Hollywood - Unhinged

So my family doesn't own a TV. It really isn't that odd in the area that we live, so to us – no big deal. Aside from a few odd glances we get when we mention it, it really isn't that big of a deal. Since our friends have TV's and because of the existence of Hulu.com and EWTN.com – we can watch pretty much the things we need to.

That being said, we did miss the Oscars. [Beginning sarcasm] We don't really know what we are going to do! We might try and order a copy from the network (which one was it?) and watch it that way! [End Sarcasm] But, from what I read on Twitter, this current post has wasted enough time on them and there isn't much to say aside from the fact that they are really a waste of time.

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news...and not-so-much news...

Except for a story that is somewhat newsworthy... sort of.

News: Hollywood Actress places motherhood above winning an Oscar.
Not News: Some self-important feminist writer bashes said actress for her comment.
Definitely not news: Some of the writers comments verge on the edge of insanity and hilarity.

Steve Ertelt, from LifeNews.com and LifeSiteNews.com does a good job of laying it all out:

To hear the members of the liberal Hollywood elite tell it, actress Natalie Portman committed the ultimate sin last night at the Oscars when she took the stage to accept the Academy Award as best actress.

Portman was honored for her dramatic role in “Black Swan,” and she began her acceptance speech with the usual gratitude for the people whose relationship to the movie, however large or small, paved her way to the stage to receive one of the most coveted awards of the evening. After thanking fellow nominees, her parents, and the directors past and present who guided her career, Portman saved her concluding praise for “my beautiful love,” dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied.

Then, as if to underscore how the bright and promising career and the accolades she’s received up to that very moment paled in comparison, a visibly pregnant Portman thanked Millepied for giving her “the most important role of my life.”

The comment about becoming a mother likely drew approving smiles from most of the millions of Americans and worldwide viewers tuning into the televised Oscars ceremony, but it was revolting for Slate writer Mary Elizabeth Williams.

“At the time, the comment jarred me, as it does every time anyone refers to motherhood as the most important thing a woman can possibly do,” she wrote today. “But the reason why didn’t hit until I saw the ever razor sharp Lizzie Skurnick comment on Twitter today that, ‘Like, my garbageman could give you your greatest role in life, too, lady.’”

“When you’re pregnant, especially for the first time, there are a lot of amazed and awed moments in between the heartburn and insomnia. But is motherhood really a greater role than being secretary of state or a justice on the Supreme Court? Is reproduction automatically the greatest thing Natalie Portman will do with her life?” Williams wondered.

To Williams, Portman shouldn’t have diminished her role as an actress and the career to which she has aspired in order to make a positive point about her pregnancy and her forthcoming child. In her world, Williams suggests Portman should have merely noted her child and moved on — as if having children is no life-changing experience — but a fleeting moment to enjoy at the time and allow to float on the winds of change as one piles up additional trophies to gather dust on a mantle.

“Why, at the pinnacle of one’s professional career, would a person feel the need to undercut it by announcing that there’s something else even more important? Even if you feel that way, why downplay your achievement?” a clearly befuddled Williams writes.

You can read the rest at LifeNews.com - it really would be funny, if it wasn't so sad. I almost come to expect this from folks nowadays, at least in Hollywood circles. The worst part is, not only did she write it, but her editor published it, and people I am sure agree with it. Sad...

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