It was a last-minute decision to live-blog this year’s Academy Awards…stay tuned for Oscars fun starting in less than ten minutes!!!
2013 Academy Awards
Seth Macfarlane is hosting this evening, and it appears that tonight’s show will be a musical mish-mash, which could either be awesome or absolutely terrifying! Let us see what unfolds…
6:30 PM MST: And it begins…Seth macfarlane emerges amid applause…Robert Downey Jr. is not amused, natch. God, Seth Macfarlane has such an amazing voice. Why hasn’t he done this before?
Uh-oh….the Oscars have a theme this year…music in film. This could be bad.
Seth Macfarlane is not a stand up comedian, this was a very interesting choice.
6:33 PM MST: Ugh, the first moment of praise directed totally at Daniel Day-Lewis. Ha, a slavery joke. Blah.
6:34 PM MST: Ugh, a Chris Brown and Rihanna joke. They waited four years, so whatever.
6:36 PM MST: Jeebus. Now we are seeing a meta version of a song about seeing different boobs in movies. I am already over it. “We saw your boobs!” How creative. Someone fire Bruce Villanch now.
6:39 PM MST: Ick, a musical number with Channing Tatum and Charlize Theron? I don’t understand. They can both dance though, so I approve. Also, Seth can really sing! Look at him!
6:42 PM MST: Now Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Daniel Radcliffe are singing and dancing onstage. I just don’t understand anymore.
6:48 PM MST: It’s time for Best Supporting Actor!!! It’s between Alan Arkin (Argo), Robert DeNiro (Silver Linings Playbook), Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master), Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln), Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
6:50 PM MST: WOOO!!!! I love Christoph Waltz!!! You go, Christoph!
7:07 PM MST: A gaggle of handsome men onstage to present Best Cinematography: RDJ, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, one of the Hemsworth brothers? Can’t really tell.
Winner: Life of Pi
7:23 PM MST: James Bond montage. Yawn. Time for another glass of wine.
7:54 PM MST: Okay,so didn’t Catherine Zeta-Jones sing this at the Oscars ten years ago? I’m confused.
8:22 PM MST: Anne Hathaway wins Best Supporting Actress! Yawn. (Dave’s comment: “She looks like the kid from Stand By Me.”)
8:35 PM MST: Adele is so amazing!!! Love her! “Let the sky fallllll, and it crumbullllssss….”
8:57 PM MST: Finally, everyone’s favorite moment: the In Memoriam montage.
I got kind of distracted by the goings-on in my home at the tail end of this thing. I am happy that Jennifer Lawrence won and a bit annoyed that Daniel Day-Lewis won for a role that appeared much less complicated than that of Bill the Butcher, for which he los the Oscar several years ago.
Argo was a pretty good film, although I thought Zero Dark Thirty could have swooped in and taken Best Picture. Ben Affleck has come a long way since selling his dignity and a bit of his soul during those “Bennifer” years. Good for him!
Until next time…
