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<\/a>Best of the Best--Meryl Streep and Jean Dujardin.<\/p><\/div>\n
Also, I have to say that, outside of the opening sound glitches, this was one of the most enjoyable Oscars in recent memory. Some of Billy Crystal<\/strong>‘s bon mots were hilarious, none more so than the one about what was in Nick Nolte<\/strong>‘s mind. Mr. X and I played that one several times for the extra laughs.<\/p>\n I missed most of the walk-ins because I was at an adorable three-year-old’s birthday party, so, sadly, my snarking of those will be limited.<\/p>\n Let’s get to my as-they-happened musings, in order:<\/p>\n Shailene Woodley.<\/p><\/div>\n When I said, \u201cEww,\u201d to Shailene Woodley<\/strong>‘s dress, Mr. X asked why, and I answered, \u201cBecause it looks like she’s wearing a bathrobe!!!\u201d<\/p>\n I especially loved seeing Max Von Sydow <\/strong>after meeting him yesterday. [You can read all about it in my upcoming Celeb Sightings column at the end of next week.]<\/p>\n Stacy Kiebler<\/strong>…what a chatterbox.<\/p>\n How is this Tabitha woman (on the TV Guide coverage,) a fashion expert??? She looks like a Tim Burton character.<\/p>\n Good for Maya Rudolph<\/strong> to have never fixed her nose, teeth, or ears. I guess it’s okay when you’re funny. But why would she feature her giant ear??? I have the same one and I would never show it.<\/p>\n What’s up with the “Kizzy” hair on Viola Davis<\/strong>? To the Oscars?<\/p>\n Viola’s hubby has some personality! I liked him.<\/p>\n Chris Harrison mentioned that Viola and her husband honeymooned at George Clooney<\/strong>‘s house, but didn’t ask how that came to be, or even how they know each other. Of course he didn’t, because that <\/em>would have been interesting.<\/p>\n This was the best Michelle Williams<\/strong> ever looked.<\/p>\n Chris Harrison didn’t know Michelle was best friends with Busy Phillips<\/strong>??? He’s interviewed them a bunch of times! Even the hating-this-stuff Mr. X knew it!!!<\/p>\n How is Louise Roe, that Bucky Beaver doppelg\u00e4nger on the national ABC walk-in show, a fashion expert??? Mr. X hit it on the head when he said that she’s the daughter of Cat Deeley and Miley Cyrus!<\/p>\n Another one who should not be a fashion expert, Nina Garcia, had her hair hanging down, hiding her face.<\/p>\n Octavia Spencer.<\/p><\/div>\n This was the best Octavia Spencer<\/strong> ever looked. Will she get her teeth fixed now? I have a feeling not because she’ll still be eligible for only character roles.<\/p>\n That idiot, Louise Roe, asked Jonah Hill<\/strong>, regarding baseball, \u201cWhat about it captured the nation?\u201d It’s called \u201cthe national past time,\u201d moron! That’s just basic knowledge, nothing hard to figure out.<\/p>\n What a story–Dolores Hart <\/strong>being there! She’s the woman who gave up a promising acting career in the ’60s, even kissing Elvis on-screen, to become a nun. She was in a nominated documentary this year about that very topic. I would have loved to hear her speak about it.<\/p>\n Why doesn’t Prince Albert <\/strong>of Monaco, have a French accent?<\/p>\n Emma Stone<\/strong>‘s maroon dress clashes with her carrot top hair; I’m cringing.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rooney Mara.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Rooney Mara<\/strong> came as Edith Head?<\/p>\n What a personality on Rooney! Not.<\/p>\n Tim Gunn said, regarding Rooney Mara, \u201cShe’s a very polarizing figure. You either love her or you hate her.\u201d Who knows her to care either way???<\/p>\n Michelle William’s lipstick clashed with her dress.<\/p>\n George Clooney’s mother (whom ABC showed in a taped segment,) looks the same age as her son!<\/p>\n That’s all the red carpet stuff I had time to watch. So, now to the show:<\/p>\n What was Tom Hanks<\/strong>‘\u00a0bit??? So, was that man a venerable seat-filler or not? Why waste our time with that bit if he wasn’t? That was just creepy.<\/p>\n Sam Elliott became a cinematographer? (You have to see the visual to understand.)<\/p>\n I really like her, but Sheila E<\/strong>.’s music sounded like something was breaking backstage. At least the producers of the show were attempting to be hip.<\/p>\n I loved Billy’s jokes about the theatre’s name, even though I’m pretty sure that most people outside of show business\/Los Angeles\/big business had no idea what that was about.<\/p>\n I didn’t like any of those movies in the \u201cmajor films\u201d montage except for Raging Bull<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jennifer Lopez and Cameron Diaz doing a failed bit.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Jennifer Lopez <\/strong>said about wardrobe, quoting someone else, that dresses should be \u201cloose enough to reveal you’re a lady\u201d while her boobs were popping-out. Great choice on the part of the writers, eh?<\/p>\n Cameron Diaz<\/strong>‘s face looked surgeried-out. She looked especially bad next to JLo.<\/p>\n Speaking of those two, they were idiots on-stage, doing a stupid bit that fell flat, (that looked like they just came-up with it themselves,) and stepping on the Best Make-up winners’ moment.<\/p>\n A half hour into the show, I still felt no energy or excitement, for some reason. (And that continued for most of the night.)<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sandra Bullock.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Sandra Bullock<\/strong> got a bit heavy, looked dumpy in that horrible dress, and looks like someone took an iron to her face. I know people love her, but I just couldn’t ignore her weird looks.<\/p>\n I just do not get the attraction of Bradley Cooper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Cirque du Soleil performance was the best thing I’ve ever <\/em>seen on the Oscars!!! Hands down. It was spectacular.<\/p>\n Cutting the mikes on the documentary winners was so rude. But perhaps they asked for it because one of them had just cursed.<\/p>\n When Chris Rock <\/strong>was entering, I told Mr. X not to eat, so we don’t choke from laughing. But poor Mr. X, who should have known better, admonished me, \u201cHe’s not going to do a bit, Ka.\u201d Yeah, right. He did one about getting paid for voice-overs and it was really funny. Maybe not choking funny, but amusing nonetheless.<\/p>\n I love animation so much that I’ve gone to animation festivals. So, please believe me when I tell you that winner Rango<\/em> is one of the worst films I’ve ever seen. Johnny Depp’s the main voice, so what does that tell u??? (Not a fan, not a fan.)<\/p>\n Emma Stone’s routine with Ben Stiller<\/strong> was actually a tad amusing.<\/p>\n Have you ever seen Christopher Plummer<\/strong> and George Valentin, the main character in The Artist<\/em>, together?<\/p>\n Billy doing Nick Nolte’s mind made me laugh more than anything ever.<\/p>\n Angelina Jolie.<\/p><\/div>\n I love Angelina Jolie<\/strong>, but this was the worst she ever looked. Those arms are bad enough, so why would she also make a point of sticking-out her stick figure leg? Eww.<\/p>\n Even so, it was really rude of the writer winner to mimic Angie.<\/p>\n I also think it’s rude of Woody Allen to not show-up. Back in the day, his excuse was that the telecast was on Monday nights, his night to play clarinet at Michael’s, a club in New York. But there’s just no excuse now.<\/p>\n Speaking of Woody, I’m still trying to figure out Midnight In Paris<\/em>, the film he just won Best Screenplay for.<\/p>\n Why did Kristen Wiig<\/strong> have yet another nose job? Her original nose had nothing wrong with it, especially for a comedienne. Looking at her standing there next to Maya Rudolph, I couldn’t help but observe that noses should ideally be somewhere between theirs.<\/p>\n Oprah Winfrey<\/strong>‘s phony English accent pisses me off all the time. I’m so glad that we don’t have to hear it that much anymore.<\/p>\n The In Memorium section was well done, especially Billy’s personal, and heartfelt, introduction of it.<\/p>\n Jonah Hill’s assessment of acting, in a taped segment, was spot-on, honest, and charming.<\/p>\n And then I cried my guts out over Meryl Streep’s incredibly well-deserved win. She’s gotten screwed so many times, I was expecting that to happen again. [Read my review of The Iron Lady<\/em> here: www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/2012\/01\/26\/movie-review-the-iron-lady\u2014give-meryl-streep-the-oscar-this-second<\/a>] And her speech was the highlight of the night.<\/p>\n That’s it for this year’s Oscars. Tomorrow, the Gifting Suites write-ups continue through next week, so please make sure to check for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OSCARS MUSINGS 2012 I always go in order on my awards shows musings, but I’m so thrilled that Meryl Streep won that I have to begin with that. No one deserved the win more than she did. As they were announcing the category, I was actually in pain, assuming, for sure, that she was<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>