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2016 BOP Staff Oscars BlogFebruary 28, 2016
And Morgan Freeman starts us off with the red carpet! - Pete Kilmer, 7:01 pm
Now that Morgan Freeman is a Waze GPS voice, he should guide celebrities on their mission to reach the end of the red carpet. - Max Braden, 7:12 pm Matt Damon reports that he fully expects to be on Jimmy Kimmel tonight because he's Oscar-nominated and Ben Affleck will be there. - Max Braden, 7:39 pm Jimmy Kimmel reports that he has snipers on the roof and heavy security, and that Ben Affleck will be there. - Max Braden, 7:40 pm Some PR person is watching the parade of people he set up for the Red Carpet show and gleefully pumping his fist. "Lou Gossett Jr. is on the red carpet! So much for that diversity problem!" - Les Winan, 7:46 pm There's probably an interesting engineering problem in Tina Fey's dress. She looked cinched in there with some heavy duty cables. - Reagen Sulewski, 7:49 pm Well, hello! Are we there yet? Jacob Tremblay is adorable. But can we get there? - Felipe Rosa, 7:55 pm Stallone playing it humble tonight on the red carpet. Star struck by Cate Blanchett. - Pete Kilmer, 7:55 pm What happened to the Lady Gaga that dressed like meat, or a Muppet? I feel cheated. - Reagen Sulewski, 7:57 pm To hear Leo talk about it, you'd think his escape from the set of The Revenant was more harrowing than Room. - Max Braden, 8:06 pm I'm scared for what will happen with Leo's next role if he doesn't win tonight. Probably something involving amputation on screen. "HE CUT OFF AN ARM!!! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?!?!" - Reagen Sulewski, 8:06 pm I don't want to say Kevin Hart is short, but he went deep into the casting discussion for the role that Jacob Tremblay got in Room. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:07 pm I dunno. James Franco already tried that, and it didn't work. - David Mumpower, 8:08 pm The thing to remember about Leo discussing the difficulty of film projects is that any time he's not spending inside a lingerie model feels like a prison internment by comparison. - David Mumpower, 8:09 pm Franco lacked follow through. Effects are for wimps. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:09 pm Hey Kevin Hart, my seven year old would like his tuxedo back. - Les Winan, 8:10 pm The accountant is Matt Damon's brother!!! - Les Winan, 8:11 pm I've got bad news about that bear mauling, Reagen... - David Mumpower, 8:12 pm Chris Evans' sister clearly not on #TeamCap by telling stories of him when they were kids. - Pete Kilmer, 8:13 pm For the record I have my tv on mute and made the Matt Damon/accountant joke before the split screen. - Les Winan, 8:14 pm Why are they showing us a sneak peek of the Oscars stage? The show starts in 15. - Eric Hughes, 8:16 pm Stop sneak peeks of empty stages. Fill the moffo and start the show. - Felipe Rosa, 8:17 pm Is it me or has there been a 60% increase this year in "just happened to run into you" interviews with black celebrities? - Eric Hughes, 8:20 pm Russell Crowe is preparing for his next role in: The George Lucas Story. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:22 pm I think the unofficial Oscar theme this year is, "We're white so you don't have to be!" - David Mumpower, 8:25 pm Any last minute crazy predictions? Let's say Fassbender upsets Leo and Inside Out wins Screenplay type. Room for Best Picture! - J. Don Birnam, 8:27 pm As we're about to begin the ceremony, just a reminder: have fun tonight. - Max Braden, 8:28 pm The show is about to officially begin, so now that we've got the pre-game out of the way, welcome to the Box Office Prophets live blog of the 2016 Academy Awards! - Kim Hollis, 8:29 pm Upsets? The Revenant staying at 2.. - Felipe Rosa, 8:29 pm Where's the container with "Focus Groups" in it? - Reagen Sulewski, 8:31 pm As Chris Rock takes stage, we already have one more African-American than the Academy intended this year. - David Mumpower, 8:31 pm This pre-ceremony clip show is a decent attempt at copying BOP's Best Scene category in The Calvin Awards. - Max Braden, 8:32 pm They even made Chris Rock wear white. - Les Winan, 8:33 pm Okay, Chris Rock is wearing an impossibly white suit. That's hysterical. - David Mumpower, 8:34 pm Chris Rock doing what he do. Fearless. - Pete Kilmer, 8:35 pm Not future co-stars: Chris Rock and Will Smith. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:37 pm Note to self: keep an eye on Rihanna's Instagram. - Max Braden, 8:37 pm And just when white people got comfortable... - Reagen Sulewski, 8:38 pm This monologue explains why I've watched every episode of Everybody Hates Chris. With George Carlin gone, he's the funniest man alive. (Sorry, Steve Martin.) - David Mumpower, 8:40 pm In a stinging rebuke of Hollywood, we've now gone 10 minutes into the Oscars without mentioning a single name in the front three rows. - Max Braden, 8:41 pm I wasn't terribly excited when I heard that Rock was hosting, but I'll tell you what, he's knocking this out of the park. - Kelly Metz, 8:42 pm I was skeptical, but Chris Rock rocked. - Felipe Rosa, 8:44 pm "If George Clooney showed up with a lime green tux on, and a swan coming out of his ass, somebody would go, "Whatcha wearing, George?"" Welcome to the 88th Oscars! - Max Braden, 8:44 pm Pop Up Video: The Oscars Edition - Kelly Metz, 8:45 pm The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay goes to Spotlight. - Kim Hollis, 8:47 pm By my estimation, Spotlight has a one in three chance of book-ending awards at the start and end of the broadcast. - David Mumpower, 8:48 pm I'm not sure if the chyron thing is genius or kind of insulting. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:49 pm Also, the broadcast is doing something new. The bottom of the screen includes a news ticker with people thanked by the winner. So, nobody forgets a loved one, and the show runs quicker. - David Mumpower, 8:49 pm Ryan Gosling playing a dumb blonde....or is he? - Pete Kilmer, 8:50 pm Ryan Gosling is from London, Ontario. I've never been able to figure out why he sounds like a 1930s Chicago gangster. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:50 pm The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay goes to The Big Short. - Kim Hollis, 8:52 pm Ryan Gosling is aggressively funny. If he had starred in The Martian, NASA would have been hustling to save him for fear of retribution. - Max Braden, 8:52 pm By my estimation, The Big Short has a win in three chance of -almost- book-ending awards at the start and end of the broadcast. (Here's hoping!) - David Mumpower, 8:53 pm Good, predictable stuff so far - Felipe Rosa, 8:53 pm Ant-Man screenwriter Adam Mckay wins the the Oscar for The Big Short. - Pete Kilmer, 8:53 pm The man who we have to blame for Step Brothers now has an Academy Award. This doesn't feel right. - Kelly Metz, 8:54 pm It's about time the writer of Anchorman got his Oscar. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:54 pm Two expected wins. Now the fun begins - J. Don Birnam, 8:54 pm This first commercial break makes me wonder: why can't Oscar ads be event-worthy like the ads for the Super Bowl? - Max Braden, 8:55 pm I would take anything over the freaking Samsung ad I get every break. - Felipe Rosa, 8:57 pm No words. None. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:59 pm Leslie Jones was a perfect choice for that Revenant clip. - Kelly Metz, 9:00 pm Oh no, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore already made the Martian joke. - Max Braden, 9:00 pm I take what I said before back. - Felipe Rosa, 9:01 pm Going for the throat. - Pete Kilmer, 9:02 pm Is that Sarah Silverman, or a robot? - J. Don Birnam, 9:02 pm I'm pretty sure the random Stacey Dash appearance will go down as the low point of the evening. If not...uh-oh. - David Mumpower, 9:02 pm Is this the Oscars on ABC or a Comedy Central Roast? - Max Braden, 9:03 pm Sarah Silverman doesn't like this song either. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:03 pm Couldn't they have brought back Adele instead? - Kim Hollis, 9:03 pm Oh, please shoot me. Sarah Silverman was horrible. - Felipe Rosa, 9:04 pm And now Sam Smith with quite possibly the worst Bond theme ever. - Pete Kilmer, 9:04 pm 1990s George Michael wants his look back. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:06 pm I would like to thank Sam Smith for providing me the opportunity to unload my dishes from the dishwasher. - Kim Hollis, 9:06 pm Wow. Henry Cavill's come a long way since The Count of Monte Cristo. - Kelly Metz, 9:07 pm How nervous are you in the band pit when J.K. Simmons comes up to the mic? - Reagen Sulewski, 9:09 pm "Jennifer Jason Leigh, whose teeth are you wearing?" - Max Braden, 9:10 pm The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress goes to Alicia Vikander for The Danish Girl. - Kim Hollis, 9:12 pm This is a good time to mention that Alicia Vikander *broke* voting for The Calvins this year. - David Mumpower, 9:12 pm At which point she rips off her mask to reveal that she's really... Eddie Redmayne! - Max Braden, 9:13 pm I don't think for a second that Vikander had a supporting role in The Danish Girl. Having said that, I'm glad she won. - Kelly Metz, 9:13 pm My guess is that all the other thank you scroll lists in this category read "Ha ha no one's ever going to be reading that fart damn hell". - Reagen Sulewski, 9:13 pm Alicia is lovely, and what an year she had!! - Felipe Rosa, 9:15 pm Alicia Vikander had a great year, but she won for the wrong film. She should have been nominated and won for Ex Machina, which she kind of did because it felt like an award for her breakout year, but still. - Edwin Davies, 9:19 pm Definitely the second thing in a movie after the script is nailing down the costumes. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:19 pm Stake your picks now--Mad Max, Cinderella? Danish Girl??? - J. Don Birnam, 9:19 pm Oh, Cate, I'm love!! - Felipe Rosa, 9:19 pm Cinderella was a really underrated movie, and one of the most aesthetically pleasing of last year. - Edwin Davies, 9:20 pm The Academy Award for Best Costume Design goes to Mad Max: Fury Road. - Kim Hollis, 9:20 pm I think Jenny Beavan was also an extra in Fury Road. - Eric Hughes, 9:21 pm You don't see many studded leather jackets at the Oscars, as a rule. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:21 pm The Costume Designer for Mad Max: Fury Road could not look more like the Costume Designer for Mad Max: Fury Road. - Edwin Davies, 9:21 pm My first limb, my first miss. #OscarsSoPredictable - J. Don Birnam, 9:21 pm Actual acceptance speech quote: "Mad Max: Fury Road could happen!" Dibs on flamethrowing guitarist! - David Mumpower, 9:22 pm If they really want to interrupt acceptance speeches, instead of playoff music they could try using audio from recent GOP debates. - Max Braden, 9:23 pm The Academy Award for Best Production Design goes to Mad Max: Fury Road. - Kim Hollis, 9:23 pm With two already in the bag and stronger categories upcoming, Mad Max: Fury Road has a real chance to dominate the Oscars. - David Mumpower, 9:24 pm And all of a sudden Mad Max is 2 for 2. What these last awards really reminds me of is how upset I am that its Score didn't get in to the mix. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:24 pm Gold? Pah, these Oscars should be SHINY AND CHROME! - Edwin Davies, 9:24 pm #Oscarssofilthy - Reagen Sulewski, 9:26 pm The Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling goes to Mad Max: Fury Road. - Kim Hollis, 9:26 pm "They deserve an award just for putting up with us actors, not to mention the prosthetics, the wigs, the occasional merkin... If you happen to be laughing please explain it to the person next to you. If you aren't, Google it." - Max Braden, 9:27 pm Mad Max now 3 for 3 in categories. Cosplayers across nerdom rejoicing and then getting back to work copying what they saw in the movie. - Pete Kilmer, 9:27 pm Kevin Hart knows her struggle. - Max Braden, 9:28 pm This winner makes me realize that the real reason Kevin Hart can't host the Oscars is that they wouldn't be able to mount the mic low enough. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:28 pm Thus far, Fury Road has three wins. EVERY OTHER MOVIE has won three. - David Mumpower, 9:28 pm Mad Max confirming its visual juggernaut-y position. - Felipe Rosa, 9:28 pm That bear joke was solid! - Edwin Davies, 9:30 pm This won't make sense without context. The random sight gag of the night is the broadcast of a clip from The Revenant followed by a dude in a bear costume clapping appreciatively. The bear may or may not have been Katow-jo. - David Mumpower, 9:31 pm Mad Max tech sweep? Effects, sound, editing, etc? - J. Don Birnam, 9:33 pm The utterly random music selections for presenters is baffling me. Kiss From a Rose? - Reagen Sulewski, 9:36 pm The Academy Award for Best Cinematography goes to The Revenant. - Kim Hollis, 9:37 pm And the Oscar goes to: Canada's Rocky Mountains! - Reagen Sulewski, 9:37 pm #OscarsSoForeign - J. Don Birnam, 9:38 pm Chivo is undeniable, but all of those were great. - Felipe Rosa, 9:38 pm Why, it's ABC's Priyanka Chopra! - Reagen Sulewski, 9:39 pm As long as Star Wars loses, I'm happy. - David Mumpower, 9:40 pm The Academy Award for Best Editing goes to Mad Max: Fury Road. - Kim Hollis, 9:40 pm Ironically, this speech needed a bit of an edit. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:41 pm Sadly Star Wars lost in a tough competition, Big Short was terrific, but Mad Max is just a juggernaut tonight. - Pete Kilmer, 9:42 pm Angela Basset is 57, by the way. Holy. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:43 pm That "Black History Month Minute" bit was a *well* researched joke. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:43 pm I think the agenda (word used without any malice) deserved better jokes. - Felipe Rosa, 9:47 pm If you're thinking Captain America is presenting with The Falcon, you're a racist! - David Mumpower, 9:48 pm "Camera 2, give me random shots of people out of context!" - Reagen Sulewski, 9:48 pm Black Panther and Captain America presenting Sound Editing. - Pete Kilmer, 9:48 pm The Academy Award for Sound Editing goes to Mad Max: Fury Road. - Kim Hollis, 9:49 pm With this many wins, Mad Max: Fury Road is a bigger threat for the Republican nomination than Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio. - David Mumpower, 9:49 pm Mad Max continues its sweep - J. Don Birnam, 9:49 pm I'm pretty sure in May we all predicted Mad Max to sweep the Oscars. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:50 pm I'm pretty sure the dudes who just won Best Sound Editing were the basis for What We Do in the Shadows. - David Mumpower, 9:50 pm Awesome intro to the Sound Editing!!! - Felipe Rosa, 9:51 pm And the winner is...The Reve--just kidding! - J. Don Birnam, 9:51 pm The Academy Award for Sound Mixing goes to Mad Max: Fury Road. - Kim Hollis, 9:52 pm They can explain the difference, but Sound Editing and Sound Mixing still sound the same. - Max Braden, 9:53 pm Namibia is getting a LOT of love tonight. - David Mumpower, 9:54 pm Andy Serkis totally deserves an Oscar, by the way. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:54 pm Andy Serkis really owns those roles. - Felipe Rosa, 9:55 pm The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects goes to Ex Machina! (Whoa!) - Kim Hollis, 9:56 pm That wasn't Matt Damon's real beard? I don't believe in nothin' no more. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:56 pm Wow, what a NICE surprise!!! - Felipe Rosa, 9:57 pm Kim, I literally gasped. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:57 pm (Since not one member of our staff got Ex Machina, we have no one perfect. Tim Briody and Jason Lee had been perfect up to that point.) - Kim Hollis, 9:57 pm They said, "Get us Olivia and Jason" but they meant Wilde and Sudekis. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:00 pm That's the most robotic someone on the Oscars stage has been since James Franco hosted. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:01 pm I'd say that the droids totally killed the show's momentum, but the fact that Jacob Tremblay was so excited to see them makes it kind of worth it. - Kim Hollis, 10:02 pm Carrie Fisher reprising her role from Austin Powers. - Pete Kilmer, 10:04 pm I think we can look forward to C-3PO and co. Oscar-crashing the awards every year this thing is on ABC. - Eric Hughes, 10:04 pm I expected a lot of love to go Mad Max's way when it came to the technical awards, but suddenly regret not selecting Flamethrower Guitar Guy as Best Actor. - Tim Briody, 10:05 pm The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film goes to Bear Story. - Kim Hollis, 10:08 pm Ah yes, the story of a bear who had the dream of mauling a Hollywood actor. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:09 pm The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature goes to Inside Out. - Kim Hollis, 10:11 pm I wonder if there have been more divergent nominees in any category than Shaun the Sheep and Anomalisa. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:12 pm Woody and Buzz going lifeless as the winners arrived on stage was pretty cute. - Kelly Metz, 10:13 pm Best film of the year, best speech of the night. - Felipe Rosa, 10:13 pm Is Kevin Hart swearing or is ABC's audio cutting out? - Max Braden, 10:15 pm There's nothing funnier tonight than the words, "Academy Award-nominee 50 Shades of Grey." - David Mumpower, 10:16 pm Everyone comes around again - for instance, the Flock of Seagulls haircut is back on The Weeknd. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:18 pm Tomorrow's big headline: Kate Winslet's crooked glasses. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:24 pm Kate Winslet looking not unlike Ronda Rousey with glasses. - Max Braden, 10:24 pm Who picked Ex Machina!? - J. Don Birnam, 10:25 pm "Kate, quick, give me your glasses." - Reagen Sulewski, 10:28 pm I'm guessing now that my least favorite Supporting Actor performance will win. - Kelly Metz, 10:28 pm Patricia Arquette talks like she's never had a Red Bull in her life. - David Mumpower, 10:29 pm Hold the camera still for Patricia, dammit! - Reagen Sulewski, 10:29 pm Tomorrow's big headline: Where can I get the Oscar glasses? - Max Braden, 10:29 pm No Stallone please - J. Don Birnam, 10:30 pm The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor goes to Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies. - Kim Hollis, 10:31 pm FAN.TASTIC. - Kelly Metz, 10:32 pm So very happy for getting that one wrong. - Felipe Rosa, 10:32 pm WOW. Mark Rylance winning just broke a lot of Oscar Brackets. - Pete Kilmer, 10:32 pm Rylance gave a wonderfully nice speech. - Max Braden, 10:33 pm Mark Rylance has madman's hair but an oddly sweet smile. That was a really nice speech, too. - David Mumpower, 10:33 pm Ha. I want credit for that. - J. Don Birnam, 10:34 pm It was a tossup for me between Hardy and Rylance. I would have been happy with either win. I'm thrilled Rylance won. - Kelly Metz, 10:34 pm Aw, but Stallone actually tried again! - Reagen Sulewski, 10:36 pm Stallone couldn't hide his crushing disappointment, which only demonstrates how much better an actor Rylance is. - David Mumpower, 10:39 pm Louis C.K.: Motivational Speaker. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:39 pm Ok, Louis CK rocked hard! - Felipe Rosa, 10:39 pm The Academy Award for Best Documentary Short goes to A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness. - Kim Hollis, 10:39 pm Hey, according to Jenny Beavan, Mad Max *could* be a documentary short. - Max Braden, 10:40 pm I thought Daisy Ridley would announce the nominees with only her eyes. - Pete Kilmer, 10:42 pm The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature goes to Amy. - Kim Hollis, 10:43 pm Really? As an entire group, we have nothing funny to say about Amy Winehouse? Cowards! - David Mumpower, 10:48 pm That was a safe joke because most of Hollywood's child labor lobby is already in bed. - Max Braden, 10:48 pm David, we tried to make a joke about it and our internal filters said no, no, no. - Tim Briody, 10:49 pm Ok, this cookie thingie is the locked envelope joke of the year. Good thing it was shorter. Maybe. - Felipe Rosa, 10:51 pm Oh wow, thematically appropriate entrance music. What a random happenstance! - Reagen Sulewski, 10:55 pm Dave Grohl singing Blackbird during The Memorial was a nice touch. - Pete Kilmer, 10:59 pm Core Memories - Max Braden, 11:01 pm Nice moment indeed. - Felipe Rosa, 11:01 pm Welcome to the tiebreaker category in your Oscar pool. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:04 pm The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short goes to Stutterer. (No one on the BOP staff got this one right.) - Kim Hollis, 11:05 pm At the risk of sounding really creepy, Jacob Tremblay is the cutest thing ever. - Felipe Rosa, 11:06 pm After two straight years of predictable results, 2016 is a complete wild card. - David Mumpower, 11:06 pm It's Korean Bruce Lee and the 2010's Charo! - Reagen Sulewski, 11:07 pm The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film goes to Son of Saul. - Kim Hollis, 11:08 pm When Chris Rock isn't risky enough, bring out Joe Biden! - Max Braden, 11:10 pm Smilin' Joe Biden everyone! - Pete Kilmer, 11:10 pm Joe Biden enters to the Indiana Jones theme. Because of course he does. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:10 pm She looks like a cross between Cate Blanchett and George Washington. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:13 pm It's nice that in years when Adele isn't nominated for best song, they allow all nominees to perform. - Eric Hughes, 11:14 pm Well, it seems 2 of them got the shaft. - Felipe Rosa, 11:16 pm Ah, but Eric, they notably didn't, nixing the song from the first transgender performer to be nominated. So...whoops? - Reagen Sulewski, 11:16 pm It really is a category that should get done with. - Felipe Rosa, 11:17 pm What's important here is that Lady GaGa is the Star Wars of pop. People tell me she's good, and I blink quickly in confusion. - David Mumpower, 11:18 pm Quincy Jones seems to think the singer of Happy is named Wardell. "Wardell" was too nice to correct him. - David Mumpower, 11:21 pm Is Pharrell Williams showing grey hair? Is he secretly 60 years old? Possible. - Max Braden, 11:21 pm The Academy Award for Best Original Score goes to Ennio Morricone for The Hateful Eight. - Kim Hollis, 11:22 pm Carol score still gives me chills like no other this year. - Felipe Rosa, 11:22 pm At first I thought they had stuck Morricone all the way up in the back rafters. - Eric Hughes, 11:23 pm (For Quentin: That's Ennio's sixth Oscar nomination and first category win on top of an Honorary Award in 2007.) - Max Braden, 11:25 pm They won't even perform 2 candidates, which is a horrible move. Just horrible. - Felipe Rosa, 11:25 pm WHAT - Reagen Sulewski, 11:27 pm The Academy Award for Best Original Song goes to Writing's on the Wall from Spectre. (Gross. Seriously. Gross.) - Kim Hollis, 11:27 pm BURN IT ALL DOWN - Reagen Sulewski, 11:27 pm Okay, there's the worst Oscar winner of the night. Ye Gods, Academy, have some pride! - David Mumpower, 11:27 pm I hope Sam Smith gives his acceptance speech in falsetto. - Max Braden, 11:27 pm NO. NO NO NO NO NOOO. - Kelly Metz, 11:27 pm *Michael Scott No gif* - Reagen Sulewski, 11:28 pm Ugh. How? One of the worst Bond songs ever wins? - Pete Kilmer, 11:28 pm I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'd have preferred Lady Gaga. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:28 pm Smith notes that he's the first openly gay man to win an Oscar, which makes the situation slightly more tolerable. But only slightly. - David Mumpower, 11:29 pm All 3 songs we heard were bad. SBC is worse. - Felipe Rosa, 11:29 pm I feel like Sacha Baron Cohen is on the same career trajectory as Chevy Chase, only at an accelerated pace. - David Mumpower, 11:30 pm Spoilers! - Kelly Metz, 11:32 pm Nothing yet points to what wins tonight. For maximum suspense, they should have put Best Director next to Best Picture. - Felipe Rosa, 11:33 pm Well wait, Dustin Lance Black is gay, no? - Reagen Sulewski, 11:34 pm I'm old enough to remember when these awards started. - Kim Hollis, 11:35 pm He is gay, Reagen. I'm not sure if he was out when Milk was released. That's probably the catch. Alternately, Sam Smith is misinformed. - David Mumpower, 11:37 pm The Academy Award for Best Director goes to Alejandro González Iñárritu for The Revenant. - Kim Hollis, 11:37 pm (That's his second consecutive win for Best Director.) - Kim Hollis, 11:38 pm How many Oscars in a row do you have to win for people to say your name correctly? - Reagen Sulewski, 11:38 pm This is a pretty significant message that the idiot orchestra is playing over. - Kim Hollis, 11:40 pm Iñárritu just did the impossible. He talked down the orchestra. A man with only one Best Director Award couldn't have done that. - David Mumpower, 11:40 pm On the other hand, win two in a row and you can just filibuster your way through the play off music. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:40 pm If this Oscar ceremony feels long, compare it to 2002, when the ceremony ran 4 hrs 20 minutes. - Max Braden, 11:41 pm I am concerned that if Eddie Redmayne ever fell down, he'd shatter into a thousand pieces. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:45 pm The Academy Award for Best Actress goes to Brie Larson for Room. - Kim Hollis, 11:47 pm FYI: we haven't had a Stacey Dash sighting in two hours and 45 minutes. - David Mumpower, 11:47 pm To be fair, there hadn't been one for 20 years previous to that. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:48 pm "Coming up, the most suspenseful category of the ni... just kidding, it's Leo." - Reagen Sulewski, 11:49 pm See, now all I see is CGI beard. Thanks for ruining the mystery! - Reagen Sulewski, 11:54 pm And it's Alicia Vikander in an upset! - Max Braden, 11:55 pm The Academy Award for Best Actor goes to Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant. - Kim Hollis, 11:55 pm Leo finally gets his well deserved Oscar. I wonder how many 19-year-old Ibizan Models will be posing on Instagram with it? - Pete Kilmer, 11:56 pm The Academy Award for Best Picture goes to Spotlight. - Kim Hollis, 12:00 am *Excellent*. - Kelly Metz, 12:00 am (My favorite film of the year, by the way.) - Kim Hollis, 12:00 am It's the Dartboard Oscars! - Reagen Sulewski, 12:00 am Wow wow wow wow wow! - Felipe Rosa, 12:00 am For the BOP staff, our Oscar writer J. Don Birnam predicted the most correct with 19, followed by David Mumpower with 18 and Jason Lee with 17. Great job, everyone! - Kim Hollis, 12:01 am Tremendous film. The Oscars, outside of the tech awards, were certainly spread around this year. - Pete Kilmer, 12:02 am I preferred The Big Short, but I feel like Spotlight and it are both extremely worthy Best Picture winners. Spotlight is such an important film. At its heart, The Revenant lacks that substance. - David Mumpower, 12:02 am My favorite as well, Kim. - Kelly Metz, 12:03 am By the way, if you want your movie to win next year, you should make sure Michael Keaton is in it. - Kim Hollis, 12:03 am Worthy winner. First time in endless decades a BP winner gets so few awards. - Felipe Rosa, 12:03 am Hey, I'm just tuning in. What'd I miss? - Ben Gruchow, 12:04 am (Kidding.) - Ben Gruchow, 12:04 am I agree with David on this one. - Felipe Rosa, 12:04 am I'm just going to go ahead and declare Mad Max the real winner. - Reagen Sulewski, 12:07 am The last sound heard in the Oscar broadcast: Chewbacca. - Max Braden, 12:07 am So do I, actually, and what I love inutterably about this year's lineup is that there's really no conceivable BP winner that would've made me think anything got snubbed or robbed. - Ben Gruchow, 12:09 am Next year: Deadpool! - Max Braden, 12:09 am Thanks for hosting this, BOP! Fun times. Rarely if ever a better group of people to talk about movies with. - Felipe Rosa, 12:09 am Mad Max: Fury Road won six Academy Awards tonight. That's twice as many as The Godfather and as many as The Godfather Part II. Good night, everybody! - David Mumpower, 12:12 am It was Spotlight all along - J. Don Birnam, 12:21 am
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