The 2024 OSCARS broadcast on ABC TV was a total bore. For once I actually agree with Trump. Jimmy Kimmel should never host another Oscar show. He’s got no class and he ain’t funny. The new 7 pm EST starting time didn’t help anything. They had a new gimmick. They got five former winners of each of the major awards and had them come out on stage and tell the five current nominees how wonderful they are. Sheer waste of time and nothing is more sickening than watching five old narcissists stroking the egos of five young narcissists.

At least the Academy did a good job picking the winners. Oppenheimer won the biggies, best pic, best actor and supporting actor. Photography, leaving Barbie in the dust where it belongs. Most of the films don’t sound that interesting. Poor Things– Emma Stone got best actress but the story sounds pretty morbid. I’ve seen the director’s other films and they’re pretty weird.

Fuck up of the night was Al Pacino who failed to read the list of nominees for Best Picture. He just opened the envelope and said “I see Oppenheimer.” Dementia? Hey, at least it saved some time, so good one for Al!

I used to be a Billy Eilish fan but I hated the song from Barbie that she wrote and performed. I’m tired of her monotonous one note drone-style of singing.

The saddest part of the show was watching the end of an era of filmmaking, as this time, the Oscars totally shut Martin Scorsese out. The gritty, hard hitting style of films, that seek to convey some truth about the reality we all live in, is over. The look on Scorsese’s face when they gave it to Christopher Nolan, showed the grim realization he had to be feeling at that moment. Here’s hoping Marty shrugs it off and moves on to the next project.