80th Annual Academy Awards

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What I find most interesting is that this is one of my worst years of predictions yet, but I managed to come in fifth in the Oscar World contest...fucked up, I tell you.
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OscarGuy wrote:I think this might be the most international Oscar ceremony in history.

There is usually one particular "foreign" country stands out in each year. Last year was Mexico and this year is France.



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Oh well, still over three hours. God, how long would it have been had they had time to prepare?
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I think this might be the most international Oscar ceremony in history.
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Akash wrote:Seriously, this is the most non-American show. If Day-Lewis and Christie win, all four acting winners would be foreign-born actors.
Is this the first time in the Oscar history that all for acting award winners are non-Americans?
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It's moving along really fast! Damn, I should have made my prediction for the show being UNDER three hours.



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HarryGoldfarb wrote:The intro video... how corny it can be? Terminator's face! come on! Stewart so far has been way below the standard... Amy Adams performance... so cheap... man, they're really making their best effort to ruin the night.

Honestly? It was never going to be great, but I think it's a reasonable enough broadcast considering they had very little time to put it together. And I think Stewart is MUCH improved from his previous gig.

I agree "Happy Working Song" on a bare stage is just wrong.



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Akash wrote:Seriously, this is the most non-American show. If Day-Lewis and Christie win, all four acting winners would be foreign-born actors.
Or even Cotillard (France) or Page (Canada).
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Seriously, this is the most non-American show. If Day-Lewis and Christie win, all four acting winners would be foreign-born actors.
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Brad Bird.
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Have any Americans won yet?

Not that that's a bad thing--I love the global presence.



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They had two weeks to rehearse...
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The intro video... how corny it can be? Terminator's face! come on! Stewart so far has been way below the standard... Amy Adams performance... so cheap... man, they're really making their best effort to ruin the night.
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The intro video... how corny it can be? Terminator's face! come on! Stewart so far has been way below the standard... Amy Adams performance... so cheap... man, they're really making their best effort to ruin the night.
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Big Magilla wrote:Rolo, if you can't make it Flipp's place, there is a podcast at Variety:

http://www.themovieblog.com/
thanks! hope it works.
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