Oscars 2009 -

Back at Sky HQ. Beacham is restless again: "It's just not as glamerous as it could be"!

So now we have the credit crunch debate about glam and all new less frilly intimate crowd control.

And so back to Kodak Theatre to musical compilations again. Yes this year movies are all about Theatre...

Best Score time then: Benjamin Button vs Defiance vs Milk vs Slumdog Millionnaire vs WALL-E.

Based on how most of these have sounded WALL-E is terribly pretty indeed. But Slumdog Millionnaire clearly is standout for interest and different sound, not that the orchestra is entirely tooled for Slumdog really.

WINNER: Slumdog Millionnaire!

Go Slumdog! I cannot approve more of that particular award. The composer is adorable but quite prepped and did a good job but lack of blubbing seems to have disappointed the crowd.


Oh I didn't mention that Zak Ephron and Alicia Keys are presenting btw. Alicia has a good dress but not as nice as my co-party goer Claire's. She erm did not tell me to say that. no.

NExt up is Best Song: two of these are from Slumdog, the other from WALL-E...

Oh! Awesomness. Oscar winner from Slumdog is performing one of the Slumdog songs with a huge team of dancers and drummers. Kicking ass. Seriously. And now the Peter Gabriel song is being performed NOT by Peter but by John Legend. And with the Bollywood dancers. There is a strong tribal vibe to all best song. Oh and he has some gospel backup now. Cool. Drumtasticness... and into the bouncier second Slumdog number with female co-singers helping out Oscar winner. So so cool. The white and black Bollywood dancers look a tad tasteless if I'm honest. Oh we are mashing up WALL-E and Slumdog. Odd. I'm sure Peter Gabriel approves though.

OK...

WINNER: Jai ho! Takes it! Fantastic! two oscars for A.R. Rahman!