THE 86th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS

[Jet]

The real Wolf of Wall Street; how close is the movie?

Jordan Belfort, the real Wolf of Wall Street, talks with Entertainment Tonight about his biography played by Oscar nominee Leo DiCaprio. Interesting piece on the man who bilked investors out of millions. http://www.cbs.com/shows/cbs_this_morning/video/

[Jet]

My vote for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Woody Allen finally wrote a script I like in Blue Jasmine, the subtle parallel of the downfall of Ruth and Bernie Madoff. Blanchett plays a woman in deep denial and humiliation as she falls from Park Avenue grace and down the ladder because of her bilking-swindler husband, played by Alec Baldwin.

Cate Blanchett seems to have done it all and, I think, deserves it all recalling her roles as Blanche DuBois (A Street Car Named Desire), Queen Elizabeth, Katharine Hepburn in (The Aviator), and now a woman striving to shore up some dignity after being thrown under the bus.

She's a terrific character actor in leading roles with her high cheek bones, wide smile and handsome square face—even playing Bob Dylan. I'll offer this great interview with Leslie Stahl before the Oscars air on March 2. If you haven't seen this, and you're a fan of movies, enjoy and cast your own votes here.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cate-blanchett-talks-blue-jasmine-and-oscar-nominated-role-on-60-minutes/

[Jet]

Oscar-nominated documentary captures the life of Alice Herz-Sommer,
the oldest known Holocaust survivor who passed way at 110.

More on Herz-Sommer and the film, The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life.

http://news.yahoo.com/oldest-known-h...190725943.html

[dykeumentary]

Here are my picks:
Best picture: 12 years a slave
Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejofor (who I've liked since "dirty pretty things"
Best actress: cate blanchette
Best supporting actor: Jared Leto
Best supporting actress: Lupita Nyong'o
Director: Steve mcQueen
Editing: American hustle
Foreign language film: the great beauty (but "in bloom" and "wadjda" should have been nominated)