A little preemptive but it'll be aired on Feb 27th. The hosts?

James Franco. And Anne Hathaway.

What. the fuck.

This has the makings of possibly the worst AA of all time. I know the past few years have been bad but some of the movies were good. There are slim pickins this year, on top of the fact that the hosts just have no appeal at all. I know the Academy is full of old stiffs but seriously if you're gonna go young, just let Justin Timberlake host for God's sake. they probably think he's too "MTV" but he is probably the best option at this point.

Award shows suck. Will there be anything good on that night?

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Hit him with your purse WZ!

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it's called a carryall. it's european.

Ricky Gervais was awesome on whatever awards show he hosted last year

Didn't NPH host a show last year too?

I think Franco will be great but Hathaway not so much. I'm almost surprised that it wasn't Betty White and Ted Williams this year...

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"You can kill the revolutionary, but you can't kill the revolution."

Yes, the Spike Video Game Awards...

He's hosting The People's Choice Awards tonight I believe. That's the one to watch cause everyone gets shitfaced. He is hillarious.

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"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." ~ H.L. Mencken

He's on the Golden Globes tonight and vowed to make sure they don't invite him back next year.

That should be hilarious.

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Good to see Bale win. He was great in the Fighter

@ Ashton Kutcher's dad

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"You can kill the revolutionary, but you can't kill the revolution."

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"It's not exactly a rocket surgery." D.J.

motherfucking bump. goddamn this is retarded. i'm pretty sure i know the big winners. this is such a joke:

best picture - "the social network"
best director - david fincher, TSN
best original screenplay - nolan, "Inception"
best adapted - aaron soreass, TSN
best actor - colin firth, "the king's speech"
best actress - natalie portman, "black swan"
best supporting actor - christian bale, "the fighter"
best supporting actress, melissa leo, "the fighter"

here's what is a joke: "inception" being nominated for best picture among *9* fucking other movies...jesus christ. and i'm pretty sure TSN is going to sweep, which is also annoying.

i may be wrong about a few of the actor winners but i'm almost confident "the social network" is going to win big. in my mind it'd be the worst best picture, possibly of all time.

So is there going to be a Facebook Page drumming up more support for TSN?

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-"God is great. Beer is good. And People are crazy!"

W_Z,
You are correct. I think I posted my review of that piece of shit. The movie does not move forward and the main characters are very unlikeable. Nice Combo.

I hate to say this but a movie about a rich Jewish kid who is also smart is going to get noticed in most Hollywood circles. I'm not sayin',I'm just sayin!

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

James Franco can barely talk. How is this a good idea?

I hate to say it, but I think I'd rather have Billy Crystal back.

Even has been Dana Carvey would be better.

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-"God is great. Beer is good. And People are crazy!"

not to mention james franco is...also one of the nominees! that's always awkward.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

SJBoyd sure is in alot of those side clips.

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-"God is great. Beer is good. And People are crazy!"

Well I'll be damned.

Too bad they spelled my first name wrong.

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The Oscar is one of the all-time great "bad" movies.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Just say NOlan. Inception = major hype job bullshit movie. It would have been better if Sean Penn gave Leo DeCaprio a shirt at the end that said 'I got drugged and left for dead in Mexico and all I got was this stupid tshirt'. A spinning dradle? Really?

Worst ever WZ? I'm surprised a cinephile such as yourself would make such a statement. I can think of a few Best Picture winners in recent memory that were self-congratulating claptrap and utter bilge. Million Dollar Baby, Chicago, Titanic, Shakespeare in Love and The English Patient come to mind. I haven't seen TSN but is it really worse than those?

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Back off, Warchild. Seriously.

it's 10 times as smug, and 100 times more self-aggrandizing and annoying.

I had no interest in seeing that movie until reading this comment. I need another reason to hate Aaron Sorkin. Awful.

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Eaglo, I'm not sure what Dana Carvey's been up to lately, but it's got to be one of the toughest jobs in all of Hollywood, hosting the Oscars. Producers seem to think that having Anne Hathaway & James Franco co-host the Oscar telecast February 27th on ABC will attract younger viewers on Oscar night and keep the event moving. It's probably nothing more than a change of pace.

Anne Hathaway could be dancing naked with sparklers sticking out of certain places, and I probably still wouldn't watch the Oscars. Although, that may cause me to flip over to them for a moment.

Award shows as a whole, suck. By definition, they are a bunch of uptight, industry types who take themselves way too seriously taking turns sucking each other's collective cocks.

If a movie is nominated, or wins an award, does it increase the likelyhood that I would actually see it? No. My movie picks are determined by the basic plot outline that I can find, which helps me determine if I care enough to see it in the first place.

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All I know is "The Other Guys" was not nominated, so I'm no interested.

If they said at some point Natalie Portman would motorboat Anne Hathaway's boobies, I'd watch the whole thing.

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Thought I would list the official nominees in the major categories below....
Of the nominees I saw The Social Network, The Town, Inception, Animal Kingdom,
The Kids Are Alright, and Winter's Bone which a lot of people missed but was quite good.
Still really hoping to see True Grit, maybe I'll catch a matinee this weekend.


Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”

Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Directing
“Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
“The Fighter” David O. Russell
“The King's Speech” Tom Hooper
“The Social Network” David Fincher
“True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best Picture
“Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
“The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
“Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
“The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
“The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
“127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
“The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
“Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
“True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
“Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

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Rented "The Ghost Writer" this weekend and I am pretty surprised that it was not
nominated in any category. I found this movie to be one of the better ones I have
seen in a few years, very well written and a couple of twists at the end which left
me pretty surprised.

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