They played Queen Latifah and John Travolta on with a song from the forthcoming movie of the musical, Hairspray, which both are in. Shouldn't the Academy wait until the movie is out before it gets that kind of plug?
The Best Acting Oscars this year went to people playing Idi Amin and Queen Elizabeth II. If you were an actor trying to decide what kind of role was most likely to get you an Academy Award, what would you deduce from this trend?
Okay, Scorcese finally won. At any given time, there's always that one glaring omission…that one person who you can't believe never won an Oscar. Who is it now?
It's over…well, except for nineteen minutes of end credits. What's the official running time? Three hours and forty-nine minutes? Something like that. Lord, how people are going to curse about that.
They're playing the song, "Hooray for Hollywood." Amazing. I haven't been so shocked since I went into an Italian restaurant and I heard a Sinatra record.
Like I said, I think Ellen did an okay job. I doubt they'll ask her back but then again, I didn't think they'd ask her in the first place. It's a shame there doesn't seem to be anyone like Hope or Carson who can lend an air of importance to the proceedings by their very presence. With most hosts these days, the show makes them important. It used to be the other way around.
That's it from Tinsel Town. I'm going back to a script that's due tomorrow.