Poll: Majority of Americans Don’t Care About the Oscars. So basically 91% of the U.S. doesn’t give a crap. We’ll guess the 7% that do might be Academy members and that the missing 2% really didn’t give a crap.
In response, a vast majority — 62 percent — responded that they do not care “at all” about the Academy Awards. The poll found 29 percent of respondents care “a little” about the Oscars, while only seven percent care “a lot.”
The End of Poverty is a documentary that came out in 2009. Let us sum if up for you briefly: Poverty is Wall Street’s fault. It’s Washington’s fault. It’s America’s fault. It’s capitalism’s fault. All that plus Martin Sheen as the narrator. How did this dog not win a raft of Academy Awards?
We received this video in an email from one of our readers who said, “My idiot liberal sister sent this to me.”
The End of Poverty is a documentary that came out in 2009. According to imdb.com, the total domestic box office for this piece of crappola was – are you rady – a laughably low $57,805. Hell, they could have done that much business if the gals from Code Pink had decided to take in a matinee between protests. It took in so little money that The End of Poverty may have been the beginning of poverty for whoever financed it.
Let us sum if up for you briefly: Poverty is Wall Street’s fault. It’s Washington’s fault. It’s America’s fault. It’s capitalism’s fault. All that plus Martin Sheen as the narrator.
How did this dog not win a raft of Academy Awards? It has everything Hollywood wants to see, but nothing the American people want to see. And that combo is usually good for an Oscar or three.
Actress (or “actor” as the Hollywood non-sexists now prefer) Sigourney Weaver says James Cameron lost the Academy Award because “he doesn’t have breasts.”
Actress (or “actor” as the Hollywood non-sexists now prefer) Sigourney Weaver says James Cameron lost the Academy Award because “he doesn’t have breasts.”
The Telegraph UK has the subcutaneous details:
The 60-year-old, who starred in the film, also said that Avatar missed out because it is unfashionable to give the Oscar to big Hollywood blockbusters.
In an interview with a Brazilian news website, Weaver said the Academy’s choice of best director was motivated by the fact that a woman had never won the prize.
“Jim didn’t have breasts, and I think that was the reason,” Weaver told Folha Online. “He should have taken home that Oscar,” she said.
We say this is preposterous. If Hollywood handed out Oscars based on breasts, Teddy Kennedy would have won one long before Al Gore.
Source: Telegraph UK
It was announced today that Buckwheat, star of the classic Our Gang comedies, has converted to the Muslim faith and has officially changed his name to Kareem of Wheat.
It was announced today that Buckwheat, star of the classic Our Gang comedies, has converted to the Muslim faith and has officially changed his name to Kareem of Wheat.
First, Sean Penn played outed gay politician Harvey Milk. Now it looks like he may play the husband of outed CIA hussy Valerie Plame.
“Fair Game,” based on the memoirs by Plame and Wilson, is being made in to a big budget Hollywood fiasco. Tinsel town normally calls a biographic picture a “bio-pic,” but in this case it might be more appropriate to call it a “lie-o-pic.”
Producers are negotiating with Sean Penn to play Ambassador/Liar Joe Wilson. Naomi Watts is set to star as Plame. Doug Liman, director of “Mr & Mrs Smith,” will direct this one, too.
This is perfect. Fresh off making a complete ass of himself at the Academy Awards, Sean Penn could now make an ass out of Joe Wilson.
Correction: We should have said, “Sean Penn could now make an even bigger ass out of Wilson.”
Source: Variety
Before we leave the irrelevancy of the Oscars behind for another 363 days, let’s pause briefly to relive The Top 10 worst acceptance speeches in the history of the Academy Awards.
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll pull back in horror as Jack Palance does push-ups, as Angelina Jolie creeps everyone out by kissing her brother, as Tom Hanks accidentally outs his high school drama teacher, as Sally Field thinks we really like her, and as six other Hollywood halfwits provide equally embarrassing moments.
The envelope, please.
Source: Movie-Moron.
Sean Penn won the Best Actor award Sunday night for his portrayal of Harvey Milk, America’s first openly gay elected politician.
In accepting his award, Penn gleefully described the Academy voters as “commie, homo-loving sons of guns.” He also criticized California’s voters for their ban on gay marriage.
But let’s not forget what else Sean Penn is. He’s also a Hugo Chavez-ACLU-Mahmoud Ahmadinejad-Cindy Sheehan-Dennis Kucinich-Ralph Nader-Fidel Castro lovin’ son of a gun. He’s supported every anti-American tin horn dictator, politician and policy that’s come down the left side of the road in the last twenty-five years.
We’d like to thank the Academy. For bringing Sean Penn up on stage every few years just to remind us just how anti-American Hollywood can be.
Last night at the Oscars, they broke out white “knots” in support of gay marriage.
We can only assume that’s because white ribbons had already been used by too many other causes — safe motherhood, awareness of violence against women, teen pregnancy, and a host of others.
The fact is, there’s a colored ribbon crisis in Hollywood. Ever since this fad started with yellow ribbons for the Iran hostages, we’ve seen colored ribbon after colored ribbon supporting one cause after another. How are we supposed to know what cause they want us to support if each color supports multiple causes?
Are those black ribbons for the death of princess Diana, victims of Hurrricane Katrina, or melanoma awareness?
Are those blue ribbons for child abuse or prostrate cancer?
Do the green ribbons support for environmental causes or farm families?
And the purple ribbons. Are they for Alzheimer’s or epilepsy?
But here’s one thing we do know: The stars should have been wearing black-and-blue ribbons to support Rihanna.
We hate to watch the Academy Awards tonight. But we have to, it’s our job. We know many of you won’t be, but if you are following us our Twitter page we’ll let you know of all the idiotic things the self-absorbed actors and actresses have to say.
Ah look, Barbara Walters just got Mickey Rourke all teary-eyed. Her first to fall victim to her tonight.
A mysterious Hollywood blog announced this week that it was in possession of a leaked letter that prematurely announced the winners of tonight’s Oscars. To see the letter and the list of winners click the image above, or click here.
The blog has suddenly been taken down, which makes some insiders believe the leak may be true.
“The document,” Academy spokesperson Leslie Unger said, “is a complete fraud.”
It’s only appropriate that an industry that blurs the line between reality and fantasy should have a controversy like this.
We’ll all know in a few hours who’s telling the truth.
ABC Television has slashed the cost of commercials during today’s Academy Awards broadcast.
In 2008, 30-second commercials went for as much as $1.8 million. This year, they’re going for as little as $1.4 million.
Once considered invulnerable to economic ups and downs, the Academy Awards has discovered that it can’t get away with jacking up the ad rates every year. Especially in a year when all five Best Film nominees have been ignored by movie-goers.
Here’s a tip for the Oscars’ nominating committee: Nominate movies people want to see and people will want to watch your awards ceremony.
If they can bring those rates down a little more – ok, a lot more – you could be seeing “IHateTheMedia.com Presents the 2009 Oscars.” If only we hadn’t blow our entire 2009 ad budget on expensive SuperBowl commercials Doritos.
