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Well, yeah, okay.

Ramona — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:48:41 +0000

In reply to Hey, one little goof, it was

Well, yeah, okay.

Hey, one little goof, it was

Kevin O'Brien — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:15:47 +0000

In reply to Oh, shit! Why'd you have to

Hey, one little goof, it was still a great article! I really enjoyed it.

Olivier's speech and Voight's

Ramona — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:05:59 +0000

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Olivier's speech and Voight's reaction here. (Those were the days. . .)

Peter, the more I see of Ben

Ramona — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:03:18 +0000

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Peter, the more I see of Ben Affleck the more I like him. Can't say much about his acting but he's a liberal and a humanitarian and I care more about that than about his thespian chops.

Oh, shit! Why'd you have to

Ramona — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:46:53 +0000

In reply to Actually, when a very

Oh, shit! Why'd you have to go and burst my bubble like that? Couldn't you have waited until I was six feet under before you came around and made me look like a ninny?

Thanks for your rundown, Lis.

Ramona — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:44:22 +0000

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Thanks for your rundown, Lis. I loved the music, too. And I loved that Anne Hathaway won, even though it appeared to be a shoo-in.

I always thought Johnny

Ramona — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:42:59 +0000

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I always thought Johnny Carson was far better than Bob Hope, and Billy Crystal was better than both of them. I've heard that they ask Crystal to host it every year and sometimes he does and sometimes he doesn't.

Chris Rock was pretty bad, but McFarlane and Franco should have given him reason to hope everyone had forgotten his performance.

(I don't know who Seth McFarlane is, either. In fact I spelled his name "McFarland" until I saw that wasn't right and changed it.)

I have mixed feelings about

Peter Schwartz — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:57:59 +0000

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I have mixed feelings about Ben.

He's a very smart guy...has good values...and works to put out a good product.

But he's a mediocre actor at best. His friend Matt runs circles around him acting-wise.

He should stay behind the camera.

Actually, when a very

Kevin O'Brien — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:18:15 +0000

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Actually, when a very pregnant Eva Marie Saint won the Oscar for On The Waterfront, she raised eyebrows and got a huge laugh by declaring, "I may have the baby right here." She gave birth two days later. It was in January, 1961, at an untelevised, star-studded award ceremony, that Saint presented an award to a film student. Jack Benny introduced her with a rambling, flowery, silly speech that prompted her to unload at the microphone, "After that, all I can say is, 'Oh, shit!' It made headlines the following day. A lot of people think that happened at the Oscars, but it didn't.

I have no idea who Seth is.

LisB — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:37:20 +0000

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I have no idea who Seth is. My boyfriend and I thought he did a decent job of sounding sort of like Sinatra but we didn't listen to the lyrics while he sang.

I loved the musical portions of the Awards last night, which is a rare thing, because they usually (in my mind) suck. Great to see Catherine Zeta-Jones reprise her "All That Jazz" bit, and what a shock to see Barbra walk out on stage to sing "Memories" for Marvin. Wow.

Daniel was a kick to watch, during his speech, bless him. Made me forgive him for being such a bastid in the Gangs of New York, lol....

Surprised to see Argo win. Ben deserves it, I'm sure, but it was a surprise.

Haven't a clue who the Best Actress is, but I guess I have to see Playbook now. Any woman who trips up the stairs in such a beautiful gown only to laugh it off so well deserves something, I suppose.

Nice to see Anne Hathaway get Best Supporting Actress and Les Mis has long been on my list of films to see.

Can't recall who won Best Supporting Actor. But can I say Christopher Plummer is still hot.

That's all I can think of for now.

Thanks for sharing your memories. I, too, remember some of those moments.