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actually the twitter photo thing was funny

Sorrentino thanked Diego Armando Maradona...

U2 getting a standing ovation and losing best song will suck pretty hard!

There goes standing ovation nr. 1

Reza wrote:What is it with these actresses' faces - Liza, Goldie and now Kim Novak? Sad.

And Jenniffer Lawrence is only 23 and already looks "streched"

Does the standing ovation for Pharrell Williams count for our oscar prediction contest?

Reza wrote:

Sonic Youth wrote:Happy Oscars, my friends! Regardless of what happens, I hope everyone has lots of fun tonight.

And once again, Wes, thank you for providing us with the board for all these years.

Ditto!!

2x

Another ideia would be making Best Animated Feature Poll. It's only 12 years

voted for Up in the Air and Bigelow

If Gravity is the Best Picture winner, wouldn't it be great if the presenter, upon opening the envelope, simply made the announcement by holding the card slightly above his shoulder and then gently dropping it, simulating gravity, and saying nothing. That would be genius. I doubt Sidney Poitier is ...

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Governors Ball prepared to host Oscars after-party: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdx28CK9Xy4 All I can say is, they better damn sure keep serving those caviar-stuffed-baked potatoes up until the Governor's Ball I attend on my first nomination, if not win. :?: are you or were ever nominated?

Heksagon wrote:Today, there is not only fire, but blood, on the streets of Kiev. The anticipated, violent, police crackdown on the Maidan protestors has begun.

Just watch as it develops into a civil war supported on one side by the russians and on the other by western countries

ksrymy wrote:Mark my words: This Thursday, "Happy" takes #1 on the charts and becomes the first #1 hit to win an Oscar since "Lose Yourself."

Funny enough, U2 will have lost both times.

U2 has been promoting their song very hard. They've just performed it live at the Jimmy fallon show

I assume most of us keep an eye on TCM, particularly during this pre-Oscar month when they stick to only nominated films. For those still making inroads into the early nominee lists, a lot of rarely screened stuff has been turning up. And, for me, one film that has been elusive over the past half-c...