Monday, March 3, 2014

Oscar winners (2014)

Did everyone have a good time watching the Oscars last night?  I've been sick as a dog since Thursday but I loaded my happy ass up on Dayquil just so I could get through the ceremony. 

Ellen DeGeneres hosted and did a great job which just goes to prove the old Hollywood adage:  if you want something done right, give it to the lesbians. 

No one says that?  Are you sure?  Well, they should start. 

The theme this year was "Heroes of Movies" and there were some cute montages to different kinds of heroes, from animated to real-life to super.  No host-led musical numbers this time, which was fine.  They wouldn't have fit the flow of the program and it gave more impact to the Best Original Song performances. 

There weren't any real trainwreck outfits this year, but the wax dummy that Kim Novak has become more than made up for that.  Holy shit.  She was so beautiful back in the day, it almost made me cry seeing what she looks like now.

Even Liza Minnelli looked better and she's been to rehab more times than Flava Flav. 

Moving on.  The only other thing that really annoyed me was John Travolta completely mangling Idina Menzel's name when he announced her to sing "Let It Go".  It is an unusual name, sure, but that's why you practice beforehand.  You don't think people struggled with Chiwetel Ejiofor? 

Anyway, here's a list of the winners.  Gravity clearly racked up last night while American Hustle will just have to be content with all its Golden Globes.

Best Picture
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Best Animated Feature
  • Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Directing
  • Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)
Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short
  • The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed)
Best Film Editing
  • Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
  • Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)
Best Original Score
  • Gravity (Steven Price)
Best Original Song
  • Let It Go - Frozen
Best Production Design
  • The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
Best Animated Short Film
  • Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)
Best Live Action Short Film
  • Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)
Best Sound Editing
  • Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)
Best Sound Mixing
  • Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)
Best Visual Effects
  • Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)
Best Adapted Screenplay
  • 12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
Best Original Screenplay
  • Her (Spike Jonze)

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