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2008 80th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) -- LIVE THREAD
tv: ABC network ^ | 2-24-2008

Posted on 02/24/2008 2:25:07 PM PST by lainie

It's an Oscar Party!

Warning: might contain snark and/or discussions about fashion.

Best Picture:
"Atonement"
"Juno"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"

Best Actor:
George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Tommy Lee Jones, "In the Valley of Elah"
Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie, "Away From Her"
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"
Laura Linney, "The Savages"
Ellen Page, "Juno"

Best Supporting Actor:
Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"
Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton"

Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"
Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"

Best Director:
Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Jason Reitman, "Juno"
Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"

Best Animated Feature:
"Persepolis"
"Ratatouille"
"Surf's Up"

Best Documentary Feature:
"No End in Sight"
"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience"
"Sicko"
"Taxi to the Dark Side"
"War/Dance"


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: academyawards; hollyweird; hollywood; hollywoodblacklist; hollywoodreds; michaelmoron; movies; oscars
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To: lainie
I didn't know that Johnny Depp was up for best actor. After he was nominated for a Golden Globe, I thought that was it for him. I haven't seen any of these movies.

41 posted on 02/24/2008 4:05:07 PM PST by bd476
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Okay, my turn.

When the heck is John Travolta going to get a better hairpiece? And then come out of the closet?

But wow, Jennifer Garner looks great. But I love her anyway.


42 posted on 02/24/2008 4:08:41 PM PST by elc
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To: lainie
I haven't watched for years and won't watch tonight. I don't know 95% of today's "stars" and I don't care to see them on the stage.

I don't care to sit for hours just to see the gowns and weird menswear. I don't want to watch all the males appearing at the podium who have stubble all over their chins and 5 o'clock shadows on their cheeks.

I'm old enough to remember when real stars walked out of the wings in all their glory.....Davis, Hayworth, Hepburn, Flynn, Power, Wayne, Heston, Tracy, Leigh and Olivier.....

Most of today's "stars" are beanbag or lefties. I'll watch "Cold Case Files" and "What Not to Wear" for a while and then freep till bedtime with popcorn and milk duds at hand.

I'll check in here once in a while to see what's cookin' and I won't have to sit through commercials on this thread.

Leni

43 posted on 02/24/2008 4:09:41 PM PST by MinuteGal (FRed and Mitt are Still My Guys)
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To: lainie
I'll be watching towards the end and I hope that Johnny Depp wins Best Actor for Sweeney Todd. I think he's one of the best actors of my generation.

I've followed his career from back in his 21 Jump Street days.

44 posted on 02/24/2008 4:10:15 PM PST by MotleyGirl70
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To: lainie

Okay, I’m watching E! And that is definitely not the first time Ryan Seacrest has held a purse. He looked a natural at it.


45 posted on 02/24/2008 4:10:38 PM PST by elc
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To: lainie

With her body, she can wear anything. Why would she wear something so frumpy.


46 posted on 02/24/2008 4:11:55 PM PST by MotleyGirl70
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

(actually, didn’t she recently have a baby?)


47 posted on 02/24/2008 4:12:59 PM PST by lainie ("You had your time, you had the power, you've yet to have your finest hour" (Roger Taylor, 1984))
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To: lainie
Heidi n' Seal

ONZ, more zombies! What IS it with the zombies this month?

48 posted on 02/24/2008 4:13:27 PM PST by Tax-chick (If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't shoot! It might be a lemur!)
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To: MinuteGal
Hi Leni! Hear hear for popcorn!

49 posted on 02/24/2008 4:14:11 PM PST by bd476
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To: lainie

Il’m jaded. Had back stage passes for 7 years. Billy Crystal, and barf whoopie goldberg. Can’t bring myself to watch it on Television.


50 posted on 02/24/2008 4:14:27 PM PST by television is just wrong (Liberalism is a mental disorder.)
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To: lainie

But she’s always had those lips. She used to be on Days of Our Lives Years ago pre Hamlin when very young and she still had that fish pout so they are real. The tits of course, are not.


51 posted on 02/24/2008 4:14:43 PM PST by greccogirl
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To: A_perfect_lady

She has altered lips that, when formed into the shape of an “o” look like a... let’s just say... nah, it’s rude and I don’t wanna say.


52 posted on 02/24/2008 4:14:46 PM PST by lainie ("You had your time, you had the power, you've yet to have your finest hour" (Roger Taylor, 1984))
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To: elc
When the heck is John Travolta going to get a better hairpiece? And then come out of the closet?

How would I know? JT's bald and gay? Is that part of the Scientology thing? For health reasons?

53 posted on 02/24/2008 4:15:08 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Tax-chick
Who are the zombies?

54 posted on 02/24/2008 4:16:19 PM PST by bd476
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To: lainie

I wish those Empire blouses would go out of fashion. They make even the 12-year-old girls look pregnant and fat.

If one is pregnant and/or pudgy, of course, they’re rather flattering ...


55 posted on 02/24/2008 4:16:33 PM PST by Tax-chick (If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't shoot! It might be a lemur!)
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To: bd476

Heidi Klum and “Seal,” in post #25. Don’t they look Undead to you?


56 posted on 02/24/2008 4:17:22 PM PST by Tax-chick (If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't shoot! It might be a lemur!)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

My picks:

BP: No country for old men
Director: Coen Brothers
Actor: Daniel Day Lewis of course
Actress: Julie Christie for Dr. Z again
Supporting: Either Ruby Dee or Cate (Ruby will probably get the sentimental vote)
SA: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men

Ratatouie best animated

Probably that idiot mm for his sicko

All in all a boring Oscar year

Maybe Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie will have a fistfight


57 posted on 02/24/2008 4:17:28 PM PST by greccogirl
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To: elc

John Travolta arrives for the 80th Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, in Los Angeles. Travolta will be a presenter during the Oscars telecast.

Actress Kelly Preston arrives at the 80th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008.

58 posted on 02/24/2008 4:17:51 PM PST by maggief
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To: Tax-chick

Who the hell is that Seth dude?!


59 posted on 02/24/2008 4:19:40 PM PST by maggief
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To: greccogirl

Ooooo. Good choices. Thanks for picking up on Dr Z again. LOL.


60 posted on 02/24/2008 4:19:59 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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