Sex always has something to do with it.

I’ll never forget Ashley Judd’s walk to the podium in 1998. That was, I think, the last great year—Nicholson v. Fonda, Affleck & Damon, Titanic v. L.A. Confidential, Baldwin & Basinger, Cameron v. the writers (the writers finest moment), Donen & past winners, and DiCaprio v. Cameron for “King of the World.”

You would have had to nominate The Passion of the Christ and Fahrenheit 9/11 for Best Picture to get the BIG ratings. You did the right thing.