2021 OSCAR CEREMONY ...

Ok ... Oscar Awards held at L.A. Union Station this year.  As a native Angeleno, L.A. Union Station is really quite beautiful.  I've been there many, many, MANY times.  I like they way they decorated the outside area where people gathered and were able to sit and schmooze.  It was a very chill atmosphere.  BUT ... where were all the movie stars?

Maybe it's all due to Covid and the last year being crazy and all, and then throw in 4 years of Trump and the world has turned.  I seem to be in another dimension .... I don't know who most of these actors and actresses are????

WAIT!  Paulina Porizkova is dating Aaron Sorkin?  

So I LOVE Zendaya!  She always nails it.  Love the beautiful yellow gown with those amazing diamond necklaces.  I don't know why but it evokes a very Egyptian feel to me.  Love the way her hair is blowing in the breeze.  Grade:  A+

NEXT ... Halle .... Ms. Berry if you're nasty.  I love the color of this gown.  Love Halle's hair but she could have schuzzed it up a little with some jewels.  No necklace, no earrings, no bracelet, not even a ring.  Halle usually always looks great.  I give her an A-  It would have been an A if she'd had some bling.  Grade:  A-

Regina King.  Not feeling the wings.  This looks more like a costume than a gown.  Grade:  C-

Emerald Fenner won Best screenwriting for Promising Young Woman which was a FANTASTIC MOVIE.  Emerald however could have chosen her gown with more care. This is an ugly bridesmaid dress.  She also could have done something with her hair.  Ms. Fenner ... you're getting a D-

Angela Bassett -- SLAMMIN!  Angela always nails it.  I only have one critique -- I didn't dig the blue eye shadow.  Other than that, this is a winner.  A+

P.S.  Did you notice how all the winners got gallons of time for their speeches?  

Andra Day ... it's a thin line between sexy and tacky.  You look tacky.  Sorry.  Grade:  F-

OK.  This is a lady I never heard of.  Celeste Waite???  Is she an actress?  A guest?  I don't know.  With regard to her fashion choice I'm feeling Alice in Wonderland ... the Red Queen .... And her purse is a heart.  Not like a valentine heart, but a human heart with ventricles and everything.  Grade:  D-

Glenn Close.  Glenn luv ... pants or a dress.  Make up your mind.  Also, the gloves need to go.  And so do those Payless pumps.  Grade:  F

A Thought ... Didn't it seem like each nominee was seriously getting their ass kissed?  

Coleman Domingo.  Clearly a man not afraid to take chances.  Grade:  B (for Pepto Bismol.)

Carey Mulligan and spouse.  The gown photographs beautifully but she really needed a little bling.  Grade:  B-

Laura Dern.  P.S.  Did you see her standing next to Reese Witherspoon?  MY GOD she's TALL.  I usually say you can never go wrong with black and white.  BUT, I didn't mean white ostrich feathers.  Hair would have looked much better if it were up, loose and sexy.  Grade:  C

I find Margot Robbie incredibly beautiful.  I love this gown.  Her hair and makeup are perfection!  Grade:  A

The super talented Olivia Coleman.  Olivia ... YOU'VE GOT TO GET A STYLIST.  Grade:  F-

Maria Baklova, the star of the latest Borat movie and witness to Rudy Giuliani tucking his pants in while lying on a bed. 

She looks like a bride.  Not feeling the necklace.  Hair could have been sexier.  Grade:  C

Questlove in ugly mask and golden crocs.  Grade:  F-

The incredible Viola Davis looking beautiful in white.  Grade:  B.

Reese Witherspoon.  I actually really like this.  Her make up is perfect and I love her hair long and loose.  Grade:  A.  

Amanda Seyfried in red.  Amanda looking very 1930's glam.  Grade:  A

Glenn Close doin DA BUTT?  I have now seen everything.

RITA MORENO!  GOD I LOVE HER!  One bad ass Latina!

So unfortunately ladies and germs, that's it.  This definitely was not a star-fest.  NO ONE SHOWED UP except the nominees. 

Here are my thoughts.  Covid has changed the world.  When movies could no longer be seen in the theatre and everyone was watching first rate movies on T.V. at home Hollywood and all that it encompasses lost it's allure.  There is no more mystery.  And when you have influencers on  Instagram making millions of dollars for doing nothing, there is nothing special about being famous anymore.  All the excitement and specialness has gone and doesn't appear to be returning anytime soon.

As for the movies that were nominated I saw Mank.  It was OK.

I saw Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - didn't like it.  Don't get why it was nominated.

Judas and the Black Messiah.  It was good.  

Promising Young Woman - LOVED IT.  I love a good payback story.

Trial of the Chicago 7 - it was like a made for TV movie.  

Nomadland.  Mhmm .... didn't really relish watching Frances McDormand taking a crap in a bucket.  

So these are my thoughts.  What are yours?

Maybe next year will be different.  Maybe next year we will no longer have to wear a stupid mask everywhere.  Maybe next year we will actually be able to go into a restaurant and order drinks and sit next to people.  I sure hope so.

Until then, take care peeps!

SMOOCHES!