Most So-So Host
Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen's shtick — she's just so gosh-darn nice and ordinary — sometimes worked for her and sometimes against her on this glamorous evening. On the plus side: her Oscar baby-carrier (so you can show off your trophy at the party while leaving your hands free to hold drinks and smokes), and some of her gee-whiz fan moments in the audience, like asking Steven Spielberg to take a digital photo of her and Clint Eastwood for her MySpace page. On the minus side: her toothless opening monologue, chatting backstage with the crew, and vacuuming the carpet near the front-row luminaries near the end of an already over-long show. Next Photo