Tonight, I’m anticipating a flood of tweets about the Oscars. I probably won’t be watching the show myself. Honestly, I think the award show — not counting the red carpet show, which is a bit entertaining — is an overrated snooze fest.

This year, the race for the Oscars isn’t even that exciting. Is anyone really doubting that Natalie Portman and Colin Firth will be taking home the acting awards? The showdown between “The King’s Speech” and “The Social Network” is being played out in the media, but anyone who has seen both movies will actually agree that the former is infinitely better than the latter. Also, “The King’s Speech” has already won the Directors Guild Award, a better predictor than the Golden Globes of who’ll take home the Best Picture award.

Anyhoo, this post is about advertising, so let’s go at it. If there’s one person at this year’s Oscars that might make me watch, it’s James Franco. The guy looks good and possesses incredible charm. I’m not sure if those qualities will help him with his hosting gig tonight (I have major doubts about that), but they’ve definitely helped in this ad for Gucci sport:

I’ve already mentioned Natalie Portman. Did you know that she starred in a Japanese shampoo commercial? Ah, the things you learn from YouTube!

One of my fave commercials by an Oscar winner/nominee stars Nicole Kidman. The spot for Chanel has gorgeous cinematography, great acting, and relatable (albeit overdone) love story behind it. Overall, it simply has a good concept.

By the way, if you ever wanted to waste time watching ads starring Oscar winners (and you know that you have!), head over to Ad Freak. I bet you watching those commercials would be more entertaining than spending your time on a 3-hour award show that usually doesn’t deliver on humour or on any musical performances. A very tame Grammy awards, such as the one that happened a couple of weeks ago, is better than the Oscars at any given day.

Whatever you decide to do, I hope it’s fun and it inspires you! Happy Sunday!

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