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PaisleyPajamas
10/20/09

In reply to The Defamer Guide to Saving the Oscars
THE GOLDEN ERA
Host: Computer-generated imagery of a pioneer of the industry: First up, Charlie Chaplin. Next year, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks co-host.
Producer: Anyone who made a movie before 1985.
Ideal Best Picture Winner: Any period piece starring an actor/actress over 40 with a slew of remade classics as runner-up nominees.
Opening Number: A "We Are The World" type number with a crowd of film stars from the last century singing in unison. Anyone who can sing lyrics from a teleprompter without bifocals and walk on stage without breaking a hip is eligible. Call your agent.
Clips Reel: In lieu of speeches from any and all winners (stand, take a bow, sit back down--we'll mail your little golden guy), clip reels, montages and more clip reels!
Log Line: The way we were.
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raincoaster
10/20/09

In reply to The Defamer Guide to Saving the Oscars
How fast can we greenlight that TMZ Oscars? #oscars
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bess marvin, girl detective
10/20/09

In reply to The Defamer Guide to Saving the Oscars
THE OSCARS THAT SHOULD BE
Host: Ricky Gervais
Producer: Ricky Gervais
Ideal Best Picture Winner: Can't say yet as the movies I've seen: Jennifer's Body, An Education, 500 Days of Summer, The Hurt Locker, Transformers: ROTF, Public Enemies, Taken, The September Issue, none really stands out as the best of anything.
Opening Number: Ricky riffing on the death of the studios and the star system as studio heads and aging former powerhouses cringe in their seats.
Clips Reel: None. The show is too long as is
Log Line : The truth and nothing but the truth, so help us all #oscars
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pureblarney
10/21/09

@bess marvin, girl detective:

Host: Ricky Gervais
Producer: Karl Pilkington
Ideal Best Picture Winner: Give Pixar what it fucking deserves... Up
Opening Number: Stephen Merchant doing the robot
Clips Reel: Spoof of Twilight
Log Line: Laugh & Let Die #oscars
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Rumpelstilskin
10/20/09

In reply to The Defamer Guide to Saving the Oscars
Zombie Norman Maine #oscars
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WW719
10/20/09

In reply to The Defamer Guide to Saving the Oscars
Very funny. You forgot the Sci Fi Oscars, though, with Spielberg producing and Carrie Fisher hosting dressed as Princess Leia while interjecting tales of her alcohlic adventures. #oscars
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naugahydeinplainsight
10/20/09

@WW719: Spielberg reminds me:
The Holocaust Oscars, where no one has a good time but every film is a winner. #oscars
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Wendy_Kroy
10/20/09

@naugahydeinplainsight: EVERY Oscars is the Holocaust Oscars. Has there ever been a Holocaust-related documentary/short/feature that didn't earn an award? #oscars
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RonMwangaguhunga
10/20/09

In reply to The Defamer Guide to Saving the Oscars
Zombie Frank Sinatra would kick any of these newbie actor's asses and all that mother jazz. #oscar
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Maura Johnston
10/20/09

In reply to The Defamer Guide to Saving the Oscars
Per Nikki's site, it's going to be Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic (and they have final say over the host): [www.deadline.com]
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Maura Johnston
10/20/09

@Maura Johnston: (also, Diddy is not "gangsta.") #oscars
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Beau Nerd
10/20/09

@Maura Johnston: But he *is* the macaroni with the cheese. Close enough. #oscars
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Wendy_Kroy
10/20/09

In reply to The Defamer Guide to Saving the Oscars
I read a bio of Peter O'Toole that said he almost left the theatre before accepting his lifetime achievement award in protest of the strict no-alcohol policy at the Oscar venue; he was only mollified to stay when a PA smuggled in some hooch. Anyway, I heartily embrace your vote for a more dipsomaniacal ceremony a la the Globes - though to customize the event even further, the centerpieces of the guests' tables could consist of silver trays filled with white powder (which Wolfgang Puck could mold into the shape of the statuette and sprinkle with gold dust). #oscar
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TheBusinessGuy
10/20/09

In reply to The Defamer Guide to Saving the Oscars
Bring on Zombie Bob Hope as host and give out the scientific and technical awards at the main event. Oh, and let Zombie Allan Carr stage the production numbers. No one will want to watch anything else. #oscar
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scroll_lock
10/20/09

In reply to The Defamer Guide to Saving the Oscars
Richard, this is a riot! #oscar
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DahlELama
10/20/09

In reply to The Defamer Guide to Saving the Oscars
And here I thought NPH was the answer to all award-show woes... #oscar
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belltolls
10/20/09

@DahlELama: Yeah, what you said. #oscar
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naugahydeinplainsight
10/20/09

@belltolls: But try to say it three times, fast. #oscar
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raincoaster
10/20/09

@DahlELama: What about NPH and Christopher Walken and Catherine Zeta-Jones in a big tapdance number? #oscars
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DahlELama
10/20/09

@raincoaster: You had me at Christopher Walken. So, so sold. #oscars
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raincoaster
10/20/09

@DahlELama: Can't find him in Night of 1000 Stars, but here he is dancing to Fatboy Slim. #oscars
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Xylo
10/20/09

@raincoaster: Waaant. #oscars
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belltolls
10/20/09

In reply to The Defamer Guide to Saving the Oscars
Very clever Richard. But you know the real answer: NPH and a category Oscar dispenser format.
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DahlELama
10/20/09

@belltolls: Well, now it just looks like I copied you, doesn't it? Damn edit button. #oscar
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belltolls
10/20/09

@DahlELama: I was given a choice of making myself look bad or my beloved DahlE look bad: I chose you. #oscar
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farfull123002
10/19/09

In reply to Wild Things Scares Kids But Still Rules the Weekend Box Office
yeah, yeah, yeah, 'Where the Wild Things Are' won this week for biggest grosser but thinking people want to know how Tucker Max's movie did...
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MyNameIsChris
10/19/09

@farfull123002: Don't worry, I'm sure Tucker's movie is grosser. #wherethewildthingsare
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Eh-ron
10/19/09

@MyNameIsChris: 56k for Tucker's movie. I don't think snark is necessary, the numbers speak for themselves. #wherethewildthingsare
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MyNameIsChris
10/19/09

@Eh-ron: I don't think it was snark so much as the plain facts. #wherethewildthingsare
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b4nt4
10/19/09

In reply to Will "Where The Wild Things Are" Lift Your Soul or Crush It?
the movie was beautifully shot but the script was boring and borderline irritating. the scenes without dialogue were the best. i would have loved it had it just been narrated using the original text with the soundtrack in the back. and james gandolfini as carol...could not get tony soprano out of my mind...so distracting. i went to a matinee and the kids there seemed to really enjoy it though.

sidenote, but rather nepotistic that soup is writing for gawker now...aren't he and blakeley running neighborhoodr together? if i'm wrong then i apologize. but even still, i don't see how someone who won "best use of reblogging" on tumblr and has a handful of columns on mediaite is all of a sudden writing for gawker. #wherethewildthingsare
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triplethreat
10/19/09

In reply to Will "Where The Wild Things Are" Lift Your Soul or Crush It?
Yes how will the movie survive a bad review from the influential "Butter Sandwiches"? #wherethewildthingsare
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