we don’t really get much in the way of oscar hype here in england, and though it’s somewhat refreshing, it’s also somewhat sad. i miss oscar parties, and the red-carpet bitchfest, and the betting pools. here, unless you have cable and stay up to the wee hours to watch it, you’re relegated to watching the heavily edited highlights show the following evening (where the commentators will invariably bemoan the slow death of the british film industry) after the results have already been revealed in the morning papers. which, if you ask me, kind of negates the whole point.

so, in honour of the oscars being held tomorrow night:

brokeback mountain is expected to run away with the race. having become infamous for being “the gay cowboy movie”, it’s also become nearly as infamous for the spinoff spoofs it has spawned. If you haven’t already checked them out, get a look at what everyone’s talking about here.

i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: we love jon stewart. as master of ceremonies this year, jon stewart should bring down the house. most everyone in america knows him well as the host of the political satire “the daily show”, a programme which has been gaining in popularity of late with it’s particularly pointed lampooning of the current administration. in keeping with the “gay oscars” theme this year, here’s his take on recent civil rights progress around the world.

If you haven’t hear about timothy treadwell, and the movie “grizzly man” (which was tipped for the oscars, but didn’t quite make it), watch the earnest trailer below about this poor deluded man who tragically fancied himself a “bear whisperer” of sorts…

then watch this pants-pissingly hilarious spoof… (if the video is slow to load, you can watch it here as well)

not a fan of the oscars? go check out their “award archnemesis” the razzies. Nominees for worst picture include “the dukes of hazzard” (which I slept through on dvd, even) and the classy “deuce bigalow: european gigolo”, and there’s an epic showdown in the worst actress category between the esteemed tara reid and jenny mccarthy. winners announced 7:30 pst tonight!

happy oscars!

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