OSCAR PARTY FOOD IDEAS 2012

In the year and a half that I have been writing this blog, the most viewed article I wrote was "Oscar Party Food Ideas".  It continues to be the most searched page of this year. If you are hosting or plan on attending an Oscar party here are some ideas for this year:

*THE ARTIST-Black and white cookies.

*THE DESCENDANTS-Ice Cream. Remember the last scene? It brought them all together.

*THE HELP-Chocolate pie of course. You could also do southern food.

*MONEYBALL- Ball park food. Hot dogs, peanuts, Cracker Jacks, beer, popcorn.

* MIDNIGHT IN PARIS-French food, french fries.


Please feel free to comment on any other suggestions.

NOT OVER YET?

It seems like the Academy Awards have already happened. Last year at this time we werent sure if The Kings Speech or The Social Network was going to win Best Picture. Both films had their lover and haters. This year there is really nothing to debate. The safest least offensive film in the group, The Artist will win Best Picture. Many will complain and then it will be time to look forward to next year. In fact many have already moved on to discussing next year with realization that this year is over. The Best Actor category could go to Clooney or Djuardin, so there is one thing to still discuss. I think that we can assume that The Help will get the Actress nominations. Michel Hazanavicius will win Director, Christopher Plummer will be Best Supporting Actor, A Separation will win Best Foreign Language film and I could go on. The Academy has struggled to maintain an audience, especially a younger audience. They tried having 10 Best Picture nominations so movies like The Dark Night would bring in the young-ens. That didn't work, so they tried James Franco and Anne Hathaway as hosts. That didn't work. Billy Crystal might help, but the Oscar telecast can be sooo boring even with some unpredictable categories. I can only imagine what this year will be like when we already know the outcome.

SAG WINNERS

*It is looking more and more like Jean Dujardin is going to win the Oscar for Best Actor over George Clooney. Dujardin is good in The Artist, maybe even better than good, but the role itself does not feel like a Best Actor role.

*The Help won in every category that they were nominated for.




Best Male Actor in a Leading Role
Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Best Female Actor in a Leading Role
Viola Davis, The Help

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Cast in a Motion Picture
The Help

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DIRECTORS GUILD AWARD WINNERS

I guess when I predicted Martin Scorsese to win I was just hoping he would win. The DGA this year went to Michel Hazanavicius for THE ARTIST.  Since 1948 there have only been 6 times that the DGA winner did not win the Academy Awards for Best Director. This win only solidifies what we already know.

James Marsh won Best Documentary for PROJECT NIM, one of the biggest Oscar snubs this year.


Best Director for a Feature Film
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Feature Documentary
James Marsh, Project Nim