when you're on the red carpet, you talk to people and say quite rude things about what they are wearing. i say the truth. how did the british nominees size up? the british nominees today. it depends what they are wearing. ironically, the massive red carpet covered added to the growing media celebrities at the time, eroding their specialness and their power to transfixed, and making the oscars less of a draw. the great thing about the oscars is that it is live television and anything can happen, like when a streaker appeared at the ceremony in 197a. last year my colleague peter bodes broadcasting live on sunset boulevard when will smith suddenly shocked everyone watching the ceremony by slapping chris rock. we don't know what happened, but i feel very sad about it. this year i was back commentating on the proceedings with peter at the hollywood roosevelt hotel, the site of the first oscars.