# 85th Academy Awards viewing thread **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279 **Category:** Cafe Society **Created:** [February 24, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279 "2013-02-24T19:12:18Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 5
### Author: ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/81 "2013-02-25T02:21:56Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > What happened? > . He was so moved that he managed to babble and wax poetic at the same time. ---
### Author: ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/82 "2013-02-25T02:22:47Z")
Halle Berry to represent Bond girls? Not Denise Richards? Oh, poor Dr. Christmas Jones … ---
### Author: ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/83 "2013-02-25T02:23:44Z")
So, do you win an award if you can name all the movies just from the Bond Girls shots? ---
### Author: ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/84 "2013-02-25T02:25:35Z")
Oh shoot, I missed the Anna Karenina win. I’m happy to hear it. I loved the staging and costumes so, good! ---
### Author: ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/85 "2013-02-25T02:25:43Z")
Shirley Bassey. ---
### Author: ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/86 "2013-02-25T02:26:12Z")
Shirley Bassey is white? ---
### Author: ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/87 "2013-02-25T02:27:05Z")
I thought that all the Bond actors were going to come out when they came back from the montage. ---
### Author: ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/88 "2013-02-25T02:27:48Z")
Shirley Bassey looks and sounds awesome. The gold dress is maybe a little on the nose, but eh, she’s a legend, so she gets a pass. ---
### Author: ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/89 "2013-02-25T02:27:54Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > Halle Berry to represent Bond girls? Not Denise Richards? Oh, poor Dr. Christmas Jones … Shirley Bassey makes up for that, though! “Gold-finggerrrrr!” ---
### Author: ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/90 "2013-02-25T02:28:20Z")
> [@Meltdown](#): > > Shirley Bassey is white? Her father was Nigerian, her mother English. She was born in Wales! ---
### Author: ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/91 "2013-02-25T02:29:03Z")
Shirley Bassey!!! ---
### Author: ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/92 "2013-02-25T02:29:05Z")
Yeah. I agree guys. Shirley Bassey put on a good show. ---
### Author: ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/93 "2013-02-25T02:29:05Z")
I heard that Pierce Brosnan said no. ---
### Author: ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/94 "2013-02-25T02:29:34Z")
Goldfinger song… boring as hell. Seth even worse. ---
### Author: ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/95 "2013-02-25T02:29:36Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > _Jaws_ music to play off the speeches? That’s awesome! Agreed! > [@Meltdown](#): > > Shirley Bassey is white? You might wanna adjust the color on your television. So I’m flipping between this and reruns of cartoons on Fox, as I didn’t even watch most of the films nominated, but I \*really \*want Quvenzhane Wallis wins just so all the haters can suck it. ---
### Author: ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/96 "2013-02-25T02:29:45Z")
OK, loved Shirley Bassey belting out the “Goldfinger” theme. Wish they’d highlighted more than just a couple of the themes. ---
### Author: ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/97 "2013-02-25T02:30:25Z")
> [@Meltdown](#): > > Shirley Bassey is white? Well, half of her is. ---
### Author: ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/98 "2013-02-25T02:30:25Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > I heard that Pierce Brosnan said no. Could’ve been worse. He could have been there…and SANG. 😃 ---
### Author: ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/99 "2013-02-25T02:32:00Z")
76 years old and she hit that high C! ---
### Author: ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko) #### Post date: [February 25, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/100 "2013-02-25T02:34:46Z")
> [@Hermione](#): > > Could’ve been worse. > > He could have been there…and SANG. > > 😃 Just wait for \*Mamma Mia’\*s 50th anniversary. He’ll be there wailing away on “SOS.” I also can’t believe Connery would have agreed to show and Brosnan was the holdout, but I dunno. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279.md?page=6)