MOST CANDID PRESENTER
Elaine Stritch
One of the prerogatives of being 82, a stage and screen legend, and — well — Elaine Stritch is that you get to say whatever you want, no matter what the TelePrompTer says. Given the unusual theater-in-the-round stage set, it's no wonder she seemed not to know where to look for her cue as a presenter. ''I'm not fakin' this. I really don't know what the hell I'm doing,'' she announced. Then, objecting to the lame banter she'd been asked to recite with co-presenter Stanley Tucci (about how their asking prices just went up because of their Guest Actor in a Comedy prizes), Stritch said, ''Oh, wait a minute. I don't know about you, Mr. Tucci, but I have never been cheap. And I have never been easy, God knows. And my quotes have always been up. Which explains why I'm so rarely seen on television.'' Can someone remedy that, please?