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Mar 11Liked by Liza Donnelly

Fun, fun, fun! What a blast. Love the drawings. I need to see some more movies!

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Mar 11Liked by Liza Donnelly

It was a great night to catch up on cinema ‘23.

Top on my list is 20 Days in Mariupol. I have not seen it, but the clips last night were compelling.

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Your drawings and your words make me smile. Thank you! It was a really good show. The only thing that didn’t feel good was not enough time for each person in the In Memoriam. Different than previous years.

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I love Jon Batiste and his vinyl (We Are) plays as part of my daily studio soundtrack (I need to get his World Mudic Radio soon) I follow him vicariously second hand through Suleika’s substack Isolation Journals https://open.substack.com/pub/theisolationjournals?r=uw76&utm_medium=ios

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Wonderful synopsis of a fun show. However, DaVine won for The Holdovers. A wonderful performance!

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I didn’t watch and yours is the only review I’ve seen and I love it. My children now give me detailed reviews of what they’ve seen so I do have a list. And now the teenagers do (though I’m foregoing Barbie even though last June the 15 year old declared it was ‘going to be a Barbie summer’ at their house). Your drawings are always 💯🔥

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Whoops! Da’Vine Joy Randolph won for her performance in “The Holdovers” not “American Fiction.”

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What a great job you did capturing the Oscars! I saw only about half of it, but you filled me in well on the parts I missed. My wife Linda Davis and I used to host a small Oscar dinner-party every year, but stopped when we moved all the way to the eastern end of Massachusetts, where we didn't have close friends. Now we do have some, but throwing parties is a bit out of our energy league. Viewing cartoons is right in our wheelhouse house, though. So thanks, as always, Liza.

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I simply love what you do with a line and a dab of paint!

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Mar 11Liked by Liza Donnelly

The Last Repair Shop, short documentary winner, is part of the Los Angeles Unified School system. Not in NYC as you wrongly stated.

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Oh dear, thank you. Stupid mistake!

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The Last Repair Shop was wonderful. Note - Los Angeles not NYC.

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Thanks, of course! Fixed!

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What a fabulous way to re-visit the Oscars. Love the drawings and once again I am envious of your

skills at capturing the essence of your subject with such dignity and ease.

Happy belated Woman's Day.

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Mar 11·edited Mar 11

Oh, Liza! This is your most fabulous group of drawings ever!!! You captured beautifully everyone! As others have mentioned, we here in LA (not NYC) are so very proud of the best short doc award for The Last Repair Shop. The beautiful violinist, Porche Brinker, is a star here with her oh-so-bright smile and fluffy blue dress!

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What a fabulous colorful array of portraits! (fyi Pacino announced Best Picture, as you wrote on the drawing but in the text it says Robert DeNiro ;-). Someday I hope to see you up on that stage!

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Amazing drawings !! So many stars to catch and interpret! Thanks millions!

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I LOVE THESE!!!!

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