Oscars for gays is like Big Game for blanks

Jimmy Kimmel Live; LAist; Sheldon S., Ashley Wells, Ananda (DBM) (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Jimmy Kimmel as "James" in real life at the 95th Academy Awards, 2023

 

Vandals change sign to "Hollyboob."

It was raining last night, but the sky gods (weather devas, or "shining ones") heard the pleas of the world to spare the stars, so it's a rare sunny day in Southern California. There's snow on the mountains behind the Hollywood sign, but all the white is melting away thanks to strange a weather event called the Pineapple Express. The powers were spraying chemtrails to coagulate the moisture, and it came down as atmospheric rivers to flood the City of Lost Angeles.

• Best Picture-winners sorted by year (IMDb)

Academy Awards take swipe at Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill (local10.com)

I love watching the Oscars more than the Big Game (Super Bowl). Actually, I love both!

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(LAist.com) The Oscars (aka Academy Awards) are tonight. Here are all the places Angelenos aren't allowed to walk or drive in Hollywood. LAist (KPCC 89.3 FM) studied the maps and written instructions so drivers won't have to. Here's a guide.

• Who's going say, "It's great just being nominated"? Oscars 2023 predictions: final guesses (vulture.com)
• Opposing Florida bill, Oscars 2022 hosts feel 'gay, gay, gay' (Los Angeles Times)
• VIDEO: Academy Awards take swipe at Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’; Gov. DeSantis bans books then calls his ban a 'hoax'
• Waterlogged California is bracing for yet another atmospheric river | LAist

Bring back the Red Carpet

Hey, Bro, Hollywood gay enough for you? - OH, is it Oscar night again!?! (SFC)

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I can't quit you, Babe - Wait, what?!

(ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT) All the 2023 nominees for the Academy Awards and how to watch: [Asian-centric] Everything Everywhere All at Once leads with 11 nods. The ceremony starts tonight at 5:00 pm in Hollywood and the arrivals carpet is a "champagne" color — think beige. More

• PHOTO: A single Oscar statuette is a gold figure with an angular face and crossed arms.

Make friends think you have secret psychic superpowers with LAist's Oscar pool insider tips

Everyone come to my house for the Oscar party! Bring chips, guac, and you know what!!!

Who remembers previous award winners? They're has-beens never to be heard from again.

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Hollywood for gay rights (NY Times)

How to hack your way to immense winnings — or at least bragging rights [among your LGBTQIA friends screaming as if it were the final quarter and Tom Brady were going for it himself instead of throwing the pigskin to another grunting brute, ancient Afghan-style, getting the animal carcass to the scoring area for a violent clash of homoerotic gladiators, showboating and hamming it up for the cheerleaders, crowd, and camera.] More

The surprise hit or the sure thing?