It's so much more fun watching stuff going on on the red carpet backstage than actually on the red carpet. When I was out there, it was cold and blustery, and now I'm inside here sitting next to Richard Roeper sipping hot tea. Which would you rather be doing? Cameron Diaz is on the screen right now blabbering on and on. But she looks a lot better than she did at the Globes. Now Eddie Murphy is on and he insists that he likes ALL his movies: "I even like 'Pluto Nash.' "

They are doing a spot on Ryan Gosling right now. I ask you, is it really necessary to keep bringing up that he was on "The Mickey Mouse Club" with Justin, Britney and Christina Agulera? I mean, do all roads lead to Britney? I wonder if Britney is watching the Oscars from her rehab facility, and if so, if she is watching them with a wig on ...