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2009 Academy Awards BlogFebruary 22, 2009
E! just gave Daniel Craig's credit as being from Defiance, which is kind of like putting Christian Bale's credit as being from 3:10 to Yuma. - Reagen Sulewski, 7:45 pm
Maybe some day he'll do a project with Hotel for Dogs' Don Cheadle! - Tony Kollath, 7:47 pm I believe that Tilda Swinton is actually wearing a brown paper bag. - Tony Kollath, 7:51 pm E! is now using NASCAR technology for their wide shot. Look out Angelina, Jennifer is coming up to rub you off the carpet! - Reagen Sulewski, 7:52 pm Barbara failed to make Wolverine cry. Though she came close! - Pete Kilmer, 7:55 pm The category is "Words Barbara Walters should not be allowed to say." Top five answers on the board, survey says: Lapdance! - Sean Collier, 7:58 pm Tony....if Marvel Studios would actually pay for him there is still a chance Mickey Rourke will work with Don Cheadle in Iron Man 2. - Pete Kilmer, 7:59 pm I turned my television on to the image of Hugh Jackman giving Barbara Walters a lap dance. I'm...not sure I can go on tonight. - Tim Briody, 7:59 pm Jackman quoting his dad on Walters: "My son is singing at Carnegie Hall - it's black tie for me." Is that class or what? - Max Braden, 8:01 pm Thank god for no Billy Bush. - Pete Kilmer, 8:01 pm Another great WTF moment with Matthew Broderick versus small talk. There are no winners here. - Calvin Trager, 8:05 pm Angelina looked terrific in HD. - Pete Kilmer, 8:06 pm Terrifically emaciated! See what I did there? - Calvin Trager, 8:07 pm I wonder if the contestants of VH-1 "Confessions of a Teen Idol" will be working the red carpet tonight? - Pete Kilmer, 8:10 pm I won't believe that's the Slumdog Millionaire cast until they break out into a Bollywood-style number on the red carpet. - Tim Briody, 8:11 pm The Slumdog girls are the cutest since Sasha and Malia. - Max Braden, 8:12 pm We can't believe you're here either, Vanessa Hudgens. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:12 pm Who was that host who just insulted RDJ by calling his wife a "date"? I'd enjoy him being fired. By the way, RDJ wears a tux better than almost anyone. - Max Braden, 8:14 pm Have they shown Chris Brown and Rihanna yet? - David Mumpower, 8:17 pm Max that was one of the editors at Entertainment Weekly. - Pete Kilmer, 8:17 pm Can we just keep the camera on Amy Adams, please? - Sean Collier, 8:18 pm I'm mildly disappointed RDJ isn't in character. - Tim Briody, 8:19 pm The homage to accountants from movie clips amuses me. Thumbs up. - Max Braden, 8:20 pm I've never really understood why you need an accountant for the Oscar votes. Don't you just need to be able to count? - Reagen Sulewski, 8:21 pm Aww, I was hoping for "and that other accountant is in something from Men's Wearhouse." - Tim Briody, 8:21 pm Penelope Cruz rocking the Anton Chigurh haircut. - Sean Collier, 8:22 pm Not getting an award tonight or ever, Penelope Cruz's speech coach. - Calvin Trager, 8:22 pm Jack Black and his wife are like a CBS sitcom brought to life. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:23 pm Hugh Jackman's father is going to be there, couldn't they put him to work since he's a Price/Waterhouse bigwig? - Pete Kilmer, 8:23 pm Realization: I only like Jack Black as an animated panda. - David Mumpower, 8:24 pm Serious answer Reagen - It's because of the accountants that you can be sure all of those "winners leaked!" stories are bogus. - Calvin Trager, 8:24 pm They missed out by not installing a pole on the red carpet for Tomei. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:24 pm This red carpet is so frenetically edited :-/ - Jason Lee, 8:25 pm They had to go back to 1993 and 1994 for Marisa Tomei's "Previously at the Oscars" wardrobe bit. Has she not been here in 15 years or did nobody care to film her? - Tim Briody, 8:25 pm Jack Black hasn't been tolerable in a non-animated way since School of Rock. - Michael Bentley, 8:26 pm I really like the attention to history of the red carpet and presentation of the show, rather than just inane question after question. - Max Braden, 8:26 pm Wow -- from Buzby Berkeley to Michelangelo . . . put those two together in a slapstick comedy where they have to save a reckless stage diva from assassination and you got yourself a blockbuster - Jason Lee, 8:27 pm Probably the latter, Tim. I think past winners continue to get invited in the future. - Michael Bentley, 8:28 pm Tim, she was even nominated for In The Bedroom. Maybe she just wore a garbage bag that year. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:28 pm Twitter crashes in 5... 4... 3... - Reagen Sulewski, 8:30 pm A fawning Tim Gunn: "Marisa, is that Glad or Hefty?" - Calvin Trager, 8:30 pm No opening sequence? This economic crisis goes deeper than I thought. - Tim Briody, 8:31 pm correction: I think the biggest movie event of this year will be the release of HP VI: Half Blood Prince - Jason Lee, 8:31 pm I'm not excited about the choice of hosts, but I do like the possibility of Liev Schreiber running up on stage and trying to eat out his throat. It probably wouldn't even be the most shameless corporate tie-in during the show. - David Mumpower, 8:32 pm I just want him to say, "Crikey! Look at that crocodile!" - Kim Hollis, 8:32 pm The Democrats wanted this opening number. The Republican senators opposed it 34 to 6 - Jason Lee, 8:33 pm Strangely enough, that's not the worst thing someone's offered to do to get close to Kate Winslet. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:33 pm It took less than 2 minutes for Jackman to burst into song. If I didn't want to watch Mamma Mia! or High School Musical 3, why would I want to see this? - David Mumpower, 8:34 pm Gay musical theatre fans: rejoice! Wolverine fans: cry. Cry the tears of fathomless sorrow. - Jason Lee, 8:34 pm Oh boy . . . staged audience participation. I haven't seen this before. - Jason Lee, 8:35 pm Hugh Jackman apparently is being the voice of Batman fans. - Daron Aldridge, 8:35 pm Yup, they couldn't give Peter Gabriel an extra 30 seconds to perform because of this musical number. - Kim Hollis, 8:35 pm Does this opening set pieces remind anyone else of Be Kind Rewind. - Daron Aldridge, 8:36 pm Anne Hathaway is a great duet choice here. - Max Braden, 8:36 pm Weirdest slash fiction ever. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:36 pm Oh boy, gay frost and nixon. Gay musical theatre fans rejoice again. - Jason Lee, 8:36 pm Give me Rob Lowe and Snow White instead. - Michael Bentley, 8:36 pm Okay, I at least appreciate the honesty of the Reader song/dance number. - Kim Hollis, 8:37 pm Even the host thinks The Reader's Best Picture nomination was a joke. - Tim Briody, 8:37 pm So, Anne Hathaway is singing a big Academy Awards number. Do you think her ex-boyfriend gets to watch from his halfway house or did he have to trade his tv privileges as part of a protection payment? - David Mumpower, 8:37 pm Idea: Wolverine vs. The Wrestler. - Max Braden, 8:37 pm I think the opening is hysterical AND he plugs Wolverine! - Pete Kilmer, 8:38 pm This is strangely Evita-like. - Jason Lee, 8:38 pm And there's the Wolverine plug. - Daron Aldridge, 8:38 pm OK, I was skeptical, but I'll give that a 10 out of 10. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:38 pm I've never seen an Oscar host high five an audience member like that before. God, Hugh Jackson is personable. - David Mumpower, 8:39 pm I wanted to hate that, but I just couldn't. - Sean Collier, 8:39 pm Gay Nixon again. - Jason Lee, 8:39 pm "Attention, this year the role of Jack Nicholson will be played by Frank Langella." - Reagen Sulewski, 8:40 pm Hugh is much more audience interactive than I expected. - Daron Aldridge, 8:40 pm Hugh also saw Mickey Rourke's Spirit Awards speech. And he stole my joke. - Tim Briody, 8:40 pm GO MERYL!!! I HOPE YOU WIN TONIGHT!!! - Jason Lee, 8:40 pm Regarding Mickey Rourke and the "20 minute delay", if you haven't seen it yet, here is a link to his acceptance speech yesterday (you probably shouldn't click this link if you're at church right now): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og3tN7P6oKI - David Mumpower, 8:40 pm Meryl gets a montage and she isn't even dead yet. - Jason Lee, 8:41 pm Yeah, Steve open it - Daron Aldridge, 8:41 pm I think they could have cut their curtain budget by 20%. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:41 pm Oooops, Supporting Actress. My bad. - Jason Lee, 8:41 pm That budget cut came in the form of the guy opening the curtain. - Daron Aldridge, 8:42 pm I love how short they're making these speeches seem. When in reality, they were likely 4-5 minutes each. Good job Mr. Editors. You deserve an Oscar!! Or at least an nom. - Jason Lee, 8:42 pm Wow, this is a stunner. Five fantastic actresses. This is a great opening. - Jason Lee, 8:43 pm How much plastic surgery are we seeing on stage right now, is it in the six figures? - Reagen Sulewski, 8:44 pm If they keep the theme up of bringing past winners up to intro the category I hope Ernest Borgnine comes up for Best Actor - Pete Kilmer, 8:44 pm This is gonna be a long show if each nominee gets this amount of screen time. - Jason Lee, 8:44 pm Whoopie has the best line of the show so far! - Jason Lee, 8:45 pm I didn't see a Sister Act reference coming. - Tim Briody, 8:45 pm The award winning actresses on stage are eerily reminiscent of the stand-off in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. - Max Braden, 8:45 pm Owen Wilson, that's Kate Hudson in the future. I know you're drawn to her like a moth to a flame, but avoid avoid avoid! - Kim Hollis, 8:46 pm And that's just for Goldie Hawn and Angelica Huston, Reagan. - Daron Aldridge, 8:46 pm Love is ageless. Unfortunately Goldie Hawn is not. - Calvin Trager, 8:46 pm I must say, these are really very moving tributes. - Jason Lee, 8:46 pm Even Nate Silver throws his hands up in the air over the Supporting Actress category. No, really. That's how much of a toss-up this one is. - Tim Briody, 8:47 pm Would we call that a surprise? - Sean Collier, 8:48 pm The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress goes to Penelope Cruz for her work in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. - Kim Hollis, 8:48 pm I feel like there should be some onstage hazing by the girls for Penelope. - Max Braden, 8:48 pm What they're not telling us is that because of economic cutbacks, you're actually battling your presenter for their Oscar. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:48 pm Well, hopefully this is the only Woody Allen-related award tonight. Very disappointed that Marisa Tomei didn't win. - Pete Kilmer, 8:48 pm They kept the booze away from Tilda Swinton so she wouldn't accidentally read Marisa Tomei's name. - Tim Briody, 8:49 pm Quick, somebody greenlight Bandidas II! Two Oscar winners as the leads! - Tony Kollath, 8:49 pm First, Nicole Kidman and now Penelope Cruz. Katie Holmes might be in for an Oscar if she splits from Tom Cruise. - Daron Aldridge, 8:49 pm Sean, we picked her as the most likely actress to win in our Oscar predictions, so I don't think so. It's certainly a surprising turn of events given how much dislike there was of her after her first few English-speaking roles, though. - David Mumpower, 8:50 pm Somewhere Mimi Rogers is crying. - Pete Kilmer, 8:51 pm So far the ceremony has been charming, classy, and heartfelt. I feel so ripped off. - Calvin Trager, 8:51 pm Amen, Calvin. - Jason Lee, 8:51 pm Not a fan of how they presented that award. - Michael Bentley, 8:51 pm WHOA!! Tom Colicchio! Is this a Top Chef commercial? - Jason Lee, 8:52 pm My 14 to 1 odds on Taraji P Henson were also not a fan of that award. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:52 pm While we're on it, Rebecca Hall was completely robbed of attention for Vicky Christina Barcelona. - Max Braden, 8:53 pm I will say, the presentation of these awards have certainly been creative so far (PS I want to have Tina Fey's babies). - Jason Lee, 8:53 pm Pairing Steve Martin and Tina Fey pleases me. - Max Braden, 8:53 pm Why can't you be this funny in your movies anymore, Steve? - Reagen Sulewski, 8:54 pm Steve's already funnier than Pink Panther 2. - Daron Aldridge, 8:54 pm Suck it, Mumpower! - Michael Bentley, 8:54 pm Someone greenlight a Tina Fey/Steve Martin movie. - Pete Kilmer, 8:54 pm I completely agree, Max. It's Rebecca Hall's movie and she is the best part of it. - David Mumpower, 8:54 pm Public Scientology bashing! Drink! - Sean Collier, 8:55 pm Wow...this is early for screenplay, isn't it? - Daron Aldridge, 8:55 pm I hope In Bruges wins. - Michael Bentley, 8:55 pm On the one hand, you have Steve Martin shredding Scientology and killing with one funny quip after another. On the other hand, you have Pink Panther 2. There is nobody more perplexing in Hollywood. - Calvin Trager, 8:56 pm Go Wall-E, please - Daron Aldridge, 8:56 pm Attention producers, I would love a Screenplay Commentary feature on DVD releases from now on. - Max Braden, 8:56 pm The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay goes to Dustin Lance Black for Milk. - Kim Hollis, 8:56 pm And the consolation award goes to... - Reagen Sulewski, 8:57 pm HE'S WEARING A WHITE KNOT!!!! (For those who don't know, a white knot is a sign of support for marriage equality . . . i.e. tying the knot) - Jason Lee, 8:58 pm Getting that speech on ABC was worth giving him the award. - Sean Collier, 8:59 pm 11/16 of the BOP staff correctly picked Milk for Original Screenplay. - Tim Briody, 8:59 pm Hard to believe this is Steve "DER BURGER!" Martin. - Pete Kilmer, 8:59 pm Dustin Lance Black's acceptance speech will probably be a staple of future Oscar montages. - Max Braden, 9:00 pm If Roth wins, it will be his second Oscar for Forrest Gump. - Daron Aldridge, 9:01 pm The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay goes to Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire. - Kim Hollis, 9:01 pm They always show that clip for Slumdog Millionaire, but I'm not quite sure how a guy screaming "LATIKA!" shows off its screenplay. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:02 pm Button is what Gump wishes it could have been. - Michael Bentley, 9:02 pm Simon's speech feels so "standard" compared to Lance's (for Milk). Not good for a winner of a Screenplay Award. - Jason Lee, 9:02 pm Fair enough, Michael. - Daron Aldridge, 9:03 pm Apparently shooting begins on Beaufoy's romantic comedy "Leap Year" next month, starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode. - Max Braden, 9:03 pm What's up with Jennifer's hair? - Jason Lee, 9:03 pm Danny Boyle is looking like a slimmer version of how Morissey looks today. - Daron Aldridge, 9:04 pm Nice cut to Angelina during Jenifer Aniston's bit. - Pete Kilmer, 9:04 pm 13/16 correctly picked Slumdog Millionaire for Adapted Screenplay. - Tim Briody, 9:04 pm Why they've shown so much of Space Chimps so far, I have no clue. - Jason Lee, 9:05 pm That's right, people! Jennifer Aniston, star of mega-blockbusters Marley and Me and He's Just Not That Into You, provides a voice in The Iron Giant. You should totally watch that movie. Like, turn off the Academy Awards and go watch it now. - David Mumpower, 9:05 pm Space Chimps was robbed. - Tim Briody, 9:05 pm The music for this animation montage is painfully wrong. - Max Braden, 9:05 pm Will there be a Delgo clip? - Daron Aldridge, 9:05 pm "And now, a clip of all the animated movies we didn't bother to nominate." - Reagen Sulewski, 9:05 pm This ceremony has been ridiculously creative so far. I'm loving it. - Jason Lee, 9:06 pm The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature goes to WALL-E. - Kim Hollis, 9:06 pm "Uh, okay, Jack, you can turn the bitter off now." - Tim Briody, 9:06 pm I love WALL:EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! - Jason Lee, 9:07 pm Praise Jebus, Wall-E won. - Daron Aldridge, 9:07 pm 16/16 for WALL-E. The two things you can never bet against at the Academy Awards are the Holocaust and Pixar. - Tim Briody, 9:07 pm Jason I totally agree, this show has been very engaging to watch and fun. - Pete Kilmer, 9:07 pm Tim, watch out for Pixar's The Diary of Anne Frank remake. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:08 pm Who wants to bet on a Pixar sweep here? - Jason Lee, 9:08 pm I was going to go there Reagen, but I knew someone would pick up that rebound. - Tim Briody, 9:09 pm That's Pixar's 4th win in the 8 years it's been given. Not bad, though it should have even more. - Michael Bentley, 9:09 pm Lavatory Love Story is about Larry Craig, right? - Calvin Trager, 9:09 pm Jack Black is winning with whatever horse tranquilizer he's on. - Max Braden, 9:09 pm Will there be anyplace to actually see the animated short movies this year? - Pete Kilmer, 9:09 pm The Academy Award for Best Animated Short goes to La Maison en Petits Cubes. - Kim Hollis, 9:09 pm I think that translates as "How to Solve a Rubik's Cube". - David Mumpower, 9:10 pm What?? They must have read "Presto" wrong. La Maison looks like it was drawn in the 60s! - Max Braden, 9:10 pm He says he loves San Dimas! - Reagen Sulewski, 9:10 pm Animated Short is a complete whiff as the staff goes 0/16. Thirteen votes went to Presto. - Tim Briody, 9:10 pm Best 80s reference in Oscar history - Jason Lee, 9:10 pm Somewhere Dennis DeYoung and Tommy Shaw just freaked out. - Pete Kilmer, 9:10 pm Pete, keep an eye out - a print of all the short nominations goes around to arthouses throughout the spring. - Sean Collier, 9:11 pm Didn't see a Styx reference coming out tonight at all (courtesy of Animated Short winner.) - Daron Aldridge, 9:11 pm Kim, any idea which BOP member is ahead right now? - Jason Lee, 9:11 pm This is an incredibly fast-paced show. 40 minutes in and 5 awards given out. All that press of Jackman saying the show would be under 3 hours might hold...unless the montages start piling up. - Daron Aldridge, 9:14 pm All in all the Petit Cubes guy was still twice as eloquent as Penelope Cruz. - Calvin Trager, 9:14 pm Tonight's Academy Awards background music is sponsored by the 1960s Jazz Restoration Society. - David Mumpower, 9:15 pm I can't believe the orchestra doesn't shut up. - Max Braden, 9:16 pm There's some serious engineering going on with SJP's dress. Those are in danger of cutting off her oxygen. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:16 pm No doubt, David. The music is quite jaunty. - Daron Aldridge, 9:16 pm The Academy Award for Best Art Direction goes to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. - Kim Hollis, 9:17 pm 50% went for Benjamin Button. Most of the other half thought The Dark Knight would take it. I do see them battling for all the technical categories all night long. - Tim Briody, 9:19 pm Boy, the academy really has no love for the Dark Knight, do they? - Jason Lee, 9:19 pm The other award ceremony he's referring to is probably the Art Directors Guild, which cops out by giving awards for Period Film (Button), Fantasy Film (Dark Knight), and Contemporary Film (Slumdog). - Max Braden, 9:19 pm And with 6 awards out, David and myself are in the lead at 5/6. - Tim Briody, 9:19 pm The next James Bond villain should just put a teleprompter in front of him. Craig is stumbling more than would have been expected. - Daron Aldridge, 9:20 pm The Academy Award for Best Costumes goes to The Duchess. - Kim Hollis, 9:21 pm I have to say that James Bond and Carrie Bradshaw have been the most awkward presenters thus far - Jason Lee, 9:21 pm Jason, I think the Academy is going to shut out Dark Knight, except for Heath Ledger. Remember, it's just a dorky comic book movie. - Pete Kilmer, 9:21 pm And David takes the lead - Jason Lee, 9:22 pm Period dramas in costume are about as bullet proof as Holocaust films in documentary. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:22 pm Did the costume winner just rip on the orchestra for not playing music from The Duchess? Not a way to keep from getting played off the stage. - Daron Aldridge, 9:22 pm With Keira Knightley in the film, catering was not needed so thus The Duchess' filmmakers had plenty to spend on costumes, which clearly paid off with that Academy Award win. - Tim Briody, 9:23 pm I think you're right, Pete. Earlier this year, I predicted that Dark Knight and Iron Man would legitimize comic book films in the Academy's eyes - I was wrong. - Sean Collier, 9:23 pm The Academy Award for Best Makeup goes to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. - Kim Hollis, 9:24 pm They're really rushing through this sequence of awards. Not complaining though. - Michael Bentley, 9:24 pm And David missed that one . . . so Tim and David are tied once again? - Jason Lee, 9:24 pm This guy is apparently wearing Brad Pitt's old age makeup. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:24 pm Button for makeup? Really? And NOT Hellboy? Once again the Academy is proving out of touch. Not that Button was terrible but the team that did the work for Hellboy was just incredible. - Pete Kilmer, 9:24 pm There's a . . . 30% chance that it's already raining! - Jason Lee, 9:25 pm "Now presenting: two people you won't remember two years from now!" - Reagen Sulewski, 9:25 pm Robert Pattinson has shown up in character from Twilight. What a dink. - David Mumpower, 9:25 pm Mr. Twilight looks like he's campaigning for the role of Wolverine based on his hairstyle. - Jason Lee, 9:25 pm And the Oscar for Most Dramatic Eyebrows goes to this pair. - Max Braden, 9:26 pm Who are these people? - Michael Bentley, 9:26 pm Is there somewhere else you'd rather be, Robert Pattinson? - Reagen Sulewski, 9:26 pm How much is Coldplay getting paid for using their song in a montage? - Daron Aldridge, 9:27 pm The producers missed a chance to have Mr. Twilight present with Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin). - Pete Kilmer, 9:27 pm I think the theme of this montage is "Now Available on DVD!" - Reagen Sulewski, 9:28 pm That was a ballsy inclusion of Milk's kiss. And of course, yes, WALL:E was the most romantic movie of the year. Absolutely. - Jason Lee, 9:29 pm Come on, Mike. They're the stars of Twilight and Mamma Mia! They're totally not flashes in the pan. Why, the girl was a bit player on Veronica Mars. If that's not star power, what is? - David Mumpower, 9:29 pm The horror montage is coming, right? - Sean Collier, 9:29 pm Ghost Town wasn't good enough for the romance montage? - Max Braden, 9:30 pm With David in the minority on Makeup (the staff went 10/16) I have a huge logjam at the top with 6 out of 8 so far. I'm no Price Waterhouse accountant, though. - Tim Briody, 9:31 pm Star Wars Episode VII: There's Something About Ben's Beard - Jason Lee, 9:32 pm Ben Stiller is not going to be working with Joaquin Phoenix anytime soon. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:32 pm See, Natalie, this is what you look like all the time with Devendra. And people are laughing at you, not with you. - Kim Hollis, 9:32 pm Stiller mocking Phoenix is a message to actors: you don't get to leave. You try and you're finished. - Max Braden, 9:32 pm Product placement plug for LG - Jason Lee, 9:33 pm Stiller's exaggeration here is not much. - Tim Briody, 9:34 pm Ben Stiller is just savaging Phoenix. - Pete Kilmer, 9:34 pm The Academy Award for Best Cinematography goes to Slumdog Millionaire. - Kim Hollis, 9:35 pm Waiting for Casey Affleck to show up to film the whole thing. - Daron Aldridge, 9:35 pm We may be headed for a sweep. - Michael Bentley, 9:35 pm Riddle me this: will Slumdog lose a single Oscar that they're nommed for tonight? I say . . . . . no. - Jason Lee, 9:35 pm And yes, folks, Ben Stiller did put that gum back into his mouth. - Daron Aldridge, 9:35 pm Daron, the bit would have killed even more if Ben Affleck showed up to film Ben Stiller. - Pete Kilmer, 9:37 pm Between Marley & Me, Bolt and Hotel for Dogs, this doggie Mastercard commercial is totally on trend. - Jason Lee, 9:38 pm I wonder what flavor it was. - Michael Bentley, 9:38 pm I think Jessica Biel's dress is a Snuggie. - Tim Briody, 9:39 pm Looked like Double Bubble to me. - Daron Aldridge, 9:39 pm I'm happy to say that Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away did not use that guy's software. - Jason Lee, 9:40 pm She was really talking about Kevin Flynn. - Max Braden, 9:40 pm Is this ad for The Soloist the first movie trailer of the evening? - Max Braden, 9:41 pm Tim, my BF just cracked up over your snuggie comment. I will admit, I had no idea what one was. But now I want one. And I want to wear it to the Oscars. - Jason Lee, 9:42 pm I believe it is. Until the end, I thought it would be Resurrecting the Champ 2. - Daron Aldridge, 9:42 pm Moral of the story: pot makes the Oscars even better. - Jason Lee, 9:43 pm That's pretty much the best and most appropriate reaction I've seen to The Reader so far. - Kim Hollis, 9:43 pm Leading off with The Love Guru is not strong. But more jokes about The Reader being nominated are good. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:44 pm THREE GAY KISSES in the Oscars telecast? Wow. Go ABC!! - Jason Lee, 9:44 pm Linking the bromance of Pineapple Express to Milk is hysterical. - Max Braden, 9:45 pm This segment is totally better than Pineapple Express was. - Kim Hollis, 9:45 pm I'd totally watch Pineapple Express 2. With Janusz Kaminski in the film! - Pete Kilmer, 9:45 pm I'm loving these tongue in cheek Oscar montages. This is an awesome Oscars. - Jason Lee, 9:45 pm I think Seth Rogan is starring in a remake of Thinner. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:46 pm Dear God, there was a Necro Butcher shout-out on the Oscar telecast. - Sean Collier, 9:46 pm Since Dan Krovich doesn't seem to be around, I just want to transcribe his twitter from earlier: "Christian Bale should be presenting Cinematography." - Max Braden, 9:47 pm Dammit, and Seth was totally a fat guy icon. Now all we have left is stupid Kevin James. - Tim Briody, 9:47 pm The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short goes to Spielzeugland (Toyland). - Kim Hollis, 9:47 pm I'm assuming that this award broke the logjam at the top of our Oscars pool. - Jason Lee, 9:48 pm Ninja Cat was robbed! I mean, come on! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sKqxtD-9JQ - David Mumpower, 9:48 pm Just an fyi, Seth Rogen was losing weight to get in shape for The Green Hornet movie. - Pete Kilmer, 9:48 pm The fact that everything is working so well in these Oscars is presenting a problem for me. I need disasters to snark about. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:50 pm One of the most "We're All Just Guessing" categories, Live Action Short lived up to that name as only three of us correctly picked Spielzeugland. I presently have the lovely Miss Caroline Thibodeaux in the lead with 8 out of 10 correct so far. - Tim Briody, 9:51 pm I don't see Castle lasting very long. - Michael Bentley, 9:52 pm Wolverine fans are crying tears of unfathomable sadness again. - Jason Lee, 9:52 pm Beyonce? yeah, cause she hasn't sung at the oscars before - Jason Lee, 9:53 pm I take it this singer is someone people care about? - Calvin Trager, 9:53 pm Boy, she's put on some weight lately, hasn't she? - Jason Lee, 9:53 pm Hey, it's Beyonce! GO AWAY. - Les Winan, 9:54 pm Correction: there WEREN'T any train wrecks. Now, we have Grease. - Sean Collier, 9:54 pm I'd rather have another montage. - Michael Bentley, 9:54 pm I'm sure Beyonce is thinking "Suck it Jennifer Hudson" - Pete Kilmer, 9:55 pm Rihanna was supposed to be doing this part but she was a late scratch. Too soon? - Calvin Trager, 9:55 pm Etta James just called in to badmouth this montage. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:55 pm Oh, look, it's an extended tribute to the musical. I'm in Academy Awards hell. BTW, those are the stars of High School Musical if you hadn't noticed. - David Mumpower, 9:55 pm Etta James is now breaking walls like Mickey Rourke - Jason Lee, 9:56 pm Beyonce's openly taunting Etta James now. - Les Winan, 9:56 pm Okay, since they're getting a duet now, you've probably noticed by now. - David Mumpower, 9:56 pm Is this the gayest Oscars ever? - Les Winan, 9:56 pm C'mon snipers, where are you? - Kim Hollis, 9:56 pm I'm also sure Peter Gabriel is even more furious. - Pete Kilmer, 9:56 pm Did we really need a kickline? really. - Jason Lee, 9:57 pm Well, there went all the goodwill I had toward this broadcast. And I have a theater degree, for god's sake. - Sean Collier, 9:57 pm For the record, I did not like that and will not be putting a ring on it. - Tim Briody, 9:57 pm This impossibly long musical number is the danger of making Hugh Jackman the host. - David Mumpower, 9:57 pm I thought the musical was officially back when Chicago won Best Picture? - Jason Lee, 9:57 pm "Have the Rolling Stones killed." - Tim Briody, 9:58 pm Even Baz Luhrmann wants to punch Baz Luhrmann in the face right now. - Les Winan, 9:58 pm The worst part of all is the shocking exclusion of Xanadu. - David Mumpower, 9:59 pm Late scratch! - Calvin Trager, 10:00 pm The Proposal looks funny enough for me to see. Given the way the box office is going this year, it will open at eighty million dollars. - Max Braden, 10:00 pm So they've done animation, comedy, romance and musicals. what comes next? horror? politics? - Jason Lee, 10:01 pm David, you are totally correct. If they had included a segment of the Rush classic "Xanadu" it would have totally saved that segment. - Pete Kilmer, 10:01 pm "Wait, wait. Here comes Hugh Jackman. He's always drunk and violent." - Michael Bentley, 10:02 pm "The Academy's Salute to the Intermission!" - Reagen Sulewski, 10:02 pm I have never seen the word "Rush" mentioned in combination with the word "classic" before, Pete. - David Mumpower, 10:02 pm For the record, I am totally 100% happy that Joel Grey is here presenting this award. Cabaret is one of the greatest musicals ever and it's great to see him up there. But this time, he better not stab Spike. - Jason Lee, 10:03 pm I'm surprised there's been no Real3D element to this Oscars. - Max Braden, 10:03 pm Remember back when Joel Grey was a bad guy on Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Sadly, that's mainly what I know him from. - David Mumpower, 10:04 pm The winner of Best Supporting Actor is... Heath Ledger! Oops, is that a spoiler? - Les Winan, 10:04 pm Please stop giving them ideas, Max. - Tim Briody, 10:04 pm I remember Joel Grey as the Sloane Clone from Alias. - Pete Kilmer, 10:05 pm Damn you, Cameron Crowe. - Michael Bentley, 10:05 pm Cuba looks lost up there without his snow dogs. - Jason Lee, 10:05 pm This is Cuba Gooding Jr.'s highest profile role in years. - Les Winan, 10:05 pm Diane Lane looks amazing. - Daron Aldridge, 10:05 pm Ironically, Cuba Gooding's roles are more offensive to black people than RDJ in Tropic Thunder. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:06 pm Speaking of Cabaret, I was surprised how little singing there is compared to many other musicals. - Michael Bentley, 10:06 pm Walken speaking to Michael Shannon is the perfect match of crazy/creepy. - Max Braden, 10:07 pm This has such a different feel of "good show, jolly 'ole chap" . . . as opposed to the Best Supporting Actress category. - Jason Lee, 10:07 pm The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor goes to Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight. - Kim Hollis, 10:07 pm As obvious as this win was, I still say that The Joker will go down as one of the greatest performances ever in the history of film. - Jason Lee, 10:08 pm The audience shots are amazing here. Sean Penn was about to lose it. - Tim Briody, 10:08 pm Is there a riot if the orchestra tries to play off the Ledger family? - Les Winan, 10:09 pm Heath just did amazing work in the role. - Pete Kilmer, 10:09 pm Personally, I think he was better in Brokeback. - Michael Bentley, 10:10 pm Is this an informercial for HD cameras? - Jason Lee, 10:11 pm Not mentioned: Werner was shot just before filming that. - Michael Bentley, 10:12 pm As much as it pains me that this year of all years it slipped away from Robert Downey Jr., I don't think it's too much to say that Heath's performance was one those unique deliveries in Hollywood history. - Max Braden, 10:12 pm F*ck, I just said f*ck on the Oscars - Jason Lee, 10:13 pm Ledger's family accepting the word was the first time during this show that I stopped looking at my computer monitor for an entire segment. If they had cut to commercial break rather than going to Best Documentary, I was going to suggest a five minute break as a moment of silence there. Ledger's sister was barely holding it together. - David Mumpower, 10:13 pm I can't hear Werner Herzog's voice without giggling inappropriately at the thought of Timothy Treadwell being dismembered by grizzly bears. - Les Winan, 10:13 pm Bill Maher was... not my first choice of presenter after Heath Ledger's win. - Tim Briody, 10:14 pm Bill Maher is close to getting fired from the Oscars. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:14 pm I guess that since Bill Maher is presenting the award for Best Documentary, Ben Stein probably isn't winning for Expelled. - David Mumpower, 10:14 pm The Academy Award for Best Documentary goes to Man on Wire. - Kim Hollis, 10:15 pm Bill Maher openly pandered for a movie that I believe has already left theaters. - Daron Aldridge, 10:15 pm Overrated there I said it. - Sean Collier, 10:15 pm someone just wandered onto the stage!!! security! - Jason Lee, 10:16 pm Watch this guy trip down the stairs. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:16 pm This guy is the Roberto Begnini of 2008 - Jason Lee, 10:17 pm The Academy Award for Best Documentary Short goes to Smile Pinki. - Kim Hollis, 10:17 pm Be thankful it wasn't as long as the 8 minute interview he had on Colbert Report. Truly Begnini-esque. - Daron Aldridge, 10:18 pm Damn you David and Eric for correctly predicting that one - Jason Lee, 10:18 pm The complete stranger accepting the award for Smiling Pinki is wearing the best dress I've seen so far tonight. If it's off the rack, fashion designers are going to have to kill her. - David Mumpower, 10:18 pm Boooooooo! She didn't try to do a trick with her Oscar! Booooo! - Tim Briody, 10:19 pm It's not off the rack, David, it's completely covered up. Oh- - Calvin Trager, 10:19 pm Oooh, they're playing Cloverfield as they cut to commercial. Who wants to bet that Paramount decided to buy a commercial for Star Trek and that it'll run in the next commercial break after the "action movies" montage? - Jason Lee, 10:20 pm Jason, it better be a new Star Trek commercial. - Pete Kilmer, 10:21 pm Heh, Tom Cruise/Jimmy Kimmel show promo. "I'll do your show, but please save my cat. ... I don't have a cat." - Max Braden, 10:22 pm Wow, Tom Cruise's comeback is almost as big as Mariah's. Almost. - Jason Lee, 10:22 pm And the Tom Cruise Career Reclamation Project continues. - Pete Kilmer, 10:23 pm We get some love for Speed Racer! - Jason Lee, 10:23 pm If the Oscar orchestra were an airplane I'd expect to look out the window and see a gremlin on the wing. - Max Braden, 10:24 pm This action montage is nicely edited. - Calvin Trager, 10:24 pm The Academy Award for Outstanding Visual Effects goes to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. - Kim Hollis, 10:27 pm The Dark Knight snubbing rolls on. - Sean Collier, 10:27 pm Oh, there's going to be nerd blood in the streets. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:27 pm Button again? I mean it's a good film and the CGI and effects work were decent, but c'mon! - Pete Kilmer, 10:27 pm Out of the nominees, Iron Man was the clear choice. On the whole, Speed Racer was genuinely robbed. Love or hate the film, it was easily the most visually stimulating of the year. - David Mumpower, 10:28 pm Not your typical visual effects winner, but well-deserved, I think. - Michael Bentley, 10:28 pm I'm torn on Button winning because most of the movie was just soft-focus claptrap, but young/skinny Pitt was pretty impressive, as was the WWII action sequence. - Max Braden, 10:28 pm C'mon WALL:E! - Jason Lee, 10:28 pm That "boom goes the dynamite" kid on YouTube will just never live it down. - Tim Briody, 10:29 pm The Academy Award for Best Sound Editing goes to The Dark Knight. - Kim Hollis, 10:29 pm Glad the Dark Knight won for Sound, but even I thought Wall-E deserved that one. - Pete Kilmer, 10:29 pm Way to go, Academy. You ignored two worthy comic book movies for a backwards aging Brad Pitt. - Daron Aldridge, 10:30 pm Street presence of nerd blood has ceased . . . for now - Jason Lee, 10:30 pm "Boom Goes the Dynamite" gets a shout out? What's next, does the Star Wars Kid come next? - Reagen Sulewski, 10:30 pm Okay, that's two wins for The Dark Knight...on top of a billion dollars. It's got two more chances with the group think being that it should win one more. I do wonder what more the Academy wanted from this movie. - David Mumpower, 10:30 pm Speed Racer not even being nominated for anything was just crazy. That was an amazingly produced film. - Pete Kilmer, 10:31 pm Reagan, I'm expecting Hugh Jackman to bust out the Soulja Boy before the night is over. - Tim Briody, 10:31 pm The Academy Award for Sound Mixing goes to Slumdog Millionaire. - Kim Hollis, 10:31 pm Slumdog really can't be stopped. - Sean Collier, 10:32 pm Can you imagine how dead on arrival this series of awards would be if Philip Seymour Hoffman was presenting? - Max Braden, 10:32 pm I did not see three different films winning Visual Effects, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing. This is the weirdest Oscars ever. - Tim Briody, 10:33 pm OK, Slumdog is now winning random categories it has no business competing in. We can wrap this up now. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:33 pm Agreed reagen, on both points - Jason Lee, 10:33 pm If it takes Song, it likely wins 8. - Michael Bentley, 10:34 pm You think the Sound Mixing guys and the Sound Editing guys get along? I'm picturing a rivalry that would make the Bloods and Crips look like a campfire sing-a-long. - Calvin Trager, 10:34 pm The Academy Award for Best Film Editing goes to Slumdog Millionaire. - Kim Hollis, 10:35 pm I like how they are using the Oscars to give millions of people an at-home film school course. - Daron Aldridge, 10:35 pm Frost/Nixon deserved Best Editing, in my opinion. - Michael Bentley, 10:35 pm I do think Slumdog winning for Editing was well deserved. - Pete Kilmer, 10:36 pm Calvin, I bet they fight like cats and dogs. But when nobody's looking they like to cuddle. - Michael Bentley, 10:36 pm I hope the designer of the 81st Academy Awards logo was well paid for those 12 seconds of work. - Tim Briody, 10:37 pm That was a random inclusion of an Aimee Mann song ... - Jason Lee, 10:37 pm A tribute to Jerry Lewis is next. This is what we get when we're in a recession, people. Start buying more stuff or next year it's Charles Nelson Reilly. - Max Braden, 10:40 pm "Please welcome Academy Award nominee Eddie Murphy" is never going to stop being funny. - David Mumpower, 10:42 pm Eddie Murphy's introduction was changed at the last minute from "Academy Award winner if Norbit hadn't been released." - Tim Briody, 10:42 pm Once Eddie Murphy realizes this Oscar isn't going to him, do you think he'll storm out? - Les Winan, 10:42 pm You know how I know the Oscars are gay? - Tim Briody, 10:43 pm Coldplay cashes another check for the Jerry Lewis montage. - Pete Kilmer, 10:43 pm And another Coldplay song used in a montage. Maybe that's what you get when your wife is an Oscar winner. - Daron Aldridge, 10:43 pm The Oscars are trying to make up for Album of the Year going to Plant/Krauss as opposed to Coldplay - Jason Lee, 10:44 pm Michael Jackson is getting the wrong idea from this award. - Max Braden, 10:44 pm Do we get a The Day the Clown Cried reference? Because that would make my night. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:45 pm Boy, this ceremony is really moving along briskly, isn't it? - Jason Lee, 10:47 pm I have to say that Jerry Lewis was surpisingly brief and well-spoken. - Daron Aldridge, 10:48 pm Boy I really wish Eddie Murphy would rediscover his edge. It could be in comedy or serious roles, but he needs to find "it" again. - Pete Kilmer, 10:49 pm For what it's worth, I think he'll have a hit with A Thousand Words - Jason Lee, 10:50 pm Donkey's not edgy enough for you, Pete? - Michael Bentley, 10:51 pm We can call off the APB, Hugh Jackman finally returned. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:51 pm Donkey is for the kids, I want the Eddie Murphy of the red leather jumpsuit days back. - Pete Kilmer, 10:53 pm Zac has nothing to do but stand there and model pose - Jason Lee, 10:54 pm The Academy Award for Best Original Score goes to A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire. - Kim Hollis, 10:54 pm *shocker* - Michael Bentley, 10:54 pm Nevermind Zac Efron, but Alicia Keys doesn't exactly scream "Oscars" to me. - Tim Briody, 10:54 pm I'm growing concerned they are going to retroactively retrieve the already presented Oscars and give them to Slumdog Millionaire. - David Mumpower, 10:54 pm Sigh, this is a total, complete, 100% travesty that WALL:E is not receiving any of the Oscar love. I'm super rooting for an upset in the Best Original Song category. - Jason Lee, 10:54 pm I thought I heard at another award ceremony that his name is really pronounced "rooman." - Max Braden, 10:55 pm I love that HS3 had 6 songs eligible for the Best Original Song category and get no nomination. And yet Zac is still up there. - Jason Lee, 10:56 pm And the Oscar for Best Original Super Awesomeness goes to... Slumdog Millionaire. - Michael Bentley, 10:56 pm Bruce Springsteen just kicked a puppy. - Calvin Trager, 10:56 pm This guy gets all of Peter Gabriel's time out of spite. - Tim Briody, 10:56 pm This part looks choreographed by Julie Taymor. Or Kanye West. - Jason Lee, 10:56 pm So the WALL:E song has Slumdog dancers. NOW can it win an Oscar, please? - Jason Lee, 10:58 pm At least it wasn't a baby seal. - Michael Bentley, 10:58 pm While I dig John Legend, I am NOT blown away with him as a Peter Gabriel substitute - Daron Aldridge, 10:58 pm The Springsteen song for The Wrestler was totally missing from this category. - Pete Kilmer, 10:58 pm Here's the dude singing as another dude. - Max Braden, 10:58 pm Well, Peter, you're first in my heart if not the Academy's. And I'm pretty sure the fact that they weren't going to give you equal time tells you where your chances lie. - Kim Hollis, 10:59 pm Yeah, Bruce was shafted, but Best Song has always been a bit of a joke. - Michael Bentley, 10:59 pm Every year there's a movie I haven't seen that I randomly start to hate. This year's award goes to...Slumdog Millionaire! - Les Winan, 11:00 pm Maybe this combo WALL:E / Slumdog can win an Oscar for Pixar. - Jason Lee, 11:00 pm With all the success that Slumdog is showing this year at the awards, do we really think we'll see more Bollywood Productions at the American Theaters? - Pete Kilmer, 11:00 pm Les, I agree 100% - Jason Lee, 11:00 pm It's a Best Song mash-up. - Daron Aldridge, 11:00 pm The Academy Award for Best Original Song goes to Jai Ho, from Slumdog Millionaire. - Kim Hollis, 11:01 pm I hate Slumdog - Jason Lee, 11:01 pm "I'd like to thank everyone that I just thanked a few minutes ago." - Jason Lee, 11:02 pm A.R. Rahman 2, Martin Scorsese 1! - David Mumpower, 11:02 pm Spielberg isn't the only one who doesn't age. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer) still looks like he did on 3rd from the Sun and he just turned 28. - Daron Aldridge, 11:02 pm In a word, Pete: no. - Michael Bentley, 11:02 pm Danny Boyle's "shock and excitement" shtick has officially worn thin. I want to pick him up and stuff him in a trash can. - Les Winan, 11:03 pm It's officially the Outsourced Awards. Hey actors' branch, better learn Hindi! - Reagen Sulewski, 11:03 pm This is the earliest in the ceremony that we've officially turned on a movie. - Tim Briody, 11:03 pm Pete, the answer to your question is: Prossably - Calvin Trager, 11:03 pm A.R. Rahman 2, Kate Winslet 0! - Les Winan, 11:03 pm Being the fanboy of Dark Knight that I was this year, I have to say I really enjoyed Slumdog. - Pete Kilmer, 11:03 pm It's a good movie and I don't think you should just skip it on principle, but there were definitely better movies this year. - Michael Bentley, 11:04 pm A.R. Rahman 2, Alfred Hitchcock 0! - Les Winan, 11:04 pm I'm ready to make a pencil disappear into Slumdog Millionaire's eye. - Les Winan, 11:05 pm Just by looking at Boyle I'd never have guessed that he directed Trainspotting. - Michael Bentley, 11:05 pm I'll join in: A.R. Rahman 2, Ralph Fiennes 0! - Daron Aldridge, 11:06 pm Somewhere, Bruce Springsteen is polishing his other Oscar. - Sean Collier, 11:06 pm The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film goes to Departures, from Japan. - Kim Hollis, 11:07 pm A.R. Rahman 2, Paul Newman 1! - Les Winan, 11:07 pm Wow, I almost picked this upset - Jason Lee, 11:07 pm For what it's worth, the only movie I liked better than Slumdog was WALL-E. - Kim Hollis, 11:07 pm A.R. Rahman 2, Citizen Kane 1! - Les Winan, 11:08 pm I loved Dark Knight/Wall-E/The Wrestler/Frost-Nixon/Doubt as much as anyone, but I stand by my vote for Slumdog as the easy best picture of the year. I haven't had a problem with any award it has won. - Sean Collier, 11:08 pm The favorite almost never wins best foreign film. - Michael Bentley, 11:08 pm Wow, that is saying a lot, Kim, given how much we know you love Wall-E. - Daron Aldridge, 11:08 pm I should have known that Waltz With Bashir was going down when it didn't get nommed for Best Animated Feature - Jason Lee, 11:09 pm A.R. Rahman 2, Chinatown 1! A.R. Rahman 2, Double Indemnity 0! Okay, I'm done. - Les Winan, 11:09 pm I don't know anything about this guy other than that his noodles keep college students from starving to death. - David Mumpower, 11:09 pm They said that this year's show would have a "narrative". If Slumdog Millionaire is upset for Best Picture we will know that the narrative was written by M. Night Shyamalan. - Calvin Trager, 11:09 pm To be fair, I'm a mark for Danny Boyle. - Kim Hollis, 11:10 pm Here's another for you, Les: A.R. Rahman 2, Peter O'Toole 0! - Daron Aldridge, 11:10 pm It would only be written by M. Night if it turns out that we're all aliens that can't bear that touch of slumdogs - Jason Lee, 11:11 pm DAMN YOU, A.R. RAHMAN! - Les Winan, 11:11 pm I'm going to go ahead and say it. The show started out pretty strong and then it kind of ran out of gas. - Tim Briody, 11:11 pm Paul Newman is going to dominate the retrospective this year. - David Mumpower, 11:11 pm To Calvin's point, it would be the best work Shyamalan has done in years. - Les Winan, 11:11 pm I love Queen Latifah. She gets my vote for next Oscar host if Hugh Jackman declines. - Max Braden, 11:12 pm *swings away* - Michael Bentley, 11:12 pm Tim, everything fell apart once the musical tribute began. - David Mumpower, 11:12 pm I'm not sure why Queen Latifah didn't wander off in that direction earlier in her song - Jason Lee, 11:12 pm I still want to know what Queen Latifah is Queen of. - Les Winan, 11:12 pm Good call, David - Jason Lee, 11:15 pm Nice tribute. - Pete Kilmer, 11:15 pm That dearly departed montage gave me motion sickness. - Kim Hollis, 11:16 pm I think things started to turn south when everyone realized how much more fun they would be having if Steve Martin and Tina Fey were hosting. - Calvin Trager, 11:16 pm Agreed, Pete. Very well done memorium montage. That formula could work year after year. - Daron Aldridge, 11:17 pm Sarah Palin at the Oscars. Who's ready to see it happen? - Jason Lee, 11:17 pm Ewwwwww, worst dress of the night. - Jason Lee, 11:18 pm Best present ever...Thanks, Sid. - Daron Aldridge, 11:19 pm Poor Reese, these hard times have obviously made it so she can't eat. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:19 pm Everyone is really un-nerved by the orchestra coming in out of nowhere like that. - Calvin Trager, 11:20 pm You know what would be a great present? If Gus Van Sant were to win this. - Jason Lee, 11:20 pm Not so fast, Spoony, we also haven't yet honored Great Hollywood Marriages and Offspring. - Max Braden, 11:20 pm The Academy Award for Best Director goes to Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire. - Kim Hollis, 11:20 pm I've pinpointed the exact moment the show started going downhill as when they stopped making jokes at the expense of The Reader. - Tim Briody, 11:20 pm I hope Fincher wins some year. - Michael Bentley, 11:21 pm Is this the first time they have done Director before Actor and Actress? I only remember it always directly preceding Picture. - Daron Aldridge, 11:21 pm I was so hoping someone would punch Danny Boyle on the way up to the stage. And that was before he started hopping around like he was on ecstasy. - Les Winan, 11:21 pm While Boyle does deserve his win, it was a crime that Christopher Nolan was passed over for a nomination. - Pete Kilmer, 11:21 pm Reviewing the awards to date, BOP's group-think has correctly predicted 17 out of 21. We missed Best Sound Mixing, Best Live Action Short, Best Animated Short (Presto was *robbed*), and Documentary Short thus far. Our picks in the remaining majors are Kate Winslet, Mickey Rourke and Slumdog Millionaire. - David Mumpower, 11:21 pm As much as Boyle deserved it and Button was perhaps Fincher's worst film, I wouldn't have been upset if Fincher took it. But the right nominee won. - Sean Collier, 11:22 pm It's happened before, Daron. - Michael Bentley, 11:22 pm The film I want to win NEVER does. Thus, I'm officially rooting for Slumdog for Best Pic and Kate Winslet for Best Actress. - Jason Lee, 11:22 pm Biggest upset of the night - no Madoff jokes so far. - Calvin Trager, 11:23 pm Too much of a sore spot for Kevin Bacon, Calvin. - Tim Briody, 11:25 pm Really, Michael? Thanks. Maybe they are putting Actor at the end, so it's as late as possible and they won't feel as obligated to censor Mickey Rourke's acceptance speech. - Daron Aldridge, 11:25 pm Here comes the coven. - Max Braden, 11:25 pm I love this "five past winners present this year's winner" thing - Jason Lee, 11:26 pm Don't make Kate Winslet angry. You wouldn't like her when she's angry. - Les Winan, 11:26 pm Daron, I'm with you. I don't recall this ever happening before. I think they did this in order to highlight the Best Actress category more than usual, but it seems strange given that this show is effectively Danny Boyle's coronation. - David Mumpower, 11:27 pm Hmm, we might need the Mickey Rourke delay for any 9/11 related comments Marion Cotillard might make. - Tim Briody, 11:27 pm What I like about this format of presenters is that its like they're all being openly judged. I keep waiting for them to end with "...and your faults are..." - Reagen Sulewski, 11:28 pm I've seen exactly none of the other films, but Anne Hathaway deserves an Oscar for Rachel Getting Married and it's a shame if she doesn't win. She was incredible. - Les Winan, 11:28 pm I swear Michael Shannon looks like he's ready to pull a gun. I'm looking forward to his typecasting. - Max Braden, 11:29 pm The Kate Winslet Dam is cracking. - Pete Kilmer, 11:29 pm Marion has to be the most unknown of recent acting winners. Wonder if we'll see more of her anytime soon. - Michael Bentley, 11:29 pm Sophia Loren in HD: It burns! It burns! - Calvin Trager, 11:30 pm And ladies, this is why you never fake tan. - Tim Briody, 11:30 pm Sophia Loren's run of looking sexy at any age has officially ended. - Les Winan, 11:30 pm I predict all the "Sophie Loren GILF" jokes to suddenly and immediately cease after this. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:31 pm The Academy Award for Best Actress goes to Kate Winslet for her performance in The Reader. - Kim Hollis, 11:32 pm Next year they should keep the five on stage but switch it up. Imagine the fanboy praise for the actresses if five Visual Effects guys present them. - Max Braden, 11:32 pm I don't know. If you're like 96 and had cataracts you'd still be pretty pleased. - Michael Bentley, 11:32 pm NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! - Jason Lee, 11:32 pm Doesn't a Meryl Streep/Kate Winslet buddy cop movie seem inevitable? - David Mumpower, 11:33 pm All of Britain has jumped excitedly to the edges of their seats. - Max Braden, 11:33 pm This would be great if The Reader wasn't a terrible, terrible film. - Sean Collier, 11:33 pm David, I'd greenlight that production tomorrow. - Pete Kilmer, 11:33 pm Kate should really do some more cardio if she's this out of shape. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:33 pm Also, they mixed up the formula by having the previous best Actress winner present to this year's. They usually go boy-girl, girl-boy. - Daron Aldridge, 11:34 pm For anyone who hasn't noticed, Hugh's three-hour promise has been formally broken. - Sean Collier, 11:35 pm Enjoy this Kate, because since you turn 35 next year, you're never getting another one. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:36 pm I mean, it writes itself! Streep is the grizzled veteran three days from retirement. Winslet is the young maverick who plays by her own rules. Hell, it's a Lethal Weapon re-imagining! - David Mumpower, 11:36 pm It doesn't feel like an over 3 hour show though. - Daron Aldridge, 11:36 pm Sean, that's the thing. Kate Winslet gets nominated for everything. It's a crying shame she finally wins for her worst movie. - David Mumpower, 11:37 pm Sir Ben Kingsley is being lured on stage in order for the Academy to repossess his award due to his recent body of work. - David Mumpower, 11:37 pm I think Adrian Brody is wearing Ben Stiller's beard. - Jason Lee, 11:37 pm Daniel Day-Lewis could not be reached in his undisclosed location, I see. - Tim Briody, 11:38 pm It sounds like Cagney and Lacey, David. - Max Braden, 11:38 pm I really like the aspect of previous winners introducing the nominees. It really gives it a "Welcome to the club" feel. - Pete Kilmer, 11:38 pm Hey, it's Ben Kingsley! Star of War, Inc. and BloodRayne! - Kim Hollis, 11:38 pm David, I guess that sequence of events was going to play out for either Winslet or Fincher. I'll pretend it's for Revolutionary Road instead. - Sean Collier, 11:38 pm David, they could just do a straight-up Lethal Weapon remake and have Winslet's breasts prominently featured on the poster. Of course, they'd have to call it Lethal Weapons. Whew, that was a long way to go for an unfunny punchline. - Les Winan, 11:39 pm Cagney and Lacey were the Xena and Gabrielle of their time, Max. Don't ruin this by making it dirty, you sick freak. - David Mumpower, 11:40 pm Allow me to take this moment to express my Calvins disagreement; Mickey Rourke had the best performance of the year by a mile (not counting Heath,) and it'll be a crime if he doesn't win. If Randy The Ram hadn't had a single line, he'd still have delivered the best performance of the year. - Sean Collier, 11:40 pm Richard Jenkins was briefly scared that his criminal past was about to be exposed by Google. - Max Braden, 11:40 pm *Roots for a Penn upset or a Langella mega upset* - Calvin Trager, 11:41 pm Rourke looks like a pimp - Jason Lee, 11:42 pm You lose me there, Sean. Frank Langella had by far the best performance I saw last year, even over Ledger. He made Richard Nixon border on sympathetic. THAT is acting. - David Mumpower, 11:42 pm If Randy the Ram doesn't win I'm taking a steel chair to the Academy. - Pete Kilmer, 11:43 pm The Academy Award for Best Actor goes to Sean Penn in Milk. - Kim Hollis, 11:43 pm I'd love to see Anthony Hopkins, Malcolm McDowell, and Ben Kingsley star as three crime brothers in a British mob film. - Max Braden, 11:43 pm Apparently, it's hard out there for a pimp. - Jason Lee, 11:43 pm Robert Pattinson is looking quite like the Devil on Mickey's shoulder. - Daron Aldridge, 11:43 pm *Gloats* Thanks for coming Mickey! - Calvin Trager, 11:44 pm I guess Mickey Rourke will be wrestling Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania 25 now. - Pete Kilmer, 11:44 pm "You commie, homo-loving sons of guns." So, Sean has been noticing the show's direction tonight. - David Mumpower, 11:44 pm "You commie, homo-loving, sons of guns" That's not a line they're going to use in future tributes. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:44 pm Honestly, Penn, Rourke, Langella and Jenkins were all just spectacular. This is a solid category (with the exception of Pitt, who I think always lets things happen around him). - Kim Hollis, 11:44 pm Agree 100% Kim - Jason Lee, 11:45 pm Daron, did that make Tina Fey the angel? - Reagen Sulewski, 11:45 pm I'm waiting for Penn to thank a few third world dictators. - Kim Hollis, 11:45 pm Kim, I do agree with you, it was a strong category this year. I just really loved Rourke's role. - Pete Kilmer, 11:45 pm Travesty. - Sean Collier, 11:45 pm Viva el Fidel Castro! - David Mumpower, 11:46 pm Yes, Reagen, it does. It is very aptly cast that way. - Daron Aldridge, 11:46 pm With respect to Penn's sentiments, I think Adrien Brody delivered a better version of this speech. - Max Braden, 11:47 pm I am personally very happy to hear Sean Penn speak that way about equal rights. Good for him. And hopefully, soon, good for us sometime soon. - Jason Lee, 11:47 pm The Spielberg! He does not age! - Les Winan, 11:47 pm Steven Spielberg can say Slumdog Millionaire right now and that matters for the history books, but everyone who lived through it knows that 2008 was the Year of The Dark Knight. - David Mumpower, 11:48 pm Speilberg: "All film makers are part of a larger cellulite fabric. Wait, that's not right, is it?" - Calvin Trager, 11:48 pm This montage is amazing. - Jason Lee, 11:50 pm In the Rebecca Hall Was Overlooked category this year, I also present Irrfan Khan of Slumdog Millionaire. - Max Braden, 11:50 pm Only a few minutes left until we see if the Weinsteins are back in business. - Daron Aldridge, 11:51 pm The Academy Award for Best Picture goes to Slumdog Millionaire. - Kim Hollis, 11:52 pm Water wet. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:53 pm I must say, this was one of the most predictable Oscars in recent memory -- EVERY frontrunner won. - Jason Lee, 11:53 pm Another year with a solid Best Picture winner...but I'm not going to get over the Rourke screwjob easily. Anyway...Jai Ho, everybody. - Sean Collier, 11:54 pm Sure, I think Dev Patel is the perfect choice to play Michael Phelps in the biopic. - Max Braden, 11:54 pm Hey, it's all the Indian kids Hollywood will fly back to India first class tomorrow morning and then forget about! - Les Winan, 11:54 pm One of the more amazing things about this film winning is that it barely escaped being released straight to DVD. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:54 pm I can't disagree with the pick of Slumdog as best movie since Dark Knight wasn't nominated. - Pete Kilmer, 11:55 pm Frankly, I thought that Slumdog was the weakest film out of the 5 nominated. - Jason Lee, 11:56 pm Wolverines!! - Max Braden, 11:56 pm Sherlock Holmes is going to be *phenomenal*. - Max Braden, 11:57 pm Well, this was... - Les Winan, 11:58 pm Overall, the group correctly predicted 19 out of the 24 awards, including nine out of the top ten majors, missing only Sean Penn. - Kim Hollis, 11:59 pm I thought Frost/Nixon was the best of the nominated films with Slumdog Millionaire second. The Reader almost made my bottom ten. It is by faaaaaaaaar the worst film nominated not just this year but in many, many years. - David Mumpower, 12:02 am Yep, a quality show at the start that just flat ran out of gas. More jokes about The Reader, less song and dance. Sorry, Wolverine. - Tim Briody, 12:04 am
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