89th Academy Awards Thread

[Fergalicious]

Karma for what. What exactly did Faye Dunaway do to you. Did she crap on your Corn Flakes. Gimme a friggin break...

[javero]

I tried watching Moonlight earlier today but fell asleep 10 min in.  I'll give it another shot tomorrow.

For those of you who are fans of Moonlight, I encourage you to checkout Pariah by director Dee Rees.  It's a hidden gem in the LGBTQ space.

Pariah (2001)

[Mister Matt]

She's notorious for being a nasty psycho bitch diva.  I worked at one of the theatres for her tour of Master Class and we were forwarned of her first night debacles in each city prior to ours.  Sure enough, the first night she delayed the curtain an hour and a half and people were demanding refunds in droves.  Luckily, we expected it, so we had box office staff at the ready.  Her terrible performance didn't help matters.  I left at intermission.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Funny how last night's result is the biggest shock since 2005, when "Crash" won over "Brokeback Mountain" - which arguably lost for being too gay. 

[ArtMan]

I have been around Faye Dunaway several times over the years and in each setting couldn't have been nicer.  The real ass in this,in my opinion, is Beatty.  He purposely threw her under the bus, letting her take the fall for announcing the wrong name.  He could have prevented most of this by simply stating "there is something wrong with the envelope".  That is what Aisha Tyler (The Talk) did at the Daytime Emmys, when she discovered they were given the wrong envelope.

[ArtMan]

double post

[sabrelady]

i agree Jess

Jessica Chastain ?@jes_chastain

I'm also very sad for the MOONLIGHT crew. I wish that they had the full experience of winning best pic without the awkwardness of it all.

Agree with this too Hurowitz- grace under fire.

12:33 AM - 27 Feb 2017

Randi Mayem Singer ?@rmayemsinger

If there's one thing that's truly American, it's our peaceful transfer of power from one #BestPicture winner to another. #Oscars

12:30 AM - 27 Feb 2017

But this is it- same as Jess's comment.

The unbelievable chaos of this mishap overshadowed Moonlight director Barry Jenkins’ crowning moment.

If you missed it, things got awkward Sunday night when La La Land was accidently named as the winner of Best Picture by Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Turns out, the winner was actually Moonlight, and the world only realized once the moviemakers were painfully far into their acceptance speeches.

 

altho the academy stopped using the phrase "and the winner goes to.." 

that's what it is winners and losers. BUT certainly in the entertainment  award field only the winners and their responses are seen. ( look how quick the cutaway is in those lil screen) nobody got to see the despair of the unchosen the inadequate the losers. But here we did  we saw them go from the highest of elation to shock and disappointment and had the grace to remove themselves even when the Moonlight producer lady wanted to make nice. And for showing us the fall  in all its warts, the Network( u mean to tell me the booth was unaware of what was happening and did NOT go to commercial?) & PwC  have much to answer for. Moonlights joy has a flip side and we sadly. got to see it.

 

[javero]

It just occurred to me that Brad Pitt's production company, Plan B entertainment, is credited with co-producing three Best Picture awardees, e.g. , The Departed, 12 Years a Slave, and Moonlight.  Pretty impressive track record considering that the company was founded only 15 years ago.  Seems they have a Dick Cheney biopic in development.

[Fergalicious]

What a bunch of fright drama queens...Moonlight win Best Picture...a mistake happened...**** happens..life goes on...these people want to continue dragging on this b.s. that at the end of the day amounts to absolutely nothing. 

This world has got their priorities fvcked up if they are stressing out over this sh!t...

[Call_me_jorge]

It's pop culture. The world has always had our priorities f'd up

[hork]

ArtMan said: "I have been around Faye Dunaway several times over the years and in each setting couldn't have been nicer.  The real ass in this,in my opinion, is Beatty.  He purposely threw her under the bus, letting her take the fall for announcing the wrong name.  He could have prevented most of this by simply stating "there is something wrong with the envelope".  That is what Aisha Tyler (The Talk) did at the Daytime Emmys, when she discovered they were given the wrong envelope.

 

He was clearly just showing it to her because he was confused and didn't know what to do. He couldn't have known she'd just blurt out the title.

The only one at fault here is the PWC accountant who gave him the wrong envelope and then for some reason didn't jump in immediately when the wrong name was called.

But it's a good thing it was for Best Picture. If it had been an individual achievement award it would have been way more awkward and heartbreaking.

 

[ArtMan]

Then he should have said to her " I'm confused and don't know what to do".  Didn't know she would blurt out the title?  They were there for that reason...to announce the winner.  He hands over the envelope to her without saying a word.  You are really reaching here..

[Petralicious]

I think the flub was the best thing that could have happened.  People are still talking about it instead of what the story would have been about.  The boycotts by the Trump Supoorters and those suffering from Poliitcal Speech Fatique that led to near record low ratings. This is what the Academy should really be worrying about. 

After the flub, Oscars ratings flirt with record low ratings

Preliminary national ratings, adjusted for time zones across the country, revealed 32.9 million viewers tuned in Sunday night to the nearly four-hour ceremony on ABC, hosted for the first time by the network's late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. That's just a shade above the record-low turnout of 32 million logged in 2008, in the middle of a writers' strike that crippled Hollywood. Last year's telecast claimed 34.4, when Chris Rock hosted and Spotlight won best picture, but the show more typically draws closer to 40 million, according to Nielsen.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/02/27/oscar-ratings-low-abc/98487378/

[Fergalicious]

Oh great! So The Academy telecast and Donald Frump have something in common:

Their ratings are low.

[Petralicious]

As usual, it comes down to a horny guy

The bean counter who handed Oscars presenter Warren Beatty the wrong winner’s envelope Sunday night was busy tweeting snapshots of actors backstage just before he set in motion the biggest blunder in the awards show’s history.

Brian Cullinan, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, which handles the Oscars voting, giddily posted a photo of “La La Land’’ star Emma Stone just three minutes before giving Beatty what was supposed to be the envelope containing the name of the Best Picture.

 



http://pagesix.com/2017/02/27/oscars-accountant-busy-tweeting-emma-stone-pic-before-epic-flub/?_ga=1.183837350.1024740098.1488288821

[Fergalicious]

I see that he takes after our revered President. Instead of focusing on the job at hand he's busy posting and tweeting up a shIt storm.

Ain't America grand? 

I tell ya...

SAD! 

[hork]

ArtMan said: "Then he should have said to her " I'm confused and don't know what to do".  Didn't know she would blurt out the title?  They were there for that reason...to announce the winner.  He hands over the envelope to her without saying a word.  You are really reaching here..

The envelope that said "Emma Stone" on it? I mean, yeah, maybe it crossed his mind that she might not see that name, who knows? But she was grabbing for it, and he's old and he was on the spot with millions of people watching, and he's not a man who likes to talk to begin with, so simply giving it to her seems the natural thing for him to do. To say he's an ass who threw her under the bus is a bit extreme.

 

[10086sunset]

Fergalicious said: "Karma for what. What exactly did Faye Dunaway do to you. Did she crap on your Corn Flakes. Gimme a friggin break..."

 

I'd like to crap on your Corn Flakes, you stinking troll.

I wish you would give all of us a break. I imagine the board would be fine without your rambling posts and political pot stirring under your fake name. 

[Fergalicious]

10086sunset said: "Fergalicious said: "Karma for what. What exactly did Faye Dunaway do to you. Did she crap on your Corn Flakes. Gimme a friggin break..."

 

I'd like to crap on your Corn Flakes, you stinking troll.

I wish you would give all of us a break. I imagine the board would be fine without your rambling posts and political pot stirring under your fake name. 

 

Girl watch me as I give 0 count them....ZERO FUX. 

Bye Felicia. 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Fergalicious, why are you so amped all the time? Relax a little.

[Magdalicious]

watch me as I give 0 count them....ZERO FUX. 

Bye Felicia.

 

Go home, Carlos. You are drunks 
 

[Theater_Nerd]

Sorry posted on the wrong thread.

[Fergalicious]

Magdalicious said: "watch me as I give 0 count them....ZERO FUX. 

Bye Felicia.

 

Go home, Carlos. You are drunks 
 

 

Who THE FUQ is Carlos?!?!?

You got the wrong queen, bItch. I am not to be played wit. You got the wrong one hunny. You don't want to come for me insinuating all kinds of crazy shIt and expect to get away with it. Keep your little guessing games to yourself and relegate it to private messages because I truly give ZERO FUX.

Chew on that. 

 

[CarlosAlberto]

You guys are attributing another troll to yours truly? There is absolutely no imagination in this place! You guys are ridiculous. 

 

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

The ten proceeding posts were all by trolls.  Trolls trolling trolls.

How are you, Carlos?

[Magdalicious]

Why Fergie get so mad then?  And why Carlo post right after?