LIVE OSCAR BLOGGING! — Nice number from The Triplets of Belleville but it looked like all or some of the track was prerecorded and the folks on stage were just miming.
Before it, the number from A Mighty Wind didn't sound too good. And since the movie wasn't a blockbuster, I wonder how many people knew who the performers really were and/or that it was a spoof.
As several e-mails are noting, the odd framing of the clips is apparently due to someone being more interested in making it look right for the HDTV transmission than for the normal sets being watched by 99% of us.
Funny bit by Jack Black and Will Ferrell, singing the unknown lyrics to the song they play when a winner has gone on too long.
Best Song, "Into the West" from The Lord of the Rings. Several of you have e-mailed to ask if this movie has lost one of the awards for which it's been nominated. I don't think so. If Peter Jackson doesn't win for Best Director, it can only mean that Katherine Harris is working for Price-Waterhouse. We're nine for twelve here.