77th Oscars

How very annoying that Sky held exclusive rights to this without even advertising the fact! Had a look at the schedule in the evening to see what time Jonathon Ross and co where kicking off only to discover there would be no coverage at all, not a drop!!! Sky Movies had snaffled it greedily and denied me and many others I'm sure the pleasure of a legendary event that still feels like it means something. In desperation I streamed a blurry view of the press room from Oscar.com to hear some soundbytes of the winners about twenty minutes after the speeches, of which I didn't hear one. So it seems Clint and company stole the show, and probably deservedly, although I haven't seen the movie yet; nothing else has seemed like an all out winner, even The Aviator, and split decisions were always going to be in evidence on the night. Jamie Foxx wasn't disappointed following one of the biggest shoe-ins in recent memory for best actor, and I found myself very pleased for Hillary Swank, who seems like a genuinely nice person as well as a stunning actress. Not much to write home about for the Brits, even Clive Owen losing out to MDB's Morgan Freeman, but the big news, natch, is what the f*** does Marty have to do?! If it doesn't kill him it will only make him stronger - expect the best film the world has ever seen within 24 months from Mr Scorsese... Go on mate! Kx