You have to give them props for finding ways to shave time off the notoriously long Academy Awards telecast - by having the (what I call) the Thank You ticker (because that's how acceptance speeches get so long) and what not. Two and a half hours from 3, 4 hours is a slight improvement, I must say.
- If there's a dress code for these things, Jenny Beavan sure didn't give two shits about it, by not just being in pants, but in a bedazzled LEATHER JACKET too. Thumbs up from me.
- Lady Gaga took the skirt off her dress when she performed. Two-fer.
- The little presenter blurbs was handy, I suppose... if you ever wondered what their previous work was.
- All the ladies (of a certain age) in their prompter-reading glasses.
- Why is Sarah Silverman there? Just to present? Was Michael Sheen her plus-one? There's a shot of them in the audience where she (wearing a strapless gown) was wearing his jacket. D'awww....!!
- Was wondering why Priyanka Chopra was at the Oscars, and then I remembered that both her and the Oscars are on ABC.
- The Chinese kid accountant bit is still funnier than dragging ACTUAL accountants on stage for their 15 seconds of fame.
- DID Dev Patel comes to the Oscars looking like that on purpose, or is it for a role in the Castaway sequel?
- Poor Sly Stallone? Not really - I, for one, am glad Mark Rylance won for Bridge of Spies. But I think people will come up to him and say "Would it help?" for the rest of his days.
- Chrissy Teigen must up her cringe game.
- Besides little Jacob Tremblay, who else was excited that the droids made an appearance?
- The Girl Scout cookie sale is definitely a step up from Ellen's weird pizza delivery skit two years ago.
- Yup, poor Abe Vigoda (among others) didn't make the cut-off for the In Memoriam montage.
