Meh Monday
There was one event dominating all others this week... So – spoiler alert! – if you don’t like the Academy Awards, you might want to skip straight to Wednesday.
For those who do enjoy the world’s most glamorous prize-giving festival... what a night it was!
In fact there were so many great moments (I’m Just Ken, the Twins’ reunion, Emma Stone’s broken zip) it was hard to pick a highlight. A lowlight, however? That’s easy... Jonathan Ross and his motley crew of ITV commentators.
It started badly, when “expert” Fay Ripley admitted she never normally bothers to stay up to watch the Oscars.
Then came the insulting consensus that Matthew Perry was only included in the In Memoriam segment as a nicety. “They probably could have done it without him”, quipped Ross – despite Perry’s 15 box-office hits.
And finally there was Jonathan’s biggest blunder of the night – predicting Best Director and Actor would both go to British winners. Who did he mean? London-born Christopher Nolan and, err, Cillian Murphy the IRISHMAN with the very IRISH name.
Fast forward one ad break and one winner’s speech from Cillian, and Jonathan’s now bizarrely banking on us all having collective amnesia. “I’m glad Cillian said he was Irish,” he said. “Because I have said he’s British in the past so it’s good to remind people.”
Yes, Jonathan. You have said that 12 minutes ago.
Next year, ITV, save yourself the cash – and just cut to the Celebrity Big Brother livestream. Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh? Now, that’s a pair who know a thing or two about being entertaining commentators...