That Rob Lowe Thing EXPLAINED!

Dan here, sorry about my lack of posting- I've been nursing a Post-Luis hangover- it seriously took a week. Anyway, if you read the blog a lot you've noticed we've developed a temporary obsession with Rob Lowe's Oscar Opening, even though I'm not sure why... maybe it's because Joaquin just hasn't been that entertaining the last few days... I'm not sure.

Well, anyway, Jimmy Kimmel asked Rob Lowe about this atrocious crap- and then Rob Lowe talked about it. True story.



Dan

(h/t Deadline Hollywood Daily)

LUIS AWARDS: Pre-Show

Hey folks, I hope you can hear me over the crowd noise- we're coming to you LIVE from the red carpet outside the Luis Awards, honoring surrealism in films. It's 7AM in LA and the stars should start arriving soon- hey look isn't that @fakecelebrity?

I'm getting word that Vince and the Glam-Cam crew are talking to a certain celebrity. Who you got Vince?

Vince?

Vince?

Alright, we're having some technical problems that we'll try and resolve... it's live TV, folks... uh, in the meantime- um... in the meantime, we've got a schedule of events for today.

In 2 hours we'll be announcing Best Unintentional Surrealism (11AM/9AMp), then we've got Most Surreal Performance after that (1PM/11AMp), then finally Most Surreal Film (3PM/1PMp). Then we'll be self-congratulatory for a while.

This is Dan for Dan and Vince. Check back throughout the day, we'll see you soon.

What's that. I'm sorry folks, I'm getting word that the 'crappy awards show opening' is starting...



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The Road to Oscar/Luis

The Oscars are coming up soon (which means so are our own Luis Awards- no, we didn't forget) so let's look back at some Oscar surrealism.



Now, I'm tempted to not provide any sort of commentary on this at all- except the damn thing is so excruciating you probably wouldn't watch it. Seriously, as someone who was excited about Criterion's 2-disc release of Pasolini's Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom I will go on the record and say that this is unwatchable, and flat-out morally reprehensible.

So instead of talking anymore, I'm going to do this. I'm going to send you over to Phil Hall's great column at Film Threat, The Bootleg Files and you can read all about it and find tidbits like this:

More embarrassing was an open letter to the Academy that was published right after the telecast. Julie Andrews, Gregory Peck, Paul Newman, Sidney Lumet and Billy Wilder were among the A-listers who signed the letter, which called the telecast "an embarrassment to both the Academy and the entire motion picture industry" and added it was "neither fitting nor acceptable that the best work in motion pictures be acknowledged in such a demeaning fashion."

By the way, if you're not reading Phil's column, you're really missing out on articles about some of the most bizarre (and usually misguided) movies you've never heard of.

Is it just me or does this blog get worse everyday? I seriously sent you to another link if you want any information at all about this post. Bad surrealist. Bad. Bad.

Dan