Congratulations to Jennifer Hudson for winning her well-deserved Oscar for Dreamgirls, and pulling off a great performance during the ceremony. I was disappointed they didn’t do “It’s All Over” and “And I Am Telling You”, but the medley they did of the nominated songs was great. As expected, Jennifer and Anika made Beyonce sound like a hummingbird. Wonder how Matthew Knowles feels about his daughter losing out on an Oscar to an amateur actress/American Idol reject, and getting reduced to a common back up singer in the performance. Beyonce looked genuinely happy for Jennifer, but the look on Papa Knowles’ face when J. Hud became an Academy Award winner was priceless. Watch her speech now.

I must say though, as much as I hate on Beyawnce, she looked gorgeous last night. Her dress on the red carpet and her performance dress were some of the best of the night. She was probably the best right behind Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchett, and Naomi Watts.

Here’s their performance:

I was both shocked and pissed that Eddie Murphy lost the Oscar to Alan Arkin. The Supporting Actor category was a weak one this year, and Eddie’s performance in Dreamgirls was not only the best of his career, but far above the other nominated performances. Some are speculating Norbit hurt his chances. I think it has more to do with him being a comedic actor. It’s sad really.

Either way, Eddie Murphy and his date Tracey Edmonds left the ceremony promptly after he lost.

I was glad Martin Scorcese finally got his Oscar, and that The Departed won Best Picture. I would’ve killed myself if Babel was named the best film of the year. Very happy that Helen got hers, though it would’ve been interesting to see an upset in that category, and then of course as expected, Forest Whitaker took home his Oscar gold for his haunting performance in The Last King of Scotland.

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In non-awards related news, Justin Timberlake’s new movie Black Snake Moan with Christina Ricci and Samuel L. Jackson is releasing soon, and I guess they need serious promotion so they have leaked the sex scene from the film to the internet. They would’ve been better off not leaking it at all, because at least you could’ve imagined seeing something hot and would’ve gone to see the movie out of curiousity. Instead, you’re just disappointed.

You don’t get to see anything interesting (sorry, no Justin booty), and the sex is over after like 15 seconds. Almost as boring as Beyonce performing a ballad.

Either way, if you wanna see the scene, you can view it here.

Here are the 58th Annual Emmy Award nominations. There’ s a puking party in my backyard later this afternoon.

Lead Actress Drama

Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under)
Geena Davis (Commander In Chief)
Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU)
Allison Janney (The West Wing)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)

Supporting Actress Drama

Candice Bergen (Boston Legal)
Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy)
Chandra Wilson (Grey’s Anatomy)
Blythe Danner (Huff)
Jean Smart (24)

Lead Actor Drama

Peter Krause (Six Feet Under)
Denis Leary (Rescue Me)
Chris Meloni (Law & Order: SVU)
Martin Sheen (The West Wing)
Keifer Sutherland (24)

Supporting Actor Drama

William Shatner (Boston Legal)
Oliver Platt (Huff)
Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos)
Gregory Itzin (24)
Alan Alda (The West Wing)

Guest Actor Drama

Michael J. Fox (Boston Legal)
Christian Clemenson (Boston Legal)
James Woods (ER)
Kyle Chandler (Grey’s Anatomy)
Henry Ian Cusick (Lost)

Guest Actress Drama

Kate Burton (Grey’s Anatomy)
Christina Ricci (Grey’s Anatomy)
Swoozie Kurtz (Huff)
Patricia Clarkson (Six Feet Under)
Joanna Cassidy (Six Feet Under)

Best Drama Series

Grey’s Anatomy
House
The Sopranos
24
The West Wing

Reality TV

The Amazing Race
American Idol
Project Runway
Dancing with the Stars
Survivor

Lead Actor Comedy

Steve Carell (The Office)
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Kevin James (King of Queens)
Tony Shalhoub (Monk)
Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men)

Lead Actress Comedy

Stockard Channing (Out of Practice)
Jane Kazcmarek(Malcolm in the Middle)
Lisa Kudrow (The Comeback)
Debra Messing (Will & Grace)
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss (The New Adventures of Old Christine)

Supporting Actor Comedy

Will Arnett (Arrested Development)
Jeremy Piven (Entourage)
Bryan Cranston (Malcolm In The Middle)
Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men)
Sean Hayes (Will & Grace)

Supporting Actress Comedy

Alfre Woodard (Desperate Housewives)
Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Megan Mullally (Will & Grace)
Jaime Pressly (My Name Is Earl)
Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds)

Guest Actor Comedy

Patrick Stewart (Extras)
Ben Stiller (Extras)
Martin Sheen (Two and a Half Men)
Alec Baldwin (Will & Grace)
Leslie Jordan (Will & Grace)

Guest Actress Comedy

Shirley Knight (Desperate Housewives)
Kate Winslet (Extras)
Chloris Leachman (Malcolm In The Middle)
Laurie Metcalfe (Monk)
Blythe Danner (Will & Grace)

Best Comedy

Arrested Development
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Office
Scrubs
Two and a Half Men

I cannot even begin to describe the horror I’m experiencing at the moment. First of all, Lauren Graham and Kristen Bell were not nominated. Second, Will & Grace, a series that went down the toilet a while ago and has been there ever since–somehow leads the comedies with 10 nominations.

None of the Desperate Housewives were nominated except the just okay Alfre Woodard (whose storyline ruined season 2 by the way) including the very worthy Marcia Cross and Eva Longoria. Jason Lee did not get nominated for breakout comedy hit “My Name Is Earl“, nor did the series get a nod. Where is Golden Globe winner Mary Louise Parker? I’m disgusted. Where’s last year’s winner Patricia Arquette?

Michael C. Hall did not get nominated for Six Feet Under, though I’m willing to forgive that since his co-star Peter Krause did. There is some good news however. House, Grey’s Anatomy, Frances Conroy, and Kyra Sedgwick did all get nominated. Not to mention–finally after years of snubs, Law & Order: SVU’s Chris Meloni garnered a well-deserved nomination.

Just Jared has posted new pictures of Christina Ricci and Reese Witherspoon on the set of director Mark Palansky’s “Penelope”. Filming took place in Primrose Hill, North London.

The story concerns a young woman who must break a family curse (having the face of a pig) and find true love. Catherine O’Hara, Peter Dinklage, James McAvoy and Richard E. Grant co-star.

Click on the link above to see the photos.