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Whoopi Goldberg Accepts Oscar Apology
Originally posted 02/27/2008 11:25AM
A promised phone call of apology came from the producer of the Oscars to Whoopi Goldberg, after Sunday night's telecast neglected her during a montage highlighting hosts from past ceremonies, Goldberg said on Wednesday's The View.
"Gil Cates called me yesterday," Goldberg said on the ABC daytime show. "He made an oversight, pure and simple."
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Oscars to Whoopi Goldberg: We're Sorry
Originally posted 02/26/2008 02:45PM
Whoopi Goldberg's omission from an Oscar montage – perceived by her and others to be a slight that left the View host in tears – was "an absolute oversight," the award show's producer tells PEOPLE.
"No harm was intended, and I feel very, very badly that she was left out," Gil Cates said Tuesday. "I'm going to call her and tell her that."
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Where Were Brad & Angelina on Oscar Night?
Originally posted 02/26/2008 02:30PM
The day after unveiling her baby bump at the Film Independent's Spirit Awards, Angelina Jolie spent Oscar night at home, relaxing.
Jolie, 32, and Brad Pitt, 44, were at home in Los Angeles with the kids and enjoyed the relative peace and quiet, a source tells PEOPLE.
Though neither was at the Oscar ceremony, their absence didn't stop the show's host, Jon Stewart, from including Jolie in a joke about pregnant actresses, saying, "Obviously, Angelina Jolie couldn't be here – it's hard to find 17 babysitters on Oscar night."
The growing Jolie-Pitt family currently includes Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, and Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 1. A source close to the couple says they are "thrilled to be adding to their brood."
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Uncovered: Oscar-Night Jewel Heist
Originally posted 02/26/2008 08:45AM
In a scenario straight out of the movies, thieves executed a real-life Italian job by stealing millions of dollars worth of jewels Sunday.
Seven men dressed as police, who had evidently spent weeks digging a tunnel into the Milan showroom of Damiani, came through the cellar wall, tied up staff and within minutes made off with the jewelers' most valuable pieces, the BBC reports.
Luckily, at least a few pieces of Damiani's best were safely on display thousands of miles away at the Oscars in Hollywood.
It is reported that Michael Clayton's Tilda Swinton, who took the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, was wearing a diamond-studded bracelet provided by the jeweler.
Police are calling the job extremely professional and have little trace of the thieves.
– Kristin Boehm
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Oscar Night the Lowest Rated in History
Originally posted 02/25/2008 02:15PM
Living up to the dire expectations, Sunday night's Academy Awards scored embarrassingly low preliminary ratings – 14 percent lower than the least-watched ceremony ever, according to Nielsen Media Research.
On Monday, the audience-measuring service announced that the overnight ratings were 21 percent lower than last year, when The Departed won the Best Picture award, the Associated Press reports.
The previous least-watched Oscars ceremony was in 2003, when only 33 million viewers tuned in.
Nielsen still does not have an estimate on Sunday night's viewership, but based on the early reports from the top American markets – resulting in a 21.9 rating and 33 share – this is likely to have been the biggest dud in the 80-year history of the Oscars.
– Stephen M. Silverman
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