Jennifer Lawrence was this year's winner for Best Actress at the Oscars, and whether you loved or hated her performance (or the movie), you have to admit that her happiness is contagious. Though many of us probably know her from her role as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games, this wasn't J-Law's first nomination with the Academy.
This year's Oscars telecast clocked in at nearly 4 hours long. An insanely boring, useless 4 hours. I wasn't expecting to like Seth MacFarlane as host, but he was BAD. Bad as in how-does-he-not-know-how-awful-this-is bad. His false laugh between jokes. His snappy fingers. Bob Hope you ain't, buddy. There were so many sexist, racist, and homophobic remarks followed by his weasly little smile and twinkle that I couldn't stop rolling my eyes. And having ANOTHER song after the Best Picture award? Holy moly, man.
So, as you're all aware, The Academy Awards are airing this Sunday and YMC will be along for the ride! I'll be firing up my fondue pot and using the hashtag #YMCOscars (@kitten_arms) all night starting at around 6pm EST for all the Red Carpet hijinks and then on with the show! But who will win?
The Academy Awards are less than one week away. All the glitz, the glamour, the live-tweeting (#YMCOscars, @kitten_arms) and who's-wearing-what you can handle! For us busy mums and dads, we may not have had a chance to see all the Best Picture contenders, but fear not! With my easy guide, you can pick your last one or two grabs at the bag before the big show on Sunday.
After I saw a comment on a mum's group early on Monday claiming that Beyonce could not be a "feminist" by wearing a sexually charged outfit (I'm paraphrasing), and that women who wear sexy clothes can't be considered feminists because they look "skanky," I took to Twitter to express my frustration. It frustrates me to no end that in 2013, we still need to explain to women as well as men that regardless of what a woman chooses to wear, she is not trampy nor asking for it.
Now that we saw that football game in the middle of the Beyonce concert, television has much more to offer. Case in point? Season two of The Real Housewives of Vancouver begins this Tuesday, February 5 on Slice Canada. The cast has three new housewives and three returning. One of the housewives that got tongues wagging most in season one was Ronnie Negus—she of the white wine (as portrayed by the producers).
With Valentine's day coming up, I suspect there are a lot of mums and dads out there scrambling to try and find a sitter, reservations and all the other stuff. But why not do something a little different—maybe go for dinner and a movie before V-Day and avoid all the cheesy, expensive crap? I have always thought that a pre or post V-Day was the way to go if you really wanted to get out on the town because I don't particularly find overcrowded, overanxious, and overpriced to be all that romantic.
For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you know that the Armstrong family has been on lockdown for oh, five days. Probable Norwalk virus, me almost being admitted to hospital due to Norwalk and pregnancy. You know, usual stuff (aka the worst). But, the show has gone on without me and so much has happened. I want to catch you up on a few things that you may have missed and one that you really shouldn't this week. Everything from the SAG Awards, to Chris Brown at it again.
Last week, Oprah sat down for a two-part interview with disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong on her OWN channel. The interview was at times both painful to watch (Lance seemed really to be trying hard to come across as honest which made him seem to be even bigger of a liar), and strange (Oprah, at times seemed to fawn over Armstrong). But what has come about since the interview? Mostly hurt and anger. The interview was the most watched TV in Canada—over 2.5 million viewers—and had everyone on Twitter talking. This was the thing we were talking about last week.
Earlier this week, Disney Interactive invited bloggers and writers from around the world to participate in a news conference to present their newest gaming platform. This is something that Disney's been working on for a long time and you can tell they are deeply invested in just by the excitement exhibited by the day's three presenters: Disney Interactive Co-President John Pleasants, Academy Award winning Director and head of the Disney-Pixar Animation Studios John Lasseter and the VP and GM of Avalanche Software, John Blackburn.
