*flop*

[cleolinda]

Hmm. Not very impressed by my performance liveblogging. Kind of boring, much like the show. But it's my job, as it were, to make it entertaining regardless. All I know is, there was a point when I was struggling to describe the look on Cate Blanchett's face when she saw her own Best Actress clip, and the word I actually wanted was "embarrassed" (such an exotic word, that), but my brain was blinking like a printer run out of ink. Ah well--there's always next year.

So today, I had a day off dogsitting and had my semi-annual hair appointment, and now I feel human again. (It's a bit shorter than I wanted, but I knew I had to have a massive split-endectomy, so it's not shorter than I expected, which is a crucial difference.) I would have liked to have gone all out and had a spa day with a pedicure and a massage or something, but then, I would also like a pony, and I don't see one of those on the doorstep either. But I had a day where I refused to try to do anything productive, which was nice. Nonetheless, I present you today with Oscarspam, because it's time-sensitive and I don't know that anyone will care by the time I get my ass back in gear with the linkspam proper.

Oscars are a TV ratings dud.

Hollywood reduced to supporting role at Oscars; Americans Can't Even Act In Movies Anymore: "For the first time since 1965, none of the four acting honors went to Americans, and several winners gave their acceptance speeches in languages other than English."

Governors Ball spreads the love among Oscar winners.

Oscars: the backstage action. A must-read if you want to know what the winners said in the press room (''I am totally overwhelmed with joy and sparkles and fireworks!''; "George is just so incredibly generous. He's a great guy, really. I had to kiss someone. I kissed my wife, and in the interests in parity, I kissed him too").

Why Brad Renfro Was Cut From Oscar Tribute.

Whoopi sad over Oscar montage snub.

Exclusive: The Truth Behind Diablo Cody's Missing Million Dollar Shoes [DiabloShoeGate]. I don't know--I'm tired of hearing about Juno, but she seems fun, and her speech seemed genuine. This whole diamond shoe thing is just kind of weird.

Go Fug Yourself's Oscar entries. (Note: The earliest 2008 entry is the Tilda Swinton one. Everything below that is 2007.)

Oscars 2008: Top Ten Best Dressed Women; Oscar Ladies in Red; "Fishy" Is Fabulous: Oscar Fashion 2008 [The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly].

Biggest Oscar Moment: Marion Cotillard Acceptance Speech (video); Oscars in Rewind: Falling Slowly Provides Best Oscar Moment (video); 'Once' Actress Markéta Irglová's Wonderful Oscar Acceptance Speech (video).

Another Way Vanity Fair Could Respect Writers [Quote Of The Day]. If you missed the Jon Stewart monologue in particular.

Comments

[brermatt.livejournal.com]

I appreciated your liveblogging. You captured the essence, so thank you!

[chocolat-violet.livejournal.com]

Your liveblogging was entertaining! I thought the Oscars were very lowkey this year but I'm attributing that to the fact they had only two weeks to actually prepare. Could it have been better? Maybe. But really, you can't top Jon-Stewart-waking-up-with-George-Clooney with only two weeks or so to do it.

Re: Brad Renfro

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

Wait.

So... when my boyfriend and I joked that they probably just cut him for time...

WE WERE RIGHT?!

[angevin2.livejournal.com]

What was Cate's Best Actress clip? (It wasn't "ALL MY BITCHES," was it?)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD, it so should have been. No, it was the "THERE IS A HURRICANE IN ME" part where she's telling off the Spanish ambassador. And she kind of made this sheepish "Oh God, ew" face that was hilarious.

[rclementmoore.livejournal.com]

That expression cracked me up! It was so human and normal (particularly in response to that line!). I decided to watch that movie today (The Netflicks envelope has been sitting around for awhile.) and thought Cate was great, but the script rather unworthy of the talent in the movie. IMHO.

And I loved your liveblogging. :-) Especially the wardrobe changes in your icon.

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

out of curiosity, has that clip of the best adapted screenplay nominees surfaced yet? the one where everyone's working except for the coens, who have scripts on their faces and seem to be struggling with writers' block?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heee, no one's mentioned it yet. Try YouTube, it might be there.

[suthnoli.livejournal.com]

I appreciated your liveblogging, since I'm not going to get to see the thing. So cheers!

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

You pretty much captured my favorite parts of the show (Jon Stewart's monologue, the Once speeches, and the backstage blog stuff)

And now? Well, emotional preparation for next year's Oscar season!

[rorqual.livejournal.com]

Honestly, with a bad awards show (as it was), the *only* thing that makes it watchable is having people to go "What is she wearing? Did you *see* that?" with. :) Well done!

[roseredhoofbeat.livejournal.com]

Honestly? I haven't watched the Oscars since you started liveblogging it, because there's just no point. You do it much better.

Who else thinks Cleo should host it next time?? I SAY WE TRY!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I say that's a terrible idea.

[thansunshine.livejournal.com]

I concur! Cleo can host the Internet!Oscars! I totally wouldn't rewind through it just to listen to James McAvoy if Cleo was hosting! :D

[falenimortal117.livejournal.com]

Your icon made my evening, I just thought you should know :D

And yes - Cleo should TOTALLY host the Oscars next year...I'll actually watch them then! (If it's half as entertaining as her liveblogging was then it'll get significantly higher ratings than this year's Oscars did...)

I fail - I didn't even watch them. I just read your posts, Cleo. Which were wonderful, btw. It almost made me wish I'd been watching so I could relate more to what you were writing...

...almost XD

[despairfaery.livejournal.com]

I don't look forward to award shows, I look forward to your blogging about them and all your cute icons!

[megalion.livejournal.com]

I was at the church behind the Kodak Theatre watching them there so couldn't watch the liveblogging. Cool Oscar trivia for you: they rent the church's spaces for the week before to do most of their rehearsals and stuff then.

But what I want to know more about... what the hell was up with Gary Busey!?! I was still at home when that happened on E! ... poor Jennifer. I used the DVR's live record function to bump back before the event and realized that Jennifer turned to Laura, putting her back to Gary, and made an "omigod who IS that creepy man... oh please go away!" face before she and Laura even started talking to Ryan.

I know Gary had a bad accident years ago that left him with some brain damage... but isn't he also a drunk? Looks like he's really deteriorating.

Oh Wait! Here... you can see it at 14 seconds in...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=24501
And I call bull on Gary's claim to not realize they were in an interview.

[alpheratz.livejournal.com]

Cate did look embarrassed, which made my girlcrush even harder to control than usual. I think I only talked about Cate from that point on.

[green-queen.livejournal.com]

Wow! Wait, you mean...there are actually GOOD ACTORS from countries other than America? English isn't the only language used in the world? What's the world coming to?

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Your liveblogging was fun to read; it was the show itself that was a bit meh.

[notemily.livejournal.com]

I was constantly refreshing you every time something happened or they cut to commercial or they came back from commercial or... well, pretty much constantly. I ♥ your liveblogging.

[caersidi.livejournal.com]

I really appreciated your live blogging. I didn't read at the time being in the UK but watched the show on V-Box (sort of like Tivo) which allowed me to FF throught the many many commerical breaks.

I read your blog as I went. :)

As a Brit who had to go to work on Monday,

[7tree-hugger.livejournal.com]

knowing you were blogging was the only thing that go me to go to bed instead of staying up to watch the whole thing. We get virtually nothing over here, so thanks Cleo, your live blogging was fantastic!

[swirlnghellfire.livejournal.com]

i apologize if this is creepy; blame my subconscious mind nad all the barbeque i ate before bedtime.

i had a dream that you narrated...

http://swirlnghellfire.livejournal.com/145458.html

...i don't get it, either.

[myriad69.livejournal.com]

I thought your recaps were fantastic, as always.

And really, I have no idea what I would do without your links posts. You give me more news than any other source. (Which is sort of a sad reflection of my life, really.)

Thought this might cheer you up

[kels.livejournal.com]

New HQ Prince Caspian Pictures (http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/20855662.html#cutid1)

Trumpkin! Eeee!!!