coco46
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Post by coco46 on Sept 19, 2018 15:10:57 GMT
And that's why I didn't end up opening a thread. Except for the impromptu marriage proposal, It was so boring. Ugh! Sent from my SAMSUNG-S7 using Tapatalk Viewing was down from last year, award shows are having a tough time,including the Oscars and the Grammy's.. And the reason for that is all the political diatribe. I want to be entertained, not insulted.
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Post by acookertv on Sept 19, 2018 17:57:54 GMT
Viewing was down from last year, award shows are having a tough time,including the Oscars and the Grammy's.. And the reason for that is all the political diatribe. I want to be entertained, not insulted. I think there is more reason for it than that. There was VERY little politics in the Emmys, and yet the audience was small. I think that NBC having to do the Emmys on Monday instead of Sunday plays a big factor. But since all awards shows are down, I think the bigger reason is that people know they don't have to watch the show anymore to see the big moments. People could skip watching the Emmys and the next day they could hear about how there was a marriage proposal, pull it up on You Tube and see exactly what happened. Same with other big moments like the La La Land Best picture flub, Pink singing from the side of a hotel, etc. The internet has made it really easy to watch the big moments of an awards show without sitting through everything else. That reduces the audience down to just the people like me who like seeing awards handed out.
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Post by FannyMare on Sept 19, 2018 19:27:34 GMT
And the reason for that is all the political diatribe. I want to be entertained, not insulted. I think there is more reason for it than that. There was VERY little politics in the Emmys, and yet the audience was small. I think that NBC having to do the Emmys on Monday instead of Sunday plays a big factor. But since all awards shows are down, I think the bigger reason is that people know they don't have to watch the show anymore to see the big moments. People could skip watching the Emmys and the next day they could hear about how there was a marriage proposal, pull it up on You Tube and see exactly what happened. Same with other big moments like the La La Land Best picture flub, Pink singing from the side of a hotel, etc. The internet has made it really easy to watch the big moments of an awards show without sitting through everything else. That reduces the audience down to just the people like me who like seeing awards handed out. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/sep/20/emmys-oscars-awards-shows-low-ratingsThey have low ratings, I haven't seen one that has ratings go up.. I just read who won, that's enough for me..
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Post by betty80 on Sept 19, 2018 21:04:05 GMT
I wonder if the length of shows and the option of so many other forms of entertainment are hurting award shows. I don't want to commit 3 or 4 hours to one show, especially if I haven't seen many of the nominees. I can also see celebrities on instagram, so I don't need to wait until an award show.
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Post by Critical on Sept 20, 2018 3:33:01 GMT
UGH, even that Emmys proposal wasn't all hearts and flowers: pagesix.com/2018/09/18/glenn-weiss-daughters-were-blindsided-by-epic-emmys-proposal/I always watch the Emmys. This year did seem too much like "SNL Goes to the Emmys." Too many SNL cast members and what was with Kennan Thompson presenting the final award? That's usually reserved for an actual big star. Michael Douglas was there and they had him present near the beginning of the show, IIRC. Weird. I like Colin Jost and Michael Che on SNL, but they looked like they'd rather have been anywhere else. Lorne Michaels seems to own NBC right now, but I wish it hadn't been so obvious. I was pleased with most of the winners, but as much as I adore Claire Foy, I was really pulling for Keri Russell to finally get a well-deserved Emmy for the final season of The Americans. I was happy for Matthew Rhys, who also deserved the win, but Keri deserved it too and, IMO, gave the best performance of the year.
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Post by FannyMare on Sept 20, 2018 4:20:19 GMT
I saw the proposal. I don't care for splashy will you marry me etc. I feel like they are compensating, and they probably aren't, that's my perception, it always has been..
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Post by acookertv on Sept 20, 2018 9:53:45 GMT
UGH, even that Emmys proposal wasn't all hearts and flowers: pagesix.com/2018/09/18/glenn-weiss-daughters-were-blindsided-by-epic-emmys-proposal/I always watch the Emmys. This year did seem too much like "SNL Goes to the Emmys." Too many SNL cast members and what was with Kennan Thompson presenting the final award? That's usually reserved for an actual big star. Michael Douglas was there and they had him present near the beginning of the show, IIRC. Weird. I like Colin Jost and Michael Che on SNL, but they looked like they'd rather have been anywhere else. Lorne Michaels seems to own NBC right now, but I wish it hadn't been so obvious. I was pleased with most of the winners, but as much as I adore Claire Foy, I was really pulling for Keri Russell to finally get a well-deserved Emmy for the final season of The Americans. I was happy for Matthew Rhys, who also deserved the win, but Keri deserved it too and, IMO, gave the best performance of the year. I read that Page Six report, and was a little annoyed by it. Given how much surprise was an element for it, I can understand why he didn't tell his daughters. To report on that, especially describing it as blindsided instead of surprised, I felt like Page Six was trying to create drama instead of accepting that a normal element of it was normal. Not surprising coming from a gossip column, I know. But it did annoy me.
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Post by Imperfect1 on Sept 20, 2018 11:29:04 GMT
I always watch the Emmys. This year did seem too much like "SNL Goes to the Emmys." Too many SNL cast members and what was with Kennan Thompson presenting the final award? That's usually reserved for an actual big star. Michael Douglas was there and they had him present near the beginning of the show, IIRC. Weird. I like Colin Jost and Michael Che on SNL, but they looked like they'd rather have been anywhere else. Lorne Michaels seems to own NBC right now, but I wish it hadn't been so obvious. Something about this Emmys has been gnawing at me as being familiar, but not in a good way. And it just came to me that Colin Jost's and Michael Che's awkwardness, dour lack of interest, and general lack of putting on a good show, reminded me of that infamously underwhelming James Franco co-hosting gig -- in which he was, unfortunately, very much the same. And this year it was especially annoying to me because I'm not an SNL watcher, so I didn't have the advantage of knowing and liking the SNL cast, beforehand. But, I do give the producers of the show props for, at least, trying something new. And who knows, it could've been fabulous. But it just was blahhhhh.
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Post by Amy Lee on Sept 20, 2018 13:15:10 GMT
And I typically do like Michael and Colin. I read that Page Six report, and was a little annoyed by it. Given how much surprise was an element for it, I can understand why he didn't tell his daughters. To report on that, especially describing it as blindsided instead of surprised, I felt like Page Six was trying to create drama instead of accepting that a normal element of it was normal. Not surprising coming from a gossip column, I know. But it did annoy me. Agreed! Blindsided makes it sound like a bad thing. Anyway, consider the source. Sent from my SAMSUNG-S7 using Tapatalk
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Post by acookertv on Sept 20, 2018 13:24:42 GMT
Page Six had another write up about the Emmy proposal that I was in agreement with. It talked about how many past Tony nominees were totally annoyed that Glenn Weiss did that because he's directed so many Tony broadcasts in the past, and has been known to go overboard in his demands that acceptance speeches stay at 45 seconds. So many of the people who have had their moments shortened by his strict enforcement of time limits were miffed that he'd ignore that himself for a proposal. THAT I think is a fair and valid criticism.
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Post by ibot2much on Sept 20, 2018 15:36:59 GMT
I hate public put- you-on-the spot proposals!!! Hate, hate them.
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Post by momrek06 on Sept 20, 2018 15:54:16 GMT
Really the only thing I liked about this year's EMMY's was that the presenters did not read the nominees. All they did was announce the winner. I watched with basically my hand on the FF button of my remote. The opening was a snooze fest. I think I expected so much more but the show was very FLAT. I never finished. I switched to watch Better Call Saul!!!! Oh and we never got to the "proposal" but that would have been an FF by me.
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Post by Imperfect1 on Sept 21, 2018 0:29:51 GMT
Really the only thing I liked about this year's EMMY's was that the presenters did not read the nominees. All they did was announce the winner. I watched with basically my hand on the FF button of my remote. The opening was a snooze fest. I think I expected so much more but the show was very FLAT. I never finished. I switched to watch Better Call Saul!!!! Oh and we never got to the "proposal" but that would have been an FF by me. You hit the nail on the head, Kar. (And the proposal DID get a FF from me!!!) Wish I could've given your post 10 'likes'!!!
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Post by momrek06 on Sept 21, 2018 2:26:25 GMT
Really the only thing I liked about this year's EMMY's was that the presenters did not read the nominees. All they did was announce the winner. I watched with basically my hand on the FF button of my remote. The opening was a snooze fest. I think I expected so much more but the show was very FLAT. I never finished. I switched to watch Better Call Saul!!!! Oh and we never got to the "proposal" but that would have been an FF by me. You hit the nail on the head, Kar. (And the proposal DID get a FF from me!!!) Wish I could've given your post 10 'likes'!!! Imperfect1 Awwwwe, thanks!!!
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Post by Critical on Sept 21, 2018 2:54:14 GMT
I read that Page Six report, and was a little annoyed by it. Given how much surprise was an element for it, I can understand why he didn't tell his daughters. To report on that, especially describing it as blindsided instead of surprised, I felt like Page Six was trying to create drama instead of accepting that a normal element of it was normal. Not surprising coming from a gossip column, I know. But it did annoy me. But who would his daughters have told? All I know is that if one of my parents was getting remarried and I found on on national TV with no heads up, I'd be really hurt. The other factor that makes the proposal a little "off" is the timing of the relationship with respect to his previous marriage. Apparently, there was a bit of overlap.
Agreed about public proposals. There's a cheesy Hallmark Christmas movie I love and in it, the Inappropriate Boyfriend proposes to the lead at a party in front of a bunch of people she doesn't even know. When she calls him on it later, he claims he thought it would be romantic - people do it all the time at baseball games! Her response: "Those people are idiots, Richard!"
Agreed also that, as an awards show producer/director, it was a jerk move to grandstand in the middle of the show and take time away from other winners. He knew better. I didn't ff, since I watched live, but I muted the proposal.
ETA: My favorite moment was the unadulterated joy from Henry Winkler AND the audience when he finally won his Emmy. Love him so much!
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Post by MissScarlet on Sept 22, 2018 21:16:57 GMT
I don't see what the big deal is. It's not like they got married on TV & didn't tell their children. It was a marriage proposal. A SURPRISE proposal at that. The word surprise indicates no one knows. Granted, my parents are gone, but if my son proposed without telling me first, I'd have no problem with it, even if it was on TV, the front page of the newspaper, at a Christmas party, or uptown on the courthouse steps at lunchtime. I'd be happy for them. It's not necessary to clear it with me first, nor was it necessary to clear that proposal either.
Although, I think public proposals aren't a great idea for other reasons: It's a "Look at me" action. I don't like those; Also, I've seen them go bad when the woman (or man) turns them down.
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Post by momrek06 on Oct 3, 2018 19:13:51 GMT
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Post by Imperfect1 on Oct 3, 2018 20:19:01 GMT
That's quite a story. They don't tell us whether SHE hid out or whether the GOVT has her prisoner somewhere, until she pays the $130 million. Either way, if she didn't pay her taxes, it's pretty arrogant and irresponsible --- but if she was kidnapped by the government, that's pretty scary. Clearly China doesn't have the protections that we have in the US.
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Post by momrek06 on Oct 4, 2018 17:45:38 GMT
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Post by Kao on Oct 4, 2018 18:09:08 GMT
That's quite a story. They don't tell us whether SHE hid out or whether the GOVT has her prisoner somewhere, until she pays the $130 million. Either way, if she didn't pay her taxes, it's pretty arrogant and irresponsible --- but if she was kidnapped by the government, that's pretty scary. Clearly China doesn't have the protections that we have in the US.Depends on who you are in the US. There's been plenty of stories of people being held in jail for years without being formally charged, or for misdemeanors that normally would merit a slap on the wrist.
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Post by Imperfect1 on Oct 4, 2018 22:56:39 GMT
That's quite a story. They don't tell us whether SHE hid out or whether the GOVT has her prisoner somewhere, until she pays the $130 million. Either way, if she didn't pay her taxes, it's pretty arrogant and irresponsible --- but if she was kidnapped by the government, that's pretty scary. Clearly China doesn't have the protections that we have in the US.Depends on who you are in the US. There's been plenty of stories of people being held in jail for years without being formally charged, or for misdemeanors that normally would merit a slap on the wrist. You're very right, Kao. What I should have clarified is that ON PAPER we have a number of protections in the US. Unfortunately, as you pointed out, our protections are often ignored by those in power!
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Post by mika06 on Oct 5, 2018 21:01:11 GMT
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Post by Cuddles on Oct 8, 2018 17:43:19 GMT
link This is one of those times when mom should have said, "NO, I don't care how old you are, you're NOT wearing that dress!"
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Post by angelic_one2002 on Oct 8, 2018 18:10:00 GMT
Jennifer looks so pretty in those photos, there.
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Post by Amy Lee on Oct 8, 2018 18:16:04 GMT
link This is one of those times when mom should have said, "NO, I don't care how old you are, you're NOT wearing that dress!" Barbara is an adult and that's a sexy, yet beautiful dress. Sent from my SAMSUNG-S7 using Tapatalk
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Post by MissGriss on Oct 8, 2018 18:58:53 GMT
link This is one of those times when mom should have said, "NO, I don't care how old you are, you're NOT wearing that dress!" Barbara is an adult and that's a sexy, yet beautiful dress. Sent from my SAMSUNG-S7 using Tapatalk It is a pretty dress. I'm guessing, though, that she didn't realize quite how much side boob would be showing in it. I'm kinda surprised that she didn't have a way to tape it down. (While typing this, I wondered if maybe, like many brides, the nerves and busy-ness and whatever of wedding preparations caused her to lose weight between her last fitting and the wedding, and that caused the dress to be looser on her than it was supposed to be, which could have caused that problem.)
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Post by libgirl2 on Oct 8, 2018 19:00:03 GMT
link This is one of those times when mom should have said, "NO, I don't care how old you are, you're NOT wearing that dress!" Barbara is an adult and that's a sexy, yet beautiful dress. Sent from my SAMSUNG-S7 using Tapatalk It would have been better if the side boob was covered, but yes she is an adult.
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Post by Amy Lee on Oct 8, 2018 19:01:22 GMT
Barbara is an adult and that's a sexy, yet beautiful dress. Sent from my SAMSUNG-S7 using Tapatalk It is a pretty dress. I'm guessing, though, that she didn't realize quite how much side boob would be showing in it. I'm kinda surprised that she didn't have a way to tape it down. (While typing this, I wondered if maybe, like many brides, the nerves and busy-ness and whatever of wedding preparations caused her to lose weight between her last fitting and the wedding, and that caused the dress to be looser on her than it was supposed to be, which could have caused that problem.) Lest she mentions it, it might've been intentional. She certainly has the resources to have someone on hand to fix it if an issue arrived. She looks great. Sent from my SAMSUNG-S7 using Tapatalk
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Post by momrek06 on Oct 8, 2018 19:53:50 GMT
As far as Barbara's dress .... first of all it is BEAUTIFUL ... BUT I think SHE will be a bit disappointed when she sees that ONE picture on the rocks with the side boob shot.
It is a BEAUTIFUL picture, maybe the photographer can fix it up a bit. I think she is so thin and as many brides get nervous and anxious before the BIG day, Barbara may have had the BEST fittings but LOST some weight even after the FINAL fitting and then the morn of the BIG day and there is not much you can do!!!
On a SIDE NOTE.........I spent all my summers right there!!! My parents have a second home on DRAKES ISLAND which is 5 minutes by water to Bush's compound and 10 minutes by road.
You see the Bush's all over Kennebunk and Kennebunkport and they are all so laid back, lovely, cordial always stopping to chat with you.
My parents go to their church and chat with them often after services. Barbara Sr was an AMAZING woman.
As far as having the wedding there at the Bush Compound.........FABULOUS WONDERFUL GORGEOUS!!!!
*****OMG........EDIT........I just read back and saw that Miss_Griss and I THINK ALIKE on the dress!!!!!!!
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Post by Amy Lee on Oct 8, 2018 19:55:58 GMT
A little side boob never hurt anyone. Lol
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