And the Oscar Goes To

Best OSCAR show ever!
I enjoyed it from start to finish!

Anne Hathaway & James Franco were great, fantastic hosts! Everyone looked beautiful. All the presenters were young and professional; great pairs of presenters.  Anne can really sing!

Best Dressed Women -

Anne Hathaway
Annette Bening
Marisa Tomei
Amy Adams
Scarlett Johannsen
Cate Blancette
Helen Mirren
Michelle Williams
Melissa Leo
Natalie Portman
Sandra Bullock
Halle Berry
Gwyneth Paltrow
Celine Dion
Hillary Swank
Helena Bonham Carter
Reese Witherspoon

Best Dressed Men

Colin Firth
Jake Gyllenhaal
James Franco
Jude Law
Hugh Jackman
Kevin Spacey
Russell Brand

Best Dressed Couples -

Mark Ruffalo and Sunrise
Robert Downey Jr. and Susan
Jeff Bridges and wife
Mark Wahlberg and wife

Best Acceptance Speeches

Natalie Portman
Colin Firth
Christian Bale
Aaron Sorkin
Melissa Leo
Original Screenplay    -  oldest winner, overcame stutter
Best Director - Tom Hooper Kings Speech - thanked his mother, told story of how Kings Speech was created
Documentary - Inside Job
Makeup  - The Wolfman Rick Barry
Original Score - Randy Newman

Memorandum - Celine Dion sang beautiful song

Lena Horne – Halle Berry tribute

Kodak Theater - Beautiful, I have been there when visiting L.A.

Missed Seeing -

Leonardo DiCaprio
Kate Winslet
Cameron Diaz
Jon Hamm
January Jones

Great Commercials

Cindy Crawford and kids
Jennifer Lopez and twins

All the songs nominated were lovely this year.  I was especially moved by Gwenyth Paltrow's preformance from her movie Country Strong.  I haven't seen that movie yet but it's now higher on my list!

I think I was too hard on my review of Inception.  We went to Paris and the movie was filmed in places we had been. I should see it again!

The Winners this year were easy to predict.  I correctly predicted 17 of the nominations.  I usually always get the Best Supporting Actress winner wrong!  It was great to see Kirk Douglas present the award to Melissa Leo!

Great to see Billy Crystal! It was neat the way they had Bob Hope hosting from years ago; Billy told a great story about meeting Bob Hope when he hosted years ago.

I saw the BAFTA Awards (held in London) for the first time this year.  I thought it was brilliant!  The Oscars this year were equally wonderful!

The Finale -

Enthusiastic preformance by the children (from New York).  They sang Over the Rainbow.  All the new Oscar winners came out and sang along at the end.

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards from 2010 will always be my favorite!  I've been watching the Oscars every year since I was 10!

The Wedding Girl by Madeleine Wickham


My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I'll write a longer review soon. I really enjoyed this one!!

Countdown to the Academy Awards

The 83rd Academy Awards will be on this Sunday.  I can't wait!  I think I have watched the Oscars every year since I was about 10.  This year I watched the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on BBC America.  We never got that channel before - it was really great! 

http://www.bafta.org/

Here's the site for the Oscars -

http://oscar.go.com/

More on all this later...

My photos

I want to give my husband the credit for all the beautiful pictures he took on our trip to Europe.  Most of the pictures you see here were taken by him. :)

Memory - a spoof

This is a fun video from YouTube about "senior moments" -

Goodreads

I can't tell you how much I enjoy Goodreads.  It's really changed my life (no kidding!)  I have always loved to read and to connect with others who love to read too has been so wonderful.  More on this later.  I need to sign off - step away from the laptop!

Wishful Drinking

I can't wait to see Wishful Drinking on HBO.

Here's the preview on video -



The book is great too.  I reviewed it on Goodreads.

ABC trailer

Here's the trailer for Mr. Sunshine -

Mr. Sunshine

Matthew Perry has a new sitcom on ABC.  He is a writer and producer on the show.  I thought it was really good and plan to keep watching.

He's on the cover of Parade magazine (last Sunday's newspaper).  Check it out!

Mad Men 60's Trivia

Check out these quizzes - I enjoy doing them.

http://blogs.amctv.com/mad-men/2011/02/60s-era-trivia-quizzes.php

Russell Brand on SNL

British actor Russell Brand was a really great, funny host on the Valentine's Day episode.

You can check him out on http://www.nbc.com/.  I thought he was the best host since Jon Hamm!

You Light Up My Life

Here is You Light Up My Life again since I lost the other video I had posted -

The Kids Are All Right

Here is a behind the scenes look at The Kids Are All Right -

Bounce

The movie Bounce starring Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow was on TV recently.  I really liked it when it came out in 2000.  One of Ben's best and I'm a big fan of Gwyneth Paltrow -

Great Movie

We watched The Kids are All Right the other day.  I really loved it.  Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo are all outstanding.  I highly recommend it!  I may watch it with the Director's Commentary if I have time before I need to return it to the library.

Chinese New Year recipes

The Year of the Rabbit -

http://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/823385/let-the-celebrations-begin?utm_source=EmailDirect.com&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=FC+020111+Campaign

Hong Kong

I just received a fantastic email from GOOP by Gwyneth Paltrow -

Check this out -

http://goop.com/newsletter/115/en/

Happy Chinese New Year! 

Quote of the Day

Household tasks are easier and quicker when they are done by somebody else.

- James Thorpe

Goodreads

Joy's book montage

Joy's favorite books »

Mad Men Season 4

From the Mad Men blog on AMC -

http://blogs.amctv.com/mad-men/2010/12/season-4-interviews-men.php

Oscar snubs

I read that people thought the director of Inception should have been nominated.  I have to say - I hated that movie.  I thought it was incredibly boring and I had a hard time even staying awake.  I told Jackson it was a good sleeping pill.

My Oscar predictions

I haven't seen The King's Speech but I think the Oscars are pretty predictable this year -

Best Picture - The King's Speech

Best Actor - Colin Firth

Supporting Actor - Geoffrey Rush

Best Actress - Natalie Portman

Supporting Actress - Annette Bening