2020 Academy Awards Blog

Okay, that's it for the 2020 Academy Awards. As always, thanks for spending part of your day with us here at BOP. You are loved and appreciated. - David Mumpower, 11:42 pm

Congratulations to J. Don Birnam for picking 20 right this year, good enough for first place. Jason Lee and Kim Hollis finished with 19, narrowly missing victory. - David Mumpower, 11:37 pm

Nevermind, my fiancé is insisting we watch Parasite right now. It’s going to be a late night. This was fun, looking forward to next year. Goodnight all! - George Rose, 11:37 pm

3 hours 31 minutes?!? - Max Braden, 11:33 pm

I'm pretty sure this producer just thanked her korean film audience for being an asian tiger mom - Jason Lee, 11:33 pm

Come on! This is history! Let them go for a month if needed be!!! - Felipe Rosa, 11:31 pm

This is what I get for not seeing Parasite before the Oscars. First thing tomorrow, I’m on it. - George Rose, 11:31 pm

Nice work, "interpreter" - if that's who you really are. - Max Braden, 11:30 pm

Bong's gonna have to drink more. - Kim Hollis, 11:30 pm

Wow, none of our staff predicted Best Picture for the first time ever...yet I know that many of us are *thrilled* right now. The best of the nominees actually won! - David Mumpower, 11:29 pm

I literally texted my mom to watch out for this as a possibility earlier today so I think I get partial credit. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:29 pm

History! History!!! May it be the first of many!!!! - Felipe Rosa, 11:29 pm

BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR WINS BEST PICTURE. I'm beyond thrilled. - Jason Lee, 11:28 pm

Oof. His poor liver! - Tony Kollath, 11:28 pm

The Academy Award for Best Picture goes to Parasite! - Kim Hollis, 11:28 pm

Wow, Parasite for the win. Nobody saw that coming. - George Rose, 11:28 pm

Be thankful - we're still an hour behind the longest Oscar ceremony in history. - Max Braden, 11:23 pm

What a career comeback. I’m looking forward to seeing what comes next for her. - George Rose, 11:20 pm

I could have watched a film again during Zellweger’s speech. Jeez. - Felipe Rosa, 11:20 pm

For just a second, I thought Zellweger was going to stop her acceptance speech and say, "Line?" - David Mumpower, 11:20 pm

Renee and Joaquin's back-to-back rambling acceptance speeches will never be surpassed - Jason Lee, 11:19 pm

It's always disconcerting to hear that Bridget Jones is so very Texas when she talks. - David Mumpower, 11:18 pm

The Academy Award for Best Actress goes to Renee Zellweger for Judy. - Kim Hollis, 11:15 pm

I swear to all that's holy if she starts talking about milk... - Reagen Sulewski, 11:15 pm

While Joaquin Phoenix rambled for 15 minutes, I should have pulled up River's scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Ah well. Next time. - David Mumpower, 11:13 pm

I was expecting much crazier from Joaquin. - George Rose, 11:13 pm

I'm kind of curious to see what happens to coffee commodity prices Monday morning. - Max Braden, 11:12 pm

Next year, when Joaquin Phoenix has to give out Best Actress, it's gonna be . . . interesting - Jason Lee, 11:12 pm

Come on, Batman! Stop this guy from monologuing! - David Mumpower, 11:11 pm

Phoenix’s speech makes as much sense as his win tonight. - Felipe Rosa, 11:10 pm

So he's writing the sequel on stage? - Reagen Sulewski, 11:10 pm

Is it appropriate to make a "Heath Ledger is rolling over in his grave" joke? - David Mumpower, 11:08 pm

As much as I disliked Joker, I will begrudgingly admit that it's deserving of Best Actor and Best Score, even if it might not have been my first choices in those categories - Jason Lee, 11:08 pm

The Academy Award for Best Actor goes to Joaquin Phoenix for Joker. - Kim Hollis, 11:08 pm

This just became the best night of Rooney Mara’s life. - George Rose, 11:08 pm

Jonathan Pryce should win this category in a walk, but we don't live in that world. THIS is The Bad Place. - David Mumpower, 11:07 pm

Colman should win tonight again for that introduction! - Felipe Rosa, 11:07 pm

Olivia Colman missed her calling as a comedian. She's a human punchline machine. - David Mumpower, 11:05 pm

"Last year was the best night... of my husband's life." Olivia is the best. - Max Braden, 11:05 pm

I assume Himesh Patel wasn't available to sing for this segment? - Jason Lee, 11:00 pm

Bong's gonna be so drunk. - Kim Hollis, 10:58 pm

Well there's the strangest throw-to I'll ever see. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:57 pm

Over the past 19 years, a lot of BOP faves have become famous well after we obsessed on them. Still, I have to say that the sudden ascension of Bong-Joon Ho is as shocking as it is thrilling and immensely satisfying. - David Mumpower, 10:57 pm

Someone get that man some soju. Cheers and congrats. - Jason Lee, 10:56 pm

Such a generous speech by Bong!! Such a beautiful win! - Felipe Rosa, 10:56 pm

Wow with that win it has to win Best Picture now - J. Don Birnam, 10:55 pm

"The Academy's gonna let you finish, but Martin Scorsese's the best director of ALL TIME." - Max Braden, 10:54 pm

To be fair, Elton John's been famous since, like, 1970. If anyone has earned some extra time, it's him. - David Mumpower, 10:54 pm

Wait, is Parasite about to win Best Picture?!? - George Rose, 10:54 pm

SO. WELL. DESERVED. Bong-Joon Ho. Best Director. The Academy did the right thing. - Jason Lee, 10:53 pm

The Academy Award for Best Director goes to Bong Joon-ho for Parasite. - Kim Hollis, 10:53 pm

Did Elton just say he’s never been nominated for something like this before? - George Rose, 10:50 pm

Elton gets to go many minutes over time but they couldn't let the women who won for Best Hair and Makeup get a few words in? - Jason Lee, 10:49 pm

The Academy Award for Best Original Song goes to (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, from Rocket Man. - Kim Hollis, 10:47 pm

I'm pretty sure that 90% of Iceland has a music career of some kind, and the other 10% plays on the National soccer team. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:44 pm

This one's kinda crap, as 1917 is the best score I've heard in *ages*. The Academy almost never gets this category right though. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:44 pm

The Academy Award for Best Original Score goes to Hildur Guðnadóttir for Joker. - Kim Hollis, 10:43 pm

You're not fooling us, Leslie Mann. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:40 pm

Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm shadowing Sigourney Weaver to whatever after-party she's going to. - Max Braden, 10:40 pm

Gal Gadot looks like she crashed through two dress racks and just stuck with it. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:39 pm

At this point, Janelle Monae deserves the best original song Oscar - Jason Lee, 10:33 pm

Oooh, Banderas is *this* close to jumping on stage and dancing. - Max Braden, 10:32 pm

Whoever's mixing the live sound on this song will *not* be winning an award. Might as well be Bob Dylan on the lyrics for as intelligible as they are. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:32 pm

Yeah Snowpiercer is amazing, I’ll second that. - George Rose, 10:30 pm

And Mother. That film is simply a masterpiece. Better than any Tarantino film IMHO - Jason Lee, 10:30 pm

This seems like as good a time as any to beg you all to watch Snowpiercer if you haven't yet. A television version of it is right around the corner. - David Mumpower, 10:29 pm

By this point Bong's translator also deserves a trophy. - Eric Hughes, 10:27 pm

The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film goes to Parasite. - Kim Hollis, 10:27 pm

I’m team Marvel for life so Scorsese and Irishman walking away empty handed tonight is just karma at its finest in my eyes. - George Rose, 10:26 pm

I agree. The joke was on us. - Jason Lee, 10:26 pm

Not-cinema produced two of my top four films this year, and I'm not even a comic book guy. This pretentious need to overlook really good films is incomprehensible to me. Meanwhile, Joker, which is crap, gets 11 nods. - David Mumpower, 10:23 pm

David, the Marvel films aren't cinema, remember? - Jason Lee, 10:21 pm

All kidding aside, John Lithgow is utterly unrecognizable in Bombshell. The makeup team deserved this win. - David Mumpower, 10:21 pm

The Academy Award for Makeup and Hairstyling goes to Bombshell. - Kim Hollis, 10:20 pm

Is it possible that the elderly members of the Academy don't realize that superhero powers are fake? - David Mumpower, 10:20 pm

Thor: Love and Thunder in Bed - Jason Lee, 10:20 pm

Ray Romano just got into a swearing contest with Marshall Mathers...and WON! - David Mumpower, 10:19 pm

That's because Thor is now not an effect! Hemsworth's had some... modifications. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:18 pm

And with that award I now fall too far behind in the predictions race. Hats off to whoever wins, you big smarty pants. - George Rose, 10:18 pm

Marvel films are now 0 for 10 in the visual effects category - Jason Lee, 10:17 pm

Avengers: Endgame became the most popular movie of all-time, but apparently nobody in the Academy noticed the visual effects. - David Mumpower, 10:17 pm

Proudest moment of your career and ... that's what greets you on stage. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:16 pm

The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects goes to 1917. - Kim Hollis, 10:16 pm

She sees absolutely nothing wrong with what they're wearing. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:14 pm

Only Cats to make Margot Robbie smile this weekend. - Felipe Rosa, 10:14 pm

I need them to cut to Billie Eilish's reaction to this bit - Jason Lee, 10:14 pm

"Stop trying to make Quibi happen." - David Mumpower, 10:10 pm

It also doubles as a costume for Dune. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:09 pm

This Cynthia Erivo performance has me thinking she might snag that Best Song Oscar and get an EGOT. Is it too late to change my prediction? - George Rose, 10:08 pm

Just throwing it out there that Cynthia Erivo was also amazing (as an actress and singer) in Bad Times at the El Royale. Glad to see her getting such a showcase for her talents. - Jason Lee, 10:08 pm

Cynthia Erivo gets my vote for Best Dressed this year. - David Mumpower, 10:07 pm

That's Teen Choice Awards 2003 Winner Josh Lucas to you, pal. - Max Braden, 10:06 pm

I like Ford v Ferrari just fine, but the character that Josh Lucas plays sets back movie villainy by 30 years. - David Mumpower, 10:02 pm

Max is right about Ford v Ferrari. - Felipe Rosa, 10:01 pm

museumofselfies.com is about to crash. - Max Braden, 10:00 pm

The Academy Award for Film Editing goes to Ford vs. Ferrari. - Kim Hollis, 9:58 pm

It should be said to those who haven't seen Ford v Ferrari because they're not into racing: see it, you'll feel it. Trust me. - Max Braden, 9:58 pm

The Oscars: proving each year that the flashiest editing = Oscar-worthy editing - Jason Lee, 9:57 pm

Julia and Will: also horribly unfunny. - Felipe Rosa, 9:57 pm

The weird thing for Ford v Ferrari is that they just hired a couple of 9 year old boys to make the car noises. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:55 pm

Deakins is a genius. Period. - Felipe Rosa, 9:55 pm

The Academy Award for Best Cinematography goes to 1917. - Kim Hollis, 9:54 pm

Congrats English Bob! - Max Braden, 9:53 pm

An entirely pleasurable and enjoyable recap that has little, if any, relation to the overall arc of the Oscars. Like many of the scenes in Marriage Story. - Jason Lee, 9:51 pm

A weird split in Editing and Mixing for Sound which suggests they may actually understand the difference between the two— 1917 had Sound Effects and a soundtrack so maybe that’s how we explain it - J. Don Birnam, 9:50 pm

Rob Lowe and Snow White on line two, Jason... - David Mumpower, 9:48 pm

I'm pretty sure Disney CEO Bob Iger has been shown more than Tom Hanks. I think the camera crew wants a job. - David Mumpower, 9:47 pm

Reagan, I feel quite confident in saying that the Oscars would never tolerate such an inane duet. The Grammys, on the other hand . . . . . - Jason Lee, 9:47 pm

We've only got seven down-ballot awards remaining plus the big four. While the show is undeniably disjointed, it's moving at an optimal pace. - David Mumpower, 9:46 pm

I like the lack of host. But maybe it needs to be better directed. - Felipe Rosa, 9:46 pm

You're thinking... duet, Jason? - Reagen Sulewski, 9:45 pm

Robert De Niro plays a mean piano. - Max Braden, 9:45 pm

My predictions. Not bad, not great. - Felipe Rosa, 9:45 pm

Just wait for Best Original Song. The tides could still turn in others favor. I haven’t lost hope yet that I can win the predictions two years running! - George Rose, 9:44 pm

I question the decision to have Randy Newman perform AFTER Eminem . . . - Jason Lee, 9:44 pm

Randy Newman is 76 years old, and has been 76 years old for 30 years. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:44 pm

The Academy Award for Sound Mixing goes to 1917. - Kim Hollis, 9:43 pm

On top of the lack of host, some of the camera work keeps making me think I'm watching an edited replay instead of a live show. - Max Braden, 9:42 pm

The winner poignantly points out that Ford v Ferrari is the de facto final film from Fox. 20th Century Fox is gone forever, replaced by Disney's new entity, 20th Century Studios. - David Mumpower, 9:42 pm

Mr. Birnam just posted that because he's got a perfect ballot so far. Meanwhile, I've gotten so much wrong already that the Republican Senators just voted to acquit me. - David Mumpower, 9:41 pm

Hello, Mr. Birnam - mine are one less good than yours, which is to say I've missed one. - Kim Hollis, 9:41 pm

Once Upon a Time has Two Oscars but was denied a Screenplay win, likely ending its BP chances. Parasite still has a shot but it’s all spread out right now - J. Don Birnam, 9:41 pm

Last year worked OK without the host, but this year's ceremony is badly disjointed and needs someone to be directing people around. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:40 pm

The Academy Award for Best Sound Editing goes Ford vs. Ferrari. - Kim Hollis, 9:40 pm

Screw it. During the commercial break, we're listening to Lose Yourself again. - David Mumpower, 9:40 pm

Hello everyone! How are your predictions going!?! - J. Don Birnam, 9:40 pm

Relevant or not, Eminem beats throwing pizzas around from an air gun. - Felipe Rosa, 9:39 pm

And now, a bunch of middle-aged white people nod their heads *almost* in rhythm to Lose Yourself. Meanwhile, the poor person in charge of the mute button is the hardest working person in show business right now. - David Mumpower, 9:37 pm

We need to come up with a new awards ceremony as an excuse to hand out statuettes of Salma Hayek. - Max Braden, 9:37 pm

"BLEEEEEEEEP " --The Real Marshall Mathers - Kim Hollis, 9:37 pm

I'm just not buying the hyphenation, sorry Salma. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:37 pm

So to help cut back on the Oscars runtime we have Eminem performing a song not nominated this year. This makes sense. - George Rose, 9:36 pm

I want to see Meryl Streep get everyone to stand up and pump their arms for Eminem. - Max Braden, 9:36 pm

side eye SHADE from Billie Eilish! loving it. - Jason Lee, 9:36 pm

Let's conveniently overlook the fact that Back to the Future implied that a white man wrote "Johnny B Goode" - Jason Lee, 9:34 pm

Each of these video packages seem to overstay their welcome. - Eric Hughes, 9:34 pm

Twenty years ago, could anyone have imagined an Oscar broadcast willingly playing It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp in a montage? - David Mumpower, 9:33 pm

*sighs, resets the "My Heart Will Go On" counter* - Reagen Sulewski, 9:33 pm

*Holds up boom box for Say Anything... and Purple Rain* - Kim Hollis, 9:33 pm

I hope and pray that someday I'll see "Montage" from Team America: World Police used in an Oscar montage about movie songs - Jason Lee, 9:33 pm

Oh sure, go with Purple Rain instead of Batdance. - Max Braden, 9:33 pm

And now, a random guy hijacks a microphone to introduce his old boss, Lin-Manuel Miranda. Seriously, the first time we watched A Star Is Born, Kim took me out of the movie by obsessing that this dude played Lady GaGa's friend. Hamilton fanatics scare me. - David Mumpower, 9:32 pm

Yes. Laura Dern definitely won for the wrong role. - Felipe Rosa, 9:31 pm

Hey, Dern was first nominated 28 years ago. If third time's the charm, Robbie has some time. - Max Braden, 9:30 pm

I probably won't watch it ever again, but Midsommar was my favorite experience in a movie theater in 2019. - Eric Hughes, 9:30 pm

Speaking of, Florence Pugh's been on a run this past year with Fighting With My Family, Midsommar, and Little Women, and she has Black Widow coming up. - Max Braden, 9:27 pm

Totally agree with Reagan. Loved her in Little Women . . . along with Timothee Chalamet, who was robbed for a supporting actor nomination - Jason Lee, 9:26 pm

I mean, Little Women's fine and all, but Fighting with My Family co-stars THE ROCK!!! - David Mumpower, 9:25 pm

I'm enjoying this recent development where everyone realized they love Laura Dern. There would have been *riots* if she hadn't won. (Florence Pugh had the best year, though) *ducks and runs* - Reagen Sulewski, 9:24 pm

Between that loss and Birds of Prey bombing, Margot Robbie's career just hit 15:01, at least for a while. Poor Alicia Vikander's still trying to get over Tomb Raider. - David Mumpower, 9:24 pm

I hope Laura Dern goes up on stage and, a la Big Little Lies, screams "will someone give a woman a moment?!?!" - Jason Lee, 9:24 pm

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress goes to Laura Dern for Marriage Story. - Kim Hollis, 9:24 pm

Did Max just predict a second American Revolution? Because Lin-Manuel Miranda is listening. - David Mumpower, 9:21 pm

The Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject goes to Learning to Skateboard in a War Zone (If You're a Girl). - Kim Hollis, 9:19 pm

The BAFTAs gave Best Doc to For Sama, which was a British Film. I think we see what's going on here... - Max Braden, 9:18 pm

Thank God I changed my prediction to American Factory last night. Sorry, Honeyland. - George Rose, 9:18 pm

The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature goes to American Factory. - Kim Hollis, 9:15 pm

Laura Dern definitely won for the wrong role. - Max Braden, 9:07 pm

I know we're going with no host, but did the PA announcer tweet something horrible too? - Reagen Sulewski, 9:07 pm

Now that The Good Place has ended (*single tear*), I'm back to hating Maya Rudolph. - David Mumpower, 9:05 pm

The Academy Award for Best Costume Design goes to Little Women. - Kim Hollis, 9:05 pm

Billie Eilish has heard of exactly one of these songs. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:03 pm

Billie Eilish doesn't know these songs either! - Max Braden, 9:03 pm

Are Maya and Kristen really funny? I don’t get it.. - Felipe Rosa, 9:03 pm

The Academy Award for Best Production Design goes to Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood. - Kim Hollis, 9:01 pm

And the Oscar for best presentation of an award go to Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig. - George Rose, 9:00 pm

One day Kristin looked at the bottom of her vacuum and said, "Hey, hey, hey! Now that's a dress!" - Reagen Sulewski, 8:59 pm

Rudolph & Wiig = oh my rods and cones! - Tony Kollath, 8:59 pm

Maya Rudolph is like bedazzled Judge Gen. - Kim Hollis, 8:58 pm

I truly love to see the people most people don’t know. It truly means a lot to them. - Felipe Rosa, 8:54 pm

That moment right there was the best suspense film of the year. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:53 pm

The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film goes to The Neighbor's Widow. - Kim Hollis, 8:53 pm

Taika should have waited until after the Oscars to sign onto the Thor sequel. His salary demands are about to go up. - George Rose, 8:52 pm

Taika Waititi seems like the person in line ahead of you at Starbucks who takes 12 minutes to order one cappuchino. - David Mumpower, 8:52 pm

"I'd like to thank my mother. I lost you, hours ago - no, there she is!" - Max Braden, 8:49 pm

Michael Che is never going to let Colin Jost and his big goofy grin live that down. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:49 pm

The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay goes to Taika Waititi for Jojo Rabbit. - Kim Hollis, 8:49 pm

Quentin Tarantino is spending the entire ceremony calculating how many feet are between him and the stage. - Les Winan, 8:49 pm

Huge spoiler clip for The Two Popes! - Max Braden, 8:48 pm

Man, Fatal Attraction is just *never* gonna get out of Casablanca's shadow. - Tony Kollath, 8:47 pm

Ok, fine, I’ll finally commit to watching Parasite. - George Rose, 8:47 pm

Okay, say what you will about the Academy. Yes, much of the criticism is valid about how white and male the awards are, but two South Koreans just won a screenplay award. That's sublime. - David Mumpower, 8:47 pm

Nice of Chalamet to wear his best track suit. - Kim Hollis, 8:46 pm

Timothee Chalamet looks like a prep school Bond villain. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:46 pm

That was some *crisp* reading on the Korean names. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:45 pm

Imagine a movie where it's just Keanu reading the Parasite screenplay. $50m opening weekend. - Max Braden, 8:44 pm

The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay goes to Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin Won for Parasite. - Kim Hollis, 8:44 pm

"Quick, find me the other Korean in the audience!" - Reagen Sulewski, 8:44 pm

Imagine being the first person to read the Parasite screenplay. "Uhh, you want feedback from me?" - David Mumpower, 8:43 pm

Diane almost got her fingers shot off reaching for that envelope early. - Max Braden, 8:42 pm

Keanu Reaves and Diane Keaton are acting like they just ran into each other at the airport, not live in front of a billion viewers. - David Mumpower, 8:42 pm

Every member of the audience is now in incredible, incredible danger. Keanu's stashed a small armoury under each seat. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:41 pm

"You were amazing." fails to overtake the "You're breathtaking!" meme. - Max Braden, 8:41 pm

Kelly Marie Tran has just appeared for 30 seconds, thereby surpassing her total screen time in Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker. - David Mumpower, 8:41 pm

re: the global Elsa performance - if you get a chance, check out the documentary "Being George Clooney" about the voice actors in other countries who make a career out of revoicing. It's pretty interesting. - Max Braden, 8:39 pm

I'm trembling wondering what Norwegian Billie Eilish is gonna look and sound like.... - Tony Kollath, 8:37 pm

The Oscars found a way to diversify the whitest animated film of 2019. - Eric Hughes, 8:36 pm

For those reading later, the performance of Into the Unknown features the singers from several other countries. Each of them performs in their native tongue, and it is *mesmerizing*. You'll want to watch this asap. - David Mumpower, 8:36 pm

Ohh, nice touch with the many Elsas! - Felipe Rosa, 8:35 pm

Pronounced exactly as spelled! Best joke so far. - Felipe Rosa, 8:33 pm

"...pronounced exactly as it is spelled..." ahahahahahahah - Tony Kollath, 8:32 pm

And John Travolta bursts into flame. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:32 pm

Great, it only took three awards for my Oscar predictions to start falling apart. It’s going to be a night full of surprises. - George Rose, 8:32 pm

Yes, I recognize that all of the animated shorts are great, but Kitbull embodies everything that storytelling should aspire to be. You can watch it for free on YouTube or on Disney+. - David Mumpower, 8:31 pm

Hair Love. Not unexpected but just the easiest choice. - Felipe Rosa, 8:30 pm

A sidenote to this victory is that Netflix had hoped to confront and beat Disney in the animated category, where the latter company has home-field advantage. It *almost* worked. Netflix would have given Disney payback for the Disney+/Netflix confrontation playing out right now. - David Mumpower, 8:30 pm

(But seriously, Kitbull is a delight as well.) - Kim Hollis, 8:30 pm

The Academy Award for Best Animated Short goes to Hair Love. - Kim Hollis, 8:29 pm

All nominees will receive a gift bag containing clown makeup, ice cubes, and a Forky. - Max Braden, 8:29 pm

Much love to Toy Story 4! - Felipe Rosa, 8:28 pm

What a safe, unimaginative choice. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:28 pm

The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film goes to Toy Story 4. - Kim Hollis, 8:27 pm

You can't see it during the commercials, but the cast of Parasite is working the aisles, stealing future roles. - Max Braden, 8:25 pm

And after 17 minutes of show, we are now behind schedule by... 15 minutes. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:20 pm

How many of Ocean's 11 have won acting Academy Awards now? (Your time's coming, Shaobo Qin!) - David Mumpower, 8:20 pm

Shout out to the deserved stunt coordinators! - Max Braden, 8:19 pm

I’m not sure how I feel about the new video montage of the nominees instead of individual clips before the names are each announced. - George Rose, 8:18 pm

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor goes to Brad Pitt for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood. - Kim Hollis, 8:18 pm

Vaginas! (This is going to look so weird out of context.) - David Mumpower, 8:15 pm

That was fun, but you know what the two-man co-host segment was missing? - Max Braden, 8:15 pm

It's down to earth relatable jokes about owning Ferraris like that that keep Chris Rock in touch with the masses. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:13 pm

Chris Rock is killing it. - Kim Hollis, 8:13 pm

Jeff Bezos whispers into sleeve: "Remove all Chris Rock movies from the marketplace" - Reagen Sulewski, 8:12 pm

That was very much a "Who's Too Cool for School" test. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:09 pm

That was fine, until the fire marshal shuts down production due to all the bodies illegally in the aisles. - Tony Kollath, 8:09 pm

Lin-Manuel Miranda trying his hardest to get picked for the audience sing-a-long opening number. - George Rose, 8:09 pm

For a moment there I was expecting Rob Lowe and Snow White. - Max Braden, 8:08 pm

Nice energetic start! - Felipe Rosa, 8:08 pm

David, Midsommar is gaslighting the ceremony. - Eric Hughes, 8:07 pm

"Who are you wearing?" "Auric Goldfinger" - David Mumpower, 8:07 pm

Elton John: "That's a bit much, innit?" - Reagen Sulewski, 8:06 pm

Now if Tom Hanks rolls his eyes during this "Won't You Be My Neighbor" rendition, we'll know it's just a tick and wasn't a side eye like he did during the Golden Globes. - Max Braden, 8:04 pm

It's the Oscars' Super Bowl Halftime show! - Reagen Sulewski, 8:04 pm

I wish I could “like” a comment because Reagan just made me LOL. - George Rose, 8:04 pm

Start the clock. - Max Braden, 8:03 pm

Quick teaser for Marriage Story 2: Black Widow. - Max Braden, 7:59 pm

"Welcome to the annual shareholders meeting of the Walt Disney Corporation..." - Reagen Sulewski, 7:59 pm

Welcome to the Box Office Prophets live Oscar Blog! We'll officially start when the show begins, but as you can see, we're already calling the red carpet. Stay tuned! - Kim Hollis, 7:56 pm

I didn’t know we were doing red carpet coverage! Dang it, I would have showered Regina King’s dress with praise. Well I’m here now. Let’s get ready to OSCARSSSSSSS! - George Rose, 7:55 pm

I always think that interviewers who start their talk with "this man needs no introduction" should follow through on that. - Reagen Sulewski, 7:48 pm

"You're nominated for Bombshell..." "Yes!" "And you just had the #1 movie in America..." *frantic slashing motion* - Reagen Sulewski, 7:41 pm

Saoirse Ronan's native thick Louisiana accent always catches me off guard. - Tony Kollath, 7:32 pm

Woody Allen thinks Pedro Almodovar needs to make fewer movies about himself. - Reagen Sulewski, 7:25 pm

Fun Fact: This red carpet interview is actually a scene in The Irishman, still filming. - Reagen Sulewski, 7:24 pm

Thank you for not blowing all of your money on hair care, Al Pacino. - Tony Kollath, 7:17 pm

Elvis Mitchell, or Tim Meadows working on a Ladies Man sequel? - Reagen Sulewski, 7:17 pm

If Billy is excited for Lin's first directorial debut, wait until he gets his second debut under his belt! - Reagen Sulewski, 7:16 pm

Whenever I see Taika Waititi I'm tricked into thinking they're de-aging Kevin Kline in real time. - Max Braden, 7:10 pm

Billy Porter to Billie Eilish on the James Bond theme - "So have you written it yet?" Movie's out in two months, I'm gonna go with... "Oh crap, I knew I forgot something". Typical Gen Z. - Reagen Sulewski, 7:06 pm

Josh Gad is here playing one of the accountants at the Oscars. - Reagen Sulewski, 7:01 pm

Not saying they should, but if they made a Godfather IV, it should star Oscar Isaac. - Reagen Sulewski, 6:52 pm

Mindy Kaling is rather clearly in the middle of the plot to Ocean's Nine right now. - Reagen Sulewski, 6:37 pm

I'm in. - Max Braden, 2:56 pm