Poor Howard Rosenman. He had a role in Milk and he's written a little piece for PJM about his Oscar night experience shmoozing with the starts. The commenters so far are not impressed. Ouch.

Let the guy have his moment. Personally, I couldn't care less. Seems the older I get the less I care. Being an unemployed movie actor myself (I've never actually been in a movie, but that's my real profession, not this other stuff), I'm less than impressed with the current crop. Seriously, I've barely seen any of the films outside the animated features and am increasingly curmudgeonly with regard to BS celebrity worship. Also, since I tend to be pretty politically-focused (y'think?), Hollywood's involvement in political activity makes it more than slightly difficult to forget all that and enjoy the show. Everything has a subtext that glows. It's hard to ignore it.