The Oscars Were Amazing: VIDEO

Was "amazing" the most overused descriptor during Oscar coverage?

Jimmy Kimmel took notes, and the number of times is was used may amaze you.

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...

In related news, the Oscars had its best ratings in three years:

A total of 40.3 million people watched in the US, providing a fillip for producers struggling to halt a slow but steady decline in viewers since 57.25 million tuned in to watch Titanic win 11 gongs in 1998.

MacFarlane's jokes about female nudity, domestic violence and Jews in Hollywood have led to vilification from commentators, but his "edgy" approach saw a 20% boost among viewers aged 18 to 34 and a dramatic 34% hike in male viewers in the same age range. Men aged 18 to 49 were up 18% for a show that has traditionally been more popular with women viewers. Overseas, it is estimated that up to a billion people watched at least part of the show, though there are no official figures.

Jennifer Lawrence Reveals What She Was Thinking When She Fell on the Stairs at the Oscars: VIDEO

And it starts with the letter 'F'.

Watch Lawrence get real with interviewers backstage, AFTER THE JUMP...

'The Onion' Called Quvenzhané Wallis the 'C' Word

The Onion pushes the envelope, but did it go too far this time?

Buzzfeed writes:

After being up for an hour, the backlash gathered, and the tweet was deleted. Was it meant to be some sort of joke reflecting on how people talk about someone like Anne Hathaway? I tweeted at The Onion for comment, and emailed its editor, but have not gotten a response.

During the show, MacFarlane sexualized her as well: "To give you an idea of just how young she is, it will be 16 years until she's too old for Clooney."

In other, more upbeat news, she's going to take over for Willow Smith in the Annie remake:

"With the recent Academy Award nomination and critical acclaim, Quvenzhané Wallis is a true star and we believe her portrayal as Annie will make her a true worldwide star," said Hannah Minghella of Columbia Pictures. "She is an extraordinary young talent with an amazing range, not only as an actress but as a singer and dancer, and we can't wait for audiences to further discover her."

UPDATE: The Onion apologizes.

Feb. 25, 2013

Dear Readers,

On behalf of The Onion, I offer my personal apology to Quvenzhané Wallis and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the tweet that was circulated last night during the Oscars. It was crude and offensive—not to mention inconsistent with The Onion’s commitment to parody and satire, however biting.

No person should be subjected to such a senseless, humorless comment masquerading as satire.

The tweet was taken down within an hour of publication. We have instituted new and tighter Twitter procedures to ensure that this kind of mistake does not occur again.

In addition, we are taking immediate steps to discipline those individuals responsible.

Miss Wallis, you are young and talented and deserve better. All of us at The Onion are deeply sorry.

Sincerely,

Steve Hannah
CEO
The Onion

Michelle Obama Hands Out Best Picture Oscar to 'Argo': VIDEO

Apologies for this was the best quality embeddable clip I could find of FLOTUS delivering the Best Picture Oscar in a surprise appearance live from the White House.

Check it out, AFTER THE JUMP...

Dominic Patten at Deadline writes abou how the appearance came together:

“The Academy Awards approached the First Lady about being a part of the ceremony. As a movie lover, she was honored to present the award and celebrate the artists who inspire us all — especially our young people — with their passion, skill and imagination.”

The idea of getting the First Lady on the show first came from Lily Weinstein, who mentioned it to her big Obama contributor dad Harvey, who suggested it to the Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and Academy president Hawk Koch. The group flew to DC a week and a half ago to put the logistics together with the White House. The Oscar producers told Deadline’s Pete Hammond earlier this week that they “were being like the CIA” about a couple of surprises on the show, keeping things top secret. In towns like Hollywood and DC where people love to talk, they pulled it off. There was no indication on the show’s rundown and most of the people on the Oscars had no idea who the secret guest would be. “I knew we could do it and we did it,” Koch told Deadline tonight about keeping Obama’s name under wraps.

The First Lady was actually handed the envelope with the winner’s name in it by the head of PricewaterhouseCoopers at the White House, where she and President Obama hosted a dinner for the nation’s Governors tonight. Nicholson had a back-up envelope just in case.

Jimmy Kimmel's Sequel Trailer to 'Movie: The Movie': VIDEO

This year, Jimmy Kimmel followed up last year's trailer for Movie: The Movie, with thr trailer for a much cheaper sequel featuring a world under attack by sexy zombies, and one way to stop them - by fighting sexy with sexy. Thus, the Tatum is released.

Also starring Jimmy, Rachel Weisz, Armie Hammer, Topher Grace, Jessica Chastain, Jude Law, Gerard Butler, Bryan Cranston, John Krasinski, Oprah Winfrey, Wolf Blitzer, Bradley Cooper, Kerry Washington, Jason Schwartzman, the voice of Chris Rock, Bruno Mars, Salma Hayek, Matt Damon, Amanda Seyfried, Channing Tatum, and Samuel L. Jackson.

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Argo Wins Best Picture; Full List of Academy Award Winners

Argo won the top prize at tonight's Academy Awards, netting the Best Motion Picture statuette. Oscar spread the love around, as there was no one standout sweeping victor in a majority of the principal categories. Other winners tonight included Les Miserables and Django Unchained which each won several awards. Full list of winners, AFTER THE JUMP. 

What were some of your favorite wins?