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2011 BOP Oscar Blog
Welcome to the 2011 Box Office Prophets Oscars blog. We will begin blogging during the red carpet. In the mean time, entertain yourself with one of the many Oscars-related links provided above. - Tony Kollath, 4:42 pm
"DePandi" was a much better last name than is "Rancic" - Tony Kollath, 6:49 pm I just explained the preferential ballot system to my friends. They all think I'm insane. - Tom Houseman, 6:50 pm In other news: I love Mark Ruffalo! - Tom Houseman, 6:52 pm Let it begin! - Max Braden, 7:00 pm Kevin Spacey is wonderful. What a shame he hasn't been in a good movie in a decade. Ugh... Casino Jack. - Tom Houseman, 7:00 pm They're arguing over whether or not Scarlet Johansson's dress is too see-through. What a baffling argument. - Tom Houseman, 7:03 pm Prediction for Tim Gunn's red carpet looks: adoration, surprise, shock, sass, and contempt. - Max Braden, 7:04 pm If Hailee Steinfeld were dressed in her western getup I would be too intimidated not to vote for her. - Max Braden, 7:06 pm Is that Banksy?! - Tom Houseman, 7:10 pm No, false alarm, it's Mila Kunis. - Tom Houseman, 7:11 pm Jennifer Lawrence could make me switch teams, looking like that. Holy cow. - Kelly Metz, 7:14 pm Jennifer Lawrence is combining the best looks of Goldie Hawn, Scarlett Johansson, and Leelee Sobieski. - Max Braden, 7:15 pm The giant Oscar statue looks vaguely embarrassed towering above all of the attendees. He looks like he'd rather be somewhere else right now . . . - Russ Bickerstaff, 7:20 pm Somewhere in an attic there is a portrait of Helen Mirren. That woman is gorgeous. - Tom Houseman, 7:25 pm The women are dressed in hues of blue and purple this year. - Max Braden, 7:28 pm These interviews with the parents of nominees are neat. I'd like to see that every year. - Max Braden, 7:29 pm I am loving these parent interviews. They're really sweet. - Kelly Metz, 7:30 pm I am so excited to see Gwyneth perform Coming Home. Country Strong had great music. Texas represent! - Tom Houseman, 7:34 pm ABC shows Oscar.com visitor votes putting Helena Bonham Carter leading the Supporting Actress category at 31%. - Max Braden, 7:35 pm The 2% who voted for Jacki Weaver are probably Australians who have heard of her. I thought her performance was better than HBC's, and HBC was still pretty darn great. - Kelly Metz, 7:37 pm Pre-awards show poll: Which award would you most like to see that most likely won't happen? I'd love to see either Inception win Picture or Jennifer Lawrence win Actress. The likelihood that either will happen is -12%. - Tony Kollath, 7:37 pm I'd like to see Geoffrey Rush win supporting actor for The King's Speech, but I don't think that's going to happen because of Bale. - Kelly Metz, 7:38 pm If you're wondering why Scarlett is looking around so much, it's because she's scanning the carpet for her next conquest. "Oooh, Ruffalo. Haven't had one of those yet." - Reagen Sulewski, 7:38 pm Tony, would anybody be surprised if I put forth Exit through the Gift Shop as the movie that deserves to win that probably won't? No? Then I'll say Black Swan for Cinematography. - Tom Houseman, 7:39 pm Scarlett Johansson appears to be wearing a long swatch of purple lace. - Russ Bickerstaff, 7:39 pm Who let Matthew McConaughey into the Oscars?! Wait, is he secretly Banksy? - Tom Houseman, 7:41 pm Warren Beatty is looking his age. - Brett Beach, 7:42 pm You can always tell when someone hasn't done the research. "I'm here with Matthew McConaughey and the lovely... woman... who's with Matthew McConaughey. - Reagen Sulewski, 7:43 pm Hey, watch the spoilers, Annette! - Kelly Metz, 7:43 pm Bening apparently arrived via wind tunnel. - Reagen Sulewski, 7:44 pm So glad that Tim Gunn wants to keep Anne Hathaway waiting through commercial. I'd much rather look at her than hear her talk--that's only half-kidding. - Josh Spiegel, 7:45 pm Whenever Tim Gunn speaks, I always get the feeling that I'm about to be removed from a fancy restaurant. - Reagen Sulewski, 7:46 pm Of the nominees, if I had my way True Grit and Jeff Bridges would win. I also picked it for sound because I was impressed during the movie. - Max Braden, 7:47 pm *swooon* - Kelly Metz, 7:50 pm I wonder if Mark Wahlberg had to speak to a bunch of reporters tonight. "I'm only going to speak to you. Not you, not you, and not you!" - Reagen Sulewski, 7:50 pm Can we retire "bromance" from language, forever, right now? - Josh Spiegel, 7:51 pm I don't expect The Fighter to win Best Picture, but Wahlberg winning an Oscar as producer some time in the future seems like a strong bet. - Max Braden, 7:51 pm Asking Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth about their Bromance is hilarious. - Tom Houseman, 7:51 pm Josh, I think a higher priority is retiring Charlie Sheen from life, right now. - Tom Houseman, 7:52 pm Geoffrey Rush is NOT dying, lest anyone still be concerned for him! - Brett Beach, 7:52 pm Tom, with phrases like "I'm on a drug. It's called Charlie Sheen," I'm starting to wonder if this whole thing is just a set-up to keep late-night comedy writers employed for the rest of time. - Josh Spiegel, 7:54 pm Personally, I'd just like to thank Sheen for warming us all up this week. It's always good to go a few rounds on the speed bag before a night like this. - Reagen Sulewski, 7:55 pm Look, Sheen, just because Robert Downey Jr. turned out doesn't mean that it's automatic. - Max Braden, 7:57 pm Jennifer Hudson is too too skinny now. - Brett Beach, 8:01 pm Someone should check Portman for a fake belly. That has sympathy ploy written all over it. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:03 pm If Darren Aronofsky is the bee's knees, does that make David Fincher the cat's meow? - Josh Spiegel, 8:03 pm Not only is Franco hosting an awards ceremony in which he's nominated, he also wrote the music, catered the pre-show meal and built the sets. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:04 pm They were going to rename the Oscars the Francos, but they were afraid of offending Javier Bardem. - Tom Houseman, 8:05 pm Kylie Minogue is dancing with The Wiggles on my TV right now (my kids haven't gone to sleep yet), and I'm comfortable that it's less stupid than the Red Carpet Show. - Les Winan, 8:05 pm James Franco clearly decided getting as high as possible was the only way to survive tonight. Can't say I blame him. - Josh Spiegel, 8:05 pm I can never tell how much James Franco is messing with me (and the world at large). - Brett Beach, 8:05 pm On the plus side, I'm already on my second beer. - Les Winan, 8:06 pm Sandra Bullock is looking very Marcia Gay Harden-esque tonight (this is a good thing). - Brett Beach, 8:07 pm One thing Sandra can be sure of is that her post-Oscars this year can't be worse than last year. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:07 pm According to Ben Mankiewicz, James Franco plays QB on a really crappy football team. I think that's what he said. - Josh Spiegel, 8:08 pm In other news, 44% of people have no idea what they're doing when it comes to predicting the Oscars. - Tom Houseman, 8:09 pm ABC shows Oscar.com visitors voting Colin Firth in the lead for Best Actor at 56%. - Max Braden, 8:09 pm If there was an Australian award for shitty children's music, I'm guessing it would be called "The Wiggle". - Les Winan, 8:10 pm Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban never look quite right together at the CMA's or the Oscars - Brett Beach, 8:13 pm What is Keith Urban thinking, RIGHT NOW? - Josh Spiegel, 8:13 pm Kidman and Urban have a very different pre-Oscar limo style than Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton. - Max Braden, 8:14 pm "Tonight, dressed as Oscar, is Gwyneth Paltrow." - Reagen Sulewski, 8:14 pm Jay-Z's got 99 Problems, but Gwyneth ain't one! - Brett Beach, 8:15 pm Yes, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jay-Z would be a great duo. The ensuing duet would cause a Big Bang in the world of pop culture. - Josh Spiegel, 8:15 pm If I've seen exactly three of this year's Best Picture nominees (Inception, Social Network, Toy Story 3), but I've seen one of them 124 times, does that count as watching all ten of them 12.4 times? - Les Winan, 8:16 pm It's always a bit bracing to hear Christian Bale's real accent. It's like he's a character from Snatch. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:16 pm I have been told that I am legally not allowed to post any of the things I think when I look at Hailee Steinfeld in that dress. So I'll just say she is very pretty. - Tom Houseman, 8:17 pm It's okay Tom, you have friends in every high school and medium security prison. - Les Winan, 8:18 pm Is everybody ready for the inevitable Arcade Fire Best Picture win? - Les Winan, 8:19 pm Just as much as I'm looking forward to the anguish when Justin Bieber doesn't win Best Supporting Actor. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:22 pm We've progressed to Dora the Explorer and getting out every toy in the house moments before bedtime. - Les Winan, 8:22 pm Now the only thing I want in the world is for Christian Bale to be cast as Justin Bieber in something. - Tom Houseman, 8:23 pm Whenever I see how musical and bouncy Hugh Jackman is in real life, I realize how convincingly he pulls off Wolverine's bad-ass-ness. - Brett Beach, 8:23 pm I loved Roberto Benigni's acceptance speech. When I was 12. Not now. - Josh Spiegel, 8:24 pm I'm frightened that Maria Menounos made it look like she knew, off the top of her head, that Spielberg's won three Oscars. - Josh Spiegel, 8:26 pm What I liked about that look back at speeches was how many of them are ones we'd like to have back. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:26 pm Tom Hanks needs to do every red carpet interview. For every awards show. For the rest of time. - Josh Spiegel, 8:27 pm I'm shamelessly filled with joy that Reagen thinks that acceptance speeches suck in hindsight. - Tony Kollath, 8:29 pm I guess I'm the only BOP staff writer whose heart isn't black and cold, and who therefore loved Roberto Benigni's speech. - Tom Houseman, 8:29 pm Also, I'd again like to commend the Academy for putting together a fantastic slate of Best Picture nominees. - Tom Houseman, 8:31 pm Thumbs up to making Toy Story 3 number one of ten Best Picture nominees...if only for right now. - Josh Spiegel, 8:31 pm Man, I should've invented Facebook. - Tom Houseman, 8:31 pm I still miss Billy Crystal's musical montages. - Max Braden, 8:31 pm Inception was not confusing. At least to me. - Josh Spiegel, 8:33 pm This is my snack of choice for tonight's Oscars presentation: http://yfrog.com/gzutd9j - David Mumpower, 8:34 pm I like Boston Anne Hathaway. - Kelly Metz, 8:34 pm Alec Baldwin makes every sketch a little funnier - Brett Beach, 8:35 pm Please tell me I'm not the only one who doesn't want the Oscars to just do Billy Crystal-style gags for the rest of the show. - Josh Spiegel, 8:35 pm I just saw a lot more of James Franco than I wanted to. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:36 pm My friend Jenna, about Back to the Future: "What was that nominated for?" - Tom Houseman, 8:37 pm Back to the Future! love it. - Max Braden, 8:37 pm Leave Back to the Future ALONE! - Josh Spiegel, 8:37 pm Oof, what a terrible opening line. This is why Anne Hathaway shouldn't speak. - Tom Houseman, 8:38 pm How old were they when Back to the Future was released? - Kelly Metz, 8:39 pm Honestly, James Franco looks as poised up there as any other actor looking at a teleprompter. - Josh Spiegel, 8:39 pm As tonight's awards begin, something we want to track with the early Supporting Awards is that if Geoffrey Rush pulls an upset, The King's Speech is going to be dominant. If Helena Bonham Carter wins, The King's Speech is going to destroy. - David Mumpower, 8:39 pm David - do you honestly think that is going to happen? What do you put the chances of a King's Speech upset or two at? - Kelly Metz, 8:40 pm Suddenly it's every Fifth Grade Christmas Pageant. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:40 pm No "Tell your mom I said hello" joke from Franco's grandma? - Brett Beach, 8:41 pm Hey, I laughed at something Anne Hathaway said. It happened. Possibly just the one time tonight, but it happened. "Where's the dad?" - Josh Spiegel, 8:41 pm Interesting. Grandmothers get louder applause than mothers. - David Mumpower, 8:41 pm And James Franco's grandmother steals the Oscars. They should end the show right now. - Tom Houseman, 8:41 pm If we're going to go through 70+ years of Oscar winners, I am going to be way off on my running time prediction. - Max Braden, 8:42 pm I didn't know Hathaway haters were stacking the decks at BOP! - Brett Beach, 8:42 pm Max, it's the tightest five hours and 28 minutes in awards shows today. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:43 pm Since I'm not David the Greek, I'll simply pass along the fact that Bodog has Rush at +375 to Bale's -600 and Helena Bonham Carter at +600 to Hailee Steinfeld's +175 and Melissa Leo's -600. If you don't know what these lines mean, suffice to say that neither one would be THAT big an upset. - David Mumpower, 8:43 pm Is Tom Hanks going to be onstage for longer than Franco and Hathaway's opening? - Josh Spiegel, 8:43 pm Oh, crap, Cinematography. I'm gonna start drinking early tonight. - Tom Houseman, 8:43 pm Good Lord. Alice in Wonderland was a hideous piece of film. - Josh Spiegel, 8:44 pm I won't say a bad thing about Anne Hathaway. She's so pretty. - Les Winan, 8:44 pm The Academy Award for Achievement in Art Direction goes to Alice in Wonderland. - Kim Hollis, 8:44 pm I've always liked the examples of past movies to explain award categories - Pete Kilmer, 8:44 pm That said, I'd love it if Ricky Gervais hosted EVERYTHING. - Les Winan, 8:45 pm Nice buildup on that. "Three films are nominated for Picture, Art Direction and Cinematography. ... And none of them will win." - Reagen Sulewski, 8:45 pm 0 for 1. Crap. At least the most deserving nominee won. - Tom Houseman, 8:45 pm Alice in Wonderland movie was very hit and miss, but the sets and costumes looked terrific. - Pete Kilmer, 8:46 pm "Tim Burton. Meet me with a saw because half of this is yours." - Max Braden, 8:46 pm I'm just glad he remembered to thank all the other awards guys. There's a reason some people are set decorators and not actors. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:46 pm Interesting. Thanks, David. - Kelly Metz, 8:46 pm And Roger Deakins is denied again :( - Brett Beach, 8:47 pm Pfister also won the American Soc. of Cinematographers award for Inception. - Max Braden, 8:47 pm The King's Speech is definitely not sweeping tonight. - Tom Houseman, 8:47 pm Well, I'm glad Inception won, but does that mean Roger Deakins is NEVER winning an Oscar? - Josh Spiegel, 8:47 pm The Academy Award for Achievement in Cinematography goes to Inception. - Kim Hollis, 8:47 pm First of many union shout outs. - Les Winan, 8:48 pm Right now he's wondering why everyone is so blurry. I'd love for the audience to yell out "they're on your head!" - Reagen Sulewski, 8:48 pm The right choice, there. - Kelly Metz, 8:48 pm I can't wait for Christopher Nolan's Best Director speech! - Les Winan, 8:48 pm Good on them for bringing out Kirk Douglas. A living legend--obviously. - Josh Spiegel, 8:51 pm Kirk Douglas is still alive? Wow. - Tom Houseman, 8:51 pm And just cause Kirk is 94 doesn't mean you're safe, Anne. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:52 pm And of course he's a dirty old man. - Josh Spiegel, 8:52 pm They found the star of the next sequel to The Mummy! - Les Winan, 8:52 pm They're showing clips of the performances! Hallelujah! - Tom Houseman, 8:53 pm Well, now we know why this year's show will run long - PICK IT UP, DOUGLAS! - Les Winan, 8:53 pm Kirk Douglas still has it. Watch out Anne - Pete Kilmer, 8:53 pm I hope everyone who criticizes bringing Dick Clark out every New Year's Eve is watching this. - Kelly Metz, 8:53 pm And if you don't do what Helena Bonham Carter asks, she'll cast a wicked spell on you. - Max Braden, 8:54 pm Clearly I'm not drunk enough. - Les Winan, 8:54 pm Do we think Melissa Leo is going to take out ads touting herself for the next Entertainment Weekly "Where are they now?" issue? - Les Winan, 8:55 pm Having the Fighter sisters in a balcony box hooting down the show like Statler and Waldorf would have won the night. - Max Braden, 8:56 pm Oh, Kirk Douglas should host next year. He just made me laugh out loud. - Josh Spiegel, 8:56 pm Well, now we can all stop talking about those ads Leo did. - Josh Spiegel, 8:57 pm The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress goes to Melissa Leo for The Fighter. - Kim Hollis, 8:57 pm I wonder how badly she wanted to push Kirk Douglas out of the way. - Kelly Metz, 8:58 pm I'm so happy for Melissa Leo. The best performance of the year wins an Oscar. What do ya know? - Tom Houseman, 8:58 pm Come on, Melissa, just like you rehearsed. - Max Braden, 8:58 pm And Melissa Leo is like, did he actually say a name (let alone my name?) - Brett Beach, 8:58 pm I like Kirk's story about the time he went to Morganville with an onion tied on his belt better. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:58 pm She just cost ABC a lot of money. - Reagen Sulewski, 8:59 pm Melissa Leo is clearly a good actress, but this feels way too scripted. Kind of obnoxious. - Josh Spiegel, 8:59 pm Been a huge fan of Melissa Leo's for years since Homicide Life on the Street, glad she won. But that dress was a huge loss. - Pete Kilmer, 8:59 pm I really like the dress, Pete. I feel like it totally "fits" her. - Kelly Metz, 9:00 pm And that is why they time delay these things. I love Melissa Leo. - Tom Houseman, 9:00 pm Since when is saying the f-word "young and hip"? Goodness. - Josh Spiegel, 9:01 pm This will go down as the most awkward Oscar telecast in history. - Tom Houseman, 9:02 pm Justin Timberlake is funnier in five seconds than Franco or Hathaway. Until he cues up the background from Shrek. - Josh Spiegel, 9:02 pm Re: JT is Banksy, I knew it! - Brett Beach, 9:02 pm Banksy jokes! YAY! - Tom Houseman, 9:02 pm It's relatively early, aside from the orchestral support during bits of the presentations, there is a *lot* of silence in this year's ceremony. - Max Braden, 9:03 pm It's a bit of a mistake to have Timberlake and Kunis presenting together. I'm barely paying attention to the category over the raw sexual energy on stage. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:04 pm The Academy Award for Best Animated Short goes to The Lost Thing. - Kim Hollis, 9:04 pm JT just won me back. He's thinking quick enough to be funniest. - Josh Spiegel, 9:04 pm I hate picking against my favorite in a category. The Lost Thing deserves it, but now I'm one for four. - Tom Houseman, 9:04 pm (The smaller you are, the less acceptance speech time you get.) - Max Braden, 9:05 pm This is outrageous! I am outraged! Day & Night was the only short I saw so that's what I voted for! - Max Braden, 9:05 pm The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature goes to Toy Story 3. - Kim Hollis, 9:06 pm And here we see the hierarchy of awards show speeches. Best Supporting Actress: "Take your time, we've got all night." Best Short Animated Film: "20 seconds? Ugh, get off the stage already!" - Reagen Sulewski, 9:06 pm Hey, I know that lady Lee Unkrich just kissed (she was in my high school graduating class). - Kim Hollis, 9:07 pm Toy Story 3 was a strong film, however How To Train Your Dragon was stronger in my opinion. - Pete Kilmer, 9:08 pm If I lose the pool at the party I'm in, I'll be pissed. Right now I'm behind some British guy who's only seen one of the Best Picture nominees. - Tom Houseman, 9:09 pm While I really enjoyed Toy Story 3, I think it was the wrong choice by a long shot. - Kelly Metz, 9:09 pm Lee Unkrich wins for best acceptance speech of the night, if only for thanking lots of people without it seeming endless. - Josh Spiegel, 9:09 pm Tell Russell Brand hello, Tom. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:10 pm So, I'm the only Toy Story 3 booster here? I'll fight to the death! Or...something equivalent. - Josh Spiegel, 9:11 pm David, are you watching a version of the show where James Franco and Anne Hathaway are funny? I think I need to switch cable providers to get that version. - Josh Spiegel, 9:12 pm I love Toy Story 3, Josh. I just love How to Train Your Dragon more. - Kim Hollis, 9:12 pm I can't decide which moment has killed the show the worst thus far, Kirk Douglas enraging Helena Bonham Carter, Justin Timberlake's dying a dishonorable death with the Banksy "joke", or Melissa Leo turtling on live television in a way that makes Forest Whitaker shake his head in disgust. Thank God the hosts are hysterical, because the rest of the show is a big bag of YIKES thus far. - David Mumpower, 9:12 pm I'm so excited for Aaron Sorkin's speech. - Tom Houseman, 9:13 pm Hot men in white tuxedoes? That's a waste of hot men! - Brett Beach, 9:13 pm Whoa, Javier Bardem got fat. - Kim Hollis, 9:13 pm Producer: "Franco is dragging us down. Tell him there's something fun in the green room and go with Hathaway." - Max Braden, 9:13 pm "Accepting for Aaron Sorkin is Val Kilmer from 1995." - Reagen Sulewski, 9:14 pm Here is, potentially, the only Oscar for The Social Network tonight. - Josh Spiegel, 9:14 pm It was probably sympathy pregnancy weight, Kim. - Kelly Metz, 9:14 pm The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay goes to Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network. - Kim Hollis, 9:14 pm Bardem guest stars as Vince Vaughn's European cousin. - Max Braden, 9:14 pm Javier Bardem's appearance right now makes me want to retroactively vote for every movie he's ever been in for Best Makeup. It's nice that he skipped league night at the Bowling Alley to present an award tonight. - David Mumpower, 9:14 pm Brolin and Bardem look like they're in a movie where they assassinate someone at the Oscars. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:14 pm Ladies and gentlemen, the finest poet in the world, Aaron Sorkin. - David Mumpower, 9:15 pm Aaron Sorkin wrote the best film of the year no doubt. - Pete Kilmer, 9:15 pm Insert relevant Sports Night quote here for Sorkin's win. Yay! - Brett Beach, 9:15 pm Who would have guessed that Sorkin would be able to talk so fast? - Tom Houseman, 9:16 pm Sorkin getting played off by the orchestra? Yeah good luck - Pete Kilmer, 9:16 pm Really? They're playing off Aaron Sorkin. Give me a break. - Josh Spiegel, 9:16 pm I love that Sorkin just kept talking throughout the music. I knew he wouldn't back down when they tried to play him off the stage. BOP doubles as an Aarok Sorkin fansite, so this is a glorious moment for all of us. Sports Night FTW! - David Mumpower, 9:17 pm Have we discussed how ridiculous a name Armie Hammer is? Is he related to Proctor Gamble? - Reagen Sulewski, 9:17 pm "Roxy, your father just won an Oscar so I'm going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig." - Max Braden, 9:17 pm It looks like Javier Bardem showed up on the red carpet wearing a black tux jacket. Why on earth would he need a wardrobe change? - Kelly Metz, 9:17 pm Showing the screenplay text over scenes is one of my favorite parts of the Oscar show. - Max Braden, 9:18 pm The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay goes to David Seidler for The King's Speech. - Kim Hollis, 9:18 pm Stately British gentleman speaking eloquently (David Seidler) - Brett Beach, 9:19 pm Wow, Social Network defenders must feel silly now that Seidler's speech is so much better than Sorkin's was. - Tom Houseman, 9:19 pm Ok the writer for the King's Speech won the night so far - Pete Kilmer, 9:19 pm There goes a class act. - Max Braden, 9:20 pm That was a wonderful speech. - Kelly Metz, 9:21 pm "Tonight the role of Jack Nicholson will be played by Hugh Jackman." - Reagen Sulewski, 9:24 pm This performance is miserables. Get it? Miserables? - Tom Houseman, 9:24 pm How to do a Sheen joke: short and sweet. - Max Braden, 9:25 pm 1st Charlie Sheen joke of the night - Pete Kilmer, 9:25 pm Tonight, the role of Ricky Gervais is being played by James Franco. - Josh Spiegel, 9:25 pm But seriously, though, it isn't funny at all. - Tom Houseman, 9:25 pm 1st Sheen joke was almost an hour in. I'm surprised it took that long. - Kelly Metz, 9:26 pm There go two classy Brits. By which I mean, of course, Helen Mirren's breasts. - Tom Houseman, 9:26 pm The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film goes to In a Better World (Denmark). - Kim Hollis, 9:27 pm Ooh, most BOPers picked Biutiful. - Max Braden, 9:28 pm Katy Perry came up with six things to complain about in therapy from that presentation. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:28 pm Did the Oscar voters follow the Globes' lead this year? Not that much buzz about this film as the others, but there you go. - Josh Spiegel, 9:28 pm Biutiful might have won if people hadn't seen how ugly Javier Bardem looks these days. - David Mumpower, 9:28 pm Je Suis L'Awesome! I'm up to five for eight. - Tom Houseman, 9:28 pm Biutiful was only one of two foreign language films I've seen this year - I can't vote for something I haven't seen. - Kelly Metz, 9:29 pm Do we have a BOP research staff? Can they tell me how many women have won Best Foreign Language Film? - Tom Houseman, 9:29 pm Tom, it looks like the last female winner was in 2002, Caroline Link directing Nowhere in Africa. Before that, 1995 for Antonia's Line. - Max Braden, 9:32 pm The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor goes to Christian Bale. - Kim Hollis, 9:32 pm I wish Christian Bale had done his acceptance speech in the Batman voice. - Les Winan, 9:33 pm OK, having the orchestra playing How You Like Me Now after Bale's win was announced was pretty great. - Tony Kollath, 9:33 pm A Christian Bale acceptance speech is probably the moment every seven-second delay button operator trains for his entire life. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:33 pm Christian Bale and me are done professionally. Even if he referenced the inciting tape. (Wait, are those jokes too old?) - Josh Spiegel, 9:33 pm I love listening to Christian Bale speak, even when he uses that funny non-American accent. - Tom Houseman, 9:33 pm "Hey kid, ten dollars if you go walk in front of the podium right now." - Max Braden, 9:33 pm Christian Bale has been doing such solid work over the years, but he was just outstanding in The Fighter. - Pete Kilmer, 9:33 pm Next year, instead of Supporting Actress, they should have Bale present Cinematography. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:34 pm Returning to the earlier topic, neither Supporting Actor entrant from The King's Speech achieved the upset. In my estimation, that puts Best Picture back into play, depending upon how the remaining technical categories unfold. - David Mumpower, 9:35 pm Don't the Oscars usually wait to put tons of commercials on until the second half? I'm watching too many ads. - Josh Spiegel, 9:35 pm I love that Bale referenced that tape. - Kelly Metz, 9:35 pm King's Speech is one for five. Best Picture is very much open now. I'm predicting the Best Score winner to win Best Pic. - Tom Houseman, 9:38 pm I'm pretty sure it's still going to be King's Speech. Rush and Carter had a chance to upset, but it's only if someone like Firth loses that we should be truly thrown off. - Josh Spiegel, 9:39 pm Just an FYI...the public could care less that you signed a new contract to air the Oscars. You just made my night longer! - Pete Kilmer, 9:39 pm Sound categories. Inception fans get excited. - Tom Houseman, 9:40 pm The Oscars never fail to baffle me with how they like to kill time. - Josh Spiegel, 9:41 pm If I win an Oscar and I need to be played off the stage I want the Star Wars theme to play me off. - Pete Kilmer, 9:41 pm Nevermind! False alarm. It's score. - Tom Houseman, 9:42 pm More money's been spent on Nicole Kidman's face than I make in a year!!!!! - Les Winan, 9:42 pm Tom - I assume you mean Social Network has the best score, yes? - Joshua Pasch, 9:42 pm The Academy Award for Best Original Score goes to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network. - Kim Hollis, 9:43 pm That's Academy Award winner Mr. Nine Inch Nails to you, bub. Woohoo!!! - Brett Beach, 9:43 pm This is one of the few categories I really have a rooting interest in. Come on Trent Reznor. - Les Winan, 9:43 pm As much as I'd like to see Inception get the Best Score Oscar, I'd love to hear "and the Oscar goes to Trent Reznor." - Kelly Metz, 9:43 pm Actually, if I had a pick I'd give it to 127 Hours, but that's just a pipe dream. - Tom Houseman, 9:43 pm The more I hear this music, the more I love it, and I think it's a major reason why people loved the movie. - Max Braden, 9:44 pm In addition to the one Max mentioned, Marleen Gorris also won Best Foreign Language Film for Antonia's Line in 1995. Tom Houseman's instincts were correct that a woman winning the category is quite rare. This is only the third time in 64 years. - David Mumpower, 9:44 pm The tables have turned! The Social Network is now the Best Picture favorite! - Tom Houseman, 9:44 pm Trent Reznor is changing baby diapers and winning Oscars. I am officially old - Brett Beach, 9:44 pm Somewhere, Fred Durst just broke something expensive. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:44 pm Wow. Trent won the Oscar. Outstanding - Pete Kilmer, 9:44 pm Go Social Network. - Joshua Pasch, 9:45 pm Good for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - moreso for the latter, because most people - including the Academy's Twitter feed - seem to ignore him. - Josh Spiegel, 9:45 pm Ironic that nobody ever wants to hear Matthew McConaughey speak. - Tom Houseman, 9:46 pm The Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing goes to Inception. - Kim Hollis, 9:47 pm My two long shot picks both fell flat. True Grit for sound mixing and The King's Speech for cinematography. - Tom Houseman, 9:48 pm Unstoppable got nominated for an Oscar. UNSTOPPABLE. - Josh Spiegel, 9:49 pm They're just spoiling the hell out of True Grit tonight. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:49 pm One of the items on my bucket list is to finally learn, decisively, the difference between Sound Mixing and Sound Editing. That, and to find out what Permanent Press is. - Max Braden, 9:49 pm To Max's point, I always think it's weird that there's often times far from 100% overlap in the noms for those two categories. What makes Salt good for one and Unstoppable good for the other? - Joshua Pasch, 9:50 pm I applaud anyone winning for Inception - or anyone winning for anything - calling out Christopher Nolan, so the Academy can be reminded that they didn't nominate him for Best Director. - Josh Spiegel, 9:50 pm The Academy Award for Sound Editing goes to Inception. - Kim Hollis, 9:50 pm I think we all expected the "Head like a hole, black as your soul, I'd rather die than give you control" guy to win an Oscar at some point. - David Mumpower, 9:52 pm The sound people have a powerful lobby group. They were this close to getting "Sound Dicing" and "Sound Julienning" into the ceremony. - Reagen Sulewski, 9:52 pm I could give you all a lecture on sound mixing and sound editing, and how different they are, but it would take all night, and I'm sure they're about to be not funny again. - Tom Houseman, 9:53 pm With regards to Best Picture vs. Best Actor, I don't think anyone here believes Colin Firth will not give an acceptance speech tonight. He's always been a mortal lock, but there is at least *some* intrigue about The King's Speech vs. The Social Network right now. - David Mumpower, 9:54 pm Oh look, there they go being not funny again. Cate Blanchett, you are too good for this. - Tom Houseman, 9:55 pm "All right, congratulations, nerds." - Max Braden, 9:55 pm I would agree, David, but in terms of precursor awards (from people who might vote at the Oscars as well), TKS is pretty close to a lock. It's not - nothing is before the award's announced - but I will be pleasantly surprised if I'm wrong about it winning. - Josh Spiegel, 9:55 pm Sure, Cate Blanchett's dress looks awful, but do you know how much paper they had to fold and cut to make it? - Reagen Sulewski, 9:56 pm Funniest moment so far: "That's gross" - Joshua Pasch, 9:56 pm The Academy Award for Best Achievement in Makeup goes to The Wolfman. - Kim Hollis, 9:56 pm "That's crazy ugly." - my wife looking at Cate Blanchett's dress. - Les Winan, 9:56 pm 1990s Andre Agassi is sooooooooo jealous of Rick Baker's hair. - Les Winan, 9:57 pm The Wolfman won an Oscar? Okay, granted it's Rick Baker. He totally deserves it. - Pete Kilmer, 9:57 pm Cate Blanchett: costume design by Red Lobster. - Max Braden, 9:58 pm The Academy Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design goes to Alice in Wonderland. - Kim Hollis, 9:58 pm Rick Baker - nominated for Norbit and now winner for Wolfman. - Joshua Pasch, 9:58 pm Wait...he has a *wife*? Huh. Okay. - Kelly Metz, 9:58 pm I am so sad that Alice in Wonderland will win multiple Oscars. It may win more than Black Swan. Argh. - Josh Spiegel, 9:59 pm Hey, Josh, Alice had superb art direction and costumes. It deserved both of its Oscars. - Tom Houseman, 10:00 pm A robot just won a costume design Oscar! - Les Winan, 10:00 pm Cate Blanchett's dress reminds me of a framed painting. I don't mean artistically. I mean I actually get the dizzying effect of looking at a wall of a museum. It's unsettling. - David Mumpower, 10:01 pm I like the playoff music this year. It's not overwhelming. - Tom Houseman, 10:01 pm Tom, we'll agree to disagree. Maybe it was the 3D, but all I saw in that movie was muck. - Josh Spiegel, 10:01 pm Kevin Spacey coming out and singing show tunes (unsolicited) isn't going to slow down those rumors any. - David Mumpower, 10:02 pm Well that settles that argument. Kevin Spacey is straight. - Les Winan, 10:02 pm Are they trying to point out how unmemorable this year's song nominees are? Good job, Academy. - Tom Houseman, 10:02 pm I am a staunch Toy Story 3 defender. But I will not defend this song. - Josh Spiegel, 10:03 pm At least he's not getting a nomination for writing "You've Got a Friend In Me" backwards this time. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:04 pm It's tough as a movie song to live up to three that truly use their songs (8 Mile, Hustle & Flow, and Once)...those songs are integral to how you experience the film. I'm not sure this year's nominees can claim that. - Joshua Pasch, 10:04 pm I've seen Toy Story 3 three times now and I still couldn't identify this song as being in it, which is not a good sign. I'm not expecting Tangled to win, but that's the Disney animation song from 2010 that will stick with me. - David Mumpower, 10:04 pm An Academy Award winner did not do the sound mixing for this segment. - Max Braden, 10:04 pm Who would have thought that Chuck would ever show up at the Oscars? Will he use his kung fu abilities on James Franco? - Josh Spiegel, 10:05 pm This is probably the closest Zach Levi will ever get to an Oscar. - Kelly Metz, 10:06 pm I hope the intersect kicks in and Mandy Moore gets a karate kick. Just because. - Les Winan, 10:06 pm Chuck didn't sing too badly. - Pete Kilmer, 10:06 pm This is the weirdest cover they've given Chuck yet. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:06 pm Joshua is right; so many of the highlights of recent Oscar years have been from Best Song that it makes this year's contenders look that much more ordinary by comparison. I actually re-watched Jon Stewart's thoughtfulness with Markéta Irglová yesterday. The fact that she was a virtual unknown is what made the moment purer. This year feels very, very corporate thus far. - David Mumpower, 10:08 pm Remember last year when that crazy woman ran on stage and claimed the award for the Best Documentary Short even though she had disavowed herself from the film itself? We could use a dose of chaos like that. Melissa Leo dropping an F-bomb isn't enough. - David Mumpower, 10:11 pm What's wrong with Amy Adams? She looks paler than usual. - Les Winan, 10:12 pm Jake G with some comic relief! - Joshua Pasch, 10:12 pm Haha, he waited for the applause for George Lucas. Nobody applauds George Lucas anymore. - Tom Houseman, 10:12 pm Kirk Douglas may be all you're going to get this year. - Josh Spiegel, 10:12 pm The Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject goes to Strangers No More. - Kim Hollis, 10:13 pm And Jake Gyllenhaal correctly identifies the only reason people care about this category. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:13 pm Jake Gyllenhaal is even more wooden here than he was in Prince of Persia. - David Mumpower, 10:13 pm And I continue my remarkable streak at being terrible at predicting the short films. Na Wewe has to bail me out or else I'll go 0 for 3 again. - Tom Houseman, 10:14 pm The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short goes to God of Love. - Kim Hollis, 10:15 pm Josh, I'm holding out hope that Banksy saves us from mediocrity...moreso if he doesn't actually win Best Documentary. I picture him swinging down from the balcony Tarzan-style to take the award away from some less deserving recipient. - David Mumpower, 10:15 pm GET A HAIRCUT, HIPPIE! - Josh Spiegel, 10:16 pm Is that the spawn of one of the Coen brothers? - Joshua Pasch, 10:16 pm No freakin' way. I changed my Oscar picks from "God of Love" to "The Confession" after seeing them all yesterday. I feel like this was the completely wrong pick. - Kelly Metz, 10:16 pm Awesome, Horshach won an Oscar. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:16 pm This kid was a great dancer in Step Up 3D. - Max Braden, 10:16 pm It's worth it to be wrong in this category. God of Love was good and his speech was delightful. - Tom Houseman, 10:17 pm Ke$ha is madly scribbling down these ideas. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:18 pm This, and still no love for Sex Bob-omb. - Max Braden, 10:18 pm That's a glimpse at a future category. Best Autotuned Song. - Pete Kilmer, 10:18 pm I don't mean to question the validity of this Live Action Short winner, but I've seen a lot funnier cat videos on YouTube. Why don't those ever get nominated? - David Mumpower, 10:18 pm Autotune saves the day! - Brett Beach, 10:18 pm I will be the only one who thought that was laughably bad? Wow. I mean...yikes. - Josh Spiegel, 10:19 pm Auto-tuning the Oscars is one of those ideas like New Coke, Cool As ice, and drafting JaMarcus Russell #1 overall. - David Mumpower, 10:19 pm A genuinely funny montage! It's a miracle! - Tom Houseman, 10:19 pm Dave, Josh, I might be drunk. I've gotten a lot of categories wrong so far. - Tom Houseman, 10:20 pm I would have thought Oprah shipped her own purified air in. - Kelly Metz, 10:20 pm You get an Oscar! And YOU get an Oscar! And YOU get an Oscar! - Josh Spiegel, 10:20 pm I'm going to have to watch stay up way past my bedtime thanks to that horrible autotune skit. - Kim Hollis, 10:20 pm Well, we know what the cover of the next "O" magazine is going to be. - Les Winan, 10:20 pm The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature goes to Inside Job. - Kim Hollis, 10:21 pm I have Exit Through the Gift Shop all set up and on pause in my queue on Netflix. I loved the first three seconds I have seen. - Brett Beach, 10:21 pm I would have loved to see Banksy crash the Oscars. Sigh... - Tom Houseman, 10:22 pm We will never know what Banksy would have done now! - Joshua Pasch, 10:22 pm It's probably not a good sign that Oprah's speech about Best Documentary all but ended with her flipping off Banksy. - David Mumpower, 10:22 pm They directed this and No End in Sight? May I suggest a movie about puppies and kitties next? - Reagen Sulewski, 10:23 pm Nice to see the Academy recognizing a politically significant film again. Inside Job was probably the single most significant film of the year. - Russ Bickerstaff, 10:23 pm I'm still thrown that so many people assumed that Banksy would win. The Academy likes to keep things safe. - Josh Spiegel, 10:23 pm And the public still have no idea what a Banksy is. - Pete Kilmer, 10:23 pm They just used footage of Iron Man 2 and Repo men to preview Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law - Joshua Pasch, 10:24 pm Given the way The Oscars are going this year, it's perfectly fitting that something as dull as The King's Speech should win Best Picture. - David Mumpower, 10:24 pm I hope more people are inspired to see Inside Job now. Hopefully an Oscar for Best Documentary isn't a kiss of death on top of a kiss of death - Brett Beach, 10:24 pm Update: I'm beating the British guy nine to eight. Here's hoping I get Song and Picture right. The other categories I'm confident about. - Tom Houseman, 10:25 pm By the way, I know everyone's disappointed that Banksy didn't win, but may I remind you? Justin Timberlake said he's Banksy. Obviously, this is a truth. - Josh Spiegel, 10:26 pm That award saved the world from finding out that Banksy *is* Oprah. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:26 pm Hi, I'm Billy Crystal and I'm no longer funny. - Les Winan, 10:27 pm I think Anne Hathaway is aware of just how badly she's bombing. - Tom Houseman, 10:27 pm "Thanks Anne and James, I've got it from here." - Reagen Sulewski, 10:27 pm Was Billy Crystal not able to get an earlier flight to L.A.? - Josh Spiegel, 10:28 pm Standing O = "Please, Billy! Jump in! We can't take this Franco crap any more!" - Kelly Metz, 10:28 pm Seriously, what is the point of the Oscars showing us how funny previous hosts have been? - Josh Spiegel, 10:30 pm Hey, there's Jude Law! Was Repo Men nominated for anything? - David Mumpower, 10:31 pm I think the problem is that there are no classy comedians anymore. That's why we can't find good Oscar hosts. - Tom Houseman, 10:31 pm Here's Bob Hope, ready to show you how poor a decision it was to go with safe, young, and hip this year. - Joshua Pasch, 10:31 pm I'm hoping the ghost of Jack Palance comes out and swallows Billy Crystal's soul as a billion people look on, experiencing some emotion falling between horror and satisfaction. - David Mumpower, 10:31 pm Oh, so when Ricky Gervais makes drug jokes about Robert Downey Jr. it's crass and mean. But when Jude Law does it... - Reagen Sulewski, 10:32 pm The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects goes to Inception. - Kim Hollis, 10:33 pm Do the Oscars need a classy comedian? And also, the definition of funny and class is Paul F. Tompkins. But he's not as famous, unfortunately. - Josh Spiegel, 10:33 pm Honestly, where's Gervais? - Les Winan, 10:33 pm Shouldn't Downey Jr. be blackballed now for making fun of the effects crews? From what I've heard, they don't like being mocked. - Josh Spiegel, 10:34 pm Jude Law pulls a Gervais, maybe a little better than Gervais even. I still am not all that excited for Sherlock Holmes 2. - Brett Beach, 10:34 pm So it's ok when RDJ makes drug jokes? Huh... - Pete Kilmer, 10:34 pm The Academy Award for Best Achievement in Film Editing goes to The Social Network. - Kim Hollis, 10:35 pm The part of that speech I liked best was when they walked off the stage on a bridge that suddenly appeared out of nowhere. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:35 pm Two hours in, only five Oscars left! - Brett Beach, 10:36 pm Don't worry Brett, we can still throw in two or three pointless montages. "Next up, a tribute to the body-switching genre!" - Reagen Sulewski, 10:38 pm Downey Jr. would be a great Oscar host. He has been the best presenter two years running. - Tom Houseman, 10:39 pm Reagen, don't forget, there need to be a lot more jokes about how long the show is. - Josh Spiegel, 10:39 pm James looks like that last mushroom he ate is going south on him. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:41 pm With only five awards left, Inception has taken four, The Social Network has three, and The Fighter and Alice in Wonderland have two each. The King's Speech has only one so far - the same number as The Wolfman. - Kim Hollis, 10:41 pm Robert Downey Jr. hosting the Oscars is a great idea in theory. The downside is that there is always that possibility that he will relapse and go Full Sheen the week of the ceremony. - David Mumpower, 10:42 pm Wait, that was the whole song? - Reagen Sulewski, 10:43 pm I should like Florence (with or without the Machine), but I don't. - Brett Beach, 10:43 pm Hey look, it's Indian Sting! - Reagen Sulewski, 10:43 pm My pick for downside of RDJ hosting is that he can be really funny, but his humor can also be incredibly obnoxious. Of course, unlike Ricky Gervais, he's accepted as a movie star... - Josh Spiegel, 10:44 pm So, there really weren't any...good songs this year. Nominated songs, at least. - Josh Spiegel, 10:46 pm The Academy Award for Best Original Song goes to Randy Newman for We Belong Together. - Kim Hollis, 10:46 pm And the Oscar in my mind goes to African Child from Get Him to the Greek! Yay! - Tom Houseman, 10:47 pm I wonder how many people have tried to play pop-a-shot on Jennifer Hudson tonight. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:47 pm Each year, Randy Newman becomes more and more like the affable uncle at the family reunion that you're never quite sure where his anecdotes will take you. - Brett Beach, 10:48 pm "Garbage Truck" by Sex-bob-omb wiped the floor with all of those. - Reagen Sulewski, 10:49 pm Randy Newman is looking *and* sounding like Bobby Knight tonight. - David Mumpower, 10:49 pm Looking forward to the Academy's "Look Who Died This Year," segment as always. - Russ Bickerstaff, 10:50 pm Why is Celine singing Smile? Robert Downey Jr. did it better and should have been nominated the year he did. - Max Braden, 10:52 pm Looking at the remaining categories, The Social Network has a chance to win the most Oscars if it takes Best Picture and Best Director (or has a shocking upset in Best Actor). Otherwise, Inception's current total of four looks to match The Matrix, which was widely considered the class of 1999 even though American Beauty won more awards with five. The King's Speech could match Inception's four if it takes Actor, Director and Picture. - David Mumpower, 10:52 pm Celine Dion? Warn a person, would you? - Reagen Sulewski, 10:52 pm Did they ban applause this year? How will we know who won? - Reagen Sulewski, 10:53 pm Always a nice moment. Too bad I had to look at Celine Dion at times. - Pete Kilmer, 10:54 pm I love the In Memoriam section. Bob Boyle was the art director for most of the series "Fairly Oddparents" and was the basis for one of the show's best running jokes. - Tom Houseman, 10:56 pm They did a solid job of segueing from the In Memoriam segment to Halle Berry remembering Lena Horne. - Josh Spiegel, 10:56 pm Who do you think is worth more, Celine Dion or Oprah? - David Mumpower, 10:57 pm I'll give a shout to Kevin McCarthy, for Twilight Zone, Innerspace, and The Distinguished Gentleman (the movies I saw). - Max Braden, 10:58 pm They forgot Corey Haim didn't they? - Pete Kilmer, 10:58 pm They forgot Maury Chaykin, too. I hate to sound unfeeling, but I'm sure the Oscars forgot a lot of people. They always do. - Josh Spiegel, 10:59 pm Did Anne accidentally come out in fetishwear? - Reagen Sulewski, 11:01 pm Kathryn Bigelow looks like a costume from Star Trek. - Joshua Pasch, 11:02 pm I call bullshit on behalf of David Fincher. And Christopher Nolan. - Les Winan, 11:03 pm While King's Speech was good, it was a pretty standard Royalty film. Black Swan's director Darren Aronofsky really should have won. - Pete Kilmer, 11:03 pm I know it wasn't a foresworn, but I really wanted Fincher to win. - Brett Beach, 11:03 pm I am officially floored (and very unlikely to win my Oscar pool) now that Hooper won director... - Joshua Pasch, 11:03 pm EXPLETIVES!!!!!! - Tom Houseman, 11:03 pm The Academy Award for Best Director goes to Tom Hooper for The King's Speech. - Kim Hollis, 11:03 pm I hate the Weinsteins. - David Mumpower, 11:04 pm The "triangle of man love" is something I will officially be using from now on. Also, it is a strange expression to use directly after being introduced by the first female winner of the category. - Joshua Pasch, 11:04 pm "I'd like to thank my fellow nominees, all of whom are vastly more deserving of this award than I am." - Tom Houseman, 11:04 pm No question that this is a travesty, but it is one that was foreshadowed for a month. - Josh Spiegel, 11:04 pm I am very pleased by that choice. - Kelly Metz, 11:05 pm "And the moral of the story is: listen to your mother." - Max Braden, 11:05 pm I'm more or less over being upset about who does and doesn't win Oscars, but I would rank Hooper fifth in this category. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:05 pm I guess I'll be the only advocate for Hooper. I think that was a nice bit of directing he did (not that I don't also admire Fincher, Aronofsky and the Coens in this category). - Kim Hollis, 11:06 pm Eli Wallach was fun in Wall Street 2. - Max Braden, 11:07 pm One thing I will criticize about this decision is moving Director to this early in the show. They just sucked all the suspense out of the rest of the ceremony. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:08 pm Kim, I would absolutely call what Hooper did as "nice". But Aronofsky, Fincher, and the Coens did far, far better work, in my opinion. - Josh Spiegel, 11:08 pm I'm glad Godard has an Oscar, even if he isn't. - Tom Houseman, 11:08 pm Oh, you're not the only one, Kim. - Kelly Metz, 11:09 pm The K-k-k-k-king's c-c-c-c-coming to k-k-k-kill me! - Josh Spiegel, 11:10 pm Suhsuhsuhsuhsssstill bitter about buhbuhbuhbubbbBest Director. - Les Winan, 11:10 pm Comparing what Hooper did to what Chris Nolan did is like comparing a basketball player from the 1920s to Michael Jordan. And The King's Speech would be about David Fincher's worst movie. - David Mumpower, 11:11 pm Yes David, but none of their mothers suggested the movie to them. - Les Winan, 11:12 pm As talented an actor as he is, as much great work as he's done, I can no longer hear Jeff Bridges' voice and NOT think I'm watching a car commercial . . . or one for Duracell. - Russ Bickerstaff, 11:13 pm Warren Beatty never ages. Must be all the virgins he "sacrificed". - Les Winan, 11:13 pm I think history will show that Colin Firth and The Dude should swap oscars for 2010 and 2011 after Firth wins later tonight. - Joshua Pasch, 11:13 pm Out of this year's awards bait contenders, Rabbit Hole is the movie that deserved more recognition, getting lost in the shuffle for no good reason. Both lead acting performances are sublime. - David Mumpower, 11:14 pm Yes! Joshua! Thank you! Bridges deserves the Oscar for True Grit, and Firth deserved it for A Single Man! - Tom Houseman, 11:14 pm Yay Natalie! - Tom Houseman, 11:16 pm The Academy Award for Best Actress goes to Natalie Portman. - Kim Hollis, 11:16 pm I co-sign Joshua's statement as well. - Josh Spiegel, 11:16 pm Side note: I interned for Aleen Keshishian for a whole summer! Booyah! - Joshua Pasch, 11:17 pm Double yay. Still my favorite film of last year. Portman was incredible. - Josh Spiegel, 11:17 pm Portman was just terrific in Black Swan, she really was powerful in it. - Pete Kilmer, 11:17 pm This year's Best Actress nominees cried because they were cheated on, cried because their son died, cried because they were beaten, cried because they were driven crazy, and cried because of a dysfunctional relationship. Way to go, Hollywood! - Reagen Sulewski, 11:17 pm Stifle the laugh...stifle the laugh... - Max Braden, 11:17 pm At least the Academy got it right in three of the acting categories, and Firth will deserve his Oscar, just not as much as Bridges. A great group of Oscar winners. - Tom Houseman, 11:18 pm Darren Aronofsky looks like he shouldn't be allowed near schools. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:18 pm Anne Hathaway needs to die right now. Right now. - Tom Houseman, 11:19 pm Jesse Eisenberg is trying to hide his erection right now. - Tom Houseman, 11:22 pm Ha! A Facebook joke! How timely! - Josh Spiegel, 11:22 pm Wow, Tom -- that's a little harsh. She's already dying...METAPHORICALLY. - Les Winan, 11:22 pm Giving away Best Actor and Best Actress takes longer than Best Song now, and all of the Best Song nominees are performed live during the show. - David Mumpower, 11:23 pm Eisenberg sporting the just-stepped-out-of-the-shower hair. - Tony Kollath, 11:23 pm I like what Bridges and Bullock are doing with their comments but it was better when they brought out five different people as in the last two years - Brett Beach, 11:24 pm The Academy Award for Best Actor goes to Colin Firth for The King's Speech. - Kim Hollis, 11:25 pm David!! Hi!! *waves frantically* - Kelly Metz, 11:26 pm Firth was quite good in King's Speech, but my pick for the year was Bridges who just totally rewrote an iconic character that was already done by someone else. - Pete Kilmer, 11:26 pm It's like it's the closing scene of the movie "Oscar, Actually". - Reagen Sulewski, 11:26 pm ...and this is the moment when Kelly and I high five for our crush. - Kim Hollis, 11:26 pm So, my dream of any movie not called The King's Speech or The Social Network winning Best Picture will be dashed. Sigh. - Josh Spiegel, 11:26 pm Is anyone else vaguely disappointed that Firth is not stuttering in his acceptance speech? Commit to the character, dude. - David Mumpower, 11:27 pm British people are so eloquent. - Joshua Pasch, 11:28 pm Firth gives good acceptance! - Brett Beach, 11:28 pm "I can't look at Colin Firth without seeing him in a reindeer sweater." -my wife - Les Winan, 11:28 pm Okay, now that one member of my laminated list has won an Oscar, maybe we can get one to Bruce Campbell next year. - Kim Hollis, 11:28 pm Outside of the six Best Picture nominees who have racked up wins tonight, the only other feature winners have been Alice in Wonderland and The Wolfman. - Brett Beach, 11:28 pm Let's all give a shout-out to the Oscars for making, for no good reason, this show more than 3 hours long. - Josh Spiegel, 11:29 pm *high fives Kim* - Kelly Metz, 11:29 pm As we head to the final category, the current scorecard has Inception with four Oscars and The Social Network and The King's Speech tied at three. So, we're going to have a two-way tie at four. - David Mumpower, 11:30 pm Spielbergo suddenly looking old. - Les Winan, 11:32 pm Odd decision for the Oscars to remind us how many great films they've not awarded. - Josh Spiegel, 11:32 pm Brett, I think the one-on-five approach is less creepy than the five on stage talking down to the five in the audience. That was like an awkward line dance arrangement. - Max Braden, 11:32 pm Using the King's Speech and music over the video from the other movies is pretty effective. Biased, but effective. - Max Braden, 11:33 pm Can someone tell the king to stop interrupting the clips for the other nominees? - Tom Houseman, 11:33 pm Josh, I think it was a pretty classy decision. - Tom Houseman, 11:34 pm I'm torn between really enjoying that montage with the speech underlying it and feeling bitter that the movie I do not want to win having so much of the control over the montage. - Joshua Pasch, 11:35 pm Booooooooooooooo. I'm going to go rant about this on my Facebook page. - Les Winan, 11:36 pm Tom, after that montage, I agree. Playing the climactic speech from the winner over the losers is the opposite of class. - Josh Spiegel, 11:36 pm How predictable. At least I beat that stupid British kid. - Tom Houseman, 11:36 pm The Academy Award for Best Picture goes to The King's Speech. - Kim Hollis, 11:36 pm For the third consecutive year, BOP projected eight out of the nine major categories correctly in our power rankings. - Kim Hollis, 11:37 pm The Weinsteins have seen their shadow. We will have 20 more years of them at least. - Brett Beach, 11:37 pm So Hollywood goes the safe route again. While it was quite good, The Fighter, Inception and especially Black Swan were so much better. - Pete Kilmer, 11:37 pm 188 mins for the Oscar show isn't too bad in my opinion. - Brett Beach, 11:38 pm True Story: My girlfriend just asked "Joshua, can you get us to the Oscars at some point. I want to walk the red carpet and have someone ask 'who are you wearing?'" - Joshua Pasch, 11:38 pm Boring Oscars, boring Best Picture. Hello, The English Patient redux. - David Mumpower, 11:38 pm As far as our individual staff predictions, Jason Lee knocked it out of the park with 19 correct, followed by Josh Spiegel and Kim Hollis (hey, that's me!) with 17. - Kim Hollis, 11:38 pm On a self-congratulatory note, this was a lot of fun. I was glad to be part of the BOP LiveBlogging Experience. - Brett Beach, 11:39 pm James Franco: "Wait, which film won again? I was miles away." - Reagen Sulewski, 11:39 pm On the bright side, at least this isn't being sung by the cast of Glee. - Reagen Sulewski, 11:40 pm Do I get to brag extra for getting the nine top categories right? - Josh Spiegel, 11:40 pm Second-ing Brett! - Joshua Pasch, 11:40 pm I'm going to be bitter about this for a little while now. - Joshua Pasch, 11:40 pm And now half the kids from PS 22 go get sloshed and hit on Scarlett Johansson. - Max Braden, 11:41 pm Reagen, I wish I had your ability to see the silver lining. - Josh Spiegel, 11:41 pm Did Michael Bay win anything? - David Mumpower, 11:41 pm Can the BOP staff host the 2012 Oscars? I think that would officially mark the beginning of the end of the world. Whatever, it was a fun night. I'm gonna go home and watch The King's Speech. - Tom Houseman, 11:42 pm All kidding aside, you folks were a blast. I love our BOP ohana so, so much. - David Mumpower, 11:42 pm The King's Speech -- yet another Best Picture winner I will never get around to seeing. - Les Winan, 11:42 pm By which I mean The Social Network. I'm drunker than I thought. - Tom Houseman, 11:43 pm Good Night fellow BOPers. Twas a fun night. Enjoy the Oscar after parties. - Joshua Pasch, 11:44 pm I had five sips of my drink earlier before spilling it all over my keyboard. It is now time to go back for more and commiserate with some alcohol. Good night Pasadena! - Brett Beach, 11:47 pm Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin. I love the sound of that. - David Mumpower, 11:51 pm If this year's liveblogging experience has illuminated nothing else, it's that we desperately need to make our staff acceptance criteria much more stringent. Much. - Tony Kollath, 11:52 pm
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