The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (which is such an important sounding name for such an incredibly unimportant group of people) has finally announced the host for this year's Academy Awards: Steve Martin. And also Alec Baldwin! TWO... CONTINUE READING ALEC BALDWIN AND STEVE MARTIN TO HOST THIS YEAR'S OSCARS»
Posted on November 4, 2009
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Tags: Academy Awards | Alec Baldwin | Oscars | Steve Martin
This could be it, you guys. Now that the pool of Best Picture nominees has been expanded, this could finally be the year that incredible but often overlooked films get some recognition. Obviously, Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The... CONTINUE READING THIS COULD BE ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS 2'S OSCAR YEAR»
Posted on June 30, 2009 in Awards, Cartoons, Trailer
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Tags: Academy Awards | Alvin And The Chipmunks 2
Five "Best Picture" nominees is for pussies. WE'RE GOING TO 10 FUCKING NOMINEES! From the Oscars website: The 82nd Academy Awards, which will be presented on March 7, 2010, will have 10 feature films vying in the Best Picture category,... CONTINUE READING THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES IS THE GILLETTE RAZOR OF MOTION PICTURE ACADEMIES»
Posted on June 24, 2009 in Awards
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During the Academy Awards of 2009, Lindsay Robertson and I picked our favorite nominees, and then we made a bet. Whoever lost the Oscar Pool would have to go to see the latest Tyler Perry movie (and the number one... CONTINUE READING I AM A GENTLEMAN OF MY WORD, SO I SAW MADEA GOES TO JAIL»
Posted on March 3, 2009 in Justice
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Tags: Academy Awards | Gambling | Madea Goes To Jail | Tyler Perry
[In this week's story, Mickey Rourke has just won the Academy Award for Best Actor.] Mickey Rourke walked into the Vanity Fair party like his feet were made of clouds. Al Gore gave him a high five. Someone dropped their... CONTINUE READING YOU CAN MAKE IT UP: MICKEY ROURKE CELEBRATES HIS OSCAR WIN»
Posted on February 26, 2009 in You Can Make It Up
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Tags: Academy Awards | Mickey Rourke | Sean Penn | The Wrestler | Weezer
During the showtunes medley that Hugh "Pee Pants" Jackman and Beyonce performed at Sunday's Oscars ceremony, Jackman dipped the Beez and her breast popped out. KIND OF. JUST BARELY. Normally, this is not a website that covers nipple mistakes, but... CONTINUE READING NSFW: BEYONCE'S ACADEMY AWARDS NIP SLIP, OR: "RELAX, NERDS!"»
Posted on February 24, 2009 in Awards, NSFW
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Tags: Academy Awards | Beyoncé | Emmys | Nip Slips
Obviously, I'm going to join a Facebook group called "Mickey Rourke Was Robbed," because I know that's a valuable use of my time. I just hope the group updates regularly with lots of new information about how that thing happened... CONTINUE READING MICKEY ROURKE WAS ROBBED DOT COM»
Posted on February 23, 2009 in Backlashes
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Tags: Academy Awards | Facebook | Mickey Rourke | Milk | of Montreal | Sean Penn | The Wrestler
The AP reports that as Slumdog racked up win after win last night, the narrow, trash-strewn streets of Mumbai's slums were filled with joyous celebration as friends and family and well-wishers of the film's star children gathered around the few... CONTINUE READING GOODBYE, CUTE CHILDREN OF SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, GOODBYE»
Posted on February 23, 2009 in Where Are They Now?
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Tags: Academy Awards | India | of Montreal | Poverty | Slumdog Millionaire
The Oscars weren't the only awards given out this weekend. There were also the Razzies. You know, those sort of half-clever if you're IM'ing with your friend, or you're someone's mom, but in the end actually way more work than... CONTINUE READING THE RAZZIES ARE UNNECESSARY»
Posted on February 23, 2009 in Awards
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Tags: Academy Awards | of Montreal | The Razzies
Oscars, I wish I could quit you! (Brokeback Mountain joke. Brokeback Mountain is the Mickey Rourke of movies. Robbed. Relevant!) So, now that we have a new group of winnerz, who took on this year's CGJ Curse? Obviously, there is... CONTINUE READING WHO IS THIS YEAR'S CUBA GOODING JR.?»
Posted on February 23, 2009 in Awards, Where Are They Now?
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Tags: Academy Awards | of Montreal
So, the Oscars, you guys. For all the Academy's attempts to make this a real edge-of-your-seat party, it was mostly predictable, plenty boring, and enough with the Slumdog Millionaire already. The only real upset of the night, of course, was... CONTINUE READING OUR "FAVORITE" MOMENTS FROM THE 2009 OSCARS»
Posted on February 23, 2009 in Awards, Photo
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Tags: Academy Awards | of Montreal
Can you feel the artificially manufactured excitement? Hugh Jackman should pee his pants any minute now! We'll be livetweeting the red carpet, Barbara, and of course, the actual show ALL NIGHT via twitter.com/videogum after the jump (and if you reply... CONTINUE READING THIS IS OUR 2009 OSCAR LIVEBLOG. »
Posted on February 22, 2009 in Awards, Liveblog
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Tags: Academy Awards | Hugh Jackman | Kate Winslet | Sean Penn | Slumdog Millionaire
The Academy Awards are this Sunday duh. And we are, after all, a blog duh. So we will be liveblogging the Academy Awards duh. PARTY TIME! EXCELLENT! SCHWING! We're trying to make it as fun as a Sunday night on... CONTINUE READING VIDEOGUM OSCARS LIVEBLOG THIS SUNDAY!»
Posted on February 20, 2009 in Awards
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Tags: Academy Awards
Cuba Gooding Jr. opened the oven. The frozen stuffed mushroom caps and finger-sized spanakopita he'd bought at Trader Joe's were almost done. He had two bottles of Charles Shaw wine, red and white, already opened, the white cooling in the... CONTINUE READING YOU CAN MAKE IT UP: CUBA GOODING JR.'S OSCAR PARTY»
Posted on February 19, 2009 in You Can Make It Up
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Tags: Academy Awards | Cuba Gooding Jr.
With the Academy Awards on Sunday, there are only a few more hours left to complete your office Oscar Pool forms! Can't hardly wait! Now, this year it definitely seems like there's a lock on a few of the categories,... CONTINUE READING USE FACEBOOK TO COMPLETE YOUR OSCAR POOL»
Posted on February 19, 2009 in Awards
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Tags: Academy Awards | Facebook
Every year around this time, someone writes an article about how the Oscar nominees shouldn't be too excited about winning an Academy Award, because one time Cuba Gooding Jr. won an Academy Award, and now look at him. He's the... CONTINUE READING IT'S ANNUAL TRASH CUBA GOODING JR. DAY»
Posted on February 16, 2009 in Awards, Backlashes
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Tags: Academy Awards | Cuba Gooding Jr.
Nate Silver, the guy who created fivethirtyeight.com and blew all the minds with his election night statsticing, brings his Chain Reaction-caliber genius to predicting the Oscars. From the historic election to the boring Oscars? TALK ABOUT A SLUMBLOG MILLIONAIRE! (Sorry.)... CONTINUE READING LET'S DO THE NUMBERS»
Posted on February 16, 2009 in Awards
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Tags: Academy Awards | Nate Silver
I continue to not understand why the organizers of the Academy Awards think that they're going to lure in viewers with promises of surprises. First there was the announcement that the presenters would remain unknown until the event. OOOOOOOOH. Because... CONTINUE READING THE OSCARS ARE GOING TO BE BORING IN UNEXPECTED WAYS»
Posted on February 3, 2009 in Awards
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Tags: Academy Awards
gabe: do you care about the oscars? lindsay: Actually, yeah. gabe: see, that is the thing lindsay: Not about who wins, but about the pageantry and the memories of being a kid and watching them. gabe: people are talking about... CONTINUE READING FRIDAY FIGHT: WILL ANYONE WATCH THE OSCARS?»
Posted on January 23, 2009 in Awards, Friday Fight
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Tags: Academy Awards | Heath Ledger | Hugh Jackman
After all these months of speculation about whether or not Heath Ledger will win a posthumous Oscar for his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight, he got one step closer this morning...a ghost step, I guess...with the official... CONTINUE READING OK, HEATH LEDGER WAS NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR, NOW WHAT?»
Posted on January 22, 2009 in Awards
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Tags: Academy Awards | Heath Ledger | Oscars | The Dark Knight
Every year at this time, David Carr takes some time out of his busy media-business reporting and drug abuse history memoiring to blog for the New York Times about the upcoming Academy Awards under the name "The Carpetbagger." Now, I... CONTINUE READING DAVID CARR HAS VLOGGED WITH THE DEVIL IN THE PALE MOON LIGHT»
Posted on January 7, 2009 in Bad Idea Jeans, Everyone's A Critic, Vlogging
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Tags: Academy Awards | David Carr | New York Times | The Carpetbagger
Hugh Jackman is going to host the 81st Annual Academy Awards? What? Doesn't the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences realize that this man PEES HIS PANTS ALL THE TIME? This is actually just weird. Why him? Was Dax... CONTINUE READING 5 PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE BETTER HOSTS OF THE ACADEMY AWARDS THAN HUGH JACKMAN»
Posted on December 12, 2008 in Awards, Casting Calls
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Tags: Academy Awards | Hugh Jackman | Pee | Whoops
The Office was not very funny last night. Let's just say they could have been a little cooler and considerate about their jokes. TOO SOON, The Office. http://www.officegum.com. I'm so good at video editing. I'm pretty sure that I'm getting... CONTINUE READING VIDEOGUM.COM, NOW WITH FEWER PREDATORS AND IDENTITY THIEVES»
Posted on April 25, 2008 in Technical Difficulties
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Tags: Academy Awards | Horrible Mashups | Narnia | The Office
Carrie Prejean turned the video camera off, put on some clothes, and stepped out of her house. It was a beautiful day outside. The air smelled like apples, and the late morning light hit the world in just such a...
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If you are a sassy and sarcastic young man in an American sitcom who represents the sitcom writer's desire that a nerdy Jewish teenager can somehow be the desirable romantic hero in this world, then eventually you will get a...
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I shouldn't even be here right now. I SHOULD BE GETTING INTO MY COSTUME! If I don't hurry, my facepaint won't be dry before I get to the MOONVIE theater, and everyone will be like "hahah, you look like you're...
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The Challenge: I had to go on a 3.5 hour bus tour of totally random TV and film locations in New York City. Alone, and wearing a specific ridiculous tshirt. And I had to find someone to take my picture...
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Uh. OK. Well, first let's address what this movie did well, like the disappointed parents we are (or at least that I am), recognizing that the negative feedback won't be useful or constructive if it isn't preceded by something positive....
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