at the Oscars..

Last night Kristen and I watched every minute of the 79th Oscars. You know it’s a bad TV night when you watch a 4 hour award show. I actually can’t remember actually sitting through an entire one before, so it was a first. All winners

Best moment: When Jaden Christopher Syre Smith and Abigail Breslin got to announce two awards for film shorts. They were quite funny. When Jaden messed up one of his lines he did a great job of recovering. Let’s hope they don’t end up like the typical child stars.

Worst moment: It doesn’t get any worse than when Hollywood makes political statements. The Academy definitely went out of their way to "bless" Al Gore‘s documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. The former Vice President was practically knighted as the A-list tripped over opportunities to say how fantastic he was. Likewise, the very subpar song by Melissa Etheridge won the award for Achievement in Song Written for a Motion Picture. It was a very typical moment for the Academy Awards as the further try to convince the world that the Left is the only intelligent position.

Honorable Mention 1: I loved the loose atmosphere this year. There were many flubbed lines, zingers, and awkward moments. That made an otherwise boring award show worth watching.

Honorable Mention #2: George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, and Steven Spielberg presented best director to Martin Scorsesee. Four of the best directors of our day right there. Good times.

Honorable Mention #3: As much as don’t care for Ellen Degeneres’s "I’m gay routine" she pulled a few years ago. She was actually pretty good last night. My personal favorite moment was when she had her picture taken with Clint Eastwood and asked Steven Spielberg to take the photo for her myspace.