Saw the Oscars last night. Yawn. Really just stupendously boring. I used to look forward to the glamour and style when I was a kid and it seems as the years progress the ’stars’ have just really lost their glitter and mystique for me. I’m not saying that the stars of yesteryear were more saintly then today, but with the press reporting every single move they make now it’s just not as fun anymore. Sure, the occasional horrible fashion choice can be amusing, but E! has turned this into a spectator sport, analyzing the hell out of it and sucking all the fun out of it. It was funny hearing fashion judgment from the ridiculous looking Jay Manuel (America’s Next Top Model), because he looks like he jumped out of the pages of some International Male cartoon show himself. They expect people to actually stop and be interviewed while he highlights their flaws via the TV equivalent of an overhead projector used in many a 70’s classroom.

I did think Jennifer Hudson looked not so good. Nicole Kidman looked like a she was wearing a dog bow. Eddie Murphy’s date looked like she borrowed the dress from The Adventures of Pluto Nash and Anne Hathaway needn’t had added that Franks Nursery and Crafts veleveteen bow to her dress, but at least they provided something to talk about. My fave was Penelope Cruz. After seeing her in Volver Chris and I just really fell in love with her. One of the funniest moments of the pre-pre show was Sally Kirkland nearly pouncing on Richard Roeper and some other guy. Richard looked like he really hated being there in the first place and Sally was dressed to horrify.

Ellen was good, but she couldn’t save the show. Her humor was sublime. Probably too sublime for the general public. It was great to see Alan Arkin win but then he ruined it with what had to be the worst Oscar speech ever given by an actor. He read from a piece of paper with all the passion of reciting his grocery list. This coming from one of the original members of Second City? I thought improv was his thing? Muy embarrassado! Jennifer rambled, but yeah, I’d be flustered too. She didn’t thank American Idol and strangely gave Jennifer Holliday a shout out. Later in the evening E! featured Jennifer Holliday’s reaction to the shout out. Why does she feel entitled to whatever she feels entitled to? She got her Tony for the part. She was an actress playing a role over 20 years ago. Move on, girl!

Martin Scorses finally won an Oscar and I’m glad he won it before he shrinks anymore. The Departed also won for Best Picture which was rather disappointing for me since I was such a fan of Little Miss Sunshine. Melissa Etheridge’s win for best song was also a bit of a surprise. A nice surprise. For the rest of the results you can go the Oscars site. If you missed the show, be grateful. Those who watched will never get those four hours back and you didn’t have to look at the disgusting Phillip Seymour Hoffman. He looked like he had just woken up in his own vomit surrounded by empty bottles of malt liquor and half pints of vodka. Welcome to Hollywood.

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