Scott Rudin ends Oscar telecast on a queer note...

...and it was a beautiful thing!

Rudin, one of the producers of best picture winner "No Country for Old Men," took the stage with Joel Coen and Ethan Coen to accept the prize and wrapped up his remarks by saying: "This is for my partner, John Barlow. Without you honey, this would be hardware."

Here is a clip of Rudin's speech:

Other gay or gay-ish moments of the night:
When Daniel Day-Lewis won for best actor ("There Will Be Blood"), he turned and kissed his wife, Rebecca Miller, then got out of his seat and planted a kiss on the cheek of fellow nominee George Clooney before taking to the stage, kneeling before presenter Helen Mirren who mock hit him on the head with the Oscar as though she were knighting him. After all, she was "The Queen." I kinda wish he and George had started making out but there was that acceptance speech to give and all.

Here's what Daniel had to say about the smooch backstage:
"George Henry Clooney. Because George has been there for me. Because George is well, apart from anything else he was the nearest fellow nominee, and I have to say, and I didn't say it at the time, that I was very proud to be included in that group of actors on this occasion. And, in fact, I think there were quite a number of actors that weren't included in the nominations this year who gave wonderful performances, Emile Hirsch and Ryan Gosling and Frank Langella, Benicio Del Toro, who is always wonderful, so...But also, George is just he's just so incredibly generous, you know, and the last few weeks people have kind of mentioned things that George has been saying and about this whole circus that we're involved in. And I've always felt it was far more indicative of George's generosity as a man more than anything else. He's just a great guy. I had to kiss someone. I kissed my wife, and in the interest of parity, I kissed George."

After winning the best song Oscar for their song "Falling Slowly" from their movie "Once," Glen Hansard leaned over and held his Oscar near Marketa Irglova's and said, "Mar, let's make 'em kiss." She laughed and said, "They are two guys!" Hansard replied: "But it's Hollywood!"