Monday, February 23, 2009
Oscar
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I watched only some of the 81st (yikes - 81st?!) Academy Awards last night. Partly because I'm still expecting them on a Monday night in March (childhood sets patterns and expectations in stone, apparently). Partly because I hadn't seen any of the films. And partly because celebrity madness increasingly makes me mad, in both senses of the word, and there is no more celebrity-mad show than the Oscars. From what I did see, however, this piece by Mary McNamara is a slightly snide yet fairly accurate and amusing take on the evening.
One of the things I liked best was Angeline Jolie's earrings. Those big green teardrops were gorgeous, especially with everything else black. The other thing I liked best was Queen Latifah's singing during the "in memoriam" photos. I also liked the hope and optimism speeches of the "Slumdogs" winners, as I mentioned last night.
By the way, everyone raves about how gorgeous Kate Winslet is but could the emperor be wearing new clothes again? Am I the only one who thinks she looks a lot older than thirty-four, not physically so much as the expression on her face and in her eyes, and that when she smiles broadly her mouth turns down so much that she looks as if she's sneering really really hard?
One of the things I liked best was Angeline Jolie's earrings. Those big green teardrops were gorgeous, especially with everything else black. The other thing I liked best was Queen Latifah's singing during the "in memoriam" photos. I also liked the hope and optimism speeches of the "Slumdogs" winners, as I mentioned last night.
By the way, everyone raves about how gorgeous Kate Winslet is but could the emperor be wearing new clothes again? Am I the only one who thinks she looks a lot older than thirty-four, not physically so much as the expression on her face and in her eyes, and that when she smiles broadly her mouth turns down so much that she looks as if she's sneering really really hard?
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Here's a bit of trivia. My cousin, David went to London to study acting and became friends with the father of Kate Winslet. When he and his wife were expecting Kate and were thinking of names for her David offered up our great grandmother's name, Kate because she was such a favorite of all of us and so long lived. Her name was Kathryn Ford Mackey. Sure enough, they named her Kate.
Of course, I named my first daughter, Kate also, after my beloved great grandmother who died when I was twenty one so I will always be pulling for Kate Winslet because of that little bit of family connection. My cousin, David still keeps up with Roger Winslet even though he is no longer an actor. David chucked all that after a while and went to law school and is now a judge. But he met his wonderful wife, Cammie while he was acting.
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