HOLLYWOOD (sort of) — As excitement over the much-anticipated glitz and glamour of this Sunday’s
Academy Awards
builds throughout Hollywood, Oscar winners for Technical Achievement were the first to bask in the spotlight during an equally prestigious awards ceremony held last night at a lavishly decorated Blockbuster Video warehouse in Culver City. The evening began with nominees arriving in style aboard rented school bus shuttles adorned with banners reading “On To
State
The Oscars!” Like a major Hollywood premier, beams of light criss-crossed the night sky as unemployed
SAG
members waved flashlights to keep shuttles out of the KFC parking lot across the street.
“These members of the Academy deserve to be recognized for their achievements,” Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs said during a phone interview. “And just because we don’t know what they do exactly, or who they are, doesn’t mean their night should be any less special…
Can’t wait for the bla bla bla, I want to thank… My favorites are when they get up there, say “Thanks,” and walk off. Or, they get up there and talk about how they got there and don’t thank anyone, or they just thank everyone in general and don’t list anyone. I hate lists!
The Oscars are good the first hour and the last 30 minutes…the rest is fluff.