The Oscars is nothing, but, a politically-connected celebrity dog and pony show. I am sure not all the great movies, or their actors, get nominated due to some 'good old boy' rule. The women starve themselves to fit into impossibly skimpy designer dresses, and the men? Somehow they manage to show up solo, minus their reported 'main squeeze', and wind up being photographed canoodling with some random party-goer. Yeah, don't watch that show anymore.
by ecoggins 10 years ago
Has the American Major League Baseball World Series lost its luster?Are as many fans interested in the World Series as before? I am a sports fan; I have been all my life. However, since some playoff games are on cable, I was not even able to watch my favorite team in the League Championships. Since...
by Cynthia Hoover 8 years ago
Am I the only one NOT watching the Oscars?Personally I do not view any type of awards ceremonies, I just do not see the point of them. Sure I enjoy music, movies, and books, but I feel that "celebrities" are just people who's occupation is as an "entertainer" and the money they...
by bayoulady 13 years ago
I was just on another forum on hubpages, and the guy says,I'm retarded." Meaning to say that he can't figure something out.WHY are we ever so careful not to say this offending word, or that word. But when it comes to our gentle souls, the mentally challenged, it's supposed to HUMORous??????Any...
by janesix 8 years ago
The chances of life evolving by chance are less than one in 10 to the -1000. That's a ten with a thousand zeros. to compare the number, there are only 10 to the 80 atoms in the entire universe. So the number reaches near impossibility. To brush away this impossibility, Eugene Koonin invokes the...
by Shadrack2 8 years ago
What is your take on Jada Pinkett Smith's decision to Boycott the Oscars?The backlash against the 2016 Academy Award nominations has continued to gain momentum. In a video posted on Facebook, Pinkett Smith made it clear that she was not even going to watch the Oscars on Television this year. On...
by vanchen 13 years ago
Haven't seen a topic about this yet. On Sunday Lost is coming to an end with a two and half hour series finale. ABC is calling it the television event of the decade - which i think is a bit of an overstatement. Do we have any Lost fans on here? And if so what are your guys thoughts on...
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