There are Christmas season people, and there are Disney people, but I am more of an award-season person. I eagerly anticipate award season starting in August when the predictions roll out.
I can't get enough of it, from the fashions, anonymous oscar ballots, and boring speeches. It sparks joy.
We are days away from the Academy Awards, and this award season has been unpredictable and chaotic, which has made this one of the most exciting seasons in recent times. I have given up on predicting who might win on Sunday. There's no telling who will win.
In anticipation of my favorite day of the year, I reflect on the most memorable moments to ME and explain why one particular nominee is on my last nerves.
The Slap
In late March 2022, the Academy Awards aired, and movie fanatics tuned in without knowing it would be one of the most talked about Oscars. We were going to witness history.
A moment that made all of us understand why everybody hates Chris and introduced to Willard from Philly.
Chris Rock presented Best Documentary, and before announcing the nominees, one of his silly jokes was referring Jada Pinkett Smith (who suffers from alopecia) to Demi Moore's character in "G.I. Jane." And when you learn that Chris has been publicly bashing Jada since 1997, you can wrap your mind around why her husband, Will Smith, was fed up.
I never thought I'd see people turn on The Fresh Prince in an instant. While everyone had a panic attack, I reveled in watching the drama unfold in real time.
And these tweets continue to live rent-free in my mind.
mind you, Betty White was deceased at the time of the slap.
Never heard of anyone dying from a slap, have you?
Post-slap Chris is lowkey no longer funny. Life before the slap is just a distant memory.
An Honest Mistake
My second favorite moment is when "La La Land" was mistakenly announced as the winner for Best Picture due to the senior citizens' reading the wrong envelope. The real winner (rightfully so) was “Moonlight.”
From the running around in the background to the "La La Land" producers knowing they lost but continuing to give their acceptance speeches to the snatched envelope, the frazzle boomers not comprehending what transpired, and the utterly shocked faces… This was my moon landing—truly chef's kiss.
Whiny Nepo Baby
I have developed a one-sided beef with Jamie Lee Curtis. The closer we get to the Oscars, I wonder if she will take over J.Lo's spot.
My one-sided beef with Miss. Activia began when she gave my Irish King Colin Farrell (as well as Brandon Gleason and Barry Keoghan. Why did the Irish catch strays?) covid. That's when I was like, "ok… this has gone too far."
If she takes Angela Bassett's award, I'm taking it personally.
Part 1
Every time she opens her mouth, I remember she is messy, but not in the way I enjoy. In July 2022, in an interview with Elle magazine, Miss. Activia revealed her thoughts when she first met the Cuban actress and Academy Award nominee Ana De Armas, her costar from the film "Knives Out."
So…lemme get this straight, she wasn't acting in "Knives Out?"
JLC followed up by stating she felt terrible for having that initial thoughts of Ana. But Miss Activia, you could have been silent and not shared this at all.
Part 2
When you're a chronically online person like myself, you are hyperaware of the discourse over "Nepo Baby." Shit hit the fan once The New Yorker published an essay on the topic, which led Hollywood stars who suffer from nepotism to start foaming at the mouth. Jamie was triggered and flexed her fingers on Instagram:
And whenever there is a mic in front of JLC, she cannot help but bring it up.
Part 3
The final stage of igniting my beef is one I have trouble articulating my actual feelings that aren't just "what the fuck?" During the press tour for her film "Halloween Kills," Miss. Activia compared the horror movie's plot to *checks notes* the Black Lives Matter protest. How is this real life? I can't even type this without question marks coming out of my head. How did we even get here?
Y'all gotta get meemaw up outta here.
xo,
britt.
I did NOT know she compared Halloween whatever to BLM. How fucking obtuse of her.