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Tenerife Weekly - 1st March - 7th March 2013
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ASt Sunday night (well, Monday morning by the time they finally got started) was oscar night, one that managed to be both predictable and surprising at the same time with several “ dead certs” winning exactly what was expected and several - not exactly outsiders, but certainly not safe bets, as well as a couple of academy firsts or at least seconds, but more about that later. The 85th Academy Awards began its seemingly endless build up at about 11pm on the red carpet with seasoned interviewer Ryan Seacrest effortlessly handling the task of interviewing all stars as they arrived. It was the usual mix of stunning elegance and WHAT
were you THINKING (Anne Hathaway’s nipples- I’m talking to you!!) Finally, two and a half hours later the show finally began, this was going to require A LOT of coffee! The much coveted job of host went to Seth Mcfarlane, creator of “Family Guy”, “American Dad” and hit movie “Ted” - quite an “out there” controversial choice for the normally conservative Academy (last year’s host was seasoned veteran Billy Crystal). Overall, Seth did an outstanding job as host, his opening gag “The quest to make Tommy Lee Jones laugh begins now” actually made Tommy laugh (apparently t h e fir st time i n
24 years ), for anyone who knows his work there were no real surprises - some hilarious musical numbers featuring Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron, Daniel Radcliffe and Joseph Gordon Levitt to name a few, a well -crafted video clip in which Captain James T Kirk (William Shatner) travels back in time from the future in order to prevent Seth from ruining the Oscars-he’s always loved Star Trek gags, an appearance by Mark Wahlberg and titular star “Ted” to present an award and of course dozens of risqué gags about everything from slavery to Mel Gibson to Chris Brown, although it was sometimes hard to tell whether the oohs from the audience were mock oohs or, if he was going a little too near the knuckle for some. Apart from our singing host, the entire night was a real musical extravaganza, with Catharine Zeta Jones performing “All That Jazz” from “Chicago”, Jennifer Hudson smashing it with “And I Am Telling You” from “Dreamgirls” and the cast of “Les Miserables” performing a medley of songs from the hit musical... Although no one seemed to be quite sure why “Chicago” and “Dreamgirls” were featured anyway it didn’t matter, they sounded ace. The musical numbers didn’t stop there however, as about an hour into the show , Halle Berry - who played Bond girl Jinx in “Die Another Day” came onstage to introduce a special Bond 50 year anniversary tribute, which disappointingly didn’t include a single Bond appearance, instead a montage video and Dame Shirley Bassey performing “Goldfinger” to a standing ovation - and that was it, puzzlingly, Adele also performed “Skyfall” for the first time live, but an hour after the Bond
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