If you missed it, trust me: You didn't miss much.

8:30 Glad to see Ellen back after the last few host duds! I LOVE YOU, ELLEN! You look gorgeous.

8:34 OK, so far really baaad teeth and plastic surgery in that audience… Not naming names ( Read more... )

Here's the rundown ( Read more... )

I love movies. I love the Oscars.

No, wait. I hate the Oscars ( Read more... )

Anne Hathaway = stunning. Does she ever look grubby?

James Franco’s grandma.

Anne: “LESBIANS! DANCING LESBIANS!” Love it!

Tom Hanks’s glasses (first ya see ’em, then you don’t-that fast)

Kirk Douglas. He’s so sweet and so funny.

Melissa Leo: Nice mouth. Even I'd have more sense, and that's saying something. Nice ramble, too--not! Where's the trap door ( Read more... )

Jon Stewart: boring

Nice tux, Rock, but it doesn't quite fit.

Jennifer Hudson: WHO told you you looked good in that dress?

Cate Blanchette: Pregnant and beautiful!

I think "Javier" has gotta be the sexiest male name ever.

Hal Holbrook is still alive?

Who was that amazing child who sang "Raise It Up ( Read more... )

Observations

Kate Winslet's pantylines revealed beneath that gorgeous green dress.

Martin Scorsese's eyebrows (at first I thought they were flip-up sunglasses).

Cate Blanchette chomping on gum in the audience.

Tight skirts! Cate and Gwyneth could barely walk in those suckers ( Read more... )

The Academy Award nominees were announced last week. Every year it's my custom to see ALL the best pic nominees (and any of the others I can squeeze in) and then throw an Oscar party. Because the LAST two Oscar shows utterly sucked thanks to the hosts--Chris Rock (barf) and Jon Stewart (yawn)--I was kind of tempted to blow it off. However, this ( Read more... )