I watched every minute of the Oscars show, mainly just to see the actresses' gowns. I'm a fashion ho--or rather a fashion ho-hum myself.
All the ladies--well most, were wearing beautiful gowns. Glenn Close was an exception. She was up for best supporting actress. She wore what looked like an office blazer over some blah outfit.
Meryl Streep won for best actress--oh go away Meryl. Give somebody else a chance. She had on a gold gown ruched up on one side. I didn't like it much.

Angela Jolie wore a black gown with a slit on one side that went all the way up to her kazoo. Her hair was dyed a strawberry color, and she's had some plastic surgery--she didn't look like herself.
Jolie pulled a stunt in such bad taste it still puzzles me. She was a presenter, and when she got to the microphone, she stuck a leg out of the slit and posed--it looked kinda like the Captain Morgan rum ads. On her show "Fashion Police", Joan Rivers took a mannequin leg and mimicked the pose Jolie did--it was hilarious, because the fake leg looked exactly like the Jolie leg.

Then there was Nick Nolte, looking nothing like himself either. His face, what you could see of it, was red and puffy, like he'd had some chemical peel gone wrong. His hair was snow white, and what with the beard and mustache and all, he was unrecognizable. He seemed kinda out of it too. An interviewer was talking to him, and he seemed disoriented.

The best picture was a silent black and white film made by Frenchmen, titled "The Artist." I'll be dam*ed if I'll pay to see a b/w silent movie. Maybe if it ever comes on HBO, maybe then.
The sound system at the microphone was creepy--it had a high pitched background whine that was so annoying I thought it was my TV but after a while realized it was the sound system on stage. Did anyone else notice that?

I'm just kvetching about the bad parts, the show was rather insipid, and I wish the makeup folks would draw some eyebrows on host Billy Crystal next time , because he looks odd, like he doesn't have eyebrows or eyelashes.
But really, the actresses' really stepped it up because they and their gowns were outstanding, well done and beautiful this year.

susil