Monthly Archives: February 2007

Martin Scorsese finally wins an Oscar but he doesn’t have a ton to say about the emotions of it. He’s a film buff with an encyclopedia mind and he’s back here talking about film perservation etc.Finally, someone gets him to … Continue reading →

Helen Mirren, who walked in carrying a vodka gimlet, is back here answering a question in perfect French. I have NO IDEA what she is saying but she sounds lovely. Is there nothing this woman can’t do. Holding her first … Continue reading →

Eddie Murphy had already had the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for best supporting actor by the time his comedy “Norbit” hit theaters. There was a school of thought that they movie, while a huge box office hit, … Continue reading →

Those of us who have been covering the award shows this season, until tonight, Forest Whitaker’s acceptance speeches have been horrendous. So when he won, some of us were keeping our fingers crossed. He did a smart thing: he prepared … Continue reading →

What’s better than interpretive dancing during a 3 1/2-hour awards show? Interpretive dancing in silhouette!

When you think about the Britney Spears mess, it says something about success coming too fast. Spears is the same age – 25- as Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson. So as Hudson stood holding an Oscar and on top of the … Continue reading →

Jennifer Hudson follows Hattie McDaniel and Whoopi Goldberg as one of only three African-American actresses to ever win the best supporting actress Oscar.”This represents a change and a difference,” she said backstage after I asked her about being added to … Continue reading →

“This is the only naked man who will ever be in my bedroom,” said best original song winner Melissa Etheridge backstage. As one of the world’s most famous lesbians, she was asked about thanking partner Tammy Lynn Michaels as her … Continue reading →

… for showing excellent judgment in leaving Anna Nicole Smith out of the In Memoriam package. Yeah. technically speaking she was in a couple of movies, but…

Al Gore and the team behind “An Inconvenient Truth” were just wrapping up their backstage Q&A session and were almost out of the room when Melissa Etheridge’s name was called as winner of best original song “I Need to Wake … Continue reading →