What should and will win the Oscars 2020

BEST PICTURE
Who should win: Jojo Rabbit
Who will win: Once Upon a Time In… Hollywood

LEAD ACTOR
Who should and will win: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

LEAD ACTRESS
Who should and will win: Renée Zellweger, Judy

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Who should win: Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
Who will win: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time In… Hollywood

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Who should and will win: Laura Dern, Marriage Story

DIRECTOR
Who should win: Sam Mendes, 1917
Who will win: Bong Joon Ho, Parasite

ANIMATED FEATURE
Who should win: Klaus
Who will win: Toy Story 4

ANIMATED SHORT
Who should win: Memorable
Who will win: Hair Love

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Who should win: Jojo Rabbit, Taika Waititi
Who will win: The Two Popes, Anthony McCarten

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Who should win: It should be a five-way tie.
Who will win: Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Who should and will win: Roger Deakins, 1917

nothing in class was true

When i was in junior high i had an unreliable history teacher.

He was funny and entertaining but, ironically, like the History Channel on TV, he wasn’t all that accurate.

One of the things that he said was the reason we beat the British in the 1700s was because they stood in plain sight, in bright red uniforms, lined up in rows

And we hid behind trees, climbed buildings and “cheated” at the game of war.

It’s hard for me now to believe that if a man is shooting at you, you just stand there and reload your musket in your red uniform, but who knows, times have changed.

But it reminds me of Trump, the GOP and this impeachment that just went down.

Mitch McConnell may not be the smartest man, the most eloquent man, or the most principled person. But he knows how to hide behind a tree and cheat at war.

For those of you reading this in the distant future: those fuckers held a trial with no witnesses or evidence so their man could wiggle off the hook.

They didnt pretend to care about the constitution or the oath to God they had just sworn to uphold. They didn’t care that he was accused for something that is literally the buggarring of democracy. All they care about is living to see another day.

And right now in American politics, you’re more likely to get heat if you do the right thing than you will if you do the evil-but-politically-advantageous thing.

In a perfect world you’d get beaten down for letting a corrupt man off the hook to do it again, but life is far from perfect right now, Future people.

Faaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrr

yr not in kansas any more

The funniest Super Bowl commercial was the one in support for more funding for public schools.

Why? Because since he was a lad, Donald Trump was enrolled in private schools and since graduating has bankrupted numerous businesses, has been impeached and today flaunted that he doesn’t even know what state the Kansas City Chiefs play in.

Former Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, a product of public schools, tweeted: “It’s Missouri you stone cold idiot.”

As my man Joe Armstrong notes, “671,018 Kansas residents voted for Donald in the 2016 election, bestowing upon him the state’s six electoral votes with 56.16% of the vote.”

Kansas hasn’t voted for a Democrat for POTUS since LBJ. Would be interesting if this gaff during their moment of celebration, swings the state blue in 2020.

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fucking loved the eastside story. very first guy i talk to, homeless, dressed 1,000x better than i am, clean, funny, tells me a few things he asks me to keep off the record. then he tells me exactly which taco stand he was at in east la just yesterday. ended up in a tattoo shop, disturbing two self proclaimed introverts playing a form of Magic the Gathering, met the coolest old guy ever, and barely understood about a half hour of mumbles from two drunk guys who actually had good stories.

for the sex workers it was great to be able to text jeff koga and say, got any pics of riley reid.

mlk was one i did with a photographer i’d never met before. she was really terrific. the funniest was interviewing this rapper whose day job is dressing up as the statue of liberty while spinning a sign for an income tax office. he was all you can take a picture but dont show my face. i was like yr a rapper? he was all yeah. so i go, you’re missing out on your story. countless handsome black guys are rappers. but how many were dressed up as the statue of liberty — willing to do anything for that dream, and then make it to the top? and he let me take his picture.

the oscar publicist interview was great. perfect conversation. warm day. dogs. i ate half of an eggs benedict. at the other half when i got home. who can eat when they’re conducting an interview? on the way there i thought of the perfect studio for a podcast: a mini van. just soundproof it real good, flip one of the rows of seats around. carpet the floors. install the mics. then you can just go wherever they live or work, drive to a park, and chat in the van. always perfect sound.

for the kobe oscar nom piece, i love the photos. the academy photographers were always so easy to work with. and at oscars time, mama mia they had some good stories. some of the older ones have seen it all. like they used to have to rush their film to the developer via a guy waiting on a motorcycle in the middle of oscar night.

and then yesterday we posted my interview with sarah gim who makes the most beautiful images of food and spreads. im working on this long middle class thing or else i would have had more to show.

what do i want to do

everything.

amber came home today and was all, lets walk

we walked and walked and

ate and ate and

drank so much water

i was like lets take the bus home

she said lets walk and walk and

walk and walk

shes now snoring and snoring im on the couch

cat’s on his back with his paws up

half asleep and who isnt

its 145am super bowl sunday

might as well.