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really reminiscent of Billy Crystal, not as funny, but equally entertaining.

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The final five? Oh, sorry wrong thread...

Re: The 81st Academy Awards — 2008 Awards Show Discussion.
 

Does Tilda know she is wearing a burlap sack?

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Well, this new format really ought to speed things up (?)

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Dear God I hope they calm these nomination intros down, getting through this is going to take 10 minutes.

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This is taking a long time.

Re: The 81st Academy Awards — 2008 Awards Show Discussion.
 

Why does this feel like a rose ceremony from "The Bachelor" more than an awards show right now? I'm expecting someone to hand out four roses and an Oscar.

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Oh god. At this rate, the whole shebang will be done no earlier than 4am. :lol:

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A Sister Act reference.

Re: The 81st Academy Awards — 2008 Awards Show Discussion.
 

I thought the intro was okay. Best part was: " I am a slumdog, I am a wrestler, I'll rent the reader, I'm wolverine"

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I can't help it. I hate Jackman. He could do a barbershop version of Spinal Tap's Sex Farm and i'd loathe him.

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geez. they need to cut down the nominee introductions. way too long.

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Did Angelica Huston just make a crack about Penelope Cruz's accent? And when did Cruz morph into Audrey Hepburn?

D

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I'm going to hate this show. Not showing clips from their performances? blah!

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When did The View starting doing the Oscars?

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This is insane, I'm stunned they're leading off with this marathon.

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Somehow a stripper is a "real working girl"?

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Just to jump on the bandwagon, this nominee introduction format blows. They're all going to be like this?

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Penelope Cruz? That's a shocker.

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70 seconds delay. words are so dangerous... OMG! this takes forever to get just one category done!

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fuck 0/24

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Dammit, couldn't stand VCB.

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Cruz. Didn't expect that.

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1 for 1. Whoa!

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Hooray! A performance that wasn't anything special wins!