The 74th Annual Academy Awards just ended, and frankly, I could care less. Never mind the fact that, as usual, many of the Academy’s picks were dubious at best, policical at worst. Frankly, I didn’t much care because I didn’t see a single nominated movie. I’m pretty ashamed of myself, actually. Normally I’m Mr. Entertainment, and I try to get to as many movies as I can. But I can count the number of movies I’ve been in theaters over the last year on one hand, and still have fingers to spare. So I wasn’t all that bothered that “A Beautiful Mind” won more awards than it probably should have, nor was I that elated when Randy Newman finally won an award for best song on his 16th try. I pretty much tuned the show out after “Best Song”, turning around every once in a while to see what people are wearing (and to ponder what they’re thinking when they’re getting dressed).<\/p>\n
Maybe next year I’ll have seen more of the films involved. Of course, if I had people to see those films with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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