Showing posts with label James Franco. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Moments at the Oscars 2011



There were sarcastic winners, witty presenters, disinterested hosts and then even funny actors' relatives seated in the audience!

Fair, unfair, we do not know but the Oscars were entertaining for sure. We list down few moments which grabbed our attention, for good and then sometimes for not good!

Melissa Leo drops the F bomb!
Probably the biggest oops moment of the evening, Melissa has made it to the Oscar history was using the F word on the Oscar stage in her acceptance speech after she won the Best Supporting Actor trophy! She went, "When Kate won two years back, she made it look so f****** easy!"

Christian Bale takes a dig at himself
Christian Bale who won the Best Supporting actor Oscar said, "I won't drop the F bomb like Melissa, I've used that a lot before". He referred to his swearing tapes that were leaked on the internet. Bale had apparently abused a cinematographer working on his film as he had distracted him while Bale was delivering his lines.

Anne calls Hugh Jackman 'Huge Jackass'
Anne Hathaway seemed over-excited while James Franco seemed disinterested! Together the two weren't half as funny as last year's host Hugh Jackman. Anne Hathaway in one of her fillers aped Hugh as she too sung and said, "A certain Huge Jackass had promised me that he'd sing with me!" Hugh took it all sportingly.

Kirk Douglas heightens the anticipation
Kirk Douglas made the lives of actresses nominated in the supporting actor category miserable as before presenting the trophy to Melissa Leo, he kept telling unending stories about himself, everytime starting his story with, 'you know..'!

Russell Brand teases Colin Firth
British comedian, Russell Brand presented the Best Foreign Language film Oscar along with Dame Helen Mirren. When Helen tried to address all in a foreign language, Russell translated it for all by saying, "She means she was better as the queen than Colin Firth was as the King!" Helen called Russell Idiot in return, again in other language to which he reacted, "Thank you but I am married."

Sandra Bullock wants Jesse on her facebook!
Sandra is effortlessly funny. When she introduced the best Actor nominees she asked Jesse Eisenberg as to why hasn't he accepted her Facebook request! She also asked Jeff Bridges, "how much is enough" taunting him on his consecutive nomination after his last year's win for crazy Heart. Jeff was nominated this year again for True Grit.

Kirk wonders why Hugh laughs so much!
Kirk Douglas asked Hugh Jackman why he laughed so much when he was speaking. "Hugh Jackman is laughing. Everyone in Australia thinks I am funny. I don't know why. Colin Firth is not laughing! He is British" said Kirk.

Colin Firth's sarcastic speech
Brits are known for their sarcasm and when Colin said, "I have a feeling my career has just peaked" after winning the Oscar, it was hilarious.

Best Oscar speech!
73 years old, King's Speech screenplay writer David Seidler gave the best speech of the Oscars. He said, "I am probably the oldest one to win Oscar in this category so I want someone to break my record fast! I say this on behalf of all the stutterers in the world — we have a voice, we have been heard. I'd like to thank her majesty the Queen for not putting me in the Tower of London for using the Melissa Leo f-word" he added.

Reese Witherspoon's ouch moment!
Resse Witherspoon showed up in black and white Valentino but since her outfit was just like Julia Roberts' which the latter had worn at the Oscars few years back, instead of wows, Reese got 'Oh' moments!

Anne screaming at Lesbians!
Anne Hathaway was clearly referring to Black Swan when she screamed 'Lesbians Lesbians' just after the show begun but it was extremely lame!

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Anne Hathaway, James Franco fail to make the mark


Anne Hathaway in a suit and James Franco in drag?

To think that these two actors almost turned down the chance to host the Oscars (apparently, the duo had rejected the offer but their 'chemistry' brought them together).

Well, their chemistry certainly kept the audience entertained at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, held at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.

Here's a look at the highlights.

It was a role reversal of sorts as Hathaway wore the pants while Franco was dressed in drag as Marilyn Monroe before welcoming Russell Brand and Helen Mirren on stage, who presented the Best Foreign Language Film prize to In a Better World (Denmark).

'You got to wear a tuxedo,' he joked to Hathaway. 'So I wore this. Weird part is I just got a text message from Charlie Sheen.'

It's not the first time that Franco appeared in drag. He had posed in drag for the cover of Candy magazine last year.

We also got a glimpse of Hathaway's vocal abilities when she performed a musical number alone.

Dressed in a tuxedo, Hathaway belted out a tune to the melody of On My Own from Les Miserables, a jab at Hugh Jackman who she apparently blamed for bailing out on her (Hathway had joined Hugh on stage for the opening number when he hosted the awards in 2008).

'There's a tradition of singing at the Oscars,' she informed the crowd. 'One that I was lucky enough to take part in two years ago. And this year I wanted to do a duet again with a special guest, but he bailed on me at the last minute and I couldn't do it. But I'm not a quitter, so this is the best I could do under the circumstances.'