{"id":1031,"date":"2003-03-23T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2003-03-23T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2021-05-20T14:53:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T18:53:30","slug":"oscars-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/03\/23\/oscars-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscars 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/moviesbug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp; One of my favorite non-food-related days is underway.  Oscar Sunday. I&#8217;ve already watched five hours of E!&#8217;s coverage and am all set for more. I guess I&#8217;m required to list my picks, but I really don&#8217;t want to.  There are a couple (supporting) categories where the competition is so strong I simply want to let the drama play out on its own.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; There&#8217;s talk of a <i>Chicago<\/i> sweep, which might take the fun out of the suspense, but unlike most sweeps, this is one that won&#8217;t bother me.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; As much as I love Nicole Kidman, I&#8217;d prefer she didn&#8217;t win. She was very good in <i>The Hours<\/i> but she&#8217;s hardly the lead, and it feels like she&#8217;s getting votes just for being (and looking like) Nicole Kidman. Similar to my lack of enthusiasm for a Jack Nicholson win. I&#8217;d like to see <i>Adaptation<\/i> win for adapted screenplay (the ending is a letdown but the script is so beautifully and intricately layered). I&#8217;d like to see <i>The Two Towers<\/i> get art direction and special effects awards (and write-in landslides for costumes and make-up).  And I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing U2 perform.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Whoops &#8212; commercial&#8217;s over!  Back to the TV\u2026\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; One of my favorite non-food-related days is underway. Oscar Sunday. I&#8217;ve already watched five hours of E!&#8217;s coverage and am all set for more. I guess I&#8217;m required to list my picks, but I really don&#8217;t want to. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/03\/23\/oscars-2003\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movies","category-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1032,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions\/1032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}