Katie Doyle, Girl About Town

Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004 - 10:59 p.m.

Did you hear it? The sound of my soul crying out in horror at the absolute injustice of Sean Penn winning an Oscar for Mystic River, stealing it out from under the man who really deserved it, Bill Murray? I really think the Academy voters were smoking crack, because that is the ONLY way to explain how Sean Penn's scenery-chewing, overblown, overacted, overDONE "performance" in Mystic River could have possibly beaten out Bill Murray for Lost In Translation. Bill was friggin' robbed, and I will stand by that. And then on top of it, Sean actually got a standing ovation.

For WHAT???

The only thing I can imagine is that it was a year of missing children, missing people, and Laci Peterson, so every bleeding heart, easily-manipulated, maudlin jackass voted for Sean, because MAN.

Not that Sean is a bad actor. I'm not saying he is. But please. Mystic RIVER?

Dude.

Aside from that horror, and the fact that Les Triplettes de Belleville got rooked out of Best Animated Film by stupid little Finding Nemo, which was enjoyable, but highly predictable and formulaic - big surprise, the night was fun; even though that was about the most insipid Oscar ceremony ever, except for Jack Black and Will Farrell, who were hysterical. I went over to Jonny C's and broke my longstanding tradition of choosing all the awards for things none of us ever get to see (like best documentary short) by their titles, so I missed every single one of them and got the fewest number of winners right, thus assuring myself of the booby prize, which turned out to be the booby prize of aaaaaalllll booby prizes, Gigli.

Yes, Gigli. A flick which makes Glitter look good. But, it also came with a cool black leather-bound flask, so there.

And Jonny C and his domestic partner had some extra, girl-type swag left over from a premier party they'd gone to, so I also ended up with a certificate for a free facial at Jurlique in Beverly Hills, as well as a gift certificate for Shopbop.com. Yay, swag. :) Thank you, J & T. :) So if you will excuse me, I have to go shopping now.

Peace out,
Katie

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