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2010 Oscars BlogMarch 7, 2010
Hey, it's the BOP 2010 Academy Awards blog. We'll be checking in periodically during the red carpet goings-on. - Tony Kollath, 6:47 pm
Welcome to the red carpet on the E! Network --a short man in a tux with a microphone talking with comparatively tall, reasonably glamorous, impractically fashionable people. And welcome to the Academy Awards . . . - Russ Bickerstaff, 7:08 pm The difference in height between Seacrest and Kathryn Bigelow is approximately four feet. - Tony Kollath, 7:19 pm Clooney's prediction is Jeff Bridges for the win. As is mine. He was terrific in Crazy Heart. Just terrific. - Pete Kilmer, 7:30 pm Clooney looking very old Hollywood, wearing Jimmy Stewart's hair. - Max Braden, 7:37 pm I think it was a huge mistake by E! to hire The Riddler for the Red Carpet coverage. He'll have Hollywood *and* Gotham City under his spell by the end of the night. - David Mumpower, 7:41 pm I have the over/under on "Release the Kraken" jokes in this live blog at 2.5. - Les Winan, 7:41 pm I can't believe that Seacrest actually said "Widen out" to the cameraman when discussing Gabourey Sidibe's dress. - Daron Aldridge, 7:42 pm Apparently having run out of legitimate avenues of complaint about Meryl Streep, something called Randolph Duke has taken to criticizing her posture. Is he going to run out there with a ruler and smack her hand? - Reagen Sulewski, 7:45 pm Seacrest mentions to Robert Downey Jr. that Ozzy Osbourne wants him to play him in the movie about Ozzy. That's an interesting choice. RDJ has the background to match Ozzy's - that's for sure. - Pete Kilmer, 7:48 pm Eli Roth always looks like he's getting ready for his bar mitzvah. - Reagen Sulewski, 7:48 pm Am I the only person checking out the Barbara Walters special? It's....well, it's a great reason for why she's quitting the specials. Far more terrible than the red carpet, I bet. - Josh Spiegel, 7:50 pm It sounds 100% wrong for Guiliana to mention Miley Cyrus in the same breath as Kate Winslet and Meryl Streep. - Daron Aldridge, 7:54 pm If the Best Supporting Actress nominees get tossed into Thunderdome, Anna Kendrick gets corpsed inside of 15 seconds. I'm also laying 1:2 odds that the whole thing ends with Mo'Nique sitting on a throne featuring the skulls of her opponents. - David Mumpower, 8:04 pm I was never a big fan of Maggie Gyllenhaal but she, along with Jeff Bridges, was just terrific in Crazy Heart. However, Monique is gonna take that category. - Pete Kilmer, 8:04 pm Some Vegas odds before the show gets going: Best Picture The Hurt Locker 1/2 Avatar 1/1 Inglorious Basterds 10/1 The Blind Side 25/1 Up in the Air 30/1 Precious 50/1 An Education 60/1 A Serious Man 60/1 Up 60/1 District 9 60/1 - Reagen Sulewski, 8:04 pm A Kathy Ireland blow-up doll wouldn't seem as artificial as the actual Kathy Ireland does while performing interviews. - David Mumpower, 8:04 pm Best Actor Jeff Bridges 1/10 George Clooney 10/1 Colin Firth 14/1 Morgan Freeman 15/1 Jeremy Renner 20/1 - Reagen Sulewski, 8:04 pm Best Actress Sandra Bullock 2/5 Meryl Streep 2/1 Gabourey Sidibe 5/1 Carey Mulligan 10/1 Helen Mirren 50/1 - Reagen Sulewski, 8:05 pm Best Director Kathryn Bigelow 1/7 James Cameron 3/1 Quentin Tarantino 25/1 Lee Daniels 50/1 Jason Reitman 50/1 - Reagen Sulewski, 8:05 pm Best Supporting Actor Cristoph Waltz 1/25 Woody Harrelson 12/1 Stanley Tucci 15/1 Christopher Plummer 20/1 Matt Damon 20/1 - Reagen Sulewski, 8:05 pm Best Supporting Actress Mo Nique 1/20 Maggie Gyllenhaal 8/1 Anna Kendrick 15/1 Vera Farmiga 30/1 Penelope Cruz 30/1 - Reagen Sulewski, 8:05 pm Best Foreign Film The White Ribbon 4/9 El Secreto de Sus Ojos 7/4 Un Prophete 9/4 Ajami 15/1 The Milk of Sorrow 20/1 - Reagen Sulewski, 8:05 pm Most Awards Avatar 1/3 The Hurt Locker 2/1 - Reagen Sulewski, 8:05 pm Avatar awards None 50/1 One 15/1 Two 10/1 Three 5/1 Four 5/2 Five 9/4 Six 3/1 Seven 5/1 Eight 8/1 Nine 20/1 - Reagen Sulewski, 8:05 pm Does anyone else think Sandy B is turning into Sarah Palin? - Shane Jenkins, 8:06 pm And the all important: Best Actress Dress Color Black 2/1 Pink 11/4 Blue 7/2 White 9/2 Orange Peach 7/1 Red 7/1 Green 9/1 Yellow 10/1 Polka Dot 100/1 - Reagen Sulewski, 8:06 pm So Penelope Cruz states in her interview that she remembers what it was like for her first nomination and couldn't speak English. After listening to that mini-interview, I'm not sure that she's speaking English now. - Jason Dean, 8:06 pm Thank you, Gamblor. Can we all go back to quipping now or is Reagen the Greek-Canadian still going? - David Mumpower, 8:08 pm Hey, I didn't even put anything down this year. ... Mostly because there's no value in most of the bets. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:10 pm I don't think I know anyone who has seen Invictus. - Shane Jenkins, 8:10 pm Trailer sightings in the last hour: The Back-Up Plan, The Bounty Hunter, The Last Song. - Max Braden, 8:12 pm That's right, everyone. BOP is so dedicated to the Oscars that we dragged Reagen away from his three-day-old daughter and chained him to a laptop. - Kim Hollis, 8:12 pm Kathy Ireland is just a natural at looking awkward reading cue cards. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:13 pm Gillian Lee Sulewski doesn't get her bottle until Papa has made 50 quips. Good ones. - David Mumpower, 8:13 pm If Pink doesn't win for Best Actress Dress, is that a setback for breast cancer awareness? - David Mumpower, 8:14 pm Sarah Jessica Parker is *not* HD friendly. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:15 pm My TV is having trouble properly displaying Sarah Jessica Parker's skin color. Error! - Shane Jenkins, 8:15 pm The spray on tan doesn't work for Sarah Jessica Parker in HD. - Pete Kilmer, 8:15 pm Sarah Jessica Parker looks ready for the designer potato sack race. - Max Braden, 8:15 pm Running Oscars test: will there be a more blatant lie tonight than "Sarah Jessica Parker, you look stunning in that dress"? - David Mumpower, 8:16 pm Reality check in the form of Matthew Broderick's graying hair: Ferris Bueller's Day Off is nearly 25 years old. - Daron Aldridge, 8:16 pm The interviewer on ABC lavished Sarah Jessica Parker with tons of praise and eventually, but barely, acknowledged Matthew Broderick. Oh, Ferris Bueller, how far you have fallen. - Josh Spiegel, 8:16 pm Her appearance there just made the entire Academy have regrets about not nominating Did You Hear About the Morgans? for Best Makeup. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:18 pm I think the conclusion we can all take from this is that Sarah Jessica Parker will *not* be appearing on our Best Dressed list tomorrow. - Kim Hollis, 8:18 pm Also, my daughter just started crying uncontrollably when she appeared on screen. She can't even see that far, but she knew. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:19 pm Oh, I've heard about this Whoopi peeing commercial...and there it is... Huh. - Shane Jenkins, 8:19 pm Trailer sighting: Remember Me, in which Edward Cullen plays an anguished *human*. - Max Braden, 8:19 pm Thank you Whoopi Goldberg for the world's most elaborate feminine hygiene product commercial. - Daron Aldridge, 8:20 pm So helpful for the ABC interviewer to remind Steve Carell and Tina Fey that this is the Oscars, not the Emmys. Silly comedians! - Josh Spiegel, 8:21 pm Miley, you've MASTERED COMEDY!! GIVE UP, EVERYONE ELSE!! - Shane Jenkins, 8:22 pm Kathy Ireland is having a problem reading cue cards. She's still miles better than Billy Bush. - Pete Kilmer, 8:22 pm Did that grizzled old professional Miley Cyrus just say that she has been privileged to play so many different roles? Poor deluded seventeen-year-old. - Daron Aldridge, 8:23 pm If teen girls could vote for Best Actor, Jeff Bridges would have no hope against the Cullen Angst. - David Mumpower, 8:23 pm Kate Winslet looks and sounds perfect. - Jason Dean, 8:24 pm I wish I had HD just to see Kate Winslet more clearly. - Daron Aldridge, 8:24 pm Hey, she's played Miley Cyrus *and* Hannah Montana. That's a demonstration of tremendous range. - David Mumpower, 8:24 pm Tell us more about this new thing called "texting", Kathy! - Reagen Sulewski, 8:25 pm Aw, Gabby is like Mindy from The Office! - Shane Jenkins, 8:25 pm Gabourey Sidibe is a genius? I mean, she was good in her film, but I think Kathy Ireland went just a tad overboard. - Josh Spiegel, 8:25 pm Alert: Sam Worthington's scowl has arrived! - David Mumpower, 8:25 pm I'm surprised Taylor Lautner isn't filming a movie tonight. - Eric Hughes, 8:25 pm Kathy Ireland says Sandra Bullock looked like an Oscar. So...she looks like a man? - Josh Spiegel, 8:27 pm If I promise to buy a 3D LCD, will Samsung please stop running this commercial? - Jason Dean, 8:29 pm We're 20 seconds into the show and there has been no dancing yet. Please let this streak continue for another 3 1/2 hours. - David Mumpower, 8:30 pm So, introducing the Actor/Actress nominees as...what, reality show contestants? Is this what mayhem is in store? Eliminating nominees one by one? - Josh Spiegel, 8:31 pm Is the alphabetical listing of the nominees going to be prophetic? I bet Bridges and Bullock hope so. - Daron Aldridge, 8:31 pm Look out for Dr. Horrible's freeze ray! (He has a PhD in horribleness.) - Kim Hollis, 8:32 pm Oh dear. Neil Patrick Harris is singing. And already mentioned prison showers and Harold and Kumar. Oh dear. - Josh Spiegel, 8:32 pm Wow. Prison sex humor in the first 2 minutes. Thank you NPH. - Daron Aldridge, 8:33 pm Neil Patrick Harris was actually just walking by the theater dressed like that... - Les Winan, 8:33 pm Not even a minute before the dancing started. This is exactly why the flyover states hate Hollywood. - David Mumpower, 8:33 pm I think this was supposed to be a duet with Martin Short, who had to drop out due to a personal emergency. - Shane Jenkins, 8:33 pm Time to cast Neil Patrick Harris and Hugh Jackman in a project. - Pete Kilmer, 8:33 pm Is Seabiscuit somehow nominated again this yea...oh, hi Sarah Jessica Parker. - Les Winan, 8:34 pm I wonder if Steve Martin remembers that he's one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time? - Les Winan, 8:36 pm Isn't the spoiler alert joke dead? Steve Martin just put the last nail in that coffin. - Josh Spiegel, 8:37 pm This banter is about as natural as Melanie Griffith's face. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:37 pm These jokes are terrible. Am I watching The Marriage Ref? - Shane Jenkins, 8:37 pm You know, the best way to appease crowds is make jokes about Hollywood agencies. Oh, and more dancing! - Josh Spiegel, 8:39 pm Can we circulate a petition demanding that Bruce Vilanch hang it up? This crap has his name all over it. - Shane Jenkins, 8:40 pm I knew they wanted to shake up this year's Oscars. What I didn't know was that they hired Jay Leno to write the monologue. - Eric Hughes, 8:40 pm I keep waiting for Baldwin or Martin to say "wakka wakka!" after a "joke". - Les Winan, 8:40 pm I wonder if those glasses helped Suzy Amis look less like Skeletor. - Kelly Jemo, 8:40 pm I want my Bowfinger Steve Martin back. - Daron Aldridge, 8:40 pm Justin Timberlake is not amused. Apparently he really cares about those wood sprites. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:41 pm Wow...Martin and Baldwin. Not a good standup opening. At all. - Pete Kilmer, 8:41 pm "Oh look, there's George Clooney not laughing." - Max Braden, 8:41 pm Have to love the cutaway shot of Clooney not laughing. - Les Winan, 8:41 pm Gabby Sidibe and her mother are scoring huge points with me for how much fun they're having. I love when outsiders make a great showing. They're the Gonzaga of this year's Oscars. - David Mumpower, 8:42 pm Did they really just cut to a Coen during that Jew joke? - Shane Jenkins, 8:42 pm Boy, these guys are killing it, especially with the adultery jokes. That's what I love about the Oscars. - Josh Spiegel, 8:43 pm Couldn't they hire Conan O'Brien to write the jokes? It's not like he was doing anything else. - David Mumpower, 8:43 pm Time to go burn my Steve Martin stand-up albums. - Les Winan, 8:43 pm So, their opening monologue is, "Hey, look! There's XXXXX!" Next time, perhaps they can hire us to write for them. - Kim Hollis, 8:44 pm Agreed Les. Pissed off Clooney is the funniest part of this monologue. - Daron Aldridge, 8:44 pm No, Penelope. The longer you're up there, the less time Martin and Baldwin have to be on stage. - Eric Hughes, 8:45 pm If they find Alec Baldwin's battered corpse behind the theatre, they really need look no further than Clooney for a suspect. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:45 pm At least there was no banjo playing. That's something! Right?! - Shane Jenkins, 8:46 pm They went back to Clooney enough times that I think it was set up, but I prefer the idea that he just was unamused/Russell Crowe. - Les Winan, 8:46 pm I like the change to a montage for the acting nominees. - Daron Aldridge, 8:46 pm To the surprise of no one, the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor goes to Christoph Waltz. - Kim Hollis, 8:48 pm No one who speaks German could be an evil man. - Les Winan, 8:48 pm Why is Gandalf sitting behind Tarantino? - Reagen Sulewski, 8:49 pm True, Kim, especially, Stanley Tucci who mouthed that his clip was "horrible." - Daron Aldridge, 8:49 pm You don't get a lifetime achievement window here, Christoph, hurry up! - Max Braden, 8:49 pm Waltz is a class act. And was just terrific in Inglorius Basterds. I would have liked to have seen Plummer get it, but can't argue with Waltz at all. - Pete Kilmer, 8:50 pm Waltz= win. In other news, the world is round. Someone get Sherri Shepherd back and tell her! - Shane Jenkins, 8:50 pm Nice speech by Waltz - short and sweet. I'd like to hope the rest of the speeches will be that concise. (Wishful thinking...) - Kelly Jemo, 8:50 pm That guy nobody has ever seen before just had a very nice acceptance speech. And it couldn't be easy to have a public speaking engagement for *this* role in front of *this* crowd. (Shane, please pan the camera over to the Coens.) - David Mumpower, 8:51 pm The Blind Side is the only BP nom I haven't seen. Just can't bring myself to it. Have you guys seen it? Is my terror unwarranted? - Shane Jenkins, 8:53 pm Shane - I liked The Blind Side a lot more than I probably should have. Having seen all 10 BP nominees, it's in the middle of my ranked list, but I liked it a lot. - Kelly Jemo, 8:55 pm Shane, Sandra Bullock is awesome in an OK film. I still can't quite understand why it made the Best Picture cut. - Eric Hughes, 8:55 pm I wish I could queue up previous Oscar shows to compare, but this year's show feels different in both audio and camera angles. The audio during the stand-up was very echoey, and the tight camera shots make the room feel pretty small despite the huge stage. - Max Braden, 8:55 pm Hmm, ok. Thanks guys! - Shane Jenkins, 8:56 pm "When you're as beautiful as Cameron and I..." - Steve Carrell just outperformed Martin and Baldwin. - Max Braden, 8:56 pm Shane, I'm in the minority here, but The Blind Side is my favorite of the Best Picture nominees. There is one scene at the end that's cheesy, but it's a powerful human interest story as well as a fascinating companion piece to Precious. - David Mumpower, 8:56 pm "What's the Secret of Kells?" I love Mr. Fox! - Shane Jenkins, 8:57 pm Kim, I would love to see your face right now during this animated montage. - Eric Hughes, 8:58 pm I am really liking this animated features bit. - Kelly Jemo, 8:58 pm And Dug! I love Dug! - Shane Jenkins, 8:58 pm The Academy Award for Best Animated Film goes to Up. - Kim Hollis, 8:58 pm We should blow off the rest of the Academy Awards and give every remaining award to Dug the Dog. - David Mumpower, 8:58 pm Loved the animated category intro, and Up was a great movie as well. - Pete Kilmer, 8:59 pm And with the presentation of Best Animated Feature, it's now an hour until there's another award anyone cares about. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:59 pm How many "To the surprise of no one's" will Kim have to post tonight? Oh, and congrats to Up. - Daron Aldridge, 8:59 pm Percentage of people currently acing their office Oscar pool - 100% - Shane Jenkins, 8:59 pm If only they had the joke introduction with the leads of each Animated Feature for every category. That was actually kind of funny. And Up won! No surprise, but a great pleasure. - Josh Spiegel, 8:59 pm Those ears are drawn on, right? - Kelly Jemo, 9:00 pm (And yes, the animation montage was terrific - I'm just sad that Mr. Fox didn't do the Hawkeye Pierce whistle-click.) - Kim Hollis, 9:00 pm Amanda Seyfried looks like Disney's next candidate for their Princess lineup. - Max Braden, 9:01 pm "Uh, Miley? How bout you speak for yourself" - Amanda Seyfried - Shane Jenkins, 9:01 pm So for the 75th anniversary of the Original Song award, they nixed the live performances. Maybe I will try that one with the wife next year. - Daron Aldridge, 9:02 pm I think that Paris 36 and The Secret of Kells can join the No One Has Heard of This Movie Club now, right? - Josh Spiegel, 9:03 pm The Academy Award for Best Song goes to Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett's "The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart - Kim Hollis, 9:03 pm So far, I've felt like I'm on the staff of Price-Waterhouse. I've had every award typed out before they were announced and haven't had to change one yet. - Kim Hollis, 9:04 pm T-Bone Burnett has had an amazing career and a hot couple of years with work with Robert Plant/Alison Krauss and now the music for Crazy Heart. He's just on an amazing streak. Amazing talent. - Pete Kilmer, 9:05 pm I still think Stu's Song from The Hangover was robbed. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:05 pm Here's Chris Pine, star of Star Trek, to announce...District 9? - Kim Hollis, 9:05 pm What's the over/under on Chris Pine's first acting nomination? Three years? - David Mumpower, 9:05 pm Kim - have you disagreed with any of the choices thus far, though? - Kelly Jemo, 9:06 pm No, Kelly, though I would have been perfectly happy if any of Up, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Coraline or Princess & the Frog won for Best Animated. (I haven't seen Secret of Kells yet.) - Kim Hollis, 9:07 pm Did one of their giant screens just fail in the middle of that? - Reagen Sulewski, 9:08 pm All cosmetic commercials look like Resident Evil promos. - Shane Jenkins, 9:08 pm Apparently, Robert Downey, Jr. thought that this show was going to be in 3D. - Josh Spiegel, 9:12 pm Robert Downey Jr. is dressed like he wants to discuss the federal deficit on C-Span. - David Mumpower, 9:12 pm Fey and Downey Jr. should host next year. - Shane Jenkins, 9:13 pm Fey and RDJ should have hosted the Oscars and not the Grumpy Old Men. - Pete Kilmer, 9:14 pm Hey, Robin Williams cohosted the Oscars once. And he's available - in the audience. - Max Braden, 9:14 pm There hasn't be a pairing yet that I didn't think would make a better choice for hosts than Martin and Baldwin. Yes, even Miley and Amanda. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:14 pm The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay goes to The Hurt Locker by Mark Boal (this is one that I actually thought was a toss up!). - Kim Hollis, 9:15 pm Hurt Locker wins screenplay? I think we know what's winning Best Pic. - Eric Hughes, 9:16 pm Mark Boal is the lovechild of Keanu Reeves and Colin Firth. - Max Braden, 9:16 pm Hello Suzanne Vega! What? No? Oh, sorry... - Shane Jenkins, 9:17 pm Hey look, it's Molly Ringwald and Matthew Broderick, or: it's the memories of my teenage years dying on stage! - Reagen Sulewski, 9:18 pm This is the biggest role Molly Ringwald's had in years. - Les Winan, 9:18 pm Behold the Ringwald-bot 2000. Now 65% more lifelike. - Tony Kollath, 9:18 pm Favorite John Hughes film he wrote or directed? Mine is Some Kind of Wonderful. - David Mumpower, 9:20 pm If these teen movies were all based on the life of John Hughes, then John had a VERY melodramatic childhood. - Eric Hughes, 9:21 pm I agree with David. My favorite Hughes film is Some Kind of Wonderful - Jason Dean, 9:21 pm Everything that is wrong about tonight's show is more than made up by this John Hughes tribute. - Max Braden, 9:21 pm I'll say it: this is the closest Jon Cryer will ever get to the Oscar podium. - Josh Spiegel, 9:22 pm Breakfast Club! - Shane Jenkins, 9:22 pm Biggest current star in the John Hughes tribute? Jon Cryer. - Les Winan, 9:22 pm Planes, Trains and Automobiles might be favorite. My family watched that when it first came out on VHS and across the generations we all loved it. - Pete Kilmer, 9:23 pm I just received a text from my mother, who could not care less about the Oscars, telling me how horrible Molly Ringwald looked. She must look horrible if even my mother is commenting on it. - Kelly Jemo, 9:23 pm The John Hughes segment is going to redeem this entire show for me. That was tremendous. - David Mumpower, 9:23 pm I'm sick of these mothaf'in balloons on this mothaf'in house! ...played out? - Shane Jenkins, 9:24 pm If anything else, the Up montage is going to solidify why Michael Giacchino's score should win. - Josh Spiegel, 9:24 pm Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart have no idea what all the John Hughes fuss is about. It's not like there were teen movies before Twilight, after all. - Kim Hollis, 9:24 pm That Hughes tribute was wonderful. - Kelly Jemo, 9:24 pm if Up wins Best Picture...does Ed Asner give a crazy speech? - Pete Kilmer, 9:25 pm Ed Asner is so completely adorable. He's just so proud of Up. - Kim Hollis, 9:25 pm The Up score has the ability to make me get all teary-eyed after only a few notes... - Kelly Jemo, 9:26 pm I get flop sweat every time Martin and Baldwin appear on stage. - Shane Jenkins, 9:27 pm I like this defense of the short film category. Well done! - Shane Jenkins, 9:30 pm After years of J. Love Hewitt desperately failing to be Audrey Hepburn, Carey Mulligan is pulling it off effortlessly. - Max Braden, 9:30 pm J'accuse! This segment on short films is longer than most short films! - Max Braden, 9:31 pm The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film goes to Logorama. - Kim Hollis, 9:31 pm The Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject Music by Prudence. - Kim Hollis, 9:34 pm Is this strange woman during the Documentary Short supposed to be on stage? - Reagen Sulewski, 9:35 pm Was that Kanye West in makeup? - Pete Kilmer, 9:36 pm The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short goes to The New Tenants. - Kim Hollis, 9:36 pm The Best Documentary Short acceptance speech is one of the strangest moments in the history of the awards. A power struggle develops between the two people speaking. A guy begins the acceptance speech before getting shouted down by his...co-worker? That was indescribably poor behavior on her part. - David Mumpower, 9:36 pm Oof, goodbye Oscar pool glory... - Shane Jenkins, 9:36 pm The acceptance speech for Music by Prudence was a bit...odd. - Jason Dean, 9:36 pm Mic cut off! Out you go! - Shane Jenkins, 9:37 pm (Incidentally, I believe the orchestra played "Happy Trails" to get the Documentary Short people off the stage.) - Kim Hollis, 9:38 pm This Ben Stiller Avatar gag would've worked had it not been spoiled earlier in the week. - Josh Spiegel, 9:38 pm Oh goodie, another opportunity for Ben Stiller to be painfully unfunny. - Kelly Jemo, 9:38 pm It's not fair. Don't make me choose between Ben Stiller's makeup and the John Hughes tribute for best moment of the night. - Max Braden, 9:38 pm No one has subtlety mastered like Ben Stiller. - Tony Kollath, 9:39 pm Knowing James Cameron, he'll release a statement tomorrow saying Ben Stiller's Na'Vi language is inaccurate. - Eric Hughes, 9:40 pm Spock ears and fake tattoos? I refuse to believe that's groundbreaking. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:40 pm The Academy Award for Best Makeup goes to Star Trek. - Kim Hollis, 9:41 pm After being robbed for a Best Picture Nom, Star Trek wins Best Makeup! WHOOO! - Pete Kilmer, 9:41 pm These oddly set-up camera angles are driving me crazy. I don't need to see an acceptance speech from behind Christopher Plummer's back. - Josh Spiegel, 9:43 pm "This is A Serious Man" or, as you know it, Inexplicably Nominated Coen Brothers Film Release for 2009. - David Mumpower, 9:45 pm Michael Stuhlbarg got robbed of a Best Actor nom. - Shane Jenkins, 9:45 pm David, don't make me fight you! - Shane Jenkins, 9:46 pm I'm oddly with David and Shane. Stuhlbarg is great in a thankless role in a thankless movie. I love the Coens, but I hated A Serious Man. - Josh Spiegel, 9:46 pm I would have much rather seen a Best Picture nom clip for "Crazy Heart" rather than "A Serious Man". I still can't figure that one out. - Kelly Jemo, 9:47 pm Loved A Serious Man. My second-favorite of the nominees... - Shane Jenkins, 9:47 pm That was the one clip of In the Loop that didn't have swearing in it. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:49 pm The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay goes to Precious. (This one is a surprise.) - Kim Hollis, 9:50 pm I could watch a whole three hours of script to screen demonstrations. - Max Braden, 9:50 pm The screenwriter is at a loss for words. Priceless, and powerful. - Eric Hughes, 9:51 pm I resent A Serious Man taking up space that would be better utilized by a film like In the Loop. I'm just not with you on this, Shane. It is sub-par Coen Brothers work and doesn't get nominated if an average filmmaker does it rather than an established entity like the Coens. - David Mumpower, 9:51 pm "A black person won! Quick, get me a camera on every black person in the audience!" - Reagen Sulewski, 9:52 pm Jason Reitman's entitled anger must be fierce right now. - Les Winan, 9:52 pm "Pleasure" and "Bringing Down the House" should not be in the same sentence. - Shane Jenkins, 9:52 pm Why do the Governors Awards look like they were more fun than tonight's awards? - Les Winan, 9:54 pm Do you think if Ed Wood would have lasted long enough, they'd have given him an Oscar? - Reagen Sulewski, 9:55 pm Because there was an open bar at those awards. - David Mumpower, 9:55 pm Robin Williams!!! Here's three minutes of my life I will NEVER get back. - Les Winan, 9:55 pm My guess about how many times Mo'Nique says "baby" in her acceptance speech? Eight. - Shane Jenkins, 9:56 pm Now, now. I gotta give the man credit. Robin Williams made ONE joke. Just one. That must have been hard for him. - Josh Spiegel, 9:57 pm I wonder if I'd enjoy this more if I'd seen more than two of the Best Picture nominees? - Les Winan, 9:57 pm Which two, Les? - Josh Spiegel, 9:58 pm The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress goes to Mo'Nique for Precious (two in a row!). - Kim Hollis, 9:59 pm The only nominee hairier than Robin Williams! - Max Braden, 10:00 pm I've seen Up and Avatar. To balance out the missing eight, I've seen Up roughly 206 times (with my two year-old). - Les Winan, 10:00 pm Oh crap, it's *serious* Mo'Nique. Revising guess... - Shane Jenkins, 10:00 pm Who do you think got a higher percentage of the vote, Mo'Nique or Christoph Waltz? I would imagine both of them surpassed 50%, which isn't easy to do when there are five options available. - David Mumpower, 10:01 pm Mo'Nique was damn scary in Precious. She deserved it. - Pete Kilmer, 10:01 pm I could not be happier that Mo'Nique wore a long dress. - Kelly Jemo, 10:01 pm And Mo'Nique was probably the *angriest* winner I've ever seen. - David Mumpower, 10:01 pm Colin Firth presenting An Education aka How Did I Not Get the Male Lead in This Movie? - Reagen Sulewski, 10:02 pm Well, Les, you DID see the best film of the year, and what's more, you saw it enough times to appreciate all the balloons and whatnot. - Josh Spiegel, 10:02 pm It definitely says something about A Serious Man that I have a screener that's been sitting on my DVD player since Christmas time. - Les Winan, 10:04 pm The Academy Award for Best Art Direction goes to Avatar. - Kim Hollis, 10:06 pm Yeeeeah, they really shouldn't have someone with a dog in the fight present the award. - Shane Jenkins, 10:07 pm I say "neigh" to Sarah Jessica Parker. - Les Winan, 10:09 pm I'm really wishing that Tom Ford would turn to her and tell her that she shouldn't have worn her shower curtain tonight. There's no one better suited to do so. - Kim Hollis, 10:10 pm Clothes-horse....? They couldn't not have thought of that, right? - Shane Jenkins, 10:10 pm Sarah Jessica Parker is a clothed horse whore. - Max Braden, 10:10 pm The Academy Award for Best Costume goes to The Young Victoria. - Kim Hollis, 10:10 pm And the winner for Best Costume Design gets up wearing a test pattern. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:11 pm "I already have two of these." Someone should give Sandy Powell two punches to the face. - Les Winan, 10:12 pm Also, "I already have two of these"? Way to act grateful. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:12 pm Someone stabbed Charlize Theron in the chest with two large ice cream cones. - Tony Kollath, 10:12 pm Wow, that was...quite a speech from the Best Costume winner. - Kelly Jemo, 10:12 pm Charlize was apparently caught in a cupcake icing accident earlier today. - Max Braden, 10:12 pm What are those details on Charlize Theron's dress? Hands? Roses? - Jason Dean, 10:13 pm The winner for Best Costume just came out and gloated about winning three times now. Then, she mocked the other competitors in the category for their poor career choices. I was half-expecting her to hit someone with a chair then challenge them to a match at Wrestlemania. - David Mumpower, 10:13 pm I say kudos to Sandy Powell: she managed to be the most self-involved and self-congratulatory winner tonight. She's making James Cameron look tame. - Josh Spiegel, 10:15 pm Maybe Taylor Lautner will use this as a platform to announce his participation in the Hungry Hungry Hippos Movie! Brett Ratner! 2013! - Shane Jenkins, 10:15 pm I kind of liked Sandy Powell's speech. That's taking the idea of act like you've been there before to a whole new level. - Jason Dean, 10:16 pm Specifically to the Terrell Owens level of self-aggrandizement. - David Mumpower, 10:17 pm Did the Epic Movie guys write this show? - Shane Jenkins, 10:18 pm Taylor Lautner would like you to know that he is INTENSE. - Les Winan, 10:19 pm A lady doesn't scratch and spit on stage, Kristen Stewart. - Max Braden, 10:19 pm Did Kristen Stewart just sneeze on Taylor Lautner's shoulder? - Kim Hollis, 10:19 pm This IS live television, Kristen... - Kelly Jemo, 10:20 pm And now, for your enjoyment, a whole bunch of movies that would never be nominated for an Oscar! - Kim Hollis, 10:20 pm Wait, they say it's been since The Exorcist that they awarded horror, then include Silence of the Lambs in the montage? That's awesome factchecking there. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:21 pm I love this tribute to Sarah Jessica Parker! - Shane Jenkins, 10:21 pm We're around the halfway mark of the ceremony and I have to say that there has been very little pointless dancing. I'm pleasantly surprised by this...and apologize if I jinx it. - David Mumpower, 10:21 pm I enjoy the continued montage reminders that Alec Baldwin has effectively doubled in size. - Les Winan, 10:21 pm Uh Shane, it's "horror" not "horsey". - Les Winan, 10:21 pm Jennifer Aniston in Leprechaun for the win! - Reagen Sulewski, 10:22 pm If they want to celebrate true horror, they should show the baseball scene from Twilight. Or New Moon's box office stats. - David Mumpower, 10:22 pm Whoa. They showed the ankle bending over in that Misery clip. Kind of surprised by that. Even more surprised that Beetlejuice clips are part of this though Winona clips are always appreciated - Jason Dean, 10:22 pm Did I accidentally switch over to the Teen Choice Awards? - Reagen Sulewski, 10:23 pm Why wasn't Nic Cage and the bees in that horror tribute montage?? - Max Braden, 10:23 pm No clip from Attack of the Killer Tomatoes for Clooney? - Pete Kilmer, 10:23 pm Was there a...Twilight clip in the middle of a horror montage? While it is scary how many teenagers flocked to that movie, I think that's stretching the definition of horror a little. - Kelly Jemo, 10:23 pm So, basically, the horror montage was an elaborate excuse to get Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart onstage. Am I right? - Kim Hollis, 10:24 pm Those dials are moving themselves! Paranormal Activity! - Shane Jenkins, 10:24 pm Jason, not just that they showed part of the clip from Misery: they showed the bit of her hitting his feet. Very graphic, all things considered. - Josh Spiegel, 10:24 pm The Academy Award for Best Sound Editing (presented by the glorious Zac Efron) goes to The Hurt Locker. - Kim Hollis, 10:25 pm Well that muddles things up nicely for the last award. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:25 pm Why wasn't Ottosson's hair in the horror montage??? - Max Braden, 10:25 pm I think this winner escaped from the horror montage. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:25 pm "This is the first Academy Award for Edgar Winter." - Les Winan, 10:26 pm The Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing goes to The Hurt Locker. - Kim Hollis, 10:27 pm "This is the second Academy Award for Edgar Winter." - Les Winan, 10:27 pm BANKSY! - Les Winan, 10:28 pm "Here's the awards ceremony where we threw the nerds a bone with a hot chick." - Reagen Sulewski, 10:28 pm Elizabeth Banks would also be a (legitimately) great candidate for hosting. - Max Braden, 10:29 pm If The Hurt Locker winds up with more wins than Avatar, I wonder if Cameron will spring for a private army to slaughter all of the voters. - David Mumpower, 10:30 pm Elizabeth Banks should host the awards next year. - Pete Kilmer, 10:31 pm Uh oh. They're threatening us with the hottest dance troupe on TV. Since Zac Efron has already presented an award, I don't like our chances for that segment being any good at all. - Kim Hollis, 10:31 pm I love that the directors of Hostel and Madea Goes to Jail are prominent people in this year's ceremony. - David Mumpower, 10:31 pm I'm beginning to think that no host would be able to overcome the god-awful material they're being given here. - Shane Jenkins, 10:32 pm I'm all for the hottest dance troupe on TV. We have to keep in mind that, with less than an hour to go to make sure the show is on time, there are 10 awards left to announce. I'm glad the Oscar producers kept things under control... - Josh Spiegel, 10:33 pm We're all agreed that Bullock is the most visibly nervous or stiff nominee of the night, right? Relax, Sandy! - Max Braden, 10:35 pm The Academy Award for Best Cinematography goes to Avatar. - Kim Hollis, 10:36 pm Either Sandra Bullock is terribly bored, or else she's on several different kinds of prescription medication. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:36 pm I think they're already trimming stuff out because it's running long. Like that intro to cinematographers. - Shane Jenkins, 10:36 pm Honestly though, shouldn't Demi Moore host the Science & Technology segment? - Les Winan, 10:38 pm Demi Moore could still kick most of your asses, even with a full head of hair. - Max Braden, 10:38 pm Demi Moore looks like she's wrapped up in an ace bandage. - Eric Hughes, 10:38 pm James Taylor is currently doing a musical tribute to dead people. This reminds me of when James Taylor did a musical tribute to NASA astronauts while Homer Simpson battled chip-stealing ants. - David Mumpower, 10:39 pm Wow, the crowd sure choked on the David Carradine applause. - Les Winan, 10:39 pm [random rising and falling 'oohs' and 'awws'] - Max Braden, 10:39 pm Sam Worthington is...A Single Man - Shane Jenkins, 10:45 pm I do believe that the Sherlock Holmes score is best evoked by a bunch of twentysomethings rolling around on the stage. Am I right or am I right? - Josh Spiegel, 10:46 pm You know what never fails to amuse me? Tough-guy dancing. - Max Braden, 10:47 pm At what point does the Academy acknowledge that Jennifer Lopez lacks relevance? - David Mumpower, 10:47 pm Who is it that keeps insisting on interpretive dance numbers and can we have them shot? - Reagen Sulewski, 10:47 pm This dance tribute segment is almost as bad when Little Richard sang the Bob Seger theme to Beverly Hills Cop, Shakedown. - Pete Kilmer, 10:48 pm Oh, yes, I *totally* get why interpretive dance was a better option, than, say, letting the best song nominees perform said songs on stage. - Kelly Jemo, 10:48 pm Ha ha, this dancing to The Hurt Locker music is pure comedy gold! - Shane Jenkins, 10:48 pm Tonight's dance segment involves the moves of Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo set to the soundtrack of The Hurt Locker. - David Mumpower, 10:48 pm As you watch the extended dancing sequence, remember that this is why all of the people who spent their whole lives trying to win an Academy Award were cut off prematurely during their speeches. - David Mumpower, 10:49 pm I think I missed the part of Up that involved robots. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:50 pm Reagan, I think you're missing the fact that everyone in Up is a robot. According to these dancers, that is. - Josh Spiegel, 10:50 pm In the words of Casey Kasem "Ponderous man, Ponderous" - Pete Kilmer, 10:51 pm This Academy Awards broadcast just got served. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:51 pm Well, Pete Doctor and Bender from Futurama do have similarly shaped heads... - Les Winan, 10:51 pm Even George Clooney is sick of seeing himself on camera. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:52 pm The Academy Award for Best Score goes to Up (though my pick would actually be Fantastic Mr. Fox, for what it's worth. I think Giacchino's score is nice, but there's almost a sameness to everything he does). - Kim Hollis, 10:52 pm How did The Gap manage to buy a commercial *during* the awards ceremony? - David Mumpower, 10:52 pm Michael Giacchino is adorable! - Shane Jenkins, 10:53 pm Did Giacchino just get lost on stage? Any sane person would have spotted JLo's sidecar dress and proceeded to the right side. - Eric Hughes, 10:54 pm Dear Hollywood: Please stop putting Gerard Butler in things. - Tony Kollath, 10:54 pm The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects goes to Avatar. - Kim Hollis, 10:55 pm Will history be made with the Best Director or will it just be another white guy? Stay tuned! - Shane Jenkins, 10:58 pm That Best Director tease was pretty neat. "Will a woman or a black man win Best Director for the first time, or will white male hegemony persist? Find out next!" - Eric Hughes, 11:00 pm The best thing about the ceremony so far is the Modern Family commercial. - Kim Hollis, 11:01 pm I laughed more at the Modern Family commercial than I have at any point during this Oscar telecast. - Kelly Jemo, 11:01 pm Hey, at least these awards are being broadcast on ABC. Instead of Marriage Ref promos, we get Modern Family. - Eric Hughes, 11:03 pm Currently, four films have won multiple awards. Up and Precious have two each while The Hurt Locker and Avatar have three each. Perhaps the most surprising result thus far is that unless George Clooney pulls off an upset, Up in the Air gets shut out. Some had also speculated that Inglourious Basterds could pull off an upset in Best Picture. While that could still happen, with only one win thus far, it appears distinctly unlikely, even allowing for the new voting calculations. - David Mumpower, 11:04 pm The Academy Award for Best Documentary goes to The Cove. - Kim Hollis, 11:04 pm Oh my God, it's George Minkowski! Where's his constant? - Josh Spiegel, 11:04 pm Jewel of the Nile/Hackers' Fisher Stevens!!!!! - Shane Jenkins, 11:05 pm It's a long way from starring in Short Circuit 2 to winning an Oscar. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:05 pm My Science Project Fisher Stevens!! - Max Braden, 11:06 pm While we usually don't do this, BOP wants to congratulate a certain PR firm we like who were championing The Cove all along. This is a great moment for them. - David Mumpower, 11:06 pm If these are Tyler Perry's jokes, boy, I can see why *his* films are so popular. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:06 pm And the Oscar goes to The White Queen! - Shane Jenkins, 11:08 pm The Academy Award for Best Editing goes to The Hurt Locker. - Kim Hollis, 11:08 pm These two Best Editing winners look like refugees from a Tim Burton movie. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:08 pm UTAH! GIMME TWO! - Les Winan, 11:09 pm You know what would be fantastic? If Keanu didn't break tone and just lifted off the presentation platform with the use of Neo wires. - Max Braden, 11:09 pm So, Hurt Locker seems like it has things pretty much sewn up at this point, don't you think so guys? - Shane Jenkins, 11:10 pm I thought Tyler Perry killed; in fact, I was commenting on how his experience with public interaction was shining through. He came up in plays and his ease with charismatically controlling a room was readily apparent. I wish we'd see more of that in his films. - David Mumpower, 11:13 pm I wonder if Alec Baldwin realized when he signed up that he was agreeing to be the Andy Richter to Steve Martin's Conan. - David Mumpower, 11:15 pm I wish this ceremony was being narrated by Werner Herzog. - Les Winan, 11:15 pm I wish there were some bears around to liven things up. - Shane Jenkins, 11:16 pm The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film goes to The Secret in Their Eyes. - Kim Hollis, 11:17 pm That poor guy's Avatar joke fell flat, but it was pretty good actually. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:18 pm I knew next to nothing about the Foreign Language nominees - was this considered an "upset"? - Kelly Jemo, 11:18 pm David that was "Star Trek's" Tyler Perry. - Pete Kilmer, 11:18 pm Kelly, not exactly. I expected either A Prophet or The White Ribbon to win, for being more well-known in the States. Still, The Secret in Their Eyes had been getting a lot of love lately. So, not too surprising. - Josh Spiegel, 11:19 pm Yes, Kelly. I think White Ribbon was the favorite with A Prophet considered to be the underdog. - Shane Jenkins, 11:20 pm All kidding aside, how great is Sam Worthington's agent? He talked people into casting a complete unknown in Terminator, Avatar and Clash of the Titans. You just never see that in this era. - David Mumpower, 11:20 pm I had The Secret in Their Eyes as the heavy favorite since the nominations came out. In other news, I have no idea what I'm talking about. - Les Winan, 11:22 pm Yeah David. I think Taylor Lautner is modeling his career on Worthington. Get your foot in the door, and then go crazy! - Shane Jenkins, 11:22 pm You know that moment when you're sitting in class, or driving to class, or watching the Oscars, and your head snaps up and you realize you've just dozed off? - Max Braden, 11:23 pm Even the commercials for "V" bore me to death. - Kim Hollis, 11:23 pm The Academy Awards: Winner of the Annual "Dumbest Reason I'm really tired in the morning" Award. - Les Winan, 11:25 pm If I was a nominee for Best Supporting Actor or Actress, I'd be greatly offended right now, as my category would not be worthy of personal speeches from previous co-stars. - Josh Spiegel, 11:27 pm Isn't being nominated for an award enough of an ego stroke? Is this really necessary? - Kelly Jemo, 11:27 pm "Colin Firth belches rainbows and pees champagne!" - Shane Jenkins, 11:28 pm This wall of adoring women is like my favorite dream. Except that they're throwing pickles at me. - Max Braden, 11:28 pm What relative did Morgan Freeman bring as his date? - Les Winan, 11:30 pm "Morgan is a fine human being, a good friend, a great actor, a fantastic grandfather..." - Reagen Sulewski, 11:30 pm That whole thing was like 10 minutes, right? - Shane Jenkins, 11:31 pm Reagen -- I think you mean "loving" grandfather. - Les Winan, 11:32 pm The Academy Award for Best Actor goes to Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart. - Kim Hollis, 11:33 pm Jeff Bridges was truly excellent in Crazy Heart. Well deserved. Tough category this year I thought. - Pete Kilmer, 11:33 pm Since I haven't seen Crazy Heart, I'm going to pretend Jeff Bridges won for The Big Lebowski. - Les Winan, 11:33 pm Jeff Bridges just made a sound that would make Fantastic Mr. Fox proud. - Eric Hughes, 11:34 pm While I think Bridges' award was *completely* deserved, I am happy to see Colin Firth up there...hope he is up there again sometime soon. - Kelly Jemo, 11:34 pm If they make a Kentucky Fried Chicken movie, I think I know who to cast as The Colonel. - Shane Jenkins, 11:34 pm That's 38 years since Bridges was *first* nominated. - Max Braden, 11:34 pm The best part about this speech from Jeff Bridges is him reading it as The Dude. - Josh Spiegel, 11:34 pm This goatee really ties my face together. - Les Winan, 11:35 pm My vote for Sandy's introducer is Keanu. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:35 pm Programming note: the 2011 Oscars start as soon as the 2010 Oscars finish. - Les Winan, 11:37 pm Ha ha, Helen Mirren's should be Nic Cage from their fine work in National Treasure 2! - Shane Jenkins, 11:37 pm Bradley Cooper introducing Sandra would be inspired. - Tony Kollath, 11:39 pm Mo'Nique - One Oscar. Kate Winslet - One Oscar. - Les Winan, 11:40 pm Given his history of horrible awards speeches, was Forest Whitaker the best choice to speak for Sandra Bullock here? - Kim Hollis, 11:41 pm Boy, all the classic films are getting called back tonight. SWAT, Hope Floats... - Reagen Sulewski, 11:42 pm Michael Sheen is a nice reminder that everyone should see The Damned United. - Les Winan, 11:42 pm Michael Sheen is one of those unawarded actors I'm looking forward to getting an Oscar in the future. - Max Braden, 11:43 pm Spoiler alert, Peter Sarsgaard! - Shane Jenkins, 11:43 pm Peter Sarsgaard: "I'd like to take this opportunity to say how awesome I am." - Reagen Sulewski, 11:43 pm Hey, thanks for the spoiler, Sarsgaard. - Kelly Jemo, 11:44 pm Michael Sheen is a nice reminder to me that he was also part of the financially successful debacle known as Alice in Wonderland. - Josh Spiegel, 11:44 pm Now's the time of the show when Oprah explains how auditions work. - Eric Hughes, 11:44 pm Oh boy, Sidibe, you'd better hope your bio is 100% authentic. - Max Braden, 11:45 pm Oprah just single-handedly set back America's educational system ten years. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:45 pm Come on you guys, this is serious! - Calvin Trager, 11:47 pm The Academy Award for Best Actress goes to Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side. - Kim Hollis, 11:48 pm I think that Sean Penn's introduction managed to completely negate everything else we just saw. Yikes, was he indecipherable. - Josh Spiegel, 11:48 pm Really, are we giving Sandy a standing ovation? - Shane Jenkins, 11:49 pm Sandra Bullock is a class act. - Pete Kilmer, 11:50 pm I think that mention officially establishes Clooney as the new Nicholson. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:51 pm Well, we're definitely not leaving until past midnight. This one's going very late. - Josh Spiegel, 11:52 pm Reagen, totally. I was thinking the same thing about Clooney:Nicholson - Calvin Trager, 11:53 pm Sandra's fantastic speech makes you wish the show would end right there. Maybe there will be another great moment, but you don't want to risk it, because that's going to be crazy hard to top. - Max Braden, 11:53 pm Babs gon' burn down the set if Best Director is a white guy. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:53 pm I hope Jason Lee wins - Calvin Trager, 11:55 pm The Academy Award for Best Director goes to Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker. - Kim Hollis, 11:55 pm Maybe her win will make people check out Strange Days. Which they should. - Shane Jenkins, 11:55 pm There's no way Kathryn Bigelow is 58. - Tony Kollath, 11:56 pm Good for Kathryn Bigelow. She's been a director of not nearly enough movies. Such a talented director. - Pete Kilmer, 11:56 pm Shane, Strange Days is well worth re-visiting. It's only gotten better over time. Near Dark as well. - Pete Kilmer, 11:57 pm Jeremy Renner has gotten a lot of screen time tonight. I bet he's finally over The Unusuals getting cancelled. - Calvin Trager, 11:57 pm Tony, I think she's sucking the life out of Suzy Amis. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:58 pm I'm a little disappointed that Kathryn Bigelow didn't thank James Cameron for teaching her how to direct just so that Streisand could do a horrified spit take. - Les Winan, 11:59 pm Screw the nominees, the winner is... - Les Winan, 11:59 pm Whoa Tom Hanks, way to run over the announcement of the biggest award of the night. - Tony Kollath, 11:59 pm Hurt Locker, the little movie that did. - Pete Kilmer, 11:59 pm The Academy Award for Best Picture is The Hurt Locker. - Kim Hollis, 12:00 am I think we all need to back off Tom Hanks and remember that the show is running 30 minutes late. He was, I'm sure, told to just announce the winner. This is what we get for having a dance sequence and two lengthy five-person introductions. - Josh Spiegel, 12:00 am And there was a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of fanboy voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. - Max Braden, 12:01 am The current difference in box office between The Hurt Locker and Avatar is almost exactly $700 million. - David Mumpower, 12:01 am Did Alec just cop a feel? - Reagen Sulewski, 12:02 am One last bit of vaudeville schlock and we're done! - Shane Jenkins, 12:02 am My conspiracy theory is that Kathryn Bigelow got those Oscars in the divorce. - Les Winan, 12:03 am Thanks for tuning in for the seventh annual live Oscars blog, folks. We at BOP sincerely appreciate your continuing patronage. - David Mumpower, 12:08 am
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