It was an interesting Academy Awards. The hosts - Steve Martin and Alec Baldin - were funny. The show moved along, even though it went past midnight (ET) and actually was longer than last year (even without the Best Song performances).

All the major categories went as expected - Bridges, Bullock, Weltz, Mo'Nique, Bigelow , "The Hurt Locker", "Up". The biggest surprise for me - "A Matter of Loaf and Death" losing to "Logorama" for Best Animated Short. The three previous Wallace and Gromit entries had all won Oscars. But "Logorama" is amazing. Try to catch it online if it's out there.

Big Losers: "Avatar" (only three wins), James Cameron, "Inglorious Basterds" (only one win), "Up in the Air".

Big Winners: "The Hurt Locker" (of course), "Prescious", "Crazy Heart", "Up", Sandra Bullock.

And ME!  I went 17 for 24 with my picks, including 4 for 4 in the biggies (for the second year in a row) and 4 for 4 with my picks on TV (local and national). Maybe "Fox and Friends" will have me back again next year!

More tomorrow - I've got to get to bed.

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