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Love this Oscars Selfie!

GoatyGoaty Posts: 7,776
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Thought that was highlight of dullest Oscars event! lol

Ellen knows how to take a selfie (she gets Bradley Cooper to do it for her).
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,606
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    It certainly sums up what a dreary backslapping self-congratulatory desperate to convince the world that Hollywood isn't racist w*nkfest the Oscars are, that's for sure.
  • jeff_vaderjeff_vader Posts: 938
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    Party-pooper :D
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,325
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    I love how Lupita Nyong'o little brother snuck in. When he returns to college he's going to be he coolest guy ever. :D
  • Vodka_DrinkaVodka_Drinka Posts: 28,753
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    I prefer the one of Benedict Cumberbatch photo bombing U2.
  • EosterwineEosterwine Posts: 108
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    Unfortunately it was all a product placement/promotional stunt arranged for Samsung.

    http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/2/5464422/ellen-takes-a-selfie-at-the-oscars-sponsored-by-samsung
  • BeethovensPianoBeethovensPiano Posts: 11,689
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    MissPinotGrigio wrote: »
    It certainly sums up what a dreary backslapping self-congratulatory desperate to convince the world that Hollywood isn't racist w*nkfest the Oscars are, that's for sure.

    Where is it racist? Yes to all the rest though. lol
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,606
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    BeethovensPiano wrote: »
    Where is it racist? Yes to all the rest though. lol

    The fact that it took until 2003 for a black actress to win an Oscar? The general "look at us acknowledging 12 Years A Slave, aren't we great, liberal and well-informed" attitude from the Academy? It's hideously WASP-biased and always has been.
  • BeethovensPianoBeethovensPiano Posts: 11,689
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    MissPinotGrigio wrote: »
    The fact that it took until 2003 for a black actress to win an Oscar? The general "look at us acknowledging 12 Years A Slave, aren't we great, liberal and well-informed" attitude from the Academy? It's hideously WASP-biased and always has been.

    WASP is a racial slur.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,606
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    BeethovensPiano wrote: »
    WASP is a racial slur.

    And is "white" too? Used by a lot of Hollywood & US-based journalists as well.
  • jeff_vaderjeff_vader Posts: 938
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    MissLola wrote: »
    I love how Lupita Nyong'o little brother snuck in. When he returns to college he's going to be he coolest guy ever. :D

    Thank you :). Was racking my brains as to who that was.
  • BeethovensPianoBeethovensPiano Posts: 11,689
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    MissPinotGrigio wrote: »
    And is "white" too? Used by a lot of Hollywood & US-based journalists as well.

    Its a racial slur.
  • Walter NeffWalter Neff Posts: 9,193
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    MissPinotGrigio wrote: »
    The fact that it took until 2003 for a black actress to win an Oscar? The general "look at us acknowledging 12 Years A Slave, aren't we great, liberal and well-informed" attitude from the Academy? It's hideously WASP-biased and always has been.

    Hattie McDaniel won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar 75 years ago for Gone With the Wind. Whoopi Goldberg won a Best Supporting Oscar for Ghost in 1990, Halle Beery won a Best Actress Oscar in 2001 for Monsters Ball, and Jennifer Hudson won a Best Supporting Oscar in 2006 for Dreamgirls.
  • RadiomaniacRadiomaniac Posts: 43,510
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    I really REALLY don't get the fuss over that (quite badly taken) photo.

    Seeing as I only recognise three of those people, and that's after racking my brain, I suppose it's not aimed at me anyway.
  • KapellmeisterKapellmeister Posts: 41,322
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    MissPinotGrigio wrote: »
    It certainly sums up what a dreary backslapping self-congratulatory desperate to convince the world that Hollywood isn't racist w*nkfest the Oscars are, that's for sure.

    Agreed. It made me want to vomit: "omg, omg! look at all does famus peeps in a selfy!! LMFAO ROFL"

    UGH!!

    Just, there are no words to describe my contempt.
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    MissPinotGrigio wrote: »
    The fact that it took until 2003 for a black actress to win an Oscar? The general "look at us acknowledging 12 Years A Slave, aren't we great, liberal and well-informed" attitude from the Academy? It's hideously WASP-biased and always has been.
    Walter Neff wrote: »
    Hattie McDaniel won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar 75 years ago for Gone With the Wind. Whoopi Goldberg won a Best Supporting Oscar for Ghost in 1990, Halle Beery won a Best Actress Oscar in 2001 for Monsters Ball, and Jennifer Hudson won a Best Supporting Oscar in 2006 for Dreamgirls.

    LOL owned.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,606
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    xflare wrote: »
    LOL owned.

    Best Actress Oscar I meant. 80 years is a stupidly long time.
  • epicurianepicurian Posts: 19,291
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    Walter Neff wrote: »
    Hattie McDaniel won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar 75 years ago for Gone With the Wind. Whoopi Goldberg won a Best Supporting Oscar for Ghost in 1990, Halle Beery won a Best Actress Oscar in 2001 for Monsters Ball, and Jennifer Hudson won a Best Supporting Oscar in 2006 for Dreamgirls.

    Nice. :D
  • BelaBela Posts: 2,568
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    It's the first time a black director has won Best Pic.

    Do we look at that as affirmative action or just an excellent movie getting the acknowledgment it deserves? Either way, so pleased for Steve McQueen that his stellar and inspiring work as a director has been recognised.
  • KapellmeisterKapellmeister Posts: 41,322
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    Bela wrote: »
    It's the first time a black director has won Best Pic.

    Do we look at that as affirmative action or just an excellent movie getting the acknowledgment it deserves? Either way, so pleased for Steve McQueen that his stellar and inspiring work as a director has been recognised.

    But the media present it as "OMFG, look! A black person won an Oscar. A black person won an OSCAR!!" It really is deeply pathetic. It's like the BBC making a particular point of the fact that the medals won by the UK at the cycling championships have all been won by female cyclists. Did you get that. Yes, female cyclists have won ALL the medals!!

    And I'm sat thinking 'so ******* what??'. Can't people just do things on their own merit without stuff like race or gender always being an issue.
  • WhedoniteWhedonite Posts: 29,238
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    MissPinotGrigio wrote: »
    Best Actress Oscar I meant. 80 years is a stupidly long time.

    How many black actresses have missed out on a deserved Oscar? This is a serious question btw. I'm not trying to bait. I'm just not an expert of the Oscars and I'm curious.

    As for the picture, Kevin Spacey standing at the back reminds me of the time he randomly photobombed someone in his jogging gear :D
  • zx50zx50 Posts: 91,269
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    It's a "how many can we fit in this photo" type of shot. :D
  • BelaBela Posts: 2,568
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    Whedonite wrote: »
    How many black actresses have missed out on a deserved Oscar? This is a serious question btw. I'm not trying to bait. I'm just not an expert of the Oscars and I'm curious.

    Viola Davis, for one.
  • WhedoniteWhedonite Posts: 29,238
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    Bela wrote: »
    Viola Davis, for one.

    I meant before 2003. I'm thinking that Viola Davis should have won for The Help? That was fairly recent.
  • BelaBela Posts: 2,568
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    Kapellmeister wrote: »
    But the media present it as "OMFG, look! A black person won an Oscar. A black person won an OSCAR!!" It really is deeply pathetic. It's like the BBC making a particular point of the fact that the medals won by the UK at the cycling championships have all been won by female cyclists. Did you get that. Yes, female cyclists have won ALL the medals!!

    And I'm sat thinking 'so ******* what??'. Can't people just do things on their own merit without stuff like race or gender always being an issue.

    Yes, but the disparity exists. That's why the media makes a big deal of it.

    I agree that it's all kinds of pathetic that this is still the case in 2014. Quality should be the decider, nothing else.
  • BeethovensPianoBeethovensPiano Posts: 11,689
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    MissPinotGrigio wrote: »
    Best Actress Oscar I meant. 80 years is a stupidly long time.

    Now you're just moving the goalposts.
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