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· We aren't getting an advanced look at a model of the Oscars set like we did last year, but Swarovski, the ubiquitous crystal purveyors who have never seen a mundane cellular communications device they couldn't jazz up, have previewed the "superbly sparkling Swarovski Crystal Curtain" that will hang on the Kodak Theater stage, valued at "$1 million." A mil? Please. Charlize'll have that much hanging around her neck, and we'll probably be too preoccupied with whatever is jutting out of her shoulder to notice. [PR Newswire]
· Need a leg-up on your Oscar pool prognosticating? EW.com canvases five resident experts, then plots out their opinions on highly confusing Connect Four boards. [EW.com]
· J-Lo Talks to Action News About Oscars! [6abc.com]
· Here's a list of black actors "robbed of their Academy Awards." Why, oh why, must Marlon Wayans' empty mantel suffer at the cruel hands of The Man? [VIBE]
· Approached for advice for 10-year-old Abigail Breslin, Oscar-winning former child star Mickey Rooney responded by saying, "I understand there's talk of a sequel. Can I interest you in a tweaker great-grandfather?" [Reuters]