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posted by takyon on Monday February 27 2017, @06:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the a-steve-harvey-moment dept.

Think YOUR job is difficult? Hey, there's a guy in Hollywood who has to hand the right envelope to the right person at the right time.

Oh, wait. That sounds really easy—yet it got screwed up.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports:

Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway are about to announce best picture, the culmination of entertainment's biggest awards show. Beatty opens a red envelope and looks at the card inside, giving a double-take. He looks inside the envelope to see if there's anything else there.

BEATTY: "The Academy Award..."

He pauses, looks at the envelope again.

BEATTY: "For best picture..."

He pauses again and looks offstage, then hands the envelope to Dunaway, who gives it a quick glance.

DUNAWAY: "La La Land."

The audience applauds, as the cast, crew, and producers of "La La Land" take the stage to accept what many had anticipated, the coveted honor of best picture. Producers Jason Horowitz and Marc Platt give speeches, but something seems amiss as Platt speaks. There's commotion among the people standing behind him as a man wearing headphones appears and checks red envelopes being held by producers.

[...] HOROWITZ: "There's a mistake. 'Moonlight', you guys won best picture. This is not a joke."

PLATT: "This is not a joke. I'm afraid they read the wrong thing."

[...] [Oscars host Jimmy] KIMMEL: "Guys. This is very unfortunate what happened. Personally, I blame Steve Harvey for this."

[...] KIMMEL: "Warren, what did you do?"

BEATTY: "I want to tell you what happened. I opened the envelope and it said 'Emma Stone, La La Land'. That's why I took such a long look at Faye and you. I wasn't trying to be funny."

takyon: 89th Academy Awards


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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Monday February 27 2017, @06:52PM (11 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Monday February 27 2017, @06:52PM (#472441) Journal

    -1 "HELL NO, THE SUB MOST GO (UP)"

    This is also a nice place to discuss the Oscars in general, or maybe some of the films involved.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 27 2017, @07:20PM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 27 2017, @07:20PM (#472456)

    Discuss the oscars?

    Every single one of the awards ceremonies that "consumers" eat up, should be trashed. They are nothing but huge circle jerks. He who strokes the most p̶h̶a̶l̶u̶s̶e̶s̶ egos gets an award.

    Have you ever given any thought to the fact that NONE of those people in Hollywood are real people? People admire them, but they are all just pretend people. They pretend to love each other, or to hate each other. They pretend to be coworkers, or parents and offspring, or spouses, they pretend to do things. But, THEY NEVER DO A THING!

    Outside of Hollywood, things may be a little more "real", but the awards ceremonies remain a circle jerk. "You stroke mine, and you'll get your strokes too!"

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by bob_super on Monday February 27 2017, @10:35PM (7 children)

      by bob_super (1357) on Monday February 27 2017, @10:35PM (#472561)

      > they pretend to do things. But, THEY NEVER DO A THING!

      Pretending in a believable way is pretty hard work.
      They provide the "circenses" part, which has been very useful as the "panem" got hijacked.

      I wish I could put my face and name on a crappy product, and have it sell over $50M. A-list actors are like pro athletes. Events outside of the main game are required to keep up their value.

      • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday February 27 2017, @11:09PM (6 children)

        by Gaaark (41) on Monday February 27 2017, @11:09PM (#472567) Journal

        +3 Hell yes, just to compensate for takyon.

        Sorry, takyon, but.... when anything about the oscars starts to matter in life, i'll agree with you but for now it is a non-starter in my opinion.

        I agree with Bob:

        1. Rhianna: what has she REALLY, TRULY done to deserve the money she gets.
        2. Brad Pitt: name one movie that you would say changed your life (and if you say Mr. and Mrs. Smith, you might as well just kill yourself) and tell me why HE deserves the money he has made. (oh, yeah.... pretty boy. That's why he's rich... pretty boy.)
        3. Name an actor or musician who has truly, REALLY TRULY done something deserving of a real standing ovation and millions, and you'll probably be naming someone who isn't making that kind of money.

        I mean, let's put Rhianna and Stephen Hawking in a cage match of "WHO HAS TRULY DONE/DISCOVERED SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BETTER MANKIND".

        Einstein vs. JayZ.

        Find me someone at the oscars who deserves to be almost God worshipped, and i'll spank my own ass.
        Find me someone at the grammy's who... same. (for Dogs sake, Michael fecking Jackson won grammy's out his ass and for what? Moon walking? How about making a millionaire out of Neil fecking Armstrong or the people who (if you believe the rumours) put him ON the moon).

        Fecking oscars.... give one to Ed Wood, and i'll applaud.
        ***They gave fecking John Travolta a square at "Grauman's Chinese Theatre" before they gave one to Clint Eastwood!!!!! John fecking has done nothing much Travolta!!

        Huh... i'm spent.

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 27 2017, @11:55PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 27 2017, @11:55PM (#472582)

          Name an actor or musician who has truly, REALLY TRULY done something deserving of a real standing ovation

          Well, there are those who have used their celebrity (and friendships) in a positive way.
          George Harrison - Concert for Bangladesh
          Bob Geldof - Live Aid
          Willie Nelson - Farm Aid
          You may quibble about the actual monetary impact of those projects, but they served to raise the consciousness of many WRT the issues.

          and [who is making] millions [of dollars],

          I was surprised at Geldof's net worth. [google.com]

          and you'll probably be naming someone who isn't making that kind of money

          I'm sure there are many in the entertainment business who have only a -comfortable- level of affluence who are doing admirable humanitarian works as well.

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        • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @03:09AM (3 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @03:09AM (#472640)

          Your complaints say nothing about the people you criticize and everything about how limited you are.

          All of those people have brought joy to millions and millions of people.
          In the grand scheme of things, that is literally the most important function anyone can have in life.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @04:25PM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @04:25PM (#472835)

            Gaark doesn't seem to be terribly limited. The limited people are those who need Hollywood to entertain them. Your lives are so fucking meaningless, you find your heroes among the wastrels in Hollywood.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @06:23PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @06:23PM (#472938)

              Clearly you are in great need of joy in your life.
              Hope you find it, somewhere.

          • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday March 01 2017, @04:16AM

            by Gaaark (41) on Wednesday March 01 2017, @04:16AM (#473209) Journal

            No, I'm not limited.
            Have you ever listened to Mario Lanza sing Nessum Dorma? His version is better than Pavarotti's and could almost make you weep with happiness.

            I love watching Corner Gas and the I.T. Crowd: they are not 'amazing shit' deserving of standing ovations, but they are funny shows and make me laugh.

            Michael Jackson is shit. JayZ is a joke.
            So many awards go to crap (again, John fecking Travolta?!?!? Don't make me vomit.).

            Show me something amazing and I will applaud.
            Show me crap: The Martian did NOT win an academy award, but O.J. the documentary DID win one!!!! L.O.L!!!!! The Martian was a great book and the movie was far more entertaining than O.J.
            It had substance worth applauding. O.J. just rehashed shit we already knew.

            "All of those people have brought joy to millions and millions of people.": I can't help it if some people have no taste and have no real actual life: they just suck in what they are fed.

            Brad Pitt is nothing, really, when you think about it.... Again, name me one thing of substance he has done. Then go listen to Nessum Dorma.

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        • (Score: 2) by driverless on Wednesday March 01 2017, @01:43AM

          by driverless (4770) on Wednesday March 01 2017, @01:43AM (#473167)

          Name an actor or musician who has truly, REALLY TRULY done something deserving of a real standing ovation

          Ronald Reagan's 1987 "Tear down this wall" performance was pretty good, I'd have stood to applaud that.

  • (Score: 3, Touché) by cmn32480 on Monday February 27 2017, @07:33PM (1 child)

    by cmn32480 (443) <reversethis-{moc.liamg} {ta} {08423nmc}> on Monday February 27 2017, @07:33PM (#472471) Journal

    Oscar? Wasn't he the puppet in the garbage can on Sesame Street?

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    • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Monday February 27 2017, @09:48PM

      by LoRdTAW (3755) on Monday February 27 2017, @09:48PM (#472543) Journal

      Total grouch.