The Academy Awards was boring as usual. But there was 2 things that I did enjoy — one, I liked Jon Stewart as the host, and second, I enjoyed the performances for the Best Original Song Nominees. Too bad though that Alan Menken didn’t get an award since he had 3 chances of taking home the Oscar.

My reason for enjoying the Original Song performances is because I love Enchanted and the songs from that movie. So I was particularly thrilled seeing the performances of Amy Adams, Kristin Chenoweth and Jon McLaughlin.

But I also ended up loving the song that won, “Falling Slowly” by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova from the movie Once. If you haven’t watched the Oscars, Click here to see the video of the performance I found in youtube and fall in love with the song too.

Wicked

Another soundtrack I learned to like is the Broadway Musical Wicked’s. Which has some connection to the movie Enchanted. Since the actresses who portrayed the original Elphaba, the Wicked Witch and Glinda, the Good Witch has contributed to Enchanted in one form or another. Idina Menzel who portrayed Elphaba in the broadway musical is part of the cast of Enchanted as Patrick Dempsey’s character’s girlfriend Nancy. While Kristin Chenoweth, the Good Witch Glinda, performed the song in this year’s Academy Awards.

Here’s a picture of the poster for Wicked taken at a mall in Los Angeles the last time I was visiting. Next time I visit, I will make it a point to watch the musical if its still showing. For the meantime, I’ll have to make do with listening to the soundtrack. But I also have the novel but I havent finished reading it yet. I will share my thoughts once I’m done.

One more thing, I’m happy that Diablo Cody won for the screenplay of Juno. The movie was very witty and endearing. For those that haven’t seen it yet, check it out.