Today is the day! It’s time for red carpets, teary speeches, and bets lost and won. We are live-blogging the Oscars tonight to cheer on our favorites and dish about the absurdities.
Starting at 7 p.m. (EST) tonight, Sunday, February 24, we’ll be watching the 85th Annual Academy Awards, hosted by Seth MacFarlane. As our Alexandra MacAaron noted, “the good news for female audiences of a certain age lay in the Best Supporting Actress category, where two actresses over the age of 60 were named, and the average age of the nominees is nearly 50.” The average age is 50! Well, that’s right up our alley.
Join us and cheer along. Click on our “Oscar Central” post, scroll down, and comment. We welcome your opinions—as short or long as you like. Comments will be screened before we post them, and our online chats are famously civil (if a little catty sometimes about fashion). Feel free to share links and photos—and Tweets @womensvoices, too! (Here’s how it went at last year’s Oscar night.)
RELATED:
Oscar Nominations: A Good Year for Women—On Screen, at Least, by Alexandra MacAaron
Les Misérables: The French Revolution, (A Little Too) Up Close and Personal, by Alexandra MacAaron
You’ll leave a screening of "Plastic Planet" with a new understanding of the dilemma we face: plastic, the very substance that over the 20th century, significantly changed how we live, has taken us over.
John Travolta’s head = Dracula.
I think the Jaw theme is hilarious! And quiet volume at the beginning at least gives them time to quickly wrap up before the volume gets too loud.
Favorite part? Watching all the interviews on the Red Carpet. Gorgeous gowns without as many diamond necklaces at the neckline.
and Katie Couric agrees with me. ”
I’ve heard Searching for Sugar Man is amazing. Was rooting for @Invisible_War, important doc on sexual assault in the military #Oscars”
Am I the only one who feels bad every time the “Jaws” theme comes on to rush the winners off?
I understand “Searching for Sugar Man” did deserve an award. but THE INVISIBLE WAR was incredible.
Congrats to the husband-and-wife directing team of Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine (he also served as cinematographer; she as writer) who won for Inocente Izucar, a documentary about a homeless teenage artist in San Diego. Women doing double/triple duty in film!
I wanted to hear more…they were still talking
Being pro-woman doesn’t mean you have to bash the guys. MacFarlene’s humor appeals to the lowest common denominator- let’s not sink down to it. Funny is funny regardless of gender. MacFarlene just isn’t funny. Period.
From Jennifer Pozner: “Best. Comedy. Tweet. Ever. #Oscars RT @alliemyerz It’s not Seth MacFarlane’s fault, guys. It’s just that men aren’t funny.”
That’s what 76 looks like! Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey! Standing ovation.
Thank you, Chris. Maybe we can figure out how to get the gig together. Or – maybe we’ll take singing lessons and wow ’em with Over the Rainbow.
Sean Connery. ‘nuf said. Daniel Craig’s not too shabby, either. His personal trainer for “Casino Royale” was worth every penny 🙂
Shirley Bassey: a class act, and gorgeous at 76!
While we’re paying tribute to the James Bond franchise, Reminder: Halle Berry is the first + only woman of African American descent to have won award for Best Actress.
Greg Jacob. Right on. Tragic
Congrats Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell for Best Makeup! Two more fabulous women Winning! Who’s keeping score?
Greg Jacob from SWAN nailed the sitch on Twitter: “Greg Jacob @gregjacob01
Wow. Sexism, racism and homophobia opens an awards show where films that confront sexism, racism and homophobia are recognized.
Who was/is your favorite James Bond? I confess I’ve always been a fan
Making jokes about crash dieting in an industry that promotes eating disorders- NOT classy 🙁
Jacki Lyden: Could someone come in and rescue the Oscars? It appears to be in need of life support…
Liked costume award speech-well spoken and concise.
Now the makeup award, also women. Hooray!
They are adorable
The “Anna Karenina” costumes WERE gorgeous! And the makeup and hairstyling for “Les Mis?” Not so much.
Jacqueline Durran has been nominated twice before, for Atonement and Pride and Prejudice. Her first Oscar win is tonight!
Elizabeth H., what they need is better WORDS. They should hire you next year.
I think Mirror, Mirror’s costumes showed greater creativity.
McFarlane—most of his early jokes were vaguely or blatantly racist. I don’t remember other hosts drooping to such lows. Can’t wait to see reviews
I’ve always hated “Family Guy” and “Futurama, so wasn’t optimistic about MacFarlane – but he’s REALLY bad.
Using the Jaws theme is awesome!!!!
I repeat- it’s not true man candy without Thor.
I think these guys needed a little more rehearsal…
OK, the only thing I have liked about this so far is that the Avengers cast just gave an award. Excellent eye candy.
Seth McFarlane can GO AWAY. And whoever wrote his monologues and the song can go away too. Far away.
But where’s Thor? That’s who I really want to see 🙂
Boys’ club much?
Hooray for hot guys!
That music mashup is amazing.
We were on it! We featured “Paperman” as our weekly dose of inspiration in our Wednesday 5. Watch this beautiful short: https://womensvoicesforchange.org/wednesday-5-26.htm
I didn’t get it at all
Wow. Seth MacFarlene isn’t the only one killing comedy tonight.
Octavia is beautiful. Good to see a bunch of -cliche- “big beautiful women”…Queen Latifah, Adele…..
I thought they switched off Supporting Actor and Actress each year.
And Alan Arkin already got his sorta-lifetime-achievemnt award, for Little Miss Sunshine….
I think Octavia IS pretty. I’m tired of seeing the same pretty face over & over again because all these actresses have the same plastic surgeon & cosmetic dentist.
Question: Do they always start with Male actors’ awards? Can we switch it up a bit please? 2014?
Every Best Supporting Actor nominee has been nominated before!
Octavia continues this evening’s stream of smart, articulate women. Not just pretty faces
Yeah! Sally Field makes an early appearance. She’s up for Best Supporting Actress for “Lincoln.” Fields first won in 1980 for “Norma Rae” and then for “Places in the Heart” in 1985. It’s time to add a 21st century Oscar to that list.
“Think Kaptain Kirk is giving us the most trenchant review of the Oscar’s..”
Even Shatner and Sally Fields can’t save Seth MacFarlene’s jokes.
Jacki Lyden again; “I have .. but someone give Seth McFarlane better lines.. he can’t carry this any more than he can carry the Eiffel Tower…”