Kirk Douglas- coffin still open

by YankeeJim | February 28, 2011 at 08:52 am

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Nailed it

I think Kurk Douglas nailed it last night at the Oscars. He has a tremendous sense of humor, and at 94 he is surely frail, but he teetered out to give us all more entertainment than a celebrity host dressed in drag as Marylyn Monroe.

Mugging up the opening of an envelope and fighting over his cane brought more excitement than multiple celebrities wearing red dresses that looked almost alike. It is a good thing they didn’t have Tim Gunn interview all of the red dressed people as that would have brought confrontational comparison.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/awkward-sweet-or-both-kirk-douglas-mugs-for-camera-while-presenting-at-the-oscars/

“Awkward, Sweet, Or Both? Kirk Douglas Mugs For Camera While Presenting At The Oscars

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by Alex Alvarez | 9:19 pm, February 27th, 2011

Actor Kirk Douglas – looking better at age 94 than Charlie Sheen will ever feel in his whole life – presented the award for “Best Supporting Actress” at this evening’s Oscar Awards. Now, the Oscars are mainly about three things: 1) Seeing who ends up looking drunk during the ceremony, 2) seeing who wore what worse, and 3) drumming up suspense as each category’s winner is announced. Douglas, looking quite dapper with his cane, had the latter down pat, drawing out the anticipation for approximately 192 hours before announcing thatThe Fighter actress Melissa Leo would be taking home a little gold man this year.

The highlight was Douglas calling out Hugh Jackman for laughing before “struggling” for the envelope. We hear Helena Bonham Carter filmed about seven Tim Burton films from the time he stepped on stage until the winner was finally announced.

Many on Twitter seemed to be annoyed by the bit, but we found it charming and rather endearing. More Douglas, less Hathaway?”