And the Oscar goes to...
Jarrett Clark
Issue date: 3/11/10 Section: Entertainment
The awards season in Hollywood ended Sunday night when "The Hurt Locker" took home a surprising six Oscars, including Best Motion Picture.
Preceding the event was Barbara Walters' Oscar Special. During her program, Walters recapped her show's past and announced that this year's would be the last.
She also interviewed Sandra Bullock about her nomination for her lead role in "The Blind Side."
The main event began on the red carpet as stars arrived in designer gowns and tuxedos.
This year ABC's Kathy Ireland, fitness guru of the 90s, was there to awkwardly interview them with robotic gestures.
Once the glitzy introductions were over, the show kicked off with a song and dance number performed by Neil Patrick Harris.
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, this year's hosts, made an awkward pair and lacked comedic chemistry. Many of the jokes fell flat.
Steve Martin: "There's that damn Helen Mirren!"
Alec Baldwin: "I think you mean Dame Helen Mirren."
Wordplay? Really? Come on! To say the least, their hosting lacked basic entertainment, especially compared to the witty and charming work of Hugh Jackman last year.
This year's Oscars even had its own "Kanye moment" during Roger Ross Williams' acceptance of the award for Best Documentary Short Film.
The crazy woman who rushed the stage was Elinor Burkett, a disgruntled co-producer for the winning film "Music By Prudence," who quit the project nearly a year ago.
This year's Oscars did a successful job at making the show more audience-friendly.
They expanded the Best Motion Picture category and featured informative and interesting lead-ins for some of the more obscure categories such as Achievement in Sound Mixing and Best Short Film.
Sadly, these added features left no room for other Oscar traditions, such as live performances in the Best Original Song category.
The memoriam segment left many viewers, including myself, and filled with one big question:
Preceding the event was Barbara Walters' Oscar Special. During her program, Walters recapped her show's past and announced that this year's would be the last.
She also interviewed Sandra Bullock about her nomination for her lead role in "The Blind Side."
The main event began on the red carpet as stars arrived in designer gowns and tuxedos.
This year ABC's Kathy Ireland, fitness guru of the 90s, was there to awkwardly interview them with robotic gestures.
Once the glitzy introductions were over, the show kicked off with a song and dance number performed by Neil Patrick Harris.
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, this year's hosts, made an awkward pair and lacked comedic chemistry. Many of the jokes fell flat.
Steve Martin: "There's that damn Helen Mirren!"
Alec Baldwin: "I think you mean Dame Helen Mirren."
Wordplay? Really? Come on! To say the least, their hosting lacked basic entertainment, especially compared to the witty and charming work of Hugh Jackman last year.
This year's Oscars even had its own "Kanye moment" during Roger Ross Williams' acceptance of the award for Best Documentary Short Film.
The crazy woman who rushed the stage was Elinor Burkett, a disgruntled co-producer for the winning film "Music By Prudence," who quit the project nearly a year ago.
This year's Oscars did a successful job at making the show more audience-friendly.
They expanded the Best Motion Picture category and featured informative and interesting lead-ins for some of the more obscure categories such as Achievement in Sound Mixing and Best Short Film.
Sadly, these added features left no room for other Oscar traditions, such as live performances in the Best Original Song category.
The memoriam segment left many viewers, including myself, and filled with one big question:
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Meghan Allen
posted 3/11/10 @ 8:38 PM CST
When I picked up today's Herald I was glad to see an article about the Oscars. As a movie lover this year's Oscars had me very excited, what with the expansion of the best picture category and so many great nominees (of which I saw 8/10). (Continued…)
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