By: E&P Staff So while you were watching the Academy Awards show, waiting for host Jon Stewart to bomb or drop a bomb, what was everyone else thinking? The Washington Post offered a window into this scary territory with live blogging by movie editor Jan Cheney. On the left coast, the Los Angeles Times offered its own real-time blog.
Meanwhile, Nikki Finke at her new L.A. Weekly Deadline Hollywood Daily column called the whole affair "stinko," said Jon Stewart "bombed," and added: "This was the most incoherent, inchoate Oscar telecast in recent memory. "
At the Post, Jen Chaney took dozens of questions from viewers from around the world, and from a few mavericks who refused to watch. Here are some of the questions, in chronological order. For the answers you will have to go to www.washingtonpost.com.
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Tinseltown: What are people saying about that Best Film Editing award? Pretty hot stuff, eh?
Washington, D.C.: Keira Knightly looks HOT. Too bad I'm a straight female.
Silver Spring, Md.: Serious question: Do the "cool kids" watch the Oscars?
Indianapolis, Ind.: I'm SO pleased that Ryan Seacrest learned the word "vintage" tonight ... now he's ready to work the red carpet on a regular basis. Maybe next year he'll try to pronounce "Cavalli"!!
Leesville, S.C.: Who has had more "work" done, Joan Rivers or Dolly Parton?
Adams Morgan, Washington, D.C.: My husband says the only way he can get through the Oscars is with a good Oscars drinking game. Any suggestions?
Follow-up re: cool kids: Why will I be the only guy at my office tomorrow who knows everything that happened at the Oscars tonight, and the other guys will get the scoop from girls in the office? And why do I care? Why can't I just be happy knowing what I know?
Smithtown, N.Y.: I know nobody ever talks about 'men's' fashion on the red carpet, but how did it come about that the actors are all wearing long neckties with their tuxes and the journalists are still almost all in bowties?
Arlington, Va.: I hate to sound catty but I will. Why does Jennifer Aniston change her dress and designer each year but still manage to have the same darn look?!
McLean, Va.: Why do you think people are constantly calling 'Brokeback' a Gay Cowboy movie? It is anything but.
Sunnyvale, Calif.: I can't look at William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman without thinking about how Steven Colbert, in the spirit of Bennifer, has dubbed them Filliam H. Muffman.
Anonymous: Felicity Huffman is out of character with the dress she's wearing tonight ... no self-respecting drag queen would ever be caught dead in it!
North Bethesda, Md.: Like many women, I think George Clooney is adorable, but is it me or in the past year has he become just plain annoying? And it's not neccessarily his politics, since I tend to agree with them. Maybe it's over-exposure, but I'm honestly routing against the guy tonight!
Washington, D.C.: The movies seem pretty lame this year. It looks like a film about homosexual cowboys might actually win Best Picture, which is a really odd outcome in my opinion.
Olney, Md.: Am I out of the loop? Why didn't Barbara Walters do her pre-Oscar show tonight rather than last week?
Henderson, N.C.: Do the stars and starlets get their gowns on loan? How are they going to take care of the penguins if they win?
Carbondale, Colo.: A rule against extreme cleavage by starstruck commentators should be enforced ...
Silver Spring, Md.: What's with the music during the acceptance speech?
Arlington, Va.: Hey Jen, are you looking forward to the George Clooney presidency in a decade or so? I am!
Arlington, Va.: Looks like we're in for another night of predictable camera cutaways. Every time there's a gay cowboy reference, we see Heath.
Chapel Hill, N.C.: Why is Jennifer Aniston there? Neither she nor that empty suit she's dating ever came remotely close to being in anything that might get an Oscar nod. Not that I'm not always happy to see her, but still ...
Toronto, Canada: Jon Stewart so far reminds me of David Letterman eleven years ago. Very funny to me and probably a lot of other people, but the room isn't laughing that hard. Which is a shame.
Hideous!: Hideous! Naomi Watt's dress is hideous! Actually I think I dislike flesh-toned dresses in general. (See also Reese Witherspoon.)
Indianapolis, Ind.: Oooh. Jon Stewart seems a little out of place. He's funny, but something's missing. And I hate how they cut to a close-up of him and telegraph that he's about to say a punchline. Bring back ... Chris Rock maybe?
Paris, France: Name drop: Ran into Angelina Jolie in the grocery store day before yesterday and she asked me to hand her some toilet paper (in French!) Did you know she was here in Paris? I'm NOT lying!
Bethesda, Md.: Crowe, straight from a bar fight. He looks a mess.
Philadelphia, Pa.: That curl on Russell Crowe's forehead is killing me ... That's a bad look -- way overstyled.
Arlington, Va.: Oh, that clip from Pride of the Yankees always makes me cry. I love that movie.
Washington, D.C.: So who did Jake "Toothy Tile" Gyllenhaal come with?
Bethesda, Md.: Lauren Bacall is having a stroke up on stage .. .what is going on?
Arlington, Va.: Eek! Jennifer Lopez has just appeared. What's going on with her skin tone?
Washington, D.C.: How does Charlize Theron balance that dead cat on her shoulder? Is it tied down? Glued on? She's not going to be any fun to be around at the after parties.
Takoma Park, Md.: Finally! Finally! Sam Jackson looks sharp at an awards show.
Pimp?: What's the delay on this show? I think we heard our first "bleep", although the blank air is better than an actual noise.
Phoenix, Ariz.: Gershwin is turning over in his grave.
Arlington, Va.: The Kodak commercial made me cry.
Takoma Park, Md.: Finally someone wears enough low-cut to make up for the rest of a staid evening. I guess Hillary Swank didn't want us to look at her hair.
Chicago, Ill.: Was Joaquin Phoenix crying!?
NoVA: No Don Knotts or Darren McGavin, but they show Chris Penn. What gives?
Gaithersburg, Md.: Is anyone else just bored with these Oscars? I don't think I've ever been so bored watching the Oscars. The only highlight so far was Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin.
Trying to do work that matters: Jeesh. I think Reese just had a Sally Field moment ...
Columbus, Ohio: McMurtry's wearing jeans?!
Arlington, Va.: I miss the really awful outfits of the past. The giant bow on Charlize does not measure up to the backwards suit of Celine Dion or anything ever worn by Cher.
Arlington, Va.: CRASH! Upset of the night!
Huntingtown, Md.: I wonder how many nanoseconds will pass before someone accuses the Academy of homophobia for passing on "Brokeback Mountain?"
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