As selected by Ewok and the fashionistas at the Guardian.
From top: Angelina Jolie (Versace); Glenn Close (Zac Posen); Penelope Cruz (Armani Prive); Natalie Portman (Christian Dior); Gwyneth Paltrow (Tom Ford); Viola Davis (Vera Wang); Michelle Williams (Louis Vuitton) Jessica Chastain (Alexander McQueen) and Shailene Woodley (Valentino).
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Terry George (director) and daughter Oorlagh George (producer) accept the Oscar for best live action short film for The Shore.
And the trailer:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li2_932lDys
1. Best Picture: “The Artist.
2. Actor: Jean Dujardin (top), “The Artist.”
3. Actress: Meryl Streep (above), “The Iron Lady.”
4. Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, “Beginners.”
5. Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, “The Help.”
6. Directing: Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist.”
7. Foreign Language Film: “A Separation,” Iran.
8. Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, “The Descendants.”
9. Original Screenplay: Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris.”
10. Animated Feature Film: “Rango.”
11. Art Direction: “Hugo.”
12. Cinematography: “Hugo.”
13. Sound Mixing: “Hugo.”
14. Sound Editing: “Hugo.”
15. Original Score: “The Artist.”
16. Original Song: “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets.”
17. Costume Design: “The Artist.”
18. Documentary Feature: “Undefeated.”
19. Documentary Short: “Saving Face.”
20. Film Editing: “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
21. Makeup: “The Iron Lady.”
22. Animated Short Film: “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.”
23. Live Action Short Film: “The Shore.”
24. Visual Effects: “Hugo.”
Whoopie, Gwynnie, Celine Dion and Bjork, there. Pushing the fashion envelope.
Somewhere unspeakable.
Slideshow: Oscars: Worst Dressed Red Carpet Stars Ever (HuffPoUK)
We are almost ready for St Patricks Day Parade in Wicklow Town! twitter.com/dooleyproperty…
— Eugene Dooley. (@dooleyproperty) February 25, 2012
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct6L8dFcfW8
From Anonymous:
No more shall the media pick and choose what the people hear as news. No more shall we allow you to report on Whitney Hudson (sic) when Syrian rebels push towards a civil war. No more shall we allow you to report on [basketball player] Jeremy Lin when the tension in the Middle East is mounting. No more shall we allow you to report on the Kardashians’s marital problems, Beyoncé’s baby drama, or Charlie Sheen’s drug problems when countries around the world are facing devastating financial bankruptcy. These Entertainment time-wasters have proven to be no more than a distraction to the people, as important news and headlines never get the justice they deserve. We are Anonymous and we are here to say, you can no longer choose what is front-page material.
Squee.
#OpOccupyTheMedia: ‘Anonymous’ Tells Media ‘You Should Have Expected Us’ (Occupy America)
Meanwhile: WikiLeaks Publishes Stratfor Emails Linked To Anonymous Attack (Guardian)
Thanks Portobello Geek
Call this a hen party?
Irish chess master Mark Quinn At The Russian Festival of Culture today in Temple Bar, Dublin.
The little girl has just played a queen sacrifice on c3 to set up a classic ‘Boden’s Mate’.
The little minx.
Instagram via Gribers
OK.
Leitrim.
But still.
The walls are insulated with a soy-based foam sprayed in the cavity: last winter, temperatures dropped to -15C, but the house stayed warm, heated by only a 1.5kw Dimplex heater (still the only source of heat).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0nf7ufiAVU&feature=player_embedded
By Mark Tighe in today’s Sunday Times (behind paywall):
RTE’s most-used “external correspondents”:
Harry McGee (Irish Times) €25,165
Michael O’Regan (Irish Times) €15,785
Fionnan Sheahan (Irish Independent) €13,800
Pat Leahy (Sunday Business Post) €10,260
Marie-Louise O’Donnell (FG senator) €9,784
Shane Coleman (formerly Sunday Tribune) €8,560
Noel Whelan (Irish Times) €6,240
Terry Prone (The Communications Clinic) €5,210
Michael Clifford (Sunday Times) €4,765
Justine McCarthy (Sunday Times) €2,860
Fintan O’Toole (Irish Times) €2,740
Pól Ó Conghaile (freelance travel writer) €2,705
Brendan Keenan (Irish Independent) €2,675
Paul O’Brien (Irish Examiner) €2,645
Stephen Collins (Irish Times) €2,533
Mary Minihan (Irish Times) €2,515
Catherine Halloran (The Irish Star) €1,945
Figures are the amount paid to pundits by RTE from 2009-2011. the “average contributor fee” was €25-€150. Terry Prone and Marie-Louise O’Donnell are the only non-journalists on the list.
And €54,978 (45.7%) of the €120,187 total went to six Irish Times journalists.
Cosy.
“The payments aren’t the biggest issue, it’s the frequency with which some organisations and journalists are used. Does regional spread, gender balance and a variety of views come into it when selecting these journalists? Or are we getting a concentration of views around the value system of one or two particular media outlets? I’m very interested in the criteria of selection.”
Eamon Ó Cuív, Fianna Fail’s communications spokesman
