Oscar goes into hibernation.

The annual movie media blitz session came and went with surprisingly few surprises. (Do we say that every year?) With this last little rush for our Weekly Wednesdays list-of-lists we’re officially putting the Oscars to bed for the next ten months.

Sleep well exhausted golden man, know that even though you gave it up to some truly unworthy folks (again!), more people tuned in. So rest up little Oscar, dream magical dreams, but also dream stories of psychologically rich realist turmoil and imaginative, clever satire. Until next year we bid you adieu with these pre- and post-show Oscar Listicles.

Pre-Show

• 7 Great Oscar Night Surprises: Though there weren’t any this year, surprises can make an overlong and predominantly disappointing award show more interesting for about ten minutes. We especially like the 1992 upset in the Best Actress category by Brooklyn’s own Marisa Tomei for My Cousin Vinny.

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  Sacheen Littlefeather accepts Brando's Oscar.

  6 Odd Moments in Oscar History: This great mental_floss listicle sheds some light on great Oscar night trivia. Such as number 2, about Marlon Brando refusing his Godfather Best Actor prize, and sending in his place a Mexican-American actress posing as a Native American (pictured at right) to give a speech on the poor representation of Native-Americans in Hollywood cinema. Do the ends justify the means?

• 10 Movies Overlooked by Oscar: We’ll warn you, this is a pretty difficult list to read, as it simply confirms all of the biases we have against the Oscars. And sure, it’s too bad Gran Torino got lost in the mix, but that injustice pales next to the snubs dealt to The Searchers, The Big Sleep, Touch of Evil and The Shining.

Post-Show

• 10 Memorable Oscar Acceptance Speeches: This list features some pretty sappy entries (Denzel for Training Day, really?), but we’ll go with a great underdog moment: Three 6 Mafia accepting the Best Song award for Hustle & Flow.

• 3 Ways the Academy Awards Needs to Fix the Foreign Film Oscar: We’re really glad Gawker wrote this listicle, because it’s something we too feel strongly about (and would even extend to the Animated Film Oscar category).

• Top 10 Moments of the Oscars: An obligatory and often tedious list made not-so-tedious, Gawker chronicles some great Oscar 09 moments. We’ll go with Ben Stiller’s Phoaquin Phoenix impresonation:

• 3 Worst Red Carpet Flubs by Ryan Seacrest: As a venue for smiley-faced movie-biz animosity, the Oscars are also becoming a potent place for playful media mockery, hence this excellent list-form attack on Ryan Seacrest. So awkward…

• 10 Shocking Oscar Upsets: Though there weren’t really any this year, we enjoyed this mental_floss listicle for justifying our outrage at Chicago’s Best Picture win in 2002.