Top 5: Oscar Moments

I've been on an awards show kick this year (as you probably noticed in the lengthy Grammy post) which means today's post must be about last night's Academy Awards. It's regarded as the piece de resistance of the awards show season and has tons of viewers each year, critiquing every little thing from fashion choices to awards speeches. I'm sure you will hear hours of coverage on every entertainment news outlet known to man, so to add to the melee here are my top 5 moments of the evening.

5. Zach Galifianakis pronouncing his own name wrong

I loved Zach and Will Ferrel's matching-white-suit-banging-cymbals entrance and award presentation. They were over the top in a funny way - and not in the awkward way most of Billy Crystal's jokes were. Best part? Galifianakis pronouncing his name wrong, on purpose, since no one else ever says it right anyway.

4. Tom Hanks' shout-out to the seat filler guy

Early in the show Hanks mentioned a veteran seat-filler who has been to every Academy Awards ceremony for the past 59 years. Fifty-nine years! That means his first year was in 1953 - when Audrey Hepburn won Best Lead Actress for Roman Holiday . He was wearing an awesome powder blue suit and ruffled shirt, which made me wonder if he'd had the same outfit for the past 59 years...

3. Jim Rash mocking Angelina Jolie

We all know that Jim Rash is hilarious as Dean Pelton on the show Community. What we didn't know, before Sunday night, was that Rash is always that funny. Case in point: Rash, along with Nat Faxon and Alexander Payne win an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Descendants. The award is presented by Jolie, who poses ridiculously in order to show off her leg in her Oscar dress. During the acceptance speech Rash does what any good comedian would: show up Angelina Jolie.

Screenshot from NY Daily News. I love that they specified Jim was on the right, just in case you couldn't figure out who was who.

2. Miss Piggy on the Best Dressed list

Who doesn't love the Muppets? The new movie is a huge hit, and the two most famous stars, Kermit and Miss Piggy, showed up at the Oscars dressed to the nines. I was hoping to see them interviewed on the red carpet but no such luck. I loved Piggy's dress - and so did a lot of others, because the lovely swine was listed as one of the night's Best Dressed!

Miss Piggy wearing Zac Posen

1. Octavia Spencer's standing ovation

If there is anything more satisfying than getting an Oscar for your performance, it must be receiving a standing ovation from your peers on live television in recognition. Spencer, who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Help, was speechless onstage after accepting her statue. She also won a SAG, Golden Globe, and Critic's Choice awards for the same role. Congratulations, Octavia!