The Oscars-nite started tepidly, gained steam with some funny acts, briefly threatened to turn into an Al Gore love-fest (mildly exaggerating here) but then ended with a Hollywood group hug (somewhat literally) for Martin Scorsese. Like I mentioned during my live-blog, it was a steady, but fairly unremarkable show last night.
The biggest news of the [...]
While not as heavily anticipated (nor as expensive) as the SuperBowl Ads, I found most of the advertisements running during the Oscar ceremony breaks quite enjoyable. For obvious reasons, if Budweiser and Coors dominated the SuperBowl, it was L’oreal for the Oscars. This allowed Aishwarya to make her Oscar appearance ! They even had [...]
UPDATE: Thanks to everyone for chipping in with comments. It was fun doing this. Final Oscar wrap-up here.
…will happen here. Meanwhile check out the prelude and predictions here .
And what you could/should be drinking while watching the Oscars here.
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Like it or not, The Oscars are here with all its pomp, pageantry and glamour (ok [...]
Ever since Titanic and Shakespeare in Love bagged Best Picture awards (with Reese Witherspoon as Leading Actress last year being the final straw), I have had very little respect for the Oscars or the credibility of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in judging cinematic excellence.
To be fair, the Academy decides on winners [...]
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