Hugh Jackman for The Musical! I mean: Slumdog Millionaire! If it had been up to me I too would have given them all the awards. Not because I loved the movie (I haven’t even had a chance to see it yet — thanks, academics!) and not because Danny Boyle is so creative and charming, but because of Freida Pinto’s smart sartorial choices. She wowed me at the Golden Globes and last night she was shamelessly flirting with my emotions by wearing an altered John Galliano Spring/Summer 2009 gown; worn on the runway by none other than the mesmirizing Magdalena Frackowiak.
Now that I have some more time on my hands I’ll be able to watch and review some of the Oscar movies, and plenty of others! I thought the entertainment sector did its job last night by being just that: entertaining. Musical performances might not be everybody’s thing, but the mega-ensambles with familiar faces performing medleys and original songs and scores were the perfect break to the smooth-running machine Hugh Jackman helmed for four hours. I admit when I heard he was MC’ing I was surprised, but pleasently so, as it turns out.
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners.
The recession, coupled with my unemployment, meant that the Golden Globes came and went under a “stealth” cloaking device. I haven’t been to a theater since I saw Burn After Reading and have thus been completely blindsided by this year’s nominees for any and every forthcoming awards ceremony. It turns out there was no need to mark my calendar for this year’s event, either, as most of the gowns — which, unlike the films, I can appreciate — were making a cameo from every star’s high school prom debacles. Since I’ve been treating this website like my full time job lately it seemed only fitting that I spend the entire day creating awards for last night’s attendees.