Oscars: The red-carpet gauntlet begins
The teeth-on-concrete ritual that is the Oscar red carpet is beginning, and already George Pennacchio is getting on my nerves. He and Roger Ebert interviewed Rachel Weisz, a Best Supporting Actress nominee for “The Constant Gardener,� and blurted to her, “More importantly, your birthday is Tuesday!� He added, with perhaps a little too much forced ebullience, “I know everything about you!� A restraining order may be in order.
