HockShow Episode 27: OSCAR WHO?

1. The Oscars Were On Sunday. Who won? Probably somebody you've never heard of. This is the first "event" since the end of the writers strike, so expect Hollywood to turn up in force and extra drunk. Nobody let a live mic anywhere within 500 feet of Jack Nicholson...or Sean Young.

2. Nintendo Dips Its Toes into the Paid Internet Channel Business. Apparently, seeing Microsoft making money hand over fist with XBox Live and Sony with the Playstation Network has Nintendo excited. Starting later this year some games will be charging a small monthly fee to access online content. Rumor has it the test baby for this might be a new Animal Crossing.

3. Sony Bought Its Way to BluRay Victory. Sooo...They only spent $400 million to get Warner to drop support of the HD-DVD format. At least the battle is done. Now I can get back to what's really important. Not caring about *one* new DVD format.

4. You May Have Heard of These Ringers on American Idol I even wrote a whole update about it. Look, I'm with Paula Abdul, people really are made up of all the colors of the rainbow. Wait...I mean...um...Let's get drunk? No. No. What I meant to say is, "It doesn't really matter." Yeah. Paula Abdul is the great philosopher of our era.

5. John McCain Is Having All Kinds of Trouble. First he's accused of being seduced by a lobbyist (Anti-Big Lobbies, Pro-Big Boobies!), and now his Arizona campaign advisor was arrested for making illegal land deals. The guy can't buy a break lately. Well, actually, he probably could thanks to all that lobby and illegal land deal money he's been raking in.