Quick Oscars Bit

Here's a few thoughts I have on last night's show:

Ellen was OKAY. At times, she bounced between too subdued and too talk-showish

Eddie was robbed! I have not seen most of the nominated films. But, I did see Dreamgirls and LMS. If Norbit was the issue, I really wish his people would have planned better. Sadly, I just can't imagine him getting the chance again....but I did hear he's being tapped to play James Brown. This could be a little too much like his Dreamgirls role, but maybe.....

Go JHud! Can't say enough times how much I like this girl! After seeing her golden "Count Dracula" coat, I can't say enough times how much I dislike Andre Leon Talley ;)

Dreamgirls did it!! They were robbed of a best picture nod and, IMO, they showed out last night! All three girls were outstanding. MSN said it was a "worst" moment and asked where Diana Ross was?! Obviously, this writer has no CLUE what it means to SANG! Diana is a wonderful performer, and has many hits to her name, but her voice has nothing on JHud or Beyonce. The author called Diana a true diva. Excuse me?! I always thought a diva had the attitude AND the looks or talent to back it up. Diana has one out of three...you guess which one! LOL.

Is it me or was Bey trying her hardest not to be outsung? She was belting the hell out of Listen. Who was better? Can't call it and not sure that it matters.

I have a new level of respect for Forest Whitaker. Until watching TV One's special, I had never thought of everything he's accomplished in Hollywood as a director and actor. Well deserved Oscar!

Winners, Losers & Bamas of the Week

Well it's Friday! Another work week is over and gone.

Winners

Contenders:
Dixie Chicks for taking home the big prizes on Grammy night
Mary J. Blige for taking home three awards and having the best performances on Grammy night
Dreamgirls

While both Mary and the Dixie Chicks had an awesome week, the prize goes to Dreamgirls. Is JHud not winning every award AND on EVERY cover out there? Just this week, we learned that she's on the cover of:

Vogue – Jennifer is the first African-American singer to ever grace the cover! I believe JHud is only the fourth Black woman, in any field, pictured on the fashion Bible's front page. Go girl! And to think they made Oprah lose weight before she got top billing! I guess when everyone's in your corner, like we are for JHud, there is no hate. But I have a question…With Andre Leon Talley being the editor-at-large, why have there only been FOUR African-Americans on the cover of Vogue in the first place?

Essence – And talking cash junk about Ms. Holliday! In response to Ms. Holliday saying she feels that Dreamgirls is stealing her livelihood, Ms. Hudson says she has NO intentions of making "And I'm Telling You" be her ONLY claim to fame and anyone who did made a mistake! She also said Idol brainwashes you into being the person they want to become. Meow!!!

Giant – Go girl!

Here are a few of her pictures. The first is the HORRIBLE Vogue cover. Most Vogue covers are beauty shots. WTF is up with this? The other photo is from Giant mag's cover.




And do I even need to post why Ms. Beyonce is included in this win? If so, see below….



Losers

Contenders:
Tim "I hate Gay people" Hardaway
Georgia and Tennessee "down with abortion" lawmakers
Ricky "I need Dixie Chicks attention" Martin

This one goes to Tim Hardaway. I mean it's one thing to have your beliefs about homosexuality. I believe we are all entitled to that. It's also reasonable to question a homosexual being in the locker room. But he went way overboard. The NBA is no longer interested in having him around for All-Star week (if ever) and his hall of fame hopes just faded away. LOSER!

Bamas

Whoever dressed Stevie Wonder on Grammy Night



Whoever dressed Nelly Furtado on Grammy Night

Ja Rule and his hair stylist


The winner is Ja Rule. Ja, you are bama of the week, week, weeeekkkk!!! This is why you're NOT hot…

Oh, no they didn't leave out "the" Black movie of the decade ;)

They had me convinced. For over a year, I've heard this was THE movie for us Black folk. Comparisons to The Wiz and the broadway production had us running to theaters on Christmas day. We had our babies in there watching a PG-13 film because we knew it was history in the making. This was OUR movie. This was THE movie. But, alas, ole Oscar voters didn't think so. Dreamgirls received eight nods, which is the highest for any film this year. However, the film was shut out of the most important ones...no best picture or best director nod for Condin. How ludicrous (spoken in my best Mike Tyson voice.) Well, the good news is Forest, Will, Djimon, Eddie and Jennifer were given a shot at ole Oscar. No, Beyonce you will not turn THIS red carpet into your own fashion show. Sorry girl, you did look hot. But, with five of us in the big four, we can't complain and we definitely can't argue that you "out-acted" Meryl or Helen! Remember the big picture Beyonce; this is a historic year and - because of all this history making - one day, you too may have the chance to win an undeserved Oscar...just like Halle. How historic.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/23/oscar.nominations/index.html