Gary Busey Steals the Show: Blogging the Oscars
Source: AOL
Posted: 02/24/08 6:27PM
Filed Under: Oscars 2009
AOL entertainment editor Soraya Roberts (with shout-outs from co-editor Chris Jancelewicz) blogged the 80th annual Academy Awards, tuning into the E! red carpet in the US as well as CTV for Canadian coverage.
This year's Academy Awards were probably the most exciting in a while in terms of nominees. 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,' 'There Will Be Blood,' "No Country for Old Men' and 'Away From Her' were all films worthy of the little bald gold man.
Unfortunately, the actual watchability of the ceremony was virtually nil. Until Gary Busey appeared. The 62-year-old actor (best known for his roles in 'Point Break' and 'The Buddy Holly Story') showed up on the red carpet with the sole intent, it seemed, of crashing Ryan Seacrest's red carpet interviews. Busey - who has a history of substance abuse and appeared under the influence of something at the awards - bear hugged a kerfuffled and frightened Jennifer Garner and was promptly pushed aside by Seacrest...
6:05 I have a huge crush on Ryan Seacrest. It is not a secret; my coworkers are offended by it but I thought I would mention it at the beginning to give context to my comments.
6:09 Chris: Seacrest looks like he took that suit off a costume rack.
Aiee. Yeah, the lapels aren’t doing it for me.
6:10 Kimora Lee Simmons may have a $1 million dollar hairpiece (‘The most expensive hairpiece ever made!’ she boasts) but she still looks like a lounge singer in Hawaii.
6:22 Why is George Clooney on the red carpet so early? He’s A-list, isn’t that a faux pas? Amy Ryan looks a bit…she needs more makeup. She’d be the prettiest one at one of my parties, though.
6:24 Seal has bad taste in movies. His favourite movie from last year is 'Into the Wild.'
6:25 OMG! Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova from ‘Once’ showed up! I thought they wouldn’t go because they are anti-establishment but then my best friend mentioned they would probably not want Santana to perform their songs so they’d show up just to do that.
6:28 I should really know who Kristin Chenoweth is by now…
6:37 I’m in love with Tom Wilkinson. He’s got lovely red cheeks.
6:44 Ryan Seacrest and that British reporter are SO sleeping together.
6:47 Jason Bateman! He looks so ‘Hogan Family’ right now. He basically just said ‘Arrested Development’ is defo going to be a movie.
6:48 Whatever, Anne Hathaway doesn’t look good. She looks like my psycho ex-best friend. Ugh, channelling ‘Pretty Woman.’
6:54 LOOK AT JOHN TRAVOLTA’S HAIR! IT'S DRAWN ON WITH CRAYON.
6:54 Saoirse (Seer-shuh) Ronan has an adorable accent. She’s nice and age appropriate too, a rarity in Hollywood.
Chris: The Rock has the same hair as John Travolta.
7:02 Why is Patrick Dempsey at the Oscars? He’s such an adenoid.
7:05 Wow. Close up, John Travolta’s hair doesn’t look much better than before. His wife is really gorgeous, though. What is she, fifteen?
Chris: I can’t believe she’s still with him.
I don’t think The Rock is A-List enough to interrupt Travolta. Maybe he thinks they are bros. Because of their hair.
7:08 OMG, James McAvoy’s accent makes me WEAK. I love his wife, under all that hair she has ears that stick out, like mine. They co-starred in ‘Shameless’ together this cult Brit TV show, which is really great if you haven’t seen it yet.
7:10 Amy Adams has crazy eyes.
7:17 Gary Busey! Brace yourselves. Oh, ok, he went away.
7:18 Jennifer Garner’s face. OMG, Ryan Seacrest is nervous about Busey.
Chris: You would be too.
He just jumped on Jennifer Garner. Jennifer Garner looks really nervous, she just motioned towards Busey and told Seacrest she was scared a little. Look at Laura Linney. Gary Busey is ruining the night!!! Look at Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill! I love them. Miley Cyrus’ face is broken.
7:24 AHAHAHAHA! Seacrest: “The terror on Jennifer Garner’s face!”
7:33 Jessica Alba's fiance is disgusting. He looks like a lug. Alba is being rude even though she is pretending not to be. Why is Ryan Seacrest asking if she's going to breast feed? Weird. Stupid question.
7:35 P. Diddy is plugging his show. What an idiot.
7:35 Ew, why is Cameron Diaz there?
7:40 Tilda Swinton. She’s like a piece of art. Odd art.
7:46 Jennifer Hudson has great hair right now. I don't love the Roman nightmare dress, though.
7:49 Colin Farrell's mom is super pretty. Farrell always looks so unctuous.
7:50 Ew, Ellen Page doesn't look very good. She's wearing this shift dress and it looks hideous. It's kinda Jessica Tandy.
7:53 Viggo looks like a mountain man. I think he’s with his daughter and if he isn't I'm disturbed. A little. [Edit: It's his niece.]
8:06 I've never liked Laura Linney. I don't know why.
8:22 Ellen Page just turned 21. Why am I so old?
8:30 Ah, the introductory montage to open the show. The amount of money they spend on the Oscars promos and stuff, you'd think they'd avoid the cheese. Plus, this CGI is so rubbish, it's like Steven Spielberg's baby nephew got a hold of the reins.
8:33 Nice dig at Vanity Fair. They cancelled their party out of respect for the writers and Jon Stewart goes: 'How about inviting the writers for once? That would be more respectful.' Hah. Also, give me a job :/
8:35 Julie Christie looks beautiful.
8:37 Diablo Cody stripper shout out! I WISH they would stop talking about the stripper-turned-screenwriter scenario. It bores me. A lot. She looks like a Suicide Girl.
8:39 What's this crap music intro'ing Jennifer Garner?
8:42 Costume design. I say 'Elizabeth.' Pieced it.
8:44 What's this Barbara Streisand interstitial? It's giving me indigestion.
8:47 Cute little spontaneous George Clooney joke about the length of the Oscars show.
Chris: First montage. Aiee.
8:51 Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway joke. No. Bad. They should just let them improvise. Really.
8:54 Huh. I thought 'Persepolis' would win best animated feature, not 'Ratatouille.'
8:56 Katherine Heigl is SO nervous. She's like Kim Basinger when she won for 'LA Confidential.' Bizarre.
8:57 The make-up guy for 'La Vie en Rose' has hair like Almodovar. Marion Cotillard is being over the top with the water works.
8:59 This isn't happening. Amy Adams is horrifying me. She's lip-synching this 'Enchanted' performance. Badly. Ghod, I hate her. My best friend thinks she looks insane because she's all alone on stage and singing, like she's living some paranoid delusion.
Chris: She's not animated, why's she trying to be? Where's the set? Her career may be over.
9:10 Cate Blanchett is huge. I'm glad 'Sweeney Todd' won SOMETHING. AW, Johnny Depp sent kisses from the audience!
9:15 What's going on with Jennifer Hudson's, uhm, chest?
9:16 Best actor. It's so Javier Bardem. Yay! He looked surprised. I love his accent, he's very sweet. SEXY SPANISH. Oh, no one understands. Oh, wait, they probably do - everyone in the US speaks Spanish.
9:23 Chris: Montage count: 3
9:25 All these 'Enchanted' songs suck. I'm glad I didn't see this movie if it sounded like this.
9:28 Hey, Owen Wilson. Better hair today.
Chris: They're butchering French tonight.
9:30 Animated presenter, please kill me. Boo! 'I Met the Walrus' didn't win! I LOVE the way the guy is carrying a clay figure of Peter from 'Peter and the Wolf,' though.
9:38 I feel like Cate will win best supporting actress 'cause she plays a guy. The academy loves that stuff. WHAT?! TILDA SWINTON?! First SURPRISE of the night.
9:39 Tilda is awesome, the Oscar is her agent :) She's so together too.
Chris: Those Brits can really think on their feet.
9:44 Chris: Jessica Alba is talking. No one cares.
9:46 Whats that THING on James McAvoy's face? They look sick of this schtick.
9:47 Best adapted screenplay. GO SARAH! GO SARAH! GO SARAH!
9:48 Joel and Ethan! Everyone kinda deserved this.
9:49 Oh, no, president of the academy. I may have a cat nap now.
9:52 Jon Stewart is so mean about the montages. It's funny, though. And true. I kind of like Miley's dress.
9:54 Uhm. Yikes. Kristin Chenoweth and calypso. This hurts my feelings.
Chris: They really cheaped out on the sets this year. This performance is like Blue Man Group, but not.
10:00 Jessica Alba had her b*tch face on and had to fix it because the camera was on her.
10:01 Jonah and Seth. Sigh. Jonah Hill DOES look like Halle Berry.
10:03 How am I supposed to know what qualifies as good sound editing? I'd just pick the loudest. 'Bourne' makes sense.
10:05 One of the 'Ratatouille' sound mixers looks like a serial killer.
10:10 Best actress. Please not Ellen Page. Please.
10:12 Holds breath.
10:13 Marion Cotillard - TOTALLY UNEXPECTED. My mom guessed she would win, which totally tells you how weird it is because my mom is so not movie savvy. Her favourite movie is, like, 'Shirley Valentine.'
10:14 Cotillard is so pretty. Despite that dress.
Chris: There's some major underdog action tonight.
10:18 Colin Farrell.
Chris: Greasebag.
10:19 "Falling Slowly"!!! I think Marketa is nervous because her voice is a bit off. It's nice Glen is clean-shaven, for once. Worst. Set. Design. Ever. Guitars on a wall. They are dating and they are being really cute on stage. Not crazy about the orchestra...
10:22 Jack Nicholson is SO at home in the public eye.
10:27 This best picture montage is putting me in a coma.
10:31 I guess Nicole Kidman got more Botox.
10:38 Sorry, what? I was asleep.
10:42 Penelope Cruz.
Chris: Platypus.
10:44 No more 'Enchanted' performances! This singer makes me feel asexual. He went off key :/ It hurts.
10:48 Why must Travolta dance everywhere?
Chris: He has a GIGANTIC head.
10:49 BEST SONG! OOOH! 'ONCE'! 'ONCE'! 'ONCE'! AWESOME! THEY ARE SO GREAT! THEY SO DESERVE IT! Glen Hansard is so red, he's so cute! I think he's crying!!! "MAKE ART!" I love it!
10:57 Oh, so sweet that Marketa got another chance to say thanks.
11:01 I kind of feel like 'Diving Bell' should have won for cinematography, that movie's visuals knocked my on my bum.
11:02 In Memoriam. Aiee, Heath. Uhm, what about Brad Renfro?
11:08 Amy Adams is ubiquitous tonight.
11:11 I miss funny Tom Hanks. He now has a perma-frown. I want 'Money Pit' Hanks back.
11:14 My arm kills. I had a tetanus shot today and I think my arm is about to break off. Does this happen to everyone?
11:24 Chris: Harrison Ford sounds like he wants to kill himself.
11:25 I hate that Diablo Cody won cause I really think her script is way too hip. Also, what the HELL is she wearing?
Chris: There was really no competition though.
11:32 Best actor. I'm calling Daniel Day-Lewis. I think everyone else on the planet is too. Of course, Daniel Day-Lewis. He looks not bothered.
11:34 Jesus, this man is eloquent. His earrings are quite fetching, too, in my humble opinion.
11:43 Best director. Joel and Ethan, everyone predicted they'd win. I am however pleased they did. Although I think 'There Will Be Blood' deserved it a bit more. Frances McDormand being cute!
11:45 Hey, what happened to all the tech awards? Not that I miss them.
11:45 'No Country for Old Men' wins best picture. The Coens really killed tonight.
Chris: How anti-climactic.
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