Best and Worst of the 82nd Academy Awards
Mo'Nique rules, Martin and Baldwin disappoint and Fey, Baldwin and Stiller continue to tease
Worst: Returning to 'And the winner is...'
Done with little fanfare, but certainly noticed by many Oscar watchers, the producers reversed over 20 years of show protocol by having presenters announce the recipient with the phrase "and the winner is." This was one way to make the Academy Awards like any other show and was a rude way to make it all seem that much more competitive. One presenter who wouldn't make the switch was later year's Best Actress winner Kate Winslet who clearly said "and the Oscar goes to" before announcing Jeff Bridges for Best Actor. Way to go Kate!
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Chris Carlson
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Login or create a HitFix account Login Signuptigger500 Sorry - Ben Stiller is just not funny.
March 8, 2010 at 8:39AM EST Reply to CommentJorge I agree with my local paper, Mo'Nique came across as a bitter angry nutjob.
March 8, 2010 at 9:50AM EST Reply to CommentThe look on Samuel Jackson's face also made it appear that he was thinking the same thing.
John W I guess I'm in the minority because the part I hated the most was when they trotted out five people to introduce the nominees. ugh!
March 8, 2010 at 12:21PM EST Reply to Comment
March 8, 2010 at 12:51PM EST Reply to CommentAnyone who knew the how the press wags were dragging Monique over the coals for not making 1000s of appearances for Precious understood exactly what she was talking about. Yeah, it might have been strident, but the fact that licking the press' backside almost trumps performance during Oscar season, she was being very bold and honest.
Deb Please somebody help me with a stupid , trivial question that has driven me crazy for the last 12 hours. What was the song at the VERY end of the awards? No words, it was just a song from the past.
March 8, 2010 at 1:52PM EST Reply to CommentThank you!!!!!
Jonnybon George Clooney was not annoyed. He was playing with them. It was hilarious.
March 8, 2010 at 2:34PM EST Reply to CommentPeople Are Boneheads It continues to amaze me that so many people completely missed the Clooney joke, the writer of this piece included. And given that it wasn't exactly a bewilderingly abstract Andy Kaufman bit to begin with, it doesn't really inspire much confidence in the intelligence of the average punter.
March 10, 2010 at 2:36AM ESTDoug I agree that Ben Stiller was not funny. I think he had his own doubts, stating the bit seemed more promising in rehearsal as a cover. But even more so, I disagree with the writer about the "snub" to the filmmakers behind "The Cove." I applauded (at home) when they were cut off, and if it had been my call, I'd have tossed them out of the theater. I do agree with their politics and applaud their film, but the Oscars was not the place. 90 percent of the other people taking the stage had issues they felt just as strongly about, and if they had all used the stage as a pulpit, it would have ruined the entire show.
March 8, 2010 at 10:20PM EST Reply to CommentDoug Schwarz i disagree, i think they should be able to be up there to say something that is universally agreed and millions of people who HAVENT seen the cove would have been able to hear it. i talk to people all the time about the cove and they are shocked, they had no idea, this was the perfect time to say something about the atrocities happening, and the director RUINED EVERYTHING.
March 9, 2010 at 2:04AM ESTTrekscribbler Ben Stiller? Not funny? What's new about that? He hasn't been funny most of his career.
March 10, 2010 at 4:34AM ESTJohn K. I think one of the best moments was when The Hurt Locker won and the director cut to the two main actors that weren't in the front of the theater with the rest of the people. They cut to Brian Geraghty jumping in the arms of Anthony Mackie and to me that shows what an Oscar can do to people. They work hard and to see something they love and work for win, that's how you should react!! You should cry, jump up and down, and just enjoy it because you never know if it'll happen again.
March 9, 2010 at 1:00PM EST Reply to Comment