Oscars 2007: Greg's red carpet recap...

How embarrassing. I forget that I had committed to doing this Canadian radio show this morning with a cool guy named Shane Fox so when his producer calls, she totally wakes me up and when I get on the air, my voice comes out as a croak. I have this frog the size of Kermit and can't get rid of it the entire 20 minutes or so I'm on the air. But that didn't stop me from sharing my memories of Oscar night.
I'm gonna just get down to the silly, but yet important, stuff: When Jennifer Hudson walked by me, i told her she looked great and she did! How did i know that everyone was going to be saying that her wrap looked like a car fender? It looked good in person. But i look at the pics and yeah, car fender.
Leonardo DiCaprio was the most handsome man on the red carpet, in my opinion. His hair slicked back and a nice air about him, he is a real movie star and knows how to act like one and is the best actor of his generation. Nicole Kidman (pictured below w/Meryl Streep), wearing this red dress, was THE standout in my mind. She's like a model on the red carpet but also has this air of grace and dignity. Like DiCaprio, she excudes true movie star quality AND is one of the best actresses of her generation.I thought Jodie Foster looked dazzling as she always does whenever she decides to attend these events and when I asked her who she was rooting for for best director, she smiled and said, "Awww. Martin Scorsese." It was sweet the way she looked when she said it because you knew she had long been rooting for the man who directed her to her first Oscar nomination 30 years ago in "Taxi Driver."
I gabbed with the super handsome Mark McGrath of "Extra" who used to be a rock star with Sugar Ray. He's so nice! He said he's still learning all this Hollywood stuff but I think he's got it nailed. Chatted with Wolfgang Puck for a moment and was about to talk to Joan Rivers when some Academy official said I was not allowed to bve ON the red carpet and ushered me to this spot in the bleachers. Sheesh! Some people are so inflexible...So once at ther bleachers, it got hard to get interviews but I did get to see, up-close, those two cute guys from "Y Tu Mama Tambien," whose names I will have to insert later. One of them was in "Babel" and he's so much smaller than I ever imagined. I coulda put him in my pocket!
Will and Jada went by with their son and look so happy all the time. Jada Pinkett Smith is someone who I always want to see on the red carpet. The "Prada" girls, Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway, glided by me too and Emily I think was with Michael Buble who is, I think, her boyfriend. Also saw Dave Koz, looking so dapper, but was unable to get his attention through all the madness. And it IS madness. You'd think these people had never been to the Oscars before. Sheesh!
STILL TO COME: Greg's backstage recap....