2015 Academy Awards Roundup: And The Winner of Most Boring Awards Show Of The Year Goes To…
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Neil Patrick Harris and Anna Kendrick during the Oscar’s opening number.
Neil Patrick Harris: I love you, but you were just dreadful last evening, despite your brief stint (no pun intended) in your underwear. Patricia Arquette totally rocked out major girl power. Gaga wore strange red gloves and then surprised the hell out of people later when she totally nailed an entire medley from The Sound of Music. People were uncontrollably bored as a whole. That essentially captures the highlights of last evening’s Academy Awards ceremony, which dragged on and on and on and on. The show finally came to life during a rousing performance of “Glory” by John Legend and Common during the last hour of the night, and the aforementioned Gaga number. Here, to save you the trouble of watching the first two and a half hours of the show on your DVR before things got really good, are our picks for the good, the bad, and the ugly of the night.
THE GOOD
Giuliana Rancic from E! Network: People were raving about her red carpet look:
https://twitter.com/ANN7tv/status/569612988430352384
America Fererra: She stunned in her gorgeous emerald dress at the awards:
.@AmericaFerrera looks stunning in her @jennypackham gown #Oscars2015 pic.twitter.com/7vJzpc5HUz
— TrendMagnetHQ (@TrendMagnetHQ) February 22, 2015
Lupita in her 6,000 Pearls: That’s how many were incorporated in her draw-dropping gown:
One word: LUPITA. http://t.co/T05Vubgs4q pic.twitter.com/SoeZwIUK7p
— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) February 23, 2015
Patricia Arquette’s Speech Took Us To Church: Her rallying call for gender equality in America was met with a thunderous applause, and Meryl Streep and J-Lo going crazy in the audience:
“It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women of the United States of America!” –@PattyArquette #Oscars
— MAKERS (@MAKERSwomen) February 23, 2015
Meryl = all of us pic.twitter.com/Gn2MFHIXAp
— BuzzFeed Celeb (@BuzzFeedCeleb) February 23, 2015
That Lego Number Was Horrible (more on that later), But Those Lego Oscar Statues Were Awesome:
All I can think about is how I need a @LEGO_Group #Oscar
Who do I send my address to? #Oscars pic.twitter.com/Mi3RDSzVIr
— Ryan Westbrooks (@rwest80) February 23, 2015
John Legend and Common: Both men, who won Best Song for “Glory,” very openly addressed the ongoing racial tensions in the country after a rousing performance of their song that didn’t leave a dry eye in the house:
Standing "O" & moving tears @common. @johnlegend. "Glory." @SelmaMovie. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/C5YBXStY2X
— Nightline (@Nightline) February 23, 2015
Lady Gaga’s The Sound of Music Tribute: I’ll openly admit that I was in tears after Gaga shocked the hell out of just about everyone by singing an utterly gorgeous medley from the iconic movie musical celebrating 50 years. The icing on the cake? Julie Andrews emerging out of nowhere to hug her at the end:
THAT WAS AMAZING. GAGA!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/dNMrj9HNZe
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) February 23, 2015
"Ladies and gentlemen, the incomparable Julie Andrews." – @ladygaga, at the #Oscars pic.twitter.com/SXGYSVJqRV
— Chris “Law Dork” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) February 23, 2015
THE BAD
Neil Patrick Harris: His humor just did not translate well to the evening’s festivities. So many of his jokes fell flat and he just felt out of place. His purposely awkward stint in his underwear was about as alive as he got all evening. The interwebs unfortunately agreed:
https://twitter.com/Bro_Pair/status/569676878543503360
https://twitter.com/briangaar/status/569678304216657920
https://twitter.com/FilthyRichmond/status/569692991478231040
.@octaviaspencer's eyes no longer watching the #oscars briefcase! @ActuallyNPH pic.twitter.com/s6ybzjM2H6
— SandyLeeTV (@SandyLeeTV) February 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/DavidSpade/status/569698440604549121
The Back of Marion Cotillard’s Dress: Let’s have this Twitter status summarize our thoughts on it:
https://twitter.com/dreamoforgonon/status/569644372804947971
Marion Cotillard pic.twitter.com/JqYeyIUIyG
— Gabriela Varas (@lagabivaras) February 22, 2015
Lady Gaga’s Red Gloves: Why?!? This after I named her “Best Dressed” at the Grammy’s a few weeks ago (and that AMAZING performance from The Sound of Music):
.@ladygaga brought the drama, and we expect nothing less! #lezwatchoscars pic.twitter.com/IBFiEk7v9b
— AfterEllen.com (@afterellen) February 23, 2015
Oprah Didn’t Dig NPH’s Joke:
https://twitter.com/RyBrockington/status/569673030294749184
Yes, J-Lo Tripped On Her Dress: Here’s the GIF to prove it:
Since it happened, I've worked feverishly to bring you this gif of J-Lo tripping on her giant dress.#OSCAR2015 #0scar pic.twitter.com/YU5D2IpA1A
— Aaron Hartzler (@aaron007) February 23, 2015
THE UGLY
The Rain: It really wasn’t raining that hard, but you would have thought half of these celebrities were the Wicked Witch of the West given how they were flinching over the sprinkles (and those giant umbrellas…!).
Jimmy Kimmel Wearing Jeans: Yeah, the Internet didn’t dig that either:
.@jimmykimmel Is Ralph dressing you now? @HowardStern @SternFBSuperfan #Oscars2015 pic.twitter.com/wdcAI0MqUc
— Darryl Alber (@hkcollectibles) February 23, 2015
is that jimmy kimmel i kind of want to punch him in the face
— hey savannah (@pizzapopniall) February 23, 2015
.@jimmykimmel is wearing a coat that my dad would wear to walk his dog #Oscars2015 #RedCarpetOscar
— Taryn Southern (@TarynSouthern) February 23, 2015
Joan Rivers NOT on the “In Memoriam” Video: As she was would say, “Can we talk?”
https://twitter.com/poniewozik/status/569703937881853952
Joan Rivers was left out of the In Memoriam because she is still technically younger than most of the jokes in this telecast.
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) February 23, 2015
The “Everything Is Awesome” Performance: What a strange, absolutely tragic, hot mess:
#TheOscars2015 If "Everything Is Awesome"from The Lego Movie wins for Best Song, Rogers and Hammerstein will die for a second time.
— Paula Poundstone (@paulapoundstone) February 23, 2015
The only thing that didn't make it on-stage during #EveryThingIsAwesome. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/bIu7YqtE9y
— Regal (@RegalMovies) February 23, 2015