Oscar 2007 Blog

N+1 Magazine Emailed me Again

Tao Lin — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:29:47 +0000

[EDITOR'S NOTE: I have deleted this post, because Keith Gessen specifically requested in the email that it not be posted to the Internet. This blog is based in California. The first paragraph of the California Constitution guarantees each citizen's right to privacy. I do not desire that this blog be used to violate anyone's privacy. If Tao Lin does this again, I will permanently disable his posting rights.]

Final Tally

Edward Champion — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:11:41 +0000

Ed: 91 posts (including those from other authors)
Jami Bernard: 60 posts
Jeff VanderMeer: 58 posts
Jackson West: 48 posts
Callie Miller: 44 posts
Melissa Gira: 41 posts

The Post-Game

Melissa Gira — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:35:16 +0000

Click To Play

Goodnight, Gracie.

Tom Working — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:29:40 +0000

I’d Like To Thank the Academy

Melissa Gira — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:21:38 +0000

For making life seem relevant again. And all those torrented pre-Oscar screeners.

Nick Antosca — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:19:57 +0000

yes that stupid sunshine piece of shit didn’t get anything…Departed wins, that makes me happy, i want to grab martin scorsese by the eyebrows and kiss his head and then rub jack nicholson’s head, going to sleep now

Thanks All

Edward Champion — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:19:30 +0000

Thanks to all the guest bloggers who chimed in with their time and words. Thanks also to the excellent Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders for hosting a fantastic party.

You can go about living your regular lives now. Until next year, that is.

Many Thanks

Chris Daley — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:19:24 +0000

To Ed and All…It was a pleasure.

Hail Xenu!

Jackson West — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:19:17 +0000

I’m off to get my free stress test. Also, circumcised. Again.

the departed

Kimberly Askew — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:18:56 +0000

at least babel didn’t win.

Woo hoo! See y’all next year!

Tom Working — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:18:42 +0000

Thanks Ed! As usual, it was a lot of fun to participate! In fact, I’d go so far as to say I had more fun here than being a design judge at the Cal State Fair.

A Few Post-Ceremony Awards

Jeff VanderMeer — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:18:19 +0000

To Gwenda Bond for repetitions of “Man Candy,” or whatever.

To Ed Champion for being a good host and for the invite and for his lovely title rant re Little Miss Sunshine.

To Tao for showing us the world is larger than our eye-of-the-needle Oscar party.

To Nick for pimping lots of stuff.

I’m outta here.

Okay — who the hell was that?

Callie Miller — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:17:50 +0000

Is it just me, or is it really lame that the Best Picture guy didn’t have Marty come up or the cast? Bizarre, no?

That’s Hollywood.

What? We’re Done?

Edward Champion — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:17:39 +0000

No more interpretive shadow dancing? I’m confused.

WHERE’S THE FUCKIN’ DANCE WITH THE PENGUINS????

Jami Bernard — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:17:23 +0000

I want my money back

Flashback

Chris Daley — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:17:06 +0000

I was just remembering last year when Crash won and the server immediately crashed. I’m glad we weren’t all taken out by corrupt Boston cops.

Three Consecutive F-Word Posts!

Sacha Arnold — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:16:54 +0000

We’re all gonna have a great time with Bertrand Russell in Hell.

The Departed: Buy Two Hours, Get The Third Free

Jackson West — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:16:31 +0000

“It’s a wonderful synergy of Diane Keaton and fucking right now.” — Meliss Gira

Would Diane Keaton stop fondling Jack “fuckdog” Nicholson?

Charlie Anders — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:16:07 +0000

Sweeter?

Callie Miller — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:16:02 +0000

The best picture win for Departed must make Scorcese feel more certain that the Best Director wasn’t just a “finally give it to the guy” throw away.

Interesting…

Jeff VanderMeer — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:15:27 +0000

Somehow this seems like a let-down. The best director win I thought was cool. But The Departed was not, for me, the best movie of the year. It was a very good movie, however.

Also: Diane Fucking Keaton?

Melissa Gira — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:15:11 +0000

“The first movie he’s done with a plot“????

Fuck You, Diane Keaton

Edward Champion — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:15:04 +0000

“The first movie he’s done with a plot!”

“Little Fucking Miss Bullshit Fucking Sunshine.”

Jackson West — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:14:48 +0000

– Edward Champion

Did Diane Keaton just grab her tits?

Callie Miller — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:14:23 +0000

O’Toole…

Jeff VanderMeer — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:14:06 +0000

doesn’t need any further affirmation to be counted among the greats.

Wow, what a nail biter…

Susan Patton — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:14:03 +0000

Pretty obvious at this point that the Departed wins. Good night, and good luck! Thanks Ed, everyone, it was fun.

Diane Fucking Keaton

Melissa Gira — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:13:55 +0000

Sporting Lesbian Haircut #3, The Gracefully Aging Version. We likey: wide belt, the cuffs, and man, the glasses.

Y’know, the air went out of Peter O’Toole

Jami Bernard — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:13:27 +0000

… because he knows it’s his last chance, really. But Forest Whitaker isn’t going to have another shot like this, and he deserved it …

Run, Forrest!

Tom Working — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:11:53 +0000

Forrest’s speech started to devolve there at the end.

Eyebrow-Goiter Orgy?

Sacha Arnold — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:11:12 +0000

Man, Martin’s a head shorter than those other guys.

T.E. Lawrence Ain’t Lookin’ So Hot

Jackson West — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:11:03 +0000

Somebody get the man a drink.

Okay, Now We Can Mock Marty, Too

Melissa Gira — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:10:53 +0000

Jackson: “‘The Asian cinema’, cause it’s all in Asian.”

I’ve waited for this moment for years, for Scorsese to win

Jami Bernard — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:10:26 +0000

But I just wish it was for Raging Bull, or Goodfellas

Sweet

Chris Daley — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:08:50 +0000

It’s about fucking time.

Marty!

Tom Working — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:08:42 +0000

Good luck, Marty!

Martin

Edward Champion — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:08:39 +0000

So overdue.

Whitaker–Great Speech

Jeff VanderMeer — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:08:18 +0000

Really, just perfect.

Marty! Marty! Marty!

Melissa Gira — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:08:16 +0000

<3 <3 <3

This trio is a sign that everyone knows it’s gonna be Scorsese

Jami Bernard — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:07:35 +0000

Otherwise it would be embarrassing

Yay! Forrest!

Kimberly Askew — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:07:26 +0000

The best part of the show by far. He has class and heart. He deserved it!

I Need Medical Marijuana

Jackson West — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:07:13 +0000

These anti-union douchebags are making me nauseous.

The original three amigos?

Susan Patton — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:07:12 +0000

God, they really need to stop that.

Buddhist Whittaker

Callie Miller — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:06:59 +0000

Okay, call me drunk or call me sappy or both, but Forest has me crying. His speech is textbook Buddhism and for that, I admire him that much more.

Forest wins the night.

Traver Kauffmann — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:06:49 +0000

Period.

Forrest

Melissa Gira — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:06:05 +0000

Single-handedly making all of us feel like total jerks for saying anything terrible about anything at all ever about the power of cinema.

Forrest

Kimberly Askew — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:06:01 +0000

Gavin: The first thing expected to be heard backstage from Forrest Whitaker when asked about his Oscar, “Don’t fuck with it.”

Forest Whitaker

Jeff VanderMeer — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:05:17 +0000

I’ve always thought Whitaker was amazing in every role he ever had. He was especially brilliant in Ghost Dog. But he was also just a stunning presence in Last King of Scotland. In a personal and a historical-figure way.

Forrest Fucking Whitaker

Edward Champion — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:05:05 +0000

Boo yah!

Woah…

Susan Patton — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:05:02 +0000

Sorry Peter O’Toole. Looks like that really took the wind out of him!

Forrest Whitaker was incredible in that movie, I’m glad he won.