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I have Oscar Fever! Literally, because I drank too much cheap champagne last night. Owww.

Despite torrential downpours, the writers strike and the threat of the Westboro Baptist Church picketing, the “Superbowl for Gays,” the 80th Annual Academy Awards Ceremonies, also known as the Oscars managed to put on a relatively tight but lackluster show.

Many Oscar statuettes are going overseas this year as the majority of the big awards (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress) went to non-American talent. Are we seeing a trend here? Is Hollywood becoming more international? I certainly hope so. I want within my lifetime to see a Bollywood musical win “Best Picture.” Is that too much to ask?

On today’s show Amanda Steinstein celebrates her 40th birthday with Tracy Tyler, Marc Felion and me Fausto Fernós. Happy Birthday Amanda!

Listen as we talk with the gals about which celebrities looked hot on the red carpet and which one looked like Clay Aiken wearing a trash-bag. Somebody better tell Tilda to wear makeup next year! She was shinier than a greased pig. Girl, powder! And “girl power” too. Thanks to JaysNYC99 from the chat room for the joke!

But, actresses who play quirky roles might intentionally dress for the “worst dressed” list for the free publicity and to position themselves as edgy talent. After all, who can forget Bjork’s insane swan dress? Of course she never worked in Hollywood again, but she did get a lot of media attention from that swan dress.

Who was gay on the red carpet? Ryan Seacrest was! Did you guys see Ryan asking Patrick Dempsey what would he say if he woke next to Brad Pitt? Two major media hetero-identified celebrities talking about how sexy Brad Pitt was seemed pretty incredible, don’t you think?

And speaking of carpets, was anyone fooled by John Travolta’s peach fuzz toupee? I think that thing was spray painted on. Honestly, he should have put on the fat suit from Hairspray and showed up in drag and he would have looked better. John, it is time to think about growing old gracefully.

Montage, montage montage! What happens when Hollywood writers go on strike? They make montages of course. This year was littered with weird montages, as a tribute to “bees in films” (no joke) “binoculars and telescopes” and “nightmare sequences.” I thought for a moment they were going to make a montage of montage sequences, like the shopping scene in Xanadu where Gene Kelley tries on different outfits to look “hip and cool.” Thank God the writers strike is over, Bruce Vilanch, get to work on next year’s show!

The podcast that would like to thank the Academy, our friends, family, mom and dad, our lesbian pals, our leather daddies, my trannie gal pals, my nieces and nephews, and you, our audience for the privilege of podcasting- Feast of Fools.

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