The whole bar cheered upon seeing Sophia Loren. She still looks natural and amazing. Halle Berry also received applause for her "quality ass." She won just for showing up. All eyes were on Angelina Jolie and her enormous emerald earrings. "Do you think those are real?" Yes, yes I do. Heard from the crowd regarding Jolie, "She's gorgeous. She's a slut-bag whore, but she's gorgeous." Of course Kate Winslet walked away with Best Actress. It was her year. She even said so! Her speech was long-winded, prompting, "I'd like to thank all the oxygen in the world for allowing me to keep talking." She did share a cute memory of looking at herself in the mirror as a child, practicing her Oscar speech while holding a shampoo bottle. "It's not a shampoo bottle tonight!" She'll probably get a media trashing today for telling Meryl Streep to "suck it" - but she did remember to thank Peter Jackson, so that might buy her some leeway. The night ultimately belonged to Sean Penn. His acting was so seamless in Milk, it prompted Robert De Niro to say, "How did you ever get roles as a straight man?" I was rooting for Mickey Rourke, who has won my heart of late. The Penn/Rourke debate was the most hotly contested of the evening, with many believing that Mickey was a lock for Best Actor. Sean turned in one of the most inspiring and memorable speeches in years. It's not often an actor kicks off a rare lifetime moment with "you Commie, homo-loving sons of guns." Penn purported the importance of equal rights and gay marriage, prompting applause and tears. He wrapped up his already historic speech with a heartfelt thanks to Rourke, which truly resonated, as it was the last thing Penn said before he left the stage, calling Mickey "his brother." Best peanut gallery comment, "Wow, that was way better than the Erin Brokovich speech!" Was it just me, or was that a big smile on Jen's face when Penn stepped up to the podium instead of Pitt?
Slumdog Millionaire took home Best Picture, also a lock, which means I finally have to see the damn thing!
Thanks to Christie, Kerri, Juliette, Larry, Allison, Jason, Alex, Marissa and all the great peeps at Elmos for such a fantastic evening!
[Photo Credit: me. The Wrestler by Duck. Yep, that's his real name!]
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