Beyonce

Did I miss that memo?  That Beyonce has to be on every awards show?  This is the Oscars’ Grammy moment.  A nod of the hat to the kids…  Who, if they’re not already in bed, are busy updating their Facebook profiles.

Felice tells me Hugh Jackman did Broadway.  But this is the bathroom moment.  Peter Gabriel can’t sing his nominated song, but Beyonce gets minutes of face time?  Bullshit.

Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Just like when he won his Oscar, he won’t shut up.  But at least he’s good!  I used to love Alan Arkin, but he’s become too humble or too…he seems to have lost something.

But these intro speeches are too lengthy.  And in most cases, weird and utterly forgettable.

Heath Ledger

Great in "Brokeback Mountain".  As for the "Dark Knight"…how many fucking Batman movies do you want me to see?  Can’t you come up with something original?

But you knew Heath was going to win here…

Man On Wire

How do you get someone to watch a movie when you believe you think you already know the story?

Win an Oscar.

Incredible buzz on this movie.

I saw the Herzog film.  Fascinating.  As interesting as the images and the insights into the bottom of the world are, it’s equally fascinating watching Herzog be such an asshole.  Got to give him credit, he seems completely unaware or doesn’t care how he comes across.  That’s what we need in new art.  But I can’t imagine being married to him…

As for Phillipe Petit.  He’s got more charisma than so many of these supposed dream-makers parading across the stage.

Meanwhile, the crawl told us to hang on until after the ceremony for the local news.  Nothing is sacred, it’s all about the Benjamins.

Best E-Mail Response

Maybe the Pineapple Express parody would have been funny if I’d been taking hits off Michael Phelps’ bong.

Jeff Hillery

Now We Move On To Post Production?

Did Hugh Jackman actually say that?

If you’ve ever made a movie you know it’s incredibly boring, except for maybe the director.  All hurry up and wait.  That’s what watching this show feels like, the making of an overlong Hollywood "masterpiece".

As for those saying the minor awards, for shorts and technical shit, should bite the dust…  How about putting them on cable before the main ceremony?  How about these nominees creating a Website that would actually draw attention to their work if the design and content were truly riveting?

What song was that backing up the montage?  Who got that placed!!

Song During Montage

Will Lopez: At least The Hives are getting paid…

Bob: Was it their song over the action montage before Will Smith?

Will Lopez: Yes… Tick Tick Boom -  Great video – check it out on You Tube – unless it’s Wmg and has been pulled –

Now

The show is winning.  I’ve turned into an American.  Made somnambulant by television.  If it was short and sweet…  Or better…  But this is kind of like flipping the channels on a cold, snowy, winter night. You’re not going to go out, so you turn on the TV and can’t turn it off.  And end up watching shit like this.
They manipulate the final game of the World Series.  The Oscars are the same show they were forty years ago.  Is it any wonder the best film of the year was made by Englishmen in a former colony that too many Americans couldn’t pick out on a map?