Still pretty impressed by the many Oscars of “Slumdog Millionaire” – good stuff!
I liked Hugh Jackman as host; I could live without the unnecessary musical tribute to… musicals. Note to Oscars tv producers: celebrate movies and be happy to be on tv, okay?
I did like having the past Oscar winners give praise to the nominees of the categories – yeah, it was a little weird, but with the right speaker (I liked Shirley MacLaine speaking so personally to Anne Hathaway), it was great stuff – colleagues celebrating colleagues.
Gary Locke, the country’s first Chinese-American governor, has been nominated to be Commerce Secretary. Time.com has a quick bio. Hopefully, for President Obama, a third time’s a charm for the nomination of this Cabinet position.
Another Asian-American in the news: Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana, presenting the Republican response to President Obama’s Address to the Joint Session of Congress (a.k.a., Not-Actually-The-State-of-the-Union Address). I felt awkward about the response, and apparently, the response to Jindal’s speech was mixed as noted on Time.com’s Swampland blog.
So, Conan O’Brien’s ex-sidekick, Andy Richter, to be back with Conan in the Tonight Show incarnation (this time as the announcer guy, who has often been the pseudo-sidekick anyway). Interesting development!
Guess I fell behind on catching some coverage, but this appears to be the obituary for Shea Stadium. Very sad. Wonder if Citifield – besides keeping that silly name – have actually exorcised the bad spirits.
The end of an institution in NYC: Vesuvio Bakery in Soho has closed.