Whoo-hoo-hoo! Scorcese and The Departed won!!!!! I was thrilled and I was also very pleased that Alan Arkin took the Best Supporting Actor prize for Little Miss Sunshine. Both Mirren and Whittaker made really gracious speeches about their wins, which was a pleasant change from thanking names on a list. Leo DiCaprio has long since grown out of his boyishness and his roles have gotten better and more demanding. While he didn't win last night (I thought he was nominated for the wrong movie, anyway, and thought his role in The Departed was Oscar-worthy), it will happen for him some day. And then maybe not, of course. There was Peter O'Toole in the audience, looking very longing to be recognized and for the eighth time did not get the prize. Ellen was a delight--warm, witty without guffaws, engaging the audience in ways that delighted them and gave folks like me a chance to get a quick look at "stars" when they were a little off guard and weren't in a "role." And those dancers who looked like Circe de Soleil acrobats and mimed icons of the best pic nominees were mighty clever. When they turned themselves into a VW bus and later a gun, I was laughing out loud. The show had a couple of draggy spots but then it always does, and I just waited past them for the stuff I wanted to see. Overall, set design was simpler than usual and thus more appealing. Meryl Streep fixed her bra strap (again!) and obviously needs to be better fitted in her undergarments. But she was a total charm when Ann Hathaway and Emily I'm-drawing-a-blank were handing out an award; Streep was obviously happy for them and put on a Miranda face just to heighten the fun. Jadon Smith might be the handsomest little kid around and his dad, Will, is his best audience. Talk about a proud dad. And how about Al Gore's team winning an Oscar for An Incovenient Truth? While that won't make some of the naysayers on "that other forum" happy, I was sort of wide-eyed when a man who might have been president of the US bounded on to the Oscar stage with the folks who made his film possible. Nice. Now we're into the film void. Netflix just sent me an e-mail pitching me to rejoin. They know what's going on out there. I might just take them up on the offer, at least until the fall when all this hoopla starts all over again.

Oh crap...I miss read it! LOL IMHO, those award shows are nothing more than an opportunity for the stars to once again pat themselves on the back and say aren't we wonderful. It's no longer about the quality of a movie or the artistic beauty of it, it's all about how well known and popular the actor in it is. Most movies these days are just awful with no depth or thought to them. I got so tired of buying into the hype of the trailers and walking away disappointed, I stopped looking to the theaters for entertainment quite a while ago and watch whatever I can find in Hulu plus or Netflix. The only reason I saw the Descendents is because DH wanted to rent from Redbox and asked if I'd choose a movie too. Next time I'll just save the money.

Do you know (and like) your friends well enough to get over to their house sometime today, and spend the night so you'll be there to watch the Oscars tomorrow? Of course, you'd have to spend tomorrow night at their house, too... It's a male friend, and NO. Although I'm sure he'd be perfectly agreeable. LOL Joann, he's a complete Luddite, and I'm not even 100% clear on what your suggestion involves (I've never had cable), so I think I'll jump on Georgysmom's idea and ask him to DVR the Red Carpet. He knows how to use a DVR. :-) Thanks, guys!

I wondered if Heidi had promised to wear one of the designs from the project runway Jr! That was terrible. I didn't think it was possible to make Heidi look bad but I was wrong. I normally am not a fan of sea foam green but that dress was fabulous on Cate. I personally would not even wear that horrible sack dress to do my gardening that Jacqueline West was wearing, what were they thinking? The best thing Lady Gaga wore was her fabulous hunk of hot romance fiancé! I watch Chicago fire just to see him! I read recently that the 2 of them made love in the nude for one of her videos. I saw just a still clip and wow he is a work of art. She is a lucky lady. He looked so handsome in his tux.