You’ll get plenty of news about the inauguration of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger elsewhere (including on the air in today’s newsmagazine edition of The California Report). With that in mind, here’s a little of what else happened today during the big celebration…

Best Supporting Actor: He couldn’t win the Best Actor award today because, well, he wasn’t the star of the show. But hands down, the best other show was put on by none other than legendary political kingpin Willie Brown. The former Assembly Speaker/SF Mayor was the master of ceremonies, and he was in rare form with a number of quips and one-liners…

On his legislative career: “God knows, in the 31 years of my being here in Sacramento… I contributed substantially to the ‘ungovernability’ of this state.”

In his introduction of the clergy members who delivered the invocation: “Governor Schwarzenegger spends a lot of time trying to get next to God.”

In his introduction of First Lady Maria Shriver: “She’s absolutely gorgeous. And only because the governor can’t catch me, will I dare say this: she’s foxy and sexy!”

The always dapper Brown shook a lot of hands afterward, and then was seen walking alone on the street wearing a black felt fedora, quietly making his way back toward his old stomping grounds at the Capitol.

Best Mathematical Reference: Yeah, it’s an odd category, but it was an odd comment. The winner is the Rev. J. Alfred Smith, who said in his prayer for the governor: “May his joys geometrically outnumber his sorrows.”

Best Award Show Moments: The ceremony was staged by Hollywood producer and FOA (Friend of Arnold) Carl Bendix, and it had a few award show moments… some good, some kind of schmaltzy. You be the judge. The runner up was the reading by the first lady. Not what she read, mind you… but what was happening while she read. The reading was a Native American passage, and was accompanied by music and a slideshow of Yosemite vistas. The consensus of those around me: the reading would have been enough on its own.

Okay, maybe that wasn’t the best award show moment. So here was the best: the governor’s entrance on stage… yes, on crutches… but an entrance to the familiar, and politically symbolic, “Fanfare for the Common Man,” by Aaron Copeland. The crowd went wild.

Best Bad Media Questions: The governor’s press team was besieged with goofy media questions, the kind that always pop up at these kinds of events. A sampling from today: who designed the first couple’s clothes? Was the Schwarzenegger family Bible used in the ceremony written in German? What are the governor’s crutches made out of? The last one prompted a great (but joking) reply from Schwarzenegger aide H.D. Palmer: “Austrian oak.” (That’s also the governor’s nickname.)

Best Celebrity Reason For Showing Up: That goes to actor (and FOA) Rob Lowe: “In my new (show), I’m playing a senator for California. So I’m here studying, and stealing from anybody that I see!”

Most Unusual Celebrity Moment: That was, no surprise, when I caught up with actor (and FOA) Tom Arnold. Arnold had a lot to say… about everything. But my favorite moment was his feeling about the governor’s second term: “When you’re a lame duck, or whatever you call it, you can do whatever you want.”

So what does he think the governor should work on? “Gay marriage,” he said. “I want [it], and I know he feels the same way.” Hmmm… that might make news.

Best Performance: Jennifer Holliday’s two songs at the end of the event were really good. But for my money, the best performance was the unbelievable rendition of the National Anthem by Jose Feliciano. Listen for yourself by clicking here.