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Live Blogging the 81st Oscars, Drunk!

(New stuff at top, older stuff at bottom…)

Goodnite….

We told you. Slumdog sweeps the Oscars… Everyone, on stage! “Passion and belief, anything is possible.”

Best Picture goes to Slumdog Millionaire…

Steven Spielberg? “Capable of anything…” “Destiny.”

Best Actor goes to… SEAN PENN! “You homo loving commie sons of guns…” “Equal rights for everyone…” Nice nod to Mickey….

Ah, Randy the Ram. “The returning champ…”

Sean Penn, has got to win this….

OLD GUYS! Okay, Best Actor. Frank! Sean Penn! Funny, DeNiro! Brad Pitt. Blah… buttons…

“I was 8 years old, staring into the mirror, talking into a shampoo bottle…” “Whistle something!” “Anthony and Sydney, this is for you…” Great speech, lovely.

KATE…..!!!! Of course, KATE WINS IT! Deserves this win.

Angelina intro by Nicole. Not much warmth…

Wonderful, but Kate is gonna win this.

Best Actress!!! Wow, such legends… Awww, Anne….

Best Director — should go to Danny Boyle. YES, THE SWEEP CONTINUES, DANNY TAKES IT!!!! SLUMDOG!!!! Tigger… What a great film maker… Such great movies, each movie different. A real artist.

Reese is way too thin!

Move on dot org guys…

The Queen… Always sad. Ollie Johnson. Bernie Mac. Roy. Issac. Richardo. Stan Winston! Chuck. Anthony. Pollack. Paul Newman. Wow.

On with the show! (shot!) Left the room for a few… who’s that guy?

(I didn’t know Hoover still made vacuums…)

SLUMDOG TO WIN ALL!!!! Ha… Bollywood takes Hollywood!

Wow, Slumdog is rocking the house! I think we know they’re gonna win all.

Slumdog sweeps continues. Best original score!

Ok, I’m getting tired, let’s move along.

“This touches my heart…” – Jerry Lewis.

Poor Eddie Murphy… Looks nice and thin, tho. Jerry is less puffy. He better not bash the gays… Hello Dino!

A tribute to Jerry Lewis next… Good nite….

And the sweep continues on…… Slumdog!

Slumdog sweep continues!

Will Smith. ok. Visual effects. The Dark Knight has gotta take it! Buttons?! Blah. Sound editing…. Dark Knight?!! YESSSSS So cool….

Wait, are these the 2008 Oscars? Fuck!

Bill Maher… zzz. Man on Wire. Brilliant docu! Fuck u, Bill, he did deserve.

Heath Ledger is the only winner. ONLY WINNER! Heath Ledger wins Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Family goes up… “Ever so humbling…” “Son’s amazing work.” “Validated… in an industry he so loved….”

Cuba Jr. is here for the free food! Idiot.

Another glass. Another hour…

More Hugh! The musical is back. Beyoncé? Didn’t somebody punch her? Grease! Baz!

Seth is still way too thin. Fatten up, boy. Something won…. toyland?

ZZZZ. Ok mini-Judd Apatow flick. SETH! FRANCO! Zohan!

Jessica Biel. Really ?!?

Badger dog is great…

Get on with it. Stiller? Portman? Funny. Take that, Phoenix! Slumdog sweep continues….

Some dbag from Twilight… Hottie from Veronica Mars! Romance?

Best Make Up… Buttons. Blah. Whatever. Nice laundry list.

Ok, costumes… The Duchess… Never watched, don’t care. Get off the stage… Zzzz.

Horseface and Daniel Craig! Blah blah blah Buttons… Looked great tho.

Best short animated film? Who gives a fuck… Getting a drink. Oh, I loved Presto tho. Something else won. Ok… Drink.

WALL-E the ONLY WINNER! Should’ve been Best Picture. Yes, WALL-E takes it! Andrew Stanton back on stage again. Pixar rocks.

Maniston! Black! Jennifer is terrible… Why is this TV hack even here?

Screenplay – best adaption… Fuck Buttons! Dig Frost/Nixon!!!! Slumdog Millionaire!! The Slumdog sweep begins here.

Screenplay – best original… WALL-E! But Milk takes it! Worth it, deserves it. “Hope to live my life.” Touching speech. Fuck, i need more drink…

Tina Fey has that retard girl but fuckable look.

Ok, next. So far, enjoying new format. Tina Fey! Steve Martin!

Best supporting actress: Penelope Cruz. I still don’t think she knows where she is… Thanks Woody, thanks Harvey. She’s from aqua velva? Spanish!

Philip Seymour Hoffman. Take off your fuckin’ stocking hat — what, is it too cold there?

Hot Oscar ladies — yeah! Oh wait, not hot at all. Is Whoopi pregnant?

Meryl Streep. 15 nominations!

Why is Philip Seymour Hoffman wearing a stocking hat?

“I’m Wolverinnnnnne!”

The Reader number was brilliant….

Man, I want to titty f – Anne Hathaway…

Brad Pitt seems to be enjoying himself.

Great opening number… Hugh is perfect doing this. Wow, so great on stage. Musicals are in his blood. Need more booze…

“Australian playing an Austrian in Australia.” – hilarious Hugh.

Kate Winslet, oh, I’m so shy. C’mon…

Hugh Jackman… Fuckin’ Wolverine!

Glittery gay Hollywood! Pretty set.

Live for the Kodak Theater. And Diet Coke… Wait, what?

Shot of Johnny Walker during the commercial. On with the fuckin’ show!

The ABC red carpet sucked! Why are they always douchebags?!

The Judd Apatow gang! Man, Leslie Mann is hot! I bet she gives great head. Seth Rogen is looking too thin. All for the Green Hornet movie, which I doubt will ever be made, so fatten up, Seth!

Jack Black. Hilarious and awkward.

Penélope Cruz. I don’t think she knows exactly where she is…

Meryl Streep. I’d still do her.

Less Billy Bush on the Red Carpet, which is always a good thing.

Welcome to show. Smoke em if you got em.

Check this space — I, Alex will be live bloggin ‘the 2009 Oscars with a MacBook and bottle of Johnny Walker scotch. No, really, dangerous, huh? Live reactions will be here. New stuff at top, older at bottom. Simple, right? Join me in comments below.

Meanwhile… Techcrunch…

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February 22nd, 2009

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Ron Howard Talks Frost/Nixon Nominations

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January 26th, 2009

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Roger Ebert’s Best Films of 2008

The brilliant film critic Roger Ebert has just announced his Best Films of 2008. Please read his entire list at the link below — we agree with most. Was surprised by Iron Man (which we enjoyed, just surprised). We also scoured YouTube for all the movies mentioned on his list — and complied them below.

In these hard times, you deserve two “best films” lists for the price of one. It is therefore with joy that I list the 20 best films of 2008, in alphabetical order. I am violating the age-old custom that film critics announce the year’s 10 best films, but after years of such lists, I’ve had it. A best films list should be a celebration of wonderful films, not a chopping process. And 2008 was a great year for movies, even if many of them didn’t receive wide distribution. – read more from Roger Ebert

Ballast

The Band’s Visit

Che

Chop Shop

The Dark Knight

Doubt

The Fall

Frost/Nixon

Frozen River

Happy-Go-Lucky

Iron Man

Milk

Rachel Getting Married

The Reader

Revolutionary Road

Shotgun Stories

Slumdog Millionaire

Synecdoche, New York

W.

WALL-E

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December 24th, 2008

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Golden Globe Nods Announced

The Golden Globe award nominations were announced and “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button,” “Doubt” and “Frost/Nixon” led with five nominations each.

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December 11th, 2008

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Frost/Nixon to Win Best Picture, Actor, Director Oscars?

Sweep!

“Best Picture, Slumdog Millionaire, Frost/Nixon, Doubt, Revolutionary Road, The Reader. Maybe The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Extremely strong possibility of The Dark Knight. WALL-E is good enough, but voters will cover it in the best animation category. Synecdoche, N.Y. is easily good enough, but they’re embarrassed you had to explain it to them.” “Best actor,” he writes, “Frank Langella as Richard M. Nixon in Frost/Nixon, a lock. Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, also a lock. Sean Penn in Milk, another lock.” “Best director, Jonathan Demme for Rachel Getting Married. A lock. Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon. Utterly fascinating. – from here

Michael Sheen, who played talk show host David Frost both on stage and now in the upcoming screen version of “Frost/Nixon,” knows that the transition can be scary.

“The great joy and fear about working in front of a camera is that it picks up everything,” said Sheen. He rejoined his stage costar Frank Langella for director Ron Howard’s adaptation of Peter Morgan’s acclaimed play about the 1977 interviews that revived Frost’s career and humanized a disgraced Nixon. The film opens Friday.

So when Frost’s cheerily sly grin dissipates on screen or a glimmer of despair flashes across his eyes as he bears the weight of turning his hard-won interview with Nixon into great TV, moviegoers see things that theater audiences in London and New York — outside the first few rows — didn’t get to see.

- from LAtimes

“Frost/Nixon’s” Michael Sheen is unquestionably a lead, but some pundits are trying to tell him he should be going for a sure nomination in supporting. He and his reps won’t bite. He wants to be thought of as a leading man in the role and won’t play the Oscar game any other way. Good for you, Sheen, but you’ll probably draw the short straw. The last time two lead actors were nominated for the same movie was in 1984, when Tom Hulce and F. Murray Abraham were both nominated for “Amadeus” (Abraham actually won). And while Frank Langella won a “Frost/Nixon” Tony, Sheen regrettably wasn’t even nominated. – from LAtimes

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December 4th, 2008

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Nixon, Revisited

Just as the new movie “Frost/Nixon” opens around the country this week with a possibly Oscar-nominated portrayal of President Richard Nixon, we get to hear Nixon himself and read his actual words.

Nearly 200 hours of tapes and 90,000 pages of text released today by the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and the National Archives offer a glimpse into Nixon’s views on the Vietnam War and his colleagues.

The tapes, which include more than 1,300 conversations, were recorded between November and December 1972, after Nixon was re-elected president and months after the first few arrests were made in the Watergate scandal. The collection of texts is from November 1968 — when Nixon was elected the 37th president of the United States — to January 1969.

The records reveal discussions that took place between Nixon and Henry Kissinger about the Vietnam War and how and why they decided to escalate the already-unpopular conflict.

- from ABCNews

From: 7 Q’s with ‘Frost/Nixon’ Star Frank Langella…

Nixon not a monster?!
“You know, he was the poster boy for the worst in American politics in the 20th century. But in fact, the greatest crime is that he got caught [ironic laugh]. There are a lot of incredibly dirty dealings that have gone on that we’ll never know about or hear about. The unfortunate thing about Nixon is that his persona was so easy to imitate, so easy to vilify, he was the sort of man that was easy to think of as a monster. Nobody is really … I think the man was just a complicated.”

A current news story you’ve found yourself following:
“I have been fascinated and encouraged by watching Mr. Obama’s climb. I found from that the first moment I heard his name and saw him, I’ve been fascinated to watch this particular story unfold and has now ended up in the presidency and I will be interested to watch and hope for the best with his presidency.”

They actually filmed in Nixon’s seaside retreat!
“We were actually in the house he lived in. I sat next to his pool and walked where he walked and drove down through the same gates he did. All of it, all of it. To be in an actual room, in a little house, doing those interviews was enormous compared to being on a stage set where you are limited to a box. All of it was really extremely helpful.”

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December 4th, 2008

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