Tilda Swinton lets fans hold her Oscar.

[nytemare]

How fucking cool and down to earth can she be? She rocks.

http://www.tmz.com/2008/02/25/tilda-swinton-take-my-oscar-please/

[DarkTirade]

1. Slightly off topic...

but did anyone else find her fallen angel character in Constantine to be kinda hot? Or was that just me? :shrug:

[nytemare]

2. She is my girl-crush.

And yes, to your question.

:hi:

[DarkTirade]

3. It's not even so much her, I think it was just that character.

Maybe I'm just weird. :P

[nytemare]

4. Weird is good.

I tend to like weird stuff and weird people. Normal is boring.


on edit: here ya go.
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[DarkTirade]

10. Yeah... I think it was the whole crazy person getup

combined with a little bit of actual crazyness... why do I always go for the crazy ones? :P

[Redneck Socialist]

5. Absolutely

She was the best part of that movie.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. Was she in Orlando Furioso?

[jonnyblitz]

9. she was is in the movie "Orlando" based on the Virginia Woolf

novel.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. Was the Woolf novel based on the epic poem?

I haven't read either, and can't say I understood the movie.

Just recognized the beautiful face.

[jonnyblitz]

14. i have no idea. I didn't understand the move either but it's been

awhile. :shrug: I just remember her character was androgynous and Quentin Crisp was also in the movie.

[Der Blaue Engel]

15. Not just you

:)

I've always found Swinton's androgyny extremely hot, but that Gabriel get-up was particularly hot. :D

[DarkTirade]

16. Glad I'm not the only one. :)

I think it's the closet goth in me really... the strappy things and the wings and... yeah. I'm gonna stop talking now. :P

[Der Blaue Engel]

24. Would that be your Inner Goth?

(If only my website were working right now, that would have made sense. But for some reason my innergoth.com domain is pointing at my author website. Suffice it to say, I sell scented goodies and little black bags for your inner goth. :D )

[nytemare]

25. Goths rule!

I bet a lot of folks posting in this thread like the Addams Family and the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Maybe I'm the only one, but I doubt it!

[DarkTirade]

30. I need to get back into selling stuff online.

I used to make and sell both http://www.gothicleatherwork.com">Gothy and http://www.stickmanltd.com/cheapsabers">geeky stuff. :)

[Der Blaue Engel]

38. Very cool

Now just combine them: gothy light sabers and geeky leatherwork. :D

I managed to figure out my domain hosting problem while watching the Clinton/Obama debate, so innergoth.com is back up. Like yours, it's more of a "used to make and sell" site than a current enterprise, but I keep telling myself I'm going to get it going again.

:)

[zingaro]

32. oh no...you are NOT alone there. She rocked as Gabriel.

In fact, I will freely admit that I have saved - on my hard drive - this picture, because I lurrrrrrve it:9



"You could have shot me, John! You chose a higher path. Look how well you're doing!"

I think Peter Stormare made an exceptional Satan as well. :)

[Fire Walk With Me]

36. She did great at that, didn't she?

I just wanna eat her all up. num num num.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. You know, when I saw her win it and thought she'd take it home and...

nevermind.

[TommyO]

7. I can't believe some of the absolutely horrid comments about her on TMZ

What misogynist assholes some of those posters are.

[nytemare]

11. She doesn't fit that Barbie image that most males aspire for actresses to have

She is real, and that is why she won the trophy.

She took the time to sign autographs, take pictures, and let people hold something she worked hard for, and these assholes want to comment on the lack of makeup.

[DarkTirade]

17. She is different.

And that frightens people.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. ...and sadly, many women as well.

[nytemare]

19. True, indeed.

I honestly don't get the whole Barbie thing. People seem so fascinated by brainless Paris Hilton, hate people like Hillary Clinton for no reason. These are the same type who make rude comments about Tilda Swinton. She could probably give a shit less what these people think.

Maybe I am just different. I don't evaluate a persons value over what their concern is on what people think of them. Maybe, I just don't have much concern of what people think of me, and I project that. Who knows?

I just thought it was thoughtful of her to take the pictures, and let people hold her Oscar.

[DarkTirade]

21. For some of us, brainlessness is the biggest turnoff possible.

Of course, when I really stop and think about that I have to wonder... does that make me shallow? Some people honestly can't help being brainless.

Of course, the only people I could have such a philosophical discussion with are, y'know, not brainless. :P So all in all it's a fairly moot point.

[nytemare]

22. I blame modern television....lol.

I just took this stupid history test on AOL where they asked 17 year olds the most simple questions possible, and fewer than half answered some of the questions correctly.

These are the folks glued to Jerry Springer and American Idol, and it really makes you see how someone like Bush became president.

No, that makes you the opposite of shallow.

[DarkTirade]

28. ... fewer than half.

:P

[nytemare]

29. Crap, you're right.

Or, I should say, your right.

:D

I edited, because I am anal about things like that.

[ironflange]

13. i loved her as the white witch in narnia

she clearly was having the time of her life chewing on the scenery in that flick

[romantico]

20. After watching the video

on TMZ I can tell she is a cool and classy lady! WOW! How down to earth is this lady? She seems to just like people. Thanks for sharing this!!!

[nytemare]

23. You're welcome.

She is quite an actress, as well, with a lot of range. She can play a witch, a man who turns to a woman, an attorney who orders hits, and a soccer mom who protects her son with equal believability.

[Skittles]

26. I LOVE that she doesn't wear makeup

AWESOME :thumbsup:

[supernova]

27. She's really good in Caravaggio

It's an art house film from the mid 80s, a modern take on the Painter's life.



http://www.hi-arts.co.uk/jun05_interview_tilda_swinton.html

[mondo joe]

37. And in Edward II, in which she is bad bad bad.

The character, not the actress.

[stuntcat]

31. omg she's cool

I have a crush on her too :loveya:

[nytemare]

35. Good. I'm not the only one..lol.

:hi:

[JI7]

33. she seems to appreciate her fans

more than the statue. i can't think of anyone else(including those i think are good people) who would have so easily handed the statue to the fans and taken the time to take pictures and autographs. even with the people saying it's time to go. she seemed in no hurry.

[Missy Vixen]

34. The last time I heard of something like this, it was Michael Moore

Michael Moore made a speaking appearance in Seattle shortly after he won the Oscar. He passed it around in the audience, let people have their picture taken with it, etcetera.

Tilda Swinton sounds pretty cool, and good for her that she's gracious enough to share.

Julie

[Shine]

39. That's cool, but sadly her dress still looked like a trash bag

:evilgrin: just sayin'.

She's a great actress, though.