the oscars and the grouch

I spend my oscar mornings as the stars do. I wake up early, eat breakfast, rummage through our kitchen's cabinets to stock up on cookies, lie down and wait for the show to start. ok,maybe not even remotely similar.

award shows start pretty much the same way every time. the pre-show shows off the stars' gowns and tux's which the fashion police will later criticize. but what i like about pre-shows are that's where they narrate to you the production process and what you will be seeing.

This year, the floor of the stage was decorated like michaelangelo designed a plaza in Rome. A curtain made out of more than a thousand swarovski crystals, every crystal having a different cut, hung from the ceiling. The orchestra which played a modernized version of classics like moonriver, songs of sing sing sing and a whole lot more, was taken out of the pit and placed in the stage. Beyond these preparations, the academy was obviously cost-cutting.

again like the grammy's, the oscar's showcased the mix of the old and the new generation of actors.

OPENING ACT
WOW! Hugh jackman was sooo good. He basically sang a musicl parody of the best motion picture nominees, slum dog millionaire, milk, benjamin button, the wrestler, frost/nixon. And the coolest part was when he carried "surprised" yet scripted anne hathaway to the stage where jackman was frost and hathaway played nixon. Jackman's hosting was definetly different from the previous hostings, singing and dancing on stage as opposed to doing stand up comedy.

PRESENTATION OF THE NOMINEES
this was done only to the 5 best actress/actor andsupporting actress/actor. A collection of clips of the previous dead or alive winners of their category was shown. Then stars(twinkling stars) explode and the screen breaks to five, like an artwork, the broken screen shows 5 previous alive winners who will present the nominees and winners for the said category. The broken screen is lifted and the presentor walks forward. Each presentor was assigned to give a speech/chat/crack a joke to their assigned nominee and when everyone's through, the actor in the middle announce this year's winner.

And what is a better way to present the best motion picture nominees than having steven spielberg to do it.

MID-SHOW MUSICAL
this was the highlight of the show. hugh jackman singing about how the muscial is back. Consistent with the theme (classic made modern) jackman, with vanessa hudgens, zac efron, amanda seyfried, dominic cooper and beyonce, sang top hat, white tie and tails, big spender, singing in the rain, maria, you're the one I want, all that jazz, lady marmalade, one night only, you can't stop the beat, last chance, at last, don't cry for me argentina, mamma mia, over the rainbow.

video

WINNERS
i never realized penelope cruz had such a thick spanish accent. between kate winslet and cruz, i really thought winslet would faint, she was trembling as she made her acceptance speech. and sean penn, of course the gay film always has an award. It's probably because films under this topic show so much emotion. And I couldn't believe how nervous I was for slumdog millionaire for the best motion picture, but they did win. the stars of slumdog millionaire cheered like kids everytime one of their cast/crew won that when they finally won as a whole, it was just so fun to see. in fact speilberg was lost in the sea of the cast and crew of slumdog during their acceptance speech. wall-e winning of course! heath ledger winning and his family accepting the award in behalf of matilda.

UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS
tina fey and steve martin presenting- it was so natural that even if the didn't intend to make the audience laugh, well they did

jack black and jennifer anniston- how very awkward, not for the both of the them but because the cameras zoomed in on angelina jolie (black's co-star in kung fu panda) and brad pitt (ex-husband)

amanda seyfried and robert pattinson- he still looked like a very pale bloodsucker.

natalie portman and ben stiller- stiller dressed as joaquin phoenix

tribute to jerry louis

the animated film collection video. the one where wall-e chooses a video tape over the academy's trophy and after watching he's surprised to see that panda and the rest of the people in the video collection were watching too. the video ending with the roach winning

seth rogen, janusz kaminski and james franco video with franco stapling rogen

and one of the funniest moments: pattinson was sitting behind mickey rourke when rourke's nomination was announced, and he looked dead bored.


PEOPLE.COM'S 10 MOST OUTRAGEOUS QUOTES

1. "You look like you work in a Hasidic meth lab."
   – Natalie Portman, to Ben Stiller
2. "Has anybody ever fainted here? Because I might be the first one."
   – Penélope Cruz
3. "Say whatever is on your mind because you know we have a seven-second delay. But if you win, we switch to a 20-minute delay."
   – Host Hugh Jackman, to Best Actor nominee Mickey Rourke
4. "She's beautiful, and I love her, and she can like, adopt me if she wants to."
   – Miley Cyrus, on Best Actress nominee Angelina Jolie, to E! host Ryan Seacrest
5. "Don't fall in love with me."
   – Steve Martin to Tina Fey, playing out their own form of a soap opera while presenting Best Screenplay Adaptation
6. "I had to become a vampire to find the right woman."
   – Twilight star Robert Pattinson, presenting a montage of romantic moments in the year's films
7. "Think I could make this into a pipe?"
   – Pineapple Express star Seth Rogen, marveling at the Oscar statuette in a skit with famed cinematographer Janusz Kaminski and James Franco (not pictured) about the year's comedy films
8. "On set they can be your mother, your father, even your therapist. They can even manage hostage negotiations when a certain actor is having trouble coming out of their trailer. Not that I'm speaking about myself. But you know who you are, Ben Stiller."
   – Reese Witherspoon, praising the leadership of directors before presenting the Best Director Oscar
9. "How did he do it? How for so many years did Sean Penn get all those jobs playing straight men?"
   – Robert De Niro, introducing Penn's Best Actor nomination as gay politican Harvey Milk
10. "I want to be very clear that I do know how hard I make it to appreciate me, often."
    – Sean Penn, referring to his reputation as being notoriously difficult, while accepting the Best Actor award for Milk

at the end, the academy showed a list of the upcoming movies everyone should look forward to watching this year:
sherlock holmes
public enemies
julie and julia
funny people
the soloist
up
fame
terminator salvation
500 days of summer
amelia
whatever works
inglorious basterds
night at the museum2
monsters vs. aliens
harry potter and the hald lood prine
angels and demons
old dogs
ice age: dawn of the dinosaurs
the boat that rocked
an education
state of play
imagine that
g-gorce-hamster in bolt

i'm hungry and want sweet corn!

xoxo,
kL

the oscars and the grouch

I spend my oscar mornings as the stars do. I wake up early, eat breakfast, rummage through our kitchen's cabinets to stock up on cookies, lie down and wait for the show to start. ok,maybe not even remotely similar.

award shows start pretty much the same way every time. the pre-show shows off the stars' gowns and tux's which the fashion police will later criticize. but what i like about pre-shows are that's where they narrate to you the production process and what you will be seeing.

This year, the floor of the stage was decorated like michaelangelo designed a plaza in Rome. A curtain made out of more than a thousand swarovski crystals, every crystal having a different cut, hung from the ceiling. The orchestra which played a modernized version of classics like moonriver, songs of sing sing sing and a whole lot more,  was taken out of the pit and placed in the stage. Beyond these preparations, the academy was obviously cost-cutting.

again like the grammy's, the oscar's showcased the mix of the old and the new generation of actors.

OPENING ACT
WOW! Hugh jackman was sooo good. He basically sang a musicl parody of the best motion picture nominees, slum dog millionaire, milk, benjamin button, the wrestler, frost/nixon. And the coolest part was when he carried "surprised" yet scripted anne hathaway to the stage where jackman was frost and hathaway played nixon. Jackman's hosting was definetly different from the previous hostings, singing and dancing on stage as opposed to doing stand up comedy.

PRESENTATION OF THE NOMINEES
this was done only to the 5 best actress/actor andsupporting actress/actor. A collection of clips of the previous dead or alive winners of their category was shown. Then stars(twinkling stars) explode and the screen breaks to five, like an artwork, the broken screen shows 5 previous alive winners who will present the nominees and winners for the said category. The broken screen is lifted and the presentor walks forward. Each presentor was assigned to give a speech/chat/crack a joke to their assigned nominee and when everyone's through, the actor in the middle announce this year's winner.

And what is a better way to present the best motion picture nominees than having steven spielberg to do it.

MID-SHOW MUSICAL
this was the highlight of the show. hugh jackman singing about how the muscial is back. Consistent with the theme (classic made modern) jackman, with vanessa hudgens, zac efron, amanda seyfried, dominic cooper and beyonce, sang top hat, white tie and tails, big spender, singing in the rain, maria, you're the one I want, all that jazz, lady marmalade, one night only, you can't stop the beat,  last chance, at last, don't cry for me argentina, mamma mia, over the rainbow.

video

WINNERS
i never realized penelope cruz had such a thick spanish accent. between kate winslet and cruz, i really thought winslet would faint, she was trembling as she made her acceptance speech. and sean penn, of course the gay film always has an award. It's probably because films under this topic show so much emotion. And I couldn't believe how nervous I was for slumdog millionaire for the best motion picture, but they did win. the stars of slumdog millionaire cheered like kids everytime one of their cast/crew won that when they finally won as a whole, it was just so fun to see. in fact speilberg was lost in the sea of the cast and crew of slumdog during their acceptance speech. wall-e winning of course! heath ledger winning and his family accepting the award in behalf of matilda.

UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS
tina fey and steve martin presenting- it was so natural that even if the didn't intend to make the audience laugh, well they did

jack black and jennifer anniston- how very awkward, not for the both of the them but because the cameras zoomed in on angelina jolie (black's co-star in kung fu panda) and brad pitt (ex-husband)

amanda seyfried and robert pattinson- he still looked like a very pale bloodsucker.

natalie portman and ben stiller- stiller dressed as joaquin phoenix

tribute to jerry louis

the animated film collection video. the one where wall-e chooses a video tape over the academy's trophy and after watching he's surprised to see that panda and the rest of the people in the video collection were watching too. the video ending with the roach winning

seth rogen, janusz kaminski and james franco video with franco stapling rogen
 
and one of the funniest moments: pattinson was sitting behind mickey rourke when rourke's nomination was announced, and he looked dead bored.


PEOPLE.COM'S 10 MOST OUTRAGEOUS QUOTES

1. "You look like you work in a Hasidic meth lab."
   – Natalie Portman, to Ben Stiller
2. "Has anybody ever fainted here? Because I might be the first one."
   – Penélope Cruz
3. "Say whatever is on your mind because you know we have a seven-second delay. But if you win, we switch to a 20-minute delay."
   – Host Hugh Jackman, to Best Actor nominee Mickey Rourke
4. "She's beautiful, and I love her, and she can like, adopt me if she wants to."
   – Miley Cyrus, on Best Actress nominee Angelina Jolie, to E! host Ryan Seacrest
5. "Don't fall in love with me."
   – Steve Martin to Tina Fey, playing out their own form of a soap opera while presenting Best Screenplay Adaptation
6. "I had to become a vampire to find the right woman."
   – Twilight star Robert Pattinson, presenting a montage of romantic moments in the year's films
7. "Think I could make this into a pipe?"
   – Pineapple Express star Seth Rogen, marveling at the Oscar statuette in a skit with famed cinematographer Janusz Kaminski and James Franco (not pictured) about the year's comedy films
8. "On set they can be your mother, your father, even your therapist. They can even manage hostage negotiations when a certain actor is having trouble coming out of their trailer. Not that I'm speaking about myself. But you know who you are, Ben Stiller."
   – Reese Witherspoon, praising the leadership of directors before presenting the Best Director Oscar
9. "How did he do it? How for so many years did Sean Penn get all those jobs playing straight men?"
   – Robert De Niro, introducing Penn's Best Actor nomination as gay politican Harvey Milk
10. "I want to be very clear that I do know how hard I make it to appreciate me, often."
    – Sean Penn, referring to his reputation as being notoriously difficult, while accepting the Best Actor award for Milk

at the end, the academy showed a list of the upcoming movies everyone should look forward to watching this year:
sherlock holmes
public enemies
julie and julia
funny people
the soloist
up
fame
terminator salvation
500 days of summer
amelia
whatever works
inglorious basterds
night at the museum2
monsters vs. aliens
harry potter and the hald lood prine
angels and demons
old dogs
ice age: dawn of the dinosaurs
the boat that rocked
an education
state of play
imagine that
g-gorce-hamster in bolt

i'm hungry and want sweet corn!

xoxo,
kL

bad cat news

kyo's sick!

i feel like crying...

he's our grumpiest, grouchiest,smartest, most intelligent and most OC cat... so i identify myself with him...

there's a story behind his OC-ness. an ugly duckling story that is. he was the only survivor among KL's (kambing-lambing's) kitties and he's months older than yuki and shigure (that's why he's called kyo, because we had no idea chribrit was pregnant and kyo's the name of the cat in fruits basket). he was so ugly because he was thin and had exopthalmia. we always thought he would die or KL would eat him, but chribrit took him under her wing (or paw for this matter) and he survived. as he grew older, he fattened up and his exopthalmia became less obvious until it was completely "healed". but as he grew more handsome, he became more concious of himself, licking himself everytime someone touches him until it came to the point where he wouldn't let us touch him. but still.. we love him. we love teasing him that we were coming near, attempting to touch him and he would get angry, glare at us and just take out his paw ready to defend his rights.

he's like garfield except he's cleaner and lazier. he looooveeesss good food. he knows when it's expensive and when it's cheap.

even if we seldom touch or play with him (because he won't let us touch his clean and groomed fur), he's still my favorite among our cats.

now, he just lays there. and we know he's sick because he doesn't mind us touching him. and the cat who had a big appetite would stare at his food because he can't eat. we know he's hungry because he attempts to eat, but once food hits his throat he automatically throws up.

you may think this is a useless blog, but you don't know how much respect we have for this cat and the rest of his clan or how attached we are to our pets (including energizer and the rest of the bunnies). he knows when we're just bluffing or when it's real.

sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me---my cats would have to be in trouble to achieve that.

it's just so troubling. now i know how my sister felt when my dad ran over mufasa..

i open people.com and see "the clintons bid farewell to socks the cat" and think, is this a sign? to end this post, i'm putting a picture in the memory of socks the cat and pray that i won't be doing this for kyo soon.

bad cat news

kyo's sick!

i feel like crying...

he's our grumpiest, grouchiest,smartest, most intelligent and most OC cat... so i identify myself with him...

there's a story behind his OC-ness. an ugly duckling story that is. he was the only survivor among KL's (kambing-lambing's) kitties and he's months older than yuki and shigure (that's why he's called kyo, because we had no idea chribrit was pregnant and kyo's the name of the cat in fruits basket). he was so ugly because he was thin and had exopthalmia. we always thought he would die or KL would eat him, but chribrit took him under her wing (or paw for this matter) and he survived. as he grew older, he fattened up and his exopthalmia became less obvious until it was completely "healed". but as he grew more handsome, he became more concious of himself, licking himself everytime someone touches him until it came to the point where he wouldn't let us touch him. but still.. we love him. we love teasing him that we were coming near, attempting to touch him and he would get angry, glare at us and just take out his paw ready to defend his rights.

he's like garfield except he's cleaner and lazier. he looooveeesss good food. he knows when it's expensive and when it's cheap.

even if we seldom touch or play with him (because he won't let us touch his clean and groomed fur), he's still my favorite among our cats.

now, he just lays there. and we know he's sick because he doesn't mind us touching him. and the cat who had a big appetite would stare at his food because he can't eat. we know he's hungry because he attempts to eat, but once food hits his throat he automatically throws up.

you may think this is a useless blog, but you don't know how much respect we have for this cat and the rest of his clan or how attached we are to our pets (including energizer and the rest of the bunnies). he knows when we're just bluffing or when it's real.

sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me---my cats would have to be in trouble to achieve that.

it's just so troubling. now i know how my sister felt when my dad ran over mufasa..

i open people.com and see "the clintons bid farewell to socks the cat" and think, is this a sign? to end this post, i'm putting a picture in the memory of socks the cat and pray that i won't be doing this for kyo soon.

what's wrong with what i said?

there's this company which is having a calling spree once again with our high school yearbook.

so they called me twice. both times i was sleeping and my mom and helper had to wake me up because they thought it was an important phone call... the second call was an hour ago with me voiceless, weak and really sick

the first call (male) was alright, but the second (female) was pretty interesting. the female caller said the exact same thing as the male caller with a twist:

(all of the lines in CAPS LOCK was the lines the female and male caller said)

caller: HI IS THIS KRIZIA LOUISE ORDONA

me: yes, who's this?

caller: YOU DON'T KNOW ME PERSONALLY BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE AN ALUMNI OF ST SCHO MARIKINA?

me: yes, i am

caller: OK, THIS IS A BUSINESS CALL, IS THIS A GOOD TIME?

me (to the female caller): oh, someone already called me and I'm really not interested

female caller (trying to challenge me): what's the name of the company?

me: i can't remember

female caller (sounding irate): then how can you be sure?

me: you have the same script

female caller: whatever

*toot toot toot toot*

i told my mom the story, and she said "ikaw kasi masyado kang----" she stopped... and so now i'm wondering if I actually said something wrong.

to my defense, i have 2 points:
1. don't these companies have a checklist of whom they've already contacted? i mean come on, no means no.

2. what's so "business"-y with saying "whatever" and putting down the phone with a hint of a tantrum in it? I mean she was the one who said it was a business call, why did she seem irate/ offended that someone from their company had already contacted me? so much for professionalism

don't whatever me. that's my line. whatever.

so was it wrong to say that "they were scripted"? I don't have the best memory but I do remember the lines because both calls woke me from a good sleep. RAR. hahaha

51st grammy awards

the "the view" girls were right. it was a complete mix of generations. artists from different timelines sang together.

here are a few of the performances/presentations/winnings i enjoyed:

taylor swift-miley cyrus: when i heard the commentator that they would be next, i was like, "oh great, the two divas" but i was really intrigued so i waited and actually enjoyed their duet which showed that swift was the better singer

jonas brothers and stevie wonder: wow! burnin' up and superstition. although i thought one of the jo bros forgot the lyrics.

carrie underwood: underwood doing rock. it was cool although i couldn't understand a word she was singing.

jennifer hudson: tear jerking performance. but of course the knowledge of the recent tragedy made the audience cry

estelle and kanye: american boiiiiiii... the man diva didn't make a scene. rephrase. the 10-time grammy award winner didn't make a scene

jt and t-pain: finally! "dead and gone" that's the title

lil wayne and rob thicke: unexpected tandem

al green: moon river

MIA: ready to pop..yep she was due that day, but heck even i would postpone the birth of my kid to attend the grammy's

katy perry had an interesting performance too... it was well, colorful

coldplay.. i'm not so sure about their neon colored jackets. but what the hell, they won 2 awards

adele winning the best new artist was shocking. i think everyone expected the jonas brothers to win.

whitney houston--- looked toasted, wasted and all the eds in the world that could describe here weird presence which was supposed to be her comeback

kid rock ruled! enough said.

and last but not the least (and my favorite part of the show) was the collaboration of justin timberlake with al green, keith urban and boys II men singing "let's stay together". It was the coolest mix considering it was a last minute (rather, last two hours) addition to the program what with all the chris brown-rihanna drama going on. the story according to the grammy's coordinator was when rihanna called to inform them that she would be a no-show because of an "accident" and minutes later, chris brown called that he couldn't make it, the coordinator went to timberlake's dressing room to ask if he could give green a ring. and lo and behold, he was in the tub. so "rub a dub dub, al in a tub" they had to transport him through a golf cart because of the traffic.

now for the chris brown-rihanna incident that makes me (for some reason) really sad, hmmm.. no comment? not that they need one. but i guess we have to wait for their story before we could judge.

51st grammy awards

the "the view" girls were right. it was a complete mix of generations because the artists from different timelines sang together.

here are a few of the performances/presentations/winnings i enjoyed:

taylor swift-miley cyrus: when i heard the commentator that they would be next, i was like, "oh great, the two divas" but i was really intrigued so i waited and actually enjoyed their duet which showed that swift was the better singer

jonas brothers and stevie wonder: wow! burnin' up and superstition. although i thought one of the jo bros forgot the lyrics.

carrie underwood: underwood doing rock? it was cool although i couldn't understand a word she was singing.

jennifer hudson: tear jerking performance. but of course the knowledge of the recent tragedy made the audience cry

estelle and kanye: american boiiiiiii... the man diva didn't make a scene. rephrase. the 10-time grammy award winner didn't make a scene

jt and ti: finally! "dead and gone" that's the title

lil wayne and rob thicke: what an unexpected tandem

al green: singing moon river while duffy singing something else (forgot the title eh)

MIA: ready to pop..yep she was due that day, but heck even i would postpone the birth of my kid to attend the grammy's

katy perry had an interesting performance too... it was well, colorful

coldplay: i'm not so sure about their neon colored jackets. but what the hell, they won 2 awards

adele winning the best new artist was shocking. i think everyone expected the jonas brothers to win.

whitney houston--- looked toasted, wasted and all the eds in the world that could describe here weird presence which was supposed to be her comeback. she looked gorgeous and sophisticated--- until she opened her mouth.

kid rock ruled! enough said.

and last but not the least (and my favorite part of the show) was the collaboration of justin timberlake with al green, keith urban and boys II men singing "let's stay together". It was the coolest mix considering it was a last minute (rather, last two hours) addition to the program what with all the chris brown-rihanna drama going on. the story according to the grammy's coordinator was when rihanna called to inform them that she would be a no-show because of an "accident" and minutes later, chris brown called that he couldn't make it, the coordinator went to timberlake's dressing room to ask if he could give Green a ring. and lo and behold, he was in the tub. so "rub a dub dub, al in a tub" they had to transport him through a golf cart because of the traffic.

now for the chris brown-rihanna incident that makes me (for some reason) really sad, hmmm.. no comment? not that they need one. but i guess we have to wait for their story before we could judge.