Oscar Show Chat
me: it’s on now! the show is on!!
Lindsay: Hugh Jackman has great skin
hahah Hugh got jokes!
me: he looks nervous but also hot
Lindsay: i am getting a really good feeling about this opening
Lindsay: omg omg omg omg. I love this. everything about it.
me: dang. that was a good dance move
i’m glad brad thought that was funny
ahh, anne changed
me: ok give her the oscar
Lindsay: can Hugh get an Oscar just for this?
Lindsay: wow, Rpattz got second row seats. right behind Mickey and Marissa. impressive
me: i missed him!
Lindsay: were you watching? wake up Melissa! Don’t slack now…this is go time!
I like that the set sparkles so much
me: i didn’t like when the curtains didn’t open. i do like that they’re saying one nice thing about each nominee
Lindsay: it is very sweet
me: awww i actually LOVE IT
Lindsay: I feel like I am intruding on a intimate moment…like I’ve crashed the wedding of someone I don’t know
me: where they wrote their own vows
if they combined tilda and goldie’s tops and divided them in two there’d probably be the exact right amount of fabric for each one
Lindsay: I WAS JUST THINKING THAT
me: not a shock this one (Penelope Cruz)
Lindsay: goldie’s bra is showing and it is distracting
Lindsay: I want a wedding dress like Penelope’s oscar dress
me: what penelope just said in spanish made me cry and i didn’t understand any of it
Lindsay: I actually did understand it. Senora Moresi would be proud.
Everyone in Spain is a part of this moment
Ana Cris said said Penelope said, “I want to bang Hugh Jackman.”
me: oh well goody for you
hahaha
r u chatting with her too? r u cheating on PCY
Lindsay: I just chatted that one time! I promise. It meant nothing
I got caught up in the moment
Lindsay: I think this is the best Oscars ever
Lindsay: Wow, Wall-E takes written direction really well
Tina looks pretty
me: WOW. who can follow that speech? (Dustin Lance Black)
Lindsay: Seriously, end the show now. He was good
Lindsay: I love yearbooks!
KIT Jen Aniston…LYLAS…RHTS
me: wait, yearbooks? what did i miss?
Lindsay: they are showing us 2008 yearbooks throughout the show..starting with animation
Is pete distracting you? this is serious business, pete.
Lindsay: Did they just pan to brad and angie during a Team Aniston moment? Whatcha trying to start Oscars?
me: i wanted to jennifer to be even funnier to be like, ah, take that, angie, i’m funny
Lindsay: maybe that is after this guy’s speech
commercial break moment: what is your favorite part so far?
me: ummm the part when anne hathaway sang
Lindsay: I like when Hugh Jackman did “the reader” dance with the people in the silver spandex
me: that was awesome
Lindsay: and Dustin Black was good too.
And Tina and Steve. Too hard. This was a dumb question
me: hold the phone. is SJP’s dress see-through?
Lindsay: I didn’t notice! I was distracted by the belt
me: oh good i was hoping the oscars would feature TVs that look like wooden crates
Lindsay: THey are trying to tone it down to be considerate of the economy
That is why the stage appears to be draped in diamonds
me: i think the crates are supposed to signal “boring award alert”
Lindsay: who keeps an illuminated crystal chandelier in a crate?
that seems to scream fire hazard
me: maybe the question about “who would you save” wasn’t hypothetical.
wtf is the duchess
Lindsay: i know! I can’t keep up with all the regal movies each year. They always win for best costumes
all those corsets
me: they should make best corsets a separate category
Lindsay: Clearly the nominators didn’t see what Edward Cullen was wearing when he went to the high school prom
or those sunglasses. now there is a costume
ben button better win movie makeup
me: it’s weird to see james bond talking about makeup
Lindsay: that guy does not look like a makeup artist
everyone is thanking david fincher
here’s your boy!
he looks kind of vampiry
me: RPAAATZ
why does RPattz always do this thing with his head where he looks like he’s suppressing a burp
Lindsay: exactly!
I don’t know why
wow, romance in 2008 was kind of frightening
me: WOOOOOOOOOOW (Ben Stiller playing Joaquin Phoenix playing no one knows)
Lindsay: hahahahah oh NO he didn’t!
Lindsay:Lindsay: this commercial is sad!
The lost dog!
awwww….it’s like Homeward Bound in 30 seconds
me: i’m crying. CRYING
Lindsay: Here is Jess Biel and your favorite big bow
why is she here?
me: if she breaks her arm her dress has a built-in sling. safety first!
Lindsay: good point…very functional.
I bet she is keeping her iphone in there
me: that was a really short segment
Lindsay: thats cause no one knew what the heck she was talking about
they should have a comeback award and give it to Robert Downey Jr.
me: or mickey rourke
Lindsay: true. but Iron Man, Tropic Thunder and that new one with Jamie Fox
Seth and James…I am crying laughing
me: best oscars ever
Lindsay: I love Seth Rogen just laughing at poor James Franco pronouncing the foreign film
me: and seth rogen has such an un-smooth laugh. huaughaughuaghggh
Lindsay: yay! more singing hugh!
me: brad pitt tossed him the cane but you would never know except for hugh saying it
Lindsay: oh! I missed that
Lindsay: ok, they just ruined it by bringing high school musical into the classic/amazing musicals montage
me: did they just relate HSM to all classic musicals?
omg JINXETY
Lindsay: you owe me a coke
Lindsay: this academy awards is going to win an emmy
Lindsay: aw, Heath’s family. tears.
Lindsay: oh my gosh, I wish they would stop showing crying actors. It is make it hard for me to stop. What a special moment for his family.
me: his dad is such a regular guy.
Lindsay: I know! And his mom and sister looked beautiful!
me: oooh! magic trick! NPH would love it! and manny-esque balancing! it’s like watching Ellen
Lindsay: How does one get to see this short films for which they always give awards?
these not this
me: we saw all the animated shorts last year at the IFC
and they’re on iTunes this year
Lindsay: cool! I want to do that
me: hey it’s your BFF!
garden gnome bwah
Lindsay: What up Will Smith…how come you never call??
i bet they didn’t think they would win…they were sitting behind the barricade
what is brad pitt’s ring?
did he win the superbowl?
me: Will Smith just said “Boom goes the dynamite.” And with that, I will love him forever
Lindsay: i love that he mis-annunciated on sound editing. irony is funny.
oh no. who just won that?
Lindsay: danny uncle is so amazed every time they win something. Your movie was awesome, don’t act so surprised
me: Danny Uncle is a good man. You be nice to Danny Uncle.
Lindsay: no, that was a compliment!
me: For some reason that name makes me think of Full House, I guess because of Uncle Jesse and Danny Tanner. Also good men.
Lindsay: I never thought I would see a Slumdog Millionaire, Full House segue. But, you made that work.
me: “In the Motherhood” looks funny
Lindsay: Yep, I am looking forward to that and to Parks and Rec.
Don’t forget to record Oprah tomorrow!
me: is it wrong that i LOL’d at the motherhood joke about knocking over toddlers
Lindsay: I almost ROFL’d
Lindsay: i LOVE this commercial with the girl and the picture of her fish
me: i’m going to make it better. there! it’s better.
Lindsay: I’m a PC and I’m four and a half.
Lindsay: whoa whats happening?
Lindsay: what category is this? I got distracted. best song with lyrics?
me: why does queen latifah’s dress have a seatbelt
me: why is reese witherspoon wearing queen latifah’s dress
Lindsay: reese can do no wrong
i was looking at our pre-oscar chat and finding all my many many typos
let’s go danny boyle! please win!
me: omg i hope hope HOOOOPE his movie wins
Lindsay: it’s bloody wonderful
me: TIGGER!
Lindsay: oh my gosh….i am getting so excited. big awards coming up
let’s go Kate Winslet!!
I was almost asleep but I’ve just rallied. I think I can make it til the end.
Lindsay: geez, these winners talking to nominees thing is keeping me in tears
me: meryl is trying not to laugh at sophia loren.
Lindsay: me too
it looks like nic kidman is trying to hide a bird in her bosom
HOORAY for Kate!
me: Good one, Kate!
Her dad is good at whistling!
Lindsay: that was awesome!
was he mic’d? how did he whistle that loud?
Lindsay: do you see rpattz now?
me: yeah
(i just looked up and said “YEAH!” really loud)
Lindsay: yay Sean Penn!!!
Lindsay: Preach it Penn!
me: Did he thank his family?
Lindsay: He said something about “my family and circle around me” but I don’t think he thanked his actual family. He certainly didn’t mention RWP by name I don’t think
me: If those little kids don’t get to go on stage then all the Oscar goodness is canceled out, forever
Lindsay: agreed! Whoever wins should bring those kids on stage anyways. Even if it is Kate Winslet and all those little kids..
For the movies I haven’t seen, these montages are a little confusing.
The accounting montage is still my favorite
me: come on slumdooooooooog……………………………..
Lindsay: oh please oh please
VICTORY!!!!!
me: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
Lindsay: let the kids up! let the kids up!
Lindsay: Look at Dev dancing around with that little girl in the background…so cute
And with that…good night. Time for bed.
me: yay. i love love love those kids.
YAY OSCARS The End
Posted on February 22nd, 2009 by Melissa
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Lindsay let’s do the Jai Ho dance at the clubs next weekend!
I am going to take Bollywood dancing lessons.
Must EVERYTHING be a medley?
Zac did a pretty good job pronouncing those names
Wall E kind of got screwed there. It was a guest spot in a Slumdog Millionaire production. ( I mean in the performance. Slumdog totally should have still won but how does Wall E’s song compete with that dancing?)
yeah he was way better than james franco
they should have had some robots running around. i’d like to see the dancers try to kick around with robots under their feet. that would teach them not to upstage the robots.
I hate to say it, but I am getting so tired. You think this thing will be done by midnight?
I wanted Anne Hathaway to win, but I was excited when her dad whistled.
I like it better when they showed clips of the performance.
Her dad was so good at whistling! I didn’t see The Reader or Rachel Getting Married. I wanted Anne to win after the opening, though. But Kate was really sweet and her speech was a huge improvement over the Golden Globes. Did you see the NY Times article “Get a Grip, You’re British”? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/weekinreview/22lyall.html
I wish we had time for both. What I like about this way is that they take the time to talk about the performances of “long shots” like Melissa Leo and Richard Jenkins…I know everyone says the Oscars are too long but I would seriously watch like a 6-hour telecast.
there’s your boy hanging out on Mickey’s shoulder looking all undead and unaffected.
yay, sean penn!
Thanks for enlightening me, Melissa. I’m behind on The Times. I caught 4/5 Oscar Nominated Best Picture films and liked The Reader the least. It was good, but ssslllloooowww for me.
Who is this young guy they keep flashing to while Sean is speaching?
The screenwriter, I think…of the movies you saw, which do you want for Best Pic?
I think it’s probably nice for them to have “greats’ talking them up, but I feel like some of them are getting shafted. Plus, sometimes I think the performances speak for themselves…especially when I haven’t actually seen them
I slacked on the awards this year. I didn’t realize KW was up for Revolutionary Road in the GGs. I liked that performance more.
Slumdog…Freddie wants Milk
I liked Benjamin Button but some of the effects were distracting. It kind of seemed like a Big Fish Forest Gump mash up
Plus, those kids are so darn cute
what was with the other clips mixed in? Former best pics speaking to the themes of current noms? It confused me a bit because I didn’t remember Tom Hanks being in The Reader.
Don’t you think we need some kind of Grand Finale. It’s always so anti climactic.
I LOVE THE KIDS. They couldn’t be any cuter. They should totally be on Oprah tomorrow.
Yeah maybe we could’ve had some fireworks or something? Or the entire theatre does the dance from the end of Slumdog?
Yeah, the mixed-up clips were totally confusing. If Tom Hanks had been in The Reader it would’ve probably won best picture.
seriously.
Just caught Hugh’s opening number on You Tube. (I was still in Benjamin Button then). Awesome. I haven’t seen The Reader! I’m Wolverine, classic!
Oh my gosh. They should totally have taken that cue from Slumdog. That dance seemed random, but I really enjoyed it. It could have worked for the Oscars too. I could have shown them the steps. We’ve been practicing since we saw the movie.
Yeah, i recently came across your blog and have been reading along.. Thanks