WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Trailer

The absolutely wonderful trailer for Spike Jonze's adaptation, which is perfectly set to Arcade Fire's 'Wake Up.'

New LOST Tonight

An all-new episode, entitled Namaste, airs tonight at 9/8c on ABC. When some old friends drop in unannounced, Sawyer is forced to further perpetuate his lie in order to protect them. It was written by Paul Zbyszewski/Brian K. Vaughan(!) and directed by Jack Bender.

WHERE THE WILDS THINGS ARE Poster!

New LOST Tonight

An all-new episode, entitled LaFleur, airs tonight at 9/8c on ABC. Sawyer perpetuates a lie with some of the other island survivors in order to protect themselves from mistakes of the past. It was written by Elizabeth Sarnoff/Kyle Pennington and directed by Mark Goldman.

New LOST Tonight

An all-new episode, entitled The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham, airs tonight at 9/8c on ABC. Locke's fateful mission as Jeremy Bentham is revealed. It was written by Carlton Cuse/Damon Lindelof and directed by Jack Bender.

Oscars!

The 81st Annual Academy Awards air live tonight at 5p/8e on ABC. Hugh Jackman hosts.

Here are my picks:

(these are who I want to win not who I think will win)

Best Motion Picture of the Year

"Slumdog Millionaire" Christian Colson, Producer

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Meryl Streep in "Doubt" 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Best Achievement in Directing

"Slumdog Millionaire" Danny Boyle

Best Original Screenplay

"WALL-E" Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, and Jim Reardon

Best Adapted screenplay

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Screenplay by Eric Roth

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

"WALL-E" Andrew Stanton

Best Achievement in Art Direction

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt

Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo

Best Achievement in Cinematography

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Claudio Miranda

Best Achievement in Costume Design

"Australia" Catherine Martin

Best Documentary Feature

"Encounters at the End of the World" Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser

Best Achievement in Film Editing

"Slumdog Millionaire" Chris Dickens

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

"Waltz with Bashir" A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production - Israel

Best Achievement in Makeup

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Greg Cannom

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Alexandre Desplat

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

"O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire"

Music and Lyrics by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Best Animated Short Film

"Presto" Doug Sweetland

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

"WALL-E" Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

"Wanted" Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, and Petr Forejt

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, and Craig Barron

Farewell LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN

The final episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien airs tonight at 12:35/11:35c on NBC. The White Stripes will be reunited to perform. This is one of my favorite shows and I had the pleasure of seeing it when he came to San Francisco. Also, I still have the VHS tape I made with 8 hours worth of Conan. The end marks a new beginning and I'm looking forward to what he will do with the Tonight Show in June.