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That's a wonderful graphic to see. It shows clearly how increasingly irrelevant the Hollywood crowd is to the rest of us. I'm old enough to remember (back in the 1970s) when these award shows were major events and ordinary people would host "Oscar" or "Grammy" parties in their homes, where people would gather to watch together while snacking on jello molds and pretzels while sipping on wine or Lowenbrau beer.

They even had this prime time show back then called "Battle Of The Network Stars" in which you would have for instance, Farrah Fawcett in a tug of war with Penny Marshall and silly stuff like that. TV Guide was the number one selling magazine in the country.

But back in those days, celebrities were mostly humble at these award shows. They thanked their fans, graciously accepted the trophy, and walked off the stage.

Somewhere along the line, they got a little big-headed and started proclaiming their virtues in these acceptance speeches. Suddenly we were hearing about the plight of the Indians, the Kurds, the starving people Africa and whatnot. They began assuming that they were more noble and important than the rest of us peons watching at home and that we needed to be lectured to. Then they'd crawl back into their limos with their champagne and party on the rest of the night.

So I'm glad America has tuned these blowhards out.

Old Hollywood is crumbling. Quality movies come to us from other nations and from independent studios. Quality content is being created by regular people and put out on YouTube and such.

It is at the point where none of us need "network" television anymore or any traditional media for that matter. So many more options out there. A lifetime of older movies to explore. There are literally thousands of great movies made prior to say 1980, that are worth seeing. Go on YouTube and you can lose yourself among the billions (yes billions) of videos that do not consist of big-headed celebrities acting self-important.