# The 81st Annual Academy Awards **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977 "2009-02-22T21:12:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/61 "2009-02-23T02:38:32Z")
OK, Ben Stiller was really funny. But it seems that this show is just dragging. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/62 "2009-02-23T02:38:50Z")
I do like how they’re giving much more attention to the categories that aren’t just actors & actresses. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/63 "2009-02-23T02:38:52Z")
> [@MilTan](#): > > Really? I think the Ben Stiller bit has been pretty funny. Although I imagine it’s not all that amusing if you didn’t see Joaquin Phoenix on Letterman a week or two ago. He was mocking something that maybe 2 million people saw tops? WTF? I found it simply annoying so I guess he succeeded. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/64 "2009-02-23T02:40:12Z")
Jessica Biel looks like she woke up an hour ago, pulled the sheet around her, and went to the Oscars. Bleh. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/65 "2009-02-23T02:40:36Z")
My god. Jessica Biel is just stunning. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/66 "2009-02-23T02:41:03Z")
Biel is usually astoundingly hot, but that dress was FTL. Having hair, skin and dress all the same colour made her look really, really weird. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/67 "2009-02-23T02:41:44Z")
Heh. Good simu-post ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/68 "2009-02-23T02:42:38Z")
Heya yoj 🙂 Heath’s up next… ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/69 "2009-02-23T02:43:24Z")
I was annoyed with Stiller on behalf of the cinematography nominees. Hamming it up while talking about the award is one thing, but once they start reading the list of nominees, he should have backed off and given them the spotlight. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/70 "2009-02-23T02:43:24Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > My god. Jessica Biel is just stunning. Even better than when she did _Flashdance_. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/71 "2009-02-23T02:43:48Z")
I’m pretty drunk. I reckon I’ll be a big heap of crying man-meat when the do the dead list. Paul Newman … ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/72 "2009-02-23T02:45:14Z")
Stoner humor on the Oscars? Damn, it really is a new era. ETA: I loved Franco’s wistful look at his own smooch with Sean Penn. Aww. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/73 "2009-02-23T02:45:31Z")
Noooo Paul, dayum, now I am tearing up. I r fancy young Paul. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/74 "2009-02-23T02:47:04Z")
> [@Iteki](#): > > Biel is usually astoundingly hot, but that dress was FTL. Having hair, skin and dress all the same colour made her look really, really weird. This seems to be Goldie Hawn’s MO. I rarely see her in anything with a bold color. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/75 "2009-02-23T02:48:08Z")
I hope you were sensible like me and took a holiday tomorrow **Iteki**. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/76 "2009-02-23T02:49:41Z")
Oooh, yeah, she does the unitone thing too. Btw, re. Flashdance above? Beals _today_ is FTW, never mind then. Smokebreak. Thank goodness for the adfilledness. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/77 "2009-02-23T02:50:48Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > I do like how they’re giving much more attention to the categories that aren’t just actors & actresses. Totally agree. I stopped watching the Oscars after that thing couple years ago when they’d bring the nominees of anything that wasn’t an acting award on stage in advance, to cut down on time. I’m only watching to see some Iron Man love, and I’m happy to see that visual effects should get the same treatment as acting this year. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/78 "2009-02-23T02:51:59Z")
Ben Stiller made me laugh, so there’s one surprise for the evening. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/79 "2009-02-23T02:54:07Z")
My love for Hugh Jackman knows no bounds. This musical number rules. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/80 "2009-02-23T02:54:13Z")
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