Here's the plan. You distract them with questions about their childhood growing up blind in Brooklyn while I make a run for it!
Explanations:
1) In the opening monologue, Ellen joked that those stuck for an acceptance speech should fabricate a miserable childhood growing up with some disability in Brooklyn. As a joke, Knoll decided to make a remark to that effect. I think it went over alright.
2) That goldish thing is indeed the Oscar our company picked up for Pirates 2.
3) It kind of looks like I'm stealing it in the pic, see?