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90th ANNUAL OSCAR ROUNDUP 2018
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Tinsel & Tine Recaps & Archives The 90th Annual Academy Awards THE HOST Jimmy Kimmel handled his monologue with the kid gloves type humor necessary in this very sensitive climate. Pandering to the #metoo #timesup and inclusion movement in a way that wasn’t too cloying. I bet he and the Academy producers were wonderfully surprised the whole Jet Ski bit went over better than they would have imagined – at the start of the show, Kimmel offered up a Jet Ski (worth almost $18,000) and a trip to Lake Havasu in Arizona as a prize for the Oscar winner who gave the shortest acceptance…
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ANNUAL OSCAR ROUNDUP 2017
Tinsel & Tine Recaps & Archives The 89th Annual Academy Awards By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor I normally start these round ups talking about the foods served at my annual Red Carpet Picnic, then I go into the host, handled very well by Jimmy Kimmel, whose Trump Administration political jokes were funny, made a point, but weren’t too over the top – “The Oscars are being watched by 225 countries around the world who now hate us”. Then I normally go to the red carpet fashion trends & best and worst dressed, followed by best speech and so on… highlighting various categories, some fodder, and ending with the highest honor…
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The 73rd Annual Golden Globes Round Up 2016 / I’m Black & A Film Blogger – White Oscar Boycott Dilemma!
Host Ricky Gervais' disdain for all and sundry hit a few gasps, but on the whole, was pretty tame. I have to admit last night, I was unaware of the whole Sean Penn and El Chapo surreal-ality, so that joke went over my head til I watch the Today Show in the morning...
