A former movie buff's take on the Oscars and celebs

No, I did not watch the Oscars.

I did not see Will Smith slap host Chris Rock. I did not see any of the best and worst dresses on the red carpet. I get plenty of notifications from multiple sources clueing me in to comments on current events and I find that I just don't care about anything involving Hollywood celebrities. Which is quite a change from the years I spent as a young girl devouring every bit I could on the denizens of LaLa Land.

My room was littered with movie magazines blazoned with photos of the gorgeous and handsome stars and the most exciting television program was the annual Oscars telecast. (Sigh). That was then but now this former movie buff hasn't watched the telecast in years and apparently, I'm not the only one who feels this way for the past 16 years.

When I was at the NY Sun in 2006, my first invitation to an Oscar-night party arrived in my in-box.

"You are cordially invited to the 2006 Anti-Oscar Party, Sunday, March 5th, at Kennedy's Restaurant, 327 West 57th Street, 7-10 p.m."

It was nice to know that I wasn't the only former film buff planning once again to boycott the no-longer-interesting event in La-La land. If I were younger and not planning to host my own Oscar-alternative bash, I'd have definitely attended this snub at the Hollywood telegala.

The Academy of Arts and Sciences Award lost all credibility with many of us when it became obvious in 1999 that intensive marketing trumped excellence in the film industry. Thus "Saving Private Ryan," which brilliantly portrayed the sacrifice of the military in World War II, was bested by "Shakespeare in Love," which had been heavily promoted by Bob and Harvey Weinstein.

It was also evident that the Oscars reflected the personal agenda of the Hollywood community rather than an objective judgment on the quality of the nominees. The following year, "American Beauty," an amoral film that glamorized underage sex, trumped "The Sixth Sense," a unique, audience pleasing feature.

But the films themselves were not the only contributing factor to my current dissonance with all things associated with the Hollywood film industry. The glamorous, generally classy denizens of the past had morphed into foul-mouthed, despicable, envious and ultimately ignorant and miserable human beings who had devoured the progressive Kool-Aid.

Truman Capote once said," The better the actor, the more stupid he is", and he also said, "It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California, you lose one point of your IQ every year."

Absolutely right and the proof of that is clearly visible in the entertainment section of Breitbart.com. I was a charter contributing writer for Breitbart.com and I still surf there for the news stories not permitted in the mainstream media. Celebrities I once admired for their talent have spewed their hatred for all conservatives since the Bush administration. Donald Trump's ascension to the White House in 2016 has driven them all into lunacy.

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Remember the inspirational performance of Bette Midler singing at Yankee Stadium right after the horrific 9/11 attack on NYC eulogizing the first response heroes lost at Ground Zero? Then Google her hateful four-letter words attacking Bush and Trump and other Republican politicians.

Robert DeNiro is another former favorite that doesn't seem to notice that his audience has deserted him and his recent endeavors have seriously tanked.

So, the lamestream media and online wannabees continue to flood the net with all kinds of scenarios on whether the Rock/Smith incident was real or manufactured.

Meanwhile inflation is surging and WW3 is being threatened and our President and Veep must have lived in California for years, I imagine, Capote would have surmised.

Can you blame me if I really don't care about the Oscars?

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