Jeff Bridges won! Again. Sandra Bullock won! Again. Christoph Waltz, Mo’Nique, Michael C. Hall, Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. They all won again. Whether it’s a repeat of last week’s Golden Globe winners or returning champs from last year’s SAG Awards, the parade of faces we see up on the podium is becoming depressingly familiar this award season. Here’s hoping the Academy throws us a few curveballs or movies’ biggest night will start to lose some of that shine.
--Patrick Kevin Day (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)