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By Beth in Entertainment, ABC, Money, Movies, Hollywood, Female Empowerment, SNL, TV, film, George Clooney, writers' strike, Oscars, John Stewart, Tina Fey, Hilary Clinton on February 26 2008
 Oscar ratings were dramatically down this year. This despite all the George Clooney pimping, the red dresses, and Sean Penn’s new arm candy. While the writers’ strike is rumored to be the primary culprit of ABC’s bad fortune in a year that was ripe with downer nominees, some fault needs to be shifted to the downright lack of charisma of the show’s host, John Stewart. Considering I had to wait till 10:50 PM before there was one comment that made me chuckle and that it’s all but erased from my memory, it can’t bode well for Stewart’s wittiness. Yeah, yeah, writers’ strike and there were 5 writers that had pitch in to write the telecast this year and they had fast turnaround given time restrictions, but isn’t Stewart a comedian after all? If Tina Fey can pull off of the more memorable SNL episodes to hit the tube in a long time, can’t Stewart work some magic? I always thought Stewart was a little bit of a whiny sissy anyways, but maybe he lacks that bitch is the new black factor after all…
By ariel in Uncategorized, Entertainment, Movies, Hollywood, film history, film, pop culture, media, America, celebrity, George Clooney, Oscars, Academy Awards, Coen, Cohen Brothers, John Stuart, Dalay Lama, Foreign Films on February 25 2008
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Last night’s Oscars was as predictable and extremely boring (the Coen brothers looked like they really need some sleep.) No real surprises, no dramas. John Stuart may be a nice guy, but he is useless as a host, and the only true comic relief was that slippery something on the floor in front of the podium, that made almost every presenter to almost fall on their asses. Most of the winners, relaxed in their tuxedo and dresses, were almost indifferent in their acceptance speeches. The foreign actors were the only to give a genuine sense of excitement. Maybe the lack of surprises was the reason, maybe the long evening, but I think that the main reason for the dull event is that everybody was so busy being infatuated with George Clooney, that they forgot all about the Oscars. Don’t be surprised if next year, instead of the Academy Awards they’ll just have a St. George Clooney day.
By Beth in Entertainment, ABC, Movies, Hollywood, film, pop culture, Amaldo.Com, celebrity, writers' strike, Daniel Day Lewis, Oscars, Michael Clayton on February 24 2008
 The Oscars air tonight and since I’ve seen at least some of the films nominated, I have more of a vested interest in who wins and who doesn’t. The SAG and Golden Globes are usually somewhat of an indicator as to who will sweep, but as past years have shown, it’s not always a fool-proof litmus test.
But what about the other awards show of late?
Besides the fact that the Spirit (Independent Spirit) awards are the “coolest”- people get to actually show up in birkenstocks/tevas and it takes place along the beach after all in Santa Monica, there are the Razzies aka the “crappiest” (as my nephew would say) films of the year which were handed out just yesterday. At the top of the list was Eddie Murphy for worst actor, supporting actress, and supporting actor for his multiple roles in the flop, Norbit. Perhaps the most telling award was Lindsay Lohan picking up “Word Actress” for her role in I know Who Killed Me which may as well be called, I Know Who/What Killed My Career!
But back to the Oscars because while they might not be the hippest or funniest awards show, they are still the most prestigious for now and the ones that get the most play on national TV. Below is my list of this year’s winners. I’m not clairvoyant or anything, but I’d love to be a betting woman on these since I think I could accumulate some serious dough here…In bold is my pick for winner and with accompanying asterisk is my pick for “who knew” (either about the movie or why this person was nominated).
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