After an encounter with a mysterious woman, Taylor Hicks receives a life-changing message.

Catherine O'Hara: OK this is more supporting actress than best actress, but why not Catherine O'Hara for "For Your Consideration." Keri Russell in "Waitress." This was a very skilled performance, walking the line between comedy and drama, in a beautifully directed film by the late Adrienne Shelly.

Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side": Can't say that I MIND that she won, though. Judy Holliday in "Born Yesterday." Nothing wrong here, except that she beat Bette Davis in "All About Eve." Holly Hunter: They waited until Holly Hunter figured out a way to be dull and then awarded her the Oscar.

Monroe on the New York set of 'The Seven Year Itch', the film version of a Broadway box office success.

Although it's not as well known today as Gothic romances like " Rebecca " and "Gaslight" , "Dragonwyck" sprang from the tremendous vogue for romantic thrillers that those movies helped to establish during the 1940s.

Broadway veteran Megan Hilty, left, faces off against 'American Idol' runner-up Katharine McPhee for the show within a show.

In "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir," Lucy Muir finally makes the acquaintance of the erstwhile sea captain who built her cottage.

As a TV show, "Smash" will have to settle for raves as the best new broadcast series this season.

As the film awards approach, our fatal attraction to Brad Pitt et al grows, just as interest in their films diminishes 'My own Oscar grief this year is all about George Clooney and Brad Pitt', who are both nominated for best actor.

They used to call them "backstage musicals" - films and plays about the theater, almost invariably focusing on a young hopeful who overcomes his or her naivete, climbs to the top and ends up basking in the applause of an opening-night smash.