Tom O'Neil
Tom O'Neil
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There should be a compromise between having good, clean teeth for television and not looking freakish. But they take it to an extreme.
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It's not usual that we see so much fresh talent, so much new blood nominated for so many awards, ... But both shows provide some of the best viewing on TV.
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It's one thing to thank your mother, or someone who helped get your first job so you didn't have to sleep in your car. Hilary Swank gave one of the best speeches (for 1999's Boys Don't Cry) by staying personal. But who wants to hear a list of attorneys?
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It's the most suspenseful Oscars I ever recall. There are more cliffhangers at the year's awards than I think we've seen in modern history.
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It's the most suspenseful Oscars I ever recall, ... There are more cliffhangers at the year's awards than I think we've seen in modern history.
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It's out front early ... and sometimes it can hurt to be too far out front, too early.
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It's possible. There are ratings spikes for shows that win the top awards, ... The Emmys.
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The nominations are both the start and the stop of this year's Oscars race.
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It's better that they fake it at the podium and show some class than let old feuds fume. It's important to forget those petty squabbles, look at the big picture and thank the people they disagreed with.
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That's a brilliant ploy because they can get in so much more material than just awards presentations.
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Everyone in the world is picking Reese Witherspoon but me. I'm betting on the last-movie-seen theory. When there are upsets at the Oscars, they tend to be obscure movies that were probably the last DVD screener on the Academy's stack.
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Stewart was helplessly miscast, to put it in Hollywood terms. He presided with some dignity and class and coolness, but he will not be invited back.
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What's not here are those shows on the WB, like 'The Gilmore Girls,' which the TV Critics Association of America tells us is the best show on television, ... Why didn't it get any Emmy nominations? And what about 'Scrubs'? ... It's holding its own, critics love it, viewers love it, but Emmy voters aren't watching it, because it's too young skewing, and the geezer Emmy voters have a demographic a little north of what 'Scrubs' viewers are.
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You don't mock the importance of the event. This isn't the MTV Music Video Awards. We expect the Oscar host to be like a beloved aunt or uncle on stage playing the ringmaster to a family reunion.