(from Variety)
So what’s up with Whitney. Enquiring minds want to know???
Keith
probably because he didn’t have a seizure, and because he was their star.
and yes, he was just excited. just because, if one of us were to react like that, it would have meant something more, doesn’t mean it does for him.
the key thing to remember is: people are different.
if wishes were fishes, we could walk on the ocean.
Well, I tried to not watch it but I did catch about a half an hour. I was really pleased that John Irving won for best adapted screenplay (CHR should’ve won best picture, too but oh well.) Thought his speech was very gutsy.
OK, someone post a pic of this or e-mail it to me RIGHT NOW!
And I think we all know Warren Beatty was being honored for his groundbreaking work as Milton Armitage in Dobie Gillis; but do we have to play “how many times can we refer to Annette “Baby Machine” Benning’s pregnancy?”
Adrock, light up the place
And if you pull my card you pull the ace
And if you ask me turn up the bass
And if you play Defender I could be your hyperspace
Supposedly, she had a throat problem and bowed out. (This is according to the E! website) Just as well…if she proclaims Bobby Brown to be the “KING of R&B” ONE MORE TIME, I am not responsible for my actions.
Winner, SDMB’s Biggest FEMALE Chat Addict (Happy, Jophiel?)
“Only two things that’ll soothe my soul - cold beer and remote control.”
Whoops! Never mind…there’s one in Eve’s thread.
I thought Jane Fonda looked rather nice, myself, dressing like a grown-up lady rather than an elderly teenager. The only disaster dress of the evening, imho, was that thing Diane Keaton had on. What was with that stupid bouquet on her chest? It looked like a growth.
Catrandom
Warren Beatty: “Geez, how much longer can this guy talk?”
Kevin Spacey: “Who’s that chick he’s kissing! He’s mine, dammit!” Oh and…“YAY! He won! Woooo-hooo!”
I loved Angelina Jolie’s acceptance speech. But then again, I love her anyway.
Big bunches of YAY for American Beauty.
More later, possibly, when I’m not trying to get my son to take a nap.
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What about the horrid dress Julianne Moore was wearing? It was designed by someone great, but was just awful.
Wendell Wagner, if you actually live for a couple years as a turnip. . . you know, bury yourself in the ground and not move. . . then I’ll be happy to call you one. 
Seriously, Brandon lived as a guy and refered to himself as “he”, so I have no problem refering to him that way. You can call him a she if you want. He was a woman in terms of his genitals, but he was a man in terms of every other aspect of his life. So I think my pronoun’s more accurate.
Not to sabotage the thread or anything. . .
Your Quadell
Yay on you, Quadell—I’m glad “Boys Don’t Cry” wasn’t up for Best Picture, just because I shudder to think of what lame jokes Billy Crystal would’ve made . . .
I don’t like Jane Fonda and I didn’t much care for her dress, which I thought was too “last days of Mae West.” Thought Cher looked great, though! And did anyone notice all the dresses with trains? Looked wonderful, but all the little starlets were trippin’ over them.
Chris, have you heard the rumors about the delectable Mr. Spacey? I don’t want to be the one to burst your balloon, but . . .
P.S. I just remembered what annoyed me so much—where were all the old-timers? Loretta Young? Shirley Temple? Fay Wray? Mickey Rooney? Olivia De Havilland? Doug Fairbanks Jr.?
When I was a kid, one of the thrills of Oscar night was seeing Lillian Gish or Gloria Swanson come out to present. Now the “old-timers” are Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson!
I’m just gettin’ old, I guess . . .
Eve, you know more about this than I do, but aren’t most of those people dead, or debilitated beyond the point of going to an awards show? Nicholson and Beatty are older than they look. I think Beatty is 60, give or take a year. I know there was a time when they were young and dangerous, but now they’re elder statesmen. And they’ve earned it!
“His eyes are as green as a fresh-pickled toad,
His hair is as dark as a blackboard,
I wish he was mine, he’s really divine,
The hero who conquered the Dark Lord.”
I watched the Oscars just to see if she’d go into labor during the ceremony. If this were a movie, you know she would have!
“I hope life isn’t a big joke, because I don’t get it,” Jack Handy
I’d like to know what the hell Tyra Banks was wearing. Now there’s another proof that models should not be heard.
“I thought: opera, how hard can it be? Songs. Pretty girls dancing. Nice scenery. Lots of people handing over cash. Got to be better than the cut-throat world of yoghurt, I thought.” - Seldom Bucket
Uh…I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve read Scruples, by Judith Krantz…but I was at my MIL’s house, and her literature collection hasn’t been updated in many years. Anyway, that was in the last chapter. The charming, irrepressible, zaftig, very very pregnant Best Supporting Actress nominee’s water broke right when her name was being called.
“His eyes are as green as a fresh-pickled toad,
His hair is as dark as a blackboard,
I wish he was mine, he’s really divine,
The hero who conquered the Dark Lord.”
I guess no one noticed that Ashley Judd looked skinnier than Calista Flockhart, if that is possible
What you didn’t catch was Jude Law introducing the nominees and saying they include the weirdest-named movie of the year, so as the names of the films went by, he was saying, “No, that’s not the weirdest… no, not that one… THAT one.” That one also happened to win. It was “My Grandmother has a thing for Hell’s angels” or somesuch.
Brandon Teena referred to himself as a man, and as far as I’m concerned, that’s good enough for me - he’s a he, and I won’t insult his memory by calling him something else.
IMHO, Queen Latifa was ON with those big band noizes! {ahem}
I’m glad Kevin Spacey and Michael Caine won.
I’m upset Blame Canada didn’t, because dammit I wanted them up on that stage in those dresses!
Billy Crystal and Robin Williams rule, IMHO.
Esprix
Esprix writes:
> Brandon Teena referred to himself as a
> man, and as far as I’m concerned, that’s
> good enough for me - he’s a he, and I
> won’t insult his memory by calling him
> something else.
Give me a break, Exprix. That’s sentimental hogwash. This is the Straight Dope Message Board, and you need to get used to the fact that someone’s beliefs do not change the facts - not even if that person died a martyr in a good cause.
Teena Brandon was a woman who chose to live and dress as a man during the last few months (or was it years?) of her life. She used the name Brandon Teena and only had sex with women during that time. Fine. That doesn’t change the fact that she wasn’t a man and I’m not a turnip.
If you referred to yourself as a turnip and wished others to address you as such, Wendell, I’d be happy to oblige. It’s only common courtesy to call people what they wish to be called.
My only comment on the Oscars:
Charlize Theron…HOT!!!
Eve: I heard that rumor. I also heard that he denied it. It really doesn’t matter…in my daydreams, he’s undeniably straight and totally into me.
And that’s all that really counts, isn’t it?
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