A coworker of mine once said of Waterworld, "If the whole planet is covered with water, why is everyone so goddamn dirty?!"

"Baltimore is the capital"

The horror! The horror!

"Ooh! A piece of candy!"

"Bring in that tweeting fat man, the President!"

It won for Sound Editing. Everyone knows that's where the real action is.

Exactly. Like I said, given the Oscars' track record in this category, it would be strange if La La Land had won.

"The Best Picture is - " BONG!

NEVERMIND

An American in Paris was pretty artsy, too. Perhaps too much so.

But costume Oscars for present-set films are extremely rare (at least since the color and B/W categories merged in the late '60s), so the fact La La Land didn't win there wasn't a huge shock.

I'm shocked he didn't say something like that tonight.

Hedley Lamarr has a job for him.

Chicago

I'd say Chicago qualifies as a comedy, too.

Just the first year - Outstanding Picture (Wings) and Unique and Artistic Picture (Sunrise).

Justin Bieber, the new Miles Davis.

Also the youngest VP - just 36 when he took office.

The only other possibility that crossed my mind was Caliban, but I figured Richard was more likely.

One amusing moment from a commentary that I remember unusually well was from De-Lovely, of all things, with Kevin Kline and the director, Irwin Winkler