Some things you didn't know about the Oscars

Oscars - 10 Things You Don't Know

According to Female First, Bruce Vilanch told them a few unknown things about the Oscars.
No Country for New Jokes:
The strike prevented Jon Stewart and his team from creating more elaborate hijinks. "They had a film piece, but it involved Javier Bardem, and he wasn’t available," Vilanch says. "They just couldn’t put it together in two weeks. That’s what happens when my guild strikes."
Friendly Fire:
Vilanch says they have to walk a very careful line when spewing jokes about powerhouses like Tom Cruise and Madonna. "That audience is not going to laugh at a joke about Tom Cruise, so why bother?" Vilanch says. "And nobody’s going to laugh at jokes about Madonna adopting children...I mean, you’re sitting there, and they cut to you, and you know Madonna. You don’t want Madonna seeing you on TV laughing about her. It’s the wrong room."
Knocked-Up Jokes:
Judd Apatow wrote Seth Rogen's and Jonah Hill’s bits about Halle Berry and Judi Dench. "They are Judd’s boys," Vilanch says. "They’re coming on with the energy from his movies, so you might as well let the person who created the energy create it again."
The Wrongest Day:
Brad Renfro and Whoopi Goldberg weren’t the only video montage missteps by the Academy. Vilanch says the In Memoriam montage was changed just three hours before showtime. Why? Because the photo they used of the late Lorraine Day in The High and the Mighty from 1954 wasn’t her! "It was actually Claire Trevor," Vilanch says. "It’s something that Lorraine Day’s family would watch and say, ‘Jeez, that’s not Mom!’ It got fixed."
Source: Female First UK