Oscar History Pt. II: Black and Female
Last night, the screen went black when I turned to ABC7. That's because ABC and Cablevision were bangin' over airwaves, or pixels--yes I was among the near 3 million tri-state area viewers caught in the cable beef. By 8:20 the ticker was saying they were trying to work things out, but by then I'd made plans to watch it with friends who bought a digital antenna. My first tweet wondered why Doogie Hauser, MD (he'll always be that character for me, sorry) was on stage singing when Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were the hosts. "They shoulda let Lenny Kravitz open. He woulda KILLED with those showgirls!" With...