imwithkanye:

Inside the Academy | Los Angeles Times [story] [graphic]

Spoiler Alert: The Academy is mostly white, male, old and non-winners.

but you know, it’s anyone’s game.

And now the nominees for Best Animal Actor in a film:

• The Horse - ‘War Horse’
• Caaaat! - ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’
• Uggie - ‘The Artist’
• Ron Perlman - ‘Drive’

and the Oscar goes too…

Meryl Streep.

it was alright. I thought James had some moments. Anne Hathaway did what she could do, but I wasn’t really blown away by either. 

from the start it all seemed a lot more like the MTV movie awards, which I enjoy when watching the MTV Movie Awards, but I expect class from the oscars. The vibe when Billy Crystal was on stage was exactly what I normally want. While the autotune and Franco in drag was fun, it was a bit of a step down from that class. I was intrigued by the attempt to make it reach out to a younger audience, but I think what attracted to the awards and the profession was the class I saw in the Oscars years ago. 

Tonight was fun at parts. Some good moments. but I think they went too young. I laugh more when there is an expectation of grace and charm and someone makes a joke than I would when seeing a man in a dress make that same joke. 

it was a fun experiment, but I gladly welcome someone over 35 to the stage. 

highlights:

• Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law
• Billy Crystal
• recreation of the first televised oscars 
• musical performances were a cool idea, but I think I liked the dance routines to the score better. I wanted to see people in hoodies crumping to The Social Network score.

now then, back to my life.