OSCAR GATE!

OSCARGATE!!!
The conspiracy theories abound.

Last night now, without question, one of the strangest events in Hollywood history played out on LIVE TV for the world to see.. a movie announced as the winner. And the winner announcing another as disarray filled the stage.

This reporting from BUSTLE on the conspiracy theories that are abounding online:

According to Marc Snetiker of Entertainment Weekly Emma Stone said she had her Best Actress card on her person the entire time. “I also was holding my Best Actress in a leading role card that entire time, so whatever story… I don’t meant [sic] to start stuff, but whatever story that was, I had that card,” she reportedly said backstage after the Oscars.

An explanation from The Academy could also explain some things. As Bustle’s Lia Beck wrote: “There are two people who knew the winners before they were named, Brian Cullinan and Martha L. Ruiz, from the accounting firm PwC.” Jarett Wieselman of Buzzfeed pointed out on Twitter that Cullinan told MarketWatch before the show:

From a security perspective, we double up everything. That’s why there’s two of us. We have two briefcases, that are identical, and we have two entire sets of winning envelopes. Martha carries one of those briefcases, I carry the other.

With two sets of awards, no wonder things got a little chaotic. But envelopegate, as it has now been dubbed, may require a more creative explanation. Because if Twitter is good for anything, it’s showcasing the best — and worst, and craziest, and most unbelievable, and… you get it — conspiracy theories on the web.

The high degree of celeb strangeness has been at the top of the fold on Drudge all day..

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WARREN BEATTY BLEW IT

Hollywood snaps at Oscars and calls it the biggest disaster in award history..


The presenters for the final award — Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway — were incorrectly given the best actress award envelope. A confused Beatty saw Emma Stone’s name and “La La Land,” and handed the envelope to Dunaway, who then announced the musical as the Best Picture winner.

The “La La Land” cast took the stage and producers began their speeches. But they stopped midway when they realized their error.

“There’s a mistake. ‘Moonlight’ you guys won best picture,” Jordan Horowitz said to the shocked Dolby Theater audience. “This is not a joke, come up here” the producer added. “Moonlight has won best picture.”

Beatty then returned to the microphone to explain: “I want to tell you what happened. I opened the envelope and it said Emma Stone, ‘La La Land.’ That’s why I took such a long look at Faye and at you. I wasn’t trying to be funny.”

Here is the video while it lasts..

The political Razzies: Dinesh D’Souza robbed Ben Affleck of much deserved discredit

My opinion doesn't amount to more than a hill of rotted beans, but I think this year's Razzies Award pick for 'worst' film is the 'worst' pick they could have chosen.. It went political. The movie yielding the the banner of worst of 16: HILLARY'S AMERICA by Dinesh D’Souza..

The annual tongue-in-cheek Razzie awards, which serve as an antidote to Hollywood's Oscars ceremony, named Dinesh D'Souza's "Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party" as the worst film of 2016.  D'Souza, a conservative commentator and best-selling author, was named worst actor for narrating his documentary and worst director alongside Bruce Schooley. Worst actress went to the person who portrayed Clinton in the film.

I get that Hollywood is anti-Trump, pro Hillary.. I understand that this is their time to make statements.. But I am increasingly wary of how political EVERYTHING is .. Even the Razzies, the awards meant to poke fun and be sarcastic to Hollywood. Instead it's given Hollywood a vehicle to poke at Trump. Which is fine. Which is dandy. But it's also getting obnoxious. I just want to go through a day without seeing anything about Donald Trump, or politics.. Just one day. 24 hours.. A cycle of freedom and beauty! But it will never abound. Instead, it's everywhere.. it surrounds us.. it inhabits us.. it precludes us from sanity.

The Razzies gave BATMAN VS SUPERMAN four awards. If it wasn't for the political statement that was being made, Affleck's awful disasterpiece action film would have been the sound winner for worst movie in 2016. It would have been well deserved. BATMAN VS SUPERMAN featured an array of boredom coupled with a sickening and dazzling display of non-creativity. It was the worst movie of 2016.

Dinesh D’Souza robbed Affleck!

LA TIMES lead Sunday: Will this year's Academy Awards see a repeat of #OscarsSoWhite backlash?

Glenn Whipp writes,

Their fear: The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite will be trending on social media again.

The academy found itself on the defensive last year when white actors earned all 20 of the nominations in the lead and supporting categories. The topic came to define the Academy Awards so much that host Neil Patrick Harris opened the ceremony by quipping: “Tonight we honor Hollywood’s best and whitest. Sorry, brightest.”

The good thing to remember, all: The Oscars are completely and utterly meaningless when it comes to what is actually a good film.

Why should we exist watching movies that are validated by people often under a cloud of movie suspicion.. 

LA TIMES lead Sunday: Will this year's Academy Awards see a repeat of #OscarsSoWhite backlash?

The Academy Awards..

And I haven’t seen even one of the films nominated for best picture.. And quite frankly that doesn’t bother me in the slightest..

Welcome to Hollywood.. where apparently even the Oscar statue snorts cocaine..

It is actually a message of art being sent by the artist PLASTIC JESUS..

More from the LA TIMES:

"The piece is intended to draw attention to Hollywood’s hidden problem of drug addiction that affects hundreds of people in the showbiz industry and is largely ignored until the death of a high profile A list celebrity," Stern said in a statement on Plastic Jesus’ behalf to LAist.

Oscar Voter Reveals Brutally Honest Ballot

The Hollywood Reporter tells all..

Oscar Voter Reveals Brutally Honest Ballot

The dress is killing her--literally

I’m not a Hollywood star or starlet.. I’m not a mogul.. I’m not a part of the vast array of the rich and famous that grace the streets of Tinseltown.. But I also can say with confidence, I don’t know of anyone who would wear a dress so tight that it made the person go to the hospital due to pain!

That, however, is exactly what happened to Joan Collins at the Oscars, where she wore a dress so skin tight even her skin was shocked..

When you need hard hitting news about stars and their strange occurrences, turn no further than to the UK EXPRESS TIMES, which reports the event like this:

“We had been there for seven hours and I started feeling dizzy,” she told interviewers. “I tried to get some air but I felt really faint.”

At this point theatre manager Percy Gibson, 45, the star’s fifth husband, took decisive action. “I wanted to leave in our limo but Percy decided to call an ambulance,” added Joan.

“We went to the hospital and they did all the tests before the doctors told me I was absolutely fine and released me. The truth was, I made the wrong decision to wear a very tight dress and had something rather like a Victorian swoon.

Joan Collins can thank her 5th husband. No thanks to her taste in clothing..

The 'young and hip' Oscars sees a 15% drop in the young--but not necessarily hip--demographic

The 'young and hip' Oscars sees a 15% drop in the young--but not necessarily hip--demographic

Anne Hathaway looks like she is legitimately having lots of fun hosting the Academy Awards. I like that.

Mila Kunis has me perplexed.. is that her shirt or a tattoo? Intriguing. What would “Meg” think?

Mila Kunis looks strange. In a nice kind of way.

And she is acting strange..

And apparently everyone on the Oscars tonight is drunk or high.

It’s the young and hip Oscars

Anne Hathaway after an F bomb almost slipped on the Oscars

Kirk Douglas stole the show!

Though no one really was sure when he was going to be done..

Oscar Sunday...

For those who care:

The news wire..
The photo wire..
Google real time
Twitter
Box office Mojo
Nikki Finke

The best bunch of news links I can offer.. I’m sure you already had yours picked.

M Night just can't get a break

It’s not 1999 anymore, and movies that M Night Shyamalan make aren’t greeted with open arms like they once were.. The latest to receive some unfortunate acclaim: The Last Airbender, which the Razzies named worst picture ..

And tonight, Hollywood will most likely name some other bad pictures the best picture. 

Sex and the City the sequel got worst sequel.. And Ashton Kutcher got worst actor for Valentine’s Day. 

Leaked informations how's that tomorrow's Oscars may be a snoozefest

Leaked informations how's that tomorrow's Oscars may be a snoozefest