After a seaosn of highs and lows, The Artist was able to pull off a rather simple win for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards. Billy Crystal was as adroit as ever, pulling off hosting duties with ease, barely breaking a sweat. From his opening montage to his hilarious opening number filled with Oscar films plots backed to music from stage and screen, Crystal should always be the No. 1 man the Academy looks to when filling hosting duties. The ceremont moved at break-neck speed, stopping only to show an extraordinay performance piece as only Cirque De Soleil can do and a few montages of actors sharing what going to do the movies means to them. By doing so, the show suffered only a minor 10 minute overlap. Kudos to Brian Grazer and Don Mischer for bringing the show in on time (or as close as one can expect on oscar night.) Some of the night's big winners need a lesson in speech giving if you ask me, but it doesn't make their actual wins any less stellar. Octavia Spencer looked close to passing out as she nabbed her first Oscar win for The Help. Christopher Plummer looked as relaxed as Crystal was all night as he scooped up Oscar, comparing how close they are in age (great moment, if you ask me!) Jean Dujardin looked shocked to overcome George Clooney in the Lead Actor race, bounding on stage to accept his Oscar. Sure he talked in French during his acceptance speech, and while most of America had no idea what he said, it still made for stellar television. (And for those animal lovers, Uggie was there at the end when The Artist took home Best Picture.) The dresses were stellar as wel, with standouts being Penelope Cruz, Angelina Jolie, Michelle Williams and Jessica Chastain. All in all a wonderfully dramatic affair, no more dramatic thatn when Meryl Streep guffawed at her Lead Actress win, beating fellow favorite Viola Davis. She was shocked. I was shocked. Only at the Oscars!
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