La La La: An Oscars thread

Looks like The Rock is giving the People's Eyebrow.

 

Next up, everyone will get a trophy.

 

It was Sting.

 

Need to start them slower, I guess. Like with one-car funerals.

 

The Rock's reaction is great, as is Matt Damon's slack-jawed astonishment.

 

Abe Vigoda ... just saying!

 

My rabbit-hole morning took me here.

Did Marisa Tomei Win Her Best Supporting Actress Oscar By Mistake?

As the story goes, Jack Palance couldn't read the card so he said whatever came to mind. Never heard that one before. But the events of last night, and the explanation of the fail-safes for such a case, would seem to put the theory to bed.

 

Yeah, I mentioned that a few pages back. Rumor was Palance was drunk, and Tomei's name was the last one that had appeared on a TelePrompTer so he repeated that.

 

Fuck that. He had every right to do that, given how everyone else on stage was pissing down their leg.

 

Also, the white-haired guy above left from Mel Gibson, who has a shit-eating grin on his face like he thinks it's a bit.

 

And Meryl's eyes look like they're about to pop out of her head.

 

I see a lot of criticism of the guy for that, and I don't understand it. Other than someone dropping dead on stage, that was about the most chaotic situation imaginable. And whatever explanation Beatty was about to give was not answering the very pertinent and timely question WTF IS HAPPENING HERE! Two seconds later, question answered.

He salvaged the moment. I saw a couple interviews afterward too. He is a smooth, smooth guy. A zillion crisis managers couldn't have advised clients how to handle it any better.