Wow, what an upset.
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The third song...and it's being censored, but apparently a few things are coming through on the East Coast. Is she saying witches or bitches. She's saying witch...and at the end there's the key word.
And the winner is...HUSTLE AND FLOW!!! Sweet. Everyone needs to see this movie. I'm so glad that hip hop isn't being shut out, but I didn't think it would. Eminem won a few years ago, so it's possible.
Now all this evening needs is an upset. It was supposed to be Amy Adams, but I'm going for another George Clooney Oscar.
Sound Editing: Jennifer Garner looks so pretty. King Kong is going to win, and I'm right.
Here comes the montage respecting the dead. Let's see how many times I say "Aw."
Foreign Language: Will Smith - Bwah ha ha. It's going to be "Tsotsi." Ha!
Film Editing: I chose Gardner but "Crash" won.
Here comes Swank to present Best Actor. Go Heath!! Damn Howard was good too, and Hoffman's a favorite, but his voice sounds gimmicky. Strathairn gave me chills. They all deserve it. Hoffman wins.

Original Score: What I loved about the music from Munich was that it was subtle when it had to be, yet powerful at those moments when you knew everyone in that movie theater was squirming with you. I chose Geisha, but I wouldn't be surpised if Brokeback wins it's first award here. Gee, I should have gone with my gut. Brokeback begins with the sweep. I really need to see this movie.
Maybe it's just me but it seems wrong to have the music from "The Lord of the Rings" playing during the tragic scenes of "Titanic." I could just be used to Horner's music.
Sound Mixing: Go "King Kong" Woo-hoo.
So here comes the break. The special award to Robert Altman. Streep and Tomlin are hysterical.

Lauren Bacal just introduced a segment on noir, which is going to explode in Hollywood with "Brick" once it's released. It's supposed to be a really, really good movie. I wish they'd release it already.
Next up is Documentary Short. I chose "The Mushroom Club." And "A Note of Triumph" wins.
Documentary: "Murderball" should be a winner, but I chose Penguins and it wins.
I just had a "OMG it's that song!!!" moment. The song has been used on some tv show, and it's very moving. Now I know where I'd heard it before. I still believe "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" is the better song. The music in Hustle is such a huge part of the movie, and that song in particular is really the story of the pimp.
Oh, "Speed" music and Art Direction. "Memois of a Geisha" and yes.
I need to see "Network."
I'm wondering if now is a good time to make some kettle corn.

Will Ferrell and Steve Carrell are hysterical with the makeup. Narnia should win, and it does. Wow, the Star Wars people are going to be even more upset.
Oh! Supporting Actress. Go Amy Adams. And I'm going to get a phone call telling me how wrong I was. Yay Rachel Weis. "The Constant Gardner" was a brilliant movie. I'm surprised it didn't receive more nominations along with "A History of Violence."

Alright, so it's Oscar time. Watching the show is a tradition, and my family and I watch it religiously. We try to see who guesses the majority of the winners, and for the mother and me it's all about the fashion.
Tonight, I'm raving about Felicity Huffman's dress. She looks incredible in it. Sandra Bullock looks like she's wearing a balerina costume. Michelle Williams: pretty.
So, now the Oscars are starting, and I'm thinking John Stewart will be back.
George Clooney just won for supporting actor and his speech was so touching. He honestly didn't expect to win, but I'm glad he did.
Ben Stiller is on now. His shtick on Visual Effects is dumb but funny. My choice is for "King Kong." And yay, it wins, which it deserves. Kong was amazing, and one of these days Serkis is going to get the recognition he deserves.
Animated Feature. I chose "Wallace and Gromit", but I loved "The Corpse Bride." Surprise, surprise Wallace wins. Methinks Clooney will have the best speech of the evening.
Live Action short. My choice "Six Shooter" but I had no clue, and oh gee I was right.
I chose "Jasper Morello" for Animated Short and "The Moon and the Sun" took it.
Costume Design: "Memoirs of a Geisha" Same.

The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that parents can sue their doctors if a genetic screening misses a really bad flaw leading to the child's severe disability or death. Basically, the parent's would have aborted the fetus had the genetic defect been detected, or so they say, but in these cases it's all about the money. Money to support the child who can't crawl, but can probably hear them cry about how they didn't want it. It's so expensive.
Here's the irony. Ohio could hypothetically become one of the next states to outlaw abortion, and the whole "wrongful birth" argument will become null and void. It can't work both ways.

A geography teacher has been suspended after he compared President Bush's current State of the Union to Hitler's speeches. One of his students recorded him as he was pointing out the similarities, and now the school is in uproar because of the administration's actions.
No one wants to be compared to Der Fuhrer, but unless it's against school policy, it seems to me that the administration has no choice but to reinstate the teacher. Unbalanced, yes. He can still say it. He can throw out an idea and make his students think. They're old enough to agree or disagree. To punish a teacher for criticizing the president is censorship and violates free speech.
I do have to wonder though, it's high school geography. Shouldn't he be teaching them about rivers, mountains, tigers, and bears (oh my!)? Bush? There are bigger fish in the sea.

The police in Orange County, Cali have been stopping buses and issuing citations to people wearing headphones. They aren't citing the drivers. They're citing the riders because apparently listening to music is a hazard to the bus.
If there were a law like this in SA I would be broke!

A health group wants the FDA to ban Darvocet because it can kill if used improperly. So can Tylenol and Ibuprofen, but they want to eliminate this potentialy lethal drug first.

WASHINGTON - Darvon, Darvocet and related painkillers were associated with the deaths of at least 2,110 people between 1981 and 1999, critics said Tuesday in asking the government to ban the drugs.
Several hundred more people have died accidentally after taking the drugs each year since then, Public Citizen�s Health Research Group said...
Wolfe said Public Citizen may not wait before undertaking legal action to get the drug off the market.
The body transforms propoxyphene into norpropoxyphene, which can build up in the body and is associated with a variety of heart problems, including arrhythmia.

Doesn't every drug have its risk? Yet too many people these days are all too happy to sue if something isn't agreeable. Tylenol may cause liver problems if taken in excess. Where are the lawsuits? They will come eventually.