Oscars 2014

First of all, the winners:

Best Supporting Actor: Jared *hell yes!!* Leto (Dallas Buyers Club), who gave a wonderful speech in which he dedicated his award to all the people who died of or are still suffering from Aids. And who looks hot even with that silly Jesus haircut. ;-)

Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o for her incredible performance in 12 Years A Slave. 

Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club - woo hoo!! 

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine. So glad. Sorry for Amy Adams and Sandra Bullock though. 

Best Movie: 12 Years A Slave. Oh well.... of course the slavery drama had to win. Enough said... 

About the ceremony itself... everyone likes Ellen, but ordering pizza is not enough to make a good show. I was a little disappointed. At least she wore quite an adorable fairy outfit for 2 minutes... ;-) 

The musical highlights were U2's unplugged performance of their song Ordinary Love - which, to my complete disbelief, did not win Best Film Song... oh well -,  and  either Karen O's performance of Moon Song, or Pink's interpretation of Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Great job, all of you.

Big loser is American Hustle with ten nominations and not a single award *thank god*. Big winner is Gravity *also, thank god* with ten nominations and seven awards. 

Two general notes that hold true for every single Oscar ceremony: 

1. WAY. TOO. MANY. COMMERCIALS!! JEEZ!

2. It is a pity that the people who organize etc the whole thing face a big dilemma. Many people (including me) only watch the Oscars for the five really important categories which are mentioned above. I am also interested in Best Animated Movie, Best Soundtrack/Song and the usual star gossip, but that's it. It's really a shame that there is so much time between the five categories (this time, 1 1/2 hours between Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress!). Then again, I guess 80% of the people who watch the Oscars would shut off the TV too soon if the five categories were presented first. I would. Plus, I could get a good night's sleep. ;-)