Who's watching the Oscars?

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<p>I think Matthew will win but agree that Leo is long overdue for his Oscar. He’s brilliant for sure. </p>

<p>I just hope American Hustle doesn’t win anything major. That film underwhelmed me. </p>

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<p>Another vote for Matthew. I don’t think it’s even close, really. And Cate Blanchett.</p>

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<p>My favorite film was All is Lost, which wasn’t even nominated, but I will watch the red carpet for the awkward.</p>

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<p>Tonight I am having the second annual Academy Awards party at my house. I have friends coming to watch and ahead of time we fill out a ballot with our picks. Each person puts in 5 dollars and the winner takes all, including the tacky pseudo-gold Oscar statue from IParty!</p>

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<p>DH and I watched Gravity on our new 3D TV last night. That was intense. </p>

<p>The special features were really good. Apparently all was going well, but when Clooney arrived to film his scenes, the entire production got a big infusion of positive energy and great humor. He sounds like such a character.</p>

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<p>I don’t care who wins. It’s all about the fashion for me. I like the red carpet shows better than the Oscar show. </p>

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<p>@emeraldkity4
We watched " All is Lost" Friday night. H was snoring within 10 mins and I pick up my laptop and ended up on CC. Just couldn’t keep my attention.</p>

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<p>Predictions:</p>

<p>BP-12YAS
BD-Cuaron
Actor-McMatt
Actress-Blanchett
SActor-Leto
SActress-Nyong’o
OScreenplay-AH
AScreenplay-12YAS</p>

<p>Cinematography, Editing, Original Score, The two sound awards, Visual Effects - Gravity</p>

<p>Original Song-Let it Go
Documentary-Act of Killing
Foreign Film-Great Beauty</p>

<p>Costumes, Production Design - 12YAS
Makeup-DBC
Animated Film-Frozen</p>

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<p>The d’s and I are so psyched for the red carpet although we’ll be communicating by phone since they’ll be watching at a bar in Brooklyn and I’ll be home. Lupita is rapidly becoming a fashion icon a la Cate the Great… should be interested also to see Jennifer Lawrence. Hope that Julia Roberts and her stylist will pull together a better look than what she wore to the Golden Globes.</p>

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<p>First time I’ll be watching without my Oscar buddy DD, who’s a first year college student on other coast. I may have to use the drinking game to get the males in the house interested enough to watch!</p>

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<p>Nothing else good on TV this afternoon, so I actually have the E! channel on the TV right now with pre-Oscar coverage.</p>

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<p>All is Lost perhaps needs to be seen in a theatre & Id agree for those who are used to movies with a lot of action, it might be hard to pay attention.</p>

<p>We saw Gravity in 3-d at the Cinerama wide screen & while I didnt fall asleep, I was surprised when it was nominated, because without much of a backstory for the characters, I just didnt care about what happened.
It wasnt just flaws in the science like why wasnt Bullocks hair floating around, but I was conscious of what was * set* and what was * green screen * even though I was sitting in the very best place in the theatre to watch the movie.</p>

<p>I dont go to many movies because I have a hard time prioritizing what to pay attention to.
So I get distracted because I cant suspend disbelief.</p>

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<p>What a real astronaut thought of Gravity.</p>

<p><a href=“What Does A Real Astronaut Think Of 'Gravity'?”>http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2013/10/17/what-does-a-real-astronaut-think-of-gravity/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>So when does red carpet start on the east coast? </p>

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<p>An hour ago. E!</p>

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<p>Just saw Liza Minnelli. I didn’t recognize her. </p>

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<p>Nrdbsb4 - Totally agree!! I thought she looked horrible. What was with the blue stripe in her hair?</p>

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<p>^^^^I guess she’s trying to look “current”? She seemed rather shaky. But, she’s not young anymore, and she may have some health issues to deal with. </p>

<p>I looked her up. I thought she was well into her 70’s, but she’s actually only 67.</p>

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<p>Haha… I looked her up, too, but only spent about two minutes on the google page. Couldn’t find anything speaking to any current health issues, but again, I didn’t look very far. </p>

<p>I see the sun is out and shining; I’m sure many people are breathing a sigh of relief.</p>

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<p>Interesting moment when Bruce Dern, AA nominee, tells Ryan Seacrest that he is so very good at what he does. </p>

<p>I have to agree. Ryan’s a total pro. He makes what probably isn’t all that easy seem effortless.</p>