Oscar mania

I was going to blog about the Oscars today, but having Twittered about it all morning, I got lazy to do it all over again. So I've just cut and paste my comments below:-

• And the Oscars have officially begun! Eddie Murphy is one funny dude when he's not talking...
• A funny Oscar segment by Will Ferrell and Jack Black! ROTFL!
• Abigail Breslin and Jaden Smith look so cute together! Everybody say awwwww.....
• Cool segment on elements & motion with just the voices of a choir (can you call it a choir? they're not singing)
• And Eddie Murphy loses out on his little gold man... again. No surprise there.
• How'd they do that Happy Feet shadow with human forms? *scratch head*
• Why'd they always use the Mission Impossible music to introduce Tom Cruise?
• America voted: Jennifer Hudson = American Idol reject. But good enough for the Oscars. Talk about irony.
• Wonders which is sweeter - to get an Oscar at the time of first nomination or to get an Oscar after years of nomination without winning.
• Wonders how Beyonce felt performing on stage with Jennifer Hudson as the shadow of Jennifer's maiden Oscar win moments ago hung overhead...
• The Queen! The Queen! (that just about says it all, doesn't it?)
• Not seen so much hoo ha at the Oscars since Roberto Benigni won for Life is Beautiful...
• Hmm... after many years and failed nominations, Martin Scorsese wins an Oscar for ripping off a Hong Kong film

Other random thoughts not Twittered

~ Ellen DeGeneres is really not that funny. Hmm. Would rather have Will Ferrell, Jack Black or Steve Carrell emcee-ing the occasion. Or bring back Whoopi Goldberg or Robin Williams.

~ Forgot to mention that humorous segment involving Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep reprising their roles in The Devil Wears Prada.

~ And the ending part where Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg came out to present the Best Director award. Never realized that George Lucas doesn't have an Oscar to his name. Guess the bad scriptwriting of Star Wars dragged him down.

~ And Tobey Maguire looked really really short next to Kirsten Dunst. So did Tom Cruise when he came out later.

~ But Nicole Kidman looked really really good in a red Balenciaga dress that I just adore. Both Nicole Kidman and Penelope Cruz (Tom Cruise exes) looked exceptionally gorgeous while Katie Holmes was nowhere in sight. Ha!

~ Wonders how Simon Cowell feels about Jennifer Hudson now. And what Fantasia Barrino must be thinking when she watches Jennifer walk away with accolades for the role that she auditioned for but didn't get.

~ The song of the year by Melissa Etheridge sounds really really dull. Why'd it win? Because it's a politically correct song?

~ Somewhere out there, the Hong Kong film director of Infernal Affairs must be saying: "You ought to share that little gold man with me, Marty."

~ Oscar voters couldn't acknowledge Martin Scorsese for his original works, but for the "adapted" work, which was not entirely his.

~ Wondering what kind of swag the stars got for attending and presenting at the ceremony. Gifts, goodies, trips, sponsored stuff...

And I thought I wasn't going to blog lots about the awards. That's all folks! See you at the next Oscars!