CelebrityFIST!

Well, we’re about to start.  The red carpet is out…  I’ve got my tux and tails t-shirt and shorts.  We’ll See how this goes shall we?

I’ll be posting mainly here but will have subsequent posts up regarding the winners of the major categories:  Best Supporting Actor/Actress, Best Actor/Actress, Best Director, Best Picture.

Let’s kick back and see how bad this sucks.  Shall we?

Oscar - gets blown more than I do…

So I’m better just in time for something else to make me sick - namely the Oscars.  The most pretentious awards in all of creation.  Oy.

There was a time when Oscars actually were fun but I think that went with the rise of “THE INDIE”.  Now don’t get me wrong I love indie films.  Some of my favorites are ‘outside the box’ as it were.  But when you get a Oscar show beamed to half the planet and it’s 99% of the films you would NEVER pay to watch in the first place.  Well, you have a problem.

This is year is no different.  This year the host is Hugh Jackman.  Now Wolverine did a decent job (apparently) at the Tonys so The Academy figured “Why not?” But its seems that the Oscars will be … well, “very different”:

SONG-AND-DANCE (JACK)MAN: “Hugh (Jackman, the host) is going to come out and say a few things, but he’s not going to do a 10-minute monologue … He’s going to be doing a lot of musical stuff, so that will have a different feel to it.” — Vilanch, in an interview with The Associated Press.

NEED A MONTAGE: The original song nominees will be presented together in a medley-style performance, rather than sprinkled throughout the show and played in their entirety. — Nominee Peter Gabriel, who announced in a video blog on his Web site that he was declining to perform “Down To Earth” from “WALL-E” to protest the one-minute limit for his part.

NIGHTCLUB JITTERS: “The look of the theater is very different. It’s more like the nightclub of your dreams. It’s very intimate. … It’s got to be a lot closer.” — Jackman, in an AP interview.NEVERENDING STORY: “The show’s got a narrative line this year, so all the awards are grouped around that. The sequence in which they’re given is dictated by this narrative.” — Vilanch.

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: Five LED flat-screens will move in and out of the set to help carry out the show’s “narrative.” The entire sets will change and evolve, “powered by a visual narrative that will unfold through 12 transforming sets throughout the night.” — The Rockwell renderings.

PRESENTING … PRESENTERS!: “There are different people doing groups of awards instead of a different set for each one.” And at least some of the presenters who’d been lined up have backed out, emboldened by the anonymity they were afforded by the producers. — Vilanch, who didn’t name names.

MUSIC, MAKES THE PEOPLE, COME TOGETHER: The original-song medley will have a vibrant, world-music theme driven by nominee “Slumdog Millionaire,” and includes a drum line made up of Indian, African, Japanese and Chinese percussionists. The “giant extravaganza” also has a full orchestra and choir. — DJ Ravi Drums, the leader of the drum line for the number. (Yahoo! News)

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So we have a nightclub, world-music, and a story line.

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Great - It’s gonna be something like this:

Well, I’m gonna TRY to live blog the Oscars today - assuming I don’t fall asleep.  Oh and I only saw half of the movies up for major awards for the show (which is still more than I’ve watched since God knows when).