“They transported me to Oscar nights in the mid-to-late 1960s: back when the Oscars meant something. Real men with sideburns wore butterfly bow ties and were fighting drunk, and women back-combed their hair into ice sculptures and painted Cleopatra eyeliner halfway up each temple.”

I adore her writing. She should pay me to do her PR, right? Read the article here.

P.S. I’m planning to liveblog some (depending on how I’m feeling) of the Oscars. Stay tuned. Missed last year’s Oscars liveblogging sesh? Read it here.