the oscars 2017

A very good Monday morning from the E Wow Suite of the W Hotel where we stayed last night to follow everything about the Academy Awards closely. And a lot happened while you were sleeping. But don't worry; Lilian, Annick, and I pulled an all-nighter (with enough Propercorn) and this is what happened in Los Angeles while you were snoozing.

Ryan's +1

• To start off with perhaps the most important question of the night (no, not who would win the award for Best Picture): would Ryan Gosling finally walk the red carpet with his great love Eva Mendes? Nope. Too bad. But he looked so good again.

Dance, dance, dance

• But anyways, starting the Oscars with Justin Timberlake singing his hit ‘Can't Stop The Feeling’, I don't care that it's half past three in the morning. Jessica Biel, I am so intensely jealous of you.

Frenemies

• But of course, Jimmy had to talk about his ongoing feud with Matt Damon. He thanked him for the fact that for the first time he wasn't selfish and gave his role in ‘Manchester By The Sea’ to Casey Affleck. And he was happy that he was no longer the fat one of the two, but that Matt is now.
• The film ‘We Bought A Zoo’ by Matt was also briefly roasted.
• And he wasn't referred to by his first name, but simply as Ben Affleck's ‘plus one’.
• Music was deliberately played when he tried to present an award.
• So. Clearly still no friends for now.

Dear Mr. President

• “I want to say thank you to President Trump. Remember when last year it seemed like the Oscars were racist…”
• And do you also remember that he once claimed that Meryl Streep, who was nominated for the twentieth time, is ‘overrated’? Jimmy made sure that this ‘overrated’ actress received a thunderous applause for all the ‘mediocre’ work she has done over the past thirty years. And oh yes: “Nice dress by the way, is that an Ivanka?”
• During the show, Jimmy sent a number of tweets towards Donald. Because for someone who always has something to say on Twitter, it's quite quiet.

Oscar Night Facts

• It turns out that Dwayne Johnson is the highest-paid actor in the world. Am I the only one who was surprised by this? Ask me to name an Oscar-worthy film of his and my mind goes blank…
• Ellen brought pizza for the celebs two years ago, Jimmy this time let candy fall from the sky. And later in the evening also cookies and donuts.
• And imagine being in LA on a tour bus, suddenly standing on the Oscars stage, then getting Jennifer Aniston's sunglasses, getting married by Denzel, hugging Ryan Gosling – I can't understand how these people didn't need resuscitation.
• The hottest dates this year to take to the Oscars? Your own mother. Take Dev Patel and Lin-Manuel Miranda as examples.
• ‘La La Land’ may not have broken any records last night but director Damien Chazelle did break the record for the youngest director ever to take home an Oscar., And what are the Oscars with Jimmy Kimmel without his famous Mean Tweets….

Then to the most bizarre change of events. The wrong name was called during the presentation of Best Motion Picture. Something with a wrong card from the previous award. I honestly thought this was all staged, but no; this really did happen. Not 'La La Land' but 'Moonlight' went home with the award for Best Motion Picture.