TIPS FOR OSCAR NIGHT — by Steve Nadis
I’m not from Hollywood but I am “of Hollywood.” Well, maybe that’s stretching things. Let’s just say a number of my friends and relatives are in pictures. I don’t watch the Academy Awards and won’t be doing so this time around either. Yet I have learned a few things about the ceremony, thanks to some helpful hints I’ve picked up from aforementioned acquaintances in the know. Don’t walk up that big red carpet hoping to get into the event unless you have your tickets in hand. Otherwise you may be forced to promenade back down that same red carpet in full media glare, making the so-called “walk of shame”–just one step up from “dead man walking.”
My second bit of advice is that if you are nominated for an Oscar, it’s best to win it. Your life depends on it–at least according to a new study from the University of Toronto which determined that multiple Oscar winners like Kate Hepburn lived longer, on average, than multiple Oscar losers like Richard Burton. The way things look now, I stand little chance of becoming an Oscar loser, which is all to the good.
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What, you don’t watch the Oscars? It’s the highlight of my year, if only to see the outfits.
Hi Lindsey — Long time no hear. I guess that little girl of yours is keeping you plenty busy.
I missed the Oscars too Snake, instead had to watch CinderElmo. Felt Elmo was believable and it was nice to see him challenge himself with a role that demanded more dramatic skills than describing a letter from the alphabet.
Hey Doc — Thanks for the note. I’ll put that one on my short list, right after Cinderfella. (Why don’t we pick the Oscars?)
And where, pray tell, is Duel in the Sun on that list?
Duel in the Sun, no doubt, transcends such ordinary ratings of greatness.
I just flip through the Yahoo picture collection of the Oscar night red carpet. Tells me everything I need to know.
I don’t recognize most of the people, and I haven’t seen the movies that were nominated yet.
I don’t think I’m missing much.
MsAmber
Hi Amber — I guess that makes two of us who are out of it.