I've been waiting for this day for 365 days now.
As mentioned many times, the Oscars are my thing and on Sunday it happened. I was like a little kid on Christmas day, all jittery and excited for presents (Oscars) to be opened and to stuff my face with sweets.
Fast forward to 8pm where I arrived at my friend Sofie's place and started baking for the event
Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes and Chocolate Coconut Bars were on the menu, along with Bruschetta made by Sofie's friend, Elin, then Crustini's with Brie, Basil and Chili made by Kacey and then Pull Apart bread with cheese, bacon and seasoning made by Cassie.
Not pictured: Cupcakes and Coconut Bars
With plenty of food came decorations that Sofie had put in her apartment to set the mood
Golden balloons to represent the Golden Oscar
The above picture is one of those digital frames that were the "it" thing to have in photography a couple of years ago, here Sofie collected pictures from past Oscars and put them in the digital frame.
The above picture is my idol, Tina Fey with the ever-so-gorgeous Robert Downey Jr, but as you can see the moment I took the picture, the frame fizzled out and changed.
At least I still got a picture of Tina Fey though.
This next picture followed the Tina Fey and Robert Downey Jr picture, which this above picture is from last years Oscars when Family Guy creator, Seth McFarlane, hosted.
This is no decoration, this is my friend Kacey covered in decoration.
Here on the Swedish red carpet Kacey went back to the 80s and sporting a gold beaded headband around the forehead. She is also working the bedazzled style Kanye West- like sunglasses and wearing around her neck, a curled gold ribbon wrapped around twice.
::Stay tuned for tomorrow's episode of The Fashion Police to see what Joan Rivers has to say about this ensemble.::
This is not a real Oscar.
This is a plastic form of an Oscar that my friend Sofie bought for her parents, in Los Angeles when she went and visited the Kodak Theater.
Also I apologize for the decapitation of the Oscar award, I didn't realize until after the picture was taken that the Oscar's head was gone.
Before the Oscar's were aired, Sofie created a "Who Do You Think Will Win?" list which would be tallied to see who was the most accurate.
Here were my thoughts:
Best Picture: American Hustle
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio- The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Actress: Amy Adams -American Hustle
Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years A Slave
Best Director- Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity
Best Foreign Language Film- The Hunt (Denmark)
Best Animated Feature Film- Frozen
Best Original Song- "Let It Go"- Frozen
Best Documentary Series- Cutie and the Boxer
I got 5 out of 10. The nominees and actors will be posted at the end of this blog.
It would not be an awards ceremony without an Awards Ceremony drinking game.
To have a closer look here was the game we came up with:
SIP IF:
Ellen DeGeneres Dances
Ellen DeGeneres mentions her wife Portia
Cuts to Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tam Honks
Someone Starts Crying
Someone pronounces Chiwetel Ejiofor or Lupita Nyong'o
Every time someone gets beeped for swearing
GULP
If Ellen does a musical number
If someone mentions Seth McFarlane
If someone messes up reading the teleprompter
Trips
1st nomination and 1st win
Every "All Right, All Right, All Right"
Shia LeBeouf Joke
Any time Martin Scorsese is mentioned
FINISH DRINK
If Alfonso Cuarón wins Best Director
Bad Grandpa wins Best Makeup
Let It Go wins Best Original Song
What we weren't aware of was...
Ellen DeGeneres did not dance or mention Portia
Meryl Streep and Leonardo DiCaprio were shown too many times
We should have stated if anyone's name was mispronounced (we are all looking at you Jorn Tromolto aka John Travolta)
No one messed up
Someone tripped - looking at you J.Law
Lots of people had their first nomination and first win
Alfonso Cuarón did win Best Director which was a favorite
Bad Grandpa did NOT win Best Makeup, which was a huge relief for us
Let It Go won Best Original Song and we all cheered.
Also I forgot to mention that we saw the Oscars live but from American time, so we had to stay up until 2AM to watch the Oscars and 30 minutes in I fell asleep. Not like cat nap asleep like passed out and could not get my eyes open asleep.
Go (Grandma) Me
But I was not the only one as at every hour, one person fell asleep until 5AM when I woke up and everyone was asleep.
I don't feel so old after all.
Luckily the next morning we read Tweets, articles and watched YouTube videos of the clips that we missed and got the full run-down of who won.
And here they are
Best Picture:
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
12 Years A Slave- WINNER
Best Actor:
Christian Bale - American Hustle
Bruce Dern- Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio- The Wolf of Wall Street
Matthew McConaughey- Dallas Buyers Club-WINNER
Chiwetel Ejiofor- 12 Years A Slave
Best Actress:
Amy Adams- American Hustle
Cate Blanchett- Blue Jasmine- WINNER
Sandra Bullock- Gravity
Judi Dench- Philomena
Meryl Streep- August: Osage County
Best Supporting Actor:
Barkhad Abdi- Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper- American Hustle
Michael Fassbender- 12 Years A Slave
Jonah Hill- The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto- Dallas Buyers Club- WINNER
Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins- Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence- American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o- 12 Years A Slave-WINNER
Julia Roberts- August: Osage County
June Squibb- Nebraska
Best Director:
Alfonso Cuarón- Gravity-WINNER
Steve McQueen- 12 Years A Slave
Alexander Payne- Nebraska
David O. Russell- American Hustle
Martin Scorsese- The Wolf Of Wall Street
Best Animated Feature Film
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen- WINNER
The Wind Rises
Best Foreign Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Great Beauty (Italy)- WINNER
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
Omar (Palestine)
Best Original Screenplay
Eric Singer and David O. Russell -American Hustle
Woody Allen- Blue Jasmine
Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack- Dallas Buyers Club
Spike Jonze- Her- WINNER
Bob Nelson- Nebraska
Best Adapted Screenplay
Richard Linklater, Julie Deply, Ethan Hawke- Before Midnight
Bill Ray- Captain Phillips
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope- Philomena
John Ridley- 12 Years A Slave- WINNER
Terence Winter- The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Original Score
The Book Thief
Her
Gravity-WINNER
Philomena
Saving Mr. Banks
Best Original Song
"Alone Yet not Alone"- Alone Yet Not Alone
"Happy"- Despicable Me 2
"Let It Go"- Frozen-WINNER
"The Moon Song"- Her
"Ordinary Love"- Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
Best Cinematography
The Grandmaster
Gravity-WINNER
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners
Best Costume Design
American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby-WINNER
The Invisible Woman
12 Years A Slave
Best Documentary Film
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet From Stardom- WINNER
Best Documentary Short Subject
CaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life- WINNER
Prison Terminal
The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
Best Film Editing
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity-WINNER
12 Years A Slave
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club-WINNER
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
The Lone Ranger
Best Production Design
American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby-WINNER
Her
12 Years A Slave
Best Animated Short Film
Feral
Get A Horse!
Mr. Hublot- WINNER
Possessions
Room on the Broom
Best Live Action Short Film
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
Helium-WINNER
Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa (Do I Have To Take Care of Everything?)
The Voorman Problem
Best Sound Editing
All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity- WINNER
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lone Survivor
Best Sound Mixing
Captain Phillips
Gravity- WINNER
The Hobbit :The Desolation of Smaug
Insdie Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor
Best Visual Effects
Gravity-WINNER
The Hobbit:The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness
Overall my thoughts on the Oscars were quite good, here are some of the comments, though, that I feel should be said.
1.As much as Matthew McConaughey was good in Dallas Buyers Club, I really really really wanted, along with other girls, Leonardo DiCaprio to win. I mean that whole scene where he is crawling down the stairs and into his car is amazing and genius. And ever since I laid eyes on Leonardo DiCaprio when I was 11 years old and first saw the Titanic, I always wanted him to win.
Also I was going to use his win to give me hope that I will soon get a Swedish boyfriend despite the fact that I only have 3 months here.
My hopes were crushed when he didn't, I guess there goes my chances.
2. John Travolta and the pronunciation of Idina Menzel's name.
Now before I bash on Travolta's flub, let me just say this. As a person with an uncommon name, I have experienced mispronunciation my whole life. No exaggeration there. So when Idina's name was mispronounced, I felt for her.
But let's be real. How does one get Adele Dazim from Idina Menzel? It's like that one time a friend commented on a tagged picture of me on Facebook and spelt my name
"Estaboolise"
It still baffles me to this day both the off-spelling of my name and Travolta's attempt at pronouncing Menzel's name.
#uncommonfirstnameproblems
3. Pharrell Williams performance of "Happy" from Despicable Me
I have one and only one thing to say about this.
MERYL STREEP SHIMMIED AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS AND MY ENTIRE LIFE IS MADE. OK GOODBYE
4. Jared Leto's speech was amazing and made me cry.
And that is all.
Enjoy your Oscar goodie bags a week later and hope you are still recovering from that hangover.
Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow.
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