But it never made him cynical or jaded about show business. He also edited on a night shift for reality TV shows and wrote commercial treatments, staying in the industry to pay rent while he pursued his dream.ĭesmond said he faced “more rejections than I could possibly count” - though he knows all too well that he wrote 17 scripts that effectively went nowhere. He worked as an assistant to a manager and to a reality TV producer.
Being featured for his success again in his hometown newspaper felt like a pretty cool full circle moment, he said.ĭesmond said the first 12 years out of film school were a struggle. But I just watched another Oscars show, so hyperbole is chemically unavoidable.The Star did a story about Steve Desmond in 2001, when he was a student filmmaker about to leave for the University of Southern California with dreams to write and direct.
Which is a threat to nobody.” With anti-drag legislation on the rise, most recently in Tennessee, his comment added one more quarter-inch to the widening, warring sociopolitical divide in this country. Quickest hit-and-run topical reference from a newly minted Oscar winner: Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere” multiple Oscar winner, thanked his parents for “not squashing my creativity when I was making really disturbing horror films or really perverted comedy films, or dressing in drag as a kid. She went on to win best adapted screenplay for “Women Talking.” And I don’t like my feet to hurt.” - Sarah Polley, sporting a tuxedo suit and sensible shoes. In host Jimmy Kimmel’s opening monologue, some of the same dancers delivered what turned out to be one of the only legitimate laughs of the evening.īest preshow wardrobe comment: “I don’t ever like to be cold. The highlight, though, was “Naatu Naatu” winning best song (yay!) and seeing those dancers from “RRR” tear it up. milestones, which included movies (“Singin’ in the Rain” et al.) that came from MGM, but WB owns the pre-1986 MGM film library so the past is past, and who cares about the past, anyway.īest musical segments: Some wonderful performances last night, notably Lady Gaga’s piercing rendition of “Hold My Hand,” the song that gave “Top Gun: Maverick” a hint of real feeling. Lamest infomercials: Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” segment followed closely by the 100th-anniversary parade of Warner Bros.
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