I remember posting something last year about watching the Oscars. This year, I managed to steer clear of the internet and TV news all day Monday until I could watch them, 12 hours later, on TV. I really liked "Lord of the Rings," but nobody likes a blowout.

Anyway, in a slightly ironic twist, "Lost in Translation," the movie concerning a Hollywood actor who goes to Asia to sell-out, was upstaged, in my opinion, by the frequent ads with Charlize Theron selling "Lux Spa Moist." If the Academy had seen her schlock performance in those commercials, she never would have won Best Actress.