Oscars 2012 — Page 12

Hate to be a bitch, but, I'm kind of over the 9 year old.
There's a fine line between cute and precocious.

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AND an appearance from FLOTUS?!

...and in the end, Ben gets it.

I was hoping that "Lincoln" would bring home the Best Picture award, but also believe that this film deserved it.

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Updated On: 2/25/13 at 11:54 PM

The BWW "News Desk" is laughable. Who writes this crap?

Anne Hathaway is the recipient of this year's Academy Award for 'Actress in a Supporting Roles' for her performance as 'Fantine' in Tom Hooper's adaptation of LES MISERABLES.

I must be dumb. When they announced her, I thought it was a given that Lincoln was winning BP, given the setting. Shows what I know. :-p

Weird show. It wasn't bad per se, but it wasn't really memorable. No big surprises, no real momentum, no really emotional moments. Seth MacFarlane didn't embarrass himself, but I don't think he'll be asked back, either.

Eight of the nine Best Picture nominees won at least one Oscar. Life of Pi ended up with the most Oscars, with 4. Argo and Les Mis both had 3. Best Picture, Director, and the four acting prizes went to 6 different pictures.

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The envelopes are certified and sealed by Price Waterhouse (or whatever Price Waterhouse turned into in the years since I used to know things) right?

But I can't see the White House leaving the FLOTUS open to having to announce 'ZeroDarkThirty' as the winner, right?

Or is that Conspiracy Theory thinking?

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Sad that Licoln didn't win...best picture by far in my mind. Saw SLP today and didn't love it, but Lawrence was stunning. Not a great film, IMO.
Happy for Argo, which I loved...and think it won because Affleck wasn't nominated for director. Interesting spread of the awards.
I can't believe they got all of those folks to do the les mix number! Barks looked amazing!

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I think Jack Nicholson was genuinely surprised (and if you watch the video a bit saddened) when he read Crash as Best Picture. But there was that time when Tom Hanks in rushing the show to end mentioned how Best Picture winners like Casablanca that won being about the war that was still ongoing like when it was The Hurt Locker's night that came off as if he knew.

And I agree with Addison, I feel like that particular film being announced at the White House would have caused an even bigger fire storm than it will already. In fact, I think most of the people associated the Zero Dar Thirty would not have wanted that either. Jennifer Ehle actually tweeted how much people would have freaked out if FLOTUS announced that.

Updated On: 2/25/13 at 12:32 AM

I didn't think it was tacky or mean. The Oscar's take themselves way too seriously which is one of its biggest problems.

Oh, and Day-Lewis' speech was by far the funniest thing of the night. Maybe he should host next year.

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Updated On: 2/25/13 at 12:35 AM

Congratulations, Kristie, on your milestone AND your discretion!

I feel like I owe Seth MacFarland a letter of apology. I had very low expectations and found him not at all bad.

And do I understand correctly that posters here think the Academy, PriceWaterhouse AND the White House all entered into a conspiracy to make sure the First Lady didn't announce a winner that some might find awkward?

I can believe the issue was discussed--"What will the WH do if...?" But I doubt the Academy and the accountants risked decades of bragging about their secrecy. Ms. Obama merely announced the winner, she didn't endorse it.

The internets are going CRAZY with negativity about tonight's show. I thought overall it was pretty good but I haven't seen this kind of hate for something in a long time!