Thoughts on the Oscars

• Guillermo del Toro is the Mexican Peter Jackson. From the beard to the glasses to the paunch, he looks like him. And like Jackson, he started out making fun, unpretentious visually bizarre movies that critics didn’t pay much attention to. Eventually someone will entrust him to direct a fantasy blockbuster. The Hobbit, perhaps?
• Does anyone in Hollywood speak English any more?
• I knew Alan Arkin was going to upset Eddie Murphy. You can’t be a self-absorbed jerk for 25 years and expect your fellow actors are going to give you an Oscar. I’m surprised he didn’t get up and leave after he didn’t win.