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SHE MADE ME WATCH THIS! Oscars 2008

This weekend, I convinced Lori to leave Alaska for a few days and meet me in L.A. just to film a special 2008 Oscars edition of She Made Me Watch This! (OK, that's not really why I wanted to see her — but we thought we'd squeeze in a vlog while we were there.)

Since we've seen almost none of the movies nominated this year, we invited Bridget McManus and Karman Kregloe to join us for the post-Oscars analysis in our hotel room (hence the bad lighting) — Bridget because she's actually seen the movies, and Karman, because, well, she's fun to have around (Bridget's not exactly terrible company, either).

Naturally, the vlog got away from us only a few minutes in, with Bridget doing an interpretive dance, me ranting about discrimination against blondes, and Karman smacking Bridget upside the head for making fun of her Stevie Nicks infatuation. Lori mostly just tried to stay out of harm's way.

If you don't mind Oscar coverage that's only 30 percent about the Oscars, then this is definitely the vlog episode for you! If you want substantive Oscars coverage, read Dorothy Snarker's entertaining and informative Best of Oscar's 80th blog post. Or do both, and you'll probably have more fun than you did actually watching the Oscars (honestly, if I had to watch one more performance from Enchanted, someone was going to lose an eye!)

She Made Me Watch This! Oscars 2008

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Look for the next new SMMWT! episode in mid-March, when Lori finally returns to New York (yay!).

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  • Crayo's picture

    yay!

     

    What a brilliant thing to surprise me this evening! Can't wait to watch it :D

     

     

    Glad to see you back Lori :) <>Love, Crayon <>

    sunnyme's picture

    Yaay Sarah and Lori

     

    Loved it though it was kinda hard to hear what everyone was saying :b

    EmmaCariad's picture

    Loved it...

    After Ellen..came me!! 18 years to the day later to be extact!!

    What can I say - soo much more entertaining than the Oscars themselves! I love you all!!!

    By the way.. theres nothing wrong with blondes!!

    sasha27's picture

    great

    Its great to see sarah and lori back and even better with bridget and karman

    love the blog very funny

    ice cream's picture

    oh darn

    grrr i was like ooh first comment until i was interrupted and had to leave the site.... ne ways can't wait to watch it also and it looks like it'll be interesting. yay Lori's back!!
    Bailey's picture

    The movie you were thinking

    The movie you were thinking of is August Rush. It was brilliant. I saw it twice. When it comes out on DVD, I recommend seeing it.
    Kim's picture

    Hilarious!!

    I couldn't stop laughing! There was so much slapping going on it was great :)

    Blondes RULE!!! 

    VashtheStampede's picture

    FYI

    In the best actor category, only three black men have won the award: Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field, Denzel Washington for Training Day, and Jamie Fox for Ray. In the best actress category, only one black woman has won the award, Hallie Berry for Monster's Ball.
    new_dawn's picture

    well,...

    you forgot Forest Whitaker who won last year for The Last King of Scotland. So that makes four which is still not much for 80 years.

     

    Monty's picture

    Also

    Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland.
    VashtheStampede's picture

    Apologies to Forest Whitaker

    I really need to stop multitasking while I post LOL
    boundtostone's picture

    The movie Once won for best song

    and it was a beautiful song, but I didn't see the movie. And Marion Cotillard won for La Vie En Rose (or La Mome).

     

    ...also. this is a crazy vlog...!

    and I liked the Golden Compass, but I haven't read the books. Sarah, you're right: Jennifer Garner looked beautiful. Helen Mirren was gorgeous, so was Ellen Page. And Amy Adams. 

    AnotherFrenchGirl's picture

    you beat me to it

    And Marion Cotillard won for La Vie En Rose (or La Mome).

    Yes "this French actress who did the Piaf movie" was Marion Cotillard :)

    Sarah, Lori and Karman you HAVE to see this movie !

    exevangel's picture

    Once

    ...this was a great Irish Indie movie with great music, was on many top 10 lists for the year and I don't get how pop culture godesses such as yourselves could have missed it! It's on DVD now, atone for your sin by catching it and posting about how awesome it was even lacking an angle appropriate for this blog...
    Lauren's picture

    I love Jill

    I love Jill Bennett...

    and now I also love Bridget McManus.

    HMM YES.

    I actually have her Oscar song stuck in my head :)

    She's hilarious.

    I love her :))

    rnd_sapphire's picture

    :)

    That was great, really funny! Tho I kinda got thr impression that Sarah and Bridget don't really get on too well.
    Sarah Warn's picture

    Au contraire...

    I worship Bridget! I want to be her when I get older younger. And funnier. And brunette-er. ;)
    rnd_sapphire's picture

    Yay!

    Oh that's good! I guess I was just misinterpreting the kidding around! Sorry!
    Sarah Warn's picture

    No worries

    I make fun of Bridget a lot because it's the only way I can defend myself against her razor-sharp wit and shiny gold gloves. ;)

    not only but also's picture

    "No worries"???

    Struth, Sarah, when did you start speaking Australian?? 

    Thanks so much for this. I laughed out loud twice: At Bridget's Nicole Kidman comment and at Bridget's hand reaching up to slap Karman. Ten times better than the actual Oscars.

    By the way, I seem to recall (from publicity around the time she made Orlando) that Tilda Swindon is bisexual. AND has a hole in her head. I kid you not.

    Not Only But Also

    rnd_sapphire's picture

    Bisexual?

    That would be really cool if it's true!
    Ina's picture

    I seem to remember her

    I seem to remember her defining herself as "pansexual" or something along those lines, but I definitely think she is not straight and has said so... I was like "yay, a queer woman just won" ;-) But of course I can't for the life of me find that quote again.

     

    rnd_sapphire's picture

    :)

    Thanks for the info!
    Kaytiana's picture

    Agreed on the Enchanted

    Agreed on the Enchanted songs, they were terrible, biggest disgrace of the night was that Take That wasn’t nominated for ‘Rule the World’ from Stardust.  The song that won was from Once.

     

    I was on a forum while I was watching the Oscars and someone said Jessica Alba was ‘too dark’, I said ‘erm, you do know she is Latina right?’ and this guy had no idea!  I agree she looked much better in Dark Angel, when she was herself and not trying to be white.

     

    Sarah, I thought Jen Garner looked gorgeous.  As did Ellen Page.

     

    I also wish Nicole Kidman was alive!  I LOVE Nicole, but what has she done to herself?  (And I was really hyped for Golden Compass and it sucked!!)

     

    Katherine Heigl looked petrified when she was presenting.

     

    Oh, and I’ve heard the ‘lesbian hands’ thing too.  I think it was on a TV show or something, I recall checking hands with friends.  (EDIT Of course it was on a show!  It was on the freaking L Word!!)

    ice cream's picture

    heloooooooooo!!

    scuse me. Lori wants to talk. :D
    Lunakiss's picture

    Oscar Comments

    I just want to drop a line. Love this post-oscar review. Comment more later.

    Gotta go!

    I'm back!

    Bridget you r the Star! If only I can clone you and take you with me everywhere I go just to brighten people's spirits up.

    Sarah, don't feel bad there are tons of Lesbians who like Blondes(but you know you're right many people like the dark and mysterious or the different look outside their own world) I like blondes! Heck, hair color doesn't matter to me anyway!

    Karman, how in the world you rock your hairstyle everyday. You're such a babe magnet. Forget Shane. Give me Karman anyday !

    Lori, I hope you're doing better. You and Sarah r so cute together. It's nice to see a strong female couple on this planet. You're my role models(Ok I'm like a couple years younger than Sarah W though)

    PS Get out more Sarah and see movies! If not at theatre at least the film festivals!  Lori drag her there.

    Freeheld won, because straight women were behind it ...Ah come on Sarah.... I agree with Bridget you were bitter that day! That's why you should get out to film festivals more. Someone send her VIP pass.

    I love going to see films and movies(especially indpt ones!)

    Enough of that!

    Oscars were sooooooooooooo white hetero bred I wondered how in the world anyone can make a sandwhich out of that.

    Kudos -Peace

     

    Omega II's picture

    Yes!! new episode.

    Blonds are great, FAKE-blonds are the ones I have a problem with. I liked Scarlet's hair better when it was scarlet.

    Thank you, Lori, for cheering Sarah up and giving us a SMMWT fix.

    Karman, is it possible for you to be in the same room as Sarah and not get fired?

    CHAW-CHAW!! What, no chicken dance? *is sad*

    Lesbian hands- I don't know about the article on that, but I did read something on aptitude in math and reading

    Fav lines -

    Karman: She must be dead. She isn't on camera anymore.

    Lori: It really sucks if you don't watch the movies.

    "Bad jokes are us, ur me."

    B's picture

    Crackers

    That was utter madness. I loved it.

    Best song went to Glen Hansard (who was in The Commitments) & Markéta Irglová for a song in the film Once.

    Ace's picture

    hahahahaha...

    y'all are great..loved the vlog...

    Bridget you're amazing...and i completely agree with you that Cate Blanchett should've won for Best Supporting Actress..i mean come on..she was fricken Bob Dylan..this is the 2nd time an Oscar was stolen from her in my opinion...the first time was when Gywneth Paltrow won for "Shakespeare in Love"...Blanchett should've totally won for Elizabeth...

    maylith's picture

    I must be weird...

    Because when I saw this picture....

    I immediately thought of this....

     

     

    As probably one of the few lesbian Kiss fans, I notice a few problems with how our favorite girls set up as compared to the boys of Kiss....Obviously Karmen is Peter and in the right spot, but we all know Bridget is the star-child, and an opinionated Sarah is almost a clone of the Demon, Gene Simmions, leaving Lori as the Spaceman Ace.

    Thanks ladies, for a fun review of oscar night, and a chance to compare you all with the hottest band in the world! :)

     

    Katherine's picture

    so funny!!

    comments:

    No Country for Old Men was SO. GOOD. !!! Seriously.... like, seriously. So was Atonement. There are women in Atonement! And women in NCFOM too.... :) so you should watch these films, haha.

    And not that I've had much/any experience in the dating arena, but so far I haven't been attracted to any blondes... with the exceptions of Catherine Deneuve and Lucy Lawless. I don't know why though... maybe, just in terms of hair color, blonde vs. darker hair are just so different and people might want more similarity? (that doesn't make much sense...) Also there's that social stigma that blondes are dumb that might be a factor. But really I wouldn't rule blondes out... okay whatever. the end.

    I actually thought Elizabeth was good. Not good in the sense of historical accuracy or poignance or anything, but it was pretty. And very simplified. But pretty colors! And Elizabeth's relationship with her closest handmaid girl??? I was jealous.

    I have lesbian hands too. That's not really what clued me in that I was gay though.(duh)

    I've missed your vlogs, Sarah and Lori ! Can't wait until they resume. See you mid-March.

    omg, inbd

    nathalie1986's picture

    Blondes

    I just wanted to say: Amazing show!!!! Karman and Bridget rocked as usual.

    P.S. I loooove blondes!

     

     

     

    Harpy's picture

    Very cute :)

    That was cute but OMG whats an ant covered ear?!  Or is it, well, exactly like it sounds?  That doesn't sound really scary.  I don't think I'd want to look at it either though.

    Lori cracked me up when she put her hand up and opened and closed her mouth a few times trying to interject.  [snickers]

    Bridget's song cracked me up too.  Everyone was great, of course.  :)

    And hey, I've nothing against blondes.  However, I don't really get the whole thing with Scarlett Johansson or Kate Blanchett really.  Scarlett looks like she had too much botox or something.  Mary Stewart Masterson on the other hand...

    Oh, and here's a Stevie Nicks parody for Karman.  ;)

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    Nelfy's picture

    finally, I've missed you!!

    good to have you back, even if it's just this one time.

    I sympathize with Sarah, when I was about 7 years old, my sister so badly wanted to watch "the silance of the lambs" because my brother told her not to and so we watched it - she was afraid to watch it alone. ever since, I can't watch any horror movies and anthony hopkins still creeps me out every time I see him.

    I think sarah and bridget should do a vlog together - you are hilarious together!!!

     

    "Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from." ~ Jodie Foster

    1eyedchiken's picture

    I SO loved it

    You four are so funny. It was a very good surprise to watch you.

    Sarah, please never NEVER  NEVER fire Karman. Please!!!!!!

     

    Cass's picture

    Allison Janney Oscars!

    She should totally win an award evey year, she is too fantastic!

    Good to see you back, even if its only for an episode Lori and Sarah (;

    I'm totally with you on Blondes, none of my friends are fans either, and none of us know why, not even the blondes dig blondes? Maybe because its such a male fantasy, blonde hair blue eyes, that we want to be as far from straight males as possible, i dunno? But we love you sarah (: xxx

    CaroL's picture

    why?????????

    whats wrong with blondes?? I'm not a BLONDE blonde... like... yellow blonde, but still...

    I mean... man I'll never be confident again about my looks after this :'(

    I gotta go now.... slit my wrists eat a bucket of ice cream or something

    PS. They should totally have an alison janney award!!!!!

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    seeing_leaves's picture

    Best. Surprise. Ever.

    So I came on AE as soon as I got home, ready for my dose of Scribegrrl snark (aka The L Word recaps) and I nearly died when I saw this! It's been so long since the last SMMWT and I've missed it so much!! This was delightfully ranty and hilariously bitter and was even better because it was totally unexpected! Sarah it's been a while since you were a guestbian on WGN and I've missed your funny cynicism! Lori it's been forever since we last saw you and it hasn't been the same without your fantastic expressions (the eyebrows)! Bridget and Karman, even with weekly BwB and WGN I just can't get enough of you guys! This totally made my week! All I can say is thank you, thank you thank you!!

    I totally less than 3 you guys!!

    Lrenda's picture

    Christen?

    Hmm, who is this Christen that would be mad at Sarah for missing work to play Rock Band?
    Sarah Warn's picture

    About Kristin

    Kristin Frank is my fabulous boss at Logo. I less than three her because she gives me total support and editorial independence in running AfterEllen.com. Plus she's just cool. I've convinced her to be a guestbian on a future episode of SMMWT, which will be fun - she's smart, funny, and looks a little like a younger Glenn Close. :) You all will love her.

    (But don't anyone tell her in the comments of that vlog that I was playing Rock Band last week when I was supposedly sick! ;)

    saved's picture

    BLONDES ROCK...I just don't want to date them!!!

    Loved the vlog...so glad to see Sarah and Lori!! Nice song Bridget!!! I love blondes...they rock but I prefer Brunettes.  I think it's because I'm blonde and seem to be attracted to Women who look nothing like me but blondes still have more fun!!!

    Oh and just want to send a shout out to Karmen cause' I didn't say anything about her yet so HEEEEYYYYY!!! 

    Forgive me for this heterosexual joke:

    Two blondes were waiting at the Pearly Gates and struck up a
    conversation.
    First blonde says "How did you die?"
    Second says "I froze to death".
    First blonde says "Must have been awful."
    Second blonde says "How did you die?"
    First blonde says "I had a heart attack, I knew my husband was
    being unfaithful so I came home unexpectedly one day and rushed
    to the bedroom and found my husband alone reading. I rushed to
    the basement and nobody was hiding there, I rushed to the attic
    and still no one, and after all that rushing around I had a
    heart attack and died."
    Second blonde says, "If only you'd looked in the freezer we'd
    both still be alive."

    makgrrl's picture

    lol

    Great joke! LOL
    saved's picture

    oops...sorry!!!

    Karman...NOT Karmen!!!!
    Chantal's picture

    Yay

    This was a very nice surprise, was on my way to bed (damn that time difference) when I checked the site one last time and saw this.

    Great fun!

    Karman+Bridget+Sarah+Lori = Fantastic!

     

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    tootles's picture

    *Big applause*

    for the grand episode of "She made me watch this" and for Bridget - the talented performer of the Oscar song as well as the ... err ... plant.

    Wonderful entertainment! (even though random celebrity comments, confusion (from everyone speaking and then going "What?" at once), and (towards the end) personal revenge (haha!) completely slightly swamped the actual Oscar coverage) :P

    Just a "technical" note on the "Best Supporting Actress" category. I personally think Blanchett deserved it more. Tilda Swinton's performance in "Michael Clayton" was only sufficiently competent. I could hardly remember her part in the movie. It was quite a surprise that she won this year (not that she's not talented or anything).

    And oh. Blonde is sexy :P Reminiscent of sunshine. Yummy (the sunshine that is) :P

     

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    I'm so sorry about what we've all become."

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    A's picture

    thank you sarah warn

    for pointing out that there are no ASIANS at the oscar, so true.

     

     

    and...MARION COTILLARD deserved the oscar for best actress.

    la vie en rose is an amazing movie. 

    A Muse's picture

    Bridget rocks!!!

    seriously GIRL :P how you manage to stand these ignorant ladies is beyond me.... and you slapping karman was HILARIOUS!!!!!

    very funny vlog. missed Sarah and Lori (Lori hurry back to NY!).

    awesome bitching amongst you four. I was just shouting my own opinion at my screen while you were all at it :D

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    WindRyderX's picture

    Happy!

    Amazingly Hilarious, Entertaining, and so worth the wait! You guys and SMMWT have been greatly missed...alot... I'm happy Lori was able to make the trip to LA and please come back soon! btw i think blondes are smokin' hot -------------->

    Aj's picture

    Awesome surprise

    Awww yay...I've missed this vlog SO MUCH. I literally clapped when I saw it was up. The fact that Karman and Bridget are in it makes ten times better.

    I've found that alcohol improves your Guitar Hero skills. No, seriuosly. I'm not much of a drinker but after 2 beers I was surprisingly better at playing. lol Once you have a buzz going stop or you end up drunk and back to square one.

    Thank you ever so much for doing the vlog.

    eme's picture

    very funny

    That was a great way to comment on the Oscars.

    I was happy to see that they let Marketa Irglova (cute piano playing girl from Once) back onstage to let her finish her speech.....otherwise meh. Oh but Busey mugging Jennifer Garner preshow......who didn't wish they were him for a second.