Monday
Mar162026
Complete the Sentence(s).
Monday, March 16, 2026 at 1:10PM 
1. ohmygod I somehow made it through another Oscar season. I deserve _______________________ as my reward.
2. yay _____________ won an Oscar. I love ___________ so much.
3. oof... I've learned my lesson. Next season I will not ________________________.
4. sigh... Is __________ ever going to win an Oscar?
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Reader Comments (22)
1. A remake of 48 Hours starring Wunmi and Teyana. (I was rooting for them, and I hope they have many other opportunities.)
2. Paul Thomas Anderson. (But also Michael B. Jordan. From this year's group, that's the speech I'll watch over and over again)
3. I learned nothing.
4. Stellan Skarsgard. (I'm not too worried about Timmy.)
1. ohmygod I somehow made it through another Oscar season. I deserve Timothée Chalamet's ass as my reward.
2. yay MJB won an Oscar. I love HIM! so much. (The Wire... amazing.)
3. oof... I've learned my lesson. Next season I will not care as much. Let's just love movies again.
4. sigh... Is Cate Blanchett ever going to win ANOTHER Oscar? If Sean Penn can have three, she should have seven!
1. ohmygod I somehow made it through another Oscar season. I deserve time-bending abilities for movie-watching as my reward.
2. yay Amy Madigan won an Oscar! I love her performance so much!
3. oof... I've learned my lesson. Next season I will not forget that Oscars don't give a fig about Oscar tallies (re: Sean Penn 3x, Skarsgard and Lindo 0).
4. sigh... Is Jack Fisk ever going to win an Oscar?
1. ohmygod I somehow made it through another Oscar season. I deserve an orgy with François Arnaud, Ryan Gosling and Jacob Elordi as my reward.
2. yay Michael B. Jordan won an Oscar. I love Sinners so much.
3. oof... I've learned my lesson. Next season I will not wait until the last days before Oscar Night to watch the presumed (The Secret Agent) and eventual (Sentimental Value) Best International Film winners.
4. sigh... Is Jonny Greenwood ever going to win an Oscar? (Not that I'm particularly mad about last night's winner.)
1. ohmygod I somehow made it through another Oscar season. I deserve a Park Chan-Wook Oscar nomination as my reward.
2. yay Amy Madigan won an Oscar. I love wigs so much.
3. oof... I've learned my lesson. Next season I will not watch a movie like The Secret Agent with my mom.
4. sigh... Is Glenn Close ever going to win an Oscar?
1. ohmygod I somehow made it through another Oscar season. I deserve a break from these movies and to write about old cinema again as my reward.
2. yay, Andy Jurgensen won an Oscar. I love the gays so much. Signed, a gay.
3. oof... I've learned my lesson. Next season, I will not believe any of my favorites in any category can win unless they're the absolute, locked, no-doubt-about-it frontrunner.
4. sigh... Is Jack Fisk ever going to win an Oscar? Not a competitive one, so let's give him an Honorary before he dies, please!
It is a little nuts that Ludwig Goransson has 3 OSCARS
1. ohmygod I somehow made it through another Oscar season. I deserve to blow Pedro Pascal as my reward.
2. yay Sean Penn, PTA, MBJ, Jasse Buckley and Amy Madigan won an Oscar. I love them so much.
3. oof... I've learned my lesson. Next season I will not watch the enitre Oscar night
4. sigh... Is Ethan Hawke ever going to win an Oscar?
1. ohmygod I somehow made it through another Oscar season. I deserve a vacation where I can watch a bunch of films without any pressure as my reward.
2. yay Michael B. Jordoan won an Oscar. I love Sinners so much.
3. oof... I learned my lesson. Next season, I will not pay attention to anymore Oscar races.
4. sigh... Is Bill Murray ever going to win an Oscar? (He should've won it for the BEST FILM EVER MADE! FUCK YOU SEAN PENN).
1. ohmygod I somehow made it through another Oscar season. I deserve half a dozen new 2026 movies with female leads that I adore, all comedies, as my reward.
2. yay the Frankenstein design/costume/hair/makeup teams won their stellar artisan group Oscar. I love you guys so much.
3. oof…I’ve learned my lesson. Next season I will not cling to hope.
4. sigh…is Rian Johnson ever going to win an Oscar?
1. ohmygod I somehow made it through another Oscar season. I deserve a return of Meryl, Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet to the Oscar race as my reward.
2. yay MBJ won an Oscar. I love MBJ so much.
3. oof... I've learned my lesson. Next season I will not hope for a great movie to beat an overdue director with a mediocre one.
4. sigh... Is Toni Collette ever going to win an Oscar?
1 - Sigourney Weaver to get that Oscar role
2 - Amy,Aunt Gladys
3 - Listen to anyone critics or blogger tell me that someone is transcendent before watching a performance,this a Jessie Buckley reference
4 - Michelle Pfeiffer,she's acting again so it can happen
1. ohmygod I somehow made it through another Oscar season. I deserve sleep as my reward.
2. yay Sean Penn won an Oscar. I love all three of his wins so much.
3. oof... I've learned my lesson. Next season I will not [no lessons learned].
4. sigh... Is ED HARRIS ever going to win an Oscar? Seriously, he’s as great as it gets, where is his big-ass leading role? So good to see him, what a face that man has.
1. ohmygod I somehow made it through another Oscar season. I deserve for Tom Ford to make a sequel to Nocturnal Animals and cast me as the previously unseen brother of Amy Adams so I can say Amy Adams is my sibling and Laura Linney is my mother as my reward.
2. yay Amy Madigan won an Oscar. I love Amys so much.
3. oof... I've learned my lesson. Next season I will not bet against a documentary about Russia.
4. sigh... Is Sigourney Weaver ever going to win an Oscar?
I feel like we’re in denial that the Boomer/New Hollywood/80s stars are fully elderly.
Peter O’Toole got his Honorary Oscar in 2002 at 70. Close is 78. Diane Keaton was 79. Just because Glenn can say “fuckface” on a Ryan Murphy show doesn’t mean she’ll live forever.
People are aging so well that we forget they’re aging at all. Queue up the Honorary Awards for all of them!
@DK i don't think we are,Amy just won and she's mid 70's,Stellan was just nominated in his 70's,JLC won her Oscar at 64,Judd Hirsch recieved his 2nd nod at near 90,Christopher Plummer's nominations all came when he was in his 80's inc his win,Judi Dench's nominations all came after she was 60 and one just before she turned 90,2 of Glenn's came in her 70's.
1. ohmygod I somehow made it through another Oscar season. I deserve A BETTER OSCAR SEASON NEXT YEAR as my reward.
2. yay PTA won an Oscar. I love HIM so much.
3. oof... I've learned my lesson. Next season I will not DOUBT THE SILLINESS OF THE HUMAN RACE AND THE APPEAL OF POLITICS.
4. sigh... Is DIANE WARREN ever going to win an Oscar?
1. ohmygod I somehow made it through another Oscar season. I deserve a threeway with Anne Hathaway and Zendaya as my reward.
2. yay Paul Thomas Anderson won an Oscar. I love every movie he's ever made so much.
3. oof... I've learned my lesson. Next season I will not wait for my family and friends before watching Oscar movies. Last second mainlining of everything again
4. sigh... Is Delroy Lindo ever going to win an Oscar?
Oh Ripley I disagree, when you have a parent or grandparent +\- 80 years old you’re highly aware that there may be a few (or a few good) years left. Doesn’t matter how great these people look, time comes for everyone—even the risk of losing their mind could put some well-preserved stars out of commission in a matter of months.
In 2002, 70 was considered “ancient elder statesman,” life expectancy has not improved significantly since then. Decline comes very fast.
@DK
Tell that to Clint,Michael Caine,Jane Fonda,Rita Moreno,James Hong,Shirley MacLaine,Dick Van Dyke,June Squibb,Judi Dench and the rest,Maggie Smith,Robert Duvall,Christopher Plummer and a lot of others acted well into their 80's and some their 90's,
That's a very defeatest attitude to have,some people are still relevant in old age and don't want to be pushed off into oblivion.
Kathleeen Chalfant is 80 and gave the most beautiful performance by an Actress last year,Dame Joan Collins is starring as Wallis SImpson this year and she'll be 93.
I don’t understand this argument, Ripley—apparently everyone in their late 70s and early 80s is going to live to be 100 giving sensational performances along the way. Because you named twelve old people! Has it occurred to you what makes June Squibb…exceptional?
"That's a very defeatest attitude"
That's All.