Today is Oscar Day here in Los Angeles - that's the day of the annual Academy Awards presentation, if you've been living under a log in the woods for the past 50 years. I've lived here for 8 years now, and this always seems like an unusually bizarre time in a city that is already unusually bizarre to begin with.
As that magic hour of 5:00 pm approaches, the air is still (except for the dozen or so circling helicopters) and the streets get incredibly quiet. It feels very much like a national holiday. Which, at least in Hollywood, it sort of is.
Your cool factor is measured by how many Oscar parties you're invited to. Multiply that by 10 if actual stars will be present. Multiply by 50 if one of the starts is either Nicole Kidman or Leonardo DiCaprio. And if one of the stars is Jude Law, I HATE YOU.
(fyi my cool factor is... well, sort of lukewarm...)
Yesterday - the Day Before Oscar Day - all over the city traffic was a nightmare as people rushed around doing.... whatever it is people need to do on the day before Oscar Day... Car washes were jam packed because you just can not have a dirty car on Oscar Day (whether you're actually attending the awards or not is irrelevant).
The first year I lived here, a friend called in a panic to see if I had plans: "I wanted to be sure you weren't alone on Oscar Day!!!"
It's that kind of wierdness.
Happy Oscar Day everyone.
Monday, February 26, 2007
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