As a whole, the Oscars were so totally boring this year. The only eye candy were the numerous candids of Leo (Di Capro), who did not won. The only things that rescued me from the three-and-a-half hours of torture were the reigning queens of the entertainment world.

Daytime queen, Ellen, did a fabulous job holding the show together and making us laugh as only she can. Most of the other bits, especially Will Ferrell’s, were pretty lame-assed. The exception being the dancers/mimes behind the white screen. That was awesome… especially the Prada shoe. Which brings me to my fav, Meryl Streep. I was sorry she didn’t win, but Best Actress was a tough category this year with Meryl, Helen Mirren and Judi Dench all nominated.

I adore Helen Mirren and her win was so well deserved. What an incredible year she’s had playing Queen Elizabeth I in a kick-ass HBO mini-series, for which she won an Emmy, and Queen Elizabeth II on the big screen. But her best performance was in the finale of her long-running PBS series, ‘Prime Suspect.’ Queen Helen will be sorely missed, but something tells me we’ve not seen the last of her. Yes ma’am, you are “the bloody Queen!”

Jennifer Hudson is another winner and her performance at The Academy Awards and Oscar for Best Supporting Actress has shot her up to being the reigning queen of American Idols. If Chris Daughtry and Clay Gaiken (oops – there I go channeling Kathy Griffin – love her but that is another story) Aiken weren’t proof enough that the best talent gets voted off the show, look no further. The girl won an Oscar, there is no better for a performer!

Speaking of American idols, I was quite pleasantly surprise to see Celine Dion perform! I haven’t seen her in a few years, but she is a favorite and all day I had been playing her CDs for some reason and was remembering the year she performed ‘My Heart Will Go On’ at the Oscar and nearly lost a priceless necklace when she slapped herself! She’s still got it. I’m glad her Las Vegas show is ending though. All the fuss going on behind her does not suit her. She is a performer who has no rival and I want to see her to see and hear HER, not all the other distracting stuff.

A performer who only needs a guitar and doesn’t need the circus act is Melissa Etheridge. I adore her deep, raspy sound and was jumping out my seat when she won. I thought for sure the Oscar would go to ‘Dreamgirls.’ How awesome was that! What a trooper Melissa is and now at the top of the heap.

To see Melissa Etheridge and Helen Mirren win Oscars was well worth the three-and-a-half hours I sat rootching in the big chair.