Oscar Night Award Winners:
UPDATE: Cheese and Crackers with ALL the video from this evenings telecast.
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Security Break at Oscar Telecast!
A naked 33-year-old man named Robert Opal streaked briefly into view, flashing a peace sign, as NBC cameras cut away to avoid a full frontal assault on viewers of the Academy Awards* ceremony, broadcast worldwide.
The Los Angeles sex shop owner streaked all the way from one side of the stage to the other just before the best picture award was announced. Opal was clearly viewable behind actor David Niven, who was on stage and ready to introduce Elizabeth Taylor.
“Isn’t it fascinating,” remarked host David Niven, as the naked man disappeared into the wings after streaking across the stage, “to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off his clothes and showing his shortcomings?”
Some were convinced that the security break was staged. Cynics found Niven’s line too good not to be scripted, and they gained additional ammunition when instead of pressing charges, the Academy put some clothes on the streaker and brought him into the press area.
Producer Jack Haley Jr. denied the interruption was planned.
*(1974)
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That’s about how much time I’m going to give to the Oscar’s tomorrow night. Yeah, I’ll probably watch the opening 5 minutes of Chris Rock, just because I think he’s got the guts to say and do things that Whoopi, Billy, Steve, Dave, and Johnny couldn’t or wouldn’t. Not that I’m interested in hearing Chris talk about “The Man” or “Whitey” or anything like that. I guess I’m buying into some of his hype from the past couple of weeks.
OK, so that’s 5 minutes. I’ll watch 1 minute each of Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Picture and Best Director awards. That leaves 1 minute…
Uh.
I’m going to watch a total of 9 minutes of the Oscar’s tomorrow night.
I did hear of a simulblog of the show…somewhere in Wisconsin.
So what.
No, Sean hasn’t gone solo, and he hasn’t been fired. Michelle Malkin, a fellow blogger (and I’m sure she does a lot of other things too), substituted for Mr. Hannity Friday night on Fox. You can check out video of the show right here.
The Rocky Mountain News runs this story featuring Hunter Thompson’s widow, who states matter-of-factly that she sees nothing abnormal about her husband shooting himself through the mouth at their kitchen table, how brave an act it was, and how she always knew that he would “go before her.” I guess the fact that she is 32 and he was 67 might have made the latter inevitable. How sweet it must have been for her and her loved ones to be standing around the kitchen, toasting Hunter’s life while his still warm corpse was sitting right there with them. I wonder, did they prop him up so they could see if he was smiling? Oh, and I love this part:
Upon seeing Hunter Thompson’s body, she embraced him. “Since he’d done this, I did not want to make it difficult for his spirit,” she said. “I wanted to make it loving.”
And this gem:
“His face did look calm and peaceful. He looked content. Like he wanted it.”
OK, all together now… FREAK! Crazy whacked out FREAK! Make that FREAKS! Hunter was just as big a loon as she is. Are we supposed to applaud this woman for her bravery, her dedication to her husband or what? For the life of me, I don’t get this at all.
Update: Of course, suicide is always good for business.
Ever get the feeling that there are a couple of publicists working behind the scenes, lurking in the shadows, monitoring the level of “buzz” surrounding the Michael Jackson Case, whose sole responsibility is to drop bombshell stories into the laps of blood thirsty scandal starved main stream media journalists on a Friday afternoon?
Uh, yeah. Makes me wonder who #2 is.
