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Guest Blogger: Morgan’s Tips on Hosting an Oscar Party
3/3 POST UPDATE – SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS 86 ACADEMY AWARDS (OSCARS 2014) I have intentions of throwing a great Oscar party one year, not ready for that kind of planning and expense this year, but hopefully before the Oscars turn 100 🙂 For now, I prefer the relaxed fun of throwing a virtual online social media party, where everyone provides their own party food in the relative comfort of their own homes, but we can share pictures and comments back and forth during the red carpet and 86th Annual Academy Awards – hosted by Ellen DeGeneres! Check out past Tinsel & Tine Oscar Coverage- 85th Oscars / 84th Oscars…
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Watch the Oscars with me on Sunday, February 24, 2013
Once again, I’ll be facebooking and tweeting during the Oscar Red Carpet and Awards show this coming Sunday, February 24th. Would love to hear from you, so be sure to like and follow! And then come back to Tinsel & Tine on Monday for my Annual Oscar Round Up! Click HERE for last year’s I feel good that I’ve seen all the nominated Best Films that I wanted to see. I skipped “Amour” and “Zero Dark Thirty”, I’m sure they are fine films, but far too depressing for my taste. Because of the Philly connection, I of course am rooting for Silver Linings Playbook, but in terms of which movie…
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When am I going to be able to get a tax credit on my movie watching
As I wrote in my post Avatar/Oscar Catch Up , I set a goal to see 7 out of 10 Oscar nominated films before March 7th. I accomplished my goal and added onto it 3 box office type flicks out now! These three (Valentine’s Day, Percy Jackson and Shutter Island), I saw in a row, on the same day for $6. Not bad, but as I couldn’t work in a Ritz Theater discounted Wednesday or matinee showing, I paid full price for An Education and Up in the Air. In addition, the cost to rent Inglorious Basterd and A Serious Man was $5 each, being as they were both on…
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Commentary – Avatar / Oscar Catch Up
As I mentioned in my Golden Globes recap, I didn’t want to see Avatar, it looked like a glorified Disney Pixar film, not that I don’t enjoy Disney Pixar, but I wouldn’t dream of spending $14 on an animated feature. Still, I try to see as many Oscar nominated films as I can before The Academy Awards. In 2005 I saw all the Best Picture nominated films without even trying (Million Dollar Baby, The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Ray, Sideways) I loved all these films. Since then, there’s always a few films nominated that my friend and I call “Spinach Movies”. These are films that are highly intelligent and well-crafted, but…
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OSCAR ROUNDUP 2009
Tinsel & Tine's (in 2009 named Suck My Pretty Toes) quick thoughts, highlights, red carpet looks for the 81st Academy Awards, Oscars 2009 Ceremony...
