http://www.avclub.com/content/blog/oscars2006/feed en-us 11:13 PM CT -- Best Picture http://www.avclub.com/content/node/59007??utm_source=blog_oscars2006&utm_medium=RSS Man, they're going fast. After Scorsese, how will they let us down? This has been a pretty good night. Great host. Good segments (by and large)... Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:13:26 -0500 Oscars_2006 59007_a89762133ec5bec128275af9d233ac63 11:09 PM CT-- The Moment We've All Been Waiting For http://www.avclub.com/content/node/59004??utm_source=blog_oscars2006&utm_medium=RSS Stanley Kubrick never got an Oscar. Orson Welles never got an Oscar. So it would have been okay if Martin Scorsese had never won an Oscar, but it's... Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:13:12 -0500 Oscars_2006 59004_cd4bbc68bf8c1f21cd478aefca1f69e2 11:02 PM CT -- Best Actor http://www.avclub.com/content/node/59001??utm_source=blog_oscars2006&utm_medium=RSS Now we're in the meat of it. We're thinking there's a chance for a Peter O'Toole upset here instead of Whitaker. (If it's a matter of an actor... Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:02:21 -0500 Oscars_2006 59001_75f8121ae6e91180f49a890e55b872af 10:54 PM CT: Brush Your Hair, It's The Oscars http://www.avclub.com/content/node/58998??utm_source=blog_oscars2006&utm_medium=RSS ... so says my wife upon seeing poor Philip Seymour Hoffmann introduce Best Actress. This one is a slam dunk for Mirren, of course, but I think it's... Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:56:59 -0500 Oscars_2006 58998_68a43b089c301a50a288c1dbc8ab67c6 10:50 PM CT--Death becomes us http://www.avclub.com/content/node/58996??utm_source=blog_oscars2006&utm_medium=RSS Ah, the obligatory death reel. That melancholy time when America sheds a single, perfect tear and reflects on the untimely passing of countless... Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:51:50 -0500 Oscars_2006 58996_40746792d6207c57f83568c58479d74c 10:42 PM CT-- Michael Mann On America http://www.avclub.com/content/node/58992??utm_source=blog_oscars2006&utm_medium=RSS I guess I'm supposed to hate these time-sucking montages, but I appreciate Michael Mann's emphasis on the coarse elements that go into building a... Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:41:48 -0500 Oscars_2006 58992_18472b2123689f3a43956537ba936b8c 10:30 PM CT: Surprise Of The Night http://www.avclub.com/content/node/58988??utm_source=blog_oscars2006&utm_medium=RSS Wow, apparently the three nominations for Dreamgirls songs split the vote, because there's no way anyone could have guessed that the... Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:33:05 -0500 Oscars_2006 58988_5b5df2a924eee23b46cacaf989b62396 10:29 PM CT -- Melissa Etheridge: Oscar-winner http://www.avclub.com/content/node/58986??utm_source=blog_oscars2006&utm_medium=RSS So, this means Scorsese has to win, right? Becaue now Al Gore, Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, and Melissa Etheridge all ahve something he doesn't. Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:29:31 -0500 Oscars_2006 58986_64232a0764eab06fe6088cd87a399cdd 10:25 CT PM--Battling cleavage. Also, music of some sort http://www.avclub.com/content/node/58984??utm_source=blog_oscars2006&utm_medium=RSS I'm not saying that the Oscars telecast isn't absolutely riveting but I just watched the clip on Videocracy of the cat watching television. It's... Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:25:47 -0500 Oscars_2006 58984_49f8431d72e39a614ad35eb141070734 10:14 PM CT -- Best Original Screenplay http://www.avclub.com/content/node/58982??utm_source=blog_oscars2006&utm_medium=RSS That has to be the best bit of trivia of the night, and the best worded: "In order to write the screenplay to <i>Little Miss Sunshine</i> he had to... Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:15:01 -0500 Oscars_2006 58982_80fa71b2504efb4b72712e6ad8a6698a