SAG Awards liveblog #7

[cleolinda]

Man, we need to finish this party up so I can go get some ice cream (chocolate marshmallow almond, y'all).

Please welcome! Ralphdemort! Female actor, leading role! I always feel so sorry for these presenters having to read this Summary of a Character in Ten Words or Less crap. It always feels like it should end with "They fight crime!" I like Anne Hathaway's white dress, although it kind of has a built-in diamond(ish) necklace and belt. Angelina Jolie's dress is dark blue and, again, kind of blousy, which I don't understand because it's not like she's got a single molecule of fat to hide on her body. All I can see of Meryl Streep is from the elbows up, but I like the big sweeping V-neck (it's black). She wins, to her visibly complete and utter shock! Everyone stands! I expect huge drunken apologies to K-Win once she gets to the podium.

Whoa. Those are some big-ass balloon sleeves--"Whoa! I didn't even buy a dress!" she cries, stepping out to the side to everyone can see: she's wearing pants! "Even though awards don't mean anything to me anymore [huge laugh from the audience]--I'm really happy!" She stops mid-thank to blurt out, "Can I just say? There is no such thing as the be~est? There is no such thing as the 'greatest living actress'? I am in a position to know this to be true." She lauds actresses both nominated and unnominated! I mean, just in general! Then she goes back to thanking people who were actually in Doubt. Goddamn, I love it when Meryl gets her drink on. She thanks Amy Adams ("So funny, so real!") and Viola Davis ("MY GOD, SOMEBODY GIVE HER A MOVIE!"), and then declares, "Okay, I gotta get off now! Love you! *kiss! kiss!* "

Here's Katie Holmes in a brown one-shoulder, with a flat sort of look on her face like, "That. I have to come out after that." Best male actor, leading role! Sean Penn wins, and there is a GIGANTIC cheer. Frank Langella graciously stands, although he looks a bit unimpressed. Mickey Rourke is smiling, but whatever his tiny-checked jacket is doing to my TV screen is about to give me a seizure. There's a joke about "healthy packages" that's met with a couple of shrieks. "I am going to speak quickly and tangentially," says Penn: "I wept at every one of you guys' performances." That's the short version; it actually goes on for about five minutes. Also, a "random shoutout" to Benicio del Toro. God, he is rambling on about dogfights and idiots and I think he mentioned Bill O'Reilly at the beginning and I don't even know.

Here's Anthony Hopkins (cut to Alec Baldwin grinning in the audience. I think he's in love?) with Best Ensemble, which is the analogue but not quite the equivalent of Best Picture. Hopkins enjoys declaiming the movie titles with great enthusiasm. Slumdog Millionaire! Someone at Mickey Rourke's table is standing and clapping with the deadest look on his face, I can't even tell you (a Wrestler producer?). "It's unbelievable," gasps Anil Kapoor (THAT'S who it was at the beginning) as he speaks for the cast and crew. Big cheer for mentions of Danny Boyle and the children: "It's the children who have done it, not us." And then Freida Pinto rattles off the names of all the children "because I know they'll love this." Aw. They ran five minutes over, but it was worth it for that.

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[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

The US gets all the good ice cream flavors, I've never seen that kind!

[typingwithmit10.livejournal.com]

i love that danny boyle set up a fund for those kids once they turn 16 and only after they've completed school up to that point. LOVED THE MOVIE, they totally deserved it. And Anil Kapoor was totally gunning for the stage.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

And then Freida Pinto rattles off the names of all the children "because I know they'll love this." Aw.
Aw, that's adorable! From what I've seen, she and Dev are handling their sudden stardom in the cutest way possible.

[missmp.livejournal.com]

I haven't had a chance to see Slumdog Millionaire yet, but I am completely in love with its cast. They're adorable!

And drunk Meryl made my night.

[aurora.livejournal.com]

Did Sean Penn bash the TV actors during that speech? I kinda lost track of what he was saying but that's what it sounded like to me.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

He might have, I couldn't even tell.

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

chocolate marshmallow almond

OMG YUM.

Also, your snark and commentary was very fun, as it always is!

[dragonsblog.livejournal.com]

I was unfortunately drinking water when Streep said the bit about not buying a dress. I had A Problem.

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

I totally forgot they were on tonight, so sufficing with slideshow on Yahoo.

Why is Teri Hatcher wearing a bed sheet???

[nik-bella.livejournal.com]

I've never seen it, and I likve in the US. It sounds like an Outrageous Flavor (HUGE WINK WINK)

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

There is no such thing as the 'greatest living actress'? I am in a position to know this to be true.

That woman's awesomeness knows no bounds.

And I have to agree about the Slumdog Millionaire kids. They really were phenomenal in the movie, and it wouldn't have worked otherwise.

[nik-bella.livejournal.com]

I am more in love with Meryl Streep than ever. I just love when actors say things that remind me they are just people. And Sean Penn tearing up - I've never been a big fan, but that really touched me.

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

[agentsculder.livejournal.com]

As much as I would like to see Kate Winslet win an Oscar, I also would like to see Meryl win because she does give a crazy great speech. Plus everyone LOVES her. And for good heavens sake, she's been nominated 15 times for an Oscar and only won twice! But I'm sure if Kate wins she'll be the first person to jump up and clap for her.

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

>>(cut to Alec Baldwin grinning in the audience. I think he's in love?)

I forgot to ask when you mentioned them earlier on, but what is up with Anthony Hopkins tonight? I had a quick look at the photos over on IMDb, and he does not look good/well. And I say this as a Hopkins-crushing lover of (much) older men. It could be the case of the pictures doing no justice to the hotness onscreen, but... Alec chose today, of all days, to crush on Hopkins? Where has he been the last few decades years?

And thank you so, so much for the liveblogging! I love the pretty dresses and the speculation, so now that I'm out of a TV/feed, I don't know what I'd do without your worthy efforts. *hearts*

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

Aww, I like her dress. It's a bit bride-ish, but it's pretty...

Eva Longoria's dress, on the other hand, is doing her absolutely no favours, though it looks so pretty as a floating piece of fabric. She's tiny and it makes her look three times her actual size.

I wonder what Faramir the Second has to say about the awards' fashions.

[abbreviated-kt.livejournal.com]

I had no idea what Sean Penn was saying, I just could so tell her was drunk.

[agentsculder.livejournal.com]

Something wasn't right there. And although I do think he is a very good actor, and I generally agree with his politics, I can't help finding him an ass. I can't believe Robin Wright puts up with him. Princess Buttercup is way too awesome for him.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

You know, it was weird--at first I was with Baldwin, "Wow, he looks great," and then I realized it's because he looks like he's lost a ton of weight, and when he showed up at the end, you could really, really see it in his face, and I started to get worried. It's not a good thing when older actors show up suddenly looking really thin.

(Maybe it's on purpose, for King Lear? I don't know.)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

He was very red in the face, wasn't he?

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

Really, does Sean Penn like *anything* anymore? Except the paychecks he gets while trying (and failing) to make us forget Spicoli?

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

There was just so MUCH of Teri Hatcher's dress! Maybe it looked better in action, but in the stills she looked overwhelmed by it.

Eva Longoria's best accessory was her gorgeous hubby.

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

Whoo, maybe. Though Hopkins is notoriously lazy and can't be arsed to do anything to accommodate a character, so hopefully this is him having a late-day stab at Method acting...?

[stinky-horowitz.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with your comment. I was happy for her when they were getting a divorce early last year, but then they called it off. And I don't know anything about their personal business, really. I just have the strong impression that he's an ass.

[library-of-sex.livejournal.com]

Meryl was high, I swear. She's fuckin' awesome, dude.

And by 'chocolate almond marshmallow,' do you mean 'rocky road' ice cream? Those are all the same components in that flavor, right?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know (another huge fan over here). I'm just really, really gonna hope that's what it is, though.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Actually, I believe some brands call it heavenly hash.

[library-of-sex.livejournal.com]

That's an awesome name!

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

(cut to Alec Baldwin grinning in the audience. I think he's in love?)

You noticed that too? Damn, Alec.

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

Now I have to ask you your opinion of Legends of the Fall.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Uh. I saw it once and pretended it never happened? And yet, it is still not the worst movie I have paid to see him in.

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

I just recently rewatched it on a weekend and for the next few days I was doing a routine of the entire plot to everyone around me so they could UNDERSTAND WHAT I WENT THROUGH.

...What was the worst? The Human Stain?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

The Road to Wellville. Good God, The Road to Wellville.

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

Okay, well, NOW you have to tell me about it.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh God. It was a comedy ("comedy") set around 1900, and Bridget Fonda and Matthew Broderick are having marital problems because she's repressed and he's an alcoholic addicted to morphine (see, because it was in a patent medicine supposed to help him stop drinking), so they go to this Edwardian health spa or something run by bucktoothed fanatical Harvey Kellogg--this would be Anthony Hopkins--and Bridget Fonda ends up getting her "womb" "massaged" by some quack doctor and I forget what Matthew Broderick's deal was, and I think Camryn Manheim made dirty jokes about bicycle riding at some point, and then Anthony Hopkins and his wayward adopted son Dana Carvey ended up in a vat of cornflake batter. My hand to God. I paid to see this in the theater, and I spent most of it praying for death.