Items of Business, re: the Oscars

I. Sean Penn. SEAN EFFING PENN. The hell? That is all.
II. What was Uma Thurman wearing?!
III. I had Lost in Translation's number from the beginning. I knew it wouldn't hold up. I knew it! (feel free to insert maniacal laugh anywhere in the preceding statement.)
IV. Academy, you finally stepped it up. Peter Jackson rocks my world.