Nicole Kidman intros the final three (nine in all!) Best Picture nominees: “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Django Unchained,” “Amour.” I know people who hated “Silver Linings Playbook,” but I loved it. I figure “Argo” as the winner, though.

Another song nominee: At least Adele is a decent singer. Not sure her song will win, though. It is for the Bond film “Skyfall.” Maybe I won't take a second bathroom break. Be nice if Shirley Bassey joined her. And Jennifer Hudson.

Not Russell Crowe, though.

Best Editing: Goes to “Argo.” Made that ending feel pretty dramatic, even if it was the phoniest part of the whole film.

So far, my favorite part of this Oscar show has been the Capt. Kirk skit. Bring back more “Star Trek” and William Shatner.

Best Supporting Actress: A surprisingly spry Christopher Plummer announces that Anne Hathaway wins. Everyone got that one right. So she didn't show her breasts, but she did shave that head. Another new trend.

Best Sound Editing: And it's a tie. “Zero Dark Thirty” AND “Skyfall.” Hey, a new trend. Let's just give EVERYBODY an Oscar. With 6,000 voters, what are the chances?

Best Sound Mixing: Goes to “Les Miserables,” which should come as no surprise. They had their hands full with Russell Crowe. Just saying.

And the “Les Miserables” cast struts onstage. And when you fill a stage with actual singers, those who “act” their songs stand out like Anne Hathaway's … well, you know what I'm saying. 

I also should use this moment (it's when the musical types are warbling their tributes to “Chicago,” “Dreamgirls” and “Les Mirables”) to correct something that I've been saying for the past several weeks: Best Foreign Language winner “Amour” is the Oscar entry from Austria, not France. Or Germany. Pardon my idiotic error, though in my defense the Austrian Haneke speaks German and keeps making films with French actors.

(BTW, I'm glad I at least caught Jennifer Hudson.)

Best Foreign Language Film: “Amour” wins. That means it isn't likely to take Best Picture. But Michael Haneke gives a short, moving speech … even if his English isn't the best. It's far better than my German. Or French (or Spanish or Italian or piglatin, for that matter).

I wonder if John Williams gets a royalty bump each time they play the “Jaws” theme? Done it twice now. At least the “Searching for Sugar Man” coproducer took the hint and quit quickly.

Best Documentary Feature: Never can say about this award. But the winner is … “Searching for Sugar Man.” My second correct guess. Worst Oscar predicter ever!

MacFarlane does one of the most tasteless jokes ever. The guy who really got into Lincoln's head was John Wilkes Booth? “One hundred and fifty years and it's still too soon?” he asks. Where is Whoopi Goldberg when we need her?

Liam Neeson intros three more Best Picture nominees: “Argo,” “Lincoln,” “Zero Dark Thirty.” MacFarlane seems to forget that Neeson is from Ireland. But two words into Neeson's speech and a third-grader would recognize the geography in his voice.

Best Documentary Short: “Inocente” is a worthy choice. It's one of the three that I saw and was my favorite.