03-07-10 Oscars and Curtis's Birthday Contd.

Today was a Sunday. Oscar Sunday! As an actress the Oscars are to me what the Superbowl is to football fans! I always try to see as many Oscar nominated films as possible leading up to the big night! This year we did pretty well! We saw 9 out of the 10 Best Picture Nominated films and most of the films that had nominations for the other major categories as well. This year the Oscar's were later than normal due to the Olympics and so they coincided with the end of Curtis's birthday week so we also had Curtis's family birthday dinner that night. Two reasons to celebrate!

I loved Sandra Bullock's acceptance speech! So is sweet and down to earth! I think that she is under rated as an actress and I am so glad that she was given the opportunity to show people what a humble and gracious winner she is as well! I of course thought that all the leading ladies nominated were deserving of the award, and I bow down to the acting altar that Meryl Streep stands upon, but it was just lovely to see Sandra get a chance shine!

Of course I was also thrilled when Kathryn Bigelow won Best Director! WOW! What an amazing night! History has been made and she totally deserved it!

Jeff Bridges was also adorable in his acceptance speech! Also down to earth and grateful!

I was also glad that Christoph Waltz won for supporting actor for "Inglourious Basterds". Very nice speech!

And Tina Fey and Robert Downey Jr. were my favorite presenters! SO Funny!

What I didn't like was that they played stupid music choices for the women like "I Am Woman" when Kathryn Bigelow won (really? Come on now...) or "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" when some other female presenters were coming out.... what the hell? Was it condescend the women year?

I have a lot more to say about stuff but those are my favorite moments and not so favorite moments of the night from what I saw in between family conversations. In the course of the night I also ate a giant baked potato (seriously the biggest potato I ever saw... I don't know what I was thinking!) and felt like my stomach might explode but somehow also found room for a red velvet cupcake! :)

My photo for today is of Abbie, Curtis's parents' bulldog. :)