Sunday, February 25, 2007

The interminable preshow babble

I'm not a fan of the red-carpet coverage, but of course I watch it anyway. I stuck with E! for the first hour -- Ryan Seacrest is watchable enough, but I can't stand the fashion chitchat -- then flipped over to the Barbara Walters special on ABC. (Joan and Melissa? No thank you.)

Ryan's flub of the night: asking Babel star Gael Garcia Bernal whether he knew Brad Pitt was one of the producers when he signed on. If Garcia seemed kind of confused in his response, it may have been because Pitt has a producer credit on The Departed, not Babel.

As far as the fashions: Penelope Cruz and Maggie Gyllenhaal looked great. Jennifer Hudson ... not so much. Lose the jacket, honey.

Bring on the show!

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