Good morning. If you missed it, yesterday I put out a special-edition Oscars newsletter, ranking the nominees. Congrats to Anora, the night’s big winner and my number two film of the year. If you liked it, you need to watch Sean Baker’s previous film, Red Rocket.
“I’ll be brief, I promise.” —Adrien Brody
Even when we’re not watching we still need something to talk about. Ratings are down, but traffic must still be up. Every outlet’s homepage and feed over the last 24 hours has been an open faucet of Oscars coverage. Outfits. Jewelry. Profiles. Best moments and worst moments. Jokes and social media reactions and Emilia Pérez. The monoculture may be dead, but Best Red Carpet Menswear Looks are alive and well.
Highlights: Conan hosting, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s opening medley, Kieran Culkin’s speech, Adrien Brody’s speech, Adam Sandler, No Other Land directors’ speech about Palestine and calling out American foreign policy, Timmy’s butter leathers
Lowlights: James Bond tribute, the unsettling soundtrack for the In Memoriam, Sing Sing going home with nothing, when the Emilia Pérez winners started singing at the end of their acceptance speech
Now, as is the case every year, it is time for movies to return to captivity until next year’s nominees are announced.
Oscars TL;DR
Best Picture: Anora
Best Director: Sean Baker, Anora
Best Actor: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Best Actress: Mikey Madison, Anora
Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Original Screenplay: Anora
Adapted Screenplay: Conclave
What’s going on?
I’m really loving the concept of “Airport Theory,” which is causing lots of people to miss their flights. The “theory” seems to be just getting to the airport really late? Google searches for “I missed my flight” are up 645% this month. Next time you join a meeting late, don’t say you lost track of time. Just say you are executing “Meeting Theory.”
The political divide can be summed up by whether you think Shane Gillis is funny.
Graza has a new high-heat cooking oil. Meet Frizzle. Part of being a Graza buyer is living with the understanding that you have already been defeated by marketing. You already have the first two so you might as well get the matching third. So I can’t tell if this is either a genius product the market needed or a byproduct they were able slap a quirky name on. It’s also available in spray bottle.
I liked this Eater restaurant review based around "the perfect order.” It starts off with a solo order, then adds additional items for two people and bigger groups.
Who’s copping the Supreme x Aphex Twin gloves? I’ve been staring at this picture playing “#19” and disassociating for 20 minutes.
Having browsed for a new apartment for the last six months, I spent a lot of time thinking about tiny balconies. They are called Juliet balconies and yes, they are mostly pointless.
“It’s enough so that you can open the door, step out for a second, and say, ‘I’m outside.’ It makes people feel better.”
Over 1/3 of people don’t know how much money their partner makes. A Fidelity survey found they couldn’t identify the amount within $25,000.
The biggest chain in the world sells bubble tea and ice cream. The Chinese chain Mixue just went public, and at over 45,000 locations has surpassed McDonald’s (41,000) and Starbucks (40,000).
