Bravo to The Academy for choosing Crash for Best Picture.
Watching the Academy Awards this year was a bit bittersweet. I always liked being in LA around this time. Even though traffic around Hollywood & Highland was crap, it was just cool to be so close to where "the magic" was happening. Also, I'm a sucker for a good Oscar party and apparently, if you don't live in LA, Oscar parties are kind of "Brokeback Mountain."
But back to the awards, I never got around to seeing Capote, but I saw the other 4 Best Picture nominees and I was by far most impressed by Crash. And another bravo to Jon Stewart as host. I thought he did the whole "make fun of Hollywood without being too disrespectful" thing very well. And Ben Stiller in a green unitard was awesome.
One other nice thing about watching the Oscars in LA is that they're over before 9pm. You can have dinner after the awards are over and still get enough sleep that work the next day isn't painful. (Not that I have to worry about that tomorrow. My work day is going to be something like noon-9pm.)