The one with another WTF?

2 in one day! Well here's something that wont have a happy ending. And no, it wont be the child eating the snake.

The one with human throwing

Big oul WTF?

The one with Wolverine The Musical

The one with the Oscars

Ive geeked out all over the place this weekend. First it was the blog awards with a constant does of geekness, including tweets and pics and then last night I came home, sat down with way too much lemonade and geeked the f$%k out with the Oscars. Really enjoyable time, on my own in the front room with Twitter. Sad I know. But the folks @empiremagazine, @totalfilm, @movies_ie, @rejects and @KaiMovieReviews provided some banter along the way!

Anyway, onto the Oscars, themselves. No surprises really. I'm sure plenty felt Mickey Rourke was a dead set. Given his last few acceptance speeches (particularly at the Baftas) and his want to go to WWE, I'm sure some of the Academy were saying WTF?
Its a pity though, as his performance in the Wrestler is superb. But I think Penn had a better performance as Harvey Milk. And kudos to his speech as well.

And well done to all @ Slumdog. As rightly predicted by many, unlike myself. I didn't think it would do as well as it did. Its a great flick, but the Oscars can be a little demented at times.

The Oscars this year were a little more intimate. Gone were the big sweeping stage and the 300 hundred or so tripable steps. That said, there was a little Xmen vibe about the stage at times. Wolverine kicked ass in the opening with a great song and dance number. But then it almost turned into Wolverine - The Broadway fuckin musical!


Also, I was moved, as were the whole audience when the late Heath Ledger got Best supporting actor! Wonderful speeches!

Im not a huge Ben Stiller fan, but his Joaquin Phoenix was superb and the lads from Pineapple Express were quite good as well, although hard to follow Stiller.


Anyway, heres the full list of winners.

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Richard Jenkins--The Visitor
Frank Langella--Frost/Nixon
**Sean Penn--Milk**
Brad Pitt--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke--The Wrestler

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Josh Brolin--Milk
Robert Downey Jr.--Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman--Doubt
**Heath Ledger--The Dark Knight**
Michael Shannon--Revolutionary Road

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Anne Hathaway--Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie--Changeling
Melissa Leo--Frozen River
Meryl Streep--Doubt
**Kate Winslet--The Reader**

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams--Doubt
**Penelope Cruz--Vicky Cristina Barcelona**
Viola Davis--Doubt
Taraji Henson--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei--The Wrestler

BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard--Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant--Milk
Stephen Daldry--The Reader
**Danny Boyle--Slumdog Millionaire**

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Frozen
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
**Milk**
Wall-E

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Roth--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley--Doubt
Peter Morgan--Frost/Nixon
David Hare--The Reader
**Simon Beaufoy--Slumdog Millionaire**

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
**Wall-E**

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
**Slumdog Millionaire**

The one with hello

Hello to whoever in UCC is did a fair whack of reading of the blog earlier!

The one with where Im Tweet'n the Oscars

Keep refreshing here and check the twitter feed or go direct to here and keep refreshing.

The one with tonights Movie Bit, bits!

Howdy! As mentioned on air, view along right now! Trailers and clip(s) below

WATCHMEN Clip


FUNNY PEOPLE Trailer


LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS Trailer


THE INTERNATIONAL Trailer

The one with congrats

Big, huge congrats to Stevie G and his wife Lisa, on their new arrival, Lola :) Happy times!

The one with the blog awards winners

Via

Best Popculture Blog

* rapture ponies

Best Blog from a Journalist - Sponsored by Mamut

* Markham Nolan - expad.ie

Best Food/Drink Blog - Sponsored by Bord Bia

* the daily spud

Best Fashion Blog - Sponsored by Spinnakerpro

beaut.ie

Best Arts and Culture Blog - Sponsored by Poetry Ireland

* pursued by a bear

Best Political Blog - Sponsored by Digital Revolutionaries

* cedar lounge

Best Group Blog - Sponsored by DineToMeet.ie

dublinblog.ie

Best Use of the Irish Language in a Blog - Sponsored by Edgecast Media

* igaeilge

Best Technology Blog/Blogger - Sponsored by Bitbuzz

* Justin Mason - taint.org

Best Sport and Recreation Blog - Sponsored by Boards.ie

* The kop blog

Best News/Current Affairs Blog - Sponsored by IGO People

* Suzy Byrne mamanpoulet

Best Specialist Blog - Sponsored by iQ Content

* irisheconomy.ie

Best Newcomer - Sponsored by Teamworkpm.net

* Trust Tommy

Best Blog of a Business - Sponsored by RedCardinal.ie

* The blacknight blog

Best Music Blog - Sponsored by DownloadMusic.ie

* nialler9

Best Personal Blog - Sponsored by Microsoft Ireland’s Developer and Platform Group

* annie rhiannon.

Best Humour Blog - Sponsored by Beecher Networks

* The Swearing Lady

Best Photo Blog - Sponsored by Pix.ie

* Ryan Whalley glasseyalley.com

Best Blog Post - Sponsored by KRO IT Solutions

* K8 the GR8: “The Secret Fire”

Grand Prix Prize - Best Blog sponsored by McConnells

Suzy Byrne - Mamanpoulet.com

The one with pics from the Blog Awards 09!

Hats off to Damien Mulley for a great Blog awards! He does some great work! Myself and Ger really enjoyed the night! Great to meet so many fellow bloggers, although I was a little on the shy side. 

Myself and the Sexy Pedestrian

Theres always one fella that ruins a photo. Thanks Rick :P!!

Donncha in action

Husband and Wife to be's

Mulley and meself

And now for a selection of the pics from my cam phone, which were all tweet'd throughout the night

Feel free to rob pics!