Why are Academy Award winners cut off in mid-sentence during their acceptance speeches? It’s probably because they’re as exciting as someone reading who begat whom from the Bible. As dwindling ratings suggest, both the Oscars and the Grammys are boring the pants off of their viewers. Not so the Kids’ Choice Awards, which, in recent years, has bucked the trend of declining ratings for awards shows.

The stars may have used last night’s 2008 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards as a marketing tool, but at least they show up with their guards down and their funniest clown faces on. Maybe children bring out the goofiest in them. Whatever the reason, the juxtapositions below may indicate that stars have more fun at Kids’ Choice than at more serious, staid events. (All Images: Getty)

Harrison Ford at the Oscars (left) and Kids Choice (right).

Jack Black at the Oscars (left) and Kids’ Choice (right).

Amy Poehler at the Rock Hall induction (left) and Kids’ Choice (right).

Emile Hirsch at the Screen Actors’ Guild Awards (left) and Kids’ Choice (right).

Steve Carell at the Oscars (left) and Kids’ Choice Awards (right).

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Movie premieres, awards shows, benefit concerts, and plain old clubbin’ – even though most of us are at home, the beautiful peeps are living it up somewhere. Last Night’s Pics puts you in touch with all the action.

Uma Thurman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Keri Russell, Javier Bardem, Laura Linney, Amy Ryan, Emile Hirsch, and Ellen Page were among the actors at the The 17th Annual Gotham Awards.

The Golden Compass World Film Premiere was attended by Nicole Kidman (baring a bit of a baby bump) and husband Keith Urban, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Freddie Highmore, Hugh Grant, and Dakota Blue Richards.

For being at the British Fashion Awards, some of the attendees were not in vogue. Those on the red carpet included Lily Allen, Kimberly Stewart, Dita Von Teese, Kelly Osbourne, and Thandie Newton.


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