Co’s blog

My friends and their wives are all movie buffs; we get together once a week to screen a flick at my place. I’ve got a home theater set-up in my basement so naturally when the Oscars come around I host the party. This year will be great because I switched from cable to satellite TV from DirectStarTV.com to get more HD channels so the movie clips will look great. That’s one of my favorite parts of the program when they show movie montages. I’ve seen a lot of movies but I always get an idea for something new.

I liked it back when Johnny Carson hosted the show; he was great, although Bil! ly Crystal was also good. They had the best joke writers in my opinion. Letterman was just plain awful. I like how they’re doing it this year with two younger actors hosting. Give them a little exposure.

We run a pool on who will win the major awards. Everyone is betting on Natalie Portman and Black Swan this year. We also take bets on who among the Best Actress nominees is going to be wearing the worst gown. That makes the red carpet part fun. We also vote on who gives the most disingenuous acceptance speech, best presenter, and sorest loser. I would like to be there in person sometime to let some of the stardust settle on me.The article written by Landon Gilbert