18 Responses for "Newsweek’s Oscar Roundtable on YouTube"

1. billybil January 27th, 2009 at 4:28 pm 1

   I enjoyed this article. Their teaser about there being “lies” revealed was a good one and not really inaccurate (Hathaway gave them that, at least!). I wanted to hear more from Hawkins and felt even worse than I already did that she didnt’ get nominated since she was the only one of that group that didn’t. I thought it was very interesting the way Pitt seemed like an elder statesman from time to time. And Downey just seems like such a bowl of trouble! God he’s lusty.

2. SephardicThought January 27th, 2009 at 4:43 pm 2

   I love you Hawkins!

3. Ryan Adams January 27th, 2009 at 4:58 pm 3

   I thought it was very interesting the way Pitt seemed like an elder statesman from time to time.

   Brad seemed more genuinely relaxed in his own skin than any of them, didn’t he? (yes, I’m feeding somebody a straight line.) Sitting back at a slight remove, floating politely above it all but with a respectable engaged interest. He’s a man with no need to impress, nothing to prove, nothing to worry about. Everybody else, to some extent, reminded me of students at the first day of a 400-level seminar course, all trying to impress the professor — and each other.

   I’m always impressed by how Brad Pitt manages to swallow all traces of cockiness. (er, there’s probably a better way to word that.)

4. Noah January 27th, 2009 at 5:09 pm 4

   Ugh, seeing Anne Hathaway babbling next to Sally Hawkins acting lovely as always just kills me. Why isn’t Sally nominated?! She was better than at least 2 nominees. [Not naming naming names natch...]

5. Euan January 27th, 2009 at 5:09 pm 5

   Have to say I preferred it when it was presented as more of a press conference, with an audience – I guess it’s less of a round table, but it did prevent some of the sycophancy and internal conversations going on unaware of an audience.
   I don’t know if that makes sense, but it was just better before.

   If only to put a good spin on it, I feel kind of relieved for Sally Hawkins that she wasn’t nominated; she’s been perpetually so nervous and awkward every time she was doing any of this award season stuff it was worrying. I have seen a bit of her prior to all this and she was a lot more relaxed and funny,albeit always a bit fidgety and slightly unsure of herself.

6. Yvette January 27th, 2009 at 5:13 pm 6

   Thank you for posting this. I really enjoyed watching this Sasha.

7. Paul Outlaw January 27th, 2009 at 5:47 pm 7

   Best moments for me:

   - Pitt gives props to Penn, Rourke and the magnificent Gary Oldman

   - Rourke names Clift in A Place in the Sun and Hayworth in Gilda as favorite performances

   - Downey Jr. absolutely gets Pitt’s work in Button

8. Osbourne Cox January 27th, 2009 at 6:18 pm 8

   Everybody else, to some extent, reminded me of students at the first day of a 400-level seminar course, all trying to impress the professor — and each other.

   Ryan, I totally agree with you here. This is especially true of Anne Hathaway. Maybe it was nerves but she was really annoying. LOL

   I’ve watched Rourke, Pitt and Penn on some of the pre-awards shows and they seem to have a genuine respect for each other. It must be surreal for Brad to meet and in the case of Penn, work, with two of his heroes.

9. Mario Hernanandez January 27th, 2009 at 6:38 pm 9

   I just spent a few minutes of my life watching all of the videos of the Oscar Round Table, and it was great. No where else will you see actors at their rawest. You get to learn so much of their process and experience when they get into character.
   It is such an intense experience that you feel when you hear them talk about the way that they approach the work that they are doing. You get to understand them better, both as individuals and artist. Frank Langella, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Hathaway, and Brad Pitt are very insightful through out all of these videos.

10. RichardA January 27th, 2009 at 10:01 pm 10

    Frank Langella is one sexy beast.

11. AD January 28th, 2009 at 3:51 am 11

    I agree with Ryan about Brad Pitt, he looked poised and not full of himself. Loved Frank Lagella; it is always great to mix in someone who has also a lot of stage experience. Robert Downey Jr. is funny and everything you expect from him is out there. Sally Hawkins I love! She is smart and someone who listens and pays attention to the other actors. The one absolutely detest is Anna Hathaway, she was annoying and nothing interesting came out of her mouth during the interview…she is really a disney princess!

12. Gentle Benj January 28th, 2009 at 3:55 am 12

    Everybody else, to some extent, reminded me of students at the first day of a 400-level seminar course, all trying to impress the professor — and each other.

    Also known as “giving a shit.”

13. Afrika January 28th, 2009 at 1:18 pm 13

    Sometimes, I don’t know if these celebrities are so shameless when it comes to attention. You know you won’t win but you still do these things…lol

14. Alex January 28th, 2009 at 4:18 pm 14

    Look got this for ReelzChannel:

    “Thankfully we have one Robert Downey Jr. to serve as a refreshing and honest. Pitt does his usual being-me-is-so-hard-I-have-no-privacy-I-just-get-to-impregnate-Angelina thing, says he’s never Googled himself, and says he doesn’t even know how to use a computer (who is he, John McCain?).”

    “We love a good indie as much of the next person, but after losing hours of our life to some of this year’s dismal wannabe-prestige pics (you know who you are), it’s nice to hear that Downey doesn’t take it, or himself, as seriously as some of his cohorts.”

    Source: http://www.reelzchannel.com/movie-news/2631/robert-downey-jr-is-the-antidote-to-brad-pitt

15. Lizzie January 28th, 2009 at 4:27 pm 15

    I complete agree with what you said. I’m not a big fan of Robert Downey Jr. but is good to see that some actors don’t take the “I have no privacy” to serious.

    For Brad Pitt, I have to say that he try to imitate Langella’s vision, but he get into his normal issue that he has no privacy (Come on!, everyone is sick of that)

    I love Lagella’s point of view. And the humor of Downey.

16. Paul Outlaw says YES to Benjamin Button and Milk January 28th, 2009 at 4:36 pm 16

    “Pitt does his usual being-me-is-so-hard-I-have-no-privacy-I-just-get-to-impregnate-Angelina thing, says he’s never Googled himself, and says he doesn’t even know how to use a computer (who is he, John McCain?).”

    Yet another case of the dreaded irony deficiency.
    A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

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18. Afrika January 29th, 2009 at 9:26 am 18

    Langella use to f*** Whoopi, for about 5 yrs I think, so has anyone noticed how awkward (sp) it gets on The View when Langella is mentioned? Whoopi finally addressed the elephant in the room and she was very graciious and comedic about it. You gotta love Whoopi. I wish she still made movies…

    …and yes, I watch the View. Sue me!