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Topic: Michelle Obama’s Oscar cameo was pointless and bizarre |
Michelle Obama’s Oscar cameo was pointless and bizarre
Telegraph [UK], by Nile Gardiner
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Posted By:Attercliffe, 2/25/2013 12:05:47 PM
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| It was a better than average Oscar show last night. Host Seth MacFarlane came under fire for some less than tasteful jokes, but there were also a few terrific highlights. A great night for Bond fans, with wonderful performances from Dame Shirley Bassey (Goldfinger) and Adele (Skyfall), with Adele winning Best Original Song. Unusually there were no excruciating acceptance speeches, which were kept remarkably brief and politics free. The main awards were spread across several powerful films in a very strong year for movies. Daniel Day-Lewis was a thoroughly deserving winner for Best Actor for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
gobushcheneygo, 2/25/2013 12:15:05 PM (No. 9195117)
Pointless and bizarre, absolutely. But, "Argo"? Puhleeze, pure Hollywood revisionist history - with Jimmah Carter as advisor.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Wetlandz, 2/25/2013 12:16:56 PM (No. 9195125)
Why are we surprised? It was to rile conservatives and most didn´t watch.
I think award shows are stupid and until Weinstein drops dead completely rigged.
Send the awards in the mail!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
GringoinQuito, 2/25/2013 12:26:43 PM (No. 9195150)
Weinstein. Overpaid, overbearing, fat, POS.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
horacer, 2/25/2013 12:42:30 PM (No. 9195184)
Look for her to be everywhere. Friday on Jimmy Fallon, Sunday the Oscars, tomorrow who knows where she´ll pop up. I wouldn´t be surprised to see her doing tv commercials. It´s part of the 2014 campaign to get the moron vote to the polls.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Aunt Agnes, 2/25/2013 12:47:50 PM (No. 9195194)
She believes all of the flattering nonsense that is written about her. She´s been told that she´s "a dazzling, fashion forward First Lady!" She thinks that she has star quality & I would bet she thinks she has a career in the movies just for the asking.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
happywarrior, 2/25/2013 12:52:51 PM (No. 9195204)
The LoFos absolutely loved it. That´s why she did it.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bighambone, 2/25/2013 1:22:24 PM (No. 9195268)
The Obamas were probably hoping for the movie Lincoln to win, and if that had happened, you can bet that Barack Obama would have made his entrance with a canned speech.
That did not happen, but you have to wonder what would the Obamas have done if the clearly blackballed and not politically correct movie Zero Dark Thirty with it´s water-boarding connotations won the Oscar for best picture?
Of course surprises like that only happen in the movies, and not the always politically correct Oscars.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
CentralFLMom, 2/25/2013 1:39:23 PM (No. 9195311)
Every year I get together with some gals from my prayer group to watch the Oscars. Even though most of what Hollywood produces is garbage, it´s fun to see the dresses and gewgaws. We have been praying that Zero Dark 30 would win, so you can imagine our surprise and disgust when the Ultimate Welfcare Queen appeared on the tv pimping out that terrible Ben Affleck movie! Who does she think she is? Why does she think she is relevant in anyway? You would never see Barbara Bush (or any other decent Christian woman) behaving in such a self aggrandizing way. And who paid for that performance??? We taxpayers, that´s who! After Moochie appeared I became physically ill and couldnt watch anymore of the awards. I will never forgive Mrs. Obamantichrist for ruining my evening . She is an abomination.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
King of all trolls, 2/25/2013 1:45:49 PM (No. 9195328)
Our own Evita Peron minus the charm and good looks.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
msjena, 2/25/2013 1:46:35 PM (No. 9195330)
Zero Dark Thirty has been blacklisted. There was no chance it would win Best Picture. (In fact, it didn´t win anything) Obama gave the director access thinking the film would feature him as the "man who got Bin Laden." Instead, it showed that important information had been gleaned through "torture." The only reference to Obama was an ironic moment where the film showed a clip of him saying "we don´t use torture." Despite an Oscar-worthy performance by Jessica Chastain, masterful direction of the scenes depicting the Navy Seals operation, and early reviews calling the movie the best of the year (many pointing out it was better than Argo), the Academy got the word that ZDT was radioactive. And they obeyed.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
farmwife, 2/25/2013 2:08:52 PM (No. 9195369)
Bill Clinton did the Golden Globes and so the Obamas had to do the Oscars. We will have a non-stop ring-side seat to the ´Battle of the Narcissists´.
Remember when presidents spent their time governing, and then when they left office, they retired from the national stage except for rare appearances? We have Jimmy Carter to thank for this new trend.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Coy860, 2/25/2013 2:13:30 PM (No. 9195383)
In times past, the President and First Lady were to be looked UP to. Now, to find them, one has to look in the sewer.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Caljeepgirl, 2/25/2013 2:18:56 PM (No. 9195400)
Haven´t tuned in for quite a few years, but decided to watch this year to see Seth MacFarlane and for the Bond tributes! Alas, the 5 Bond´s never showed up as promised, although I thought Seth did a good job and the show was pleasantly entertaining. That is, until the end when they pivoted to the White House....I abruptly changed the channel in disgust, only to find out that by the time I changed it back I had completely missed the Best Picture announcement itself. Oh well...thankfully they "saved" it for the end of the show.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Charactercounts, 2/25/2013 2:20:45 PM (No. 9195406)
One thing was wrong in the article. Michelle Obama did not look one bit embarrassed to be awarding the Best Picture Oscar.
She may, however, have been a bit chagrined that it wasn´t for "Lincoln," a president whom Obama seems to claim as his inspiration.
Instead, it was for a movie about Americans being rescued from Islamic maniacs, something her husband failed to do in Benghazi.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
redwhite&blue2, 2/25/2013 4:27:05 PM (No. 9195738)
"And the award for most hideous human being portraying a Gorilla first lady idiot ape goes to"....wait for it....Moochelle Chewbacca! Here to accept the award for Moochelle Chewbacca is....wait for it...Saul Alinsky and George Soros! You may start applauding NOW, you LoMoFo idiot stooges!!! s/
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Shimmer128, 2/25/2013 4:41:36 PM (No. 9195774)
Self aggrandizing, now THAT was accurate. MO thinks she´s all that and a bag of chips.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
TheMom, 2/25/2013 5:25:07 PM (No. 9195847)
Thank God she didn´t intrude on Daytona again this year.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
lil dotty, 2/25/2013 9:32:33 PM (No. 9196157)
Now I am curious as to what Clint Eastwood knew, how much he knew and when he knew when he reportedly made this statement... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2283021/Clint-Eastwood-jokes-revealed-Oscars-biggest-array-stars-years.html
Was he aware that Ms Moochie had been asked to perform her services as a presenter? Just curious, just asking. Glug Glug Glug. She didn´t ´fit´ into any category what so ever
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