A few lingering questions about Oscar night, Part 2, memorable moments / youtube edition (Part 1
here):
Steven Gätjen?
Cameron Diaz: One 4x4 inch piece of fabric away from being my seventh grade quilting project?
Loving Ellen. But did she have to bring out the tambourine? She's not Billy Crystal. Though I'm not saying that that might be preferable.
Interpretive dance? Are you kidding?
Wow-how! Jack Nicholson – the new Britney Spears?
How cute is Abigail Breslin?
Is Jennifer Hudson ill? As in sick? She looks ready to throw up.
Why is Beyoncé clapping as if her manicure was still drying?
George!
But, George, why did you have to colour your hair?
How did Marky Mark, underwear model turn into Mark Wahlberg, actor?
Looking good though.
Yet more of the interpretive dancing?
Will Ferrell: One inch of hair away from being Gene Wilder?
Could Helen Mirren have looked any more pleased when they wanted to take her home with them?
But she is rather wonderful.
Not quite as wonderful as Meryl Streep, who should have won for best actress, if only for the acceptance speech, because this year's Oscars is kind of lacking in great acceptance speeches.
Though it's certainly not lacking in interpretive dance.
On a sidenote: How great would it have been, if they had gotten, say, Robin Williams to do the interpretive dancing?
Half-way through and already I'm pining for something a little more Robin Williamesque. And this is only the roundup.
Though he might not have pulled off hoovering the carpet in front of Gwyneth Paltrow quite as smoothly as Ellen did.
Speaking of Gwyneth: Are sunken tits making a comeback?
Al Gore – giving new meaning to „it's not easy being green”? It certainly isn't very funny.
Cate Blanchett: One tailfin away from appearing in Splash – Swimming Against the Tide?
How many different Mexican-as-done-by-an-American ways are there to pronounce Innaritu? Not that I'd know how to pronounce it correctly. But Inrrrritu doesn't sound right. Nor does Im-a-rid-u. Which sounds a bit like a name for hair removal creme.
Speaking of hair: Did John Travolta borrow Ben Affleck's hairpiece fom Pearl Harbour?
Is aging the new agent?
Isn't it weird how Forest Whitaker made almost the exact same acceptance speech that Ellen suggested one should make in her opening monologue?
Bless him though.
George Lucas: One red overcoat away from being Santa Claus?
Would Lucas, Spielberg and Coppola have come, if it hadn't been so damn certain that Scorsese would win?
How cute is Martin Scorsese?
Dane Keaton: one whitewine spritzer away from breaking into interpretive dance?
Could someone not have matte-powdered Jack Nicholson's head before letting him on stage? Please?
Think that the titlemusic from The Departed is available as a ringtone? It's kinda neat.
Also? Das Leben der Anderen. Woo-hoo.