Joe Bob Briggs is in Denver on Sunday to host the Movie Bash. The day and night party at Capsule Event Center, 560 Santa Fe Drive, was called the Oscar Bash, but the Oscar folks in Hollywood got wind of it and told organizer Dana Cain to cut it out.
Drive-in critic Briggs will emcee an Oscar panel at 1:30 p.m. Sunday with The Denver Post’s Lisa Kennedy and the Rocky Mountain News’ Bob Denerstein. And Briggs has some opinions on Sunday night’s awards show, of course.
He figures “The Departed” is a lock for best picture. “Martin Scorsese is getting to be the Susan Lucci of the Oscars. And the others are a pretty lame bunch, in my opinion.”
“Little Miss Sunshine” – “A remake of ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ with Nietzsche and Proust in it.”
“The Queen” – “Is Helen Mirren trying to play all the queens? I’m not a big fan of this one.”
“Babel” – “I have no idea what was going on in ‘Babel.’ You want to solve the whole problem? Don’t take a vacation in Morocco.”
“Letters From Iwo Jima” – “If I’m going to watch a movie in Japanese, it had better have some kung fu in it.”
Iconic
Terry Vitale’s I-CON Awards Gala was sold out Thursday night. More than 460 people shoehorned into the Seawell Ballroom, including Janet Elway and her pals, who made the trip downtown on light rail.
Most of the gang ignored the invitation’s instructions to “Wear your best Pussycat Doll or Rat Pack look!” Notable exceptions were Rick Reilly and Nancy Levine, very Rat Packy, very Pussy-catty.
That’s rich
Frank Rich beats up President George W. Bush every Sunday in the N.Y. Times – and you can talk to him about that and theater (he was the Times’ theater critic, known as “The Butcher of Broadway,” before he became “The Butcher of Bush”) on March 18. He’s here for a talk at the Seawell Ballroom. Tix are $48.
If you want some face time, you can have a post-talk dinner with Rich at Restaurant Kevin Taylor. The table only seats 12, and it’ll cost you a $1,000-a-seat donation to the National Theatre Conservatory. Call Kim Schouten at 303-446-4899.
City spirit
The Denver Post came out Wednesday with its “Colorado EATS 2007” supplement, 48 pages of sound restaurant advice. If you missed it, check it out at denverpost.com/dining … And 5280 is out with its annual dining issue, “101 Dining Experiences Every Denverite Must Have,” a roster of 101 joints and what they do best … Frontier Airlines announces which tail critter won Denver’s Favorite Animal in a 60-second TV commercial Sunday during the Oscars … Denverite Rudy Cardenas was booted off “American Idol” Thursday night … Porn star Ron Jeremy is in Denver this weekend to promote his new book and put in an appearance at The Sex Show at the Colorado Convention Center, running through 6 p.m. Sunday … So what’s Terry Oaks going to do now that he’s closing his Bolderdash clothing store in Cherry Creek? Become a ski instructor in Vail … Sez who: “Wait ’til I tell everyone about this. I’ll feel important without drinking. That’ll be weird.” Homer Simpson.
Bill Husted’s column appears Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Husted also appears Tuesdays and Fridays on “Good Day Colorado” on Fox 31. You can reach him at 303-954-1486 or at bhusted@denverpost.com. Take a peek at Husted’s next column at denverpostbloghouse.com/husted.
