"Many people believe that the famous incident, where this naked man ran through the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion past David Niven at the 46th annual Academy Awards, was staged. This theory of planned spontaneity receives most of its weight from the fact that Opel wasn't even arrested for trespassing on Hollywood's most exclusive event, but instead got dressed (with clothes provided for him by the Academy) and had security promptly escort him to "winner's row" where he held a press conference!"
for the full, and surprisingly interesting story (and, i must warn you, one semi-tasteful image of a real human penis) head over to the WFMU blog and read all about it.
this seems like one of the most sadly predictable oscars in recent memory. the odds are apparently heavily in favor of the following: sandra bullock is gonna win best actress, christoph waltz is gonna win best supporting actor, and monique is gonna win best supporting actress. but, everything else is, to make a terrible joke at the expense of a nominated film, up in the air (HAR!).
the real questions are whether or not avatar is gonna sweep best picture and best director (to say nothing of EVERY SINGLE TECHNICAL AWARD), or is it all gonna go the much more artistically deserving hurt locker? personally, i'm hoping for some kind of a split with avatar getting picture and bigelow getting the directing award, but that's just how i'm thinking things might go. we'll all have a nice tome tomorrow at the water cooler chatting about how it all went down.
don't get me wrong, i think avatar is a super-fun film and i had a BLAST watching it in the theater with those crazy glasses and everything, but best picture of the year? dream on. it's like the academy isn't even trying to hide the fact that the big awards are all given out according to politics.
in case you were wondering, up in the air and precious are gonna be available starting on monday night round the witching hour, and we got almost all the other best picture nominees here as well, including district 9, hurt locker, inglourious basterds (my personal pre-oscar viewing selection), a serious man, and up.
and lastly, i leave you with this: every time the camera cuts to jack nicholson, finish your drink. this is my plan for making the pain of an avatar win manageable.
