*If you thought rap/hip hop was not mainstream, we bet your world was rocked last night when Three 6 Mafia WON the best song Oscar for, you ready? "It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp" from Hustle & Flow. Yep, we bet you're not feeling too well right about now. You're thinking maybe it's not true. Sorry it is.
Anyway, now that we've established that fact, let's recap Hollywood's big night. We'll get back to Three 6 in just a bit.
"Crash" was the big story last night. It overtook the front-runner "Brokeback Mountain" and won Best Picture. Lead-acting Oscars went to Philip Seymour Hoffman as author Truman Capote in "Capote" and Reese Witherspoon as country singer June Carter in "Walk the Line," meanwhile, best supporting-actor Oscars went to George Clooney in "Syriana" and Rachel Weisz in "The Constant Gardener." Also, Ang Lee took home the best-director prize for "Brokeback Mountain."
Now, back to Three 6 Mafia. Usually most Oscar nominated songs are boring and bland. Well, "It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp" doesn't fall into that category. The Memphis rap collective "represented" with a rousing performance of "Pimp," then walked away with the Oscar man.
"I just couldn't believe it. I couldn't stand still," a giddy Jordan "Juicy J" Houston, said backstage. "I had to run somewhere. I started to run somewhere. People thought the police was probably chasing me somewhere."
Speaking of funny lines, we loved Jon Stewart's crack after the group excitedly accepted their prize.
"You know what? I think it just got a little easier out here for a pimp," the Oscar host joked. "How come they are the most excited people here? They are thrilled. That's how you accept an Oscar.”
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Posted By: Candice Johnson
Monday, March 6th 2006 at 9:51AM
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