Okay. So let me just say this about Al Gore and Global Warming. Al Gore has an Oscar. Which one is the statue again? Jerry Seinfeld did stand up before he got it, which was at least funny.
Did Clint Eastwood just decide to blow off the teleprompter? At the end of his unintelligible intro to Morricone, he finally babbled "I should have worn my glasses."
Enrico Morricone starts accepting his lifetime achievement award in what is I think Italian, and then Clint Eastwood pretends to interpret. Semi-convincingly. Still not reading from the teleprompter. I'm feeling any moment this telecast could get hijjacked by these two and we'd be here for four more hours. Also, Enrico Morricone is doing an awesome impression of an Italian Buck Henry. I think it proves how much grass Clint Eastwood kicks. The guy can interpret Italian on the spot.
The Dreamgirls medley was great. You know, it's funny to me. Every time I think that the theatre is finally dead and buried, it keeps cropping up in other mediums. The only problem with the number is that they brought out an actual choir, which you can't do after having used the choir to make fun during the opening number moment. Someone throw the yellow flag.
And will Anna Nicole make the RIP reel for her work in film? No, I guess it would be too awkward to have her name follow that of Robert Altman's...
Martin Scorsese wins, a big shock what with having the three amigos introduce the category. And then The Departed wins best picture.
It's only fitting that The Departed won, since NewThing launched Reunion Church this year... Everyone break out the Boston accent and have yourself a tea party! Hope you won your Oscar pool...
