SO WRONG: Apparently, according to Rolling Stone, there is a band comprised of:

1. Adam Schlesinger, the hangdog, perpetually five-o-clock-shadowed creative force behind Fountains of Wayne;
2. The middle brother from Hanson, yes, that Hanson, and a pretty lass she was;
3. Brooding weirdo James Iha from Smashing Pumpkins; and
4. The guy from Cheap Trick who looks like a vice cop

There's a single, and wow is this strange. I guess it's all pop of one stripe or another, so maybe this is like the Davos of pop.

DON'T CHA WISH YOU HAD AN OSCAR LIKE ME? I am sadly not making this up--The Pussycat Dolls have a cover of Oscar-winning song "Jai Ho."

YOUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITY IS WAITING. TRAVEL SAFE: Two non-episode oriented things for TAR fans:

• The Great Urban Race will hit major cities this summer, and seems like a servicable TAR knockoff. There may be ThingThrower teams at several of the events. (I just need to find a partner.)
• TAR7 winners Uchenna and Joyce have created "The Great Raise," a Houston-based local race for charity, which is airing on Houston television.

ALOTT5MA CAREER COUNSELING: A question spurred by last night's Oscars--which of the acting nominees/winners now needs to take their career in a different direction, and where should they go? A few thoughts from my end:

• New "lightened up" Sean Penn should absolutely do a comedy of some sort, or maybe find a way to work with a dramedy director--someone like James L. Brooks or Cameron Crowe.
• Anne Hathaway should find a musical to do--I can't think of one off the top of my head that works for her, though wouldn't she have made a fine Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls? She also needs to be careful to not stick either with purely commercial or purely non-commercial stuff. (Amy Adams has a similar problem--she needs to be careful to find roles that aren't bubbly/happy all the time, which is part of why Doubt was a good move for her.)
  
• Mickey Rourke should go ahead and take the paycheck role in Iron Man II. Even if they're offering him less than he wants, it's a good way to keep on that roll and in the spotlight.
  
• John Patrick Shanley should stick to writing and not direct.

NUKED THE FRIDGE: Meanwhile, on the other end of town, Mike Myers' The Love Guru cleaned up at the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards, which recognized the worst cinema of last year. Paris Hilton too was multiply awarded, with Pierce Brosnan (Mamma Mia!) edging out Ben Kingsley, Burt Reynolds and others in Best Supporting Actor. For Leelee Sobieski, it's just an honor to be nominated (i.e., "remembered at all at this point"), and kudos to Indiana Jones IV for besting The Day the Earth Stood Still, Speed Racer and others in the Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel category.

I NEVER KNEW THROWING THINGS IS SO MUCH FUN. IT JUST RELIEVED SO MUCH PRESSURE: H/T to Fienberg for spotting that lovely quote in last night's Race, and since he recapped it in full I'm not going to try to duplicate his efforts.

I'll just note this: we decided to let Lucy watch this season as a special treat -- her first reality tv, indeed -- in the hopes that lessons about teamwork, planfulness and geography/world cultures would outweigh the potential risk of learning and imitating bad behaviors. So far, so good.

MEN, YOU ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A GREAT CRUSADE TO STAMP OUT RUNAWAY DECENCY IN THE WEST. NOW YOU MEN WILL ONLY BE RISKING YOUR LIVES, WHILST I WILL BE RISKING AN ALMOST CERTAIN ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: George C. Scott famously called it “a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons.” Join us now for all the fun:

updated: Well, Jai Ho! everybody. Full winners list here, and feel free to keep the comments flowing in the traditional place.

I thought that as far as (only) 3 1/2 hours of television went, the hits (the one-on-one acting nomination speeches, Rogen/Franco, Jackman's opening segment) outweighed the misses (that horrid musical number with Beyonce lip-synching). Well done.