• A couple disappointments and some bad guesses on my part, but — woohoo! — the show redeemed itself with a big win for 24, a new favorite show.• E! better not compliment Nicole Kidman on her dress this year. It looks like a badly done mermaid costume.
• Wow, Bill Murray wins over Jack Sparrow. My nieces probably just threw something at the TV and stopped watching the show.
• Good job Robin Williams on learning the name of the movie you’re introducing. No, it’s not Master and the Commander.
• Ha ha. The censor missed Diane Keaton’s cuss word. Is the FCC going to have to cause another stink? Does this mean she should front a rock band?
• 9:25 PM: Yes! Howard Shore wins best score! …And back-to-back wins, with an award for best song! Let the four-award sweep begin.
• 9:37 PM: Cool. Mary Louise Parker, whom I’ve seen naked, is talking about her “boobs” on TV. And her award was presented by Justin Kirk, who was also in Angels in America. I thought his performance was excellent, yet he was the only actor from the mini-series not nominated. Go figure.
• 10:05 PM: here it comes…Best Director… YES! Peter Jackson wins! To my way of thinking, it was never a question of his deserving it, it was whether the Foreign Press (and the Academy) would do what’s expected of them.
• 10:12 PM: looks like all you needed for a nomination was to have something to do with gays. I guess it’s a good thing so many people have misread Sam and Frodo’s devotion.
• 10:43 PM: haven’t said anything in a while, but I’m only posting on the awards I care about. One more commercial break to go, reportedly…
• 10:47 PM: nope, the announcer lied. This is the one commercial break…
• 10:52 PM: here it comes. They’re going over the nominee clips again now. And Leonard DiCaprio is about to read the winner. …… Ahhhh…all is as it should be. Four out of four. Now bring on the Oscars.
