Live Blogging the Oscars ...

The Oscars have now ended and so has the award season. This year was really a great one for movies and I enjoyed every minute of the show. Here are my instant thoughts as the show went on:

Barbara Walters Oscar Special:

• The brothers Jonas!
  
• Haha, Kevin keeping mum about his love life
• Everything goes back to Finding Nemo
• Anne Hathaway sounds like my mom right now: Marriage – No; Children – Yes
• Mickey Rourke – started his career like the second coming of James Dean
• Mickey Rourke – so stylish
• Wolverine = “sort of moody Elvis with cutlery” – gotta love Barbara <3
• People rarely adopt mixed-race children :-(
• “Well it’s true. I am Australian.”
• I <3>
• “The Oscars could do with a little more show and a little less biz. You know what I mean.”
• No wonder Hugh’s the sexiest man alive.

Oscar Red Carpet:

• Kate Winslet looks gorgeous in YSL.
• Love how Tim Gunn had to chase Angelina and Brad on the red carpet. Do they even know who he is?
• What’s Miley here and what’s she wearing?
• (After seeing the full length of Miley’s gown) Oh, it’s like a princess thing. Okay.
• Zac Efron’s hot.
• Love the pleats on Marisa Tomei’s dress.
• Love Anne Hathaway’s mermaid dress.
• Amy Adams looks great as always.
• Sarah Jessica Parker! Who’s excited for SATC 2? Think about all the clothes!

Oscars:

• Great Hugh Jackman’s opening number with Anne Hathaway
• I see Emile Hirsch! Yay!
• I like this circle of Supporting Actress winners.
• “It’s not easy being a nun.” Whoopi to Amy Adams
• Yay! Penelope Cruz won! That’s a great dress to win in.
• Steve Martin & Tina Fey, lol.
• Milk’s screenplay won! I love how emotional Sean Penn is during the speech.
• Steve Martin to Tina Fey: “Don’t fall in love with me!”
• Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog!!!
• Jennifer Aniston and Jack Black – oh boy
• I feel like I’ve seen Jennifer’s dress before.
• Notice they didn’t show Brad, just Angie. (YuliZ on Twitter: “wonder how many replays of Angelina smiling at Aniston we'll see this week?”)
• My mom: “I told you Wall-E was going to win.”
• Now they show Brad and Angie. Is there no one else for the camera to focus on? Put the camera on Sarah Jessica Parker. She looks lovely.
• Something French won for the short. La Maison en Petits Cubes.
• Doomo arigato Mr. Roboto. (Jimmy Fallon on Twitter: “Domo. Hilarious.”
• SARAH JESSICA PARKER & DANIEL CRAIG … AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Benjamin Button won for set design … cool … now show Daniel Craig again <3
• I like the gown of the girl who escorts the winners of the stage <3
• And they showed Daniel Craig again <3
• Costume Design: The Duchess won! Yay! They should. Did you see the hair Keira Knightley wore in that movie. It was serious!
• Daniel Craig’s still there!
• “Oh James Bond. I could watch him all night.” – my mom everybody, lol
• Benjamin Button for Makeup! All right!
• *Crossing fingers that Daniel Craig’s still on stage when this guy finishes his speech*
• There’s go
• Rob Pattinson from Twilight … ooh
• OMG don’t look at the Edward Cullen eyes … (wafflesgirls on Twitter: “robert pattinson does the twilight gaze in real life lolz”) (sodahead on Twitter: “uh is robert pattinson actually a vampire? i thought that was just a movie”)
• OMG, Edward has the Erik from Bowling for Soup eyes – don’t ask
• Love how they showed Twilight at the Oscars
• HSM 3
• Nick and Norah?
• Ooh, clip of Carrie hitting big with the flowers … ooh, show Charlotte yelling at Big
• I love how they’re showing all these movies that would never be nominated for Oscars at the Oscars
• Natalie Portman!
• Oh good, Ben Stiller’s beard’s not real.
• Slumdog won for cinematography
• Jessica Biel … what’s she wearing and where’s Justin? (Mom yelling to me: “What the hell is that?) (PumpsandGloss on Twitter: “think Jessica B's dress looks like a wedding dress gone bad! I thought her arm was missing.”) (adamostrow for Twitter: “Oh what on this earth is Jessica biel wearing a toga???”) (buckhollywood on Twitter: “Did Jessica Beil just name drop Thomas Edison? What the hell is this?”) (eye4style on Twitter: “Jessica Biel's dress is Advanced Fashion 505. Not for everyone”)
• Is this Pineapple Express?
• Ronald Reagan or Barack Obama lol
• I <3>
• James Franco & Seth Rogan = <3
• Judd Apatow
• Oh foreign language films, how you trip up James Franco and he’s still cute. <3
• Oh no, 4 years of your life on a 14 minute movie :-(
  
• Yay, another number for Hugh Jackman
• Beyonce!
• <3>
• Who are the other girls?
• Is that Vanessa Hudgens?
• Zac and Vanessa: why do they actually sound good?
• Dominic Cooper! I scream and no one in my house knows who he is?
• (fasshonaburu on Twitter: “is amused Beyonce is antagonizing Etta James”) (NickyDigital on Twitter: “Is this the Tony's???”)
• Sandra Bullock. Ryan Reynolds and Betty White … I must see that movie!
• Time for the Best Supporting Actors! Cuba – show me the money!
• I’ll say it, “Are you out of your mind!” “The brothers need to work!” lol “Congratulations … on your new film Shaft.” Lmao
• Mom: “It better be Heath”
• Heath won!
• Adrian Brody!
• Oh Bill Mahr (is that spelt right?)
• Ooh a magic trick (and I love his worn leather jacket)
• That’s a lovely shade of red that the Documentary Short winner is wearing
• Note to self: check out the stories on Truenorthsnacks.com
• Jimmy Kimmel and Tom Cruise lol – Tom Cruise: little bad one
• Hi Daniel Craig … again <3
• The white pants! (you know what I’m talking about if you’ve seen Quantum of Solace)
• I love this song!
• Shia!
• Angelina Jolie should be a Bond girl … or she should play the female James Bond
• Will Smith gets to rise from the stage. I love it!
• “Fans.” Lol … good one Will
• Benjamin Button won for Visual Effects! Well that was a given.
• Brad Pitt is so stoic.
• Dark Knight for Sound Editing
• Slumdog Millionaire won for
• I <3>
• Dev looking adorable.
• John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston (still looking like she’s about to cry)
• Film editing: Slumdog Millionaire
• Mom: “Dev is like ‘Wow’.”
• Danny Boyle’s so excited. I love it!
• I love this Heidi/Diet Coke commercial. Who’s the idiot who called her fat?
• Tim Gunn for Tide following Heidi’s commercial for Diet Coke – Project Runway has officially taken over the Oscars lol.
• Jerry Louis should hit Eddie Murphy over the head over the Oscar (adamostrow on twitter: “everyone under 40 googles Jerry Lewis”)
• Note to self: Watch ‘Castle’ on NBD on Monday, March 9
• Audrey Hepburn mention … points for the Oscars! (tutubelle on Twitter: “MOON RIVER!?!?!?!? please play MOON RIVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!”)
• Ooh, they ended that montage with
• Zac Efron again?
• Slumdog for Original Score! Random thought: Is M.I.A. performing?
• “Bollywood comes to Hollywood,” as my mom said.
• John Legend! Oh, that’s why he’s there.
• Ooh, Dev should go dance with them!
• I love John Legend singing over this beat. It blends so nicely. <3
• “See how music can blend,” my mom.
• Dev all excited, aww. <3
• Zac!
• I really want M.I.A. to win an Oscar.
• Yay! Slumdog won for best song! “Jai Hoh”
• Charlotte Ronson for JC Penney (and Nicole Miller, Allen Schwartz, Fabulosity, and Bisou Bisou)
• Brothers & Sisters commercial :: so when they said one of the brothers was going to die, they didn’t mean “brother” they meant “brother-in-law” … guess I don’t have to worry about Justin.
• Freida! Love the blue dress!
• Foreign language film: Departures --> Japan
• Queen Latifah shows Amanda Seyfriend the proper way to wear a bow on a dress.
• Oh the montage of those who passed away. I wonder if they’ll show Bettie Paige.
• Paul Newman was so hot – I was looking at something on men.style.com that showed guys who to dress like a modern day Paul Newman and I was like “wow” and all the nosy people around me were wondering what I was doing online lol.
• The President of the Academy is abdicating his throne.
• Reese Witherspoon … I like her dress. Mom doesn’t like her makeup though. ??? (Macala on Twitter: “Is reese witherspoon pregnant? That dress makes her look wide! Hiding what?”)
• Danny Boyle better win!
• He did and he’s jumping. Yay!
• Oh, he was imitating Tigger lol.
• Who wouldn’t want to be in this club: Sofia, Shirley, Halle, Nicole, Marion
• Sofia Loren is so poised. Love it!
• I love Angie’s green jewels.
• Kate Winslet, welcome to the club!
• It certainly isn’t a shampoo bottle now, lol.
• “Dad’s always whistle.” Mom (jimmyfallon on Twitter: “Winslet's dad... gave a great whistle!! He's cool!!!”)
• Kate’s dad’s all dapper. <3
• “I think we all can’t believe we were in a category with Meryl Streep.”
• The Boy’s Club: Rob Deniro, Sir Ben Kinsley, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Michael Douglas, Adrian Brody
• Best Line by Robert DeNiro: “How for so many years has Sean Penn gotten all those jobs playing straight men?” (proulxsie on Twitter: “I wish I was related to Robert "Bobby D" Deniro. Dude is uncredible.”)
• Welcome back Mickey Rourke!
• omg, look at Rob behind Mickey with the Ed Cullen eyes ;-)
• I have come to the conclusion that Robert Pattinson is Edward Cullen.
• Sean Penn gets it for Milk! (SarahMorrison on Twitter: “I want to have tons of sex with Sean Penn”)
• Ooh, Sean Penn with reading glasses --> sexy!
• Gus Van Sant = <3>
• Sean Penn getting political! Go for it!
• Sean Penn calls Barack Obama “an elegant man” … and calls Mickey Rourke “his brother”
• Best picture goes to Slumdog!
• I announced it at 11:48 pm … it was awarded at 11:51 pm
• Good night Hugh Jackman! Nice job hosting!