my award show has a first name, it's A-C-A-D-E-M-Y

Yeah, lame title, I know. Couldn't help myself.

I watched a fair bit of the Oscars last night, and I'm left with a few thoughts:

* Isn't Jon Stewart simply wonderful? That amazing mix of charm, dashing good looks and knowledgeable wit just makes him hugely attractive to me. A good friend of mine rarely uses his name, opting instead to usually refer to him as "my boyfriend." As in, "Hey, did you see my boyfriend last night- he was funn-nny!"

* Maybe we should rent There Will Be Blood when it comes out on DVD-- just to see what the hype is all about. Is it just that Daniel Day Lewis can once again get really, really ugly for a role?

* Man, Juno got the shaft. It only won for Best Screenplay. Great movie, that's all I'm saying.

* Funny that Enchanted had three of the five Best Song (or excuse me, Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures) category... and didn't win.

* What the heck was Once? And, again, how great was Jon Stewart to bring the chick out from the duo that won for that movie after the music came up on her before she could do any of the requisite thanking? Man, I love that guy.

* Hey Academy- yeah, I'm talking to you! How is it that you infuse your award show with comedian hosts, funny banter between presenters and jokes at every turn, yet you still refuse to give an award to an actual comedic movie??? It's about time for a Best Comedy category- it's what everyone is actually watching, and you apparently seem to value comedy when it comes to getting people to watch your own stinking show. Come on!

* Hmm, you know that character Javier Bardem plays in No Country for Old Men? I think I had his hairdo in 9th grade. Scaryyyyy....

* The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is too long a title. Maybe that's why it didn't win anything.

* Thank goodness they translated this title, Le Mozart des Pickpockets. (Just in case you've never taken any French lessons like me, this title is The Mozart of Pickpockets.) I never would have been able to figure that one out.

* By my watch, the show was only 47 minutes over the allotted time. Not too bad. They could have saved time by just letting Jon Stewart present all the awards- no waiting for people to get to the microphone, and he'd never have to leave the stage. Not too shabby.