2014 Academy Awards

• Do not love the stage design right now.
• Can't decide if that Liza dig was hilarious or mean. #Hilarious
• I think Ellen looks too much like a sparkly pirate.
• "Boy, is he pretty." -Ellen on Jared Leto.
• Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club
• Shocked that they are not playing Leto off with the music.
• I am ok with Jim Carey's blue jacket.
• Pharrell lost the shorts but brought back the hat!
• I dig this song.
• I do not care for the video playing in the background.
• Shake it Meryl!
• Why was Jamie Foxx on stage?

2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards

• I loved the Mia Farrow joke.  Way to go Patton Oswalt.
• Loving Laura Dern's strawberry blonde hair.
• Best First Screenplay: Bob Nelson for Nebraska.
• You should see Lake Bell's In a Word and JGL's Don Jon if you haven't.
• Best Supporting Male: Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club.
• This was a tough category.  Michael Fassbender was fantastic in 12 Years.  Will Forte was great in Nebraska.  And Keith Stanfield was amazing in Short Term 12.
• Take away Jared's scarf and he totally looks like Jordan Catalano. #MSCL
• Best First Feature: Fruitvale Station.

2014 Oscar Nominations

The 2014 Oscar Nominations came out today.  Here are my initial thoughts:

• Of course I was wishing for a miracle and that Short Term 12 would get some love.  It did not.
• The Butler was shut out again.
• I think Joaquin Phoenix should have been nominated for Her.
• Not a lot of love for Inside Llewyn Davis which was a critic favorite.
• There are no real surprises in major categories.  Maybe Sally Hawkins for Best Supporting Actress?
• A lot of the categories are really a close race:
• Best Actress: Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, or Sandra Bullock?
• Best Actor: Leo vs Matthew
• Best Picture: American Hustle vs 12 Years vs Gravity vs Wolf of Wall Street
• Jackass gets a nomination for Makeup and Hairstyling!
• The Hunger Games Catching Fire does not get nominated for Makeup and Hairstyling or Costume Design which is a shame.

For a complete list of nominations click here.

Live Blogging the 2014 Golden Globes

• Amy and Tina look lovely.
• Great Gravity joke #Clooney.
• "I am the Captain now!"
• Best Supporting Actress Film: Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle.
• I would have voted for Julia Roberts or June Squibb.
• Best Supporting Actress TV: Jacqueline Bisset for Dancing on the Edge
• She looks completely shocked.  #SoAmI
• Why aren't they playing her off?
• Dancing on the Edge has a fantastic cast.  I should check this out.
• Best Mini-Series or TV Movie: Behind the Candelabra
• Naomi Watt's dress was practically see through.
• Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie: Elizabeth Moss for Top of the Lake #NotForPeggyOlsen
• It's been 20 minutes since Amy and Tina have been on.  #Boo
• Paula Patton...that is a hot mess of a dress.

Live Blogging the Red Carpet for The 2014 Golden Globes

Here we go...

• Not a fan of Zooey Deschanel 's dress however matronly dresses are in.  
• Giuliana Rancic's hair looks great.
• Loving Margot Robbie's white jeweled dress.
• Michelle Dockery looks nice.  It's weird to see Lady Mary smiling.
• Lelsie Mann looks lovely in black.
• Sarah Hyland's eyebrows are distracting.  Cute hair and dress though.
• Sleek hair is in.
• LOVE Aubrey Plaza's necklace.
• Love Lupita Nyong'o's red Ralph Lauren sleek dress.
• Melissa Rauch looks great in a form fitting yellow dress.
• Lena Dunham does not look great in a form fitting yellow dress.  I like her in that color but the dress is a hot mess.
• Love Zosia Manet's new bob and black and white dress.
• Do not love Allison Williams' back and white dress.

2014 Golden Globe Nominations

My initial thoughts:

• No love for my favorite, Short Term 12.
• No love for Lee Daniel's The Butler.  While not a critic favorite it was a fan favorite.
• Barkhad Abdi is on the road to receiving an Oscar nomination for his role in Captain Phillips.

Read the full list of nominations here.

Live Blogging the 2013 Academy Awards

And so it begins....

• Getting pumped for Seth MacFarlane.
• Love the set!
• Great opening joke!  Tommy Lee Jones smiled!
• Nice stab about The Oscars dissing Ben Affleck.
• Charlize and Channing need to be in a dancing movie STAT.
• Joseph Gordon Levitt can do no wrong.

Live Blogging the Red Carpet for the 2013 Academy Awards

• Looks like Giulianna Rancic took out her extensions.  I like it!
• Eddie Redmayne looks dashing.
• Jessica Chastain looks like a star in a nude/pink/bronze (?) color dress and red lips.
• Was that Lori Singer from Footloose?!  Also, is her dress attacking her?
• Amy Adams look great in a silver dress.
• Reese Witherspoon's hair looks amazing.  Her dress is nice but she has done something similar before.  Wish she would have taken more of a risk.
• I would have preferred if Quvenzhané Wallis didn't have the stuffed dog purse.  She looks great though.

My 2013 Oscar Pics

I am not saying that this is who I want to win...it's who I think will win.

Best Picture: Argo
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway
Animated Feature: Wreck-It Ralph
Cinematography: Life of Pi
Costume Design: Anna Karenina
Directing: Lincoln

Live Blogging the Film Interdependent Spirit Awards

• I am loving this opening!  #Bottlecap
• Andy Samberg is killing it. #Oscar jokes
• Street art!
• A Michael Fassbender joke!?  LOVE IT!
• Paul Rudd!
• Winter's Bone"s!  Ha!
• "If you are going to climb the tower, ring the bell!"

Live Blogging the Red Carpet for The 2013 Golden Globes

Live Blogging the Red Carpet on E!

• Ryan Seacrest's hair is really big for him
• Debra Messing looks nice but I prefer her in color.
• Clair Danes looks lovely.  That is a great color on her.
• Amy Adams's look is a little boring.
• This black lace thing on Giuliana Rancic is awful and this is coming from someone who loves lace.  The hair doesn't help either.
• Julianne Hough looks nice.  I like the hair...very young and fun.
• A lot of red dresses.
• Alyssa Milano on the red carpet?!  Why?
• Katharine McPhee's outfit could be ok if her hair was different.  The messy bun on top of her head isn't working.
• Zooey Deschanel looks ok but this red dress reminds me of her last blue dress at the Emmy Awards.  Her hair looks better this time, though.
• Tina Fey's hair looks amazing.  It can't be all hers.
• Connie Britton looks stunning in this sparkly sheath strapless dress.  Best dressed so far.

Oscar Nominations

My initial reaction to the Oscar nominations:

• Acting nominations for The Master but not for Best Picture?  Interesting.
• Love for Argo but not for Ben Affleck.
• Jackie Weaver getting a Supporting Actress nomination for Silver Linings Playbook is a pleasant surprise.
• Seth MacFarlane getting a nomination for Best Song for Ted!
• Not getting a Best Song nomination: Magic Mike, Safety Not Guaranteed, or The Odd Life of Timothy Green. :(
• No love for John Hawkes for The Sessions?!
• No nomination for The Intouchables?!  That is so wrong!
• I don't see the appeal of Flight, Beasts of the Southern Wild or Les Misérables so their nominations are lost on me.
• Happy for Silver Linings Playbook, Argo, Life of Pi and Zero Dark Thirty on their nominations.
• Happy that Searching for Sugar Man was nominated for Best Documentary.

The full list of nominees can be found at  http://oscar.go.com/nominees

Live Blogging the 2012 Academy Awards

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• Morgan Freeman as a warm up act for Billy?  Nice.
• Bieber!
• I love Billy's opening skit.
• His song medley is amusing.
• I like the set design for the Oscars.
• Best Cinematography - Hugo
• Best Art Direction - Hugo
• I do not like Meryl Streep's gold dress.
• That JC Penny commercial was awful.
• Best Costume Design - The Artist

Live Blogging the Red Carpet for The 2012 Academy Awards

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• Kudos to Melissa McCarty for not wearing black.  
• I love Shailene Woodley's look.  The cream dress and hair are perfect.
• Jessica Chastain looks lovely in the strapless black and gold dress.  
• I like Giuliana Rancic's white dress.  This could be her best look to date.
• I like Ellie Kemper's dress but not the hair.
• I do not like Bérénice Bejo's dress or hair.
• Michelle Williams looks lovely in coral red while her BFF, Busy Philipps looks lovely in black.
• Viola Davis looks lovely in an emerald Vera Wang gown.
• So happy to see that Rooney Mara didn't wear black.

My Oscar Picks 2012

Leading Actor: Jean Dujardin for The Artist
Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer for Beginners
Leading Actress: Viola Davis for The Help
Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer for The Help
Animated Feature: Rango
Art Direction: Hugo
Cinematography: Tree of Life
Costume Design: The Artist
Directing: Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Documentary Feature: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

2011 Razzie Nominations

Worst Picture

• Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
• Jack & Jill
• New Year's Eve
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I

Worst Actor:

• Russell Brand - Arthur
• Nicolas Cage - Drive Angry 3D, Season of the Witch, Trespass
• Adam Sandler - Jack & Jill, Just Go With It
• Taylor Lautner - Abduction, Twilight
• Nick Swarson - Bucky Larson

Worst Actress

• Martin Lawrence (as "Momma") - Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
• Sarah Palin (As "Herself") - Sarah Palin: The Undefeated
• Sarah Jessica Parker - I Don't Know How She Does It, New Years's Eve
• Adam Sandler (As "Jill") - Jack & Jill
• Kristen Stewart - Twilight

2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards

2012 BAFTA Awards

Best Film: The Artist.
Outstanding British Film: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist.
Best Original Screenplay: Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist.
Best Adapted Screenplay: Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy . 
Best Animated Film: Rango
Best Leading Actor: Jean Dujardin for The Artist.
Best Leading Actress: Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady.
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer for Beginners.
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer for The Help.

A full list of winners can be found here.

SAG Awards 2012

• Love love love Michelle Williams' dress.
• Loved that Armie Hammer was nominated for J. Edgar.  Well deserved.
• Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture: Christopher Plummer for Beginners.
• Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture: Octavia Spencer for The Help.
• Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role - Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock!

Live Blogging the Red Carpet for the SAG Awards 2012

Live blogging the Red Carpet on E!

• Julianna Margulies looks nice.  I like her strapless dress.
• Octavia Spencer has on a great dress.  Love it much better than her dress from the Golden Globe Awards.  
• Love that Spencer brought Josh Hopkins as her date.  Who knew they were friends?! (Cougar Town come back 2/14!)
• Melissa McCarthy in a long sleeved, dark dress.  Surprise, surprise.
• Ashley Simpson does have a old Hollywood glamour look going on.
• Diane Lane looks lovely in an asymmetrical blue dress.
• I like Rose Bryne's jump suit but not the hair.  Wish it was a dress though...