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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: Lizavetta

From what I’ve read, it’s not Asperger’s.


881 posted on 02/24/2008 9:02:01 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: Dave W

Doesn’t it just beat you over the head with its message?


882 posted on 02/24/2008 9:03:06 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

Aren’t both Travolta kids adopted?


883 posted on 02/24/2008 9:03:30 PM PST by Lizavetta
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To: Borges
Hollywood knows exactly what they are doing, and the impressions and emotions they want to produce, since that is their livelihood after all.

They “honored” the troops, and then gave them a big “but monkey”, so to speak.

884 posted on 02/24/2008 9:04:30 PM PST by roses of sharon (Who will be McCain's maverick?)
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Jason Bateman and his wife Amanda Anka...yep, he's Paul Anka's son-in-law


885 posted on 02/24/2008 9:04:44 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: greccogirl

No, I did not know that! Thanks for the info.

There was something very handsome about Cary Grant - the dimple, perhaps? (I don’t know much about him - or even if he liked girls.) I just think he was incredibly charming on screen.


886 posted on 02/24/2008 9:05:33 PM PST by yorkie
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To: bd476
But I resent the way they advertise around here prior to the voting. They shove these movies down our throats in commercials long after the initial release, constantly saying how “important” the movie is, the “best ever,” “don’t miss this” etc.

Heh. Welcome to America.

:)

887 posted on 02/24/2008 9:05:39 PM PST by tyke
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To: lainie

It’d be great to hear Ethan’s comments again on tape. Just perfect!


888 posted on 02/24/2008 9:06:10 PM PST by bd476
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To: tyke; bd476

Heh. Welcome to the MSM, too.


889 posted on 02/24/2008 9:06:51 PM PST by yorkie
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To: Lizavetta

No. Both are natural kids of John & Kelly.

You might be thinking of Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman. They adopted two kids.


890 posted on 02/24/2008 9:07:14 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: SlapHappyPappy

Yes, I’ll buy that in Travolta’s case - he’s hiding quite a bit.


891 posted on 02/24/2008 9:07:27 PM PST by greccogirl
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To: Lizavetta

I think pretty much profoundly. For one thing he is quite huge for his age, and you hardly ever see pics of him and if you notice, you NEVER see him in public at functions or premieres as you see Ella.

The gossip is they have a full time male nanny just for Jett.


892 posted on 02/24/2008 9:09:55 PM PST by greccogirl
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To: greccogirl; Lizavetta

http://www.hollywoodinterrupted.com/archives/a_plea_from_hollywood_john_travolta_open_your_heart.phtml

One example of the kind of things people are saying.


893 posted on 02/24/2008 9:11:04 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: Lizavetta

No they are the natural children of Travolta and his wife. I don’t know if it’s true but I have read that they have not sought treatment for him and have given some story about chemical reaction to carpet cleaner. Since Scientology doesn’t recognize a disorder like this, I’ve read he doesn’t go to a special school or anything like that.

I think it is so sad.


894 posted on 02/24/2008 9:12:22 PM PST by greccogirl
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To: yorkie

Cary was rumored to be bi-sexual.


895 posted on 02/24/2008 9:12:56 PM PST by greccogirl
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To: lainie

Yes, it is about evil corporations, but I was able to ignore the propaganda for reasons I don’t fully understand.


896 posted on 02/24/2008 9:13:04 PM PST by Dave W
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To: greccogirl
Kubrick, Peckinpah, and Welles never won "Directing" Oscars either.

Cuba Gooding Jr. won a competitive Oscar but Cary Grant never did. Sheesh.

897 posted on 02/24/2008 9:14:48 PM PST by Cyropaedia ("Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principal of evil...".)
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To: greccogirl
Here's a list of her 52 movies since 1986.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842770/

898 posted on 02/24/2008 9:16:45 PM PST by purpleraine
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To: Dave W

Hm. Was it Hollywood movie trickery? George Clooney voodoo?


899 posted on 02/24/2008 9:17:55 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

Yes that is pretty much it - the sad part is they refuse to get him treatment and I think he is already 15 - way too late to have done so if that is true...............

Very, very sad that such cults twist people’s lives.


900 posted on 02/24/2008 9:20:44 PM PST by greccogirl
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