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Old 02-22-09, 07:43 PM
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I think a lot of people were going to hate the opening no matter what. I think it was a pretty good song and dance number.
really reminiscent of Billy Crystal, not as funny, but equally entertaining.
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The final five? Oh, sorry wrong thread...
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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.
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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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A Sister Act reference.
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Oh god. At this rate, the whole shebang will be done no earlier than 4am.
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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?

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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!
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