https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/movies/oscars-2017-highlights-recap.htmlRead more... )

This is a fascinating look into the Oscars voting process.

https://medium.com/art-science/what-it-feels-like-to-count-oscar-votes-f89a38efdf1c#.l56b3u5ut

The ballot-counting process is still done very manually. Although ( Read more... )

My annual stream -of-consciousness rambling commentary on the Academy Awards show.

TL;DR - They accidentally gave out the Best Picture award to the wrong movie. After three speeches, one of the Producers said, “What? You guys, I’m sorry, no. There’s a mistake.”

( ABC Red Carpet pre-show )

I was up way past my bedtime watching the Oscars last night. Usually I enjoy the evening, but last night was the first time in a long time that I've really disagreed with the Academy ( Read more... )

My annual, completely random, commentary and thoughts on the Academy Awards red carpet and show. Yes, I’m shallow and snark on the clothes. You know you thought it too. I just wrote it out and posted it.

(  I watch the Oscars, so you don’t have to. )

Since I hadn’t seen many of the nominated movies, this year I was mostly watching for the clothes and celebrities. Be warned, this is long, totally random, and occasionally catty and snarky.

( Random Commentary on The Red Carpet )

Mychael Danna - Best Original Score for Life of Pi - On the Oscar statuette:

“I’m still learning how to hold it properly. You got to put your thumb on the little butt there, and then you have it the right way. For a long time, I was holding it this way [facing the opposite way]. Now I know you got to feel the little butt cheeks. So that’s really ( Read more... )

I adore the Oscars. But the show has gotten a bit boring. Let’s face it, it’s been 27 years since we saw Cher’s belly button at the Oscars (Yes, it was back in 1986!). And it’s been a dozen years since Bjork wore a swan to the 2001 Oscars. Last year all we had to talk about after the Oscars was Angelina Jolie’s right legNot this year. This ( Read more... )

And matociquala does an excellent job of summing up why I really couldn’t quite bring myself to enjoy Seth MacFarlane’s hosting stint. I don’t generally enjoy put-down humor all that much. And crass put downs at an event known for high-class glamour really didn’t work for me. The fact that he had to do an entire skit about how Captain Kirk came back from ( Read more... )

My annual, totally random commentary written up while watching the Academy Awards.

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