A reader writes:

Is it just me, or is it totally cool for Clint Eastwood to be translating Ennio Morricone on live TV?

Me: No, it is indeed very cool.

Less cool, however, is Melissa Etheridge spending her thank you speech time gushing about Al Gore.

Update: Harry Knowles, in his yearly Oscar live-ramble (which is kind of a fascinating if you can manage to slog through it), writes:

Oscar goes to Melissa Etheridge: THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH. Apparently if the song has a message you like, it beats songs that are actually good.

Exactly.