I give up. Everywhere I turn today there are Oscar pictures, stories, etc.I admit I watched 30 minutes of the broadcast, from 8:30 - 9. Okay? I'm not proud of it, but I think I saw the bulk of what's being chatted about today.
I saw Hugh Jackman's song and dance number about the five nominated movies for Best Picture. It was nowhere near as cheesy as I expected. And who knew Anne Hathaway could sing?
Then I saw the Best Supporting Actress Presentation. That was scary. Five former winners in that category came on stage. It was like a sorority hazing. Whoopi Goldberg was dressed in an old Lion King costume. Eva Marie Saint looked gorgeous even though she's about 100 years old. Anjelica Houston was okay. Goldie Hawn appeared as herself. And Tilda Swinton once again looked like a Fembot.
They gave the award to Penelope Cruz. If I'd been Penelope I wouldn't have gone anywhere near them, but that's just me.
Then the guy who wrote the screenplay for "Milk" got an award from Tina Fey and Steve Martin who were amusing in and of themselves. Except something weird was up with Tina's left eye. I think she was watching someone backstage. The screenwriter made a good speech about "It's okay to be gay and God loves you anyway."
That's all I was able to see because "Big Love" came on, but between "BL" and "Flight of the Conchords" I did see the last nanosecond of a production extravaganza featuring a lot of people with top hats and canes. Or maybe that was after FOTC was over. In any event, it was very late when I heard the announcer say they would be back to present the Oscar for "Best Supporting Actor."
Wow! If it took them ten minutes to hand out every award no wonder it went on forever.
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