Lets talk about the Oscars, shall we? I hope Chicago's win for Best Film paves the way for more lighter films being taken seriously by the stodgy Academy. Catherine Zeta Jones rocked in her role, but I sort of wanted Queen Latifah to win if for no other reason than to prove that last year's Halle/Denzel double-whammy wasn't just a one-off...I love Nicole Kidman, she can do no wrong and apparently divorcing Tom Cruise was the best career move for her... I imagine Mr. Cruise wouldn't be so amenable to his wife winning awards all over the place, so good riddance to her, eh? But I was rooting for Diane Lane because I don't think I've ever seen anyone portray the guilt of adultery so effectively in an otherwise dull movie. Or Julianne Moore who is just incredible.

The men? Daniel Day-Lewis was by all accounts in the lead to win Best Actor. All I can say is that at least the undeserving Adrien Brody broke the tradition of "older men, younger women" winning Oscars... sadly though, I predict for him a career as sparkling as Hilary Swank's. And you know damn well that Michael Caine was never going to win for "The Quiet American", not while war is raging. Jack Nicholson has 3 Oscars and 100 nominations, so that's quite enough. I was hoping Christopher Walken would win, only because his is the only performance I've actually seen. And hey, the Academy went out of its way to show everyone it's not made up of prudes by giving Best Director to Roman Polanski...Break out the Viagra!!! Once again, Scorsese got robbed..

And not to knock the Holocaust, but wasn't Schindler's List a much better film than The Pianist even though Jerry Seinfeld and his date were making out through it?