Running Commentary's running commentary on the Oscars

Well, I'll be sitting in front of my computer for the whole show, so I may as well post up to the minute rants.

I was only half watching the red carpet pre-show, but George Clooney was with a beautiful woman, who looked considerably younger than him. Attaboy, George.

Here are some Running Commentary over/unders for you:

Times Bill Conti and the orchestra start playing over an acceptance speech: 5
Number of shots at Bush/Iraq war in an acceptance speech: 4
Obama references: 6
HRC references: 8
How long past 11:30pm EST the show runs: 30 minutes
Writer's Strike references: 25
Number of cutaways of Michael Moore when W is mentioned: 106


Regis just called Javier Bardem "Xavier." Javier just about went Aton Chigurh on his ass.