Tonight, the winners, the losers, and the moments you just had to see to believe. What went through my mind when it fell down . Ah, a bad word that i cant say. That starts with f. Michelle obamas hushhush appearance shocks a jaded hollywood crowd. I was asking, was that Michelle Obama. And last nights unexpected star. My exclusive with a man people call oscar. And talking about guns and stand your ground. Trayvon martin one year later. Hes dead, laying on the ground. Just because hes laying on the ground oh, my god tonight, my exclusive with trayvons parents, and keeping the faith with rumors and scandals swirling at the vatican, can a new pope revive a church in crisis . This is piers morgan tonight. Good evening. Youre looking at one of the most iconic spots in this town. The famous hollywood sign. What a weekend it has been in the movie capital of the world, los angeles. I can tell you about the experience of being on the red carpet with all of the biggest stars in the world. In showbiz, talking to them as they head into the oscars with panic in their eyes, with hope and expectation. It was one of those great unscripted moments you can never repeat, until next year. The oscar moment everyone was talking about afterwards was Michelle Obama announcing best picture. It even surprised ben affleck. The whole thing kind of overwhelmed me at the time, but in retrospect, you know, the fact it was the first lady who was an enormous honor and the fact that she surrounded herself by service men and women was special, and i thought appropriate. Myself, anyway, it was very cool. It was really cool. Im a big fan of the bangs, so well talk more about the first ladys controversial appearance in a few moments. We want to bring in nancy odell, and crystal smith, editor at vanity fair. Nancy, i say tireless. You told me you have been up for 36 hours straight without a break. This is true. I literally have not gone to bed. You still look flawless. Bless you. I was told you were going to sing happy birthday because its my birthday. You know, im so tired from the weekends festivities. I got so sleep so there is no excuse for you. I think hes going to do the by the end of the show. I loved the oscars because i thought it was unpredictable. Seth macfarlane unpredictable. I woke up to half saying i loved it. The other half, the worst we had. Perfect show. There was a mixed reaction from our viewers as well. We said people who said they loved Seth Macfarlane. Other people who said they wanted him to be more risque, others who said he was too much that way. I thought he did a great job. He took the ceremony and made fun of a lot of things and did it where the oscars are known as being the one that is the stiffest and the most formal. And so predictable. The thing about seth i liked, and the thing is if you know Seth Macfarlane from family guy, from ted the movie, and so on, you know what youre going to get. If you dont know him, i can imagine hes a culture shock. What i liked was he was unpredictable. He did an early song called show us your boobs or whatever it was, and everybody is saying, you cant do that at the oscars. He just did it, everyone. It was a great thing, and i loved the ending as they paid tribute to the losers. It was Something Different and unusual, and i remember thinking, i wonder how the academy is going to react, the people who had been nominated, not the academy, obviously. They knew he was going to to that, and everybody seemed to love it. Being at the Vanity Fair Party last night, i was talking to the celebrities there. Of course, Everybody Knows there. Well talk to crystal in a moment. It is the party. One reason i was out so late. Exactly. But they were saying that they really liked him. They hope he comes back for a second time because they really enjoyed it. They got the thumbs up from the celebrities from what i saw. What was your most memorable moment of the day . I think probably the memory that everybody is going to remember, and thats Jennifer Lawrence tripping as she goes up. The reason i say that is not because you know this is a big moment in this womans life and here this happened to her. I think because of her recovery, and it is what makes her so charming, and what you want why you want to pull for her. Lets take a look at the famous Jennifer Lawrence tumble. We have a clip, i think. What went through my mind when i fell down . A bad word that i cant say. That starts with f. Thats her talking about her tumble. Theres a still picture of the tumble because she nearly had her dress ripped off add the globes, so shes on a roll. I had her on the show, and she was chaotic in a delightful way. Someone like her comes along not very often in movies. Shes really sincere, fun, a smart cookie, and a great actress. When she tripped, it wasnt planned, but it only made her more relatable. Every girl who sees hunger games and loves it, shes like a freight train. People have fallen in love with her every step more and more. At that moment, she was so human. Shes in this gorgeous gown and she tripped at the biggest moment in her career. Then she called them out. She said, youre giving me a standing ovation. I know why, because i tripped and im embarrassed. It was also a brilliant clip of her being jumped by Jack Nicholson in an interview, where shes so delightful again, oh, my god, hes Jack Nicholson. I think shes terrific. Lets talk Anne Hathaway. Theres another wonderful actress at the top of her game, won an oscar, yet inspiring a type of resentment. Why is this . I think its a little unfair. Everyone wants to say, the web and twitter, everybody hits up about her being annoying and not liking her speeches. Its so hard. Theyre on this circuit from the time theyre promoting the movie and shes doing speech after speech, dress after dress, and i think at the end of the day, Anne Hathaway has an oscar. Shes supremely talented. Shes hollywoods it girl, and whoever is commenting on the web, theyre still going to see her movies. Why are we so bitchy about Anne Hathaway . Is funny because i have this conversation all the time. I loved interviewing her and she was very sweet. She showed me her naked back. The public has this view that i think shes affected. Shes really not that way, but i think its the way she does it in a whisper, and the way that she talks. You cant expect actresses to be that sincere. I think Jennifer Lawrence is an exception. Shes also 22. Shes just brand new, Anne Hathaway has been at this for a decade. They understand this, they understand the ceremony of it. The reason why everyone loves Jennifer Lawrence is because she is all kind of youth and this giant cult coming at you. Thats why we pray she wont change. Because after a while, they start changing and become more guarded. Lets turn to the Vanity Fair Party. It was a great moment when ben affleck came in with his oscar and everyone began cheering and clapping. Its an affirmation of success. Its a classic comeback hollywood success story. I remember it was 15 years ago maybe or longer when he came in and there was this great shot of him and matt in our party, like, yeah, with these fresh faces. For him in that speech, who could top daniel daylewis . Ben affleck. He said when youre down, you have to get up because hes the bennifer, the gigli. He can act, he can direct. Its not about boston. Its about a whole entirely different subject matter. And he thanked canada, which was a big moment for me, because i interviewed president jimmy carter last week, who was the president when argo the real live story, and he was moaning that the canadians got no credit in the movie and the cia guy who affleck plays only was there in iran for a day and a half, and yet the movie is skewed to the heroic cia, but actually it was mainly the canadians. A side note, thank you, canada. A big moment for the canadians. And thanked his wife, and the fact he got teared up. Its a human moment. I was cheering for him, and i think most of more people were cheering for him because he didnt get the nomination. I think the academy getting that wrong played right into his hands. Lets turn to the biggest star of the night. Other than oscar, stephen betaglia, the name we did not imagine we would be talking about as the star of the show. He joins me now. What a moment. There i am watching, everyone is watching. Seth macfarlane comes up with this fake review of his show, worst i have ever seen, with your name, and then he does it twice more. Now youre becoming a legend. What where are you and what were you thinking . I was trending worldwide on twitter, i was told. You were. I was at home watching as a viewer. I was looking forward to the broadcast because i wanted to see what Seth Macfarlane does. Sometimes ill put the oscars on the dvr and start them late so i can go through some of the boring stuff, but i was right there at 8 30 because i wanted to see him. Into the show that comes up, and im sort of staring at it and watching the routine, and i think, thats my name, and then it came up again. Im at home watching with my wife, and then every single Electronic Device in the house was buzzing, vibrating, ringing. And are you thinking basically you have won a tv version oscar . Are you leaping around the room, making acceptance speeches . No, not really. But i have to say, you get that sort of rush that you get, and i said, this must be what its like to be really famous. And it really was almost like a druglike effect. I felt kind of sad later when it was over, you know. It was very unusual. And i just did not know it was coming. Apparently, the academy was going to contact me to ask permission. They never reached me, and it was a tremendous surprise. And the reason were told that he may have chosen you is you have been supportive of him, particularly in the family guy early years when most critics savaged it, you were right behind him. Was there any truth to that . I did a cover of seth for tv guide in 2005, and i always found him to be an interesting character. Hes a maverick who does what he wants. The show is very personal. Its his tastes. He does crude humor, and this traditional show business stuff on it. He loves musical comedies and musicals and he hires real musicians or full orchestras to come to his house so he can sing songs. And i like the show. Its Something Different. It upsets people a little bit. Its disturbing. You dont have plenty people like that in television anymore. When you find them, you want to write about them. I totally agree. Crystal, are you a fan of Seth Macfarlane last night . Im a big fan of seths. I love the way he incorporated the talent in the show. When charlize and channing starting dancing, it was a wonderful moment, the same thing with Joseph Gordon levitt and i forgot his name. And daniel ratcliff. How could you forget him . I know, its a lack of sleep. I did find that the opening number, show me your boobs, i did feel bad for naomi watts and charlize theron. Maybe it was too early. I enjoyed it very much. Thats the whole point of Seth Macfarlane. You like to see people uncomfortable . I like a mixture of the cozy stuff you expect at the oscars with a little bit of bite to it. What was great was how they reacted. It was very telling. The one i loved, again, Jennifer Lawrence. Burst out laughing and punched the air when he got to her. Thats how you have to react, isnt it . There was one part where i thought, i dont know if that pushed it too much, but it was after adele performed and he said rex reed was going to come and critique her performance. I think the criticism was meant for rex reed, but it made it come out a little bit as if it was for adele. That was a lilt bit, you know, it bothered me a little bit. I will say its a thankless job. The bottom line, unless im mistaken, is ratings. And the ratings particularly in the younger demographic, were significantly up on last year. You have to look, the Academy Awards is a 3 1 2 hour infomercial for the movie industry. From that standpoint, this show was a tremendous success. They wanted a younger audience and they got it. Among men 18 to 34, the show was up 34 from a year ago. Overall, 18 to 39yearolds which is what advertisers like to reach, it was up 11 . So they got what they wanted here. And youre going to have to give people the kind of humor thats going to attract that young audience if youre going to deliver it. So i think it was a very big success from that standpoint. Well, a success for the ratings. Success for Seth Macfarlane, and a big success for you, stephen. Many congratulations on your tv critic version of the oscar last night. Thank you. And to you ladies, thank you very much. Nancy and crystal will be back actually, tomorrow, but well talk to the reallife argo hero played by ben affleck. That will be tomorrow night. When we come back, hollywoods biggest stars outshown by Michelle Obama. But has the big moment backfired and tarnished her brand. Well ask Donny Deutsch and jody cantor, but what happened on the red carpet when i asked some of the biggest stars to show their loser face. Now you tell me you dont think youre going to win, i want to see your best loser face. Just normal. Like me expecting, like, mmhmm. Thats right. Let me give you the bad news. You just lost. I just lost. No, im kidding. Can you imagine if i actually did that . Yes, thats why i got you to do it. Whats your loser face . What are you going to do if you lose . Give me your loser face . No, im just going to go, what . Do you practice your loser face just in case the camera pans to you . No, that i havent. Do you think its bad luck . No, i just didnt think of it, but ill start right now. Give me the loser one. I have been getting people to give me their best loser face for the moment when it doesnt work out. Have you got one . Kind of a glazed smile followed by some kind of protein bar. 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I thought those two to me were, it was like watching a couple of movie stars in the 50s. Thats why i liked the look and what they were wearing. So im not a great fashion expert, as you know, donny, but since you put me on the spot, they would be my favorites. Lets turn to something im more comfortable with. Politics. Michelle obama. She was a very big surprise, no one was expecting it. Up comes the first lady to talk about the fact that argo has won best picture. Should she have been there at all . From my vantage point, not at all. As far as im concerned, she was an uninvited guest. What i mean by that is if you have the give the consumer, the viewer, the ultimate respect. They have tuned in to watch movie stars, to watch movies, and all of a sudden, politics is thrown at them. Obviously, she was very sweet and very kind, but its not what i signed up for. We see a lot of blurring of politics and news in entertainment, but i get to choose. If i want to watch jimmy fallon and shes on, thats okay, but that was an intrusion. I have a feeling 3 out of 4 americans dont want to see the first lady at that point. They want to see Jack Nicholson. Once again, shes the first lady, but thats not a moment were looking for the president and the first lady. I want more from nicholson. So thats where i think she missed. And also on top of that, the tone of it, there was almost a monarch quality. She was sitting there, and it was an elitist flavor to it that i was watching as a viewer and going, huh, and im a democrat. I just thought it was very, very, very tone deaf. I was really surprised they did it. Okay, lets bring in somebody who may or may not agree with you. Jodi kantor, columnist for the new york times. Donny, pretty furious there. No, no. Fairly furious, no place for the first lady at the oscars. What do you say about that . Let me fill you in on what the first ladys strategy has been on this kind of thing. She has done this again and again. She popped up on icarly, on nickelodeon awards for kids. Part of what the white house has tried to do is keep her out of politics and insert her into other kinds of media that lots of p