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Seth MacFarlane hosts the Academy Awards.Seth MacFarlane hosts the Academy Awards.Seth MacFarlane hosts the Academy Awards.
- Nominated for 9 Primetime Emmys
- 1 win & 12 nominations total
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Did you know
- TriviaFor the fourth time and the first time since 2006, all 6 major awards (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress) went to 6 different films.
- Quotes
Seth MacFarlane: Daniel Day Lewis, not the first actor to be nominated for playing Lincoln. Raymond Massey portrayed him in 1940's Abe Lincoln in Illinois. This is true.
[crowd applauds]
Seth MacFarlane: I would argue, however, that the actor who *really* got inside Lincoln's head was John Wilkes Booth.
[crowd groans]
Seth MacFarlane: Really, a hundred and fifty years, and it's still too soon, huh?
[crowd laughs]
Seth MacFarlane: I got some Napoleon jokes coming up, you guys are gonna be SO mad! Oh, my god!
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.101 (2013)
- SoundtracksWe Saw Your Boobs
Music by Walter Murphy
Lyrics by Seth MacFarlane
Performed by Seth MacFarlane and The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles
Featured review
OK, of all nominees, I had only seen "The Master", "Frankenweenie", "Lincoln" and "Django Unchained". I'm glad that the latter two won what they did, while I thought that the former two got robbed.
That said, I liked Seth MacFarlane's performance. Yes, his song about actresses' boobs was strange, but it was still kinda funny (although he forgot to mention Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine" and Susan Sarandon in "Joe"). As for his comment that Daniel Radcliffe and Kristen Stewart collectively play everything that the Christian right says is wrong with Hollywood, I think that it would have been more accurate if one of them had played a LGBT character (and does anyone know why Kristen Stewart was limping?). Probably the highlight of the ceremony was Shirley Bassey singing "Goldfinger" (although I think that Ursula Andress should have introduced her).
Last year, the wins by the French-made "Artist" and the France-themed "Hugo" must have really angered the right wing; this year, the cast of "Les Miserables" (which seems to represent all of France) singing one of the songs must have done so equally.
As for the In Memoriam sequence, I guess that Andy Griffith and Larry Hagman didn't appear since they're more known for their TV work.
Anyway, good show.
That said, I liked Seth MacFarlane's performance. Yes, his song about actresses' boobs was strange, but it was still kinda funny (although he forgot to mention Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine" and Susan Sarandon in "Joe"). As for his comment that Daniel Radcliffe and Kristen Stewart collectively play everything that the Christian right says is wrong with Hollywood, I think that it would have been more accurate if one of them had played a LGBT character (and does anyone know why Kristen Stewart was limping?). Probably the highlight of the ceremony was Shirley Bassey singing "Goldfinger" (although I think that Ursula Andress should have introduced her).
Last year, the wins by the French-made "Artist" and the France-themed "Hugo" must have really angered the right wing; this year, the cast of "Les Miserables" (which seems to represent all of France) singing one of the songs must have done so equally.
As for the In Memoriam sequence, I guess that Andy Griffith and Larry Hagman didn't appear since they're more known for their TV work.
Anyway, good show.
- lee_eisenberg
- Feb 24, 2013
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- The 85th Annual Academy Awards
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- Runtime2 hours 55 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
- 16:9 HD
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