We want to thank Mari from J-Bug Jewelry for her funnyand insightful comments. You can purchase your Loki the Chihuahua necklaces from J-Bug. OK, not really but she does have a chihuahua.

Thanks for reading. You are the best. Now back to our normal relationship rants.

11:52- Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire. The Dog takes it again. JayaJaya Slumdog. All of India is on the stage.

11:46- Equal rights now, for everyone.

11:45- Mickey Rourke is going to go home and cry in the fetal position clutching his chihuahua’s tuxedo.

11:42- Lee is focusing on Pattinson and Fey, not Rourke. Ok, Best Actor is…Sean Penn. No shit!? Yea, not Mickey Rourke. Maybe he’ll go away now.

11:33-  Best Actress: The  Oscar goes to Kate Winslet. Apparently, Lee has changed her mind and now wants Kate to win. 

11:19- Reese Witherspoon looks like poop. Best Director is …Danny Boyle. Go Slumdog. Howlllll.

11:11- Hanky time. (BTW, Jenny Craig has done a good job on the Queen) This is the part where Paul says, That persons dead? 

11:06- Best Foreign Film- Paul is taking a break.  Paul, being monolingual, feels inadequate to comment.  Sure he knows enough spanish to defend himself but that’s pretty much it.  Oooh- Japan won- Departures. 

10:56- Best Original Song: Jai Ho (Cool song. We love the Bollywood s**t.)

10:55- Original Score: And the winner is…Slumdog. Woof. Woof. 

10:52- Musical scores and Paul’s half asleep.

10:42- Eddie “I won’t see my bastard child” Murphy presenting a tribute award to Jerry Lewis. Do you think Jerry will do a prat fall? Is he mugging or is he having a stroke?

10:37- Here comes a tribute Jerry Lewis. Paul asks, Is he dead? Lee just laughs at him. 

10:35- Best Film Editing: More Slumdog. Aummmmmm. Shanti. Back to not caring.

10:33- OK, he said aum. We’re good with him.

10:31- Sound Mixing: Slumdog. I’m sad. (Go Full Sail! Gary, you were robbed)

10:30- He said Gary Rizzo. Go Full Sail!

10:29- Outstanding Sound Editing: Dark Knight. Don’t care.

10:26- Outstanding Visual Effects (Finally Paul has something to watch). The award goes to Benjamin Button. Do the math. 13 nominations and only a few awards just don’t cut it.

10:17- Best Short Subject documentary: Smile Pinki. Cute name. Who’s Pinki?

10:11- Just saw the Documentary film makers. These ones are real artists, whereas Michael Moore is a hack. Oscar goes to Man on Wire. We didn’t predict anything on this one.

10:09- Very sad. Everybody is crying. I hope there is a cartoon next.

10:02- Best Supporting Actor- Klein, Gooding, Walken, Grey, Arkin- Nice mix- WTF is up with Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s hat?  The winner is … Heath Ledger. We called it. God is happy. Rest in peace. 

9:59- Sorry everybody.  We had to drive home.  We are live again.  Kids were getting cranky (so was Paul).

9:32- Ben Stiller and Natalie Portman- very funny Ben.  Joaquin Phoenix-we don’t think its that funny that you are playing a whacked out druggy trying to be a musician (like your Brother).  Cinematography- SLUMDOG 

9:25- Robert Pattinson and the chick from Mamma Mia-  He’s hot talking about love. 

9:23- Make-up- I could have done the psycho make up on the Joker.  Winner is—-Benjamin Button.  O.K.. Nothing more.

9:20- Costumes- still don’t care.  Winner is- The Duchess.  Told you.

9:16- Sara Jessica Parker and Daniel Craig (rahhhhr)- Art Direction- Benjamin Button won something.  Enjoy-it will be a sad night for you.   

9:08- Animated short film- yep they cut to Pitt and Jolie.-  The winner is- La Maison en Petits Cubes- wah? Only thing I got was the Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto. 

9:03-Aniston and Black- pan to Jolie- Best Animation- Wall-EEEEEEEEEEEE .  Yes we called this one.  We are so excited for this honor….

9:01- Adapted Screenplay- SLUMDOG !!!!!!!!!!!!   Button will be closed out.

8:58- Equal Rights Now FOR ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

8:55- Original Screenplay- we didn’t predict this so don’t care.  But Tina and Steve….  Wall-E- loved it.  My sister didn’t understand why I found it depressing.  She saw it on a plane and slept through the first 15 minutes.   MILK winS!!!

8:52- Steve martin and Tina Fey- they should make babies.  Very funny babies.

8:48  -Best Supporting Actress- First they have to bring out the old winners.  Tilda Swinton scares us.  Nominees-Viola Davis, Penelope Cruz, Amy Adams, Taraji P. Henson, Marisa Tomei.  The Winner Is—Penelope Cruz!!!!  Viva Espana!!  Habla en espanol nina que no se te entiende nada! 

8:40- 15 career nominations – Meryl Streep on steroids.  Funny.

8:32- Holy shit-opening number.  Craig’s List dancers.  Anne Hathaway-she rocks.  Billy Crystal could never have done that with Anne.  He can dance.  I love this man.  I’m Wolverine!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Love it.

8:31- Hugh Jackman is one sexy biatch!

8:30-81st Annual Academy Awards!!!!!  Fina-fucking-ly!

8:25-When we lived in Los Angeles, Oscar parties were common.  Miami-not so much.  Next year, we will totally have a party!

8:21- Meryl Streep coming with her daughter shows what a classy woman she is. Or she ran out of people to come with.

8:12- Mickey Rourke on HD – Bad idea.

8:10- Tim Gunn is a gaycon. (Gay Icon) He is a cliche of his homosexual self.

8:07- Do Pitt and Jolie think that they are better than everyone else? They don’t speak to anybody.

8:05- We switched to ABC. Paul poured a stiff drink.

8:00:17- Paul just found out that it starts at 8:30. Not another thirty minutes of weird clothes and weirder people (Mickey Rourke)

8:00- Paul says: Thank God, it’s finally starting.

7:58- Robert Downey Jr. had work done. He had his lush removed.

7:48- What are the qualifications for being a fashion commentator? Young and queer? Jay Manuel is still probably wearing UnderRoos.

7:46- Jolie’s body says ‘I’m ready for a smack down’. Or maybe she is ashamed because she is a husband stealer.

7:44- Kate Winslet is like a regular girl. You can walk up to her and say, ‘What up, home slice? Let’s go have a big mac.,” but with a British accent.

7:43- Why is Philip Seymour Hoffman wearing an oversize yamulka?

7:39- Just saw Pitt and Jolie.  Paul wants Aniston to show up and some mud. 

7:37- Evan Rachel Wood- “It’s been such a long, hard, road.” You are a fucking child.  Talk to me in 20 years.

7:35- Paul likes Ron Howard.  Peter Gabriel is more his speed.

7:33-Paul says- I’m not a woman or gay.  Start the fucking show.

7:32- Jessica Beil looks like she’s bitching out someone on the phone.  Maybe she is pissed off at her hair dresser.

7:30- For an aggressive ass, Josh Brolin looks good.

7:28- Oh Mickey you’re so fine- you’re so fine I’m going blind.  Loki around her neck.  Rourke has a serious attachment issue with the doggy.  We love doggies but a necklace?

7:26-Marisa Tomei looks stoned.  Did Mickey Rourke rub off on her?

7:25- Why do gay guys tell women how to dress?  Reading Perez Hilton’s Blog now and WTF?  Heidi killed it? 

7:21- Anne Hathaway is majestic.  Who’s the old guy with her?  Did someone do a background check?

7:17- Lee says: Paul, jealousy is an ugly thing.  Paul says: Sorry but he looks freaky like something from Lord of the Rings.

7:16- SCREAMMMMMMMM!  R. Pattinson- is he really made of marble? 

7:14- Amy Adams- love her!  She seems almost virginal.  Virgins scare us!

7:11- What’s with the homo fashion review with Sunday Night Football feel.

7:03- Mari thinks that some guy took a bolt of fabric from Joann’s Fabric and wrapped it around Heidi Klum.

7:02- Henson wants to be organic so she didn’t prepare a speech.  I could have picked a different word.

7:00- Heidi Klum- what’s with the elven ears and accessory explosion.  Yuck!

6:58- Viola Davis- nice dress.  Saw her today in Madea Goes to Prison.  She was great!

6:55- Having a Twilight moment.  Robert Pattinson needs a brush.

6:54- John Legend is so cool but dude needs to see a dentist.  Lay off the dubage!

6:52- Dev Patel is cute and humble. 

6:50- Henson looks beautiful.  It looks like a wedding dress, but nice.

6:49- She’s wearing chartreuse!  Ewwwwwwwwwww

6:48- Apparently India is empty.  Were they all in the film.  Mari is having a strong craving for a slurpie.

6:40- They just showed Guydonna. Yuck. 

6:36pm- Kevin Klein has no idea why he is at the Oscars. He thought he was going to Denny’s.

6:31pm- Does Zac Efron not have enough money for a fucking comb?  Part your with a straight line hair dude.

6:30pm- We are having technical difficulties.  Nickolodean just took over the fucking TV. 

6:28pm-Anthony Hopkins is hot. 

6:24pm- We are wondering if there is some sort of rehab for Miley obsession.  My little brother is kind of upset that we have vowed to use Cyrus’ face to vacuum the red carpet, “cause she sucks!”  It’s sad when a grown man cries.

6:22pm- Oh my God! Mamma Mia guy! (Paul had no clue.)  Mari and I are so excited.  British guys—hmmmmm.

6:19pm- If you ever thought Paul was cool.  He just said “Wolverine’s the host.  I could give a shit before but now this is great.”

6:09pm- Miley Cyrus admits to star stalking. And to being a hick.

6:05pm- Mari is still upset about the Best Actor pictures.  She thought she saw Heath ledger as the Joker.  Nope, it was Mickey Rourke.

6:04pm- We hope Aniston goes Madea on Jolie’s ass.

6:03pm- Mari is pledging to beat a bitch down while watching Miley Cyrus

6:02pm- Hey Rancic, nice ponytail! 

6:00pm- We are finally starting.  We are blogging a secret location.  Apparently every member of Lee’s family knew where it was.  Ryan is starting to talk.  OH MY GOD!!   Live from the Red Carpet 81st Annual Academy Awards!  E Channel!

It’s 5:44 in Miami. The sun is setting and the excitement is building. The superstars of Miami are pouring themselves some drinks and getting ready for the red carpet event.

Tonight, we will be joined by our special guest blogger. She is a fashion maven, jewelry designer, and, since she was raised by wolves, she  can detect dysfunction from a mile away. Say hello to Marylin Reyes from J-Bug Jewelry.

Will start in ten minutes. If you are with us live, please refresh often.

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The Break UpThe celebrity paparazzi have really screwed up the common person’s belief about healthy breakup. They have convinced us that a conversation is a relationship, a date is commitment, and an appearance at an awards event is as good as a proposal. From there, it just spirals downhill. If they are not seen having that second cup of coffee together then obviously it is a horrendous breakup and everyone is devastated. Strike that. It is the woman that is crushed. The man is a philanderer because he had a latte instead of a cappuccino.  Take Jennifer Aniston as an example. It seems that every man that she talks to is this huge emotional declaration of love and ends with the requisite mental state of Aniston being distraught in the public eye.

But reality shows us something different. Even as a male, I can see the difference between Brad Pitt ala “Troy” and Vince Vaughn from “Dodgeball” (You do not need to be a sculptor to know the difference between marble and Jello) but the physicality aside, she’s actually doing appropriately well.

A healthy breakup has some logical steps. First, there needs to be some emotion involved. If there is not at least some amount of anger, resentment, loss, and betrayal then emotions are being stuffed and heart attacks are in the making. It seems logical and right that Jennifer spent at least one evening calling Brad a bastard and Angelina Jolie a whore. Just because she goes on an ice cream induced rant does not mean that she fell off of the deep end.

The next step is getting back into the game. Vince Vaughn was the rebound guy, obviously. Funny. Nice to be around. Gelatinous. Then she moved to the model to prove that she still “had it”. After that, she dated John Mayer. That was a real tester relationship. Though I personally think the Mayer is a douche, he is an appropriate date choice: successful in his own right, handsome, funny.

This brings me back to the paparazzi. Unfortunately, normal does not sell. But drama does. So, they create a tale of grief and despair, of unbefitting behavior and of pain.

The worst part is that we take it away and consider it normal. We make our own breakups a micro version of the choreographed drama that we think we see in the media. But it is an illusion. Jennifer is doing really well. Aren’t you Jennifer?

Lee says: I don’t get this whole thing. I will say that if I break up with someone, the last thing I want is to make up with them. What I would prefer is that they be removed from existence altogether. There is the passion Paul mentioned. 

          In Jennifer Aniston’s case, I was surprised that it took her so long to say that what Angelina Jolie did was “uncool”. People called it catty but I call it mild. I would have used words like “fucked up”. But the bottom line is that we thrive off the drama of a break up. Nothing brings friends out of the woodwork like a juicy break-up. The friends descend like emotional LookyLoos and zap any hope of a healthy transition.  They encourage us to try again and look past the flaws that caused the break up initially. They support us in carrying a torch for someone we chose not to be with.  They persuade us to do stupid things to keep the vitriolic aftermath heaving in the giant toilet of our love lives.

          Break up is a healthy thing to do when the relationship is not right.  It is an affirmation of our own self worth. Aniston got it right. Move on. Just because she hasn’t married and had babies since the divorce doesn’t make her damaged. Does anyone ever ask why Brad hasn’t married Angelina? It’s not like either of them were anti-commitment. They’ve both been married before. (Jolie, multiple times.) I wonder if Pitt and Jolie harbor a little karmic fear. Come on guys, I watched “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”.  Who do you think you’re fooling?    

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He's Just Not That Into You          You’re wondering, “Why did you guys go see this?”  We asked ourselves the same question but the other day one of our readers said that we go a lot further than they do regarding relationships.  This got us thinking and since we never get out, we decided to check it out and tell you if it’s worth a date on Saturday.

Lee says: The movie had its moments. The story follows 5 women and their exploits in relationship.  There is a married couple, a long time couple and three single women trying to make a connection.  The good part in the movie is how they identify that the lead is addicted to the drama of building up a guy only to have him reject her.   

Ginnifer Goodwin was a very capable and affable lead with Justin Long providing a good balance to her bubbly personality.  Wait a second… you don’t read coupledumb for that!  You want a rant don’t you?  You think I should be on meds, right?

O.K. here it is.  If people were healthy, there would be no romantic comedies.  They are all based on miscommunication and games.  I think you have figured out by now that I don’t play like that.   In this film, if the people would have been honest from the beginning, the film would have been over within 5 minutes.  It was predictable in that respect.

However, as a romantic comedy, it was not cringe worthy.  Usually these things piss me off to no end (don’t get me started on crap like “Hitch”).  People, STOP PLAYING GAMES!  This also goes for you people who are in relationship.   If people spent as much time deepening their relationships and creating love as they do playing games, we could be living in a friggin utopia.  All this teasing and build up makes me need a cigarette and nap.

Paul says:  He’s just not that into you did for neurosis what One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest did for psychosis. The movie follows Gigi (Ginnifer Goodwin) who is all 31 flavors of crazy. We get to watch her mentally masturbate while her friends supply her with every bullshit romance story ever created, which effectively acts as porn to her addiction. Her romantic lead (Justin Long) serves as the guru, offering her an insight into men, and, more importantly, dispensing with the rescuing behavior so indulged in by her peers.  It is him that lays out the premise of the movie.  And then there is some other stuff with brilliant actors and actresses. Blah, blah, blah.

But, as Lee said, this isn’t about the plot or acting style. So, for a moment I stopped watching the movie and looked out over the audience. With all of the funny, ridiculous, idealist drivel that is the mainstay of the movie, I wondered how many of the audience could pick out the ludicrous from the profound.  I saw some people laughing at the right time but there were others that obviously didn’t see what was so funny. And that scared me. We live in a culture where people believe in and, worse, crave soap opera-like romances where jealousy equates with love and the unspoken message in her smoldering eyes says more than the words on her lips. Where speaking of love honestly is the “exception and not the rule”.

When I stepped back and looked at the message of the movie in the context of our society, it made me sad. Finding love really is not so hard but how can love exist if it is not nurtured with the manna of honesty?  

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