2008 80th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) -- LIVE THREAD

tv: ABC network ^ | 2-24-2008

[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"

[Cheapskate]

There’s a fourth preggo in the house! Take a Bow Mr. Moore!!!!!

[Revolting cat!]

I'm turning it off, going to bed to read. I saw a waitress this evening who'd be better at reading the teleprompters than the starlets, who are unrecognizeable to me. Oh, they weren't starlets, they were lowly technicians and their families? So sorry.

Oh, yes, I also caught a moment of a white guilt standing ovation by the minimum wage technicians, Jack Nicholson among tthem, and their families (i.e. whoever Jack is screwing this week.) I repeat: a show of self-congratulation by lucky simpleton talentless millionaires. (The two idiots on the screen right now th eproof of my assertion.)

[yorkie]

I never knew a man who would kiss another man on the lips. Maybe he’s Italian? (Just wondering - nothing against Italians.)

[RummyChick]

did you notice they were showing a picture of Nicole instead of a live shot, she is at the oscars. I am so used to Perez Hilton making fun of her frozen face that I had to look for a second to make sure that wasn’t a live shot.

[Floratina]

looks like Stewart’s baby joke was written with the assumption that Nicole Kidman was going to be there? Must be short on material...

[Borges]

Actually filmmaking is hard work and takes quite a bit of talent. The broadcast only shows the actors sitting up front not the majority of people attending.

[bd476]

According to Baronage, Tilda Swinton is Scottish born and Scottish blue blood all the way back to the 9th Century, in the Scottish border lands of Swinton.

She attended day school in London, and then she was a classmate of Princess Diana's in boarding school at West Heath. Tilda Swinton attended Cambridge University majoring in English Literature and Political Science.

Baronage UK Tilda Swinton

[RummyChick]

[peggybac]

“Actually filmmaking is hard work and takes quite a bit of talent.”

Absolutely. It can be pure hell but definitely satisfying when a project is complete.

[Cheapskate]

Wow, The only flick I went to see this year got nominated for somthin

I actually caught 3:10 To Yuma!

It was good for some yucks.

[lainie]

oh no WAY.

[peggybac]

Why are they handing out the Best Actress Award at this time?

[Ciexyz]

Oh dear, "3:10 to Yuma" lost in the sound category. I was hoping it would win - it was a wonderful film. I'm sorry that Yuma and American Gangster didn't garner more respect from the Academy. As a fan of the stars of both films, I highly recommend those films, which are both out on DVD.

[lainie]

The show’s supposed to end at 8, right? I guess the :45-to-end is the time.

[television is just wrong]

me too.

[lainie]

Wow, the French girl no one ever heard of won.

kewl

[RummyChick]

i am surprised this actress won..how often does a foreign film actor/actress when the major award?

[peggybac]

I thought the last 3 awards of the night were best actress, best actor then best film. Am I going crazy?

[Cheapskate]

Wow, time flies when you’re dishing dirt!!1

[Borges]

Roberto Bengini comes to mind. Sophia Loren...