Barbara Walters Oscar Special

I love the annual Barbara Walters Oscar special and never miss it.

Tonight's first guest is Ellen Degeneres, one of my favorite comedians and the host of the Oscars this year. The one thing I don't really like about the Barbara Walters specials is that she always brings up some difficult period in the interviewee's life that is a tearjerker. She just asked Ellen about being molested as a child. While I feel badly for Ellen's past traumas I am uncomfortable hearing about them. I am always uncomfortable hearing extremely private information about people I don't know well and this occasion is no different. I wish they could have simply focused on Ellen's humor.

The second guest is Jennifer Hudson, the favorite to win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. I may be the only person who will come right out and say that I think Jennifer Hudson is completely overrated and totally uninteresting as an actress. Give me a break. Abigale Breslin should win Best Supporting Actress for her role in Little Miss Sunshine. But I am sure that the bland Ms. Hudson will win the Oscar this year. She seems like a nice girl but I just find her to be dull. Also, in my opinion, she isn't an actress as much as she is a singer. Maybe she should win a Grammy and not an Oscar. I wish I got to make decisions like that. Maybe when I am Supreme Dictator of the World.

Barbara's third guest is the great Helen Mirren, favorite to win the Best Actress Oscar tonight. I like Helen Mirren. She is beautiful, candid, and charming. She also looks age-appropriate unlike a lot of American stars who have all had so much plastic surgery that their eyebrows meet in the back of their heads. Helen Mirren is so cute when she is talking about her husband. She is adorable and so classy. I am glad she is going to win tonight. Talent, class, and grace. Maybe Paris, Britney, and Lindsey are watching this show and learning from her. Nah, I doubt it.

Cut back to Live From the Red Carpet on E!...

Seacrest is interviwing Gwynyth Paltrow. She bugs me. She takes herself so seriously for such a marginal actress. I guess having rich successful parents along with an Oscar does that to you.

Now Seacrest is interviewing Beyonce who also bugs me. Enough said.

Wow, Cate Blanchett looks amazing as always. She looks like a goddess. I hope she wins tonight but I don't think she is going to. If I were Supreme Dictator of the World Cate would win an Oscar every year because I think she might be the greatest actress of our generation.

Back to Barbara Walters....

Eddie Murphy is the next guest on the Barbara special. I remember seeing his movie "Raw" back in 1985 at the Hyde Park Theater in Chicago. It was pretty intimidating to see that movie in a predominantly African American movie theater back then. Great flick though. He is a talented guy. I loved him in Shrek. I didn't care for his acceptance speech at the Golden Globes though. If he wins tonight I hope he gives a funny speech. That is really what we want from comedians: comedy. Oh lord...Barbara is asking Eddie about his childhood and his divorced parents. I think she is trying to make him cry but Eddie isn't falling for it. Thank goodness.

Live From the Red Carpet

It's 5pm CST and of course I am watching E! TV's Live From the Red Carpet. I am going to blog about anything that seems interesting, dramatic, noteworthy, or ridiculous. So this could be a pretty long post.

Question #1: Did Ellen dis Seacrest?
I had to rewind the Tivo to watch what happened a second time. Ryan Seacrest just cut to Ellen getting ready to host the Oscars and it was hard to tell if her eye-roll and "Back to you, Ryan" as she turned around and walked away from the camera was sarcastic or if she was being funny. I'll bet she was dissing him. He is a jackass.

Even the E! people are making fun of Ryan Seacrest. They just caught him holding his bottle of water when he thought no one was looking and they are commenting on that. That is how riveting this coverage is so far. Maybe he has vodka in the bottle instead of water...that would explain a whole lot about his behavior. Good grief, I hope the red carpet gets more interesting than it has been so far.

Question #2: Seriously, what is wrong with Ryan Seacrest?
Seacrest just interviewed Gael Garcia Bernal, a star of the movie Babel which is nominated for Best Picture. All that Seacrest could think of to ask the guy was what he thought of Brad Pitt. The worst part was that Ryan wouldn't quit asking the same question over and over when Gael said that he doesn't know Brad Pitt. Poor Gael had to tell Ryan about 4 times that he never met Brad during the filming of the movie because they shot on different continents. Ryan is an idiot. Why not ask Gael about his amazing performance in Babel or his future movies because on continents other than this one he is a huge movie star in his own right. Ryan even tried to get the poor guy to just stand next to him until Brad Pitt shows up so that he, Ryan, could introduce the two actors. What a moron.

Question #3: Why Does Ryan Seacrest Think That if He Speaks Slowly and Loudly A Non-English Speaker will understand him?
He just interviewed Rinko Kikuchi, a star of Babel, who was speaking through an interpreter. All I can say is, "Embarrassing, ugly American." Ryan you should go home.

Penelope Cruz is beautiful. Wow. Her pink Versace dress is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. Seacrest is actually doing a decent job of interviewing her; maybe the Prozac kicked in.

Question #4: Why Does Cameron Diaz's Hair Always Look Like She Styled It With A Weed whacker?
Nice dress. Bad bad hair. Nothing more to say.

Jada Pinkett Smith is hot. This woman always looks amazing and tonight is no different. Gorgeous yellow dress that no woman with pale skin could pull off. She has a really buff body too.

Seacrest interviewing John Travolta and Kelly Preston. Apparently they voted for Forest Whitaker to win for Best Actor...if the Scientologists support a nominee he will probably win.

OK, its time to switch over to the Barbara Walters Special on ABC.

I hope that someone grabs Seacrest by his spiky hair and slams his head down onto his/her knee. That would be great.

The Academy Awards Are Today!!

I am so excited because the Academy Awards are tonight. For me, the Oscars are like the Superbowl, the Kentucky Derby, and election night all rolled into one evening. I will start watching red carpet coverage in a couple of hours. One weird thing is that E! TV starts its red carpet coverage at 11 am CST. That means 9 am PST. There is NO ONE on the red carpet at that time. I love the Oscars but interviews with the guys who are rolling out the carpet and the ladies who are bringing in the flowers just doesn't do it for me.

I will start watching the red carpet in a few hours when the D-list celebrities show up and I won't walk away from the TV until they give the last award. I am concerned that this years Oscars may be really dull because there don't seem to be any big surprises in store except maybe the Best Picture winner. I hope there is some kind of huge drama or someone has a seizure on stage to break up the monotony. Of course we can always count on Ryan Seacrest and his flunkies to make a lot of inane comments to the celebrities so that should be entertaining.