Ladies and gentlemen, your moment of Oscar zen.

March 25, 2001 9:23 PM

Ladies and gentlemen, your moment of Oscar zen.
posted by solistrato (22 comments total)

funnier than julia's hair. you rock, babydoll.
posted by patricking at 9:37 PM on March 25, 2001

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/20010325/en/oscars_oym.html

someone call PETA!
posted by pnevares at 10:08 PM on March 25, 2001

aw crap. clickable link.
posted by pnevares at 10:08 PM on March 25, 2001

She looks like a giant bug.
posted by aaron at 10:20 PM on March 25, 2001

Hey now, no making fun of Bjork. Of all those assembled, she's the only one there with the least bit of artistic integrity.
posted by aladfar at 10:39 PM on March 25, 2001

True dat. Well, not the only one, but one of few.
posted by jragon at 10:54 PM on March 25, 2001

it looks like someone took a normal pic of winona and mucked around with one of those kai tools for photoshop.

kudos to the photographer, though.
posted by Stagecoach at 11:02 PM on March 25, 2001

Anyone notice this? Embargoed?
posted by kaefer at 11:57 PM on March 25, 2001

I think the real scandal is that they let Vincent Price impersonate Bob Dylan for his performance. From the grave, no less.

He wasn't bad, really.
posted by sj at 12:11 AM on March 26, 2001

"Actress Jennifer Lopez shows off her jewelry...". That's not all she was showing off.
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posted by Mo Nickels at 2:13 AM on March 26, 2001

the russell crowe reaction shots were fairly entertaining.

but i loved bjork! her voice is just so real, like i was trying to imagine a moment similar to the one in 1999 (was it '99?) when trisha yearwood and elliott smith and celine dion held hands and took a bow, one with her and (ew) sting (ew) and randy newman. during the preshow she said something like 'it would be nice to try it once,' where once i guess meant singing on the oscars?

then the ET-droidtype asked her about her dress. "my friend made it," she said. the room i was in cheered.

that was pretty much the end of the interview.
posted by maura at 4:19 AM on March 26, 2001

"... friends don't make friends wear swans."

I think bjork did some designer a favor by not telling who designed the monstrosity.
posted by darren at 6:01 AM on March 26, 2001

I think the real scandal is that they let Vincent Price impersonate Bob Dylan for his performance.

I thought Dylan was the best part of an otherwise dull show. I didn't know he had a song up for nomination, but I'm glad the academy took advantage of the chance to see him give an acceptance speech.
posted by rcade at 6:45 AM on March 26, 2001

Patricking, you're quite welcome.

It's been a loooooooooooong time since Heathers, hasn't it?
posted by solistrato at 7:24 AM on March 26, 2001

Yup, the song ran over the end-credits to Wonder Boys. For such subtle placement it made quite an impression.

But the Bobster wasn't being played by Vincent Price. It was Salvador Dali. And to imagine sitting in the front row with a Dali-esque Dylan towering 25 feet over your head ... I wouldn't sleep for a week.

JLo showed nip? Good grief, is THAT all people can come up with? Actually, all in all, the dresses were quite conservative, unless you count retro as outré. I did like seeing more variety on the men, though (hey, quiet, I was looking at the women, I just think 1000 women wearing something different and 1000 men wearing near-identical tuxedos is warped).

And once again, they have the completely fuXored idea that the key to a successful Oscar telecast is getting the winners to shut up. Hey, boneheads -- those are the only moments of life in your show! Cases in point: Julia and Russell.

Did anybody else think that the kidnapping joke (which was in bad taste but rescued by an unscripted Hanksian moment) had a Meg Ryan subtext?

And Steve. Steverino. The Stevester. A little more life, next time, okay?
posted by dhartung at 7:29 AM on March 26, 2001

What's really eerie about the Winona picture is that it's eerily similar to a picture of Bjork featured in Q magazine a few months back (w/Radiohead on the cover.) I'll see if I can scope out a scan, but it's almost a mirrored copy of Bjork's expression.
posted by hijinx at 7:42 AM on March 26, 2001

The best-dressed person at the awards, male or female, was Rick Baker. The man looked so frippin' cool! I stood about 3 feet away from him once, but was too flustered to approach him. Maybe I could have gotten some fashion tips...
posted by toddshot at 4:56 PM on March 26, 2001

I found a pic of one audience member's reaction to Bjork's swan dress.
posted by crunchland at 6:01 PM on March 26, 2001

All of you, take back what you said about Bjork right now. I mean it.
For someone who was shut out of a best actress nomination (she OWNED the finest performance last year) and whose song should have swallowed Bob Dylan's gargling--she looked stunning. YOU try wearing a swan and see how you pull it off.
posted by brittney at 12:04 PM on March 27, 2001

maura, when she said it's nice to try it once, she was talking about acting.
posted by chaz at 12:29 PM on March 27, 2001