Oscar, Cablevision and me

For the millions of you (okay, one) breathlessly waiting for my thoughts, I must say dealing with post-surgical pain (had knee surgery last Wednesday) has kept my mind otherwise engaged. That and the zombie-like state I've been in most of the week from not sleeping, and living on painkillers may have impaired my thinking on this topic. But anyway, here goes:

• Thank God for YouTube!! I missed the 1st 15 minutes of the broadcast as ABC in its infinite wisdom sought to tighten the screws in their ongoing battles with Cable by pulling their station for Cablevision subscribers. They only saw it wasn't working after the program was already under way. But I caught up with what I missed on YouTube (in grainy color)!
• Best line of the night: "You loved her in The Blind Side, you adored her in The Proposal, you thought she was just ok in Miss Congeniality 2."
• Looove Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, so any awards show they're hosting is a good time had by me.
• For the 1st time in history I saw all seven of the nominated movies. Oh wait, there were 10? Never mind.
• I don't know why anyone feels that Meryl Streep was overlooked. The movie was not called Julia, it was Julie and Julia. Besides, she's already won twice. And has a record number of nominations. Doesn't feel like a dis to me.
• To me, The Hurt Locker was basically 2 hours of a guy sweating into his helmet, trying to disarm a bomb. All the tension came from not knowing if he was going to blow up or not. Still, I'm glad it won over Avatar. Personally, I was rooting for Inglourious Basterds.
• The clips that were shown of the Governors Awards looked much more interesting than anything that was happening during this broadcast. I would much rather have heard Lauren Bacall's, Roger Corman's and Gordon Willis's speeches in their entirety than watch Miley Cyrus slouching, Taylor Lautner looking pretty, and Kristen Stewart coughing over her shoulder. These are not stars, people!!
• Yay! A 1st time win for a woman director! A man's movie, but still.