There are two events in the spring that Doug and I look forward to every year. One is the Selection Sunday show that kicks off March Madness and the other is the Oscars. For the first time ever both of them occurred on the same evening. Thankfully, the first one was at six with the second starting at seven which meant that we could watch both.
Selection Sunday went pretty much as anticipated with no big surprises. We were disappointed that IU was once again one of the first four out, but all of us expected that after we lost to Northwestern in the Big Ten Tourney. The Oscars were a lot more exciting this year. Conan O'Brien hosted them once again and was just as funny as last year. Doug's favorite movie of the year, One Battle After Another, took home the most golden statues with Sinners close behind. The lead actor prediction had changed in the last few weeks. A month ago, everyone thought it would go to Timothy Chalamet, but he made a remark about how he had decided to become an actor because no one really went to the opera and ballet anymore. I thought it was funny as his mother and sister were both ballerinas, but the voting community didn't like his comments, and the Oscar went to Michael B. Jordan instead. In the end, Cal and I thought it was the best pick as he was very good in his roles as Stack and Smoke in Sinners and his humility was well known. Doug, Cal and I also loved the tribute to Rob Reiner by his friends, Billy Crystal. Even Barbara Streisand made a cameo honoring Robert Redford. Overall, this was my favorite Oscars of the past few years and I was very glad that Cameron and Doug had fun watching it with me.
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