Oscar Gold

OK, so tonight's the big night and today a whole lot of women in Hollywood aren't eating so they look their skinny best in their designer dress and fans wait to get a glimpse of their idols. It is nerve-wracking because everything must come together at the zero hour, ensembles, meals, red carpet, everything, and we know that not all the limos will be able to get through traffic on time. So, basically everyone's stressed while dressed to the nines. Now, who do I think will win? This year, I don't find that question so interesting. The front-runners are due something for a body of work and there are some interesting omissions like Brad Pitt for Best Actor. I think Jennifer Hudson is a nice girl but to win an Oscar? No. Also, how can Eddie Murphy be up there too, on that stage with Helen Mirren? He is just playing himself. Although, the Black community finally has entered into this race in the last few years and more power to them! At any rate, I like to see people get recognition for their work, whomever is chosen. And I feel that the nominated are all winners because they are usually the cream of the crop. Too bad there is only one winner in each category. It's a glamour parade. Hooray! As a media lap dog I'll be watching even if I miss my favorite shows on TV tonight.

Anna Nicole Smith's baby

I have to confess that I have been watching all the media coverage of Anna Nicole Smith's death and I started thinking, with all the dudes that have come forward claiming to be the father, Anna was a loose woman. So, it really doesn't matter who knocked her up. The question is, who would be the best father to Dannylinn? I think it would be the man who has been at Smith's side through the years and has been the only father that Dannylinn has known. He seems to be the most stable, loving man in mother or child's life, the lawyer, Howard K. Stern. Some would say it's simple, do a DNA test and determine who the real father is but that may not be what's best for the baby. It may be the luck of the draw that it was the first guy who spoke up and he may want to claim the baby for the money. But on television, and on the birth certificate, Anna Nicole named Stern as the father and expressed the desire to keep the child away from her own mother and Larry Birkhead, I think that's the name of the first guy to claim paternity after Stern. We shall see how it plays out.