Oscars: Lots of people, helicopters and TMZ vans. Not much to blog about. There was a red carpet after party across the street at The W but I don't care because I'm pretty sure Christoph Waltz wasn't there.

Today: They were filming 24 while I was walking to work. This is a bi-weekly occurrence. I like seeing Kiefer Sutherland (in character) on his cell phone, hiding amidst the crowd. I've never seen 24 but I gather that it's about terrorist threats and Mr. Sutherland does a good job looking on edge. ANYWAY today they were filming and I scuttled out of the shot and went on my way to work.

They were filming outside all day. After we'd closed my co-worker told me there were four gunmen on top of the Hayward (a hotel adjacent to my workplace) and I didn't believe him.

"It's just 24."

"No, it's not. There are cops and crowds of people. And they are evacuating the building."

"It doesn't make sense for them to be evacuating buildings if there are gunmen. It's just 24! They've been out there all day!"

"No, it's not! I heard cops yelling at people when I was out getting my burrito. They blocked off 6th and Spring."

At this point I decided it would be good to prove that it was just 24. I waltzed outside and was immediately yelled at by an LAPD officer. "Get back inside! Now!"

Turns out, there really were 4 gunmen* on top of the Hayward!

*Turns out, again, these gunmen were kids with airsoft rifles. But, when I went outside, the cops didn't know that.

I still don't understand why, if they really thought there were gunmen, they were evacuating the building. It was all over KTLA and stuff, too, so I know that at one point it was considered a real threat.