Feb 24th, 2013 Oscar Night at Bel-Air Pres 2013: I spent the night at Bel-Air Presbyterian Church's Oscar Night watching the 85th annual Academy Awards with friends where we walked the red carpet then we began the night with a prayer. After the prayer and welcome, we watched the Oscars telecast from two large mounted viewing screens in their large hall as we cheered on our Oscar favs. We discussed many years of films during the commercial breaks and many Christians who've worked in the industry for years gave their personal testimonies and some recounted personal discussions with stars like Denzel Washington and Jennifer Garner. They had various Oscar trivia questions, too with prizes for the winners ranging from free admission to the Christian Women in Media conference in June to discounts on the 168 Film Project and the Act One programs. Even the food was great: buffet style with an amazing dessert selection. The Host: IMHO: Seth Macfarlane was a bit too "too much" at times (like the "I saw your boobs" song) but we pretty much new what we were getting with MacFarlane. Overall, the show seemed funnier than previous years and the choice of MacFarlane from the TV show Family Guy, Ted as host probably got many young viewers to watch who otherwise wouldn't have. I still think it could have been good without some of the many "off color jokes" so I'm on the fence as to whether I'd ask him back to host. As a trekkie, I loved the Shatner bit and I loved MacFarlane's waltz with Charlize Theron which reminded me of old Hollywood glam and style. Oscar Wins and Highlights: The James Bond movies tribute was priceless with theme songs and songstress performances by Adele and Shirley Bassey. For the in memorial tribute to composer, conductor and Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy winner, Marvin Hamlisch, Barbara Streisand sang "The Way We`Were". Daniel Day-Lewis and Anne Hathaway both won - duh. Jennifer Lawrence's trip on her way to the podium to get her Best Actress Oscar and slightly embarrassed acceptance speech was so cute. Tarrentino won for best writer for Jango Unchained. Can't say that I'm a fan of this movie so.... Argo won for best pic - Yay!!! Actor-Director and previous Oscar winner for best writer, Ben Affleck had the best speech especially after not beingnominated in the best director category. Can't quite understand why Michele Obama did the honors for this though. It was so lovely to dress up in sparkly duds and heels and hang out with fellow Christians in the industry here in LA. The night was sponsored by the Beacon Entertainment Industry Ministry at Bel Air Pres., the Hollywood Prayer Network and 4 other associated Christian Hollywood ministries and programs. Read more about the night here http://www.christianpost.com/news/academy-awards-viewing-party-at-church-draws-christians-looking-to-impact-hollywood-90768/ http://oscar.go.com/photos/85th/winners/2013-winners