Oscar lip stains

I know viewers and pundits alike love to diss Oscar hosts after the fact but I watch the Academy awards to catch the glimpses of giddy joy from the creative class as they win the giant golden thumbs up from their peers. These people are just people, buffed and puffed as they may be. If you spend any time as I did in the decade I worked in television, you understand they are as vulnerable as anyone, no more heroic, nice or nasty than the rest of us. Bigger paychecks and egos to match but just people. The best moments are when they step out of rehearsed bits and slip on their ballgowns. It reminds us to remove the pedestal.
Every year I nod off at some point and wake up on time for the winners at the end. No, I'm not grey yet. There is simply always a duller than dull lapse in the broadcast when Oscar producers, clearly not interested in pacing rules, have left for the bar.
Here, in no particular order, are the slips and shine from my perch:
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