Oscar Recap

The 83rd Academy awards were interesting this year with moments varying from cute and funny to plain boring. The fashion, though, was brilliant and people Really dressed like they should have (well, mostly)
Here's a recap of Sunday night's Oscar Awards:
Starting off with the Red Carpet, I was thrilled to see my favorites looking gorgeous (special mention: Justin Timberlake in Tom Ford was like a picture of my dreams. I love him and I love Tom Ford so this was perfect) And though it was tough, I managed to pick the 3 best dressed, them being
1) Hailee Steinfeld

2) Mila Kunis

3) Gweneth Paltrow  

I still can't decide wether I loved or hated Cate Blanchette so here's a picture for you to decide:

So now for the awards! I will mention the parts I loved about the function but I'm not going to list all of the awards so here's a link to the complete list on E! Online- http://tinyurl.com/68b637b
There were some amazing and fun presenters up there; Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal (well, him 'cos I love him. His presenting skills weren't top notch) and of course Oprah and her shiny chest.
Uhm, note Miss O, that dress was Way too shiny up there. But I still love you and the awesome gifts you give on your show :)
Special moments of the night included Melissa Leo being speechless while giving a speech and being the only one who cursed during the whole night. The latter was disappointing as I expected more fun cursing. James Franco in a dress was a sight! I absolutely adored him even though I hate to say he looked bored during the hosting.
A great moment was during David Siedler's accepting speech for "The Best Original Screenplay" for "The King's Speech". He was referring to the people in the world who have stuttering problems and gave them a special shout out by saying, "We have a voice. We have been heard. Thanks to the Academy." that was sweet :)
One of the things that really made the Oscars night amazing was Celine Dion's performance. She is beautiful and talented and French Canadian. Killer combination.

The big winners of the night were of course "Inception" and "The King's Speech" with 4 awards each, "The Social Network" received 3 and "Alice In The Wonderland" 2. Big shockers- "Black Swan" only receiving 1 and "127 Hours" none. Woah.
So, that's about it! Everything else was somewhat boring and so I pray that this did not put you to sleep 'cos otherwise the Oscars would be brutal. All in all, I don't really regret waking up at 4:30 am (live in India) for the Red Carpet after about 3 and a half hours of sleep because for some reason* the Academy Awards are always cool to watch. :D

*Reason= James Franco <3

P.S- no more posts for a while cos of the traumatizing finals that are coming my way X(

Zangoora, The Gypsy Prince.

I'm currently obsessing over Broadway. Well, I was always in love with theatrical shows, but 2010-11 has brought me a new interest in them. Unfortunately, I have never seen a performance in real life and so cannot fully comment on them (besides saying that they FRIKKIN' BLOW YOUR MIND) but I can give a review on the attempt my country, India, has made on a theatrical musical. And I can say that this attempt was in no way in vain. The musical I talk of is said to be Bollywood's biggest musical experience ever. This extravaganza is in fact, 'Zangoora' the gypsy prince.

 

For those who don't know the story of Zangoora, it is about a prince being raised as a gypsy boy as he was unaware of his real parents being rulers. This gypsy prince grows up to be handsome, popular and talented and falls in love with a princess. The story follows his tale of finding out his true identity and in the end (of course) getting the girl and defeating the evil guy who killed his parents. (not a spoiler, if you know Bollywood, you know that's what would happen) And obviously, where there is Bollywood, there are Hindi songs and a LOT of dancing. And kebabs, but we'll get to that later.
The only problem I had with this play was that the songs were all but one from Hindi movies. I thought they were going to be original. Oh well, the dancing was great. And now for the kebabs- I recognized one of the dancers as a guy who used to sell me kebabs! Really, he was amazing (for those who are wondering, amazing in both the dancing and the kebab making) I guess it really doesn't matter where you come from to be great.

So yeah, Zangoora was overall a thrilling experience and I truly wish all Indians who get a chance would go and watch it.
P. S- foreigners can watch too, they just have to pay Rs. 200 more for the headsets that play the english dialogues. They come in French and Spanish too, I think :)

A Wet Wall

It is like wet paint on a wall that was quickly dried up. On the surface it is dry, but inside you know that the wall is still quite wet and this dampness would soon seep through, not only soiling the wall but also the pictures hung on it. Sometimes I don't realize that I dried the wall too quickly, sometimes the dampness starts showing, but I fix it quickly and move on. This time it's different. The pictures are all dumped next to the tea leaves in the garbage can and the wall is to be given a professional treatment. It's spoilt and there's no fixing it. It doesn't matter that it isn't my fault, that you were supposed to fix it if it soils again. What is done, is done. My wall has gone and so have your pictures.
There are two things we can do now, forget about it and throw away the pictures, let our home be darkened with the spoilt wall and live with it till we move out. Or we can give it the treatment, paint new pictures and move on. Live in our home, continue with our lives.