We're Live with the Academy Awards. Live Blogging Right Now!
February 22nd 2009 23:16
Ok, I've got my drinkies, I've got my snackies, and I comfy as can be. That can only mean one thing...we're Live!
The Festivities are already underway over at E! where they are Live from the Red Carpet. We're going to follow all of the action and bring you minute by minute updates. Stay with us and refresh your screen every few minutes for the latest.
5:00: E News brings us their usual Motley Crew on the carpet with Ryan Seacrest, Juliana Rancic, Jay Manuel, and the rest. Ryan has spotted Miley Cyrus, and he is positively giddy!
5:10: Seacrest is interviewing Miley. Her dress is lovely, I didn't catch the designer. She is her usual annoying self. Hilights; she asks Angelina Jolie to adopt her, she discloses that her mother is wearing diamonds for the first time, she remains mum on her too old for her boyfriend, and claims her dress weighs like...100,000 pounds!
5:30: Ryan interviews Zach Efron who looks overly made up and greasy. Still, the screams from teenyboppers nationwide are deafening, and perhaps can be heard from space!
5:32: Ryan is now with Vanessa Hudgens, Mr. Efron's lady friend, and tries to get her to spill on whether or not she and Zach will be appearing onstage during the show. She keeps the details top secret.
5:35: Commercial. I am ripping into a bag of chips and pouring myself and Amaretto Diet Coke. Let's get this party started!
5:38: It was just announced that some big famous Oscar winners will be making surprise appearances on stage tonight to announce the winners...Ohhhhh!
5:41: It appears that E! has decided to bring back their fancy Nascar technology Star Tracker. This revolutionary device gives us a bird's eye view of the red carpet, and floating word bubbles with famous names on them hover over the crowd and point to certain heads. We have to take E!'s word for it that these people are who the Star Tracker is claiming. Fancy!
5:46: The adorable kids of Slumdog Millionaire are talking to Ryan, he's trying to communicate with one child who doesn't speak English. Nevertheless, the kids are awesome and it is cool to see them there. Ryan manages to smut the interview up by telling the youngsters not to drink any Champagne.
5:50: Dev Patel and Freida Pinto are talking to Ryan and he awkwardly implies that the two should date each other. Dev suggests that there must be something else to talk about. Ryan interrupts the interview by pulling in John Legend randomly. Ryan resumes harassing the two about whether or not they are dating each other.
5:55: Ryan interviews my pick for Best Actress, Melissa Leo. She looks stunning. Ryan tells her it's nice to see her out of her jeans....weird silence.
5:59: Viola Davis looks stunning in a golden gown. Her skin is killer! She's talking to Ryan and refers to Meryl Streep and a 500 lb gorilla. We know what she means, but it is funny anyway!
6:03: I am pouring my second drink and popping some chip dip. Perhaps I should slow down a bit? Nah!
6:05: Heidi Klum and Seal are clowning on the carpet. Heidi tells Ryan that because of the design of her dress, she has to sit on one butt cheek the entire night. I'm hating Heidi's hair tonight. It looks slicked down and greasy. Not her best Red Carpet moment.
6:19: SJP and Matthew Brodrick are on the carpet together. Sheesh! Matthew looks OLD! What happened?
6:28: Ryan is revealing to us what Mickey Rourke is wearing and grabs him from the carpet. He looks like Mickey Rourke. His version of a tux is a white suit with an open shirt underneath. He is wearing his deceased pooch Loki's tag around his neck and refers to her as the love of his life.
6:30: Ryan is now with Diane Lane and Josh Brolin. The are such a hot couple, and you just KNOW that they are all over each other non stop!
Don't forget, you can also follow all of the Live blogging on our Official Site, Oscarsliveblog.com. We'll be there all night!
6:38: I think we just saw Evangeline Lilly of "Lost". Her dress is a mess. Puffy madness all over the place!
6:39: Juliana Rancic stops the transition to commercial by screaming like a banshee when she catches her first glimpse of the night of.....Brangelina!
6:54: Please stop over to oscarsliveblog.com for some hot off the presses pictures from the carpet!
6:53: Ryan talks to Kate Winslet. She looks STUNNING! We see Kate's picture on the cover of TIME magazine, and it is understated and lovely!
6:58: We cut back from commercial with Ryan getting a fly by interview with Brad Pitt. You may remember the Red Carpet snub delivered by Brad and Angie to Ryan Seacrest at the Critic's Choice Awards. At least Ryan sorta redeemed himself.
7:00: Robert Downey Jr. looks sexy!
And now...........The OSCARS ARE BEGINNING!
7:01: OMG! Tim Gunn is hosting the official red carpet coverage on ABC! I love that man! The first interview here is with Kate Winslet, who is even more stunning than I originally thought. She is fabulous!
Here are some pics of the arrivals:
We'll be back with more when the show starts!!
7:31: The Ceremony Begins! Hugh Jackman takes the stage in a classic black tuxedo.
7:34: Sexy Hugh breaks into song! The number is a tribute to the nominated Movies. It is really fun. OMG, he is dancing!
7:37: Hugh is cracking himself up as he sings about how he hasn't had time to see The Reader!
7:39: The singing has ended, and Hugh is now doing the obligatory walk through the audience to humiliate the nominees. This is my favorite part. He informs Mickey Rourke that he can say whatever he wants, as there is a 7 minute delay. He tells Brangelina that he has nothing to say about them, but he is contractually obligated to mention them 5 times during the show. Brillz!
7:42: Montage about former Best Supporting Actresses. Ok, now like everyone who has won the Supporting Actress award in the past several years. Interesting. They are announcing the nominees, and its really kinda sweet. Onstage are Anjelica Houston, Tilda Swinton, Whoopi Goldberg, Goldie Hawn.
7:46: Whoopi announces nominee Amy Adams by saying, "Its not easy being a nun". Cute.
7:47: Holy crapballs, if they are going to take this much time to announce all of the noms for all of the categories..we will probably still be here tomorrow!
7:48: Best Supporting Actress Penelope Cruz. What the heck is she saying??
7:53: Our next presenters are Steve Martin and Tina Fey. The award they are presenting is for writing (screenplay). They are giving us the expected witty banter.
7:58: Best Original Screenplay, Dustin Lance Black-Milk. His speech is sincere as he tells of how Harvey Milk inspired him to belive that someday he could live a normal life of love, marriage, and equality. "God Loves You" he says to GLBT viewers, and "God Bless Harvey Milk.".
8:02: Best Adapted Screenplay, Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire, in what is destined to be a slew of awards for the picture.
8:03: Jennifer Aniston and Jack Black take the stage to talk about animation. And another montage.
8:07: Best Animated Feature, Wall-E. Next on to animated short.
8:09: There is an uncomfortable lack of chemistry between Aniston and Black.
8:16: SJP and the dashing Daniel Craig take the stage for art direction award.
8:18: Curious Case of Benjamin Button actually wins an award! Brad Pitt begins to hope again.
8:20: SJP looks like Glinda the Good Witch and Craig looks like 007, natch!
8:25: Oh my god oh my god its Robert Pattinson! (and that girl from Mama Mia). SWOON! Wait, what are they presenting? There's some sort of Romance montage playing. I'd like to teach that Pattinson a thing or two about romance..*.sigh*
8:31: Pouring my 4th drink of the evening. Switching the amaretto for rum, keeping the diet coke. I just received an email from a friend watching the show. Her keen observation? "More Hugh"! Agreed! Ok, he's back.
8:32: Ben Stiller and Natalie Portman take the stage. Ben Stiller is doing his impression of Joaquin Phoenix, complete with beard and sunglasses. Hilarious! Portman is pretty in pink.
8:34: They are presenting the award for some sort of cinematography category, and Ben is wandering aimlessly about the stage. Gold!
8:36: Slumdog takes another award. Told ya, kids!
8:39: Jessica Beale looks a hot mess. I don't know what she's talking about, and I don't care.
8:40: Oh, she's talking about the Technical Awards Ceremony, which was held at a previous date. For the Emmy's, Kathy Griffin calls the tech awards the "Shmemmy's". I think we'll call the tech awards for the Oscars...the "Shmoscars"! It was between that and the "Smacademy Smawards"...wait, that has a nice ring to it!
8:43: A short film by Judd Apatow with Seth Rogan and James Franco as their characters from Pineapple Express. Mildly funny. Fave quote, Franco: "Who do you think is the best actor, Ronald Reagan or Barack Obama?" Rogan: "Dude, that's Robert Downey Jr."
8:55: Hugh Jackman does a musical number. He's great. Beyonce makes her prerequisite singing appearance.
More pics of the stars!
9:03: We continue with our parade of past winners. Here we have onstage, Cuba Gooding Jr., that guy from Little Miss Sunshine, another guy I recognize but can't name, Christopher Walken. Cuba makes everyone uncomfortable by saying what has inevitable crossed all of our minds...Robert Downey Jr. is nominated for a role he played in blackface. People are happy to move on to Walken. Heath Ledger's family is in the audience as Kevin Kline intros his nomination.
9:09: Best Supporting Actor, Heath Ledger. Accepting the award is his father, mother, and other family members. A somber moment in the night's excitement. Well deserved, Mr. Ledger.
9:15: Documentary award goes to Man on Wire. Bill Maher presents the award. Makes reference to his own documentary with thinly veiled disdain for not being nominated.
9:25: Wil Smith takes the stage to present the special effects awards.
9:28: Benjamin Button makes a trifecta of awards!
9:30: The most highly anticipated awards of the night...Sound Editing and Sound Mixing. Woot!
9:42: Eddi Murphy takes the stage looking Botox-eriffic! He is presenting some honorary award to Jerry Lewis.
9:45: Jerry Lewis takes the stage. Looking pretty good, actually. Not quite as puffy as in past appearances.
9:51: The orchestra presents a medley of nominated film scores. Ok, maybe I'll have ONE more drink.
9:54: Zac Efron and Aleisha Keyes present music awards. I am going to pick Defiance for original score.
9:55: Curse you, Slumdog! Why do they always show a split screen of the other Slumdog cast members whenever someone from the movie wins. They have to be tired of smiling by now.
9:56: Ok, now original song. 2 songs from Slumdog and one from Wall-E. Wonder who will win? The Slumdog folks are performing their songs now. I just got "Jai Ho!" out of my head, damn you!
9:58: John Legend performs the Wall-E song because Peter Gabriel is too awesome to do it himself. John Legend does it better.
10:00: Jai Ho! Jai Ho! Jai Ho! I can't fight it!
10:02: Best Original Song, JAI HO! I'm not too mad about this one. Peter Gabriel aka Smuggy McSmuggerson couldn't even get up there and sing his own song.
10:03: Jai Ho apparently traslates to "May you win." Well, it is working! And may I add, Jai Ho, Melissa Leo!
10:06: Liam Neeson and Freida Pinto present foreign language film. Freida is loverly.
10:11: Queen Latifah in electric blue to introduce the In Memorium montage...oh, she's singing. I don't really think of her as a singer. I'd also like to add my usual gripe with the In Memorium montage. I think you should clap equally for everyone who has passed or not at all. I think it is tacky how some people get thunderous applause and some people get nothing.
10:20: Reese Witherspoon is a mess! What's with her eyes??
10:23: Best Director, Danny Boyle. Slumdog plots world domination!
10:27: Taking the stage to present the Best Actress Award...Shirley McClain, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, Halle Barry, and some others.
10:34: Best Actress, Kate Winset. And now more of her breathless waterworks.
10:37: It's time to bring on the Men!
10:37: Let's see, who do we have here..Michael Douglas, Robert Downey Jr., Sir Anthony Hopkins, Adrian Brody...what, no Russell Crowe?!?! Whatevs.
10:44: Sean Penn takes the best actor award, calling the audience, "Commie, homoloving, sons of guns." Touching.
10:48: Steven Speilberg takes the mic to announce the Best Picture.
10:24: Best Picture, Slumdog Millionaire! Sllumdog may be running for Pres in 2012!
Well, kiddies, that was a blast, and now my fingers are numb! I really enjoyed doing the live blogging, even if it meant I had to double team two different sites!
And, the fun isn't over yet. Click over to www.oscarsliveblog.com for coverage of the Oscar After Parties, which is already up and running! My play by play commentary on the coverage of the parties can only be found there, and we'll also be doing some Oscar wrap up over the coming weeks. Keep checking back, because its all of you who make it possible for us to keep doing these fun projects. Gracias, and Jai Ho!
The Festivities are already underway over at E! where they are Live from the Red Carpet. We're going to follow all of the action and bring you minute by minute updates. Stay with us and refresh your screen every few minutes for the latest.
5:00: E News brings us their usual Motley Crew on the carpet with Ryan Seacrest, Juliana Rancic, Jay Manuel, and the rest. Ryan has spotted Miley Cyrus, and he is positively giddy!
5:10: Seacrest is interviewing Miley. Her dress is lovely, I didn't catch the designer. She is her usual annoying self. Hilights; she asks Angelina Jolie to adopt her, she discloses that her mother is wearing diamonds for the first time, she remains mum on her too old for her boyfriend, and claims her dress weighs like...100,000 pounds!
5:30: Ryan interviews Zach Efron who looks overly made up and greasy. Still, the screams from teenyboppers nationwide are deafening, and perhaps can be heard from space!
5:32: Ryan is now with Vanessa Hudgens, Mr. Efron's lady friend, and tries to get her to spill on whether or not she and Zach will be appearing onstage during the show. She keeps the details top secret.
5:35: Commercial. I am ripping into a bag of chips and pouring myself and Amaretto Diet Coke. Let's get this party started!
5:38: It was just announced that some big famous Oscar winners will be making surprise appearances on stage tonight to announce the winners...Ohhhhh!
5:41: It appears that E! has decided to bring back their fancy Nascar technology Star Tracker. This revolutionary device gives us a bird's eye view of the red carpet, and floating word bubbles with famous names on them hover over the crowd and point to certain heads. We have to take E!'s word for it that these people are who the Star Tracker is claiming. Fancy!
5:46: The adorable kids of Slumdog Millionaire are talking to Ryan, he's trying to communicate with one child who doesn't speak English. Nevertheless, the kids are awesome and it is cool to see them there. Ryan manages to smut the interview up by telling the youngsters not to drink any Champagne.
5:50: Dev Patel and Freida Pinto are talking to Ryan and he awkwardly implies that the two should date each other. Dev suggests that there must be something else to talk about. Ryan interrupts the interview by pulling in John Legend randomly. Ryan resumes harassing the two about whether or not they are dating each other.
5:55: Ryan interviews my pick for Best Actress, Melissa Leo. She looks stunning. Ryan tells her it's nice to see her out of her jeans....weird silence.
5:59: Viola Davis looks stunning in a golden gown. Her skin is killer! She's talking to Ryan and refers to Meryl Streep and a 500 lb gorilla. We know what she means, but it is funny anyway!
6:03: I am pouring my second drink and popping some chip dip. Perhaps I should slow down a bit? Nah!
6:05: Heidi Klum and Seal are clowning on the carpet. Heidi tells Ryan that because of the design of her dress, she has to sit on one butt cheek the entire night. I'm hating Heidi's hair tonight. It looks slicked down and greasy. Not her best Red Carpet moment.
6:19: SJP and Matthew Brodrick are on the carpet together. Sheesh! Matthew looks OLD! What happened?
6:28: Ryan is revealing to us what Mickey Rourke is wearing and grabs him from the carpet. He looks like Mickey Rourke. His version of a tux is a white suit with an open shirt underneath. He is wearing his deceased pooch Loki's tag around his neck and refers to her as the love of his life.
6:30: Ryan is now with Diane Lane and Josh Brolin. The are such a hot couple, and you just KNOW that they are all over each other non stop!
Don't forget, you can also follow all of the Live blogging on our Official Site, Oscarsliveblog.com. We'll be there all night!
6:38: I think we just saw Evangeline Lilly of "Lost". Her dress is a mess. Puffy madness all over the place!
6:39: Juliana Rancic stops the transition to commercial by screaming like a banshee when she catches her first glimpse of the night of.....Brangelina!
6:54: Please stop over to oscarsliveblog.com for some hot off the presses pictures from the carpet!
6:53: Ryan talks to Kate Winslet. She looks STUNNING! We see Kate's picture on the cover of TIME magazine, and it is understated and lovely!
6:58: We cut back from commercial with Ryan getting a fly by interview with Brad Pitt. You may remember the Red Carpet snub delivered by Brad and Angie to Ryan Seacrest at the Critic's Choice Awards. At least Ryan sorta redeemed himself.
7:00: Robert Downey Jr. looks sexy!
And now...........The OSCARS ARE BEGINNING!
7:01: OMG! Tim Gunn is hosting the official red carpet coverage on ABC! I love that man! The first interview here is with Kate Winslet, who is even more stunning than I originally thought. She is fabulous!
Here are some pics of the arrivals:
We'll be back with more when the show starts!!
7:31: The Ceremony Begins! Hugh Jackman takes the stage in a classic black tuxedo.
7:34: Sexy Hugh breaks into song! The number is a tribute to the nominated Movies. It is really fun. OMG, he is dancing!
7:37: Hugh is cracking himself up as he sings about how he hasn't had time to see The Reader!
7:39: The singing has ended, and Hugh is now doing the obligatory walk through the audience to humiliate the nominees. This is my favorite part. He informs Mickey Rourke that he can say whatever he wants, as there is a 7 minute delay. He tells Brangelina that he has nothing to say about them, but he is contractually obligated to mention them 5 times during the show. Brillz!
7:42: Montage about former Best Supporting Actresses. Ok, now like everyone who has won the Supporting Actress award in the past several years. Interesting. They are announcing the nominees, and its really kinda sweet. Onstage are Anjelica Houston, Tilda Swinton, Whoopi Goldberg, Goldie Hawn.
7:46: Whoopi announces nominee Amy Adams by saying, "Its not easy being a nun". Cute.
7:47: Holy crapballs, if they are going to take this much time to announce all of the noms for all of the categories..we will probably still be here tomorrow!
7:48: Best Supporting Actress Penelope Cruz. What the heck is she saying??
7:53: Our next presenters are Steve Martin and Tina Fey. The award they are presenting is for writing (screenplay). They are giving us the expected witty banter.
7:58: Best Original Screenplay, Dustin Lance Black-Milk. His speech is sincere as he tells of how Harvey Milk inspired him to belive that someday he could live a normal life of love, marriage, and equality. "God Loves You" he says to GLBT viewers, and "God Bless Harvey Milk.".
8:02: Best Adapted Screenplay, Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire, in what is destined to be a slew of awards for the picture.
8:03: Jennifer Aniston and Jack Black take the stage to talk about animation. And another montage.
8:07: Best Animated Feature, Wall-E. Next on to animated short.
8:09: There is an uncomfortable lack of chemistry between Aniston and Black.
8:16: SJP and the dashing Daniel Craig take the stage for art direction award.
8:18: Curious Case of Benjamin Button actually wins an award! Brad Pitt begins to hope again.
8:20: SJP looks like Glinda the Good Witch and Craig looks like 007, natch!
8:25: Oh my god oh my god its Robert Pattinson! (and that girl from Mama Mia). SWOON! Wait, what are they presenting? There's some sort of Romance montage playing. I'd like to teach that Pattinson a thing or two about romance..*.sigh*
8:31: Pouring my 4th drink of the evening. Switching the amaretto for rum, keeping the diet coke. I just received an email from a friend watching the show. Her keen observation? "More Hugh"! Agreed! Ok, he's back.
8:32: Ben Stiller and Natalie Portman take the stage. Ben Stiller is doing his impression of Joaquin Phoenix, complete with beard and sunglasses. Hilarious! Portman is pretty in pink.
8:34: They are presenting the award for some sort of cinematography category, and Ben is wandering aimlessly about the stage. Gold!
8:36: Slumdog takes another award. Told ya, kids!
8:39: Jessica Beale looks a hot mess. I don't know what she's talking about, and I don't care.
8:40: Oh, she's talking about the Technical Awards Ceremony, which was held at a previous date. For the Emmy's, Kathy Griffin calls the tech awards the "Shmemmy's". I think we'll call the tech awards for the Oscars...the "Shmoscars"! It was between that and the "Smacademy Smawards"...wait, that has a nice ring to it!
8:43: A short film by Judd Apatow with Seth Rogan and James Franco as their characters from Pineapple Express. Mildly funny. Fave quote, Franco: "Who do you think is the best actor, Ronald Reagan or Barack Obama?" Rogan: "Dude, that's Robert Downey Jr."
8:55: Hugh Jackman does a musical number. He's great. Beyonce makes her prerequisite singing appearance.
More pics of the stars!
9:03: We continue with our parade of past winners. Here we have onstage, Cuba Gooding Jr., that guy from Little Miss Sunshine, another guy I recognize but can't name, Christopher Walken. Cuba makes everyone uncomfortable by saying what has inevitable crossed all of our minds...Robert Downey Jr. is nominated for a role he played in blackface. People are happy to move on to Walken. Heath Ledger's family is in the audience as Kevin Kline intros his nomination.
9:09: Best Supporting Actor, Heath Ledger. Accepting the award is his father, mother, and other family members. A somber moment in the night's excitement. Well deserved, Mr. Ledger.
9:15: Documentary award goes to Man on Wire. Bill Maher presents the award. Makes reference to his own documentary with thinly veiled disdain for not being nominated.
9:25: Wil Smith takes the stage to present the special effects awards.
9:28: Benjamin Button makes a trifecta of awards!
9:30: The most highly anticipated awards of the night...Sound Editing and Sound Mixing. Woot!
9:42: Eddi Murphy takes the stage looking Botox-eriffic! He is presenting some honorary award to Jerry Lewis.
9:45: Jerry Lewis takes the stage. Looking pretty good, actually. Not quite as puffy as in past appearances.
9:51: The orchestra presents a medley of nominated film scores. Ok, maybe I'll have ONE more drink.
9:54: Zac Efron and Aleisha Keyes present music awards. I am going to pick Defiance for original score.
9:55: Curse you, Slumdog! Why do they always show a split screen of the other Slumdog cast members whenever someone from the movie wins. They have to be tired of smiling by now.
9:56: Ok, now original song. 2 songs from Slumdog and one from Wall-E. Wonder who will win? The Slumdog folks are performing their songs now. I just got "Jai Ho!" out of my head, damn you!
9:58: John Legend performs the Wall-E song because Peter Gabriel is too awesome to do it himself. John Legend does it better.
10:00: Jai Ho! Jai Ho! Jai Ho! I can't fight it!
10:02: Best Original Song, JAI HO! I'm not too mad about this one. Peter Gabriel aka Smuggy McSmuggerson couldn't even get up there and sing his own song.
10:03: Jai Ho apparently traslates to "May you win." Well, it is working! And may I add, Jai Ho, Melissa Leo!
10:06: Liam Neeson and Freida Pinto present foreign language film. Freida is loverly.
10:11: Queen Latifah in electric blue to introduce the In Memorium montage...oh, she's singing. I don't really think of her as a singer. I'd also like to add my usual gripe with the In Memorium montage. I think you should clap equally for everyone who has passed or not at all. I think it is tacky how some people get thunderous applause and some people get nothing.
10:20: Reese Witherspoon is a mess! What's with her eyes??
10:23: Best Director, Danny Boyle. Slumdog plots world domination!
10:27: Taking the stage to present the Best Actress Award...Shirley McClain, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, Halle Barry, and some others.
10:34: Best Actress, Kate Winset. And now more of her breathless waterworks.
10:37: It's time to bring on the Men!
10:37: Let's see, who do we have here..Michael Douglas, Robert Downey Jr., Sir Anthony Hopkins, Adrian Brody...what, no Russell Crowe?!?! Whatevs.
10:44: Sean Penn takes the best actor award, calling the audience, "Commie, homoloving, sons of guns." Touching.
10:48: Steven Speilberg takes the mic to announce the Best Picture.
10:24: Best Picture, Slumdog Millionaire! Sllumdog may be running for Pres in 2012!
Well, kiddies, that was a blast, and now my fingers are numb! I really enjoyed doing the live blogging, even if it meant I had to double team two different sites!
And, the fun isn't over yet. Click over to www.oscarsliveblog.com for coverage of the Oscar After Parties, which is already up and running! My play by play commentary on the coverage of the parties can only be found there, and we'll also be doing some Oscar wrap up over the coming weeks. Keep checking back, because its all of you who make it possible for us to keep doing these fun projects. Gracias, and Jai Ho!
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