83rd Oscars Reaction Thread

[baby doll]

My pick as well, but I know it had no shot. I would take Inception over The King's Speech any day though.Evidently neither did Inception.

[number8]

Why was it deemed "original" then?

It's technically original, since they were organizing both versions simultaneously and the movie production was faster.

[DavidSeven]

Seriously, whitest Oscars ever.

Other than that, you could tell they tried to keep things concise without resorting to handing out awards in the aisles, which was nice, but this was still a colossal bore. Can't imagine how people who are only casually interested in movies could sit through this whole thing.

[Spinal]

Evidently neither did Inception.

Just because something didn't win doesn't mean it had no shot. Unless you're a Calvinist or something.

[baby doll]

Just because something didn't win doesn't mean it had no shot. Unless you're a Calvinist or something.Everybody knew that The King's Speech was going to win best picture. And most of the time, the film that wins best picture also wins best screenplay, unless it's a big spectacle movie like Titanic or Gladiator.

[DavidSeven]

The ironic thing about the categories that Seidler and Sorkin won for is that Seidler supposedly spent decades reading books to pull out source information for his screenplay while Sorkin supposedly didn't even read a completed version of The Accidental Billionaires and mostly just shared notes with Mezrich as they worked simultaneously on their separate projects.

[Spinal]

Everybody knew that The King's Speech was going to win best picture.

Everybody knew that Saving Private Ryan was going to win Best Picture. Everybody knew that Brokeback Mountain was going to win Best Picture. Until they didn't.

[Adam]

"The Color of Beige" (http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/feature/2011/02/28/oscars_2001_telecast/index.html)

A Short Story by James Franco

(by Matt Zoller Seitz)

[baby doll]

Everybody knew that Saving Private Ryan was going to win Best Picture. Everybody knew that Brokeback Mountain was going to win Best Picture. Until they didn't.I'll concede that Inception had a better chance of winning best screenplay than Another Year (since unlike that film, it was nominated for best picture), but it was still a long shot to beat The King's Speech.

[DavidSeven]

There should be expiration dates on those Academy memberships with a continuous renew option for people who are still doing stuff. I actually liked The King's Speech, but you get the feeling all of these awards are decided by 80 year old retired suits.

[Ezee E]

There should be expiration dates on those Academy memberships with a continuous renew option for people who are still doing stuff. I actually liked The King's Speech, but you get the feeling all of these awards are decided by 80 year old retired suits.
Kirk Douglas for one.

[DavidSeven]

Kirk Douglas for one.

His cupping of Melissa Leo's boob was clearly the highlight for most of the membership.

[DavidSeven]

Oh, and best moment was definitely Christian Bale referencing his Terminator tirade during his acceptance speech.

[baby doll]

There should be expiration dates on those Academy memberships with a continuous renew option for people who are still doing stuff. I actually liked The King's Speech, but you get the feeling all of these awards are decided by 80 year old retired suits.I think the people who vote on the MTV Awards should pick the nominees, and then have the 80 year old retired suits vote on them.

[Spinal]

I think the people who vote on the MTV Awards should pick the nominees, and then have the 80 year old retired suits vote on them.

Brilliant. :lol:

[MadMan]

You can't win me back with singing kids, 2011 Oscars. You suck and you know it.I was left to wonder "Why is the show ending with a bunch of kids singing?" When all of the night's winners came out and stood with them, I half expected the credits to roll, and for Franco and Hathaway to thank a bunch of people SNL style.

More thoughts:

*Billy Crystal showing up, for that amount of time, reminded me what it was like to see a truly great presenter that hosted the Oscars onstage again. He was funny, charming, and had great presence, and is better than any of the people who have hosted the show since him. Bring him back, please.

*Or have Jude Law and RJD host. They were really funny, and having worked together they have great timing with each other. Why the hell not?

*Poor Kirk Douglas had a stroke, and yet they trouted him out to present an award. He looked really tired, and it was a bad and awkward. I was laughing at some of his jokes, though.

*Of course The King's Speech was going to win Best Picture, but I was really hoping it wouldn't take Best Director, too. Fincher got screwed, although you could argue that he would deserve to win for say, Seven, or Fight Club. I don't think those movies got nominated in the past, though.

*Josh Brolin and Javier Baredem together in white suits=WTF? And no good NCFOM jokes, either. Weak.

*Meh on Franco and Hathaway. After the brilliant and funny opener, things just went down hill from there. Although Franco in a dress, saying that Sheen texted him, was really funny.

*I wanted Exit Through the Gift Shop to win so Bansky would show up wearing a gorilla mask. Instead we got Inside Job guy doing a piss poor imitation of Michael Moore. Lame.

*Ripping on Twilight with the whole "He doesn't own a shirt" number=funniest goddamn moment of the entire night. I laughed for a good 10 minutes.

*For me, the only real surprise of the night was that Melissa Leo won for Best Supporting Actress. I was happy about Bale winning Supporting Actor, and that TSN OST won for Best Soundtrack. That's about it.


;328043']http://i.imgur.com/rDGKy.gifMotherfucker had to be high the entire night. Or he just looks high. I loved how he threw up his arms while being backstage when they listed him as one of the Best Actor nominees.


Was it just me or was the order really out of the loop? It felt like they did Best Director so soon.I actually thought the same thing when it happened, too. Odd. And I thought Randy Newman's grumpy old man speech was funny.

Look in the long run Inception, The Social Network, and hell even Toy Story 3 will be remembered instead of The King's Speech. I might eventually watch that movie, but I'm too focused on finally seeing Black Swan instead.

[number8]

You know, if I was super pissed off at a bunch of criminals who made out like literal bandits during a time of international crisis, and because I made a movie about them I was given a platform to speak in front of millions of people worldwide live, I probably couldn't resist airing my grievance, either.

[MadMan]

You know, if I was super pissed off at a bunch of criminals who made out like literal bandits during a time of international crisis, and because I made a movie about them I was given a platform to speak in front of millions of people worldwide live, I probably couldn't resist airing my grievance, either.Yep, except whenever people make such speeches at a telecast that's supposed to be about entertainment, not politics, it comes off as annoying and a bit shrill. Its not like Inside Job is going to lead to anyone being arrested (unfortunately, sure, but unsurprising).

[Qrazy]

Yeah it's like during an actual wankfest when the dude next to you stops wanking you off to talk about politics right as you're about to climax. I mean what the fuck. Give me more mindless, mind numbing self-pleasuring bullshit please because that's why I tune in dangnabbit!

[number8]

I think it would be a little annoying if, I dunno, Natalie Portman suddenly said it in her acceptance, but dude was just saying something that's related to the movie he won for. I don't see it as any more annoying as Christian Bale shilling for the real Dickie or when past documentary winners tell people to go to websites or organizations to help with the subject matter.

[Russ]

Yep, except whenever people make such speeches at a telecast that's supposed to be about entertainment, not politics, it comes off as annoying and a bit shrill. Its not like Inside Job is going to lead to anyone being arrested (unfortunately, sure, but unsurprising).
Beg to differ, but throughout Oscar's history, it's usually (but not always) the controversial and political speeches that are the most memorable. And it's precisely because the show is supposed to be all about entertainment that they are so memorable. Particularly when taken in context as a product of their time.

[Sven]

"The Color of Beige" (http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/feature/2011/02/28/oscars_2001_telecast/index.html)

A Short Story by James Franco

(by Matt Zoller Seitz)

Easily the best reaction to the awards I have read. Thanks for the link.

[Sven]

Totally forgot my favorite part of the telecast: Franco's JGL impression during the opening movie reel thing. Oh man. I lost it.

[MadMan]

Beg to differ, but throughout Oscar's history, it's usually (but not always) the controversial and political speeches that are the most memorable. And it's precisely because the show is supposed to be all about entertainment that they are so memorable. Particularly when taken in context as a product of their time.Except that dude's bit wasn't really that controversial in a room full of liberals. Nor was it entertaining.

[Ezee E]

Easily the best reaction to the awards I have read. Thanks for the link.

Fantastic article. Very well put.

[Derek]

Except that dude's bit wasn't really that controversial in a room full of liberals.

The magic of television is that it takes his speech outside of that room of liberals and into the houses of a billion people, many of whom may not be liberals!

[Qrazy]

Nice Fallen Idol rating.

[Wryan]

At some point the Franco-within-Franco roller coaster becomes impossible to penetrate with any clarity, because everything becomes part of the gag, the bit, the maybe-winking business. Eventually, you reach a point where you don't really have to understand any of it as long as you just comment on it, and it is certainly harder to criticize it without risking the like possibility of being absorbed into it. You can't fight against it, because what if that's the point? You can't champion it and claim support/alliance with it, because what if that's the point? I get kind of tired of it all sometimes, trying to figure out the intent of it, or whether trying to figure out the intent of it is playing into it, or etc. "James Franco was just seen eating a banana on Wall Street....this means something, right? I dunno, but it's genius. Hilarious genius." That's a good article, and of course it would be positioned as being written by Franco himself. But......was it? Oh my god, what if....it was!? And blah and blah.

I like Franco as an actor, and I think this whole thing has been fun, but I'm reaching the end of it.

[Dukefrukem]

More Franco news. hahahaha! (http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.co m/2011/02/28/lindsay-lohan-getting-naked-with-james-franco-in-new-book-report-says/)

[Wryan]

Goddammit, James.

[megladon8]

Did anyone think David Fincher couldn't have possibly looked more miserable?

Dude, you don't have to go to the awards. If you hate it that much, just don't go.

[MadMan]

Did anyone think David Fincher couldn't have possibly looked more miserable?

Dude, you don't have to go to the awards. If you hate it that much, just don't go.He knew he was going to get screwed out of winning. Perhaps he showed up just so he could say "See, Academy, you nominated me finally so here I am. Now next time fuckheads give me Best Director instead of handing it to some new guy who doesn't have a proven track record." Maybe that was what was going through his throughout the night. Because yeah I did notice that he was looking grumpy/bored/annoyed.


The magic of television is that it takes his speech outside of that room of liberals and into the houses of a billion people, many of whom may not be liberals!Do conservatives actually bother to watch the Oscars? Why would they since its Hollywood is rather liberal, and the nominees are usually movies that would appeal more to left wingers. The Blind Side and Avatar were selected last year because of their broad based appeal, and this year I guess True Grit and Toy Story 3 being nominated were because they were also really popular with everyone. The Social Network had no chance in hell of winning because it was a cold film that painted people in a negative light, and also was deemed "Pretentious" by the Academy voters. Why else would they give the award to a film that was TSN's complete opposite? Anyways I don't really care that The King's Speech won. I'll eventually see it just to find out why people are either praising it or bashing it so much.

[number8]

Do conservatives actually bother to watch the Oscars? Why would they since its Hollywood is rather liberal, and the nominees are usually movies that would appeal more to left wingers. The Blind Side and .

What? Of course they do.

[megladon8]

It's not the first time Fincher has gone to the Oscars. And I was honestly surprised he didn't win for The Social Network.

Regardless of whether he was expecting to win or not, he didn't need to sit there looking like he just found out his family was killed by a firing squad.

[MadMan]

What? Of course they do.Well I suppose they tune in so they can bitch about the ceremony like everyone else.


Regardless of whether he was expecting to win or not, he didn't need to sit there looking like he just found out his family was killed by a firing squad.:lol:

[Qrazy]

Due to professional reasons he probably does more or less have to go to the Oscars. As an American director if you're nominated for best director and don't show up that's probably considered bad form by a number of people in a position to get your movies made. However it's perfectly understandable to dislike the entire experience and not be able to contain ones dislike.

[megladon8]

Due to professional reasons he probably does more or less have to go to the Oscars. As an American director if you're nominated for best director and don't show up that's probably considered bad form by a number of people in a position to get your movies made. However it's perfectly understandable to dislike the entire experience and not be able to contain ones dislike.


I don't see what's understandable about it.

And there have been a few instances in the past where people won Oscars but weren't there to receive them for one reason or another. George C. Scott's win for Patton, if I remember correctly, he missed because he hated the Oscars.

I still stand by my statement that if you hate it that much, just don't go.

Don't go and sit there grousing.

[number8]

And it was considered extremely rude for Scott to do so, by his contemporaries.

It's a professional thing for most of them. Like if you hate Christmas parties but your boss invites you to his.

His agent probably literally strangled him and yelled at him to go.

[DavidSeven]

I don't see the problem. He probably felt obligated to go, and he probably thought showing up would give him more leverage for financing future pictures. Why does he have to put a fake smile on if he's not enjoying himself? I've gone to plenty of things I felt obligated to go to, but I ain't forcing a smile on my face if I'm bored out of my mind.

[megladon8]

I guess I'm very different from you guys, then.

I've gone to plenty of parties and events that I didn't really want to be at, but I at least put the effort in to not look like I was miserable.

[number8]

Mostly, I'm just terrible at hiding my displeasure at anything.

[Scar]

Michael Caine didn't accept his first Oscar 'cause he was filming Jaws: The Revenge....

[megladon8]

Mostly, I'm just terrible at hiding my displeasure at anything.


Permanent frownie face?

[baby doll]

Do conservatives actually bother to watch the Oscars? Why would they since its Hollywood is rather liberal, and the nominees are usually movies that would appeal more to left wingers. The Blind Side and Avatar were selected last year because of their broad based appeal, and this year I guess True Grit and Toy Story 3 being nominated were because they were also really popular with everyone. The Social Network had no chance in hell of winning because it was a cold film that painted people in a negative light, and also was deemed "Pretentious" by the Academy voters. Why else would they give the award to a film that was TSN's complete opposite? Anyways I don't really care that The King's Speech won. I'll eventually see it just to find out why people are either praising it or bashing it so much.If Hollywood is so conservative, how come so many 80 year old retired suits loved The King's Speech? It's a pretty conservative movie in terms of its politics (to say nothing of its form). Also, you could make the case that The Kids Are All Right, by defining a family as two parents and their offspring (get your own family, Mark Ruffalo!), isn't as progressive as it initially appears.

[Qrazy]

If Hollywood is so conservative, how come so many 80 year old retired suits loved The King's Speech? It's a pretty conservative movie in terms of its politics (to say nothing of its form). Also, you could make the case that The Kids Are All Right, by defining a family as two parents and their offspring (get your own family, Mark Ruffalo!), isn't as progressive as it initially appears.

One of these words is not like the other, one of these words does not belong.

[Llopin]

The indiscriminating Randy Newman bashing in this thread is disturbing and wrong.

[Spinal]

The indiscriminating Randy Newman bashing in this thread is disturbing and wrong.

No, it is pure good and true. It is a beacon of light in this dark, confusing world.

[Watashi]

But if it wasn't for Randy Newman, we wouldn't have gotten this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKaQzQAlNn4).

[Llopin]

No, it is pure good and true. It is a beacon of light in this dark, confusing world.

Why so much hate? I reckon his song for Toy Story 3 is meh (but so were the others, including Menken's, who seems to be past his prime), but I don't understand why anyone would be so agressive towards the rest of his work? Maybe he's not the greatest movie composer, but his scores aren't particularly offensive. And as someone else pointed out earlier, his 70s output is pretty damn seminal in the evolution of popular music, for several reasons (the hybridism between the singer-songwriter persona and distinct pop sensibilities; the recognition of satire in music; the re-invention of old R'n'B).

If I were to trash a piano-playing Disney alumni, I'd definitely piss over Elton John. That being said, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" > all.

[megladon8]

I find Randy Newman's "voice" (that is, his...way of singing) is so, so, SO annoying.

I don't understand how someone developed a serious career around doing impressions of people with down syndrome.

[Sven]

If I were to trash a piano-playing Disney alumni, I'd definitely piss over Elton John. That being said, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" > all.

Caribou > Sail Away

[Spinal]

Why so much hate? I reckon his song for Toy Story 3 is meh (but so were the others, including Menken's, who seems to be past his prime), but I don't understand why anyone would be so agressive towards the rest of his work? Maybe he's not the greatest movie composer, but his scores aren't particularly offensive. And as someone else pointed out earlier, his 70s output is pretty damn seminal in the evolution of popular music, for several reasons (the hybridism between the singer-songwriter persona and distinct pop sensibilities; the recognition of satire in music; the re-invention of old R'n'B).

I do find his music offensively awful. I hate his insipid melodies that all sound the same. I hate his smug, smarter-than-you persona. I hate his obnoxious voice. He is one of the worst. Elton John is infinitely more talented and palatable than Randy Newman, even as his most syrupy.

[Llopin]

Never thought he'd be so polarizing, really. I think he's more of a nice chap than a self-satisfied pissant.

Elton John remains dubious to my eyes.

[Ivan Drago]

Donde esta los Matchies?

[number8]

The idea of Elton John being more questionable than Newman is fucking offensive.

[Qrazy]

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[Llopin]

The idea of Elton John being more questionable than Newman is fucking offensive.

To each his own idea of the history of popular music. :pritch:

[Dukefrukem]

UxATbj_vB5w

Any time I hear "Randy Newman" i think of this bit.

[MadMan]

The indiscriminating Randy Newman bashing in this thread is disturbing and wrong.Even though I'm not a huge fan of that song he did for Toy Story 3, I agree.

"Let's Drop the Big One Now" is one of my favorite non-Pixar songs of his.


If Hollywood is so conservative, how come so many 80 year old retired suits loved The King's Speech? It's a pretty conservative movie in terms of its politics (to say nothing of its form). Also, you could make the case that The Kids Are All Right, by defining a family as two parents and their offspring (get your own family, Mark Ruffalo!), isn't as progressive as it initially appears.Hollywood may be run by people more conservative to a degree, but most of the people below who work in that town are liberal. Its still a rather liberal town, man. Last time I checked, anyways.

Haha yeah, that Family Guy bit about Randy Newman is pretty hilarious. Also as much as I like Newman, Elton John is better. In terms of measuring their 70s/80s music. Both are really shells of themselves in terms of musical quality and what they do now.

[Spinal]

Still waiting to see something from the Family Guy that I find funny. I do not get the appeal of that show.

[Qrazy]

Still waiting to see something from the Family Guy that I find funny. I do not get the appeal of that show.

It's not good. I like that bit though.

[megladon8]

Still waiting to see something from the Family Guy that I find funny. I do not get the appeal of that show.


Yeah, it's pretty awful.

It kind of blows my mind how successful it is.

[Lucky]

Still waiting to see something from the Family Guy that I find funny. I do not get the appeal of that show.

When the show was at its peak in popularity I thought I was alone with this thought.

[megladon8]

I liked "Family Guy" for about 5 minutes when I was 15.

I revisited it like a year later and couldn't see what I ever thought was funny about it.

[Wryan]

I like Family Guy just fine, but it's not an all-time favorite. It makes me laugh.

[number8]

I dislike Family Guy as an ongoing program because it has terrible storylines and more unfunny than funny jokes, but I'd be lying to say that none of the short skits make me laugh.

At this point, it's almost preferable to Simpsons because they have about the same level of laughs, but like SNL, I don't have to watch entire episodes of Family Guy. I just wait until a skit becomes a popular standalone YouTube video.

[B-side]

I adore Family Guy's absurdist, irreverent humor. I find it far more interesting and funny than South Park. And at its best, it's better than The Simspons at its alleged best.

[number8]

I adore Family Guy's absurdist, irreverent humor. I find it far more interesting and funny than South Park. And at its best, it's better than The Simspons at its alleged best.

/CharlieSheen

[Mara]

Uh oh. There are people who take The Simpsons very seriously here.

[Raiders]

I will never doubt your ability to find gold in the most marginal of shows, B-side.

[Dukefrukem]

The Simpons will always be the greatest cartoon in my eyes. It paved the way for parodying pop culture and politics and I still watch it for the characters. BS has the same view of Family Guy as I do. Pushing the envelop more than any other cartoon, including South Park. The OJ Simpson episode, the episode where Stewie and Brian get stuck in the bank vault, the constant heckle of celebs, present and past. What I love most about Family Guy is Seth McFarlane's commitment to jokes. The Conway Twitty appearances, Chicken and Peter fights, in the Nazi episode the old man fight scene, or when Peter tried to get the Frog out the window by using the side of a box. Hilariously long winded.

Both cartoons are brilliant in there own ways and neither of them are past it's prime.

[B-side]

/CharlieSheen

Naw, that's coming straight from me. Charlie Sheen can't process me with his brain. I've got lion's blood and Zeus DNA.

[Wryan]

I will never doubt your ability to find gold in the most marginal of shows, B-side.

Fuckin deja-vu...how does it work?

[Dead & Messed Up]

I liked the transgressive anarchy of Family Guy when it first came out (the Kool-Aid bursting through the courtroom wall bowled me over), but that "irreverence," as Brightside dubs it, holds little appeal to me now. So much is empty provocation, jokes as pointed as a wet noodle, and the remainder is a series of gags with no foundation to prop them up, and when that's all the show has to offer, things get repetitive and unsatisfying really quickly. Something like Louie offers more useful and genuine irreverence.

[Rowland]

The Simpsons vs. Family Guy discussions are soo... what, a decade ago? I used to despise Family Guy on principle, but now I can chuckle a few times during some of its better episodes when someone turns it on. Still like the former better, though I haven't watched any of its new episodes in... what, a decade?

[eternity]

Family Guy is a big bag of hit-and-miss humor, but good god, when it hits, it's some of the most quotable while also relatable humor on television. Sometimes I can't stop myself from laughing just thinking about some of it, even the more recent stuff. It draws so much from obscure references as well as real-life happenings that we don't really think about all that often yet happen to us all the time. It's a show that can be a lot of different things to different people, and it deserves credit for that.

American Dad kind of does the same thing, but is much more consistent both in tone and quality but it's highs are not as high. As for The Simpsons, well, there's nothing really to argue about. Seasons 2-8 contain some of the best writing ever on television. You can't tell me that anything they've done in the age of Family Guy is even noteworthy, though.

[eternity]

And now this.

http://www.awardsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/brolin-bardem-kiss.jpg

Censored by ABC. Wootwoot.

[Raiders]

Fuckin deja-vu...how does it work?

I believe something was changed in the Matrix.

[number8]

And now this.

http://www.awardsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/brolin-bardem-kiss.jpg

Censored by ABC. Wootwoot.

"Are they -- Oh GOD OH GOD, they're kissing and dancing! Aren't they both married? What is -- CUT AWAY CUT AWAY! A hot woman or something! There! Her! Mmmm, Penelope Cruz... Sexy. Safe. Wholesome. Sexy... Just -- Just keep the camera on her for a while."

[Dukefrukem]

What?? Seriously? How embarrassing for ABC.

[Wryan]

"Are they -- Oh GOD OH GOD, they're kissing and dancing! Aren't they both married? What is -- CUT AWAY CUT AWAY! A hot woman or something! There! Her! Mmmm, Penelope Cruz... Sexy. Safe. Wholesome. Sexy... Just -- Just keep the camera on her for a while."

Called it in my Oscar post! Fuckers (ABC).

[Bosco B Thug]

"Are they -- Oh GOD OH GOD, they're kissing and dancing! Aren't they both married? What is -- CUT AWAY CUT AWAY! A hot woman or something! There! Her! Mmmm, Penelope Cruz... Sexy. Safe. Wholesome. Sexy... Just -- Just keep the camera on her for a while." Ha.

The Simpsons is of course the best, but I have a lot of appreciation for Family Guy, against my better judgment. It's American Dad that can go take a flying leap sometimes.

[Spinal]

http://www.awardsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/brolin-bardem-kiss.jpg


I like boys now!

[MadMan]

ABC decided America wasn't ready for two grown, married adult males to kiss on national TV. Now the white suits make sense!

[Morris Schæffer]

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=31688

The legendary director Brett Ratner will co-produce the oscars 2012.:D

[Morris Schæffer]

And The Rat is pushing Eddie Murphy as host for next year's broadcast.

[Henry Gale]

And The Rat is pushing Eddie Murphy as host for next year's broadcast.

It's now official.

I guess it'll be more interesting than a sure thing comedically. I can't remember the last time I saw Murphy front and center attempting to be funny as himself instead of just going through the motions in toned-down funny mode on talk shows promoting movies (usually ones for kids, no less) and other appearances like that.

As much as the Franco & Hathaway experiment is now widely considered to be a disaster, it was so unlike any other Oscar show in recent memory that even though I spent a lot of it talking to friends and don`t actually remember enjoying much of it, I still find myself oddly compelled to re-watch it because it almost doesn't feel like something that actually happened. I feel like the show had the right idea when it gave Hugh Jackman the platform to be an old-fashioned, all-around entertainer that could be funny, charming, sing and dance, but until NPH gets enough pull or other actors start to show they can fit a similar bill, I'm not sure we'll see that type of thing again. As much as he`s recently shown me that he can`t be funny in actual movies, I feel like Justin Timberlake would be a satisfying, comfortable choice to host the show, especially if he did the types of things he did on his most recent SNL, particularly his monologue (http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/justin-timberlake-monologue/1329147/).

But just as much, I`d also love to see any of the current major late night hosts (aside from Letterman who already did it, Stewart who`s done it twice but I`d actually like to do it again someday, and Leno who sucks) get the job one day. Colbert, Kimmel, Conan and Ferguson particularly, as they`d all do completely different jobs that I`d probably enjoy equally.

[baby doll]

I hope Murphy does his bit from the '80s where he says that he's terrified of homosexuals.

[number8]

From his blog:


I've had one of my big ideas.

What do you think of this?

A live 3 hour podcast during The Golden Globes. Me and a few chums (like Louis CK, Chris Rock, Karl Pilkington, John Stewart, Larry David popping in and out) doing our own alternative commentary.

People at home can have the telly on with the sound down listening to us online say things that no broadcaster could get away with.

No one could do a fucking thing.

The biggest live webcast ever? Who knows? Who cares? What's fun is the shit we might come out with. No money. No sponsor. No guide lines. Fuck me I can't wait.

Maybe I'll do a non-broadcast practice with The Emmys to see if it works. I'll let you know.

He should do the same for the Oscars.

[elixir]

From his blog:



He should do the same for the Oscars.

Awesome.

[Kurosawa Fan]

From his blog:



He should do the same for the Oscars.

That's the only thing that would get me to watch The Golden Globes.

[MadMan]

These days I enjoy The Golden Globes more than the Oscars. I'm boycotting the Emmys this year due to Community getting snubbed for some really stupid reason, and I of course despise the Grammys, as should anyone who actually enjoys good music (man was I shocked that Arcade Fire was nominated, much less them winning Album of the Year).