The Oscar Nominations = BOOOOORING
Mo'Nique and her luscious furry stem legs announced the Oscar nominations this morning and even Sylvia Browne's bangs could've predicted this shit. Right after the nominations, everybody started farting about all the snubs. No Christopher Nolan. No Ryan Gosling. No Andrew Garfield. No Julianne Moore. No Justin Timberlake (FYI: Justin Timberlake is the only one punching the air about the Justin Timberlake snub). No Lea Michele (see Justin Timberlake). Blah blah blah. But who cares about those hos? They've already gotten their glory.
Where were the nominations for the most entertaining cinematic experience of the year: BIRDEMIC?! Where were the nominations for the most glamorous screen beauties of the year: the sisters from THE FIGHTER?! Where was the nomination for the most graceful unicorn breakdown of the year: Tilda Swinton in I Am Love? Where were the nominations for Angelina Jolie's busted down wigs in Salt? Those wigs should really get a "You Did Good With What You Were Given To Work With" lifetime achievement award. Boooo.
Here's the mostly predictable nominations. The full list is here if that's what you need to see this morning:
Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem, “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges, “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg, “The Social Network”
Colin Firth, “The King's Speech”
James Franco, “127 Hours”Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale, “The Fighter”
John Hawkes, “Winter's Bone”
Jeremy Renner, The Town”
Mark Ruffalo, “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush, “The King's Speech”Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening, “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman, “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Winter's Bone”
Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams, “Blue Valentine”Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams, “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter, “The King's Speech”
Melissa Leo, “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld, “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver, “Animal Kingdom”Animated Feature Film
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
“Toy Story 3”Music (Original Song)
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy NewmanBest Picture
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The Kids Are All Right”
“The King's Speech”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3”
“True Grit”
“Winter's Bone"Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“127 Hours” by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
“The Social Network” by Aaron Sorkin
“Toy Story 3” by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
“True Grit” by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Winter's Bone” by Debra Granik & Anne RoselliniWriting (Original Screenplay)
“Another Year” by Mike Leigh
“The Fighter” by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
“Inception” by Christopher Nolan
“The Kids Are All Right” by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
“The King's Speech” by David SeidlerBest Director
Darren Aronofsky, "Black Swan"
David O. Russell, "The Fighter"
Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech"
David Fincher, "The Social Network"
Joel & Ethan Coen, "True Grit"Best Foreign Film
Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece)
In a Better World (Denmark)
Incendies (Canada)
Outside the Law (France)
We already know how this is going to play out. One for Colin Firth. One for Natalie Portman. One for Melissa Leo. One for Christian Bale. Let's just skip the 127-hour long ceremony and hand those awards out in the parking lot of the IHOP on Sunset. James Franco can go-go dance on the back of a pick-up truck while Fishsticks Paltrow sings a dance remix version of that "Coming Home" mess.
(Image via JJ)
• 
and now they say natalie portman went to harvard? has a perfect fiancee and bun in the oven? fuck that-- i hope she doesn't win.
and true that- the bitch can't cry on camera, worse than claire danes (claire danes aint in the picture anymore, they need to drop natalie next)...
Man! give the oscar to annette bening "i will sell this house today", that bitch can play crazy for real.
Natalie Portman is usually dead on screen, a deer in headlights and fucking annoying with her little girl act. She did turn it out for 'Closer' though, don't know how the fuck that happened. I can't afford to see 'Black Swan' yet but all things fair I want Annette Bening to win
I was very happy to Supra Shoes, I gave his work number down, and do not Supra Muska know whether this move that my dollar is counterfeit. My God, seeing all over the detectors, and he told me come back tomorrow! I had to come to the fire, and I swear I’ll get you for this,Supra Skytop 2 Shoes! Then I hit the 95,559 grumblets to go! I have a few,Womens Supra Vaider Shoes, yes, ah, so I let him count them again, he does not squint at me friconclusionly, and then lay down cash registers, Supra TK Societythe last two thousand four hundred whole, a point not less. He did not believe, add one, and finally did not even apologize and seek the Supra Footwear mode is very unpleasant.
I am not watching the Oscars this year. The Golden Globes were boring (except for Ricky) and they are usually gratifying because everyone gets hammered.
The movies for the most part suck, the performances suck, bad year.
The only thing I have gotten out of this year's awards season is that I will Netflix The Kids are Alright, which I had kind of dismissed as a lesbian Kramer vs. Kramer.
_________________________________
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." ~Marjorie Ingall
my pics:
Colin Firth, “The King's Speech”
Christian Bale, "The Fighter"
Annette Bening, “The Kids Are All Right"
Helen Bonham Carter, "The Kings Speech"
Director, David O. Russell, "The Fighter"
Best Movie, “The Social Network”
c\#_@/c
"lightbulb!"- Gru
Ok, so I finally broke down and watched Black Swan tonight...you guys are too much. When it started the first thing that popped in my head was a comment someone made about all she does is flap her arms and breathe hard and I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing!! It wasn't as good as I had hoped, but I've certainly seen worse. Not Oscar worthy IMO, however...
**********************************************
Remember, the early bird may catch the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese...
As long as Natalie "creating life is the most creative thing I've ever created" Portman dosen't win, I'll be happy (although I'd really love it if that kid from True Grit wins only so Lea Michele is forced to eat even more crow).
**********
Shiitake happens...
Two boring, affected hosts presiding over a ceremony celebrating boring, affected movies and actors. Wake me when Ricky Gervais crashes the ceremony and pushes Franco into a tuba.
I predict True Grit will win for best picture.
Inception was not terrible and somewhat good... but wow... it is overrated just the same.
I'm going to say The Fighter for best movie, although I haven't seen it Oscar seems to love those bio-docudrama type films.
If you don't care for Portman, then you should be crossing your fingers for her to win, not the other way around.
Someone brought up the curse of best actress earlier and shit, if she wins and acquires such a curse, then great, we won't be seeing her in the movies very often.
I also seem to recall that the alleged curse is not restricted to professional life, but also personal life.
I'm going to hell already anyway, but I can see her KFed using her for her fame, money and connections. He might stay married to her and all, but there might always be a tabloid reporting his cheating on her and so on.
YAWN! These two hosts look like they will be a total bore. If Ricky were the host I would watch it.
I am surprised that Julia's campaign to get Javier a nomination paid off. Who knew she still had any power in Hollywood.
How has not been obvious that the Oscars is a marketing device for Hollywood film distribution?
I know the Oscars are important and the wet dream of every actor but going so far to getting yourself impregnated for the awards is out of control. No one can tell me Portman's pregnancy was unplanned and had nothing to do with her movie and the anticipated nominations. Someone once said here that sometimes PR managers decide who you should be dating when you are an A lister and or which celebrities to match up for PR purposes. I am like, are they doing the same thing with pregnancies? This has become a trend because everyone and their mom is pregnant in Hollywood.
Is this the kind of life most people dream of when they think of Hollywood? Cause...it's kind of fucked up.
..
.
------
"Charlie you fucking bitch, let's work it out" - High Fidelity
Can someone explain to me who picked the 2 plates of warm oatmeal that are going to host this snooze fest?
Are they really trying to bore the ass of any random viewer they might have?
Get Ricky over there stat!
"NOSOPD -Not our sort of person darling"
I am just barely old enough to remember when non-industry people actually talked about who and what would win oscars. I suspect most people in this blog never lived in a time when oscars were relevant.
THEYRE THE SAME THING! I FEEL LIKE I'M TAKING CRAZY PILLS!
"The legendary Antoine Dodson took to the stage looking like if Mushu from Mulan joined a TLC cover group as Chilli"-MK
I'm surprised Nolan wasn't nominated for Best Director. Other than that, the Academy was very predictable this year.
No Julianne Moore = fail
No Cher or Christina Aguilera = fail
Randy Newman nominated again = fail
No black people nominated = = fail
nooooo! i know, i really need to!
-------------------------
'fuck you guys. i'm goin' home.'
OMG you haven't seen it yet, Bitchette?!?!?
_____________________________________________
"Let s/he who is without sin, cast the first Stoney."
Out of these movies, the only one I've seen is The Social Network. It was interesting, but not something I'd sit through again. I hope it doesn't win, because I'm hoping there's better.
___________________________________________
"In the early 1900's with old-timey methods, farmers was losin' 30% of their crops to insects and disease. Now with your modern herbicides, pesticides, insecticides, what have you, they're losin' 30%. Just facts and figgers." - The Accountant
For "Black Swan", I felt the only one who deserved awards was Vincent Cassel. Where the hell are his accolades?
***********************************************
I will remember you, will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
-Sarah Mclachlan
so thats two dancers now that have said that black swan was awesome and the dancing good. can't wait to see it! no more 'save the last dance' bullshit!
-------------------------
'fuck you guys. i'm goin' home.'
Am I the only one that was disappointed by The Kids are Alright? It was depressing (stupid commercials made it look cute) and Annette Bening was just meh (barely remember any of her scenes really).
Julianne Moore would have made more sense - she portrayed an insecure flakiness without being heavy handed about it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Peachy with a side of keen, that would be me"
Submitted by LaChaylo on Tue, 01/25/2011 - 1:12pm.
Hah, I hear you. She's fucking annoying.
Do. Not. Care.
...I stopped caring about the Oscars the year they gave one to Cher Bono...however, having her nominated at least upped the costume interest a notch...
...this outing looks dull, dull, dull...and let's face it, most of what Hollywood barfs out these days is pure crap...
...the Razzies? now that I'd watch...are they televising it yet?
______________________________________________
And remember ladies...only flying monkeys and Shar-Peis can pull off lip-liner...
don't hold your breath for natalie portman or michelle williams. annette benning is going to win best actress. she lost twice to hilary swank, so i'm pretty sure the academy is going to do what they did with kate winslet and just give it to her already. david fincher for best director, social network for best picture and best adapted screenplay. best original screenplay? i'm thinking kids are all right or kings speech.
colin firth and christian bale are locked in. i'm pretty certain melissa leo is too, but i'd like to see it go to hailee steinfeld or amy adams.
winter's bone is in there solely for a "we like your movie but you're not gonna win" nod.
i'm pretty gutted that aaron eckhart didn't get nominated - his performance was one of the best of the year.
be cool about fire safety
Submitted by Kerfuffles on Tue, 01/25/2011 - 1:06pm.
Oooh, she did that? All I knew was that Hailee tried to get her autograph once some time ago and Lea acted like she wasn't even there.
-----
Ooops, you're right K - I checked. Hailee did ask for an autograph and Lea ignored her. She almost made her cry, but supposedly Lea apologized. Here I am trying to instigate more escandalo - but I still think Lea Michele is obnoxious as hell.
Submitted by Cookie-Slore on Tue, 01/25/2011 - 10:59am
I aint ashamed, I liked "where the heart is" too (and that Susan Sarandon one). Shame she turned out to be such a bitch.
Submitted by LaChaylo on Tue, 01/25/2011 - 12:54pm.
Oooh, she did that? All I knew was that Hailee tried to get her autograph once some time ago and Lea acted like she wasn't even there.
Submitted by zomay on Tue, 01/25/2011 - 12:39pm.
Good for Hailee Steinfeld. Was she the chick that got dissed by Lea Michelle at the GG's?
Not sure.
Now who is laughing?
---
I believe you're right. That made me smile. Up yours, Lea Fugchele.
It was Mila who did not dance. And what should she be nominated for, exactly? She was in like, twenty minutes of the movie and smiled sexy a couple times.
_____________________________________________
"Let s/he who is without sin, cast the first Stoney."
Most if not all of the parts where she is dancing in the training room are actually her. The parts where she is dancing in front of the mirror at home are her too as far as I could tell, unless they used CGI to paste her head on someone else's identical body. The only parts they used a double were when they were focusing solely on the feet or she was shown from far away.
_____________________________________________
"Let s/he who is without sin, cast the first Stoney."
Submitted by DirtyWhoreMouth on Tue, 01/25/2011 - 12:01pm.
Why was my girlfriend Mila not nominated? Sigh.. I guess I'll just have to hold her while she cries.
================================================
We seem to have a problem here DWM because I thought she was my girlfriend!
You're absolutely right about how this is going to play out though, Mikey. The Oscars are more and more boring and predictable every year. No surprises. Firth, Portman, Bale and Leo will win the acting awards, Sorkin will win best adapted screenplay, Seidler will win best original screenplay and The King's Speech will win best picture. The only crapshoot is director, but who cares?
Add all that to the horror of watching Anne Hathaway mug in her irritatingly smug way throughout the show (Franco's endearing looniness can't mitigate it) and you've got a recipe for I WON'T WATCH THIS CRAP.
I paid really close attention to the parts where you could tell it was HER dancing, and she did do some impressive sequences. I thought her acting was very good, but I know a lot of people find her annoying, especially when she is crying which she had to do a lot of in Black Swan. So to each their own, I guess. I will always defend the dancers!! :)
_____________________________________________
"Let s/he who is without sin, cast the first Stoney."
Good for Hailee Steinfeld. Was she the chick that got dissed by Lea Michelle at the GG's?
Not sure.
Now who is laughing?
Submitted by Stoney on Tue, 01/25/2011 - 12:06pm.
Yeah, screw Portman. She only spent nine to twelve hours a day for a solid year in grueling ballet training,
-------------------------------------------------
But why train? To move her hands? It's been said that they used a double for the real dancing scenes and Natalie was never shown really dancing full-body. Unless her dancing ended up in the cutting room floor (which is a real possibility) I am not sure where all that training led. This thing is starting to get seriously overrated for a Showgirls / Stagefright rip off with tutus anyway.
"I have your new dicks on my kitchen counter." Tammy Lynn
·...¸><((((º>·´¯`·. ¸.><((((º> .·´¯`·..·><((((º>
oh, in addition, the en pointe scenes were obviously someone else.....so most of the scenes of Natalie dancing were of her arms fluttering. (It did look beautiful)
***********************************************
I will remember you, will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
-Sarah Mclachlan
I'm so glad John Hawkes was nominated. I've loved him since he played the enigmatic heart-ripper/blocked writer who stalks Scully on The X-Files. It's about time someone recognized his mad acting skills. Plus I've always thought he was cute in a scrawny, Neil-Finn-back-from-hell sort of way. I'm so happy for him even though he hasn't a prayer of beating Bale.
The award is for her acting, not dancing. I have a huge amount of respect for her going through that training- don't get me wrong, I do. But her Oscar nom is for acting. I really did not find her impressive.
***********************************************
I will remember you, will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
-Sarah Mclachlan
You think she could have given that performance on screen without the training? The dancing was part of the performance!
_____________________________________________
"Let s/he who is without sin, cast the first Stoney."
Stoney, the training before should not matter. The performance onscreen is what counts. I think Portman was good, but not fantastic. She pretty much had the same grimace on her face throughout the movie.
And by the way, I am not fat and can certainly touch my toes.
***********************************************
I will remember you, will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
-Sarah Mclachlan
Submitted by But.Seriously.Folks on Tue, 01/25/2011 - 11:38am.
Amen. To me, the backlash to Gervais' ribbing has been off-putting, like these famous ass bitches MUST have their 1,200 awards shows, and be shown the respect they deserve, goddammit! The little people HAVE to appreciate all the hard work they put in to give them the magic of film, because they are demi-gods who have mastered this art called acting.
I get they mostly do work hard, but please, there are assistants, PAs, backstage hands who bust their asses but don't get shit as recognition. Forget the tech awards portion of the Oscar - it's some lame ass dinner that's an afterthought to the fickle, celebrity brown-nosing fest knows as the Oscars.
Just as you can be the "It" starlet one year, the next, you could be struggling to get yourself a role in a B-movie to pay the bills.
Winter's Bone was such a fucking snore. The entire movie went like this:
Okie waif knocks on door. Door opens.
Okie waif: Have yew seen mah paww?
Okie scum: Git, chile!
Okie waif goes to the next door, knocks.
Okie waif: Have YEW seen mah Paw?
2nd Okie scum (this one toothless): Hush, chile!
I'm not kidding. The entire film.
You make me hate my hips! I hate my hips!
Black Swan was incredibly overrated. Portman looked constipated throughout the movie. What it did do though was make me appreciate how much better of a film The Wrestler was.
Stoney- you forgot the hours of swimming and eating high protein, low carb while being a vegetarian....(on that schedule!)
I'm with Bastardo. Winter's Bone to sneak up and take Best Pic AND actress. I loved how you knew what was happening without the M word being mentioned. Out of the others I have only missed true grit and the fighter, but really- The Social Network does NOT deserve any of the awards it is getting!!! (Imo.)
That said, Benning was the ultimate pity-worthy Bitch in "kids."