YAY! Women.

YES!!!!! Bigelow!!!!!

Lammastide said:

Vendetta1 said:

Let's focus on what's truly important: She looks WAY better than James' current wife.

SCNDLS said:

she made me cry in hope floats, so i'm okay with it

HURT LOCKER!!!!!


I am so glad Avatar didn't win!!!!

WooHOO!!!!

damn!! he just threw that shit out there like craps

Vendetta1 said:

I'm shocked at his, but I'm happy to see Hurt Locker win. And I'm THRILLED for Bigelow!

Fury said:

Hell they had talked about the damn nominees all night. I am glad somebody didn't bullshit.

You know that producer who sent the email is sitting at home watching this go down and feeling like shit!

Fury said:

I missed it. What'd he say?

SCNDLS said:

Idiot!!!!

Lammastide said:

No build up or nuthin, I had to rewind to hear his actual announcement. Tom was ready to get to the Governor's ball and eat up some shit.

Lammastide said:

"last time 10 movies nominated...blah blah..casablanca,,,hurt locker-- good night"

SCNDLS said:

Joe Clark don't need to fix his teeth!

How else do you think he was able to scare the kids of Eastside High when he opened his mouth?

Vendetta1 said:

That fucka gon have his lip poked out for a MINUTE behind his own fuckery

SCNDLS said:

Ohhh... Tom going so fast! Yeah, he got me with that.

bboy87 said:

SCNDLS said:

What producer? What email? What'd I miss?

SCNDLS said:

what happened?

All of my predictions came true except I picked Avatar for best film. I played the outguest Ebert contest and did better than he did, even down to guessing Avatar would win 3 Oscars.

Yeah, Tom Hanks didn't waste any time announcing the winner. But then again, why drag the show on for five more minutes announcing the nominated films when they already profiled them throughout the show.

BTW, The Hurt Locker cleaned up with the awards, winning six awards while Avatar only won a couple in technical categories.

And while they nominated ten movies for Best Picture, I don't like that they just threw all of those films together, I wish they would have a separate category for comedies/musicals like the DGA's. Golden Globes, and SAG Awards (Best Ensemble Cast).

LOS ANGELES – A producer of the war story "The Hurt Locker" will not be allowed to attend Sunday's Academy Awards because of e-mails he sent urging academy members to vote for his movie, Oscar overseers said Tuesday.

But Nicolas Chartier will receive an Oscar at a later date if "The Hurt Locker" wins best picture.

The executive committee of the producers branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences imposed the penalty on Chartier, who violated Oscar rules that prohibit mailings promoting a film and disparaging another.

Chartier sent an e-mail Feb. 19 to some academy members asking for their support for "The Hurt Locker," "not a "$500 million film" — an obvious reference to blockbuster best-picture contender "Avatar."

Subsequent e-mails, posted by the Los Angeles Times, showed Chartier asking Oscar voters to rank "The Hurt Locker" at No. 1 and "Avatar" at No. 10 among this year's expanded best-picture lineup of 10 films.

Chartier apologized in a subsequent e-mail. "My naivete, ignorance of the rules and plain stupidity as a first-time nominee is not an excuse for this behavior and I strongly regret it," Chartier wrote.

He did not immediately return a call Tuesday from The Associated Press seeking comment on the academy's penalty. Officials at Summit Entertainment, which released "The Hurt Locker," declined to comment.

"Avatar" producer Jon Landau did not immediately return a call for comment.

"The Hurt Locker" and "Avatar" have been at the head of the pack throughout awards season, and they lead the Oscar field with nine nominations each.

"Avatar" won the Golden Globe for best drama, but "The Hurt Locker" has dominated honors from critics and key Hollywood trade groups, including guilds representing directors, writers and producers.

At last month's British Academy Film Awards, "The Hurt Locker" also won out over "Avatar," taking six prizes, including best picture.

Chartier is one of four producers listed on the film's best-picture nomination, along with "Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow, screenwriter Mark Boal and Greg Shapiro. Bigelow and "Avatar" director James Cameron were married from 1989 to 1991.

The penalty against Chartier does not affect the other three producers, who are free to attend the Oscars.

The academy announced its sanction against Chartier as Oscar balloting closed Tuesday. The producers branch stopped short of the harsher penalty of rescinding Chartier's nomination, which would have kept him from receiving an Oscar statuette if his film won.

Oscar rivalry is fierce, with filmmakers and distributors coveting awards wins both for bragging rights and for the bounce in box-office or DVD revenues an Oscar triumph brings.

The academy keeps a tight rein on awards campaigning, its rules prohibiting "casting a negative or derogatory light on a competing film."

"You would hope it wouldn't have happened," said Tom Sherak, academy president. "It will not cloud what the night is. This was an individual thing that happened. It's been dealt with, and now we're going on to the show."

Congratulations to Sandra Bullock, for not only winning the Oscar for Best Actress for The Blind Side, but a Razzie as well for her performance in All About Steve.

i was rooting for meryl & carey, but it's impossible not to be happy for sandra. beautiful speech.

Great to see M'onique get the Oscar.
And Precious win for adapted screenplay.

Alec and Steve were the BEST hosts in forever.

The John Hughes tribute was nice. It was nice to see that tho, not an Oscar-type director, his cultural contribution was acknowledged.


Umm...where was Farah Fawcett during the In Memorium?

PricelessHo said:

Yeah I thought Gabby did a better job than Sandra but I still am thrilled for her.

Vendetta1 said:

you're right and Gabby too, bless her. she and oprah had me all emotional and stuff during that part of the show

That had to be one of the most B-O-R-I-N-G Oscar shows that I've ever seen! And the shortest! Where was the entertainment, attempted comedy, screw ups, more performances? Apart from James Taylor--> Time to do something more exciting like