Well, the Oscars are over. It's been a long and often mind-numbingly boring Oscar night (especially the acceptance speeches), but we, like Jon Stewart, stuck it out until the bittersweet end. What did everyone think of Stewart as the Oscar host? I was really impressed with Stewart, myself.  I was worried the audience wouldn't be real responsive to his jokes. His brand of humor is political, highbrow and snarky, and I wondered how he would go over with a theater full of insecure movie stars. I loved the Daily Show-style bits they did in-between too, although I think the humor went over the heads of some of the stars. Reese Witherspoon got it, though - she's a smart cookie, don't let the cutesy looks fool you for a second.

Here, for your perusing pleasure, is the list of all the winners and nominees from the major categories (winners are in bold and marked with an asterisk). Give us your thoughts on Oscar night -  the winners, the losers, whose outfits you loved and hated, what you thought of Stewart as the host - whatever your thoughts are, we want to hear them.

• You're Charlize Theron. You have an Oscar. You also starred in one of 2005's most notorious flops. What do you do next? you find yourself a prestige project to produce, get the man who got you an Oscar on board, and get the hell on with that "serious acting career". Ms. Theron is joining forces with Bob Berney, producer of Monster and current head of Picturehouse, to produce The Ice at the Bottom of the World. Through an unusual deal, Theron, who has owned the property for several years, will not only produce and star in the picture – she'll own the final negative. The film follows the relationship between a grizzled Navy captain and his daughter, played by Theron, "a heroin addict and the single mother of a mixed-race child."
• Meanwhile, Lionsgate is putting all its Oscar money on Crash. They're sending out an astounding 130,000 screeners of Paul Hagis' film – about 10 times the usual screener push. The mailout will include all members of the Writers and Screen Actors Guilds, and unusual move that will put the ensemble drama directly in the hands of those professionals most likely to appreciate its strengths and overlook its weaknesses.
• In vaguely related news, former Lionsgate marketing man John Hedgeman has been tapped as COO of Fox's new youth division. This is interesting: Hedgeman says that the division, which is designed to produce content for an audience aged 12-24, is open to producing R-rated fare. "Whether it's a comedy or horror or drama or action, as long as it's speaking to a segment and it's a great piece of material, we'll make it," Hegeman said.

• Aeon Flux: The game is "a good introduction to a stylish, obscure universe," and gets a solid B across the sites sampled by Joystiq. Plus, it features Charlize Theron's voice - what's not to love?

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Gamers aren't impressed by this particular entry into the Potter game-verse. To sum up, "stay away unless you’re a Potter fan with a lot of patience." (And I'm sure the guys who made this one are crying all the way to the bank.)

• The Chronicles of Narnia: This game gets really mixed reviews, from D to A and everything in between. Joystiq sums things up this way: "The Chronicles of Narnia certainly warrants a look. How much of a look will depend on your level of fascination with the source material."

• King Kong: This one, which you can play as either Kong or Adrien Brody, is available on a total of eight platforms and sounds like a pretty solid game. Weirdly, one of the best reviews describes it as "accessible without being dumb." This is high praise?

Enterprising Pirelli employees are getting themselves an extra Christmas bonus by hawking their yet-to-be released 2006 Pirelli calendars on Ebay. Pirelli calendars are a serious collectors item among artsy afficionados (and guys who like calendars with pics of of half-naked supermodels). This years calendar includes Jennifer Lopez, making her Pirelli debut, Kate Moss (a 1994 Pirelli alum), Giselle Bundchen (who was also in the 2001 cal), Guinivere Van Seenus, Natalia Vodianova (2003 and 2004), and Karen Elson (1999 and 2001). If you want one of these in your Christmas stocking, be prepared to shell out big bucks for one.

Now here's my question: not that Jennifer Lopez isn't pretty or anything, but from a purely artsy standpoint, I can think of other actresses I would put in an artsy-nude calendar before her. A shortlist: Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johannson, Halle Berry. Who would you love to see in a Pirelli Calendar?

[via The Daily Dish ]