The Envelope Please....

In the second most interesting race this year, the Oscars will be handed out tonight. As you know, I'm a big fan. Love the dresses -- good and bad -- the speeches --good and too long -- and the occasional upset.

My picks:

Best Picture/Director: No Country for Old Men. The Coen brothers are nuts and probably geniuses.

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis. It's not really fair. When he does a movie, which is infrequently, just mail the statue to him. While I would love to see Viggo Mortensen win (or just stand there for a minute or so), but he'll have to wait. George Clooney is great in Michael Clayton; he is a classic movie star with looks and charm and talent, like you used to have. Plus, he already won one. Johnny Depp may be one of those actors to be nominated over the years and never win. He may be still considered too pretty and too eccentric. Tommy Lee Jones is always great; he's won too though.

In the other categories, I confess I didn't see all of the nominated performances and there are opportunities for upsets in the Best Actress and Supporting Actor and Actress categories. Hopefully, that will make the show more interesting.