The 81st Academy Awards: Hosted by Hugh Jackman

ABC .com ^ | 2/22/09

[morans14]

She really has a nice voice. I always forget that she can sing.

[Arizona Carolyn]

She was very good, this part always brings me to tears... one-by-one the really great artists are leaving this life.

[BunnySlippers]

TE is the keeper of all Freeper’s souls. He alone decides if they are godly or godless, good or evil. Worthy or not.

A real PITA.

[Texas Eagle]

Every time there is a feel-good thread on FR you show up to play Debbie Downer....

I guess it's my cross to bear.

if you are not interested in movies, why would you post anything on an academy award thread?

I never said I'm not interested in movies. I just object to the glorification, promotion, and self-aggrandizement of an industry that is largely hostile to American values.

This is not the Oscars of the 60s, 70s or even the 80s that I (and perhaps you, I don't know) grew up with.

By and large, these people hate you and me and everything we stand for.

Obviously I'm surmising that you and I stand for the same things.

[Valentine_W]

Ha, ha, I understand. I eat at local Afghan and Persian/Iranian cafes in DC all the time...they are usually always playing persian music videos...very entertaining! I wish I understood farsi.

[Palladin]

All those chicks are hot.

And I want to know how all those old guys on the variety shows always hook up with such gorgeous young women!

I don’t undertand a word, but Univision tickles my funnybone.

[BunnySlippers]

We used to have more female Freepers and started threads for the red carpet. Those days are gone.

[Arizona Carolyn]

~ROFLOL~

[Richard Kimball]

I can't think of one country song or country singer that promotes homsexuality as a normal, virtuous act that should be celebrated.

Willie Nelson. Cowboys are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other.

Although I grew up in Texas and know some people that played the same circuit with Willie in the early sixties, I was never a fan.

[nutmeg]

The a-holes sat on their hands when Heston came up.

Disgusting... hardly any applause at all from those cretins for the great Charlton Heston.

[Texas Eagle]

You do not compromise ..until it comes to something you like. You’re a hypocrite.

Say it. The complete sentence. You can do it.

[dfwgator]

And I want to know how all those old guys on the variety shows always hook up with such gorgeous young women!

Oh I suspect the casting couch is alive and well in old Me-hee-co.

[Cyropaedia]

Two of the biggest names in Country Music, Garth Brooks and Willie Nelson, have recorded "pro-gay" songs.

Garth's sister (his bass player), is gay.

[Arizona Carolyn]

he was a Republican... what can we expect...

[Texas Eagle]

Willie Nelson. Cowboys are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other.

Ick.

[Dionysius]

That Jai Ho was the most obnoxious bunch of presumptive cacaphony I’ve ever heard. They have a hell of a lot of nerve calling it a song, much less giving it the Oscar. Turn over gently in your beautiful St. Bonaventure grave, Johnny Mercer!

[tapatio]

This part of the shows I don’t like at all ... Get to be reminded of the GREAT ONES gone

I was thinking the same thing while watching that part.

[nutmeg]

We used to have more female Freepers and started threads for the red carpet. Those days are gone.

I know who a lot of those fun FReepers were who ran those great Oscar FR threads... I believe most of them were banned during The Great FR Purge of April 2007... :-(

FR hasn't been the same since, to be honest...

[BunnySlippers]

That just goes to show that all country music fans are godless and adore homosexuality.

[nutmeg]

he was a Republican... what can we expect...

Yep, and NRA leader...