I'm kinda under the weather here at the Oscars but will try my best to bring you what's going on. Got here later than I had hoped but had a chance to wander around the red carpet and chatted up Mark McGrath, the former Sugar Ray singer who is now co-host of "Extra." He could not have been nice and told me he is "still figuring this all out. It's been an interesting transition."
Then I saw Wolfgang Puck on the red carpet and walked right up to him, pointed to this tray of goodie he had and asked if it was all real chocolate Ichocolate Oscars, chocolate burgers etc). He said in his delightfully thicik accent: "Yes, all is chocolate except for salom on oscars at the bottom."
Gotcha.
I was just about to say hello to Joan Rivers when some Academy official demanded to see my credentials and said I was no longer allowed in this area. (bitch!)
I was ushered to the press bleachers where I was seated with some journalists and a bunch of seat fillers. The woman in front of me is from Japan and her dress has a big bow in the back. It's lovely. But, it is getting in my way. I feel like tearing it off.