Cap'n Flak's Oscar Recap!

Unless you were dead, drunk or sleeping under a rock last night, I'm sure you watched the 80th Annual Academy Awards!

It was a night full of stunning fashion, nervous presenters, identical tuxedos and that funny fellow from The Daily Show, John Stewart as your hurried host!

In the Best Picture category, many people expected the quirky comedic underdog Juno to win, but instead director Paul Thomas Anderson took home the coveted bald headed sharply assed gold statue for There Will Be Blood, a story about about family, greed, religion, oil, and dirty, dirty sex, starring the always amazing Daniel Day Lewis.

In this acceptance speech, Anderson thanked his father for his inspiration to make it in the movie business by saying "my dad was one of the first guys on the block to have a VCR. So along with all the videotapes that I would rummage through, I would find porno movies. Not that it twisted me into some maniac or anything. I was watching porno from age 10 to 17. I had an interest in porn... and that's how I became interested in the movies."

Throughout the evening, we were treated to musical performances taken directly from 2007's films including Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Hairspray!

George Clooney, who won Best Actor for his role in Michael Clayton, said "I'm the flavor of the month. Run for office? No. I've slept with too many women, I've done too many drugs, and I've been to too many parties."

In the Best Actress category, Laura Linney, who won for her portrayal of Wendy Savage in The Savages, a powerful tale of a brother and sister facing the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father, said "I don't consider myself a celebrity and I don't consider myself a star. When you work and live on a film set for 12, 14 hours a day and moving from location to location, it's hard just to exist. I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make."

The rest of the four hour cavalcade of stars included such winners as Best Supporting Actor Hal Holbrook for Into The Wild (opening up speculation about whether or not he will reprise his role as Lou Mannheim in the upcoming sequel to 1987's Wall Street), Best Supporting Actress Ruby Dee for American Gangster (a leading favorite to portray Commander Uhura in the fictional biopic With Giant Earpieces Come Giant Responsibility) and the smash summer blockbuster action hit extravaganza Transformers which won several awards including Best Sound Mixing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Use Of Senseless Violence, and Best Lighting.

Congratulations to all of the 80th Annual Academy Award Winners and Nominees!