

"I first hosted the Oscars 13 years ago. To tell you how much the world has changed since then, back then Bush was president, the economy was tanking, and we'd just finished a war in Iraq."

[rightcoast]

Sean Penn's stab at Bush was... (paraphrasing)

"One thing that actors know... besides that they were no WMD's... is that (blah blah blah, actors are great artists or some such other crap)

But that was his little swipe at the President.

Amazingly, Tim Robbins was able to restrain himself from any smart-ass comment, so at least he conducted himself with a little grace, and was able to enjoy his moment in the spotlight without a disgraceful, distracting comment.

[rightcoast]

The filmmaker accepting the award for best documentary ('The Fog of War') had a comment that went something like:

"40 years ago, this country went to war in Vietnam, and slipped down into a rabbit hole. I think that the current situation is much like that, where we've stepped into another rabbit hole. If this film has made people stop and think about things regarding this war, then we've done a damn bit of good."

[RonDog]

Hollywood seems to be mindful of what this week's "Passion" numbers say about the public's perception of them - and for what next year's Oscars may be like.

Ted came up with a GREAT idea for a logo for NEXT YEAR's Academy Awards:

the OSCAR statutette bowing down to Jesus on the cross.

Sort of like THIS:

from
www.everykneeshallbow.com

Paging Mr. REGISTERED...

[dfwgator]

The filmmaker accepting the award for best documentary ('The Fog of War') had a comment that went something like: "40 years ago, this country went to war in Vietnam, and slipped down into a rabbit hole. I think that the current situation is much like that, where we've stepped into another rabbit hole. If this film has made people stop and think about things regarding this war, then we've done a damn bit of good."

Idiots like this guy who protested the Vietnam War have the blood of 2 million Cambodians on their hands.

[1Old Pro]

One thing that actors know... besides that they were no WMD's...

I wonder how they know that.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET


ROBERT MacNAMARA helped America betray the Free People of South Vietnam.

JOHN KERRY called the American Soldiers fighting there ..Terrorists.

MEL GIBSON was sparked to do his "PASSION of the Christ" while filming the true story of we American Soldiers fighting at the start of the Vietnam War in "WE WERE SOLDIERS."



See:


JOHN KERRY = Enemy of Vietnam Vets

http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1320



MEL's -PASSION- sparked by -WE WERE SOLDIERS-

http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=39081




Signed:.."ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer / Vet-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965

http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_collection.htm
(IA DRANG-1965 Photos)


NEVER FORGET

[daviddennis]

I was very sorry not to make it, but as you know, I banged my head pretty hard on Thursday and am still in recovery mode :-(.

I'm looking forward to the next event, and I'm sorry I missed Ted, you and the gang.

D

[daviddennis]

Well, you really can't beat last year's event for drama.

Here's the video for nostalgia buffs and anyone who missed it :-).

D

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

In case, like me, you didn't watch:

THE GOOD GUYS WON A BATTLE IN THE CULTURE WAR ON THE HOMEFRONT LAST NIGHT!

 

Oscars:

 

....Crystal carried a distinctly patriotic thread through the proceedings, trashing Saddam Hussein, sending a "big hello" to servicemen and women posted around the world, and stomping on Michael Moore's 2003 anti-war speech in digitally enhanced animation.

 

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After-action FReep Report:

(Fortunately, there were NO "anti-war" protesters outside the Oscars this year,
and Michael Moore got squashed by Hobbits inside.)

What a difference a year makes!

THIS YEAR, elements of the "Hollywood Resistance Force" (also known as the Los Angeles Chapter of the Free Republic Network) gathered once more near the corner of Hollywood and Highland - just outside of the Red Carpet area - to counter any potential "anti-war" protests.

The RATs stayed away.

There were NO "bad guys" ANYWHERE outside this year, but MASSIVE crowds of star-struck fans and multiple competing events disrupted our ability to gather and FReep effectively.

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Red-carpet duty for Marine at Oscars

Brian and Kayla Aria will be attending the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday.

Like millions, Helen Chambers of Happy Valley will be tuned in with her husband and family to Sunday's glitzy Academy Awards ceremony on TV.

But it won't be the Hollywood stars, or the ceremony itself, that will command her full attention.

For her, the real stars of the night will be her son, Brian Aria, and his wife Kayla, both 20.

Aria, a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, will be spiffily decked out in his dress blues representing the Marine Corps at the Academy Awards and will be accompanied by his wife, an Enterprise High School graduate.

"Details are still on the vague and secretive side, but Chambers said her son, an Iraq War veteran who was selected by the Marine Corps for the prestigious Oscar night honor, will be stationed somewhere along the red carpet outside the Kodak Theater in full view of the TV cameras and paparazzi...

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Great report, RonDog!

 Thank you, Hollywood Resistance Force ~ Los Angeles Chapter of the Free Republic Network!

~ God bless America! ~
 

[FIT-AIM-ACT-1]

All in all...an event we can be proud of. We stood with our President and troops at last year's Oscars when the hard left thought they could harm our country. This year we showed up again and they didn't...because our President and troops proved to them and to the world that America was right in taking down Saddam. God bless America, our President and our wonderful troops.

[DollyCali]

Good Going HollyWeird FReepers. I loved the show... am such a movie fan. I am glad you were there.. you were seen & heard I am sure.. as usual the good guys get minimal help from the media.

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!