Oscarbation: The First Nine Best Pictures of the 21st Century*

*i agree with 3 of them and 1 of them is marginal

Blake on Saturday Night Live

'gossip girl' ifs finally back...so here's a bit of blake lively on 'saturday night live'

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Oscarbation: A Few Thoughts

'the hurt locker'...well i hated 'english patient', 'chariots of fire', 'the departed' and 'no country for old men' to name a few.

'hurt locker' absurd.
Jeff bridges a lifetime achievement award. colin firth was robbed.
m'nique no more for god sake.
christoph waltz deserved it.
katherine bigelow i get it.

sandra bullock you did not wear them down. you deserved it so enjoy it, love it and keep the direction you are going.

How Did They Forget???

Miracles Do Happen

And the Winners Are

Best Picture: “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro
Best Director: “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique in “Precious”
Best Original Screenplay: “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Precious” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Best Foreign Language: “The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina
Best Animated Film: “Up” Pete Docter
Best Documentary: “The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
Best Cinematography: “Avatar” Mauro Fiore
Best Art Direction: Avatar” Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
Best Costumes: “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell
Best Editing: “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Best Score: “Up” Michael Giacchino
Best Song: “The Weary Kind”(Crazy Heart) Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Best Makeup: “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
Best Visual Effects: “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones
Best Sound Editing: “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
Best Sound Mixing: “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Best Animated Short: “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
Best Live Action Short: “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Best Documentary Short: “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor

It's the Most Wonderful Night of the Year

Oscarbation: AP Live Oscars Red Carpet

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Oscarbation: Last Look at the 2010 Nominees

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Oscarbation: And If I Had a Ballot My Choices Would Be....

picture - 'avatar'




actress - sandra bullock




actor - colin firth



supporting actress - monique



supporting actor - christoph waltz






director - kathryn bigelow

Oscarbation: One Year Ago

Oscarbation: Thank You

Oscarbation: Three of the Best, Best Actress Winners

Oscarbation: Damn Right I Have an Agenda-Best Actress Anyone?

a look at 'the blind side'

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Oscarbation: Bullock Campaigns, Streep Takes the Fifth*

'The Blind Side' nominee has hit the talk-show circuit while the veteran has been oddly silent.
By Steven Zeitchik
March 3, 2010

With the ballots cast, Sandra Bullock's tour de force performance as Southern spitfire Leigh Anne Tuohy in "The Blind Side" continues to carry weight with voters; an informal poll of Oscar strategists has her winning the lead actress award on Sunday.

It's hard to disagree. Bullock's Southern mother character is a great role, and she executes it perfectly. It doesn't hurt that she's in nearly every scene -- as opposed to her primary competitor, Meryl Streep, who has only half of the scenes in "Julie & Julia" -- and that she's made an effort to be out among the voters and tastemakers -- also unlike Streep.

While Bullock has made award-season stops practically everywhere -- late-night talk shows, morning TV and radio, and a host of intimate events for "The Blind Side" at such places as Il Cielo in Los Angeles and the trendy Monkey Bar in New York -- Streep has barely made appearances on the award circuit and infrequently addressed the media when she did.

Bullock has benefited from Streep's absence, specifically from the faux rivalry she created with the queen of serene, like the time she claimed to Tavis Smiley she would throw her shoe at Streep if Streep won the comedy actress Golden Globe. Or the dead flowers Bullock says Streep sent her after Bullock won a Globe for drama actress. And let's not get into that kiss at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

It's been a savvy tack for Bullock and publicist Cheryl Maisel, simultaneously keeping the actress in the public eye while also subtly painting her as the underdog. Bullock's decision to play ball with award voters has resonated with them, even if it's spelled a kind of Sandra-Bullock-is-stalking-me ubiquity that's reminiscent of Mickey Rourke's omnipresence last year on the award circuit.

Which may be why Bullock's taking her foot off the pedal now -- at the Oscar nominees luncheon, she suddenly proclaimed any continuation of the Bullock-Streep follies would be "just plain annoying." She's no longer the underdog, and reminding voters too often of her performance at this point could come off as confidence, not humility. Besides, the mostly silent response from Streep has given the whole enterprise a lopsided feeling.

Streep has done herself no favors with her silence. Her approach feels like the campaign two years ago for "Away From Her" star Julie Christie, who stayed quiet and out of town for long stretches of the season while fellow nominee Marion Cotillard worked the circuit -- and won the trophy.

Her absence also hasn't gotten the message out that Streep, for all the Oscar nomination love she's received, has been a bridesmaid for decades. She hasn't won since 1982, when she took home the statuette for "Sophie's Choice." She's been nominated 11 times since but has not won again.

That could have been a prime play for the Streep camp and those running her campaign at 42West (who did not reply to an inquiry for this story): Make it seem as if this is finally her year, as was done brilliantly for Martin Scorsese with "The Departed" in 2006.

Instead, they didn't really get the word out -- or any word out. And without that -- and with the Bullock campaign going so well -- we'll likely see the former Miss Congeniality take the stage on Sunday, giving her one more playful-heartfelt moment. Just don't ask her about Meryl Streep.


*courtesy of 'the envelope'

Oscarbation: Four Best Actress Winners

Oscarbation: I Just Don't Get 'The Hurt Locker' Push and Praise

i've been holding back but...

the first 10 minutes are riveting and the rest of the minutes are the first 10 redux.

i could not recommend this film to anyone!!!

but those 10 minutes could secure the director win.

Oscarbation: Judi Dench and Peter Finch

judi dench - 'shakespeare in love'
peter finch - 'network'