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Holly
Member
07-21-2001
| Monday, February 29, 2016 - 8:50 am 
"Lady gaga definitely is winning new fans.."
Well she lost this fan over that God-awful, lizard lounge like "tribute" she gave David Bowie. He deserved SO much better than that horror show she put on. It was beyond cringe worthy. And was much more about attention seeking Gaga than the inimitable, talented and classy Mr. Bowie. Really, when did he EVER grab his crotch?
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Holly
Member
07-21-2001
| Monday, February 29, 2016 - 8:53 am
Last night's show was the most boring I've ever watched in 30+ years. Chris Rock was disingenuous (using Asian kids?!?) in his bitching about racism. Gimme a break! The funniest part, imo, was Sacha Baron Cohen coming back as Ali G.
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Spunky
Member
10-07-2001
| Monday, February 29, 2016 - 9:37 am
Chris Rock took too much time with the racism nonsense that after 3 hours my pvr ran out of time and missed the speech by Leonardo di Caprio, but then I saw it online and it will be repeated again on the et shows.
Fashion was beautiful and will see it again on Fashion Police tonight.
The awards were blah... since I did not favour any performance or movies. The Ennio Morricone special recognition was nice to see after so many years of composing beautiful scores for Hollywood.
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Holly
Member
07-21-2001
| Monday, February 29, 2016 - 9:46 am
Just read it hit an 8-year all-time ratings low last night.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, February 29, 2016 - 10:50 am
I am so happy Leo finally got his Oscar. He should have gotten one years ago for 'Gilbert Grape. If you haven't seen it, you should if you're a Leo fan.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, February 29, 2016 - 12:47 pm
I just read online that Brie is the youngest Best Actress winner... 26 years, 150 days. I think I first saw her in the 21 Jump Street movie. She's done well!
Rieann, I don't think that's true. Wasn't Jennifer Lawrence only 23 when she won hers?
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Monday, February 29, 2016 - 12:56 pm
Dipo, to add to the description that Rieann provided earlier, the basic plot of "Carol" concerns a high-society woman (Cate Blanchett) who becomes obsessed with a young woman (Rooney Mara) she meets while shopping in a Manhattan department store circa the 1950s. I read it myself and it was quite excellent - I have to wait for the home video release to see the film version.
It's based on The Price of Salt, one of Patricia Highsmith's earliest novels (she also wrote The Talented Mr. Ripley and its sequels). When The Price of Salt was originally published, the author listed was Claire Morgan, which was the nom-de-plume Highsmith used because of the lesbianism that was at the center of the story. It was later re-published with Highsmith's name after she became famous from the Ripley books.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, February 29, 2016 - 1:05 pm
Thanks Uncle ricky, I was just surprised that I hadn't heard anything about it, usually I know what movies are playing, LOL, but I don't recall seeing any advertisements about Carol.
Sounds very interesting, I will look for the book at the library.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, February 29, 2016 - 1:44 pm
Wiki says Marlee Matlin was the youngest to win best actress at the age of 21 for "Children of a Lesser God".
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Rieann
Member
08-26-2006
| Monday, February 29, 2016 - 3:35 pm
Thanks, Naja and BJM. Both actresses were much younger. Oops! 
Thanks for the info on Carol, Uncle Ricky. I didn't know it was based on a Highsmith novel.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, February 29, 2016 - 3:37 pm
OG, while I'm not a Leo fan by any stretch, What's eating Gilbert Grape is one of my all time fave movies.  He was AMAZING in that!
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Jenjackso
Member
02-10-2009
| Monday, February 29, 2016 - 4:19 pm
Yes, Marlee Matlin was youngest so far.
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Rupertbear2
Member
07-15-2015
| Monday, February 29, 2016 - 4:40 pm
Mame-I'm with you...not a Leo fan.
Other actors are so talented that you can forget it is them playing a part. With DiCaprio, it seems to me it's always him "playing" a role, he never seems to "submerge", for me.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Monday, February 29, 2016 - 4:43 pm
I'm "with you" on Leo. Now, Steve Carrell in The Big Short, he was that person. I had to look hard to see Steve Carrell.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, February 29, 2016 - 4:43 pm
The Revenant was the first movie that Leo seemed like an adult to me.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Monday, February 29, 2016 - 7:26 pm
Abe Vigoda's family is not pleased that he was not included in the memoriam portion last night. The academy says they included him in the online album so that was enough.
I found the music they used to try to rush people off the stage to be off putting. Whoever directed last nights Oscars should never ever be brought back!
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