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January 23, 2007
Qox Populi . The Oscars Edition
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Wait... maybe it should say "The Oscars Are Out!"... eh, who cares. Moving on.
And The Nominees Are... Little Miss Sunshine, Little Miss Sunshine, Little Miss Sunshine, Little Miss Sunshine and Little Miss Sunshine. Mr. GuyTVBlog is clapping in gay glee here because I've been telling my friends and family for months now that this movie WILL be nominated for Best Picture. And so it was.
I was so fucking excited about the Oscar nominations that I didn't sleep all night. I stayed up finishing Bully, the video game I mentioned earlier, and waited and waited for the nominations. I had 2 televisions on. One was recording E! Television coverage while watching it on CBS' The Early Show. The other tv was recording The Today Show while I was watching Good Morning America. It's a blur now but one of them had Jennifer Hudson, the other had Forest Whitaker, the other had Helen Mirren on the phone, the other had Abigail on the phone, I'm telling you it was four shows blurred into one viewing experience.
In my opinion the best way to introduce yourself to Little Miss Sunshine is through the film's Official Teaser Trailer. If you want a quicktime version then check out Apple.com.
I was shocked though that Abigail Breslin, the 10 year old actress who plays Olive in Little Miss Sunshine, was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category! Her co-star Alan Arkin who plays her grandfather in the film was also nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category.
Dreamgirls was shut the fuck out of all the major categories meaning no best picture nod, no directing nod plus there was no mention of a "I'm A Cunt On The Set Of Dreamgirls" nomination for Beyonce! Now before you start screaming "No Dreamgirls?" rants, please know that Eddie Murphy did get a nod for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film. The film also ranked up a total of 8 nominations this year, the most of any film. Babel comes in 2nd place with 7 nominations total.
The predictable and expected nominees came with Jennifer Hudson getting a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Dreamgirls while Helen Mirren got her deserved nomination for Best Actress for The Queen. Let's not forget Meryl Streep got her well deserved nomination for the same category for The Devil Wears Prada.
Surprises came this morning with Ryan Gosling getting a Best Actor nod for a small movie even I've never heard of called Half Nelson. Mark Wahlberg was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Departed. Wow on that. Also the director for United 93, that film about 9-11 events, got a Best Directing nomination as well. Fuck if I know why.
Actress Salma Hayek was also on hand this morning to reveal the nominations and when everyone who's from Mexico [who's also a personal friend of hers] got nominations, well she either screamed out "YES" or almost burst out into tears. How sweet.
Salma went on E! Television live just after announcing the Oscar nominations and explained that she has been friends with Babel director Alejandro González Iñárritu for 23 years. She's also BFF with Penélope Cruz who got a Best Actress nomination for Volver. I'm Hispanic but born in the United States and I'm personally thrilled this year will be the year of Mexican Oscars!
I'm also pleased and predicting Monster House will win for Best Animated Film. Pixar's Cars and Happy Feet were also nominated in this category but Monster House has a morbid special place in my heart. A disturbing yet laugh out loud animated 3D film deserves to kick Pixar's ass.
Holy Shit! Jesus Camp has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature. But Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth was also nominated. Will God or Science win this year? That is the question. Fuck the other 3 who are nominated, we're either talking about saving our souls or saving mother earth. Pick one already!
Here's another shocker. Adam Sandler's movie Click got an Oscar nomination... for Achievement In Makeup.
Lesbians and Ellen Degeneres rejoice! Melissa Etheridge has been nominated for an Oscar this year for her song “I Need to Wake Up” from the documentary film An Inconvenient Truth. I've never heard the song so let me take a listen real quick... .... .... it's pretty damn good. Can't wait to see it performed live. Check out the video.
And 3 of Dreamgirls' 8 Oscar nominations comes from the same category. The songs Patience, Love You I Do and Listen have all been nominated. So Beyonce will share the damn Oscar stage with Jennifer, damn!
Ohhh, Superman Returns got one Oscar nomination for Achievement In Visual Effects. How exciting for gay director Bryan Singer!
For the Full Official List then head on over to The Academy Awards website.
Posted by guytvblog at January 23, 2007 8:10 AM
