gretchen: i think it was the same designer for both of them. what did you think of the host seth mcfar land. here s a clip from the opening act that as brian said went on and on and on and on. as we honor all the best for the telecast design to put your patience to test. argo tells the previously classified story about an american hostage rescue in post revolutionary iran. the story was so top secret that the film s director is unknown to the academy. [laughter] django unchained. [applause] this is the story of a man fighting to get back his woman who has been subjected to unthinkable violence. or as chris brown and rihanna call it, a date movie. but he s got high hopes he s got high hopes tonight s ceremony is being watched by close to a billion people worldwide which is why jodie foster