Let's talk front row seats, baby!  We camped out from Friday evening until Sunday morning, but just look at our pictures.  Most celebs were within 10 feet of us. See the diagram for our seating location.    

Now, here's my important note: these pictures are not cropped.   These are actually what our pictures look like, except in person, the color is better than the scanned quality.  Otherwise, are you ready for your close-up?

Us
Some pictures of me, Tracy, & our Parsian friend, Jane

The scene
Diagram & the view from our seats

TV people
Joan Rivers and other press

Best Actress Nominees
The "other" best actresses, a.k.a. those who didn't have a shot at winning
Joan Allen, Laura Linney, Ellen Burstyn & Juliette Binoche

Julia
The only real best actress contender (and eventual winner)

Chicks on carpet
Other women who walked the carpet

Goldie Hawn
The always fab, funny lady & Kurt Russell

Acting Royalty
Two Dames and a Sir

Nominated Actors
Supporting actor nominees Jeff Bridges & Willem Dafoe

Dudes of the carpet
Other men who walked

Funny men
Some laugh-getting men & their spouses

Ed Harris
Sexiest Man alive!  Let the lovefest begin....

Sting
Someone call the police!  It should be illegal to be this hot!

Tom Hanks
Usually an Oscar winner, but not tonight

Russell Crowe
The bloke who won Best Actor

Gladiator cast & director
Joaquin Phoenix & Ridley Scott

Traffic cast & director
Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas & Steven Soderberg

Almost famous
Folks from the movie: Cameron Crowe (writer/director), Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand

Crouching tiger, hidden dragon
Cast & director of the marital arts movie, including director Ang Lee

Previous winners
They've been here before, and now back again for round 2

Huh?
What were they thinking ?

Post-Oscars
Some shots of us after waiting since Friday night for our front row seats

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