The 76th Academy Awards



This certainly was an historic Oscars ceremony. Not so much because Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King pulled off a clean sweep of its nominations for a record tying 11 Oscars over all, but because this was the first (and no doubt the last) Academy Awards ceremony where Bad Taste (1987) and Meet the Feebles (1989) were mentioned.

Some other thoughts:



Liv Tyler is the sexiest librarian ever.


There was a time not too long ago where the Oscars was second only to the Super Bowl as a place to roll out commercials. The commercials this year were completely boring. The only flash of wit was in the one with Martin Scorsese pimping Kodak film (“Hey Timmy, this is your uncle Marty, how’d you like to turn five again?”) and that was years old.




I thought Clint Eastwood was the oldest person in Hollywood. Then he brought his mother to the ceremony last night. She must bathe in the blood of virgins to still be alive at this point, and that’s a lot harder to do in Hollywood than most places.

Bill Murray probably got the biggest laugh from me last night with his line about Lost in Translation. “Four days into shooting certain members of our Tokyo crew politely asked if they could quit the film. They did not feel the director knew what she was doing. We were politely refused."

(Ed. – We would like to apologize to Ruth Eastwood for the unfortunate impression that the writer may have created that she bathes in the blood of virgins. This was out of line and completely unwarranted. We are sure she has reached her ripe old age through the usual methods: good diet, clean living, and a pact with Satan.)

Posted: Mon - March 1, 2004 at      

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