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Well, that's about it from us. For the parochial among us, it's been a pretty amazing Oscars, the most successful ever by Australians with three wins: Catherine Martin (best costume design for The Great Gatsby), Martin again with Beverley Dunn (production design for Gatsby) and Cate Blanchett (best actress, Blue Jasmine).
Bad luck but well played David Clayton (visual effects for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) and Michael Wilkinson (costume design, American Hustle).
Of course, none of us has done anything to warrant a share of your glory but, to hell with it, we'll bask in it anyway.
Until next time. We hope you've enjoyed.
It's been a blast.
Oscars 2014: Ellen DeGeneres hosts winners, performers
Actors Emma Watson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt present the Oscar for visual effects to Gravity. Photo: Reuters
Oh, and one more dispatch from the winners' rostrum. Brad Pitt has won his first Oscar, as a producer of best picture 12 Years A Slave. It will be all smiles chez Brangelina tonight, you'd imagine, with Angelina Jolie also collecting an honorary Oscar for her humanitarian work.
Yeah!!!!!!! #12YearsASlave #OSCAR2014
— Quvenzhane' Wallis (@IAMQUVENZHANE) March 3, 2014
WOW! "12 Years a Slave" Best Picture of the Year! My friends, I believe this is on the best films ever made. A work of powerful art. Genius.
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) March 3, 2014
And for those who are keeping count, here's a look at the losers' circle:
American Hustle: zero wins from 10 nominations
Captain Phillips: zero from six
Nebraska: zero from six
The Wolf of Wall Street: zero from five
Philomena: zero from four
Oh, and poor Leo DiCaprio, who has now been nominated for four acting Oscars without a single win. And just to rub salt in the wounds, he was also up for a best picture Oscar as one of the producers of The Wolf of Wall Street. Bummer.
Leonardo DiCaprio on the red carpet. Photo: Getty Images
Let's do a quick tally. Of the big contenders, 12 Years a Slave wins three from nine, including best picture, supporting actress and adapted screenplay; Gravity gets seven from 10, including best director and a raft of technical awards, including cinematography and score; Dallas Buyers Club got best actor and supporting actor and hair and make-up, giving it three from six nominations.
As often happens in a year crowded with good films, it's a split field, though Alfonso Cuaron can go home with his head held very high tonight.
With the possible exception of Christian Bale being cruelly overlooked for a strikingly good performance in American Hustle, I'm inclined to think they got it about right this time around.
What do you think?
Gravity - Trailer
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Philippa Hawker: American Hustle's zero wins from 10 nominations is not the biggest shut-out. That's a record shared by The Colour Purple (Steven Spielberg) and The Turning Point (Herbert Ross) with zero from 11.
Another selfie from Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres.
#Besties #Oscars2014 pic.twitter.com/gpg9PX5i2H
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014
One more talking point: having conspicuously avoided all mention of her writer-director at the BAFTAs last month, best actress winner Cate Blanchett took the bold step of muttering the words "Woody Allen" into her microphone while accepting the award. It was greeted neither with a thunderous chorus of approval nor with howls of derision, but rather with a muted smattering of polite applause. The jury remains out on Woody, it seems, but Our Cate appears once again to have steered a perfect course through the seas of intranquility.
Oscar winner Jared Leto has taken to Twitter to show his appreciation.
Thank you so much. - http://t.co/cHh6nmCJIX #oscars
— JARED LETO (@JaredLeto) March 3, 2014
Let's take a moment and spare a thought for David O. Russell: last year, his Silver Linings Playbook was nominated for eight Oscars and won just one, Jennifer Lawrence's well-deserved best actress gong. This year he went one better. American Hustle was up for 10 awards, and collected a big fat zero. For what it's worth, I loved the film, and thought it much better than the melodrama of Silver Linings. My hot vein of form continues.
If the 12 Years a Slave director is babbling this much and talking this quickly now, imagine what he'll be like at 3am at the Vanity Fair after party.
So that's it, 12 Years a Slave gets best picture, thus proving the Academy voters are not racists (per Ellen's opening remarks), and giving Steve McQueen the opportunity to deliver one of the least coherent speeches in living memory.
12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen and producer and star Brad Pitt embrace after winning the Oscar for best picture. Photo: Getty Images
Wow. What a moment for a tech meltdown. Sorry for the lag, everyone.
Matthew McConaughey speech is a good-natured, God-bothering egotistical ramble.
"There's three things I need every day," he says. "Something to look up to, something to look forward to, and something to chase."
He looks up to God, he tells us, and appears to be auditioning for some as yet-unannounced Billy Graham biopic. He looks forward to his family. He chases his hero. tells us that's him, 10 years from now.
Call me churlish, but I like him a little less at the end of that speech than I did at the beginning. Despite the Dazed and Confused nod there with his "all right, all right, all right".
Matthew McConaughey accepts the Oscar from Jennifer Lawrence. Photo: Getty Images
Best Picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
Winner: 12 Years a Slave
Trailer: 12 Years a Slave
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York is abducted and sold into slavery.PT2M24S http://www.theage.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2yqa7 620 349 December 4, 2013
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Best Actor
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Winner: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Trailer: Dallas Buyers Club
In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease.PT3M0S http://www.theage.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-321cj 620 349 February 5, 2014
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And here's Jennifer Lawrence, walking across the stage without tripping over. Is there nothing this woman can't do?
Big plug there for the Sydney Theatre Company. Get on the phone and get those season tickets, kids; they'll be gone in minutes.
We are bursting with pride! Congrats Cate! #Oscars2014
— SydneyTheatreCompany (@SydneyTheatreCo) March 3, 2014
#CateBlanchett keepin it real, keepin it classy, keepin it Aussie. Well done lady! I hope we realize how lucky we are to have her!
— Magda Szubanski (@MagdaSzubanski) March 3, 2014
Thrilled for the uber-talented Cate Blanchett. We had the pleasure of flying to&from Australia with her and she could not have been nicer.
— Steve Levitan (@SteveLevitan) March 3, 2014
CATE BLANCHETT wins BEST ACTRESS for BLUE JASMINE! She's so crazy talented and pretty. And her husband's a normal guy. I like her. #SMoscars
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) March 3, 2014
"Sit down, you're too old to be standing," Cate starts, and if they could take that statue back I bet they would.
Cate Blanchett collects her second Oscar from six nominations. Photo: Getty Images
Anyone notice the thematic similarity of the clips? Three of them - Cate, Meryl and Sandra - are shown having tantrums. Hmmm.
Best Actress
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Winner: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Blue Jasmine trailer
A Park Avenue high society wife is forced to slum it with her blue-collar sister in San Francisco, when she loses everything.PT1M53S http://www.theage.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2st3m 620 349 August 29, 2013
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Last year's best actor winner Daniel Day-Lewis is up to intro the best actress nominees. Is this Cate's big moment?
With the 45-second mark looming, Alfonso gives his many thanks in Spanish. Twenty years from now, the whole ceremony will probably be delivered the same way.
Cuaron gives Sidney a homebuy handshake. Right-on.
He says making Gravity was a transformative experience, "but what sucks is that while for many people that transformation was wisdom, for me it was just the colour of my hair".
Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron collects the Oscar from Angelina Jolie. Photo: Getty Images
Best Director
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Winner: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
At 87, Sidney is looking good but sounding frauil. There's a lot of love in the room for him.
Angelina Jolie, left, and Sidney Poitier. Photo: Getty Images
Angelina Jolie and Sidney Poitier take the stage to present. If you were trying to read the tealeaves you'd say this is a sure sign 12 Years will win best picture.
OK, just four awards to go and you'd have to conclude that David O. Russell's American Hustle looks set for the big cold shoulder. If anyone has a chance of grabbing something, you'd have to go for Christian Bale. Cate Blanchett is surely a lock for best actress and either Martin Scorsese of Alfonso Cuaron for best director. But hell, with my form so far, I wouldn't take my word for any of it.
Oh, and this is good. Spike Jonze wins best original screenplay for Her. It's nice when the voters get it right.
Spiiiiiiiiiike!!! :)
— olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) March 3, 2014
So stoked Spike Jonze won best original screenplay for Her. Such an amazing film.
— Abigail Breslin (@yoabbaabba) March 3, 2014
SPIKE JONES wins BEST SCREENPLAY for HER! Loved this flick. He's always been a great director, but he CRUSHED as a writer on this. #SMoscars
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) March 3, 2014
Some criticism of the Oscar for best song.
Don't get me wrong the "Frozen"song was good but My brother PHARRELL got ROBBED!
— Ludacris (@Ludacris) March 3, 2014
Genuinely generous acceptance speech from John Ridley. His script supervisor on the sitcom he started out on, Martin, gets a big thank you, but it's Solomon Northup, author of the 1853 autobiography 12 Years A Slave, who gets the biggest nod. "The are his words," he says. Damn right.
Original Screenplay
American Hustle - Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine - Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club - Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack
Her - Spike Jonze
Nebraska - Bob Nelson
Winner: Spike Jonze, Her
Big cheers for Philomena in the best adapted screenplay category. Still baffling that Before Midnight is considered an adapted work, simply because it's a sequel.
Adapted Screenplay
Before Midnight - Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips - Billy Ray
Philomena - Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
12 Years a Slave - John Ridley
The Wolf of Wall Street - Terence Winter
Winner: John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
The flattest joke in Oscar history just keeps on keeping on. Ellen has Pharrell's hat, is begging for money to pay for the pizzas. Lupita Nyong'o tosses in her lip balm. Hell, she's an Oscar winner now; that's probably worth a couple of grand.
Philippa Hawker:
Love that ad for Nebraska on Nine during the break. The daytime telly audience is probably about the same average age as the cast: that's targeted marketing for you.
That might be a first: a pitch for a sequel during an acceptance speech. "Happy Oscars to you, let's do Frozen 2."
Best Song
Happy (Despicable Me 2), Pharrell Williams
Let It Go (Frozen), Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
The Moon Song (Her), Karen O and Spike Jonze
Ordinary Love (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom), Paul Hewsom, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
Winner: Let It Go (Frozen), Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Hey buddies, can you spare a dime? I sure got that one wrong.
Best song is up now. I'd love to see Karen O win it but my money is on Happy.
Ellen's selfie continues to do the rounds on Twitter. This post by Kevin Spacey has been favourited more than 1000 times.
My photobombing gets better and better! @TheEllenShow #oscars pic.twitter.com/LyOkEFgThT
— Kevin Spacey (@KevinSpacey) March 3, 2014
Look, don't come down too hard on me if I've lost track but by my calculations that is six wins from seven for Gravity. Is this film now as unstoppable as a disintegrating space station on re-entry? Or is it about to burn up to nothing?
Original Score
The Book Thief - John Williams
Gravity - Steven Price
Her - William Butler and Owen Pallett
Philomena - Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr Banks - Thomas Newman
Winner: Steven Price, Gravity
Jamie Foxx and Jessica Biel present best original score, and he starts by observing that "a great score will blow ... your mind". It's almost enough to blow ... a hole in Biel's concentration. She recovers, though, and keeps on track even while he does Chariots of Fire or some such in the background.
Another best song nominee, and the only big Broadway-style number among them. Idina Menzel, the original Elpheba from Wicked, does Let It Go from Frozen and dear God I wish she would.
And here's John Travolta, who looks like he's been double-dipping with Goldie in the fountain of youth. Can the man even blink any more?
Goldie Hawn presenting. Is this some sort of Oscars first, a mother and daughter (Kate Hudson) presenting in the same ceremony? Goldie looks seriously scary; is there a cryogenic chamber behind her?
It's always a mawkish part of the ceremony, but it's hard not to be moved a little by the roll call of departed talent. Especially when they go young.
Here's the explanation: Bette Midler wanted to hog all the applause for herself.
Philippa Hawker: RIP Alain Resnais, the great French filmmaker, whose death has just been announced. He was 91. Resnais fans have another film to look forward to, The Life Of Riley.
Glenn Close, in a sheath of black, intros the In Memoriam segment. For once they don't play Memories, and let us give thanks for that. Paul Walker passes without a ripple, so too Peter O'Toole and Saul Zaentz and Joan Fontaine. If Phillip Seymour Hoffman doesn't garner some applause there's only one explanation: the audience is under strict instructions not to clap until the whole thing is over. No playing favourites with the dead.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Jennifer Garner present best production design. It goes to Catherine Martin and Beverley Dunn for The Great Gatsby. This is Dunn's first award, but it is Martin's fourth from six nominations. And with that, she becomes the most successful Australian in Oscar history, passing Orry-Kelly's three wins (all for costume design). Congratulations to her, and to Baz and all who worked on that great sparkly beast of a film.
Australians Beverley Dunn, left, and Catherine Martin accept their Oscars for production design and set decoration for The Great Gatsby. Photo: Getty Images
Ellen is out again dressed as Glinda the good fairy from Wicked (I think), and this one does deserve a cheer. It's outrageous.
Ellen as Glinda from The Wizard of Oz. Photo: Getty Images
Production Design
American Hustle - Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler
Gravity - Andy Nicholson, Rose Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
The Great Gatsby - Catherine Martin and Beverley Dunn
Her - K.K. Barrett and Gene Serdena
12 Years a Slave - Adam Stockhauden and Alice Baker
Winner: Catherine Martin (Production Design) and Beverley Dunn (Set Decoration), The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby - Trailer
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So, there were 24 awards to be handed out in this ceremony and with just nine to go, Gravity is streaks ahead, with five in teh bag. But they're all in the technical categories, so there's no guarantee that past performance is an indicator of future results (as they say in the fine print).
Elijah Wood is one of several stars to tweet their endorsement of Lupita Nyong'o's win for best supporting actress.
So happy for @Lupita_Nyongo winning for 12 Years A Slave. A beautiful and unforgettable portrayal of a strong yet sensitive soul.
— Emile Hirsch (@EmileHirsch) March 3, 2014
@Lupita_Nyongo congratulations. what a beautiful speech.
— Elijah Wood (@woodelijah) March 3, 2014
Love her! "@BLACKGIRLSROCK: "No matter where ur from, ur dreams are valid." Congratulations @Lupita_Nyongo!! #oscars pic.twitter.com/cSvoxvxUEH"
— Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) March 3, 2014
Congratulations!!! @Lupita_Nyongo �� #Oscars
— Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell) March 3, 2014
Somewhere Over The Rainbow ... Pink performs during the Wizard of Oz tribute. Photo: Getty Images
Four-time Oscar host Whoopi Goldberg shows off her red shoes as she intros a tribute to the 75th anniversary of The Wizardof Oz. Though Liza Minnelli is in the audience, as are Lorna Luft and Joey Luft, Judy Garland's kids aren't called upon to sing. Instead, it's Alicia Moore, better known as Pink. She does a creditable version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow. I'm just waiting for her hubbie Carey Hart to come zooming across the stage on an extreme Moto-X broomstick.
Even if he wins nothing else, Alfonso Cuaron isn't going home empty-handed. He's won best editing for Gravity, with Mark Sanger. He doesn't get to say a word, though, as the orchestra kicks in after Sanger's acceptance speech. Maybe Alfie is counting on having another shot later.
Garry Maddox: Best cinematography makes four Oscars for Gravity. Sweeping the technical categories as expected, but how much will its technical brilliance count when it comes to best picture?
Philippa Hawker: Roger Deakins will have to wait another year. Emmanuel Lubezki is a worthy winner.
Film Editing
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
12 Years a Slave
Winner: Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger, Gravity
The Grandmaster - Philippe Le Sourd
Gravity - Emmanuel Lubezki
Inside Llewyn Davis - Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska - Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners - Roger A. Deakins
Winner: Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
Nice little on-the-fly shout-out from Bill Murray to Harold Ramis. Like it.
A modestly dressed Amy Adams and a startlingly wizened-looking Bill Murray present best cinematography. Man, he could do with soem Vaseline on the lens.
A sneak look at the futuristic (circa 1965) future home of the Academy. Weird.
OK. Here's the pizza gag pay-off. Meryl takes a slice, so does Julia Roberts, Leo DiCaprio declines, Jared and Harrison take some She tries to hit Harvey Weinstein up for the tip. "No pressure, there's only a billion people watching."
Seriously, the only winner here appears to be the pizza chain, Big Mama's and Papa's.
Hungry? Ellen DeGeneres hands out the pizza slices. Photo: Getty Images
First big win of the night for 12 Years a Slave. "So much joy in my life is due to so much pain in someone else's," she notes of her poor terrorised slave girl Patsey.
Astonishingly, it's the film debut for the Yale graduate, who was born in Mexico City of Kenyan parents in 1983. Even more astonishingly, she's 31. Expect sales of whatever moisturiser she's using to go through the roof.
A jubilant Lupita Nyong'o with her Oscar for best supporting actress. Photo: Getty Images
I love this guy. Christoph Waltz intros the best supporting actress nominees. Lupita Nyong'o is clearly the crowd fave for 12 Years A Slave.
Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska
Winner: Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
Sound Editing
All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lone Survivor
Winner: Gravity
And another one, sound editing. As above. Er, below.
Another technical award for Gravity, for sound mixing, and again it's well deserved. Is this a portent of a big night for the film, or consolation for missing out on the big awards to come later on?
Sound Mixing
Captain Phillips
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor
Winner: Gravity
There's a compendium tech and scientific awards wrap-up and mna, it looks like an especially awesome epsiode of Mythbusters. I could watch a whole hour of helicams and flipping cars and all the rest of it. Then again, I could watch plenty of Charlize Theron too. She's presenting the sound award with one of those Hemsworth boys. Is it Thor or James Hunt; damn, it's hard to tell.
Garry Maddox: While Catherine Martin was favoured by many Hollywood pundits to win best costumes for The Great Gatsby, that endorsement by Academy voters suggests Martin has an excellent chance for best production design with Beverley Dunn as well. They are up against Gravity, American Hustle, 12 Years a Slave and Her.
Now she's taking a meta-mega-selfie with Meryl and Bradley and Jen and ... aw, who knows? I'm just waiting for the pizza to arrive.
What a meta-moment. Ellen takes a selfie with Liza Minnelli. How long till that's doing the rounds? Like here, for example?
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014
Baz Luhrmann has tweeted his support for wife Catherine Martin, who collected her third Oscar earlier in the ceremony. She's also up for production design for her work on The Great Gatsby, sharing the nomination with Beverley Dunn (set decoration).
Thats my girl! One down, one to go! #Oscars #CatherineMartin #gatsby
— Baz Luhrmann (@bazluhrmann) March 3, 2014
Ellen reappears dressed all in white. It gets a big yell, and she treats the response with all the respect it deserves. "New clothes." Yup.
She introduces a man who needs no introduction but who gets one anyway. Brad Pitt. He introduces U2, who do an appealingly stripped-back MTV Unplugged-style acoustic take on their song Ordinary Love from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. There's nowhere to hide, and despite a few wobbly notes from Bono it's pretty impressive and draws a standing ovation from the crowd. Given their average age, perhaps we should be applauding them for still being able to get to their feet so quickly.
Impressive: U2 perform a stripped-back version of Ordinary Love. Photo: Getty Images
What are the presenters getting up to behind the scenes?
Backstage at the #Oscars in the #ArchDigestGreenRoom with @ZacEfron and @michaelb4jordan pic.twitter.com/TCKM3EdRPz
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 3, 2014
Backstage at the #Oscars in the #ArchDigestGreenRoom with @ChanningTatum pic.twitter.com/X3d5EYhzSA
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 3, 2014
Now here's a man you're unlikely to see on the nominees list any time soon: Tyler Perry. He's introducing two best picture nominees pretty unlikely to play all that well to his key demo, you'd guess: Nebraska and Her. Mind you, he gets Gravity too, and Tyler's many fans are likely to have given that the big floaty thumbs-up.
Of course, I meant The Great Beauty. Am I hearing things or did he thank Diego Maradona?
Best foreign film is introduced by foreigner Ewan McGregor and two-time nominee Viola Davis. The Hunt has to be the frontrunner here, surely.
Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
The Missing Picture
Winner: The Great Beauty
Trailer: The Great Beauty
The Great Beauty is Paolo Sorrentino's powerful and evocative tale of hedonism and lost love, and an extraordinary depiction of contemporary Rome - where life is a performance, and the city its stage.PT2M4S http://www.theage.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-310ey 620 349 January 17, 2014
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For a quick recap of the ceremony so far, check out our photo gallery below.
Oscars 2014: Ellen DeGeneres hosts winners, performers
Actors Emma Watson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt present the Oscar for visual effects to Gravity. Photo: Reuters
Spacey rattles off the honorary and humanitarian awards winners, including Angela Lansbury, Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin. Oh look, there's Our Geoffrey showering Lansbury with accolades. More, she wrote.
Two-time winner Kevin Spacey comes out and channels House of Cards' Francis Underwood. He is a card, and we love him for it.
First major boilover of the night, perhaps? The Act of Killing would have been the bold choice, 20 Feet From Stardom the safe and popular. Both worthy, and it's a nice touch to see Darlene Love get her chance in the spotlight. Not even the 45-second orchestra would dare try to drown her out!
The Act of Killing - Trailer
The Act of Killing is a devastating look at Indonesia's repressions of the 1960s. The documentary screens on July 28 and August 3 as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival.PT2M51S http://www.theage.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2puak 620 349 July 12, 2013
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Ellen wanders among the crowd - "hi Marty, hey Harrison" - and does a bit about ordering pizza for everyone. Not sure what the point of that was, and it falls a bit flat.
Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet From Stardom
Winner: 20 Feet From Stardom
Trailer: 20 Feet From Stardom
Back-up singers bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.PT2M44S http://www.theage.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2xggz 620 349 November 13, 2013
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And the winner of the least-seen category is ... best documentary short. As always, the contenders look well worth seeing. Who's for bringing back the old tradition of a short film before the main feature at the cinema? What? You'll have to speak up, my hearing aid's gone on the blink, sonny. Ah, you kids know nuthin'.
Documentary Short
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
Winner: The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Live Action Short Film
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have To Take Care of Everything?)
The Voorman Problem
Winner: Helium
Time for a spot of navel-gazing: is Kate Hudson channelling Amy Adams in that dress? She and Jason Sudeikis introduce best live action short film, and the winner is ...
Girls creator and compulsive tweeter Lena Dunham is swearing off social media for the Oscars.
Mad respect to committed live tweeters. Too distracting! I'm going to just LIVE (and read your tweets.)
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) March 3, 2014
But rest assured I'll be cryin tears of joy during the category that includes my beloved TV grandma June & the radiant dream known as Lupita
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) March 3, 2014
Word just in: that was Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend accompanying Karen O. Like I said, ecumenical place, the Oscars.
Former Disney star Zac Efron introduces former post-punk singer Karen O (of Yeah Yeah Yeahs fame) to sing The Moon Song from Spike Jonze's Her (sung in the film by Scarlett Johansson). What an ecumenical place the Oscars is.
But David Clayton is pipped by Gravity. That's two Australians out of contention now, and one win. But surely no one will complain about Gravity winning in this category. Thoroughly deserved.
Visual Effects
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness
Winner: Gravity
It's former child stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emma Watson, introducing best visual effects. Australian David Clayton is in with a shout for Peter Jackson's latest Hobbit film.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emma Watson. Photo: Getty Images
Ellen talks about the importance of hitting your mark; she's standing way off to the right of the screen. She introduces a woman who is no stranger, except to people who don't know her. It's Sally Field, introducing a tribute to "ordinary" heroes, this year's overarching Oscar ceremony theme. There's a small clip, as chance would have it, of Field herself in her Oscar-winning role in Norma Rae, alongside bits of Lincoln, Braveheart, Lawrence of Arabia. Clearly, ordinary is a pretty broad category.
Philippa Hawker: Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises is a wonderful film - sad that it's missed out for best animated feature.
Trailer: The Wind Rises
In what he says will be his last film, Hayao Miyazaki tells the story of Jiro Horikoshi, who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.PT2M18S http://www.theage.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2zvaq 620 349 December 24, 2013
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Big yell of support for the allegedly now-retired Hayao Miyazaki whose The Wind Rises is nominated for best animated feature, but it's Frozen that wins. As absolutely everyone predicted.
Australia's Catherine Martin accepts the Oscar for costume design. Photo: Getty Images
Philippa Hawker: With her win, Australia's Catherine Martin equals Orry-Kelly's count of three Oscars. She's up for one more, so she might surpass his record.
Animated Feature Film
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
The Wind Rises
Winner: Frozen
Trailer: Frozen
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Matthew McConaughey and Kim Novak are announcing the best animated short award, and her face coud hardly be less animated. And that voice! At last the big fella has started to put a little weight back on; it was very hard to watch him wasting away in Dallas Buyers Club and not much easier in The Wolf of Wall Street, though that is a seriously funny turn in Scorsese's film. Small role, but it could easily have picked up a nomination.
Kim Novak and Matthew McConaughey. Photo: Getty Images
Animated Short Film
Feral - Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
Get a Horse! - Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
Mr Hublot - Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
Possessions - Shuhei Morita
Room on the Broom - Max Lang and Jan Lachauer
Winner: Mr Hublot
Ellen is doing her best to make sure no nominee goes home empty-handed; she hands Bradley Cooper, who lost out to Jared Leto for best supporting actor, some scratchies. I hope they're real.
Harrison Ford is on stage, describing best picture nominees American Hustle, Dallas Buyers Club and Wolf of Wall Street as "riveting and raucous". He says it in this gravelly monotone that could put the world's greatest insomniac to sleep in a heartbeat. That is a skill, dude.
Bad luck for Michael Wilkinson, the other Australian nominated for best costume, for American Hustle. Really, Amy Adams's navel should get its own award for its performance in those outfits.
Makeup and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club - Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa - Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger - Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
Winner: Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews, Dallas Buyers Club
Naomi Watts and Samuel L. Jackson - or is it Laurence Fishburn? - take to the stage to present best costume. And it goes to Catherine Martin for The Great Gatsby; she pulls her acceptance speech from her bra – "a very Australian thing to do", she says, and promises "I'll be very short". She thanks her team, and of course "my incredible husband, Baz Luhrmann. He makes it all possible. He dreams the dream". Short but sweet.
Naomi Watts and Samuel L. Jackson present the Oscar for best costume. Photo: Getty Images
Costume Design
American Hustle - Michael Wilkinson
The Grandmaster - William Chang Suk Ping
The Great Gatsby - Catherine Martin
The Invisible Woman - Michael O'Connor
12 Years a Slave - Patricia Norris
Winner: Catherine Martin, The Great Gatsby
Well, that was cute, and I'll be astonished if it doesn't win best song. Hell, even Bono was clapping (while no doubt wishing for the worst). Our Lady of Cate was up on her feet there, and so was Meryl. Let It Go from Frozen is Pharrell's stiffest competition, but only if eight-year-olds get to vote.
Oscar favourite: Pharrell Williams performs Happy from Despicable Me 2. Photo: Getty Images
Ellen DeGeneres is tweeting throughout the ceremony. That's ambitious!
#Oscars #Blessed #blurry pic.twitter.com/gSo8vYJ34z
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Here comes the "phenomenally cool" Pharrell Williams and his hat to perform Happy, from Despicable Me 2, the first of the four songs nominated. Is that giant animated smiley face a throwback to Carrey's LSD gag or is that merely a happy coincidence?
Jim Carrey, the most animated actor in Hollywood, introduces a tribute segment for animation. He pays tribute to the "special kind of magic" that helps make elephants fly ... "LSD," he says. "I might be reading that wrong."
There are five Australians in with a chance for an Academy Award today, including Catherine Martin and Michael Wilkinson in the best costume design category. Martin, a two-time winner for Moulin Rouge, is up for The Great Gatsby (she's also nominated, with Beverley Dunn, for best production design for the film), while Wilkinson is nominated for American Hustle. Here, Garry Maddox takes a look at our chances in the single category in which Australians have been most successful – six wins from 16 nominations – while our sensational interactive looks at that stunning history in more detail.
"One of the nominees tonight is Her. And by Her, I mean Meryl Streep." This is her 18th nomination, for three wins. Given that ratio and the fact she won for The Iron Lady two years ago, she's not got a chance this time around.
"Anything could happen tonight. Possibility number one, 12 Years a Slave wins best picture. Possibility number two, you're all racists." You've gotta love this woman.
He's pretty, that Jared, but with that beard he's no Rayon. He pays a gentle, loving tribute to his high-school drop-out single mother, then somehow tries to extend the love to the popular uprising in Ukraine, his brother, the 30-something million victims of AIDS. Is it just me, or are you feeling a bit left out?
Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Winner: JARED LETO
Jared Leto pays tribute to his mother while accepting the Oscar for best supporting actor. Photo: Getty Images
First presenter is Anne Hathaway, living proof that winning an Oscar is no guarantee of popularity; this girl attracts haters like a piece of three-day-old meat attracts flies.
Judging by the applause, Jared Leto will win.
Garry Maddox: After a bright start by Ellen DeGeneres, I'm looking forward to seeing how the awards play out. I went for 12 Years A Slave but Gravity and American Hustle could easily win best picture. And there is plenty of interest from an Australian perspective.
You're all winners, Ellen says. Well, not all of you. Those of you who've won awards. Cute.
And we have action. A Tonight Show style intro as Ellen DeGeneres takes to the stage in a tux and starts on a monologue. Barkhad Abdi, nominated for best supporting actor in Captain Phillips, gets a shout-out. "He's from Somalia. He knows all about wine." Give it a moment. Let it breathe.
Ellen DeGeneres opens the Oscars ceremony. Photo: Getty Images
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has shared this pic of himself en route in tux.
The big kids are coming out to play. The hottest Australian actor on the planet right now (well, if you trust imdb's starmeter), Margot Robbie has tweeted a pic of herself getting ready for the Oscars.
So, according to our good friends over at Life and Style, who are live-blogging the red carpet, Jennifer Lawrence has tripped on her way into the ceremony. Last year, of course, she tripped on the way up the stairs to get her best actress award. I'm starting to think either this woman is seriously clumsy or she's a one-trip pony.
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KLEM Local Schedules (week of February 7)
MONDAY RESULTS - February 7
(girls) Le Mars 1620 Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn 1272 (HIGH SERIES: Le Mars' Kaya Crippen with a 373)
(boys) Le Mars 1717 Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn 1434 (HIGH SERIES: Le Mars' Nick Rolfes with a 362)
(G) Gehlen Catholic (13-5) 52 Kingsley-Pierson (1-18) 34
(B) Kingsley-Pierson (15-4) 61 Gehlen Catholic (12-6) 51
(G) Hinton 86 Spalding Catholic 36
(B) Spalding Catholic 67 Hinton 49
(B) Lawton-Bronson 62 Remsen St. Mary's 32
(B) Woodbury Central 67 Remsen-Union 52
(KINGSLEY) -- Gehlen divided a basketball doubleheader with Kingsley-Pierson Monday night, winning the girls game 52-34 but dropping the boys game 61-51. The twinbill was a make-up from January 10th. In the girls game, Gehlen used a 16-1 run in the third quarter to break away from a 40-33 lead to a 22-point advantage and an eventual 18-point victory. Katelin Langel had 15 points to pace the Lady Jays to their fifth straight victory. Amber Timmins added 11. Rachel Bird had 11 for the Panthers. Gehlen takes a 13-and-5 record and 8-and-1 War Eagle Conference mark into Tuesday night's regular season finale at home against Akron-Westfield. Kingsley-Pierson closed out their regular season Monday night and will take a 1-and-18 record into their tournament opener Thursday night in Kingsley against Remsen St. Mary's. Gehlen opens tournament play Saturday at the Gehlen gym against the winner of Thursday's game in Kingsley.
In the boys game, sophomore Colin Henrich scored 13 of his game-high 24 points in the fourth quarter as Kingsley-Pierson broke away from a 40-all tie after three quarters to beat Gehlen by ten. The Panthers were 14-of-18 from the free throw line in the final quarter and Henrich connected on 8 of his 10 foul shots. He also added a key three-point, tie-breaking shot with 5:02 to play that put K-P in front to stay at 46-43. Tate Rohde added 13 for the Panthers, who improve to 15-and-4 heading into their regular season finale Friday night at Marcus. Gehlen was led by Trevor Bouma's 14 points and Zach Wurth's 10. The Jays fall to 12-and-6 for the season and close out regular season play at home against Akron-Westfield Tuesday and South O'Brien Friday.
TUESDAY RESULTS - February 8
Denison-Schleswig 36 Le Mars (3-14) 36 (Bulldog winners: Mason Cook at 119# by a fall, Clint DeLarm at at 125# by a forfeit, Quinton Vore at 135# by a fall, Skyler Gries at 140# by a decision, Zach Reed at 145# by a fall, Armando Morales at 160# by a fall & Chris Stevenson at 285# by a decision)
Le Mars (4-14) 39 Sioux City West 36 (Bulldog winners: Mason Cook at 119# by a fall, Clint DeLarm at 125# by a forfeit, Quinton Vore at 135# by a fall, Zach Reed at 145# by a fall, Brandon Kellen at 152# by a forfeit, Armando Morales at 160# by a fall & Chris Stevenson at 285# by a decision)
1A Regional Dual Team Tournament at Mapleton -- Logan-Magnolia 78 Akron-Westfield 4
(G) Estherville/Lincoln Central 48 Le Mars (6-14/4-9) 21
(B) Le Mars (14-4/11-2) 68 Estherville/Lincoln Central 39
(G) Gehlen Catholic (14-5/9-1) 38 Akron-Westfield 31
(B) Gehlen Catholic (13-6/8-2) 68 Akron-Westfield 59
(G) Hinton 50 West Sioux 37
(B) West Sioux 41 Hinton 37
(G) Unity Christian 48 Remsen St. Mary's 43
(B) Unity Christian 75 Remsen St. Mary's 35
(B) Remsen-Union 84 River Valley 55
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(ESTHERVILLE) – Estherville/Lincoln Central claimed the Lakes Conference girls title Tuesday night with a 48-21 victory over Le Mars in Estherville. The Midgets turned an eight-point third quarter lead into a 21-point advantage thanks to a 13-0 run. E-L-C wins the Lakes championship with a 13-and-1 mark and will take a 17-and-4 record into their 2A Regional opener Saturday night against Emmetsburg. Alyssa Johnson had 15 points for the Midgets, all after halftime, and Allie Sievert added 13. Erica Westhoff led Le Mars with seven. The 21 points was the fewest in a game this season by the Lady Bulldogs, who fall to 6-and-14 for the season and 4-and-9 in the Lakes Conference. Le Mars looks to snap a seven-game losing streak Friday in their regular season finale at Spencer.
The Le Mars boys scored the first ten points of the game and then opened the second half on a 15-2 run to win easily over the last place Estherville/Lincoln Central Midgets 68-39 Tuesday night. The third quarter run turned a 14-point halftime lead into a 27-point cushion four minutes into the second half. The lead ballooned to 36 points in the fourth quarter. Paxton Strub had 20 points for Le Mars to lead all scorers while Austin Homan added 17 and Jordan Eisma 13. The Bulldogs improve to 14-and-4 for the season and 11-and-2 in the Lakes Conference. Le Mars travels to Spencer Friday night for a Lakes Conference make-up twinbill with the Tigers and then travel to Sioux City North Saturday night. Le Mars closes out the regular season next Tuesday at home against number-five (4A) Sioux City East. They'll open 3A District play February 21 at home against Denison-Schleswig.
(LE MARS) – The Gehlen girls halted a 20-game losing streak against Akron-Westfield that dated back to January of 2001, beating the Westerners 38-31 in War Eagle Conference action Tuesday night at the Gehlen gym. The Lady Jays built a 16-9 lead by halftime and extended the advantage to 30-16 after three quarters before holding off a fourth quarter Westerners rally. Katelin Langel led Gehlen with 15 points and Amber Timmins contributed 11. Brandi Davis had 18 for A-W. Gehlen finishes the regular season on a seven-game winning streak and takes a 14-and-5 record into their tournament opener Saturday night. The Lady Jays finished second in the W-E-C race with a 9-and-1 record.
In the boys game, Gehlen finished off a season sweep of their series against Akron-Westfield with a 68-59 War Eagle Conference victory. Gehlen led by just three at the half but by the end of the third quarter had pushed the advantage to ten. Trevor Bouma led a balanced Gehlen scoring attack with 17 with Taylor Wurth and Michael Whitehead scoring 13 each and Eric Loutsch and Zach Wurth adding 10 apiece. Zach Tindall had 21 for Akron-Westfield to lead all scorers. Michael Harris added 14 and David Berkes contributed ten for the Westerners. Gehlen takes a 13-and-6 record into their regular season finale Friday night in a home match-up with South O'Brien. The Jays finished with an 8-and-2 War Eagle Conference mark, good for a second place tie with Remsen-Union and South O'Brien.
THURSDAY RESULTS - February 10
(girls) OA/BCIG 1615 Le Mars 1493 (TOP SERIES SCORES: Erica Thompson of OA/BCIG with a 348 and Erin Heffner of Le Mars with a 328)
(boys) OA/BCIG 1765 Le Mars 1650 (TOP SERIES SCORES: Cory Luke of OA/BCIG with a 408 and Cody Wurth of Le Mars with a 371)
(region 2)
Gehlen Catholic had a bye
Akron-Westfield 51 Woodbury Central 38
West Sioux 56 Remsen-Union 34
River Valley 52 Whiting 21
Remsen St. Mary's 42 Kingsley-Pierson 27
Charter Oak-Ute 70 West Harrison 37
Boyer Valley 55 Woodbine 37
Southeast Webster-Grand 65 Paton-Churdan 23
#2-Ar-We-Va 85 Glidden-Ralston 19
(region 1)
Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn 67 Spalding Catholic 39
Ruthven-Ayrshire 47 Clay Central-Everly 43
George-Little Rock 52 Boyden-Hull 40
#12-Central Lyon 59 Trinity Christian 29
FRIDAY RESULTS - February 11
(G) Le Mars (7-14/5-9) 47 Spencer 41
(B) Le Mars (15-4/12-2) 74 Spencer 61
(B) Gehlen Catholic (14-6) 55 South O'Brien 46
(B) Akron-Westfield 50 West Sioux 30
(B) Kingsley-Pierson 63 Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn 42
(SPENCER) -- Emily Anderson knocked down four three-pointers and scored 16 points to lead Le Mars to a 47-41 upset of Spencer Friday night in the regular season finale for both teams. The Lady Bulldogs opened the second quarter with a 14-0 run to turn a 13-11 first quarter defict into a 25-13 lead. A 10-for-12 free throw shooting night helped the Lady Bulldogs hold off a couple second half runs by the Tigers. Spencer hit on just 7-of-19 foul shots. The Le Mars victory ends a nine-game losing streak to Spencer dating back to the 2005-2006 season. Spencer was the only team to hand Lakes Conference champion Estherville/Lincoln Central a league loss this season. The win also snapped a seven-game losing streak for Le Mars and sends them into a 3A Regional Tournament opener next Wednesday against unbeaten and number-three rated M-O-C/Floyd Valley with a little momentum. Wednesday's game will be in Orange City.
In the boys game Friday night, Le Mars survived another shaky free throw shooting performance to turn back an upset bid by Spencer 74-61 as the two teams wrapped up Lakes Conference play for the year. The Bulldogs hit just 15-for-29 from the foul line but Austin Homan's 27 points helped off-set the 14 misses from the charity stripe. Paxton Strub had 13 points for Le Mars and Jordan Eisma added 10. Sophomore Matthew Klemme kept 4-and-15 Spencer in the game with 18 points. Le Mars improves to 15-and-4 for the season and finishes second in the Lakes Conference with a 12-and-2 mark. The Bulldogs wrap up their regular season road trips at Sioux City North Saturday.
(LE MARS) -- Gehlen Catholic rallied from a 28-25 halftime deficit to beat South O'Brien 55-46 Friday night in a non-league match-up at the Jays' nest. The win avenged a four-point loss at Paullina to the Wolverines about two weeks ago. Gehlen outscored South O'Brien 30-18 after halftime, led by junior Trevor Bouma. Bouma scored 16 of his career-high 28 points in the second half. Michael Whitehead added 12 off the bench for the Jays. Adam Paulsen had 21 points for South O'Brien. The Wolverines hit 13 three-pointers in the first meeting two weeks ago but connected on just four baskets behind the arch Friday night. Gehlen takes a 14-and-6 record into their 1A District Tournament opener Thursday night against West Sioux at the Gehlen gym.
SATURDAY RESULTS - February 12
Le Mars finished eighth at the 3A District meet at Spencer Saturday and qualified one wrestler for State. Chris Stevenson finished second at 285# and will make his first State meet appearance. Mason City won the team title with Spencer finishing second.
Graettinger-Terril won the team title Saturday at the 1A District meet at Sibley. Akron-Westfield finished fifth and Kingsley-Pierson was eleventh. Hinton failed to score. Akron-Westfield will send three wrestlers to the State meet in Des Moines ... Daniel Dirks was second at 125#, Chet Utesch finished first at 130# and Chet Willer was runner-up at 189# for the Westerners. Kingsley-Pierson sends Matt Steffen to Des Moines after a runner-up finish at 140# Saturday.
Spirit Lake Park and Sergeant Bluff-Luton claimed the top two spots at the Class 2A Districts Sheldon Saturday. Spirit Lake Park qualified five wrestlers for the State meet and SB-L four.
(B) Le Mars (16-4) 39 Sioux City North 38
(SIOUX CITY) -- Le Mars improved to 16-and-4 on the season with a hard-fought 39-38 boys basketball win over Sioux City North Satrurday night in Sioux City. The Bulldogs led 20-16 at halftime. Austin Homan led the Dogs with 14 points and Paxton Strub had 10. Jared Evers had 16 for the Stars. The 39 points was the fewest scored in a game this year by Le Mars and was about 25 points below their season scoring average of 64 points per game.
(region 2)
Gehlen Catholic (15-5) 45 Remsen St. Mary's (13-10) 36
(LE MARS) -- 14th-ranked Gehlen Catholic closed the game with an 11-2 run to break away from a 34-all tie early in the fourth quarter and the Lady Jays beat Remsen St. Mary's 45-36 in girls 1A Regional basketball action Saturday night at the Gehlen gym. Amber Timmins led a balanced scoring attack for Gehlen with 14 points with Steph Rohe adding 11 and Emily Holtgrewe 10. Emma Krier closed out her basketball career at St. Mary's with a game-best 15-point performance with Brielle Biezuns adding 13. The Hawks close out a 13-and-10 season while Gehlen rides an eight-game winning streak and 15-and-5 record into the 1A quarterfinals Tuesday night against River Valley at the Gehlen gym.
(region 1)
Sheldon 59 Unity Christian 45
Sioux Center 48 Sibley-Ocheyedan 31
Western Christian 67 West Lyon 36
#6-Hinton (18-3) 87 Rock Valley 17
Alta-Aurelia 53 Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 38
Sioux Central 48 Okoboji 27
Ridge View 58 South O'Brien 38
#1-OA/BCIG 106 Cherokee 41
(region 2)
Estherville/Lincoln Central 47 Emmetsburg 26
(region 8)
Lawton-Bronson 56 Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 40
Westwood 48 West Monona 36
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The Communal Dining Thief - Did he actually just ask to try my drink?
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The Ethnic Menu Over-Pronouncer - Calling prosciutto "pra-shoot".
The Tip Minimizer - You could take out the tax, and penalize her because she brought you a lime instead of a lemon for your sparkling water.
The Joined-at-the-Hip Couple - Feed each other food and make cooing noises the whole time.
The Substituter - "I'd like the salmon, but instead of the corn, can I get the braised cauliflower from the steak dish? And instead of the frisee salad, can I get that appetizer you used to have in the '90s, but with a different type of aioli? And instead of the salmon, can I get thrown through the plate glass window in the front of restaurant?"
The Defiant Phone Caller - "No, don't worry about it, I'm not busy. I'm just sitting at dinner with three other people in a restaurant, so obviously I feel like this is the right time to talk openly and loudly about why divorcing Doug was the best thing I've ever done for my sex life. Hold on, I'm getting another call."
The Gluten-Free Evangelist
The Couple with a Baby in a Place Where There Shouldn't Be One - Don't bring little Brayden to the extremely crowded restaurant opening party.
The Perpetual Instagrammer
The Waitress Pick-Up Artist - Did you just draw a pen15 next to your cell number on the check?
The 18-Way Check Splitters - "We'll do $39 each apiece these 10 cards, the debit cards are all $20 and we wrote down the pin numbers in alphabetical order, then the remainder is in Canadian dollars, and the steak knife is for you to murder us all when this finally causes you to snap."
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The Crazily Underdressed
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The Unsolicited Recommender - I have a deadly shellfish allergy; please stop waving your crab in my face to "tempt" me.
The Guy Who Chokes on His Food and Forces You to Save His Life
The Guilt-Tripping Vegan
The Expense Account Flaunter - Did you need to order three entrees, two seafood towers, AND the suckling pig dinner for four? You're just eating by yourself at the bar!
The Ruiner - Did the words "well done, and please bring ketchup" really just come out of your mouth? That's a $60 rib eye! The waiter looked like he wanted to cry.
The Guy Who Always Gets a Burger - Dude, we're at a Thai place.
The "Industry" Insider - Stop telling everyone what it's like in "the restaurant business".
The Clandestine Farter - You think you got away with it. But your eyes and that ever-so-slight shift in your seat reveal everything.
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You could not be making everyone else more uncomfortable.
More Americans than ever are dissatisfied with the products and services they buy.
A study showed 56 million American households experienced at least one problem during the past 12 months and about $76 billion in revenue was at stake for the businesses involved.
Satisfaction is no higher than reported in 1976. People are frustrated that there are too many automated response menus, there aren't enough customer-care agents, they waste a lot of time dealing with the problem, and they have to contact the company an average of four times to get resolution. Some of the findings of the survey include:
--The amount of people reporting customer problems went up from 32 percent in the 1976 study, to 45 percent in 2011, and then 50 percent in 2013.
--The number of households experiencing customer rage went up from 60 percent just two years ago to 68 percent this year.
--We're yelling and cursing at customer-service representatives more when dealing with the worst problems, with yelling up from 25 percent in previous rage studies to 36 percent now, and cursing up from 7 to 13 percent.
--The type of product most often responsible for enraging us is cable/satellite TV.
--Though many people associate the government with customer-service issues, 98 percent of the most serious problems stemmed from private companies.
--Despite the rise of the internet, people are still 11 times more likely to complain via phone than web.
--Customer-complaint posting on social-networking sites, such as Facebook, has nearly doubled from 19 to 35 percent since 2011.
--Most of those who reported a complaint - 56 percent - say they got absolutely nothing as a result, up 9 percentage points since 2011.
--When companies added free remedies, such as an apology, to any other monetary relief they gave customers, satisfaction doubled from 37 to 74 percent.
--If the customer was satisfied or at least pacified, he or she only told an average of 10 to 16 people about the problem, but if customers were left dissatisfied, they told an average of about 28 people.
Slacker worked retail before. It drives me crazy when he sees someone putting steak sauce on their premium steaks. If you have a major food allergy do the research before you go into the restaurant. Slacker says he is not the over pronouncer guy he just pronounces them correctly not with an accent or anything.
Steve says it should say that the customer is always a moron not right. Steve has never worked in the service industry. Steve is the guy that asks for a burger in any restaurant or alfredo in a fancy Italian place.
Little D says that Slacker is the over pronouncer guy when they are out at a sushi place. Every place has policies that are set in stone and people think that since they are in a hurry, or because it is the holidays, or you think you are super special that you should break those rules for them. Then they ask for the manager and the manager says the same thing and then they listen to them. I'm not going to risk my job for you!
If you work in the service industry you get to complain. What is your biggest complaint against the customers?
The worst is when they try to pray for you and want to hold your hand right there in the middle of the restaurant while they loudly pray for you!! Then as if that wasn't terrible enough and I put up with it anyways they want to give you one of those mini bibles or a fake million dollar bill that says "The million dollar question" "Does Jesus love you?" as your TIP!! That is the biggest thing for me!!
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WHEELING - West Virginia Senate President Jeff Kessler has assigned committees for the 81st Legislature, with senators from the Northern Panhandle represented on most committees.
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Sen. Jack Yost, D-Brooke, has seven committee assignments. He remains chairman of the labor committee; vice chairman of the military committee; and a member of confirmations; energy, industry and mining; finance; government organization; and health and human resources committees.
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"I have seven committees, and that's a load," Yost said. "I'm excited about the confirmations committee. I don't know much about it yet, but I know I will be working with the governor to help him make appointments to state boards.
Having the opportunity for a relationship with the governor, to have dialogue with him on a regular basis, I think is always an advantage."
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- Rules - Kessler and Edgell
- Transportation and Infrastructure - Fitzsimmons
"Over the next three or four years, we will be addressing issues," Yost said. "I don't know what the state's role will be, but I know we will see changes."
Newly appointed Sen. Robert "Rocky" Fitzsimmons, D-Ohio, also has been assigned to seven committees and will serve as vice chairman for the business and insurance committee. A Wheeling attorney, Fitzsimmons also was tapped for the judiciary committee, as well as the enrolled bills; government organization; labor; military; and transportation and infrastructure committees.
"I'm very pleased with these committee assignments - a lot of them fit with my interests and skill set," Fitzsimmons said. "The senate president did a good job of fitting me with what was available."
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install docs and makefiles refer to mysql-standard-4.1.15-clientlibs.tgz which i cant find any reference to.
You can get MySQL from mysql.com
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gosh, thanks for the helpful response. i did search before posting.
i cant find any reference on mysql to .tgz clientlibs, only rpms. i made a slight typo, install docs refer to mysql-standard-4.1.10a-clientlibs.tgz not mysql-standard-4.1.15-clientlibs.tgz but still cant find either.
I think what he's referring to is the fact that the build wants both:Originally Posted by KevinH
But, on mysql.com, there is no package with "clientlibs". There is only the standard tar.gz binary, and the mysql source.
There *is* a clientlibs in the binary RPM's, but not standard tar.gz.
I hadn't gotten as far as handling that in the build script I'm working on, but my plan was to download the source and create the clientlibs tgz it's looking for.
My bad - here's what's in the clientlibs.tgz:
[marcmac@depot RHEL4]$ tar tvzf mysql-standard-4.1.10a-clientlibs.tgz
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-03-01 12:31:15 libmysqlclient.so -> libmysqlclient.so.14.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2005-03-01 12:31:15 libmysqlclient.so.14 -> libmysqlclient.so.14.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 1133466 2005-02-14 02:06:07 libmysqlclient.so.14.0.0
aha! that did the trick, thanks.
im building on debian, so installed libmysqlclient14 from apt, copied libmysqlclient.so.14.0.0 to temp directory, created the symlinks and then made the tarball. is there a more 'official' way of doing this? i've always wondered why mysql dont include shared libs in their tars
I'm not sure why they don't include them either - and, the don't offer a clientlib rpm for every system they offer a binary build for...
The way I build the thirdparty stuff is to generally do an install build into /opt/zimbra/whatever-version, and tar that up for insertion into the packages. THis is to save time during builds, since I don't upgrade the 3rd party stuff every time I do a build (I run about 20 builds a day, on various platforms).
On MySQL website, on the 4.1.10a download page, there's nothing about mysql-standard-4.1.10a-clientlibs.tar.gz.
What should I do so I can compile Zimbra on FC4?
You can either:
download the source, and tar up the client libs into this package (just the .so files, tar cf blah.tgz .)
FInd the client lib RPM, install it, and tar them up from that.


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The idea of letting the public decide whether or not to shut off the daily whistles around town was generated at the Jan. 19 city council meeting.
Feedback from the community concerning the council's Jan. 5 decision to shut off the daily whistles on the siren located downtown was addressed.
Mayor David Nygaard reiterated only the 7 a.m., noon and 6 p.m. whistles were eliminated on the downtown tower. All other sirens in town sound at those times. The fire and tornado siren will still sound on the downtown tower as well as the other towers. This was evident as the fire whistle sounded Friday, Jan. 22 and could be heard coming from the downtown siren.
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A controller and parts for an additional siren were priced and presented to council members. Brown said the controller would be around $1,980 and a contactor would be $150. Brown also mentioned the new controller wouldn't be equipped with a timer so the option of having the siren sound three times a day wouldn't be available.
Council members discussed where they thought an additional siren would be needed. Depending on the wind, there is a dead spot in the southwest part of town. It was also mentioned the sirens couldn't be heard within the hospital.
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Prices for 13 city-owned lots located in the southwest part of town were set. It was stated the units must be purchased in increments of 25 feet with a minimum of 75 feet. Prices were set at $90 per frontage foot for center lots and $95 per frontage foot on corner lots.
It was also suggested a sign be placed in the area to advertise the lots.
A new computer was approved for City Supt. Brown. His old computer will be used exclusively for the swimming pool and fuel farm at the airport. He said it wouldn't be connected to the internet so private information from the fuel farm would be protected.
The initial step in the process of allowing the city to deal with dangerous buildings was taken when the council agreed to move forward by obtaining copies of the uniform code for the abatement of dangerous buildings.
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Reports of city officials
Police Chief Phil Biersdorfer suggested the board approve his request to send Damon Ellis to a fire/arson investigation academy. He said Ellis is trained in fire safety and the academy would be a good experience and would benefit Holyoke P.D.
Code enforcement officer Dawn Worley reported 1,020 calls for service during 2009. 26 new cases were opened and nine citations were written. Council members questioned the low number of citations and Worley said most of the situations became compliant without citations being written.
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Council members discussed the option of placing issues with the bike path on the ballot. Councilman Ray Bailey said it would help with grant writing to show support from members of the community.
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Haddy earned his spot on "Face Off" by winning a challenge at Comic Con in San Diego. He was one of 14 contestants on the show, and he said he keeps in touch with the others now that the show is over.
He participated in 10 challenges. His favorite was where he had to create a character that would fit in a Tim Burton movie. His bellhop creation was named one of the top three in the challenge.
"I have always loved Tim Burton's work. [The challenge] was like second nature to me," said Haddy, who added that his least favorite challenge was the one where they had to do a full body paint job.
Haddy's favorite artist is Ve Neill, who was one of the judges on the show. She has worked as a makeup artist on movies such as the first three "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies and "The Hunger Games." She also brought characters to life in a lot of Tim Burton's films, including "Beetlejuice" and "Ed Wood," which she won Academy Awards for.
"Her work is flawless," Haddy said. "Plus she is just really professional."
Besides her, the judges on "Face Off" were television and film makeup artist Glenn Hetrick and creature designer and director Patrick Tatopoulos. "Facing the judges every week was a emotional rollercoaster," Haddy said. "Glenn was a bit intimidating."
The show had already been taped, so Haddy had to keep it a secret about how far he'd gotten. He said it mostly wasn't too hard.
"It was harder to keep it secret the last few episodes," he said. "If I had told, it would have ruined the experience."
The show's last challenge was to create three characters who would dance in a performance; the makeup had to withstand the rigors of the choreography. Though Haddy had a bit of trouble figuring out what he wanted to do, he was prepared because he has worked with the Capital High School Dance Company for several years.
For that challenge, Haddy chose fantasy makeup. He said he would rather do fantasy or sci-fi makeup than horror. He enjoys having the ability to make someone completely unrecognizable.
"Gore makeup has never appealed to me because it doesn't take much skill to dump blood all over something," he said. "I like to creating characters and monsters."
To learn different makeup techniques, he said you need to take art and anatomy classes. In art classes, you learn basics like painting, color theory and sculpture, and in anatomy classes, you learn about facial structure and bones (key to learning proportions and placements) as well as movement and muscular structure.
Haddy, who has nine years teaching experience, said the "Face Off" set wasn't really that different from his classroom. Both are fast-paced, high-stress environments, and with both, you have to get up early and work all day. He said he likes bringing an art form into the classroom that not a lot of people give credit to. Talking to him, you really get the sense that he loves what he does and that he is happy he gets to pass his knowledge on.


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