Showing posts with label awards shows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label awards shows. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Funny or Douchey?
Daft Punk won the Grammys for record and album of the year, but they couldn't even give their acceptance speech because they were dressed like robots.
I understand this is their gimmick, and they always appear in public like this.
But what a shame it is that they reached the pinnacle of their profession and they can't get any credit or say anything because they're hiding behind masks.
Doesn't matter their reasoning, or if their gimmick is part of what helped them win in the first place, being a character 100% of the time, is douchey.
Labels:
awards shows,
funny or douchey?,
idiots,
music,
poll
Monday, January 27, 2014
Subtle Racism
Let's look at the winners of the Grammy Awards in the rap and R&B categories:
Best rap performance:“Thrift Shop,” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz
Best rap song: “Thrift Shop” Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis
Best rap album: “The Heist,” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Best R&B performance: “Something,” Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
Best R&B song: “Pusher Love Girl,” James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley and Justin Timberlake
Best R&B album: “Girl On Fire,” Alicia Keys
Best urban contemporary album: “Unapologetic,” Rihanna
That's 7 categories, 5 wins for (songs performed by) white men and 2 for black women.
Where are the black men? Eric Benet and Anthony Hamilton both had excellent albums in the R&B categories and Kendrick Lamar and Drake also had great entries in the rap categories but somehow the white people keep winning. And there is a history of this happening in these categories.
The reason is some kind of subtle, unintentional racism. The people who vote for these awards are not exposed to enough of the music in these categories so they go with who they know. And invariably and unfortunately, the white acts (Macklemore, Eminem, Justin Timberlake and Robin Thicke) seem to get all the media attention, making this a self-fulfilling prophecy of institutional racism.
There's also the fact that these artists seem to have embraced the more pop side of their genres, in order to appeal to a mass audience, so once again, we have this vicious cycle.
I am not saying anyone does this intentionally, or even realizes it's going on, which makes it so hard to stop.
One thing I do notice from this is a kind of reverse racism, the Donovan McNabb Effect. Everyone in the white media feels guilty about this inherent racism so when they see a black person doing well, they totally exaggerate how great this person is as if to say "I'm not a racist, I loved Lupita Nyong'o in 12 Years a Slave."
I love Lupita and think she is gorgeous and wonderful, and surely a fine actress. But it is clear to me, at least some of the attention focused on her is out of guilt or an attempt to prove one's open-mindedness, not based on her looks or talent or performance.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Big Breast Theory
Kaley Cuoco wins this year's "check out those golden globes" award. And good thing because maybe it'll take attention away from her face, makeup and hair.
Labels:
awards shows,
boobies,
golden globes,
running gags
Monday, January 16, 2012
You Knew This Was Coming
Jenna Dewan-Tatum shows off her Golden Globes at the Golden Globes.

I know no one has ever heard of her, and this picture is not great, but these were the best breasts I could find, because I'm not willing to use Salma Hayek and Sofia Vergara every year.

I know no one has ever heard of her, and this picture is not great, but these were the best breasts I could find, because I'm not willing to use Salma Hayek and Sofia Vergara every year.
Labels:
awards shows,
boobies,
golden globes,
Paul's Funny Jokes,
running gags
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
And This Year's Golden Globes Joke Award Winner Is...
January Jones from "Mad Men" shows off her Golden Globes.

Runner-up was Sofia Vergara from "Modern Family" but she seems a little too obvious.

And she didn't need me, she made the joke herself
Runner-up was Sofia Vergara from "Modern Family" but she seems a little too obvious.

And she didn't need me, she made the joke herself
Labels:
awards shows,
boobies,
golden globes,
hot chicks,
Paul's Funny Jokes,
running gags
Monday, August 30, 2010
Curvy Women Are in This Season
The two hottest women at the 2010 Emmy Awards were unquestionably Mad Men's Christina Hendricks and Sofia Vergara of Modern Family.

Labels:
awards shows,
boobies,
hot chicks
Monday, March 08, 2010
Oscar Fashion
This year's Oscars were kind of disappointing as far as fashion goes. There weren't any chicks slutting it up and looking really hot. And even the worst dresses weren't that bad.
Zoe Saldana looks really good, until you get to her knees.

This is what Molly Ringwald looks like these days:

Does this dress make J.Lo's ass look big?

What was Charlize Theron's motivation here? What was she trying to say with this piece?
Zoe Saldana looks really good, until you get to her knees.
This is what Molly Ringwald looks like these days:
Does this dress make J.Lo's ass look big?
What was Charlize Theron's motivation here? What was she trying to say with this piece?
Labels:
awards shows,
celebrity news,
Good Pictures,
hot chicks
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