[jyl]

Well, the Academy did resist the heavy lobbying to give an Oscar to George Clooney for his amiably forgettable performance in Descendants. And I liked seeing Woody Allen get a screenplay nod for Midnight In Paris. Weird that Hugo won so many categories, I didn't think the movie had much buzz? I didn't see many movies this year, so ended up in the basement, snoozing on the couch, woke up for the last couple awards.

One of my friends is member of the Academy so we go to his party each year, eat and drink a lot, everyone fills out a fascimile of the ballot and the person who most accurately predicts the actual results gets a prize. Woohoo, a new popcorn maker for us! It appears to be a lot of work to conscientiously vote the ballot - every year, he has a tall stack of screener DVDs to watch, I wouldn't do it.