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February 22, 2009
Best of the Jewish Blogosphere #205 Plus The Oscars
Joan Blondell looks for the Jewish Blogosphere.
Sarah From Down Under brings us: Haveil Havalim #205 Goodon, Sarah!
And what about The Oscars?
I'll be live-blogging—Karen will be at my side reminding me not to get too snarky—the event at Big Hollywood.
Here's Editor-in-Chief John Nolte's invitation.
This evening, February 22nd, starting around 4:30pm PST/ 7:30ET — please join Andrew Breitbart, Gary Graham, Iowahawk, Stage Right, Andrew Leigh, Robert J. Avrech, John Romano, Ernie Mannix and more… when The Big Hollywood Gang live-blogs the 81st annual Academy Awards. And you are encouraged to live-blog right along with us in both the comments and a special open thread that will be set up just for this occasion.
Our original plan was to include a drinking game where we would all down a shot every time a celebrity gushed over President Obama, but fear of blindness [and a massive migraine for yours truly] quashed that. So while we come up with something else, we hope you’ll make plans to be here.
My predictions?
The best gowns will be by Chanel, and Louboutin footwear will take all honors.
Oh, and Slumdog Millionaire will win Best Pic.
Good luck trying to see the other nominated films in your local movie theater.
Kate Winslet will win Best Actress for her sympathetic portrayal of a Jew-killing Nazi pedophile in The Reader, perhaps the most morally confused film ever produced in Hollywood—quite an accomplishment.
Poor girl couldn't read the sign that said: “Don't Burn The Jews.”
Illiteracy: the new excuse for genocide.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at February 22, 2009 08:57 AM
Comments
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Is there going to be a pool for (a) the number of acceptance speeches gushing over "The One" (b) still bashing Bush even after he has left office?
Seriously one of the contributors at BH had a live blog when the show 24 was on - it was a lot of fun.
As they said in the 50s - Be there or be square...
Posted by: Bill Brandt at February 22, 2009 02:42 PM
sounds like fun!
Posted by: mata hari at February 22, 2009 04:34 PM
Ryan Seacrest just interviewed Josh Brolin on the red carpet. His wife Diane Lane looked pretty nervous, and she should be because if Josh doesn't win he'll probably beat her to a pulp... again.
Yeah, wife-beaters get a pass in Hollywood if there stepmothers happen to be Barbra Streissand and if they portray W. is a unflatteringly way as Brolin did in the movie of the same name.
Posted by: Jake at February 22, 2009 04:47 PM
Well, watching the Oscars without the fun of Big Hollywood is - tough slogging!
Posted by: Bill Brandt at February 22, 2009 06:45 PM
Robert - I stayed though the Oscars until Bill Maher went on - then decided to watch Guns of Nararone - went back just as Kate Winslet wins for "The Reader" - as one of BH contributors said "A Nazi Pedophile" - How many people have seen this or want to see it?
No wonder the Oscars are becoming irrelevant.
Getting back to Navarone - it seems to me from the period 1958-1961 there were some very great movies made - you being a student of Hollywood what would you say are the best years?
Posted by: Bill Brandt at February 22, 2009 08:42 PM
Bill:
I'm partial to the years between 1915 — 1929. That's when the language of film developed into an incredible international language.
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at February 22, 2009 09:10 PM
Dear Robert: Why not participate in the drinking game-and stick to orange juice? I havn't dared to look. Did DANCING WITH BASHIR win the Best Foreign Film? Did you read the roasting Debbie Schlussel gave that picture?
Posted by: Miranda Rose Smith at February 22, 2009 11:32 PM
ERRATUM: Its WALTZ WITH BASHIR.
Posted by: Miranda Rose Smith at February 23, 2009 12:30 AM
I actually thought that Waltz With Bashir was an excellent commentary on the fallible nature of memory, quite independently of the political message. The music is also haunting and memorable. I also thought Kate Winslet was very good in The Reader quite apart from its social and political tones; the real reason she won was because she didn't really have competition this year. And while Sean Penn was outstanding in Milk, I personally would been satisfied if Mickey Rourke would have won the award for his performance of a lifetime in "The Wrestler".
"Guns of Navarone" is truly excellent by the way!
Posted by: Bob at February 23, 2009 10:12 AM
Oscar's enduring importance over the years (to me) is in being an extreme and appropriate complement to Felix.
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