Oscars 2020 Taika is a disappointing winner! I’m not apologizing for the exclamation points because Parasite won Best Picture and my heart is still light with joy this is the energy I am taking into 2020! But I have to tell you I am more than a little disappointed that Taika Waititi wore a plain tuxedo By Sarah • Feb 10, 2020 11:52 am
Oscars 2020 Lin-Manuel’s Oscar Mission: Usnavi Awareness The following account of Block… let’s say six, of the Oscars, reads like one of those brain-teaser riddles in logic puzzles, where you have to extract one piece of verifiably true information and use it to determine the rest can or can’t be true. (I think it’s By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 11:39 am
Oscars 2020 Kristen Wiig & Maya Rudolph: Oscar Pirates You know what we never really talk about, even when we talk about it? Televised awards shows have a built-in power imbalance – and that’s why they work. The Academies, hosting the shows, know they need talented performers, amusing enough to hold the audience’s attention. And those performers – actors, By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 10:13 am
Oscars 2020 Scarlett’s Oscar metallics I’m always interested in celebrity schedules. Scarlett Johansson was at the Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on Saturday. Colin Jost was in New York for Saturday Night Live. So to join her at the Oscars last night, he would have had to fly out of NYC, probably Teterboro via By Lainey • Feb 10, 2020 09:04 am
Oscars 2020 Diane Keaton & Keanu Reeves: An Oscar Reunion Every year, the etalk team spends days ahead of the Oscars working on questions and talking points for our Oscars pre-show live broadcast. Basically we run down the list of nominees and presenters and memorise the research packs and pick out which points we want to drop in when they By Lainey • Feb 10, 2020 07:18 am
Oscars 2020 Natalie Portman’s Red Carpet Flex History would not claim me as a Natalie Portman fan – which is something I’ve often felt bad about, because I like the projects she does, but somewhere between her acting and her interviews, I’ve just decided she’s just not my particular cup of tea. However, it may By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 06:40 am
Oscars 2020 Olivia Colman: Oscars Best Blue Velvet Last year, Olivia Colman gave one of the best acceptance speeches of the night when she won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in The Favourite. She is also an excellent presenter. Last night she got up there and talked about her sex life which was adorable and delightful By Lainey • Feb 10, 2020 06:17 am
Oscars 2020 James Corden & Rebel Wilson: Oscars Interlopers Okay, I’m gonna go ahead and say it – I might be a convert to the ‘no host’ method, because it allows more room for more stuff. The musical performances happened more spontaneously, for the most part, which actually made the show more like a musical… which is maybe why By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 05:38 am
Oscars 2020 Utkarsh Ambudkar: The Oscar Introduction Many people have been critical of the Oscars this year for the lack of inclusion in its major categories and trying to make up for it with its presenters criticising the Oscars for the lack of inclusion. Like is it enough to acknowledge that you can do better without actually By Lainey • Feb 10, 2020 05:17 am
Oscars 2020 Billie Eilish: Oscar Music Meme It was impossible to miss Billie Eilish last night on the show, and I am currently pouring one out for all of you whose parents called or texted to ask, “Who’s the one with the green hair? It’s green at the roots!” I’m not one of Billie By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 05:03 am
Oscars 2020 Cynthia Erivo: Best First Oscars It’s not that Cynthia Erivo hasn’t been to the Oscars before so, technically, it’s not her first Oscars. But it is her first Oscars as an Oscar nominee. Which is another level of special – to be invited to the show because you’ve been singled out for By Lainey • Feb 10, 2020 04:30 am
Oscars 2020 How To Oscar, with your guide Bong Joon-ho Parasite was an exceptional movie, by which I mean it was a literal outlier. I don’t know anyone who saw it who didn’t like it, including those grumps at the Honest Oscar Ballot – it was an actual feat in filmmaking. Which is why it won Best Picture, even By Duana • Feb 10, 2020 04:18 am
Oscars 2020 Intro for February 10, 2020 Dear Gossips, The Oscars, obviously, aren’t perfect. Far from perfect. And after what happened last night, it doesn’t make its shortcomings any less… short. But something special did happen. History happened. The first South Korean film to be nominated for Best Picture actually won Best Picture – after winning By Lainey • Feb 10, 2020 03:48 am
