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Never Fall In Love With France
Warning: this post may contain stereotypes. In the 1980s movie, Betty Blue, the character played by Beatrice Dalle has it all. She's gorgeous, carefree and adorable—until she goes mad. So French. And that's pretty much the trajectory of Marion Cotillard's global fame. A week ago, the star of La Vie En Rose burst onto American TV screens with the most breathlessly charming speech of the Oscars, accepting her Best Actress award. ("Thank you life, thank you love. It is true there is some angels in this city.") So cute! Or she was, until Cotillard shared her conspiracy theories about the attack on the Twin Towers. More »
Diablo Cody Doesn't Give a Damn What You Think About Her Nude Pics
The Oscar-winning screenwriter "put [her] vag out there with pride," and she'll do it again if she feels like it! [Fleshbot]
The Oscar-winning screenwriter "put [her] vag out there with pride," and she'll do it again if she feels like it! [Fleshbot]
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8 Out of 10 Careers Prosper from Sex Tapes, Nude Pics
There's been a veritable outbreak, as of late, of leaked sex tapes and nude pics from a cornucopia of celebs. The released-without-consent sex tape is now officially a rite of passage for every young starlet and aging once-famous dude. And the Lohan/Monroe nude-photo extravaganza has proved what young female celebs have always told themselves: it's OK to be naked as long as it's classy or serious. What does it all mean? Is the sex tape/naked pic a career-starter or career-killer? And, more importantly, do we want? We explain the rules! More »
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No Country for Long Movies
Last night, at the Regal Union Square's 7:35 showing of Best Picture No Country for Old Men, the audience catching up on the Oscar winner they had missed was left underwhelmed and confused. "Is you serious? asked a teenage girl, addressing the screen as the credits rolled after the final monologue. "Best picture, my ass," added another youth. Half the theater started to laugh.
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In case you missed them, Nikola Tamindzic's photos from New York magazine's Oscar night party are up. (And I'm told by Nikola that the man sitting on the couch with Rachel Weisz at cabaret club The Box was in fact a "horribly disfigured" Mickey Rourke. I didn't recognize him; you won't either.)
Julia Allison, Emily Gould, And Some Minor Celebrities (Rachel Weisz, Alan Cumming and Eddie Izzard)
In case you missed them, Nikola Tamindzic's photos from New York magazine's Oscar night party are up. (And I'm told by Nikola that the man sitting on the couch with Rachel Weisz at cabaret club The Box was in fact a "horribly disfigured" Mickey Rourke. I didn't recognize him; you won't either.)
Our Oscar Night Activities
"Socialite Ana Anisimova was robbed of her suitcases at Prince's party and chased the thief barefoot - but he disappeared into the back yard and has not been caught." [Page Six]
"Socialite Ana Anisimova was robbed of her suitcases at Prince's party and chased the thief barefoot - but he disappeared into the back yard and has not been caught." [Page Six]
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Media Jews Violate Kosher At Spotted Pig
Pictured here, New York's Adam Moss, host of the Oscars party the magazine threw at the Spotted Pig, before ab-obsessed Dave Zinczenko unbuttoned his shirt. Moss, who used to run New York Times' Sunday magazine, is one of the most high-minded of modern editors. Which makes the magazine's web triumph last week all the more disturbing. New York claims 20m pageviews per day for the arty nudes it ran of drunken starlet, Lindsay Lohan. (Yes, jealous.) Moss says the traffic is "addictive". He's joking, for the moment. But wait. (In this week's New York sex diaries, an S&M-loving comedian.) After the jump, lovingly photographed by Gawker's Nikola Tamindzic: Emily Gould; Julia Allison; Alan Cumming and other British luvvies' media gays displaying affection; "Smash" from Friday Night Lights; Marlo's enforcer from cult HBO show, The Wire; and Jews eating piglet. More »
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The Oscars! In 10 Bullet Points
Oscars!! Or, Academy Awards!! It's all anyone's ever going to talk about until the rest of forever!! Or, at least until the end of today. Are you a weird nerd who didn't watch and doesn't get the joke when someone runs around the room shrieking "Gary Busey attack!!!" ? Do you not know that European people are slowly taking over this country by way of our most precious resource, beautiful awards? Well get with it! This is majorly important stuff here. After the jump, find our extremely useful list of bullet points. More »
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Nielsen estimates the Academy Awards telecast attracted about a fifth fewer viewers than last year. The dip's been blamed on the bleakness of contenders such as the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men, and the short buildup to the awards ceremony: it wasn't even clear until a couple of weeks ago that the show would be going ahead. Last night's disappointing television ratings shouldn't have been a surprise: a chart of user searches for "Oscars" on Google shows that the January blip, when nominations are announced, was less than half the average of the previous four years (see point F on the chart). The spike for Oscars night, which will take a day or two to show on this Google Trends chart, will be similarly unimpressive.
Oscar's Fading Heartbeat
Nielsen estimates the Academy Awards telecast attracted about a fifth fewer viewers than last year. The dip's been blamed on the bleakness of contenders such as the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men, and the short buildup to the awards ceremony: it wasn't even clear until a couple of weeks ago that the show would be going ahead. Last night's disappointing television ratings shouldn't have been a surprise: a chart of user searches for "Oscars" on Google shows that the January blip, when nominations are announced, was less than half the average of the previous four years (see point F on the chart). The spike for Oscars night, which will take a day or two to show on this Google Trends chart, will be similarly unimpressive.
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Individuality Is A New Luxury Automobile
Don't you hate it when The Man tries to keep you down? And The Man is like, you must go to one of these prestigious schools, you must be a lawyer/ doctor/ I-banker, you must drive a Benz/ Beamer/ Lexus. And you're like, "You're not in charge of my life! I'm my own person! I'm breaking free of this soulless cycle of consumption! By buying a marginally different brand of luxury car!" Take that, The System! Click to watch Audi's stirring, inspirational Oscar ad in full. It will set you free. To burn Audis when the Revolution comes.
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Here's an antidote to the over-excited coverage of the Oscars by the entertainment press: Jason Kottke live-blogged the ceremony, and he really didn't care.
Here's an antidote to the over-excited coverage of the Oscars by the entertainment press: Jason Kottke live-blogged the ceremony, and he really didn't care.
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"Old Country for Old Men"
If you weren't on Mars, you'll know that the Coen brothers' bleak thriller, starring Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin, won Best Picture at the Oscars last night. In the rush to post up the news of the award for No Country for Old Men, the New York Times made a little mistake. (Click for the screenshot.) This real-time web publishing is hard.
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Post Finds Way To Make Oscars About Stripper Tattoo
Hey, New York Post: Was the Best Original Screenplay Oscar really the most important award of the night, and deserving of your cover shot? I mean, I know the Post is a strong supporter of the literary arts, but isn't that going a little overboard in terms of placement? Oh, right. The winner, Diablo Cody, has that big ass tattoo of a bikini-wearing stripper girl on her arm. Way to get it on the cover! And that other, oral sex-ish shot of her (after the jump) you got on the inside page—that's what makes you the leading entertainment news outlet that you are. More »
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Biggest Oscar Moment: Marion Cotillard Acceptance Speech
The Oscars, overall, kind of sucked. Host Jon Stewart was mostly just tame and friendly rather than biting and fun; there were too many canned clip montages; one poor winner even got rushed off stage without getting to utter a single word (at least they brought her back later). Then came La Vie En Rose star Marion Cotillard's emotional acceptance speech for best actress, and everyone got kind of teary and thankful the Oscars didn't get canceled after all, even though the speech was a little saccharine and melodramatic, just like this year's Oscars themselves. If Cotillard was too dainty and helpless for your taste, there was always ex-stripper Diablo Cody's awesome acceptance for the Juno screenplay, which went from punk rock to total bawl bait and was a close runner-up, lesser only because her win was way more predictable than Cotillard's. Both videos are after the jump. More »
Americans Can't Even Act In Movies Anymore
"For the first time since 1965, none of the four acting honors went to Americans, and several winners gave their acceptance speeches in languages other than English." [Sun]
"For the first time since 1965, none of the four acting honors went to Americans, and several winners gave their acceptance speeches in languages other than English." [Sun]
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