Oscar Liveblog

I'll be here all night-red carpet to Best Picture-live-blogging the awards.  I'll post newest posts to the top.  Feel free to comment as well!

11:35: Best Picture.... of course to The Artist.  It makes history by being the first "foreign" film to win Best Picture.  I ended the night 18/24.

Overall, it wasn't a particularly great ceremony, but it was full of minor surprises and I was riveted the whole way through.  I do feel bad for Viola Davis.  She was so great, expected to win, and yet lost in the last moments, even though she gave a much deeper performance than Octavia Spencer.

11:29: Best Actress.... to Meryl Streep.  Wow!  She finally wins her third.  I was just hoping it would be for a better movie.  I'm at 17/23.

11:18: Best Actor to Jean DuJardin.  Pretty amazing how this charming frenchman came in and so suavely took this Oscar from George and Brad.  I'm at 17/22.  An exuberant and heartfelt speech.

10:53: Best Director to Michel Hazanivicius for The Artist.  He beat the 4 big American directors.  Must feel strange.  16/21 for me.  And the "In Memoriam" always ends with the biggest star, so Elizabeth Taylor

10:48: Only the Top 4 left.  Could this be the shortest ceremony in a long time?  I'm thinking we just have the dead folks to go.

10:40: Live Action Short to The Shore.  12/17 for me, but my wife Emily is rocking our 52-person Oscar pool.  Way to go!  Documentary Short to Saving Face.  13/18.  Animated Short goes to The Fantastic Flying Books or Mr. Morris Lesmore.  I've miscounted somewhere but 15/20.

10:27: Adapted Screenplay to The Descendants.  This is where I hoped Moneyball would come through.  12/16.  Original Screenplay to Midnight in Paris.  Woody isn't there....as usual.

10:18: The very odd 2-song category goes to Man or Muppet of course.  11/15.  Who knew The Flight of the Conchords would be Oscar winners?

10:14: Score to The Artist, its second win of the night.  I'm 10/14.

10:00: Supporting Actor.  Christopher Plummer makes history as the oldest actor winner at 82! Well deserved.  I'm 9/13..

9:56: Visual Effects goes to Hugo.  Hugo is doing extremely well tonight, although I still don't think it has a chance for Best Picture.  I went with the Apes, so I'm at 7/11.

9:47:  Animated to Rango.  7/10.  I didn't really like this movie-it mostly made me exhausted.

9:43: Best Documentary to Undefeated.  Looks a bit like Friday Night Lights and I've heard it's good.  I did pick this one so 6/9.

9:38: Cirque Du Soleil.  Not necessary for the show but so freaking cool.

9:26: Sound Editing to Hugo, as I predicted.  4/7.  Sound Mixing to Hugo as well.  5/8.

9:24: Best Editing for The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo?? Wow!  No one was really expecting that.  At least this keeps things a little interesting.  I'm only 3/6, so screw my predictions for the year.

9:21: Christopher Guest troop doing The Wizard of Oz test screening!  So funny. Is he making another film?

9:14: Supporting Actress to Octavia Spencer.  Not my favorite in the category, but what an excited winner.  3/5.

9:07: Foreign Film to A Separation.  Thank God.  This category often makes weird picks, but they picked one of the best movies of the year this time.  2/4.  Also, a beautiful speech by the director.

8:58: Best makeup for The Iron Lady.  And the ass-showing by Cameron and J-Lo was quite trashy.

8:55: Best costumes to The Artist.  The first of many, I imagine.  I picked Hugo, so I'm only 1/3 so far.

8:53: So not only was Justin Bieber in the opening, Twilight was in the classic movies montage.  Ugh.

8:43: Cinematography goes to Hugo.  AGGGH! How could The Tree of Life lose this?  Now the great Emmanuel Lubezki has lost for two of my favorite movies-Children of Men and The Tree of Life.  Art Direction also goes to Hugo.  1 for 2 so far.

8:41: This feels a bit like 1995 so far.

8:25: Chris Rock: "I'm wearing FUBU!"  I kind of wish he was hosting.

8:12: Brad looking good.  Where is Angelina?

7:53: Nick Nolte is CRAZY.

7:46: Jean Dujardin loved the cinnamon rolls in the US.  That's great.

7:37: Not on this red carpet, but word is Sacha Baren Cohen doused Ryan Seacrest with "the ashes of Kim Jong II"  Pretty funny-will he pull any pranks inside?

7:28: Viola Davis has gone natural and looks stunning in emerald green.  And Michelle in a very "coral" (according to Tim Gunn) dress.  I also love Christopher Plummer's velvet tux.

7:21: Emma Stone's big bow? Yay or nay? Best dressed so far.  I say Jessica Chastain, Emily says Jessica Chastain, Barb says Octavia Spencer.

7:13: Jessica Chastain is absolutely gorgeous and what a year she had.  Not to jinx her with overpraise, but she reminds me of a young Meryl Streep.

7:00: And the Red Carpet begins.  Any red carpet where I don't have to listen to Joan and Melissa Rivers is great.  Tim Gunn and Nina Garcia are both here!  And here's Octavia Spencer.  Jonah Hill here with his mom-he seems like the kind of dude you'd just talk to at a party.