82oscars.

thankfully, Avatar was mostly shut out on last night's oscars (except for visual effects categories, of course). this means that i will be able to continue my yearly tradition of watching the telecast and shouting my predictions at the screen as the nominees are announced.

last night's show was actually pretty good. good for you, kathryn bigelow! NPH's musical number was pretty great and steve martin and alec baldwin's hosting was funny and generally unobtrusive. and i especially liked tina fey and robert downey jr. presenting best original screenplay. funny stuff! and kathy ireland hosting the red carpet preshow was a glorious mess. however, the ass kissing for best actor/actress segment is brutal. they need to stop that. it's awkward and boring as hell.

now here are my picks for best and worst dressed!
BEST:


WORST:

Ghada Amer

is it just me or is Ghada Amer Egypt's answer to Tina Fey?




seriously though, I don't know how funny Ghada Amer is, but her artwork is rather amazing. I just recently watched an episode of Art: 21 featuring her and I was happy to rediscover her. I saw an exhibition of her work at the Brooklyn Museum a while back, and I fell in love with what she was doing. She creates abstract canvases using thread and incorporates erotic feminine images into her paintings. She plays around with femininity not only with her overtly sexual subject matter, but also by using a material which is traditionally thought of in relation to women. if you haven't seen her work before I highly suggest checking her out. even if she's not as comically gifted as Miss Tina Fey.