Tag Archives: Oscars

Menzel + Fallon + The Roots

Tony winner Adele Dazeem Idina Menzel performed her Oscar-winning hit Let It Go last night with the help of Jimmy Fallon and the Roots, who accompanied her using children’s instruments. (Via Towleroad)

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2014 Oscar Winners

There didn’t seem to be any major upsets.

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Ask Your Doctor About Adeledazeme

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Ellen Breaks All-Time Retweet Record

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Oscars Meltdown Status: ShapCon 1

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Open Thread: 2014 Academy Awards

Let’s hear your predictions for tonight’s Oscars. Who do you think will win and who do you think should win?

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Judy Garland’s Kids To Reunite At Oscars

Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft, and Joey Luft will reunite onstage at the Academy Awards on Sunday for a tribute to the 75th anniversary of the release of the Wizard Of Oz. Minnelli, Garland’s daughter by her second husband, director Vincente Minnelli, is a legendary actress and singer in her own right — she won a best actress Oscar, for Cabaret …

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Author Of Revoked Oscar-Nominated Song Tells Christian TV: I Did Nothing Wrong

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Academy Yanks Oscar Nom For Christian Movie Over Shady Campaigning

Two weeks ago we puzzled over the Academy Award nomination for a song from a virtually unknown Christian movie that had only played a few shows in Los Angeles in order to qualify. Today the Academy yanked that nomination over shady campaigning by the songwriter. From their press release: On Tuesday night, the Academy’s Board of Governors voted to rescind …

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Evangelical Film Gets Oscar Nomination

Via Daniel Walber at Film.com: Every year Oscar nomination morning rolls around and there’s least one feature film nominee that elicits reactions of “Wait. What on earth?” More often than not it’s the Best Original Song category, and this year we got ourselves a doozy. “Alone Yet Not Alone” is the film, and the nominated song takes the same title. …

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2014 Oscar Nominations Announced

View the full list of nominees and give us your reactions.

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Ellen Degeneres For The Oscars

Via press release:   The Academy launched its Oscar season with a trailer starring show host Ellen DeGeneres and 250 tuxedo-clad men and women dancing to “The Walker” by indie pop band Fitz and The Tantrums. The Oscars® will air Sunday, March 2, 2014, live on ABC. “I had the best time making this,” said DeGeneres. “I love Paul, I love …

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Ellen Degeneres To Host Oscars

Ellen Degeneres will host the 2014 Oscars. It will be DeGeneres’ second tour of duty as Oscar host, having previously emceed the 79th annual Academy Awards in 2007 and earning an Emmy nomination. The popular syndicated talkshow host also fronted the Emmys in 2001 and 2005 (co-hosting them in 2003). “I am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for …

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HomoQuotable – Neil Patrick Harris

“That’s the kind of question if you say, ‘No, I don’t want to do it,’ you look like a dick. And if you say, ‘I’m dying to do it,’ you look like a dick. So you’re kind of left in the middle.” – Neil Patrick Harris, when asked about the possibility that he will host next year’s Oscars. This year’s …

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We Saw Your Junk

A response to Seth McFarlane’s Oscar number. (Tipped by JMG reader Fritz)

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FLOTUS At The Oscars

The First Lady was the surprise final presenter at the Oscars, announcing the Best Picture winner via live video from the White House.  In her presentation, Obama gave a nod to the gay community. “These nine movies took us back in time and all around the world they made us laugh, they made us weep and they made us grip …

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Photo Of The Day

Embiggen this 2013 Oscar nominees photo and play “Where’s Waldo” to pick out the stars amongst all the producers and other behind-the-scenes folks. I see Bradley Cooper, Anne Hathaway, Robert DeNiro, Steven Spielberg, Sally Field, and….that’s about it. A bigger version is at the link. (Via Peter Staley)

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NOW It’s Worth Watching

I much prefer Dame Shirley’s trademark number This Is My Life to her Bond stuff, but I’ll gladly take what I can get.  I’ve only seen her once in concert and even though I’d fallen and broken six bones in my hand and wrist that morning, I still made it to the San Francisco Opera House, where I was admonished …

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Anne Hathaway, For Your Consideration

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Oscar Nomination For AIDS Documentary
How To Survive A Plague

The critically-raved AIDS documentary How To Survive A Plague was among the Oscar nominations today in the Best Documentary category. The film’s star, activist Peter Staley, issued a one-word response this morning on his Facebook page: “YAY!!”

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