It’s Oscar weekend in Hollywood, and the Real Time live audience was in the mood for some show business insight. Host Bill Maher didn’t disappoint.
This year’s Oscars has some changes, Maher said. “They’re asking, ‘Who are you slapping?’ He also noted that it’s hard to remember who won what from year to year. “You win and you disappear,” Maher noted.
He waited a beat. “Like Kamala Harris.” Maher admitted he’s rooting for one actor in particular – Tom Cruise. “I want to see a person get up and say, “I want to thank Xenu.” All of that in the opening monologue was the warmup to Maher’s closing editorial in his “New Rules” section.
In a segment called “The Scold and the Beautiful,” Maher reflected on the origins of award winners telling us their views, or “how bad people have it by the people who have it the best.” Maher recalled that it’s been 50 years since Sacheen Littlefeather caused a sensation by accepting the Best Actor award for Marlon Brando.
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