And oh yeah....do you think anyone checked J Lo's hair for terrorists?

In the Barbara Walters special, Halle said her mom raised her to accept that she was black, so she could be better prepared for how people see her.

My 2 cents: I thought Halle deserved her oscar for her performance, but she was way too emotional and unperpared to give an acceptance speech. Not the first time this kind of thing happened.

Exactly.
Her mom is white, so Halle isn't a full African American, she's only half black.

I still think it's funny that Halle Berry forgot to thank Billy Bob Thornton in her "acceptance" speech. How could you forget the guy dry-humping your @$$ in the role of your life?

Ok - let's stay on topic here. Halle Berry would still check "Black" on a census form. Please go to the Otter Farm if you want to argue "how black Halle Berry is". We are talking about THE TV SHOW. Thanks!

Oh ok... I didn't realize you were a moderator.
I guess you feel it's ok to talk about Uma's boobs and J-Lo's hair but not that Halle Berry's mother is white.

A slight correction: the show was scheduled to run for 3 hours 30 minutes, and went 53 minutes over (4'23").

I'm wondering if that is some sort of record.

Considering Halle Berry made being black part of the TV SHOW, it's fair game.

Hey, there is always room for Uma's boobs in ANY conversation! Well, maybe not *that* much room

Yes - it is the longest the broadcast has ever been according to this morning's TODAY show.

I actually liked those clips. When the guy started talking about the meaning of Earnest Goes To Jail, I busted out laughing.

I also agree with the earlier post about Stiller and Wilson's sketch being the best one of the night.

As far as Halle Berry and the end of the awards, I wouldn't know because once it struck midnight I gave up and went to bed.

Got a question for y'all.

There was a point late in the show when Whoopi, making a reference to the hallucinations in A Beautiful Mind, said she was having a hallucination of her own. Then a guy walked out next to her dressed in a tux and hat.

Was that Silas from Survivor Africa or was that just my hallucination?

I thought I saw Silas earlier onstage doing the model/usher job. So, it probably was him (or somebody who looked a lot like him).

I believe it was Silas doing the male model job at the Oscars.

Jennifer Connelly looked good enough for USA Today to put her on the front page of today's edition.

Julia also made comments back when the nominations were announced in support of Denzel Washington, something along the lines of "I can't imagine a world where I have a Best Actress Oscar but Denzel Washington doesn't have one for Best Actor." No phoniness here, she's publicly supported Denzel all year.

I'd like to pat myself on the back for noticing this:

One of the guys who won for Best Animated Short (The Accountant) plays Shane on FX's new series The Shield.

http://us.imdb.com/Name?Goggins,+Walt

For what it's worth, I'm positive that it was Silas in the background.

As for Halle's speech, I think that almost all Hollywood stars are shallow and self-involved. It's perfecctly natural, and completely predictable, that she'd overplay her own "significance..." Whether it's being black or gay--or having dislexia, or a dead parent--these pampered pooches are always convinced that their particular "truimph" means so much more......

Of course, when it's race that's getting overplayed, then the boards go wild... The gleeful bashing of Babs and Rosie is nothing compared to a black actor accused of "playing the race card..." Then this place turns into Rush Limbaugh Heaven...

Forget Whoopie, Billy, Steve, or even Letterman. The Oscars need to be hosted by Denis Leary

Dennis Hopper would make a more interesting host.

"Dont you f***in' look at me!... And, now a presenter no stranger to the Oscar stage, two time award winner Tom Hanks" {Hanks walks out. Hopper kisses Hanks full on the mouth and spaps him- while shouting} "Mommy, mommy. Baby needs Gump... Dont you f***in' look at me! Pabst Blue Ribbon!"

I was glad for Berry's very deserved win, but it is a shame her win is attributed as a “black win” not a mulatto win. Although she is not completely to blame, because she was raised by her white mother to think of herself only as black.... Ultimately, I think it is an antiquated line of thought that if you are mixed and have more distinctly black features that you should consider yourself black. Mulattos are a race in and of themselves, and it is a shame not to proudly celebrate that and its wonderful significance. Instead we just to write it off and destroy it with segregated archaic reasoning.

Umm, hehe..... uhhh, I head about the Uma thing, but didn't see it.

Hehehe, ummm.... picture(s), anyone?

i'm watching conan right now and he just said that the oscars this year pulled the lowest ratings in oscar history... is this true? anybody know where i can find the numbers?
-di doctor-