Comments on: Death by Oscar

By: Kimberly Lindbergs

Kimberly Lindbergs — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:18:39 +0000

Thanks for spotting my mistake, Mary Jane. But I personally suspect that a lot of Hollywood gossip is probably full of chalk as well as plenty of other things.

By: Mary Jane Prattlefore

Mary Jane Prattlefore — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:57:03 +0000

“It’s chalk full of juicy Hollywood gossip…”

The word is “chock-full.” I can’t imagine Hollywood gossip being full of chalk.

By: Kimberly Lindbergs

Kimberly Lindbergs — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:00:56 +0000

I did start to notice that towards the end of the show. You’ll have to ask the producers or the individuals who handed out the awards why they decided to say “the winner is” instead of and “the Oscar goes to.” Whatever the case may be I’m sure there’s no law regrading what people say as they hand out the awards and they obviously making lots of changes to the show this year. Maybe that was one of them?

By: Neal

Neal — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:20:09 +0000

Did you notice that the phrase “the winner is” was used most of the night at this year’s Oscars? What’s that about?

By: Kimberly Lindbergs

Kimberly Lindbergs — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:51:23 +0000

Thanks, Dave and I appreciate your insights. I’m really disappointed that the Lifetime Achievement awards won’t be telecast this year. I would have loved to have seen Roger Corman and Lauren Bacall receive their awards. Hopefully the Academy will realize their grievous mistake and correct it next year. I try to keep an optimistic outlook about the Oscars but they’re really testing my patience this year. It will be interesting to see how the awards unfold on Sunday night.

By: Kimberly Lindbergs

Kimberly Lindbergs — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:45:19 +0000

Thanks a lot, Moirafinnie! I’m glad you enjoyed it. Carr did take part in the Goya musical but it doesn’t get a lot of attention in the book. I can’t even imagine how awful that was! The mind reels.

By: Dave M.

Dave M. — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:27:42 +0000

That’s fascinating. He sure delivered one of the most memorable moments in Oscar history. I think the worst shows are the ones you don’t remember and that list is getting long.

I haven’t been at all enthused about the changes they’ve made in the last few years. I think the biggest disservice is the exclusion of the Lifetime achievement award from the live show. This was truly for the film buffs and even if poorly executed at times it hurts to see it relegated to a 30 second clipfest like the tech awards. They also are doing away with the best song performances. That bothers me in so much as its another live aspect that is getting dumped in favor of clips. I was never crazy about the songs they chose to honor.

I expect they will repeat last years gimmick of presenting best actor/actress with the endless and nauseatingly adoring schmoozefest that made it sound as though each nominee had saved an orphanage or cured the the sick. I liked not knowing who might present but boy did it go on and on in the most creepy fawning way.

Best part about watching the Oscars and complaining about the Oscars.

By: moirafinnie

moirafinnie — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:00:15 +0000

Great start, Kimberly!

You had me laughing in the first paragraph. The Oscars may have more dignity now, but they aren’t nearly as much fun as they were when chaos and poor taste popped up more often unexpectedly. Wasn’t Carr also involved in some musical devoted to that fun figure, Spanish artist Francisco Goya some years later?

I hope you enjoy your new berth. I can’t wait for next week’s installment.

Moira

By: suzidoll

suzidoll — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:17:20 +0000

The pix are working now. Great book cover.

By: Kimberly Lindbergs

Kimberly Lindbergs — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:06:48 +0000

Thanks so much, Suzidoll! Allan Carr’s story is pretty remarkable and if you’re an Oscar fan it’s well worth a read.

I made some changes so hopefully the images are visable now. I’m still getting used to working with WordPress and I may hit a few snags along the way.