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Best Supporting Vlog Big Finale: Dogs! Trophies! Tears!

And the Oscar goes to... Liz Dahmen and John Polly!

After months of anticipation, Oscar Math, investigative reporting, Tony-winning guests, recipes and costumes, Oscar night arrived and Liz and John dressed up to vlog about it!

Our resident Oscar experts dish on all the night's highlights: Dustin Lance Black and Sean Penn won for Milk! Kate Winslet gushed! Little slum children triumphed! And the commericals made Liz cry. (Damn those True North nut ads!)

As we wrap up this awards season, we'd like to thank Liz and John for their witty and wise weekly commentary. Or as our Japanese filmmaking friend said onstage Sunday night: "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto!"

David Ehrenstein's picture

Oh come oooonnnnnnn, people

That was a HUGE lesbian moment when Dana sang her plus-sized heart out. Somebody write this woman a musical!

How about The Children's Hour ? Beyonce could play Audrey Hepburn.

Call Marc Shaiman.

 

Oracle's picture

Bravo!

Yes! Sequel. Absolutely, please. Don't tease me.

Is it wrong that I got a lil' turned-on by the way John said, "Spaceballs?"

Anonymous's picture

What's wrong with the Oscars!

Thank you, Liz and John, I've really enjoyed your reports on this year's Oscar season.  This last recap made me realize what is wrong with the Oscar presentations, they more about the Oscars than they are about the movies.  Next year I say they do full scenes from a movie rather than a one second splice in a montage.  You could also make the scene compliment the nomination category.  Here's an example, the scene in Nashville when Karen Black meets Julie Christie and then says "how could she win an Oscar?  She can't even comb her hair", could be used before the make-up and hair nominations.  Doing something like this would make extraterrestrials from another planet realize that the Oscars were really about honoring films rather than honoring Oscars.  

Also the presentations need to get rid of this hoary combination of respectability and pandering to the masses.  I say the film clips should run the gamut of porn to Merchant and Ivory.  And let's get rid of the haute couture and let people wear clothes that are comfortable - they could even make it clothing optional.

Anyway - thanks again for the entertaining and illuminating vlogs and I look forward to more in the future.  And since your pup peed during the show maybe you should encourage him to pursue a career as a critic.  

 

 

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Where's Busby Berkeley when you need him?

afhickman

I was only able to watch the musical number on Youtube, but I must say, it could have used A LOT more Zac Efron and Dominic Cooper two-stepping and a A LOT less off-key singing by Hugh Jackman.  What was the point of having the other performers on stage if they weren't allowed to do anything?

"The mountain has wings."

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db's picture

Off key?

I only watched it once but I don't remember Jackman being off-key.  I do think the second number--the medley of movie musical songs--was really badly constructed.  It reminded me of why I didn't like Moulin Rouge--too many unrelated songs that don't even lend themselves to each other melodically wedged together in an unfortunate melange of discordant sounds--but that wasn't Jackman's fault.
Anonymous's picture

I agree.  It was the

I agree.  It was the equivalent of giving a speech but stopping in the middle of each sentence.  I absolutely hated it and the skank draped on Zac's arm.  :)
chuck's picture

Glad somebody else said it...

but I have been annoyed by Kate Winslet's teary/phony acceptance speeches all season too.  She is a lovely woman, and a good actress, but she has sounded so 'earnest' all year.  I also agree that Queen Latifah hit it out of the park with that great 'I'll Be Seeing You' number.   I thought overall the show moved pretty well, and I liked the past Oscar winners speaking honestly to the nominees.  I don't know what Whoopi Goldberg was thinking with that hot mess she was wearing, but virtually everybody else looked pretty good, especially Penelope Cruz. Lance Black's speech really moved me.  I had to get out of San Antonio too.