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The Day After The Oscars: A Recap
by Jen Yamato | March 06, 2006
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So, it's the day after the Oscars. You might be stinging from the upset wins of last night (Three 6 Mafia, Oscar-winners?? No acting honors for "Brokeback?"), or maybe you actually won the office pool by picking dark horse "Crash" for best pic. Either way, the 78th Annual Academy Awards show was a doozy.

There were so many wacky moments and surprises, it's hard to pinpoint exactly where the Academy Awards stopped being the Academy Awards and started becoming a weird entertainment show mutation; part Oscars, part MTV Video Music Awards, and part Daily Show.

Let's recap: there was Jon Stewart's politicized (but not too politicized) hosting job; Charlize Theron's giant bowtie of a dress; Three 6 Mafia's red carpet teeth bling discussion; Three 6 Mafia's Oscar win for "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp;" Will Ferrell and Steve Carell's hilarious presentation of Best Makeup; "Tsotsi" director Gavin Hood's emotional shout out to South Africa; Ben Stiller's excruciating green screen bodysuit; the terrible, theatrical, performance of "Crash" Best Song nomination "In The Deep," with a burning car onstage and dancers recreating key scenes from the film, IN SLO-MO; Lauren Bacall's difficult-to-watch teleprompter trouble; the history of gay westerns montage; Tom Hank's awkward taped spoof acceptance speech; "Memoirs of a Geisha" costume designer Colleen Atwood thanking "the people of Japan" for her award.

And since we didn't get an invite (and didn't feel like watching the post-Oscars specials all night long), we can only imagine what the after parties were following this year's crazy Academy Awards. Thankfully, the AP's got a rundown of Vanity Fair's big bash, which sounds just as random and indulgent as the awards show itself:

"At the stroke of midnight, a grinning Reese Witherspoon showed up to Vanity Fair's annual bash at Morton's with two men dangling from her arms: her best actress Oscar statuette and husband Ryan Phillippe.

Phillippe couldn't quite contain his enthusiasm, and for good reason.

"Best picture, bitch! Best picture!" he yelled to his "Crash" co-star Larenz Tate after hugging him in front of a wall of photographers."

Also at the Vanity Fair party, celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck entertained hungry guests with the highest degree of gastronomical delights:

"Inside the bash, which this year reportedly cut its guest list by 500, old Hollywood royalty and new Hollywood starlets schmoozed, drank and feasted on hors d'oeuvres and lollipops depicting the faces of Shirley Temple and Dakota Fanning."

Such is the life of a Hollywood star. "Best Picture, bitch!" and Dakota Fanning lollipops.

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Comments (1-8 of 8 posts) | Reply
Aoiboy
Aoiboy writes:
on Mar 07 2006 09:27 AM

Great article, Jen... I think nobody but you put in a nutshell as accurately as you did the "essence" of what this Oscar ceremony was. It was beyond wack...

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dracus
dracus writes:
on Mar 07 2006 10:00 AM

Instead of calling this article: The Day After the Oscars: A Recap" a better title would have been: "The Day After the Oscars: A Recrap"

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D79
D79 writes:
on Mar 07 2006 11:44 AM

or "The Day After Crap: The Oscars"

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nogard64
nogard64 writes:
on Mar 07 2006 12:56 PM

my question is are we going to have a more sane, more high quality year in 06?
I sure hope so. For me everything rests on the shoulder of 1 movie 1 man. SUPERMAN!!!! QUEUE JOHN WILLIAMS SUPER MAN THEME NOW!!!!


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homeimp
homeimp writes:
on Mar 07 2006 03:12 PM

[b]Movies[/b]
For me 2005 was the year the movies died. I go to movies for the magic, and those 5 movies just didn't have much. OK, Crash had a little. What would my list have looked like?

1. King Kong
2. A History Of Violence
3. Cinderella Man
4. Pride And Prejudice
5. The Constant Gardener

Magic, relevance, passion, and high entertainment. And can we get rid of the Best Song category? Nuff said.


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D79
D79 writes:
on Mar 07 2006 03:13 PM

yeah i'm sure Brandon Routh & Kate Bosworth are expecting Oscars for their Superman Return performances...some over the top, make you feel really f'n sad (alla million $ baby & crash), everything happends for a reason flick will come out in like june that'll take top picture next year. in Paul Haggis' next movie the main character kidnaps an infant & accidentally lights him on fire to come to find out it was actually his son! dun! dun! dun!

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nogard64
nogard64 writes:
on Mar 08 2006 02:13 PM

In reply to this comment (#831849)
what blockbuster mainstream movies dont win oscars? yeah ever heard of ET? Ever heard of Lord Of the Rings? Ever heard of Forrest Gump? Titanic?

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SozeStrangelove
SozeStrangelove writes:
on Mar 11 2006 08:14 PM

[b]the history of gay westerns montage[/b]
the funniest thing i have seen all year
that, and seeing Jack Nicholson sitting next to Keira Knightly
im with you, homeimp. A History Of Violence was cheated out of its rightful nominations


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