February 28th, 2008 by Tess

Jessica Alba's Oscar Fall

Jessica Alba is in her third trimester, and the expectant mother had a bit of a scary moment at Sunday’s Academy Awards. She didn’t miss her lines or fall when she was presenting, but she did trip when she was offstage.

She said, “I did have a stumble backstage outside of the green room. Cash caught one arm and the other hit the floor.” No pics, though. Jessica says, “Luckily all the photogs were taking pics of Cameron D.”

February 27th, 2008 by Tess

Oscar Apology to Whoopi Goldberg

After Whoopi’s pity party on The View, the producer of the Oscars has apologized for “an absolute oversight” that occurred when she was left out of an Oscar montage. Gil Cates said, “No harm was intended, and I feel very, very badly that she was left out. I’m going to call her and tell her that.”

He went on to explain that the montage was not just of hosts as described on the show. Instead, it was a montage of 80 exciting moments from hundreds of hours of Oscar footage. Hence, the reason why former host Steve Martin was also not included.

February 26th, 2008 by Tess

No Brad Renfro Honor

True Brad Renfro fans were a little more than upset last night when the Academy Awards showed their annual montage in memory of industry members who died over the last year. Strangely, Brad was not shown in the video clips.

The last person to be shown was Heath Ledger, who died one week after Brad. If you remember, Brad died of an accidental heroin overdose. He was only 25. Most likely, Heath was shown last because he was expected to be the most liked and respected person in the montage, and thus would receive the most applause.