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January 10th, 2013
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This year's Oscars host, Seth MacFarlane, and "Gangster Squad" actress Emma Stone were up bright and early on Thursday to announce the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards.

Check out a partial list below, and see who will take home the Oscar on Sunday, February 24. Are there any nods that surprise you?


Best picture

•"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
•"Silver Linings Playbook"
•"Zero Dark Thirty"
•"Lincoln"
•"Les Misérables"
•"Life of Pi"
•"Amour"
•"Django Unchained"
•"Argo"
Actor

•Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
•Denzel Washington, "Flight"
•Hugh Jackman, "Les Misérables"
•Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
•Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"
Actress

•Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"
•Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
•Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
•Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
•Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Supporting actor

•Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"
•Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"
•Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"
•Alan Arkin, "Argo"
•Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"
Supporting actress

•Sally Field, "Lincoln"
•Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"
•Jacki Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook"
•Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"
•Amy Adams, "The Master"
Director

•David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"
•Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
•Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"
•Michael Haneke, "Amour"
•Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Animated feature

•"Frankenweenie"
•"The Pirates! Band of Misfits"
•"Wreck-It Ralph"
•"Brave"
•"ParaNorman"
Foreign language film

•"Amour," Austria
•"No," Chile
•"War Witch," Canada
•"A Royal Affair," Denmark
•"Kon-Tiki," Norway
Adapted screenplay

•"Beasts of the Southern Wild," Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
•"Argo," Chris Terrio
•"Lincoln," Tony Kushner
•"Silver Linings Playbook," David O. Russell
•"Life of Pi," David Magee
Original screenplay

•"Flight," John Gatins
•"Zero Dark Thirty," Mark Boal
•"Django Unchained," Quentin Tarantino
•"Amour," Michael Haneke
•"Moonrise Kingdom," Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Original song

•“Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice," music and lyricsby J. Ralph
•“Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from “Ted," music by Walter Murphy and lyric by Seth MacFarlane
•“Pi's Lullaby” from “Life of Pi," music by Mychael Danna and lyric by Bombay Jayashri
•“Skyfall” from “Skyfall," music and lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
•“Suddenly” from “Les Misérables," music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
Original score

•Dario Marianelli, “Anna Karenina"
•Alexandre Desplat, “Argo"
•Mychael Danna, “Life of Pi,"
•John Williams, “Lincoln”
•Thomas Newman, “Skyfall”
Visual effects

•“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
•“Life of Pi”
•“Marvel's The Avengers”
•“Prometheus”
•“Snow White and the Huntsman”
Makeup and hairstyling

•“Hitchcock”
•“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
•“Les Misérables”
Cinematography

•Seamus McGarvey, “Anna Karenina”
•Robert Richardson, “Django Unchained”
•Claudio Miranda, “Life of Pi”
•Janusz Kaminski, “Lincoln”
•Roger Deakins, “Skyfall”
Costume design

•Jacqueline Durran, “Anna Karenina”
•Paco Delgado, “Les Misérables”
•Joanna Johnston, “Lincoln”
•Eiko Ishioka, “Mirror Mirror”
•Colleen Atwood, “Snow White and the Huntsman”
Documentary

•“5 Broken Cameras”
•“The Gatekeepers”
•“How to Survive a Plague”
•“The Invisible War”
•“Searching for Sugar Man”
Documentary short

•“Inocente”
•“Kings Point”
•“Mondays at Racine”
•“Open Heart”
•“Redemption”
Animated short

•“Adam and Dog”
•“Fresh Guacamole”
•“Head over Heels”
•“Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”
•“Paperman”
Live action short

•“Asad”
•“Buzkashi Boys”
•“Curfew”
•“Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)”
•“Henry”
Film editing

•William Goldenberg, "Argo"
•Tim Squyres, "Life of Pi"
•Michael Kahn, "Lincoln"
•Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers, "Silver Linings Playbook"
•Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, "Zero Dark Thirty"
To see the full list, visit Oscars.org.

[Butter]

"Beasts of the Southern Wild" director beating out several other big names for that last spot is pretty surprising.

[Shkspr]

I guess I just haven't followed awards season too much, but the idea of "Silver Linings Playbook" as an eight-nomination film is just weird to me.

[Chief Rum]

Yeah, I was surprised at how much love Silver Linings Playbook got, too. Not from having seen it (I haven't yet, heard it's good), but just from what I have heard, it strikes me as a solid film that deserves to get some attention from awards, but not necessarily to this level.

[JPhillips]

The son of a colleague got a nomination for Best Short.

[bbor]

I'm not a big fan of history pieces or period pieces,but i have to say Lincoln is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time.I have to think that it will sweep up a bunch of awards.

[Young Drachma]

Beasts of the Southern Wild was excellent, especially for a first film with no actors who'd ever acted before.

[chinaski]

I think Beasts of the Southern Wild takes best picture. I've only seen Lincoln, Argo, Django, and Zero Dark Thirty; and imo Beasts was clearly superior to all those films.

[Young Drachma]

Lawrence with her second best actress nom and she's just 22. Not a bad start.

[korme]

No "The Master" for Best Picture, damn...

[Young Drachma]

I think Beasts of the Southern Wild takes best picture. I've only seen Lincoln, Argo, Django, and Zero Dark Thirty; and imo Beasts was clearly superior to all those films.

It'd be a pretty big upset. I feel like they'll go with something more conventional and big budget.

I do think it'll take Best Original Screenplay handily though.

[Scoobz0202]

As always, I look right away for the snubs. This year was a pretty good year for movies. The director category is the biggest surprise for me. No affleck, tarrentino, anderson? Movie wise there is one that surprises me as being absent and one that disappoints me. I am surprised that Cloud Atlas didn't get anything. It was hyped to all hell. It definitely didn't live up to the hype, got a split reaction, and had some controversy, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. I at least expected something for makeup or score. I'm disappointed but not shocked to not see Moonriseb Kingdom. One of my favorite movies of the year.

[korme]

Really glad Bradley Cooper got recognized for his performance in SLP, I thought he did an excellent job.

[Young Drachma]

As always, I look right away for the snubs. This year was a pretty good year for movies. The director category is the biggest surprise for me. No affleck, tarrentino, anderson? Movie wise there is one that surprises me as being absent and one that disappoints me. I am surprised that Cloud Atlas didn't get anything. It was hyped to all hell. It definitely didn't live up to the hype, got a split reaction, and had some controversy, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. I at least expected something for makeup or score. I'm disappointed but not shocked to not see Moonriseb Kingdom. One of my favorite movies of the year.

Didn't see it there for Best Original Screenplay, but surprised it got snubbed for Costumes. It deserved it over Snow White and The Huntsman.

[Subby]

As always, I look right away for the snubs. This year was a pretty good year for movies. The director category is the biggest surprise for me. No affleck, tarrentino, anderson? Movie wise there is one that surprises me as being absent and one that disappoints me. I am surprised that Cloud Atlas didn't get anything. It was hyped to all hell. It definitely didn't live up to the hype, got a split reaction, and had some controversy, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. I at least expected something for makeup or score. I'm disappointed but not shocked to not see Moonriseb Kingdom. One of my favorite movies of the year.
No Bigelow/Affleck/Tarantino is completely ridiculous.

[Butter]

From a directorial standpoint, I thought Argo was masterful.

[Chief Rum]

Affleck was jobbed when The Town came out, too, IIRC. Or at least he was mentioned as a directorial snub that year.

So maybe there is some Hollywood backlash on him for Gigli? :)

[JediKooter]

I think Leonardo's performance in Django was definitely nomination worthy.

[cadmus2166]

Lawrence with her second best actress nom and she's just 22. Not a bad start.

Yeah, now they just need to create a "Hottie of the Year" category for her, and we'll be all set. ;)

[Izulde]

Tarantino is frankly the most overrated director alive, so I enjoy his snubs.

[JonInMiddleGA]

The son of a colleague got a nomination for Best Short.

That kind of stuff always seems pretty cool to me. I always search the Grammy list to see how many nominees I have some connection (however slight) to and always feel good for them no matter how low regard I may hold for the Grammys.

I think I sort of look at awards kind of like TV/radio ratings -- we know they're wrong but at the same time they are what they are too.

[RedKingGold]

The difference between this year and last year is staggering, 2012 was great for movies (especially towards the end of the year).

What would happen if "The Artist" came out in 2012? Crickets.

[JPhillips]

That kind of stuff always seems pretty cool to me. I always search the Grammy list to see how many nominees I have some connection (however slight) to and always feel good for them no matter how low regard I may hold for the Grammys.

I think I sort of look at awards kind of like TV/radio ratings -- we know they're wrong but at the same time they are what they are too.

He's already got a decent career as a writer, but he'd like to direct. I hope he does well.

[CrimsonFox]

Ooooooooooh a new David O Russell movie! I must see!

[chadritt]

I definitely need to see Life of Pi and Silver Linings Playbook to understand why Bigelow, Affleck, and Tarantino ALL got left out. They were on my list I just havent bothered yet,

[CrimsonFox]

Surprised no love for Jamie Foxx or Samual L Jackson.

*rolls eyes* but another Denzel nomination.

[CrimsonFox]

N olove for The Hobbit at all. Totally surprising

[CrimsonFox]

then again they will probably wait for the third film to give it nominations :)

[chadritt]

I dont know if it will even then unless Jackson reigns himself in a bit. I think it was pretty significantly below all 6 of the nominated films ive seen.

[korme]

Surprised no love for Jamie Foxx or Samual L Jackson.

*rolls eyes* but another Denzel nomination.

Sam Jackson was my LEAST favorite part of Django by far. I thought he was awful, almost ruined the 2nd half for me, if everything else wasn't so great.

[korme]

Lawrence with her second best actress nom and she's just 22. Not a bad start.

While I think she's adequate, I remember sitting in the theatre during SLP and thinking someone else probably could have done a better job. Maybe her subtlety is what people like though...

[chinaski]

Sam Jackson was my LEAST favorite part of Django by far. I thought he was awful, almost ruined the 2nd half for me, if everything else wasn't so great.

Same here, I thought he was awful. Foxx wasn't much better, I thought Waltz was by far the best actor in the movie. Overall, I didnt like Django much at all, I give it a 6/10. Definitely didn't deserve any awards, other than supporting for Waltz.

[Pyser]

N olove for The Hobbit at all. Totally surprising

they waited til the 3rd lotr movie to bother at all. maybe the same thing again here.

[Chief Rum]

Actually, all three LOTR movies were nommed. They waited until 3 to actually give it Best Picture.

Which is funny becuase I thought the second one was the technically the best made one, and the first one had the biggest gripe about losing (A Beautiful Mind? Really?)

[larrymcg421]

they waited til the 3rd lotr movie to bother at all. maybe the same thing again here.

Not true. All three were nominated for Best Picture. Fellowship had 13 nominations and Two Towers had 6.

[larrymcg421]

Actually, all three LOTR movies were nommed. They waited until 3 to actually give it Best Picture.

Which is funny becuase I thought the second one was the technically the best made one, and the first one had the biggest gripe about losing (A Beautiful Mind? Really?)

When ROTK won, it was essentially giving them credit for all three films. I think that's why they waited.

[stevew]

Sam Jackson was my LEAST favorite part of Django by far. I thought he was awful, almost ruined the 2nd half for me, if everything else wasn't so great.

I saw him in the trailers and it's one of the main reasons I haven't gone to see the movie yet.

[korme]

Why only 9 Best Picture noms?

[chadritt]

Only 9 had enough votes to qualify.

ETA: 9 last year as well

[CrimsonFox]

Actually, all three LOTR movies were nommed. They waited until 3 to actually give it Best Picture.

Which is funny becuase I thought the second one was the technically the best made one, and the first one had the biggest gripe about losing (A Beautiful Mind? Really?)

I agree with EVERYTHING you said here .

[CrimsonFox]

Sam Jackson was my LEAST favorite part of Django by far. I thought he was awful, almost ruined the 2nd half for me, if everything else wasn't so great.


good to know. The only other report i heard was that the movie was great and foxx and jackson were awesome. I haven' tliked jackson in the last few things i've seen him in because he's one note and over the top and kinda lazy.

[korme]

Lets just say it was very clear that there was an actor playing a role. When you can tell someone is acting, it's not a good thing.

[CrimsonFox]

Lets just say it was very clear that there was an actor playing a role. When you can tell someone is acting, it's not a good thing.


Correctamundo!

[Chief Rum]

Lets just say it was very clear that there was an actor playing a role. When you can tell someone is acting, it's not a good thing.

You know, I didn't think I really had an issue with Jackson in this one, but then I got to thinking. On the road to Candie's mansion, at which starts the third act of the movie, I told myself, "Damn, this might be one of the most awesome movies I have ever seen."

Cut to next scene, they arrive at Candie's mansion and Jackson makes his first appearance. The third act was much less awesome than the first two acts.

I would be silly to ignore that Jackson was a significant factor in Django going from awesome to suck.

[StLee]

I haven't seen the movie yet, but Quvenzhané Wallis reps my hometown and Beasts of the Southern Wild reps my home parish.

I need to watch this soon. Shame on me for not doing it yet. It didn't come to theaters in Korea since basically only big budget English movies make it here, but I could easily see it through other means.

[ISiddiqui]

You know, I didn't think I really had an issue with Jackson in this one, but then I got to thinking. On the road to Candie's mansion, at which starts the third act of the movie, I told myself, "Damn, this might be one of the most awesome movies I have ever seen."

Cut to next scene, they arrive at Candie's mansion and Jackson makes his first appearance. The third act was much less awesome than the first two acts.

I would be silly to ignore that Jackson was a significant factor in Django going from awesome to suck.

I think correlation doesn't necessarily lead to causation. I thought Samuel L. Jackson was fantastic - esp in changing from how he was in front of the whites as compared to behind closed doors. I think his role was fantastic. But I do think that the massive change in tone of the movie (you know where) made the ending a far different sort of movie.

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This Best Picture list is interesting. Usually I've have seen 3 or 4 of the movies, but I find myself as having seen 6 of the 9 (haven't seen Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty, or Amour). SLP really surprised me, FWIW. I guess I have to see it, though I really hadn't seen much press on it prior to.

In my opinion, Life of Pi was the best movie I've seen all year. Though Lincoln is likely the most "Best Picture" type of those I saw.

[Johnny93g]

I watched Silver Linings Playbook tonight, and I thought it was fantastic. All the nominations it got were deserved.

I was really impressed with Jennifer Lawrence, she was great.

So at this point, I've seen-

SLP- my choice for best picture. Career performance from Bradley Cooper. It's funny, it's sad, it's heartbreaking, it's inspiring!

Django- Thought Walz played the same guy he played in Basterds. Felt the Jamie Foxx role could have been played by most decent actors and it would have been the same movie. I enjoyed it, I don't think it has a chance though. I'm a Leo fan boy, but I thought he should have been nominated.

Zero Dark Thirty- Wasn't expecting to like it, and loved it. It's long, but i didn't feel like it was. Chastain was perfect. Had me on the edge of my seat.

Still planning on seeing Argo, Lincoln, and Life of Pi. The other 3, meh, probably not.

[stevew]

I'll make my predictions, having seen very few of these films.

Best picture
•"Zero Dark Thirty"
-I'll probably see it soon, but from what I've heard it is amazing.
Actor
•Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
-Can't see how he wouldn't win this
Actress
•Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
-carries the movie from what I've read, much like in the type of role never written for a woman.
Supporting actor
•Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"
-Heard he was great
Supporting actress
•Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"
-Helen Hunt getting naked might win, but Anne cut her hair.
Director
•Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
-From what I understand about the book, this movie takes something that could have been disasterous to film and instead crafts a well carried out story with seemless integration of the digital effects and this movie was extremely well reviewed.
Adapted screenplay
•"Life of Pi," David Magee
Original screenplay
•"Django Unchained," Quentin Tarantino

[Young Drachma]

Ok, so saw Silver Linings Playbook. Jennifer Lawrence was amazing. Bradley Cooper mostly annoyed me, though I can see why he was nominated. De Niro wakes up on point, so no big shock he killed it. Chris Tucker was quality too. I'd just have liked it better if they'd cast someone other than Cooper. He did nothing for me at all.

[Young Drachma]

Django was a plodding mess. Well-acted in some spots (Waltz, specifically) but a mess nonetheless.

[CrimsonFox]

Ok, so saw Silver Linings Playbook. Jennifer Lawrence was amazing. Bradley Cooper mostly annoyed me, though I can see why he was nominated. De Niro wakes up on point, so no big shock he killed it. Chris Tucker was quality too. I'd just have liked it better if they'd cast someone other than Cooper. He did nothing for me at all.


I'm sorry there must be something in my ears. I thought I heard you say "Chris Tucker was quality..."

[Young Drachma]

I'm sorry there must be something in my ears. I thought I heard you say "Chris Tucker was quality..."

It was a very small role.

[Young Drachma]

While I think she's adequate, I remember sitting in the theatre during SLP and thinking someone else probably could have done a better job. Maybe her subtlety is what people like though...

Now that I've seen it, I feel that way about Cooper. There wasn't much subtlety about that performance from her, but his performance felt very dead fish to me. A lot of it was how the character was written, but I felt he was just an awkward mess and that he didn't really show as much as being bandied about unless everyone acting around him was the performance and that we're crediting him for good everyone else was, as he was the head coach of the movie.

[CrimsonFox]

I wonder if the oscars will go the opposite the way the globes did awardswise.

I do think actor and supporting actress will be the same .

Director and screenplay definitely different.
film a tossup i think

[CrimsonFox]

I take that back. Not sure about actor. It'll be between Lewis and Jackman for sure.
Ha Affleck wasn't even nominated for director. He must not have seen the "No one formerly married to a skanky bitch can be nominated" rule.

It will probably be spielberg, altho I'm pulling for russell.

The writing categories will probably go to whoever wins film.
But i'd say Lincoln for the 1st and Zero Dark Thirty for the 2nd

I really need to see some of these.
GOt any recommendations to see or to not see?

[Honolulu_Blue]

I'm sorry there must be something in my ears. I thought I heard you say "Chris Tucker was quality..."

I have only seen Chris Tucker in "Friday", "5th Element", "Jackie Brown" and "Rush Hour 1 & 2" and he always makes me laugh.

[GrantDawg]

I take that back. Not sure about actor. It'll be between Lewis and Jackman for sure.
Ha Affleck wasn't even nominated for director. He must not have seen the "No one formerly married to a skanky bitch can be nominated" rule.

It will probably be spielberg, altho I'm pulling for russell.

The writing categories will probably go to whoever wins film.
But i'd say Lincoln for the 1st and Zero Dark Thirty for the 2nd

I really need to see some of these.
GOt any recommendations to see or to not see?


I can tell you "Lincoln" and "Argo" were two good movies. DDL will probably take the Oscar. He was pretty amazing as Lincoln.

[stevew]

I have only seen Chris Tucker in "Friday", "5th Element", "Jackie Brown" and "Rush Hour 1 & 2" and he always makes me laugh.

Yeah, he's a funny guy. I don't get the hate. Totally unwarranted.

[Young Drachma]

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Andre-Leon Talley of Vogue interviews Best Actress nominee (youngest ever) Quvenzhané Wallis from Beasts of the Southern Wild.

[kcchief19]

Ha Affleck wasn't even nominated for director. He must not have seen the "No one formerly married to a skanky bitch can be nominated" rule.
Kathryn Bigelow won, so it's not a hard-fast rule.

[JPhillips]

My colleague's son won Best Live Action Short.

[Honolulu_Blue]

My colleague's son won Best Live Action Short.

Very cool. Every year they show all of the Oscar nominated live action and animated short films in one night at a theater in town. Lady H_B and I try to make it every year.

To be honest, the live action short that won, "Curfew", wasn't my first choice for the award, but the little girl in it was really quite excellent.

[JPhillips]

It hasn't played locally, so I haven't seen it. The math department, where my colleague works, is very excited today.

[Logan]

Learned that my brother in law got a "Special Thanks" credit on Beasts of the Southern Wild after corresponding with the director on some medical content in the movie. Pretty cool to have that association with a Best Picture Oscar nomination.

[korme]

Happy for Affleck, I like the 3 movies he's directed.

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Unfortunate for the Best Actor category that they even nominated anyone besides DDL. They got it right, of course. I just feel bad if anyone has a career year and has to go up against DDL!

[Izulde]

Very happy Jennifer Lawrence won. I loved SLP - one of my favorite films in years.

[ISiddiqui]

In the same spirit, am glad Ang Lee one, because Life of Pi was utterly fantastic (I think I may have rated it a 10/10 in the rating movies thread).

[spleen1015]

I need to see many of these movies.

[Chief Rum]

Very happy Jennifer Lawrence won. I loved SLP - one of my favorite films in years.

I haven't seen SLP yet, but I thought Jessica Chastain was amazing in Zero Dark Thirty. To any who saw both films, how does Lawrence's performance compare with Chastain's?

[korme]

I haven't seen SLP yet, but I thought Jessica Chastain was amazing in Zero Dark Thirty. To any who saw both films, how Lawrence's compare with Chastain's?

I love J-Law, I think she's got an amazing future ahead of her - but that award belongs to Jessica Chastain

[larrymcg421]

Chastain was great, but Lawrence was better.

[Chief Rum]

Heh, I like that, since I know both of you are experienced movie watchers with an eye for performances. I wonder if the Academy vote was similarly divisive, and that Lawrence won by a hair or something like that.

[Johnny93g]

Chastain was really great and deserved a nomination.

Lawrence was better then great and deserved the Oscar.

[Chief Rum]

Terrific. I'll have to remember this when I get around to seeing SLP (unfortunately, probably won't see it in the theater here before it disappears...).

[ntndeacon]

Riva was better than both

[spleen1015]

What did the Onion do last night that was so bad?

[larrymcg421]

What did the Onion do last night that was so bad?

They tweeted: "Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhane Wallis is kind of a cunt, right?"

[ISiddiqui]

Riva was better than both

Agreed. Though foreign stars aren't going to win! :D

[ISiddiqui]

They tweeted: "Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhane Wallis is kind of a cunt, right?"

My opinion on the matter: It's the Onion... c'mon people!

[Matthean]

They tweeted: "Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhane Wallis is kind of a cunt, right?"

http://www.pajiba.com/assets_c/2013/02/Screen%20Shot%202013-02-27%20at%2011.53.51%20AM-thumb-550x535-63204.png

[chadritt]

To me the biggest difference was that Chastain carried her film from start to finish. I thought shed win but have no problem with Lawrence even though I don't think SLP was that good, just well acted.

[britrock88]

"Not to mention inconsistent with The Onion's commitment to parody and satire, however biting."

?

and ehh, I suppose they answer it in their next sentence. But I don't see the tweet as inconsistent with that idea... it's just a terrible execution of it.

[Chief Rum]

"Not to mention inconsistent with The Onion's commitment to parody and satire, however biting."

?

and ehh, I suppose they answer it in their next sentence. But I don't see the tweet as inconsistent with that idea... it's just a terrible execution of it.

Yeah, that's what I thought, too. The tweet was within the spirit of what the Onion does, but it went well over the line of where it was edgy humor. Usually the Onion dances that line pretty good.

[ISiddiqui]

Damn Twitter... writing "bitch" just put it over 140 characters ;).

[britrock88]

Damn Twitter... writing "bitch" just put it over 140 characters ;).

I had that thought, and counted just to make sure... it's only 90.

[nol]

I find it hard to argue that the tweet crossed the line when it comes to satire considering that, "it would have been fine had they just called the nine-year-old girl a bitch instead of a cunt" seems to be a fairly common response to this little controversy.

[Tigercat]

I think a big problem with that tweet is the the format itself. Having a story on the Onion where some ridiculous character writes an editorial calling her that wouldn't have been as bad, it would have had context, and context can make it satire. But just a random tweet doesn't hit that mark.

As an aside, Quvenzhane did get some good news this week, shes going to play Annie on screen. I think her energy and demeanor are perfect for that.

[ISiddiqui]

So it seemed Seth McFarland did his job:

Oscars 2013 TV Ratings -- Up 19% Over 2012 (http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/oscars-2013-tv-ratings-up-from-2012-abc-seth-macfarlane/)

The 85th Oscars had 40.3 million viewers last night in Live+Same Day ratings. Sunday’s Seth MacFarlane-hosted ceremony on ABC slipped ahead of the 39.3 million that watched last year’s telecast, when Billy Crystal returned to headline the show that saw the Hollywood-based mainly silent film The Artist win Best Picture. Not only did this year’s Oscarcast see its viewership go up by 3% compared with 2012, but it rose 11% in the adults 18-49 demo with a 13.0 rating — the 2012 show got a 11.7 rating.

[Matthean]

Really not surprising to see those numbers though. Billy Crystal I can't recall doing much of anything in years. Seth, despite my somewhat dislike of the guy, is going to bring in younger viewers.

[sovereignstar v2]

Love her.

<object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1ACQpZW-eTg?hl=en_US&amp;version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1ACQpZW-eTg?hl=en_US&amp;version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>Oscar for the funniest speech goes to... - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ACQpZW-eTg)

[britrock88]

Yeah, hope that personality holds up over time.

[Suicane75]

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Upw1w2yXZs0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upw1w2yXZs0)

Oh hai

[britrock88]

It gets better!

[DanGarion]

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Upw1w2yXZs0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upw1w2yXZs0)

Oh hai

BUT WHO ELSE DID SHE MEET?!?!?!?!

[whomario]

extended version of thar first interview :

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HHioi_cSlaY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>


http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2013/0225/grant_getty_jenniferlawrence_576.jpg


:D

[Matthean]

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[law90026]

Watched Silver Lining Playbook. Bearing in mind I haven't watched the other actresses, I'm honestly surprised J-Law won the best actress award. Not that it was bad but I didn't think it was spectacular. Helluva hot though.