Gravity scores big but doesn't quite reach the top

2014 is two months in and is already the second consecutive year the best director and best picture Oscar have been awarded to different films. Apart from being the force that keeps us on the ground, Gravity has lived up to its name in that it didn't quite win the top prize at the 86th Academy Awards. Instead, historical drama 12 Years a Slave was best picture, while space drama Gravity still won the lion's share of awards, and its director Alfonso Cuaron became the first Latino to win the best director award, adding to the film's six Oscars for technical achievement. And neither movie got best actor or actress - Cate Blanchett was named best actress for her portrayal of the heroine in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine, and Matthew McConaughey won the best actor Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club. All up, the big winners are Gravity with 7 awards, 12 Years a Slave and Dallas Buyers Club each with 3 awards, Frozen and The Great Gatsby each with 2 awards, and Blue Jasmine and Her each only picked up 1 award. But there were no awards for David O Russell's American Hustle, which had 10 nominations, including nods in all the acting categories. Nor were there any awards for Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street. But enough about that because Alisa and Lysandra Fraser have unleashed an f-bomb spray at The Block: Fans v Faves judge Shaynna Blaze after getting their worst-ever result on the Nine Network reality show. The Adelaide twins, who won last year’s The Block: Sky High, accused Blaze of unfair scoring and threatened to walk out of Nine’s renovation program. The expletive-filled outburst came after Blaze scored Alisa and Lysandra’s main bathroom a paltry 5 out of 10. Fellow judges Darren Palmer (six-and-a-half) and Neale Whittaker (7) were more generous. Salt was rubbed into the twins’ wounds as they witnessed rival contestants Kyal and Kara grab three perfect tens from the judges. Brad and Dale scored 24-and-a-half and Chantelle and Steve 21. Alisa and Lysandra were in tears and stormed out of The Block headquarters after the results were announced. “That’s bull***t,” the pair said. “It’s so f***ing obvious what’s happening and it’s not fair. She’s (Blaze) got it in for us. We should never have come on this show. I’m f***ing sick of it. Enough is enough. If you’re going to be like this then we may as well go home.” They should go home if they're going to be so negative towards the judges. The judges are doing the best they can, especially because they're not David Moyes.