Feb 22 2009Oscar Liveblog, Everyone!
Your favorite Oscar liveblogging is here:
7:57 - Ready? Hugh Jackman is probably going to do some elaborate song and dance number on the subject of the Best Picture nominees any moment, so get your senses ready. Actually, he's humping Barbara Walters right now.
8:05 - There's such a thin line between the red carpet and just a really garish funeral.
8:09 - I don't know who this "Valentino" on the red carpet is, but he is undead. He looks like an elegant mummy wizard.
8:10 - I guess they're making the entire Slumdog cast travel as a pack, to make it funnier when they go through doorways.
8:12 - Mickey Rourke looking insane isn't even entertaining anymore. Especially since this is pretty restrained.
8:15 - Hannah Montana is like a bloomin' onion made of glitter.
8:17 - Nicolas Cage being in Know1ng means he's already won the Oscars, in a sense.
8:20 - These guys could not walk any slower with those briefcases. They're really basking in holding those.
8:22 - Every time the interviewers say someone looks fabulous, they lose some of their soul.
8:25 - Did you guys see that dress apparently made of sewn together cocktail napkins? I don't know anything about dresses, but I'll say it did look very labor intensive.
8:26 - They got an interview with the architect of the Kodak Theatre!? He's like the Frank Lloyd Wright of award show venues.
8:30 - God, it's like Tron!
8:32 - I think this intro is being done by Michel Gondry. And that Hugh Jackman is doing all he can to strip himself of all masculinity before Wolverine comes out.
8:35 - I wonder if he meant his head on top of a baby doll body to be absolutely terrifying.
8:36 - Anne Hatheway is a lovely lady. I'll just say it.
8:40 - Celebrities are really great humans. That's the lesson here.
8:41 - Thirty years of best supporting actressing, you know? What a great society we live in.
8:43 - They're letting all the prior best supporting actresses out of their cryo-chambers!
8:44 - Tilda Swinton is a mannequin made to teach kids about androgyny.
8:45 - So instead of clips, we just have prior winners pick a horse and boast about the nominees?
8:45 - SISTER ACT JOKE.
8:46 - Goldie Hawn has some real issues going on here.
8:47 - Penelope Cruz is our Best Supporting Actress. Write it down.
8:49 - She broke into some sort of gibberish there, but OK.
8:54 - The winner of Best Original Screenplay should be "No one, 'cause everything's been written, man." Think about it.
8:56 - "It's a stage of sorts." That line makes me think the Milk screenplay isn't necessarily that great.
8:59 - This system of showing the screenplay while showing the acting just makes me judge the actors' accuracy.
9:02 - This guy has like a rosary bandoleer.
9:03 - I love that this montage is showing all the animation that was too shitty to be nominated this year. "Also, Space Chimps was made."
9:07 - I hope they cut to Peter Gabriel in the audience more. He looks like a supervillain overseeing things, waiting for his henchman to drop in.
9:09 - I didn't see Lavatory Love Story, but what a disgusting concept. I'll never love anything amongst feces.
9:17 - The best way to represent art direction is with a stage full of clutter.
9:20 - Is the rest of the ceremony going to be given in this false attic they've created on stage?
9:21 - Of course The Duchess has best Costume Design. They looked at old dresses, recreated those dresses. Really great.
9:22 - This guy looks like Steve Carell's British brother.
9:23 - I like how the nominations are appearing in stripper prep mirrors, but in a warehouse.
9:25 - Twilight Vampire must have got stuck in "brood" mode during filming.
9:27 - Romance. How about it?
9:28 - Where the eff is Hugh Jackman? He'd better come back out dressed as Wolverine for no reason to introduce the next category.
9:31 - Classic Joaquin Phoenix impression.
9:33 - I just lost my office bet for Ben Stiller coming out and doing a Christian Bale impression during the cinematography award.
9:39 - This award sounds a lot like it's for MAGIC.
9:40 - This commercial for The Soloist is basically an ad for next year's Oscars.
9:42 - This is like the MTV Movie Awards suddenly. When is "Best Kiss"?
9:43 - I've never seen Mamma Mia, but these clips make it look like it's insane it exists.
9:47 - Directed by Billy Corgan.
9:51 - And this commercial apparently actually is edited by him.
9:52 - This is why we haven't seen Hugh Jackman in an hour? So he could put on his dancing shoes?
9:54 - So this is just about the concept of a musical, not about recent musicals? I don't understand what's happening.
9:57 - After the show, I hope they give all these tuxedos to the homeless.
9:59 - Baz Luhrmann created that musical number? As in he said, "First sing part of that one popular musical song, then switch to this other popular musical song"? He created that medley in as much as Now! That's What I Call Music creates their compilation CDs.
10:00 - Also, the musical is back. In case anyone stepped out and missed that.
10:02 - Cuba Gooding Jr.? He's going to be like, "Don't take it! You'll end up doing Radio! Which is underrated, I still feel!"
10:06 - Christopher Walken is more frightening than usual. And I just spent a few minutes talking about a Cuba Gooding Jr. movie I called Cruise Ship until someone finally told me it was Boat Trip.
10:11 - How about that Heath Ledger win, huh?
10:13 - Bill Maher is such a star. He doesn't need a co-presenter. And why is his jacket inflatable?
10:16 - Man on Wire himself would be a great Rorschach.
10:18 - No matter who wins tonight, the best documentary shorts will always be on Channel 1.
10:22 - It's weird when you stop paying attention for a second and then Tom Cruise and Jimmy Kimmel are in a burning building. Oh, and Hugh Jackman is back again, for his hourly appearance.
10:24 - Action movies. How about those?
10:26 - Why does Will Smith have Dracula's talisman on his lapel? I don't know what that means.
10:27 - I respect computer effects because I know how hard it is to break a computer's spirit and make it do your will.
10:30 - You knew Dark Knight would win sound editing for that part where it's like "BOOOOOOSH!!!"
10:32 - I just lost a couple points in my Oscar pool because I don't know how to judge any aspect of a movie's sound.
10:34 - At this point, Will Smith has had more screen time than Hugh Jackman.
10:41 - Which of Eddie Murphy's innumerable characters will give the award?
10:42 - First I was like, "What, Eddie Murphy giving a lifetime achievement award?" But now that I see it's Jerry Lewis, it makes sense.
10:51 - This is the part where I solemnly weep.
10:54 - I hope it isn't racist that I think all the Indian guys' tuxedos look like they'd be comfortable to sleep in.
10:59 - Again, where is Hugh Jackman?
11:02 - Never mind what I said about Peter Gabriel being the evil mastermind. Danny Boyle is the supervillain.
11:06 - Don't get any ideas about kidnapping the Slumdog girl. If you kidnap her, Liam Neeson will murder you.
11:09 - Somehow I only just realized the "81st" symbol has an Oscar statuette as the "1". Hopefully they'll use a dollar sign when we get to 85, like it's an eBay auction.
11:11 - Do you think Queen Latifah is doing the obituaries thing because of how she was dying in Last Holiday? That's the only connection I see.
11:13 - This might be the most clapping-free obituary ever. No one cares. Because of the economy.
11:20 - Congratulations, Danny Boyle, supervillain.
11:26 - This testimonial thing is so weird. Why are these actresses selling me on other actresses?
11:29 - Looking at Sophia Loren is hard. It's like, if I squint, I still keep the memory of thinking she's an amazing looking lady. But then I look with my eyes open, you can tell she eats babies.
11:31 - Angelina Jolie is so covered in emeralds, it looks like she's from Oz.
11:39 - De Niro backing Penn seems unfair. Having a scraggly Adrien Brody backing you must be such a depressing follow-up.
11:44 - Come on, Penn? Did the Academy not hear about Rourke's dog dying?
11:49 - This montage is about "movies".
11:52 - And there you have it. "Slumdog" is our best millionaire.
11:55 - Done by midnight. We did it, people. And Hugh Jackman has come back for a second. Good night.
Reader Comments
1. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 7:59 PM
Logan is getting pretty desperate for work...
FIRST?
2. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 8:00 PM
Hey, I actually got first for once!
3. Fred - February 22, 2009 8:00 PM
this is my first time watching this show without a remote
4. jamie - February 22, 2009 8:02 PM
bring it on, I Watch Stuff writer, this is gonna be fun
5. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 8:02 PM
I loathe Robin Roberts. She's such a snotty, smug old biznitch.
6. Fred - February 22, 2009 8:06 PM
Angie and Brad are too good for the party they got invited to. nice
7. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 8:06 PM
Sarah Jessica Parker gets more beautiful every time I see her. And by beautiful, I mean disgusting. Look at that wrinkly flesh spilling over the edge of of her top.
8. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 8:08 PM
Aren't Sarah and Matthew getting divorced? way to tow the company line you two!
9. sully - February 22, 2009 8:14 PM
how come that racist bitch only says "word on the street" to black people?
10. Snead - February 22, 2009 8:14 PM
My girlfriend is a genius: "Saturday Night Fever, not Saturday Night Live, you dummy."
11. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 8:16 PM
and Miley Cryus as the "Christmas Tree"
12. Fred - February 22, 2009 8:16 PM
HAHA. Miley Cyrus just said she is working on a movie she hopes might get her a nomination next year. She was being serious.
13. jeff - February 22, 2009 8:17 PM
lol rourke .. i sort of want him to win just to hear his acceptance speech
14. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 8:21 PM
and by record shattering, i mean "i have no idea how many nominations"
15. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 8:22 PM
his wife is judge judy?
16. Sarah - February 22, 2009 8:23 PM
This is going to be about as enjoyable as sliced cheese.
17. Sal - February 22, 2009 8:23 PM
Nice to see Jack Black shaved for the occasion.
18. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 8:25 PM
Jud Apa-tow?
And I'd fuck Miley Cyrus so hard....
19. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 8:27 PM
yeah you know. . . that famous lawrence of arabia soundtrack
20. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 8:28 PM
Just a few more minutes?!
OH MY GOD! PREPARE YOURSELVES!
21. TetterkeT - February 22, 2009 8:30 PM
@5: I loathe you.
22. Sal - February 22, 2009 8:30 PM
I like the Kubrickian scroll along the red carpet
23. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 8:31 PM
no movie montage to start us off?
24. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 8:33 PM
that's more like it.
25. Fred - February 22, 2009 8:33 PM
@DarkCcret: Hugh Jackman is going to just give us all foot massages instead
26. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 8:34 PM
No! Don't let Hugh Jackman talk about Australia! I had the terrible misfortune of SEEING that movie, and if he reminds me of it one more time, my lingering appreciation for him as Wolverine will disappear!
27. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 8:34 PM
Nevermind. it's gone.
28. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 8:35 PM
ask her about her felon ex-fiance?
29. Sal - February 22, 2009 8:36 PM
There's no way Langella's winning now after Hathaway's performance.
30. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 8:38 PM
RAM JAM!!!
31. sully - February 22, 2009 8:40 PM
who knew hugh jackman could be entertaining in a 'funny" way?
32. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 8:40 PM
who's meryl streep's baby daddy?
33. jamie - February 22, 2009 8:42 PM
"STEVE OPEN IT"... hahaha poor Steve
34. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 8:43 PM
i've got a new idea for the female lead in the NEW thundercats movie!!!
35. Sal - February 22, 2009 8:43 PM
Tilda Swinton must look very white in HD
36. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 8:46 PM
Shenzi has developed a slur?
37. Sal - February 22, 2009 8:46 PM
Amy Adams has adamantium in her eyes.
38. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 8:47 PM
give goldie hawn an oscar for saying "taraji"
39. Surgery - February 22, 2009 8:47 PM
@33
LMAO!! I heard it too!
40. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 8:48 PM
uh-oh. . . another overseas oscar night?
41. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 8:49 PM
That wraith called Tilda Swinton always terrifies me. I'm hiding behind a pillow right now waiting for her apparition to stop posessing my screen.
42. sully - February 22, 2009 8:50 PM
Whoever said they couldn't understand most of what Cruz says... I now totally see where they were coming from
43. Ed - February 22, 2009 8:51 PM
I tried. I really did. But unless the Wake/Duke game cuts out & MIB II ends early on TBS, I'll probably just end up watching online updates of the Wake/Duke game. Or re-runs of the George Lopez show. Hmmm...
44. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 8:51 PM
You called it on Goldie Hawn, Watcher. I hid behind the pillow when hers popped on screen too. They almost popped OUT of the screen. Like popped balloons.
45. Sal - February 22, 2009 8:54 PM
Thank god we get to see the underexposed Tina Fey.
46. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 8:55 PM
ooh Scientology shot. no pan to Tom Cruise?
47. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 8:57 PM
Ha... Ha. Scientology jokes. We lol. Those never get old.
Does anyone really still laugh at these predictable things anymore?
48. sully - February 22, 2009 8:57 PM
why would they make it so steve martin seems funnier than tina fey? everyone knows steve martin is way way way way way past his prime... like... twenty years past his prime.... at least... all down hill after bringing down the house. tina fey on the other hand, hilarious!
49. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 8:58 PM
Shut this kid up. He's gay.
50. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 8:59 PM
I work for the FEDS. He's WRONG.
51. b - February 22, 2009 9:00 PM
Great, are we going to have to hear about faggot rights all night? Gays are genetic defects that should be strung up by their testicles and beat with hammers.
52. sully - February 22, 2009 9:02 PM
I thought Kate Winslet was going to order a cheeseburger, too.
53. b - February 22, 2009 9:02 PM
Tina fay sucks, shes not even slightly funny. Go away bitch.
54. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 9:02 PM
@51. . .you might not want to stick around for the Tony's live blog-night
55. Sam - February 22, 2009 9:03 PM
Was that Guiliani in the crowd?
56. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 9:04 PM
haha. lookit BRAD AND ANGELINA... jennifer! lookit their happiness!
57. Aw. - February 22, 2009 9:07 PM
Jennifer Aniston looks like she's been crying
58. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 9:07 PM
in your face dreamworks
59. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 9:08 PM
What a horror "animation" has become. It's sad.
60. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 9:10 PM
which i believe is french for "a whale's vagina"
61. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 9:10 PM
You wrote it wrong, IWS-guy. It should be: "Also, Star Bores: The Merchandise Whores was made."
62. Sal - February 22, 2009 9:10 PM
Katsuo just gave the best acceptance speech ever.
63. sully - February 22, 2009 9:11 PM
"sank yu" and "domo origatu, mr. roboto" were the only things I understood that came from that guy's mouth
64. SandraB - February 22, 2009 9:11 PM
HA! Domo edigato Mr Roboto (sp)
65. Fred - February 22, 2009 9:13 PM
I think I'm gonna get an American Express card, you guys. Just feeling it.
66. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 9:14 PM
i think he thanked his pencil, animation, that the good people at Sony for their PS3
67. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 9:15 PM
I despise Chad, that guy on those My Circle ads. Words fail to encompass the depth of my loathing for his smug face and stupid hair.
68. Adam Teeple - February 22, 2009 9:16 PM
Hey commentors, no one is holding a gun to your head. The reason to watch is to see if the movies you like win, and to get ideas for movies to go see. Of course much of it is boring, but there's the chance of someone falling on their face. If you don't care, don't watch.
69. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 9:17 PM
I suddeny realized Daniel Craig and Sarah Jessica Parker are twins separated at birth! It's weird to see both of those old guys together at once. One of them has serious chest issues though.
70. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 9:17 PM
@69 tell that to this guy holding a gun to my head
71. Sal - February 22, 2009 9:19 PM
David Fincher apparently scripted this acceptance speech for Art Direction.
72. Hannah - February 22, 2009 9:19 PM
Where's Jack Nicholson? isn't he normally in the front row sitting next to some young starlet he can hit on?
73. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 9:21 PM
Hey, Watcher-guy! Will fluffy dresses get it agian this year?
...
HELL YES!
74. Fred - February 22, 2009 9:22 PM
Technical winners have no sense of how nobody cares about them.
75. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 9:22 PM
fluffy dresses, or men's suits from the 1970s. c'mon.
76. Sal - February 22, 2009 9:23 PM
Shouldn't Sex and the City win makeup for making old broads look hot?
77. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 9:23 PM
"And I'd like to thank... uh... everyone else for not making a movie with old dresses that could compete against us for Best Costume."
78. jamie - February 22, 2009 9:26 PM
@39 steve is so fired... betcha him and his story's all over the internets tomorrow.
79. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 9:28 PM
congrats to will smith for being the only black man in a movie in 2008
80. Hannah - February 22, 2009 9:30 PM
Hugh Jackman seems to have gone missing as well.
81. Natalia - February 22, 2009 9:31 PM
WHY DID THEY SHOW HSM3 DURING THE ROMANCE MONTAGE?!?!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
82. Hannah - February 22, 2009 9:31 PM
I take that back.
83. Sal - February 22, 2009 9:32 PM
Stiller does Phoenix!
84. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 9:32 PM
take that Joaquin!
85. jamie - February 22, 2009 9:33 PM
hahaha i wanna work at a Hasidic meth lab
86. Freck - February 22, 2009 9:34 PM
Natalie Portman beat out the adorable Japanese man for best line of the night so far: "You look like you work in a hassidic meth lab."
Go Natalie Portman.
87. sully - February 22, 2009 9:34 PM
did anyone else get a commercial about the guy who claims to be the ANONYMOUS father of the octuplet kids? really?
88. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 9:35 PM
poor frank lengela and his old man prostate
89. Sal - February 22, 2009 9:36 PM
@89 -- Good spot!
90. amy - February 22, 2009 9:38 PM
Umm, I think that last winner was wearing Crocs... Really? Mr. Oscar must be spinning in his grave
91. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 9:39 PM
still in the top 5 sexy hollywood jessicas. Sorry Jessica Lange
92. Ben - February 22, 2009 9:39 PM
So shooting your film in imax isn't an achievement in cinematography?
Jessica Biel wins for prettiest girl in the ugliest dress.
93. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 9:41 PM
lol @ jamie foxx for trying to pull a Sam Jackson.
94. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 9:46 PM
he said "DP" *chuckle*
95. Sal - February 22, 2009 9:47 PM
They needed three guys to give the award for live action short film?
96. jamie - February 22, 2009 9:48 PM
wow stoners on the oscars, this is wild...... light 'em up :)
97. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 9:51 PM
Coca-Cola: Straight out of the trash can and into your mouth. (TM)
98. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 9:51 PM
eew. they use old coke to make new coke?
99. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 9:53 PM
beyonce? but no one murdered her family in 2008.
100. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 9:55 PM
Her legs are fatter than my waist. Make her stop dancing. And put her in a dress or something.
101. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 9:56 PM
sweeney todd, come on. . . sweeney todd
102. sam - February 22, 2009 9:56 PM
Zack Efron and Vanessa hudgens? Really??
103. sully - February 22, 2009 9:57 PM
I have no respect for beyonce
104. Sal - February 22, 2009 9:58 PM
Top hats and tuxes class up any event. Even shitty musical medleys.
105. Ben - February 22, 2009 9:58 PM
As much as this musical number sucked, it's still better than Dustin Lance Bass's acceptance speech for "Milk".
Is anyone working on the photoshop of him with semen on his chin 'Got Milk' style?
106. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 10:00 PM
the romantic comedy is alive and well. THANQ sandra bullock
107. jamie - February 22, 2009 10:03 PM
just gotta say I love live television in glorious HD and stunning 5.1 surround. this's been a great show so far.
108. Dan - February 22, 2009 10:04 PM
Seymour Philip Hoffman.
109. jamie - February 22, 2009 10:05 PM
josh brolin starred in Thrashin'. Just sayin'.
110. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 10:05 PM
okay... how many of you are at home doing chris walken impressions right now.
111. Sal - February 22, 2009 10:05 PM
It's good to see Chu from Remo Williams
112. Bry - February 22, 2009 10:05 PM
John Mayer at the Oscars, just what we've all been waiting for
113. Sal - February 22, 2009 10:07 PM
Kline is clearly angling to take over the role of Joker.
114. jamie - February 22, 2009 10:08 PM
wow, it really happened
115. Ben - February 22, 2009 10:09 PM
At least Ledger's win will keep fanboys from going out and looting and rioting.
116. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 10:09 PM
@108: You like hi-res wrinkles eh? That's mostly what I've been seeing...
Anyway, no one doubted it would be Heath Ledger. Because he died. C'mon, everybody knows it. Really, would they have nominated a Batman film otherwise?
117. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 10:10 PM
who's got the balls to play the music to get them off the stage?!
118. Sal - February 22, 2009 10:10 PM
Ben Kingsley arrived at his character from Sexy Beast
119. Sal - February 22, 2009 10:12 PM
this has turned out to be the Lawrence Welk Show of the Oscars.
120. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 10:13 PM
why was that lady dropping F bombs?
121. sully - February 22, 2009 10:13 PM
"you can't say fuck"
"oh"
HILARIOUS
122. Sal - February 22, 2009 10:14 PM
Why is Bill Maher dressed like he just got done opening for Frank and Dino at the Sands?
123. Sal - February 22, 2009 10:15 PM
Somebody didn't get the memo that plastic Halloween teeth aren't allowed in the Kodak Theatre.
124. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 10:15 PM
"the betrayal" i hope it's about that guy's dentist! sweet fancy moses!
125. jamie - February 22, 2009 10:15 PM
@Bobeyo - the wrinkles rule: i like to think they go home and watch their PVRed portions of the show and realize they look just like everyone else.
as for Ledger winning, yeah, i guess it was pretty obvious just by the fact he was nominated. I'm still hoping to see Hugh Jackman come out in a Wolverine costume though.
126. Bry - February 22, 2009 10:17 PM
Does anyone else think Bill Maher's "joking" pleas for people to see his movie have gotten a little desperate?
127. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 10:18 PM
Bill Maher is an ass.
128. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 10:18 PM
to be cast as olive oil in the next popeye movie "luck me"
129. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 10:21 PM
now how are homeless people supposed to make reservations for the "inspiration cafe"?
130. Sal - February 22, 2009 10:23 PM
This montage makes me want to drive like an a-hole.
131. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 10:24 PM
"speed racer" really?
132. Dan - February 22, 2009 10:25 PM
That montage just proved how samey action movies are these days.
133. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 10:26 PM
The ad with Tom Cruise was actually the highlight of the show so far. Heh.
And yeah, action movies are so meh these days.
134. sully - February 22, 2009 10:27 PM
why doesnt will smith get into one of those movies with "fans" if he likes them so much?
135. sully - February 22, 2009 10:30 PM
i want someone to read the wrong envelope, and someone who wasn't nominated wins
136. Fred - February 22, 2009 10:33 PM
@136: and the winner is, Batman & Robin
137. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 10:33 PM
those white dudes were pissed at that not white dude.
138. Sal - February 22, 2009 10:35 PM
Yawn. Another win for Slumdog.
139. Bry - February 22, 2009 10:35 PM
Well played with that word-slip Willard, well played. Why couldn't you host and sing?
140. Sal - February 22, 2009 10:37 PM
A tribute to Jerry Lewis. Let the fireworks begin.
141. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 10:38 PM
maybe he meant to say "Richard Lewis"
142. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 10:40 PM
Why has no one mentioned that the Dark Knight theme played as Will Smith rose from the stage?
143. LaReet - February 22, 2009 10:41 PM
anyone else getting bored???
The Oscars are dragging. Even the actors in the audience are having a hard time "acting" like they are interested.
144. Sal - February 22, 2009 10:42 PM
Will Murphy bust out the Buckwheat?
145. jamie - February 22, 2009 10:44 PM
@144 10-4, let's hope they know and are sorta getting through some crap to build up to the finish
146. LaReet - February 22, 2009 10:44 PM
Interesting choice to have Eddie Murphy present an award to Jerry Lewis.
Eddie is notorious for copying Jerry Lewis. Nutty Professor anyone?
I liked how they chose that Coldplay song to be in the background. Remember a few months back Coldplay was being questioned for copying that other band with that song?
147. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 10:44 PM
after 2 billion dollars, maybe we just gotta stop, regroup, and take on "hiccups"
148. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 10:44 PM
The oscars always bore me....but alas I always watch them. Usually so I can just talk about them tomorrow at work.
149. jamie - February 22, 2009 10:46 PM
of course, for the record, jerry lewis is awesome and nowhere near crap.
150. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 10:46 PM
Wasn't it last year when the oscars were like almost 4 hours?
I'm going to watch goddamn Che again!!
151. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 10:46 PM
damn. anthony hopkins just earned his way onto my celebrity death pool 2009.
152. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 10:48 PM
Looks like we're gettin' to the end!!
Did anyone else here actually not really like Slumdog Millionaire?
I LOVE Danny Boyle but I don't think it's his best.
And I fucking hope that David Fincher wins best director..if he is in fact nominated. He's been putting out one amazing movie after another.
Seven, Fight Club, Benjamen Button, Zodiac.
153. Sal - February 22, 2009 10:52 PM
Zzzzz
154. LaReet - February 22, 2009 10:52 PM
I'm liking the best music segment.
It fits well with what is being shown on the screen.
It has that Oscar moving moment that they have been trying to recreate the past 2.5 hours.
155. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 10:52 PM
bring on the dead people so i can be all "what? he died?"
156. Sal - February 22, 2009 10:54 PM
@155 --- Yes!
157. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 10:55 PM
that dude actually waited for laughs.
158. Geero - February 22, 2009 10:56 PM
LOL, slumdog a millie is totally milking it. bollywood makes my heart jump a beat.
159. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 10:56 PM
And the Oscar goes to......Slumdog Millionaire!
160. sully - February 22, 2009 10:56 PM
heath ledger died?? when did that happen?
161. Sal - February 22, 2009 10:57 PM
Loving the "I Dream of Jeanie" homage
162. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 10:57 PM
The Fix is in! That dude was already on stage!
163. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 10:58 PM
@152: It's dead pool, not death pool. Get it right. :P And I'll take that bet. Death will be frightened off by Hopkins' dignified air.
GOD, I'm sick of Slumdog Millionaire now. Just give them all the stupid awards and be done with it.
164. willers - February 22, 2009 10:58 PM
john legend cant sing. WOW!
165. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 10:58 PM
What's with the African shit during the Wall-E song?
166. LaReet - February 22, 2009 10:59 PM
John Legend is really extraordinary.
Not sure what this song is from, or for what, but he's pretty classy.
167. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:00 PM
@willer-no he cannot.
168. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 11:00 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen. . .I give you, Jabawockys
169. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:00 PM
John Legend was singing the song from Wall-E.
170. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:01 PM
Slumdog Millionaire!
171. Dan - February 22, 2009 11:01 PM
@ 166:
Do you mean John Legend?
172. Geero - February 22, 2009 11:01 PM
JAIIIIIII HO!!!!!!!!!!
173. LaReet - February 22, 2009 11:02 PM
a tad off subject, BUT
i wonder if the women who were nominated for best supporting actress and lost, are really thinking the show is dragging. bet they wanna get the F outta there! they have to sit here for 4 hours and pretend they are happy for 'just being nominated'
174. willers - February 22, 2009 11:03 PM
@172 LOL
175. Brian - February 22, 2009 11:05 PM
just got here to check out the live blog but "also space chimps was made" is spot on. What was that all about?
176. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:06 PM
@172...no LOL
I was talking about the peopled dressed in African garb.
177. Sal - February 22, 2009 11:06 PM
Liam Neeson will find you. And he will kill you.
178. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 11:08 PM
@ watcher and 178 "Good Luck"
179. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 11:08 PM
Did the Japanese guy just say, "I am here because of... Pharaohs!" ?
180. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:08 PM
He has a very special set of skills...skills he's acquired over a long career, skills that make him a problem for people like you.
181. Ben - February 22, 2009 11:10 PM
If the Oscars really wanted a laugh they'd fake the porno interruption that happened during the Super Bowl. Shoot it with Brad and Angelina and the look on Aniston's face would be hilarious and priceless.
182. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 11:11 PM
SHOWTIME!!! Here goes!
183. LaReet - February 22, 2009 11:12 PM
I thought Queen Latifah was a rapper.
Now we are getting punished!
184. sully - February 22, 2009 11:12 PM
who knew queen latifah was a better singer than beyonce? and a better actress too? fuck beyonce!
185. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:12 PM
That goddamn Obama..suddenly made it ok to have the blackies on national television.
If my grandma was alive she'd be calling me saying "Sam! Come over and fix the color on my TV!"
186. Chinny - February 22, 2009 11:13 PM
Thanks for making it impossible to read the names. This is a very well-directed show....
187. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:13 PM
Queen Latifah is a talented fucking woman...she was great in Chicago.
She is very good when it comes to blues.
188. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 11:13 PM
MICHAEL CRICHTON! My favorite (formerly) living writer. May he rest in peace.
Most deserving person of being here that I've seen yet. He should win the "Best Person who Died This Year" award. Good thing they dont' have one, since it would go to Heath Ledger instead.
189. Natalia - February 22, 2009 11:14 PM
WAIT
Was that Cyd Charisse in the beginning of the montage?!?!?
SHE DIED?!?
190. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 11:15 PM
Wait, Khan died?!?! KHAAAAAAAN!!!!
Queen Latifah is a cow. If her middle name isn't Bess, it should be.
191. LaReet - February 22, 2009 11:15 PM
@187 - so true!
It's like only the truly "popular" get decent screen time.
192. Freck - February 22, 2009 11:15 PM
I like the way they are doing the sweeping shots of the screen so you can't tell who the people are half the time. That way, if they forget someone (ala Brad Renfro like last year), they can just say "oh no, he was there, he was there during epic sweep number seven."
193. mike - February 22, 2009 11:17 PM
no heath
194. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:17 PM
Still didn't give River Phoenix any goddamn screen time....
195. Niki - February 22, 2009 11:17 PM
I didnt even see heath ledger...
196. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 11:18 PM
that's because Brad Renfro isn't dead. He's in "Gitmo" because of the Patriot act.
197. sully - February 22, 2009 11:19 PM
reese witherspoon is a dumb bitch
198. LaReet - February 22, 2009 11:19 PM
What's wrong with Reese's face? She usually looks so pretty. Um, did she decide to take a night off?
199. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 11:19 PM
i think heath was in last years
200. Dan - February 22, 2009 11:19 PM
Heath Ledger was in the obits last year. Also agree the sweeping crane shots were stupid.
201. Chinny - February 22, 2009 11:19 PM
Heath died last January. He was in last year's show.
202. Sal - February 22, 2009 11:20 PM
Be honest: Who just thought of the "Family Guy" where they used Reese Witherspoon's chin to break into the vault?
203. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:20 PM
FUCK YOU LIMEY BASTARD!
204. LaReet - February 22, 2009 11:22 PM
I had a HUNCH he'd win.
(stand up straight, dude!)
205. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 11:22 PM
I like that director guy's invisible magic wand he keeps waving with that hand. It must be what enabled Slumdog Millionaire to get a million Oscars.
I hate that movie now.
206. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:22 PM
What the goddamn hell does David Fincher have to do to win!!
207. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 11:23 PM
"dwarf even this guy"? that statue is like 8" tall. . ..
208. Steve - February 22, 2009 11:24 PM
David Fincher needs to make a film considerably better than Benjamin Button to win.
209. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:25 PM
An oscar statue is 12. inches tall.
210. + Christian - February 22, 2009 11:25 PM
Everyone has to be hoping, nay begging, for the academy to give the best lead actor award to Mickey Rourke, for the sheer entertainment potential. Potential comedy land mine! C'mon Mick! We're bored over here!
211. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:25 PM
12.6 inches tall.
212. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 11:26 PM
@210 men and their exaggerations. . . 12 inches indeed
213. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:26 PM
$5 says Rourke wins and gives a boring ass speech.
214. jamie - February 22, 2009 11:27 PM
what's with the camera shots of the screens, instead of a direct video feed from the source? it made the obits way less moving, and looks stupid all around.
215. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 11:28 PM
@213: Speaking of which, have you ever wondered what it is the Oscar guy is holding in his hands...?
216. LaReet - February 22, 2009 11:29 PM
do they have to memorize their little speeches?
217. Dan - February 22, 2009 11:29 PM
This five-person mutual appreciation panel thing they're doing with the Best Actor/Actresses noms is kind of sickening.
They're actors, not saints.
218. Sal - February 22, 2009 11:29 PM
This conceit of bringing out former best actor winners is starting to remind me of the trial scene that opens Superman.
219. Dan - February 22, 2009 11:30 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH
220. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 11:30 PM
is it too late to add sophia lauren to my list too? crypt keeper anyone?
221. LaReet - February 22, 2009 11:31 PM
Sophia looks high on prescription drugs.
222. + Christian - February 22, 2009 11:31 PM
Sophia Loren is melting.
223. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 11:32 PM
eat it meryl!
224. Ben - February 22, 2009 11:32 PM
When Sophia Loren was talking she was looking in the direction on Seth Rogen and he looked terrified.
225. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 11:32 PM
@220: Wow. That was EXACTLY my reation. Sophia Loren, right?
226. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 11:33 PM
what happened to American acting? we suck!
227. Bry - February 22, 2009 11:33 PM
Why wasn't Sophia Loren in the "Those We've Lost" montage, because she's clearly risen from the dead.
228. Sal - February 22, 2009 11:34 PM
Kate Winslet picks up the mantle of great actress with Emma Thompson hair.
229. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:34 PM
I always thought the oscar dude was holding a sword..I donno why.
Also I was David Lynch to make a movie where Nicole Kidman and Angelina Jolie make out...I could die a happy, happy man.
230. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 11:34 PM
her dad has a pimp whistle!
231. Fernando - February 22, 2009 11:35 PM
Mr. Winslet has a pimp hat. yes.
232. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:35 PM
That's supposed to read I wish...
233. + Christian - February 22, 2009 11:37 PM
Nicholas Cage won a freaking Oscar?! The Academy is either continually high or easily bought. Seriously, that junk is unforgivable.
234. Sal - February 22, 2009 11:38 PM
So Michael Douglas really talks like that all the time, huh? Guess he's not such a good actor after all.
235. jaime - February 22, 2009 11:38 PM
IWS writer, it'd be awesome if you put the BEST whatever winners in bold so that it's easier to find them as they come up.
it's good that you're doing this though.
236. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 11:39 PM
Robin Wright Penn has still got IT!
"I love you jenn-ay"
237. LaReet - February 22, 2009 11:40 PM
Sean Penn's legs are waaaaay to spread apart.
Does he want us to look at his balls or something?
238. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 11:42 PM
RAM JAM!
239. LaReet - February 22, 2009 11:42 PM
mickey rourke is a pimp!
240. Dan - February 22, 2009 11:43 PM
@ 226:
Sophia Loren? That wasn't Boris Karloff in a dress?
241. Sal - February 22, 2009 11:43 PM
Don Logan vs. Randy the Ram --- who wins?
242. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 11:43 PM
USA! USA! USA!
243. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:44 PM
I was hoping Rourke would win...he is such a great actor. Even before The Wrestler.
244. Freck - February 22, 2009 11:45 PM
Sean Penn! Yay!
He's going to forget to thank his wife.
I haven't seen Milk, but I did see the Wreslter, and it blew.
245. Mr Possum - February 22, 2009 11:45 PM
Antony Hopkins reminded me of 12 year old Benjamin Buton
246. Ben - February 22, 2009 11:45 PM
If Milk wins best picture than it's 100% sure that Hollywood is punishing CA for failing to allow gay marriage.
247. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 11:46 PM
come on, penn had to kiss dudes for 2 hours. mickey shot up dope and looked at tomei naked!
sean earned this trophy!
248. LaReet - February 22, 2009 11:47 PM
seriously, mickey rourke shouda won
249. Amy - February 22, 2009 11:48 PM
WTF? Sean Penn is such a douchebag! Mr. Oscar must be still spinning from all this non-sense.
250. LaReet - February 22, 2009 11:49 PM
i don't like how they are mixing the nominated movies with other movies.
251. yoyomofo - February 22, 2009 11:49 PM
is it just me or does adrien brody look like he's trying to be the white snoop dogg?
252. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 11:50 PM
I'm with you, Amy. It's just because he played a gay guy.
253. Mr Possum - February 22, 2009 11:51 PM
@252.
Maybe Snoop Dog is trying to be the black Adrien Brody
254. DarkCcret - February 22, 2009 11:52 PM
maybe. just maybe.
255. Natalia - February 22, 2009 11:53 PM
Slumdog Millionaire is really pissing me off with all this winning crap... BAH
256. LaReet - February 22, 2009 11:53 PM
BAI HOOOO
no surprise.
great movie, hell i'm just glad Forrest Gump II didn't win
257. mike - February 22, 2009 11:54 PM
bollywood has taken over.
258. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 11:54 PM
"And all of the Oscars go to... Slumdog Millionaire!"
I don't know if I can do this again. Sorry, guys. It's making me too sick. I feel queasy. Besides, Valkyrie should have won something.
259. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:54 PM
Fuck Slumdog Millionaire.
Also like how they showed the end of Milk...dumb shits.
Sure I've seen it but there alot of people who didn't.
260. Mr Possum - February 22, 2009 11:56 PM
someone else remember when Forrest Gump won best especial effects over The Mask? I was like 13 years old, but that's the moment I realised the Oscar's was just a staged smug show
261. Bobeyo - February 22, 2009 11:57 PM
Hey look, the "host" of the show is still here. To kinda say "bye."
262. Dan - February 22, 2009 11:58 PM
Oh man, Public Enemies is going to kick so much ass.
263. Count Orlock - February 22, 2009 11:59 PM
@261..I remember that.
264. Amy - February 23, 2009 12:02 AM
Hey thanks for the comentary!! I refreshed so many times I got an ad for that Refresh feminine towels! JKJK, but for reals, THANK YOU!
265. Scooby - February 23, 2009 12:32 AM
Worst. Oscars. Ever.
266. What? - February 23, 2009 12:33 AM
@263- Hell yea
I only wanna see Public Enemies but whatever, one other trailer looked ok
where the eff are they? they should be apart of the effing blog!
267. question - February 23, 2009 12:40 AM
how can anyone else not mention seth rogan cracking up when franco announced best short foreign film?
268. Narcissist - February 23, 2009 9:06 AM
@269 - Rihanna would truly be a dumbass, then.
269. NightHawk - February 23, 2009 12:17 PM
Does anybody wonder why the Oscar award is a naked dude?
270. Hal - February 23, 2009 1:47 PM
Next year Dr. Manhattan will sub as Oscar - give the naked Gold guy a break. By that I mean the statues will be filled with Blue Caraco and a glow stick - and they will BE DELICIOUS!
271. It's Me - February 23, 2009 3:09 PM
I thought Hugh Jackman was... great, actually. I wish every award show had a singing Australian dude.
272. phishgirl3 - February 23, 2009 7:29 PM
@ 268
I saw that too, and LOL'd myself... Seth Rogan's laugh is hilarious... total stoner laugh!
273. Drunkman - February 26, 2009 9:48 AM
#7 LOL
274. يوتيوب - March 9, 2009 9:53 PM
looooool