Awards Season 2021

[beamish14]

Truly the ceremony where the populists broke through

[therewillbeblus]

I didn’t even recognize two of those top five

[therewillbeblus]

Really hoping for a Jonny Greenwood surprise there, but why would anything nice ever happen?

[soundchaser]

I didn’t even recognize two of those top five

Not a fan of Girlboss Cinderella?

[Brian C]

I'll give Billie Eilish credit - as Bond theme songs go, that one's better than most.

Ooh, a 50th anniversary Godfather tribute! Can't wait to see it reduced to a minute and a half of dialogue-free one-second clips!

[hearthesilence]

"Live and Let Die" is probably the only Bond song I ever put on, and even that's a little ridiculous (albeit knowingly so).

[Matt]

"Celebrating 30 years of White Man Can't Jump" ... and 20 years since White Men Can't Jump was a thing people cared about.

Stanley Kubrick Considered White Men Can’t Jump One of His Favorite Films

[beamish14]

"Live and Let Die" is probably the only Bond song I ever put on, and even that's a little ridiculous (albeit knowingly so).

"A View to a Kill" is just stunning. Gorgeous song, and the synergy between Duran Duran/John Barry on it is perfect

[Brian C]

"Celebrating 30 years of White Man Can't Jump" ... and 20 years since White Men Can't Jump was a thing people cared about.

Stanley Kubrick Considered White Men Can’t Jump One of His Favorite Films

Recency bias strikes again!

[soundchaser]

Well, um, looking forward to Will Smith’s acceptance speech now.

[beamish14]

Well, um, looking forward to Will Smith’s acceptance speech now.

What...the fuck...just happened

[domino harvey]

As an Oklahoman, I cannot comprehend not knowing who Reba is

[Never Cursed]

Oh cmon that was so staged

[therewillbeblus]

Woah, totally worth it though for the GI Jane joke

My friend is confident that was staged too, im not as convinced

[DarkImbecile]

I don’t think so

[Toland's Mitchell]

Is Jomboy watching? Need him right now.

[Brian C]

Not to cast aspersions on anyone in particular, but you'd have to be a real sucker not to assume that was staged until proven otherwise.

[soundchaser]

I don’t think they’d stage a bit that involved Will Smith saying “fucking” at the top of his lungs twice.

[domino harvey]

The UK broadcast apparently stopped due to the Smith meltdown

[domino harvey]

This is incredible. Mr Nice Guy “overdue” an Oscar is about to walk up to collect his Best Actor trophy to a dead silent audience

[therewillbeblus]

I just don’t get what the point of the joke would be, other than playing into harmful stereotypes on impulsively aggressive black males? I know the Oscars are tone-deaf on comedy, but come on, people think through some of these things

[hearthesilence]

"Live and Let Die" is probably the only Bond song I ever put on, and even that's a little ridiculous (albeit knowingly so).

"A View to a Kill" is just stunning. Gorgeous song, and the synergy between Duran Duran/John Barry on it is perfect

I can still hum most of that. (My family had a CD of James Bond themes up to and including License to Kill when I was growing up.) I've never gotten into Duran Duran though. "Hungry Like the Wolf" is sort of an exception - tuneful, quintessential mid-'80s pop, but it also feels kind of bloodless.

Also, I completely missed Will Smith. I guess I picked the absolute worst moment to take out the trash.

[mfunk9786]

uncensored exchange from Japanese broadcast

It's real, folks. And I wasn't even watching!!

[domino harvey]

Also, I completely missed Will Smith. I guess I picked the absolute worst moment to take out the trash.

Don’t worry. This thing is going to be fully Zaprudered within the week

[therewillbeblus]

The UK broadcast apparently stopped due to the Smith meltdown

The ABC live one off the Oscar site froze, went silent, and then replayed Chris Rock’s reaction