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Tan, Rested and Ready

February 24, 2009

Well, not tan. But I'm more or less over my post-Oscar/"Good Morning Cleveland" sleep deprivation and have managed to catch almost all the TV I missed last week. Will be posting something later today, as well as any items that look interesting in the email. As for the latest of my forays into TV, you [...]

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Oscar Blog: Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Picture

February 23, 2009

Reese Witherspoon presents. Danny Boyle continues "Slumdog Millionaire's" big night, which has yet to include a surprise. Boyle jumps up and down at the podium, saying he promised his children that, if he won, he would act like Tigger from "Winnie the Pooh." Also praises the Oscar show. Also, consulting notes, thanks the people of [...]

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Oscar Blog: Jerry Lewis, Music, Foreign Language Film, Tribute to Dead Moviemakers

February 22, 2009

Back from my break in time to see Eddie Murphy present the Jean Hersholt award to Jerry Lewis. Eddie mispronounces Hersholt, and the camera goes to Jerry's box, where he's not. Clips from his films and material focusing on Lewis's work with MDA. Jerry onstage to get the award. Looking pretty good considering the health [...]

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Oscar Blog: Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup

February 22, 2009

So far, Hugh Jackman is an affable and pleasant host but not exactly exciting.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Daniel Craig with art direction. Winner: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Which is a great looking movie, if not a great movie. (See my previous post for more thoughts on "Button.")
Costume design (which Parker could have used [...]

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Oscar Blog: Screenplay Awards, Animated Films

February 22, 2009

Screenwriting tribute, with a script read by Steve Martin and Tina Fey leading into their presence. Much mocking: Martin notes that a movie may begin "with a good idea for the poster."
Original screenplay presented with scene from nominated films and bits of the script onscreen (with the WALL-E lines referring to "Wally"). Winner: Dustin [...]

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Oscar Blog: The Show Begins/Best Supporting Actress

February 22, 2009

Well, after a NewsChannel 5 ad, anyway. And ads for Audi, Time Warner Cable, Lincoln (car, not president) and a brief NewsChannel 5 spot. Then the opening announcement of sponsors.
And now, Hugh Jackman. Straightforward comments, then pointing out stars in crowd (Kate Winslet, Robert Downey Jr.) and making a rueful reference to "Australia." Says everything [...]

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Oscar Blog: ABC Pre-Show

February 22, 2009

Robin Roberts and Tim Gunn greet us, but hard to hear over the crowd noise. First interview: Kate Winslet. Winslet tells a version of the story she told Seacrest about her possible acceptance speech. Then cut to another fawner, interviewing Josh Brolin and Diane Lane; Brolin, told he's Oscar's good-luck charm, says it's been a [...]

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Live Oscar Blog

February 22, 2009

Well, I just flipped on the TV and there was Ryan Seacrest on E! with the child actors from "Slumdog Millionare." He did not introduce them by name, insisting he could not pronounce them. Instead held up a piece of paper with the names on them. And so my Oscar viewing gets off to a [...]

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Oscar Movie Watch Triple Play: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Doubt," "The Reader"

February 19, 2009

I've tried to do separate postings on movies but the time before the Oscars is short, so I'm going to have to do an extended roundup of three here. Later I expect to post on "The Wrestler" and "The Visitor," two films with best-actor nominees. Notes on the three movies mentioned in the header, after [...]

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Appetite for Career Destruction: Mickey Rourke on "WrestleMania"?

January 26, 2009

(UPDATE: Mickey's rep says he's not going to do "Wrestlemania." Well, not now at least. Let's see what happens if his career goes back to its pre-"Wrestler" level.)

Even with impressive turns in movies like "Diner" and "Barfly,"
Mickey Rourke went off the career charts to, among other things, pursue a boxing career. He has rebounded lately [...]

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Friday Notebook

January 23, 2009

Coming later: Comments about "CSI" (the first post-Grissom episode), "The Office," "30 Rock," a contemplation of "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and, I hope, at last, my discussion of "Frost/Nixon."
An expanded and revised version of my "drop dead" rant about the Oscars, "The Dark Knight" and "WALL-E" is here.
In considering that column, you may want to take [...]

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My Oscar chat on Channel 5

January 22, 2009

Here's the second of my two segments Oscar-iziing:

The video can also be found here if it's still processing at YouTube.

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Movie Watch: "Slumdog Millionaire"

January 19, 2009

Field conditions: Seen at Plaza Cinemas at Chapel Hill. 5 p.m. Sunday show. Light attendance. Trailers preceding: "Defiance," "Last Chance Harvey," "Angels and Demons," "Revolutionary Road," "Wolverine."
"Slumdog Millionaire" has the trappings of the new — set in modern India (with a great soundtrack by A.R. Rahman), and a cast of fresh faces topped by Dev [...]

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A Night at the Movies: "Gran Torino"

January 17, 2009

I have some rather large gaps in my recent moviegoing, especially considering that the Oscar nominations will be announced on Jan. 22. So I am hoping to do at least a little catching up this weekend. I started tonight with "Gran Torino," directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. …

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