7:22pm:
Well, we're just about 68 minutes from Hollywood's own Christmas. Only this time, the gifts are all gold and they have to be selected from voters. In the meantime, here's my last-minute picks:
Best Picture: Argo
Best Director: Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Best Foreign Language Film: Amour
Best Documentary Feature: The Invisible War
Best Documentary Short: Redemption
Best Animated Feature: Brave
Best Animated Short Film: Paperman
Best Original Screenplay: Django Unchained
Best Adapted Screenplay: Silver Linings Playbook
Best Cinematography: Life of PI
Best Production Design: Anna Karenina
Best Costume Design: Anna Karenina
Best Film Editing: Argo
Best Score: Lincoln
Best Song: "Skyfall", from Skyfall
Best Visual Effects: The Avengers
Best Sound Editing: Skyfall
Best Sound Mixing: Skyfall
Best Makeup: Les Miserables
Few omens about tonight:
-Will Macfarlane end up like a Crystal or a Letterman?
-Will Hathaway have a 30-second speech or a Cuba Gooding Jr. Moment {as in giving thanks over the orchestra's music}?
-Will Macfarlane's characters make an appearance?
-Will they wrap things up just before midnight, like last year?
My guessing running time: 3 hours and 20 minutes {8:30-11:50pm}
I'll be back in about a hour for the play-by-play!
8:01pm:
29 minutes to go!
8:24pm:
6 minutes till showtime, folks! Get the family and friends and grab the neighbors! It's about to go on!
8:29pm:
This is it, America! It's Oscar Time!
8:30pm:
Instead of a intro clip, they send it straight to the host.
8:40pm:
Three chuckles from Seth, so far. That 'Boobs' song has "unfunny" written over it. Good cameo from Captain Kirk.
8:45pm:
Levitt, Radcliffe, Charlize and Channing shows them how it done. The Muppets version of Flight was very funny. Seth looks wacky in his Flying Nun suit.
8:47pm:
The "Be Our Guest" bit would have worked better with Martin and Baldwin three years ago.
8:50pm:
Supporting Actor: Waltz. What a big surprise. Never knew this would happen. {0-1}
"We participated in a hero's journey". Waltz really pulled a Meryl out there.
8:55pm:
It's a shame that I'm missing Girls on HBO tonight. Well, there's always Wednesday and On Demand.
8:58pm:
Rudd and Mccarthy are very funny at noises.
Best Animated Short: Paperman. My first pick-win of the night {1-2}
9:00pm:
Best Animated Feature: Brave. {2-3}
9:08pm:
Here comes the men of the Avengers. Too bad Scarlett is stuck in the East Coast doing a play.
Best Cinematography: Life of PI. Three straight pick-wins so far. {3-4}
9:12pm:
Best Visual Effects: Life of PI. First speech cut-off of the night. {3-5} Commercial time, which means that I'm going to wash my teeth.
9:20pm:
I'm back.
Best Costume Design: Anna Karenina. {4-6}
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Les Miserables. {5-7}
9:21pm:
Guys, put down that swimsuit issue and skip the NBA game. Here's comes the Bond tribute!
9:25pm:
Dame Shirley has still got it.
9:28pm:
Fine standing ovation for Shirley, but they should have gotten all the Bonds together on one stage.
9:29pm:
He may have lost his Oscar, but Tommy Lee Jones still knows how to sell insurance.
9:34pm:
Best Live-Action Short: Curfew. {5-8}. Here's one category I forgot in my picks. Silly me, instead. Hope not to forget it next year.
9:35pm:
Best Documentary Short: Inocente. {5-9}
9:37pm:
Seth is still not a lot of funny for me so far.
9:44pm:
Best Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man. {5-10} Looks like Rodriguez's music sales will be going up tomorrow on Amazon and the Ipod.
9:51pm:
Best Foreign Language Film: Amour. {6-11}
9:56pm:
Zeta-Jones still got the touch as Velma.
9:57pm:
Ladies, get those Kleenex. Here comes Jennifer.
9:59pm:
That Hudson can score with a high voice.
10:05pm:
That Les Miz tribute was magnificent, despite a little trouble for Russell Crowe's voice not getting in the way.
10:09pm:
Nice intro for Chris and Zoe, Seth. The music for The Science Awards montage is the music from the 1997 film, Contact.
10:13pm:
Ted is doing better than its creator. That teddy bear should have host it with Billy Crystal.
Best Sound Editing: Les Miserables. {6-12}
10:17pm:
Best Sound Mixing: Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall. Can't believe this one is a tie. Unbelievable. {7-13}
10:19pm:
Very funny spoof on The Sound of Music. Here comes Christopher Plummer with the supporting actress vote.
10:21pm:
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables. Amen! {8-14}
10:34pm:
Best Film Editing: Argo. {9-15} That same editor also edited Zero Dark Thirty. Who knew?
10:37pm:
Adele's rendition of "Skyfall" is one of the best Bond themes ever. It's still going to win. Do I need to say more?
10:49pm:
Best Production Design: Lincoln. {9-16}. Funny that Rick Carter's wife is named Adele.
10:53pm:
Jeffrey Katzenberg got the humanitarian award. No wonder why he still runs DreamWorks Animation.
10:59pm:
The music from the In Memoriam tribute is from the 1995 remake of The Scarlet Letter. So sorry for Nora Ephron.
11:03pm:
Streisand is still timeless as ever. Marvin would have been so proud.
11:08pm:
Seth has punched jabs at Rex Reed and the gays.
11:10pm:
The cast of Chicago together again. Aah.
Best Original Score: Life of PI. Williams got robbed. {9-17}.
11:15pm:
That song from Ted may sound like a theme from a sitcom, but it's kinda catchy.
Best Original Song: "Skyfall", from Skyfall. {10-18}
11:18pm:
18 awards down. 7 more to go.
11:19pm:
Are we getting ready for the summer already?
11:28pm:
It's young and tall {Theron} meets short and old {Hoffman}. What's the difference?
Best Adapted Screenplay: Argo. {10-19}
Best Original Screenplay: Django Unchained. Quentin scores again. Hoffman calls him Mr. Tarantino. Quentin delivers one of the night's best speeches. {11-20}
11:31pm:
It's great to have a Grey Poupon commercial back on the tube.
11:36pm:
Here's Jane and Michael {not Banks} with the pick for Best Director.
Best Director: Ang Lee. This is really a big night for PI. "Thank you, movie god". {11-21}
11:38pm:
Get ready for the final 3.
11:41pm:
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook. A wonderful win with a wonderful Cinderella dress. She did her speech short and sweet. {12-22}
11:45pm:
Looks like it's going to end 5 minutes before midnight.
11:50pm:
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln. First with three Best Actor Oscars. Yee-Ha! His speech had me in stiches. Along with Hathaway and Tarantino, one of the night's best speeches. Lincoln would have been proud. {13-23}
11:53pm:
What a surprise from First Lady Obama.
11:59pm:
This is it. Best Picture: Argo. Affleck finally got another Oscar, this time as a producer. Even George Clooney got another one as a producer, too. Ben has finally found his silver lining. The night's fourth best speech. {14-24}
12:05am:
That closing number was awkward.
Final thoughts:
-Running time: 3 hours and 35 minutes
-The telecast tonight: Not great or bad, but need to be more better next year.
-Macfarlane: Looked like he was hosting more of a local telethon than an awards show. Made me wish for Steve Martin or Billy Crystal.
Well, congratulations to all of the winners and sorry to all the losers. As Porky Pig says, "That's all folks!"
Well, we're just about 68 minutes from Hollywood's own Christmas. Only this time, the gifts are all gold and they have to be selected from voters. In the meantime, here's my last-minute picks:
Best Picture: Argo
Best Director: Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Best Foreign Language Film: Amour
Best Documentary Feature: The Invisible War
Best Documentary Short: Redemption
Best Animated Feature: Brave
Best Animated Short Film: Paperman
Best Original Screenplay: Django Unchained
Best Adapted Screenplay: Silver Linings Playbook
Best Cinematography: Life of PI
Best Production Design: Anna Karenina
Best Costume Design: Anna Karenina
Best Film Editing: Argo
Best Score: Lincoln
Best Song: "Skyfall", from Skyfall
Best Visual Effects: The Avengers
Best Sound Editing: Skyfall
Best Sound Mixing: Skyfall
Best Makeup: Les Miserables
Few omens about tonight:
-Will Macfarlane end up like a Crystal or a Letterman?
-Will Hathaway have a 30-second speech or a Cuba Gooding Jr. Moment {as in giving thanks over the orchestra's music}?
-Will Macfarlane's characters make an appearance?
-Will they wrap things up just before midnight, like last year?
My guessing running time: 3 hours and 20 minutes {8:30-11:50pm}
I'll be back in about a hour for the play-by-play!
8:01pm:
29 minutes to go!
8:24pm:
6 minutes till showtime, folks! Get the family and friends and grab the neighbors! It's about to go on!
8:29pm:
This is it, America! It's Oscar Time!
8:30pm:
Instead of a intro clip, they send it straight to the host.
8:40pm:
Three chuckles from Seth, so far. That 'Boobs' song has "unfunny" written over it. Good cameo from Captain Kirk.
8:45pm:
Levitt, Radcliffe, Charlize and Channing shows them how it done. The Muppets version of Flight was very funny. Seth looks wacky in his Flying Nun suit.
8:47pm:
The "Be Our Guest" bit would have worked better with Martin and Baldwin three years ago.
8:50pm:
Supporting Actor: Waltz. What a big surprise. Never knew this would happen. {0-1}
"We participated in a hero's journey". Waltz really pulled a Meryl out there.
8:55pm:
It's a shame that I'm missing Girls on HBO tonight. Well, there's always Wednesday and On Demand.
8:58pm:
Rudd and Mccarthy are very funny at noises.
Best Animated Short: Paperman. My first pick-win of the night {1-2}
9:00pm:
Best Animated Feature: Brave. {2-3}
9:08pm:
Here comes the men of the Avengers. Too bad Scarlett is stuck in the East Coast doing a play.
Best Cinematography: Life of PI. Three straight pick-wins so far. {3-4}
9:12pm:
Best Visual Effects: Life of PI. First speech cut-off of the night. {3-5} Commercial time, which means that I'm going to wash my teeth.
9:20pm:
I'm back.
Best Costume Design: Anna Karenina. {4-6}
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Les Miserables. {5-7}
9:21pm:
Guys, put down that swimsuit issue and skip the NBA game. Here's comes the Bond tribute!
9:25pm:
Dame Shirley has still got it.
9:28pm:
Fine standing ovation for Shirley, but they should have gotten all the Bonds together on one stage.
9:29pm:
He may have lost his Oscar, but Tommy Lee Jones still knows how to sell insurance.
9:34pm:
Best Live-Action Short: Curfew. {5-8}. Here's one category I forgot in my picks. Silly me, instead. Hope not to forget it next year.
9:35pm:
Best Documentary Short: Inocente. {5-9}
9:37pm:
Seth is still not a lot of funny for me so far.
9:44pm:
Best Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man. {5-10} Looks like Rodriguez's music sales will be going up tomorrow on Amazon and the Ipod.
9:51pm:
Best Foreign Language Film: Amour. {6-11}
9:56pm:
Zeta-Jones still got the touch as Velma.
9:57pm:
Ladies, get those Kleenex. Here comes Jennifer.
9:59pm:
That Hudson can score with a high voice.
10:05pm:
That Les Miz tribute was magnificent, despite a little trouble for Russell Crowe's voice not getting in the way.
10:09pm:
Nice intro for Chris and Zoe, Seth. The music for The Science Awards montage is the music from the 1997 film, Contact.
10:13pm:
Ted is doing better than its creator. That teddy bear should have host it with Billy Crystal.
Best Sound Editing: Les Miserables. {6-12}
10:17pm:
Best Sound Mixing: Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall. Can't believe this one is a tie. Unbelievable. {7-13}
10:19pm:
Very funny spoof on The Sound of Music. Here comes Christopher Plummer with the supporting actress vote.
10:21pm:
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables. Amen! {8-14}
10:34pm:
Best Film Editing: Argo. {9-15} That same editor also edited Zero Dark Thirty. Who knew?
10:37pm:
Adele's rendition of "Skyfall" is one of the best Bond themes ever. It's still going to win. Do I need to say more?
10:49pm:
Best Production Design: Lincoln. {9-16}. Funny that Rick Carter's wife is named Adele.
10:53pm:
Jeffrey Katzenberg got the humanitarian award. No wonder why he still runs DreamWorks Animation.
10:59pm:
The music from the In Memoriam tribute is from the 1995 remake of The Scarlet Letter. So sorry for Nora Ephron.
11:03pm:
Streisand is still timeless as ever. Marvin would have been so proud.
11:08pm:
Seth has punched jabs at Rex Reed and the gays.
11:10pm:
The cast of Chicago together again. Aah.
Best Original Score: Life of PI. Williams got robbed. {9-17}.
11:15pm:
That song from Ted may sound like a theme from a sitcom, but it's kinda catchy.
Best Original Song: "Skyfall", from Skyfall. {10-18}
11:18pm:
18 awards down. 7 more to go.
11:19pm:
Are we getting ready for the summer already?
11:28pm:
It's young and tall {Theron} meets short and old {Hoffman}. What's the difference?
Best Adapted Screenplay: Argo. {10-19}
Best Original Screenplay: Django Unchained. Quentin scores again. Hoffman calls him Mr. Tarantino. Quentin delivers one of the night's best speeches. {11-20}
11:31pm:
It's great to have a Grey Poupon commercial back on the tube.
11:36pm:
Here's Jane and Michael {not Banks} with the pick for Best Director.
Best Director: Ang Lee. This is really a big night for PI. "Thank you, movie god". {11-21}
11:38pm:
Get ready for the final 3.
11:41pm:
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook. A wonderful win with a wonderful Cinderella dress. She did her speech short and sweet. {12-22}
11:45pm:
Looks like it's going to end 5 minutes before midnight.
11:50pm:
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln. First with three Best Actor Oscars. Yee-Ha! His speech had me in stiches. Along with Hathaway and Tarantino, one of the night's best speeches. Lincoln would have been proud. {13-23}
11:53pm:
What a surprise from First Lady Obama.
11:59pm:
This is it. Best Picture: Argo. Affleck finally got another Oscar, this time as a producer. Even George Clooney got another one as a producer, too. Ben has finally found his silver lining. The night's fourth best speech. {14-24}
12:05am:
That closing number was awkward.
Final thoughts:
-Running time: 3 hours and 35 minutes
-The telecast tonight: Not great or bad, but need to be more better next year.
-Macfarlane: Looked like he was hosting more of a local telethon than an awards show. Made me wish for Steve Martin or Billy Crystal.
Well, congratulations to all of the winners and sorry to all the losers. As Porky Pig says, "That's all folks!"
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