I have not watched the Oscars since Halle Berry won. What is with the new “touchy feely” format where previous winner talk about the new nominees. Some of it seems so “fake”. It seems they were brought back to present to give them some relevance. The closeness of the audience to the stage gave the feel of people in a bar watching a stand-up comedian. I also saw more singers that actors presenting. The Oscars are trying to be relavant with the infusion of the “today” singers etc but I am not sure if it works. The broadway stuff with Beyonce was just strange. This format just did not do it for me…Congrats Slumdog Millionaire