The Oscars

Let me comment on some Oscar moments:


1. Ellen D! Wow! She can be so funny - and with Carol Leifer and Carrie Fisher as part of the writing team who could go wrong? Some things were funny others just bombed. And, I am not quite sure who dressed her. I am all for the velvet jacket, outfit, etc. Its so Partridge Family - and so I understand it. But the wine colored velvet witht he piping looked more like a jogging suit than a tailored $8,000 suit - the white was not much better - and then came the final outfit. Sans jacket did mean we saw some cameltoe. yikes!
2. I was happy to see Jody Foster - love her but not in love with the new do. Shane from L-Word could play her in the movie. Sort of. Penelope Cruz, Helen Mirren, Mary from 7th Heaven, QUEEN latifah all looked great. Marky Mark I love as you know. Peter O'Toole looked like his eyes were stapled open. It was sort of frightening to me. Waxman Cometh!
3. Jennifer Hudson - ROCKED the house in Dreamgirls and absolutely deserved to win. She outblew Beyonce - out acted (wait, that is not hard given that Beyonce cannot really act at all - but she could throw her afro around and scream SHAZAM!).
4. Alan Arkin - was absolutely hysterical in Little Miss Sunshine. If you haven't seen this movie you must see it. I must own it. I have not, in a very long time, seen a movie that made me laugh so hard that I started crying and hyperventilating. I laughed at the end of this movie for about 15 minutes and thought I needed 911. CUTE film. Eddie could have won but Alan was funny and he's old and maybe doesn't have many more films left. Eddie can pull out a few more - especially if there's another Coming to America
5. Departed as best movie was right on. I loved DreamGirls but so many people are so not into the musical performance. I love the musical performance and so loved it. But Departed was F'd up in that dramatic sociological F'dupedness of the movie. Dark. Suspenseful. Great great acting by all , although Alec Baldwin makes me crazy. I thought that Leo DiCapprio deserved an award for Departed but alas was not nominated.
6. I cannot wait for Hairspray to come out - John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, Amanda Baines. This summer!
7. Next year I must be better at seeing ALL the movies up for nomination - this year was horrible in that regard. Alas, the Oscars wait for noone!