Until now, I figured it would be hard to top Ann Reinking’s execrable version of the Phil Collins song “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” from the 1984 Oscar show.
But, you know, new L.A. Laker Ron Artest gives Reinking a serious run for her money with his melody-challenged stab at the "Titanic" chestnut “My Heart Will Go On.”
I might also consider all votes for Robert Goulet’s version of “You Light Up My Life” … but maybe that’s just me.
The Odds is an informed, bemused, skeptical and authoritative look at all aspects of the Academy Awards race. Steve Pond, author of the L.A. Times bestseller The Big Show, has been covering this particular circus for more than two decades, much of that time as the only reporter with full backstage and rehearsal access to the Oscar show.
The comic wants categories eliminated -- and how fresh could it be with the most frequent host of the past two decades?
After three years of predictability, the nominees are an odd blend of Emmy stalwarts and intriguing fresh faces
Moving the Oscars to January, which the Academy admits its considering, would have dramatic repercussions on voters, studios and other awards shows
The chosen few search for new ways to say, "I'm excited"
