LIVE OSCAR BLOGGING! — Rick Scheckman writes, "So, I guess that Bob Hope's whole legacy was just about hosting the Academy Awards. Where were the clips from his films???" Now that I think about it, he's right. If you didn't already know Hope made some great movies, you might have missed that fact.
Right now, we're listening to nominated songs. Can't recall the last time I heard one of these and said, "Hey, what a great song." They may work in the context of their films but they rarely shine at these ceremonies.
Just checked my e-mail again and got this from Amazon…
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I was almost expecting an ad for the DVD release of Mystic River saying, "Catch the Academy Award winning performance of Tim Robbins."