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LIVE-BLOG: OSCARS

Sara Hetland — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:00:58 +0000

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards are about to begin on ABC. This year, the Best Picture category has been expanded from five nominees to ten, in an attempt to draw more viewers and make the ceremony more inclusive. There may be other twists in store, so refresh this page through the show for a complete list of winners along with reactions from Twitter users.

The show has yet to begin, but there are already reactions to the celebrities wandering around on the red carpet:

Greeblemonkey Thanks goodness the ABC pre-show is only a half hour. Any more Kathy Ireland and I would shoot myself. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetGrid

AprilBraswell @elenadaciuk Oh #JLo looks FABULOUS in that cotton candy pink! #AA82 #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web in reply to elenadaciuk

Possessionista I feel bad for statement necklaces. They got one trip to the #Oscars in ‘09 and now they’ve been replaced for small dangle earrings. 08 Mar 2010 from web

HAlanScott No No, Sarah Jessica Parker should NOT steal that dress! She’s looks like a pill popping 60’s middle aged mama. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

danicalo Cameron Diaz in Oscar de la Renta, great dress. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from UberTwitter

jenniepperson Oscars: JLo wins best hair and makeup every time. I like her gown. Light-colored big puffy gowns work this season. 08 Mar 2010 from UberTwitter

the59thStBridge SJP’s dress not doing it. And her hair looks like a Pillsbury crescent roll #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from txt

SCStateOfMynd OMG Cameron Diaz should fire her make-up artist, there’s no reason why you should show up to the Oscars with a bad case of crows feet. SMH 08 Mar 2010 from web

Neil Patrick Harris opened the Oscars with a song and dance number in a sparkly tux. Hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin then descended from the ceiling to crack some jokes and introduce the presenters.

lollipop26 is it always this cheesy ? #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

Bleakey NPH!!! I love his jacket. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

Agent_M Turned on the #Oscars. Big picture of Turner & Hooch and a gay prison joke in the opening minute. Okay, we’ll stick around for a bit. 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

TarynP Loving the 1920’s theme!!!! Pretty feathers. Oh and hello TRUE hosts! #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

megcabot What is happening to the Oscars? I’m in shock. 08 Mar 2010 from Ping.fm

columbiajames Feather boas and showgirls strutting around Kodak theatre remind me of a Vegas strip show. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

raquelc415 Loving how the #oscars are already starting off… The Neil patrick harris surprise was so awesome!! 08 Mar 2010 from txt

thejohnblog NPH opening for Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin is like The Rolling Stones opening for Nickelback. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from txt

PENELOPE CRUZ PRESENTING BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

WINNER: Christoph Waltz

Sampad #Oscars Christoph Waltz for Inglorious Bastards. Awesome. Always knew when I saw him for that first 15 mins of the movie 08 Mar 2010 from web

radiostaticstar whew, i was fearing the worst from christoph waltz given his last run of acceptance speeches. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

marcradix christoph waltz wins the oscar !!! fully deserved ! #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

charlestrotter Oscars off to a decent but overlong start. Baldwin looks uncomfortable. Congrats to Christoph Waltz, though! Like there was any doubt. 08 Mar 2010 from Echofon

suerobins wow, incredible acceptance speech christoph walz. well crafted and superbly delivered. he set the bar high. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

Austin_H2O I love the Oscars as much as I hate them. Even though Christoph Waltz was the only supporting actor nominee I saw, I think he deserved it 08 Mar 2010 from web

STEVE CARRELL AND CAMERON DIAZ PRESENTING BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Winner: “Up”

josephflaherty UP wins a well deserved Oscar. Should still win Best Picture, If a movie that good can’t win, something is wrong with the system. 08 Mar 2010 from web

havasulisa I hope “UP” wins a OSCAR 4 The picture of the year! 08 Mar 2010 from txt

lastyearsman Up was probably the most inevitable oscar of the night. Albeit, deserved just for the first 5 minutes #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

faychoy Yay for Up! I have at least seen one Oscar film this year. lol 08 Mar 2010 from twidroid

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Winner: Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett for “The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart”

carrie_reed I still think it’s totally nuts that out of ten available best picture slots Crazy Heart wasn’t nominated! 08 Mar 2010 from Echofon

iluvDCyes @wehoscott YES YES YES! Crazy Heart was awesome….loved the music 08 Mar 2010 from web in reply to wehoscott

drgonzolives Happy with Up, but wanted Fantastic Mr Fox. So happy for Crazy Heart. Love that movie 08 Mar 2010 from Echofon

RegularRon The Oscars have been good so far. Good to see “Crazy Heart” get a win for the song. Great soundtrack. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

grinand Nobody else I know has seen it… but Crazy Heart is really affecting. Rent it someday. #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from Tweetie

ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. AND TINA FEY PRESENTING BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Winner: “The Hurt Locker”

kristal_bailey Best Original Screenplay goes to The Hurt Locker. Great movie, but wanted Inglorious Basterds to win. Well written in 3 languages. #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

BrandonF The reason vets don’t like The Hurt Locker is because the movie’s praise is *based* on its purported “realism.” #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

xwen The Hurt Locker won Best Original Screenplay – sorry Tarantino, it was marginally better #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

comic_junkie The Hurt Locker was great, but I think Inglourious Basterds should’ve won for best script. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from Echofon

The Oscars then paid tribute to director John Hughes, who passed away in August 2009. Actors like Molly Ringwald and Matthew Broderick, whose career-making roles were in Hughes’ films, came onstage to honor the late director for his career of directing hits like “The Breakfast Club” and “Ferris Bueller.”

jenditchburn Why don’t we ever see ‘Some Kind of Wonderful’ on TV? Always F.Bueller & Bkfst Club. I approve of John Hughes tribute. 08 Mar 2010 from web

jodywatley A big fan of John Hughes movies, nice #Oscars montage 08 Mar 2010 from web

frelle RT @sthrnfairytale: John Hughes:Wrote films that gave our generation voice, power & understanding. We felt we had a place, because of him. 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

TawnyTucker john hughes was the bomb…rip…no one will ever make movies like him 08 Mar 2010 from Snaptu

CAREY MULLIGAN AND ZOE SALDANA PRESENTING BEST SHORT FILM

Winner: “Logorama”

Roofus2099 @rfcmovies Ok. I was at the RFC shorts festival & I didn’t see Logorama. Also I’m pissed that Wallace & Gromit was snubbed. Boo, Academy!! 08 Mar 2010 from Twitterrific in reply to rfcmovies

katherine620 I really want to see logorama. Maybe I shall browse around YouTube. 08 Mar 2010 from Echofon

linseyagardner Logorama representing design and branding alike with an Academy Award for Best Animated Short! #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from UberTwitter

bcirce I guess after winning the Oscar the #logorama web site traffic crashed their server. Congratulations an a great win. 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

CAREY MULLIGAN AND ZOE SALDANA PRESENTING BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Winner: “Music by Prudence”

princessvica Congrats to Roger Ross, who just won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject for his “Music by Prudence” 08 Mar 2010 from UberTwitter

lbguy16 Who is the red-headed woman who just Kanye West’d the director of Music by Prudence at the #Oscars? 08 Mar 2010 from UberTwitter

catquinn Did the purple co-director of Music by Prudence just pull a Kanye? #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

joleenzanuzoski Confused by Music of Prudence redhead Kanye imposter. Prudence would have hopped out of her wheelchair if she could & told her to zip it. 08 Mar 2010 from web

runforfun54 Can someone explain what happened during the “Music by Prudence” Oscar speech? 08 Mar 2010 from web

PagingMrHerman lol @ that poor director of Music by Prudence. That woman stole his thunder. I thought she was just some random crazy lady at first. #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

CAREY MULLIGAN AND ZOE SALDANA PRESENTING BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

WINNER: “The New Tenants”

annie__perry The second producer for best action short didn’t even get to say anything because the first took to long. So sad. I’m sorry, old man. 08 Mar 2010 from txt

Drudoo Best live action, short: new tenance !!!!!! Danish film 08 Mar 2010 from ezyTweet

hotelsuicide blah blah…best live action short, best animated short *yawn* NO ONE GIVES A SHIT PPL! Bring on the Best Director n stuff 08 Mar 2010 from web

nicolettewb man i really don’t care about the best live action short. 08 Mar 2010 from web

BEN STILLER PRESENTING BEST MAKEUP

Winner: “Star Trek”

brynnsamuel I agree ben stiller sux 08 Mar 2010 from web

pixeljae @virtualMags When the Star Trek makeup came up to accept, Ben shouldve pulled out violin and said, “Im staying” 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck in reply to virtualMags

Rob3Leo Star Trek won for Best Make Up!! Now that was a great movie!! 08 Mar 2010 from web

heavenlytruth @WonderwallMSN: “Aww, Star Trek got an award for makeup. That’s just adorable.” -James Cameron’s inner monologue. BAH HA HA! 08 Mar 2010 from web

JAKE GYLLENHAAL AND RACHEL MCADAMS PRESENTING BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Winner: Geoffrey Fletcher, who wrote “Precious: Based on the Book “Push” by Sapphire”

laurahvogel Happy for Precious’ win but supreme disappointment at what couldve been UITA’s only Oscar. My award goes to @JasonReitman if that counts. 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

Patricialicious @shawnawb Precious is an awesome, awesome, awesome movie. Well worth the watch 08 Mar 2010 from web in reply to shawnawb

CharityV @almtalkies I’m sure Precious is a great story, but I avoid anything with too much hype. 08 Mar 2010 from Seesmic in reply to almtalkies

KreeBeau I lost my first in the ballots! Awesome win by Precious for adapted screenplay – huge upset for Jason Reitman 08 Mar 2010 from web

AndrewDignan Precious stole an award from Up in the Air. I’d love to see it return the favor. Not gonna happen, but it’d be nice. 08 Mar 2010 from web

ROBIN WILLIAMS PRESENTING BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Winner: Mo’Nique in “Precious”

fablor Monique!!!! Anyone else would have just been WRONG! 08 Mar 2010 from web

johncampea And the second most no brained of the night goes to Monique. Well deserved. Mark my words, Anna Kendrick will be back. 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

jcreportglobal Thinking this is the best moment thus far….Monique you deserve it 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

onealmcknight OMG!! I got chills when Monique won!!! Congrats!!! GOD BLESS YOU!! 08 Mar 2010 from web

SIGOURNEY WEAVER PRESENTING “BEST ART DIRECTION”

Winner: “Avatar”

owlssayhooot Okay, good, Avatar won design. That’s all it deserves, in my opinion. It can be taken off the bracket for best picture now. 08 Mar 2010 from Tweetie

shawnlevy So “Avatar” and “Hurt Locker” each have one prize in a category in which the other wasn’t nominated. The race is still even. 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

Robheeney Good old Sigourney … she so clearly just said Avatar without seeing who actually won #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

MrBabyMan Avatar deservedly won for stunning art direction. Should win for cinematography too. Their innovations were awe-inspiring #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from HootSuite

Janefonda Hooray that Avatar won for set decoration. It’s about time. They should’ve won for makeup too #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from Seesmic

TOM FORD AND SARAH JESSICA PARKER PRESENTING BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Winner: Sandy Powell for “The Young Victoria”

tanushreebaruah The Young Victoria wins Costume Design. This Oscar ceremony is boooring. 08 Mar 2010 from web

KirstensDesk Hey, I got Costume Design! Period pieces always win. 08 Mar 2010 from UberTwitter

kimberly_lyn The irony that Coco Avant Chanel didn’t win for best costume design isn’t lost on me. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

ButtercupD the costume design woman really looks like a costume designer 08 Mar 2010 from web

_T_a_y_ Wow the lady who one costume design not only was gorgeous w AMAZING DRESS..but she was SO classy wit her speech. I thunk I’m in love. 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

MsInformation I have not seen anyone win for costume design who dressed right for the Oscars. Lady, you are no Edith Head. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

wikimia - SJP is presenting best costume design and her dress seems so badly tailored… Esp that middle seam. Eeek Heart Tom Ford though. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from Tweetie

Zac Efron and Anna Kendrick then presented the awards for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing, both of which went to “The Hurt Locker.”

JillFilipovic I will never understand the difference between “Sound Mixing” and “Sound Editing.” #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

ConservativeLA #Oscars #clap #tcot #lebowski Best moment so far, wife of Hurt Locker sound editor reaction shots. Freaking love it. 08 Mar 2010 from web

natedogreimer looks like i need to watch The Hurt Locker stat! #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

mgerardi HURT LOCKER sweeps sound awards over AVATAR. Probably meaningless, but encouraging for THL nonetheless. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from Echofon

Zap2ItLost The Sound Mixer from “The Hurt Locker” looks like the German mercenary from “Die Hard.” #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

achance42 I think it’s fair to say Avatar doesn’t have a chance for Best Picture if it lost Sound Editing and Mixing to Hurt Locker. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

dmbosstone Two surprises- Avatar not winning any of the two sounds categories and one film sweeping both (Hurt Locker) #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

SANDRA BULLOCK PRESENTING BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Winner: “Avatar”

miranda1901 Ugh I’m tired of Avatar! Anyone else feel this way? #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

betsymonty #oscars Avatar for Cinematography? Did they attach crack to the Academy’s ballots this year?! The White Ribbon deserved it! 08 Mar 2010 from web

giantlawnmower Best Cinematography – Avatar. These awards, I think we all agree, Avatar deserves. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from Twitterrific

devincf Why aren’t Pixar movies also nominated for Cinematography if AVATAR can win? 08 Mar 2010 from web

FSteven I don’t understand the Set Design and Cinematography awards for Avatar. Hello? It’s all computer generated! 08 Mar 2010 from Twitterrific

popcornreel Avatar win in cinematography not too surprising at all, but “The White Ribbon” should have won. 08 Mar 2010 from web

James Taylor played a cover of The Beatles’ “In My Life,” to the “In Memoriam” tribute to those in cinema who have died in the past year.

drepaj I cannot think of anything more depressing than James Taylor singing my wedding song during the In Memoriam montage. Sorry @AngBurnett. 08 Mar 2010 from web

aimee_liz “In Memoriam” always gets me choked up, but add in James Taylor singing the Beatles? Losing it. 08 Mar 2010 from UberTwitter

neeksplace The Acadamy Awards had Michael Jackson in their “in memoriam”. Very nice… 08 Mar 2010 from UberTwitter

verysimple nice in memoriam segment. JT singing helped drown out the inappropriate applause/popularity meter. 08 Mar 2010 from Echofon

jasmined Was Farrah Fawcett left out of the #Oscars in memoriam montage? 08 Mar 2010 from Tweetie

mort3965 The In Memoriam montage should have featured my interest for this award show #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

dancosta In Memoriam is the only reason to watch the Oscars. Oh, and Steve Martin. 08 Mar 2010 from Twee

Before the winner for Best Original Score was announced, groups of dancers performed on stage to clips of each of the nominated scores.

rolemommy Can anyone say BORING? I’d so rather be watching Donny Osmond perform one of his Dancing w/the Stars routines. #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

nonlinearmind Do I need HD to appreciate these street dancers or am I missing something? #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from Tweetie

TylerHilton Why are people hip pop dancing and doing the robot to the best score segment on the oscars? Please don’t. 08 Mar 2010 from UberTwitter

JENNIFER LOPEZ AND SAM WORTHINGTON PRESENTING BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Winner: “Up”

Lady_Patriot Yay again for UP! Confession: I loved that movie, but like Fox & the Hound, I can’t watch it without bawling! #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from Tweetie

aimeefriedman Yay Up original score! You got me ahead in my very heated Oscar party pool #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

KarenSnyderDuke I loved, loved, loved the music of Up. Good choice, I think, Academy. #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

hazeliz Nice speach by UP’s Michael Giacchino “If you wanna do something creative, it’s not a waste of time. Get out there and do it” #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

jgrawrock So excited that Up is getting recognized for it’s brillance! #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from Twitterrific

alexrubens Up deserved that more than anyone. That song is so moving. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from Tweetie

GERARD BUTLER AND BRADLEY COOPER PRESENTING OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS

Winner: “Avatar”

ShipleyKevin Avatar deserves best visual effects. Really. It all was visual effects. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from txt

callie_snyder The more I think about it the more I hope #avatar does not win anything else. That movie wasn’t that great. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from Seesmic

coalman987 #oscars District 9 deserved Best Visual Effects because its effects were beautiful, realistic, and they did it for so much less than Avatar 08 Mar 2010 from HTC Peep

fergusheywood OMG Avatar for visual effects! So surprised and happy! #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

ToddWinNC Avatar may have had more “groundbreaking” visual effects, but Star Trek was by far a better movie overall — and also had great FX. #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

TheTradesCast OK, Best Visual Effects for Avatar only sounds bad when you think about District 9 #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from Power Twitter

MATT DAMON PRESENTING BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

Winner: “The Cove”

TimThinksThings No one in my family has heard of any of the Best Documentary films. Docs don’t get enough love #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

SerendipiYami The Cove wins…I had my eyes closed for a lot of that documentary. Very difficult to watch. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

SizzleMel all the documentary movies look really substantial this year. as much as i like Food Inc, i think The Cove deserves it #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from HootSuite

MattBinder The Best Feature Documentary category is the first category that has me going “WOW, I want to see all of these”. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

Jessica731 So happy that The Cove won best documentary. Hopefully this will give even more attention to this truly tragic issue #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

TYLER PERRY PRESENTING BEST EDITING

Winner: “The Hurt Locker”

sabrinel so hurt locker is winning pretty big, pretty happy tht avatar isn’t winning 10+ oscars, sorry to all u fans of it out there 08 Mar 2010 from web

coldmilk I betted on Inglourious Basterds but I’m glad The Hurt Locker got this one… #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetGrid

atlfilm365 Considering how many simultaneous cameras they shot some scenes with on THE HURT LOCKER, mad respect for the editing win. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

tavallai The Hurt Locker: Intense, solid performances, suspenseful; all for naught due to a reliance on hand-held camera to portray realism. #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

DGiant I hate when films I will never see (Hurt Locker) win awards. #oscars Don’t begrudge them – just have no interest in it. 08 Mar 2010 from web

PEDRO ALMODOVAR AND QUENTIN TARANTINO PRESENTING FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Winner: “El Secreto de Tus Ojos” (”The Secret of Their Eyes” – Argentina)

adeniro You know the one category where it would actually make sense to expand it to 10 would be best Foreign Language film. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

TheMovieGod Best Foreign is NEVER what you think it’ll be. Makes you wonder if voters even watch them or just choose the coolest title. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

TiffanyWinman Best Foreign Film goes to “The secret in their eyes” (Argentina). I love watching these films after the #Oscars help select them. 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

roninspirit “I would like to thank the Academy for not considering Na’vi a foreign language.” Come on people, that was funny! And no one lauged. #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

SaintMort The Orchestra cut off kinda makes me upset because it tends to happen to the foreign film and short film directors #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

bgluckman I’m SHOCKED neither The White Ribbon nor A Prophet won for Best Foreign Language Film. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from Tweetie

KATE WINSLET PRESENTING BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Winner: Jeff Bridges for “Crazy Heart”

ExtraordMommy Way to go Jeff Bridges – you only had to wait 39 years to get that statue. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

miacupcake I can’t believe Jeff Bridges won. Over Morgan Freeman. And the dude from Hurt Locker, whom i heard was AMAZING. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from txt

wombwarrior I loved Jeff’s reaction when he realized he was getting a standing ovation. =) #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

wgfinley Sorry fellas but Jeff Bridges was owed this one for a while. #Oscars got it right again. 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

crossfac3 Yay Jeff Bridges! But why does his speech get to run longer than everyone elses? Unfair.. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from Echofon

eugeniedfranval i feel for jeremy renner though. he gave a really stellar perfomance. it was just jeff bridges time, dude. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

EricStangel Oscars – Ladies and gentlemen, please hold your applause until Jeff Bridges names everyone in Hollywood… 08 Mar 2010 from web

mfmusic After that speech, I’m convinced that Jeff Bridges is actually The Dude in real life #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from UberTwitter

jaredhogan jeff bridges also gets the award for worst acceptance speech of the night. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from Echofon

LacyMB Awww, Jeff Bridges. Personally, I would have gone for Colin Firth or maybe Clooney, but the #oscars love some meta. Well done. 08 Mar 2010 from web

SEAN PENN PRESENTING BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Winner: Sandra Bullock for “The Blind Side”

JacobAnderson3D #Oscars Sandra Bullock?! Isn’t that that actress from those films…? You know the ones? Yeah, them. She’s rubbish. 08 Mar 2010 from web

idancohen first part of academy awards interesting and right. second part – horrible! like… what?!? sandra? like really? #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

rkweblog Sandra Bullock wins…good choice! Blind Side great film… #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

BenWiddicombe Sandra Bullock beating Meryl Streep as Best Actress is like Helen Hunt beating Judi Dench: It makes the #Oscars irrelevant 08 Mar 2010 from web

veronicawebb #Oscars. This year I really got the feeling that if you work hard you have a fair shot @ getting an Oscar. Things are starting to shift. 08 Mar 2010 from UberTwitter

jenvargas I expected Sandra Bullock would win & I wish Gabby would’ve got it, but damn if Sandra isn’t freakin’ classy. Congrats. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

debontherocks Well, that was a hattrick of an acceptance speech. Who doesn’t love Sandra Bullock now?#oscars #blogher 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

bonnevivante Sandra Bullock’s speech has to be one of my favorites, ever. Generous, complimentary, moving, funny. Verklempt here. Pass the Puffs. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

AdenaDeMonte Sandra Bullock reminds me a lot of Julia Roberts. Always plays the same character, but people love that character so people love her #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

BARBRA STREISAND PRESENTING BEST DIRECTOR

Winner: Katherine Bigelow for “The Hurt Locker”

dnrevel Best Dir: Catherine Bigelow wins! Yay, fabulous Streisand’s back! Great to see her. Great to have these women rocking the #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from HootSuite

RoseBlueTinted As a hopeful female director, its inspiring and well deserving to see that a female director has finally won the Best Director at the Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

cassyfiano Let’s be honest, if Kathryn Bigelow wasn’t a woman, then Hurt Locker wouldn’t have won Best Picture or Best Director. #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

GalsGotMoxie So proud to have finally gotten to see a woman win as Best Director. And for a taut, gripping, important action movie. #oscars. 08 Mar 2010 from web

DaveFriedel A woman has won Best Director for the first time in history. Perhaps we *are* progressing as a society afterall. #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

shinyspecialone Honestly, I’m just glad that the first Academy Award winning female director didn’t make some shitty chick flick. #oscars #dreamscometrue 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

JustKateGia The Hurt Locker sweeps and I DON’T MIND, great film! Best Director…Kathryn Bigelow! Adore. Adore!!!!!! #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

TOM HANKS PRESENTING BEST PICTURE

Winner: “The Hurt Locker”

attraxion Ah, ‘The Hurt Locker’ takes both best picture and best director! Sweet relief. I almost cannot believe Pandora didn’t win! #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

filmnerdjamie If you think Avatar should have won Picture or Director, u haven’t seen enough movies last year. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

ROOK4PRESIDENT The #Oscars are like the #Grammys, they never get it right…how is there a better picture from last year than #Avatar? It was breathtaking 08 Mar 2010 from UberTwitter

bobmerlotti I’ve said it before and it still applies: Best picture should go to the film where they kill the most Nazis. #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

morganspeck I simply can not believe that The Hurt Locker won Best Picture. What a travesty. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from mobile web

CowHatNinja Would have preferred District 9 or Up to win best picture, haven’t seen Hurt Locker but REALLY not interested in war films >.> #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

_grissjames Can’t believe Avatar didn’t win best picture… My confidence in the Oscars is sinking. 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

seanduregger Really enjoyed the Oscars tonight. Loved Martin & Baldwin as hosts. The Hurt Locker as Best Picture is well deserved. One of my favs of 09. 08 Mar 2010 from Echofon

denverflyer No Best Picture for “Avatar.” Cameron will have to live with the hollow victory only a $2,000,000,000 box office gross can bring. #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from web

cgp99 Hurt Locker wins Best Picture at the Oscars, great movie but should have been Avatar. Would have like to seen Up in the Air win something 08 Mar 2010 from web

Thanks for reading our live blog. The Academy Awards are now over, but Twitter users continue to react:

bridgebldr Watching Twitter made watching #oscars much more interesting this year (& program itself was exceptionally uninteresting) 08 Mar 2010 from TweetDeck

tinadupuy The Academy Awards should not hand out Oscars for editing until they learn how to edit the Academy Awards. 08 Mar 2010 from Echofon

THISISDAVERYAN I wish one of the girls fell on their stupid dresses at the oscars, if I go to award shows ever I’m showing up in jeans 08 Mar 2010 from UberTwitter

SarahLister No surprises to speak of. Didn’t take long for both the…gracious hosts…and their painfully scripted jokes to get on my nerves. #Oscars 08 Mar 2010 from Seesmic

pinupkelly The Oscars were good! Kinda upset that Precious & Inglourious Basterds didn’t take home more awards, but at least Avatar didnt win Best Pic. 08 Mar 2010 from web

dianapop Little disappointed, but VERY predictable. Oscars have long since stopped being a compass to quality, Americans just award movies they like. 08 Mar 2010 from web

Bandrik Spent the time tonight playing Band Hero with friends instead of watching the Oscars. I looked at the list & satisfied with the selections. 08 Mar 2010 from Echofon

AuraFedora I think that this was one of the better ceremonies in a long time-and I was skeptical earlier. #oscars 08 Mar 2010 from mobile web

helene_smith @markpvenema The Oscars hosts/humor was the worst EVER this year. so bad that the actors in the audience didn’t know how to react!… IMO 08 Mar 2010 from web in reply to markpvenema

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No Best Original Song Performances at the Oscars

Rowena Li — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:11:57 +0000

According to Deadline Hollywood, there won’t be any performances from Best Original Song nominees at this year’s Academy Awards.

In the past the nominees performed their songs on stage, often appearing like mini-musicals. This year, executive producers of the broadcast, Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic, have decided that a mixture of audio clips of each nominated song and footage from their respective movies will suffice in order to make the show shorter.

The decision received both praise and criticism from tweeps.

Wrygrin Best song nominee performances removed from Oscars telecast. “We’re losing anything that may distract from all the long, boring speeches.”

DoseDotCa No best song performances at the Oscars this year. Now when are we supposed to take a bathroom break? http://bit.ly/cDw68u

ramblingfilm the Oscars have decided not to have the best song nominees peform. sad, some were actually good

thepuffytaco This sucks… and they are replacing it w/ dance. RT @thedailyswarm Oscars Kill Best Original Song Performances… http://bit.ly/bcHufA

MrWordsWorth The nominees for best song will not be performed at the Oscars. That’s one more reason to tune in.

spinnerpr An f’ing insult. More time for badly written host jokes? RT @thedailyswarm Oscars Kill Best Original Song Performances http://bit.ly/bcHufA

Fuzzyfreaker Awww… they’re getting rid of the song performances at the Oscars? I was looking forward to seeing Ryan Bingham sing The Weary Kind.

michaeljwrite @Mattgina There’s a lot of meaningless crap during the Oscars, but I usually like the song performances. Even when it was 36 Mafia.

Oscar nominees were announced earlier this month and the awards ceremony will be broadcast on ABC on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 8 p.m. EST. Join us then for our live-blog!

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Sandra Bullock Earns Best and Worst Actress Nominations in Same Week

Amanda Arntson — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:41:55 +0000

After more than a decade as one of Hollywood’s A-list actresses, Sandra Bullock has begun a new chapter in her career with an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy in the football drama “The Blind Side.” But MTV.com reports that the Oscar isn’t the only nomination Bullock received this week. She is also up for a Razzie award in the Worst Actress category for her ditzy role in “All About Steve.”

Pulling off both nominations is a rare and perhaps bittersweet feat but, as Entertainment Weekly declared in December, Bullock is having “the best year of her career.” Both “The Blind Side” and “The Proposal” were box office hits, offsetting the “All About Steve” dud.

Tweeps discussed Bullock’s nominations:

MrNelsonM Cheers to Sandra Bullock on her Razzie Award nomination!

nymou Sandra Bullock picked up a Razzie nomination.sh may make history by winning both best & worst actress in th same year

jpvoice Sandra Bullock got the Oscar Nomination for the Blind Side – and the Razzie Nomination for All ABout Steve – awesome!

ryanpfluger wishes people would stop knocking The Blind Side & Sandra Bullock in it. The movie was incredible and I usually hate movies like that.

LittleMsBusyBee I wonder if Sandra Bullock is more excited about her #OscarNomination or the Razzie nomination? hmmm . . . it is a toss up

HerNameIsDeidre Sandra Bullock received a Razzie and an Oscar nomination. What’s wrong with that picture….?

DangerGirl6 Congrats to Sandra Bullock for her much deserved “Best Actress” Oscar nomination.Sandra’s one of the nicest ppl I worked with in Hollywood.

Krizanovich NEWSFLASH: Sandra Bullock first actress to receive BOTH an Oscar nomination AND a Razzie nom. GO GIRL! GO GO GO!

gvazrltr Congrats Sandra Bullock for Best Actress Oscar nomination. She said these past few months/awards for Blind Side have meant most.

Fanboyz Define irony: Sandra Bullock scores both an Oscar nomination and Razzie in the same year.

Last month Bullock took home Golden Globe, SAG, and Critics’ Choice awards.

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“Avatar” Breaks Domestic Box Office Record

Shari Weiss — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:47:46 +0000

King of the world and now king of America! According to The Hollywood Reporter, James Cameron’s “Avatar” broke the domestic box office record by earning $601.1 million. The previous record of $600.8 million was set in 1998 by Cameron’s other blockbuster film, “Titanic.”

The sci-fi flick’s latest achievement came after box office receipts for Tuesday were totaled, the same day the film garnered nine Academy Awards nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Last month “Avatar” bested the global box office record, which was also previously held by ‘Titanic.” Without adjusting for inflation, the film is considered to be the highest-grossing movie of all time worldwide and now in America as well. The Hollywood Reporter also notes tickets for 3-D films cost more and regular ticket prices have risen since “Titanic” was in theaters.

Tweeters spread the news and shared their opinion:

Christopher404 Never saw it, doesn’t look amazingRT @nicoletrottier: titanic is the best movie. sucks that avatar beat it in box office. was it even good?

talcon Worst movie ever. RT @comingsoonnet: Avatar passes Titanic at the domestic box office http://bit.ly/dy9rYt

iamluigee I still think Titanic is the best-est!!! RT @eonline: Avatar Takes Titanic’s Last Titanic Record! http://bit.ly/bnLTcB

reginus ‘Avatar’ Eclipses ‘Titanic’ for No. 1 All Time Gross…‏Don’t know what to think. Leo will always be #1 for me!!

HelenLOVEFiLM Avatar beats Titanic to highest grossing film of all time. Are we happy about this?

JulianGrey AVATAR has officially sunk Titanic at the Domestic Box Office!!! YAY for AVATAR

michaeljwrite Avatar beats Titanic’s boffice record, called the new Star Wars. Analogy is apt, Star Wars wasn’t the best film of its year, either.

stevejpulaski James Cameron’s “Avatar” just beat James Cameron’s “TItanic”. Further down the list is James Cameron’s “T2″. Even further is JC’s “Alien”.

Louie_Moo Yes it is official avatar is the #1 movie of all time, it sinks titanic in just 47 days domesticly

AndersEnder About time. RT @ThatChrisGore Avatar now number 1 all-time at boxoffice. Sinks Titanic domestic record in 47 days with $601 million.

spin_doctor09 Something that makes me very happy in light of Avatar becoming the highest grossing film: Titanic – 14 nom. Avatar – only 9 nom

hallac Why has Avatar done so well so quickly compared to Titanic? Today’s ticket prices (esp for 3D) is almost twice as much as in 1997

JimmyTheGhost AVATAR is the #1 movie of all time. “Beating Titanic in less than two months a hell of a thing, even with inflation and the 3D price bump.”

samtroy I saw Avatar, it does not deserve to be top grossing, thankfully including inflation it’s only 21st.

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Oscar Nominees Announced, “Avatar” and “The Hurt Locker” Lead

Rowena Li — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:53:53 +0000

Nominees for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday morning.

“Avatar” and ”The Hurt Locker” led the nominations with nine each. Interestingly enough, the two contenders were directed by ex-spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow. Both films received Best Picture and Best Director nominations.

The biggest change in the nominations was the expansion of the Best Picture category, which now has 10 nominees instead of five. The directors of three other Best Picture nominees, “Up in the Air,” ”Inglourious Basterds,” and “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” are also up for Best Director. The other nominees for Best Picture are “District 9,” “The Blind Side,” “An Education,” and “A Serious Man.” Pixar’s “Up” also received a nod and is the category’s only animated nominee.

For Best Actor, the five nominees were Jeff Bridges (”Crazy Heart”), George Clooney (”Up in the Air”), Colin Firth (”A Single Man”), Morgan Freeman (”Invictus”), and Jeremy Renner (”The Hurt Locker”).

Sandra Bullock (”The Blind Side”), Helen Mirren (”The Last Station”), Carey Mulligan (”An Education”), Gabourey Sidibe (”Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”) and Meryl Streep (”Julie & Julia”) all received nominations for Best Actress.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made headlines in the months leading up to the voting and nomination announcement, when they added new members (among them Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway) and eliminated past winner Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” from their so-called pre-nominations for the documentary category. The Michael Jackson “This Is It” documentary wasn’t submitted for the category and had a chance at a Best Picture nomination but didn’t garner one–or any, for that matter.

Tweeps discussed the nominations, celebrating some while feeling that their other favorites had been snubbed:

japan_now Ponyo Not Nominated for Oscars: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has announced its nominati… http://bit.ly/awi6iw

pegobry RT @CP_Branswell: Meryl Streep is the Roger Federer of acting. She has 16 Oscar nominations, he’s won 16 Slams. Both gods.

shantusharma #oscar nominations : almost predictable. not very out of the box nominations. my fav for winners- avatar for best pic and director.

shaafish #oscar nominations looks like an exact copy of #goldenglobe might as well make one ceremony and save cost.

TwitchingMonkey RT @james_gunn: I’m glad a Police Academy film wasn’t released this year, so that The Blind Side could get a chance at an Oscar nomination.

BlueRain86 Sandra Bullock was nominated for a oscar for best actress for The Blind Side hope she gets it

duke0099 I have never sat in a movie that i actually wanted to kill myself for watching, i know what my oscar pick isnt, and thats UP IN THE AIR

dary83 Really thought I was right about either “Inglorious Basterds” or “Up” winning Best Pic Oscar…’till I watched “The hurt locker”

mrsawesomesauce Wow. Precious was outstanding. Monique and that gal BOTH deserve the oscar.

vinodji And still on the Oscar noms, surely Matt Damon deserved one for ‘The Informant!’!

indranee why does Uncle Oscar hate Star Trek?

thegregloucks The Academy/Oscars prove yet again they are stupid! District 9 receives 4 Oscar Nominations? What a waste of time and a load of… movie #fb

Rockandrollluvr Hey wait a min!!!!! Michael Jackson’s “This is it” isn’t nominated?!!! NO WAY!!!thats it. Im boycotting the Oscars this year!who’s with me?!

TheGroomSays Oscars: hooray for Serious Man (best picture & screenplay) and Anna Kendrick. but no Moon? no Moore? No Where the Wild Things ARE? Damn you!

For a complete list of nominees, visit http://oscar.go.com/nominations/nominees. The Oscars, co-hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, will air Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 8 p.m. EST on ABC–and we’ll be live-blogging it with constant reaction straight from Twitterville!

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Michael Moore Eliminated From Best Documentary Consideration

Sonja Whipp — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:12:53 +0000

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced its “short list” of fifteen films in contention for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards and noticeably missing from the list is Michael Moore’s latest film, “Capitalism: A Love Story,” EW.com reports. Moore won the Oscar for Best Documentary in 2002 with his film “Bowling for Columbine.”

Moore’s failure to even earn a pre-nomination garnered mixed reactions from the Twitterverse, with some tweeps feeling that Moore has been in the spotlight long enough:

danvzla SHAME ON THE OSCARS FOR NOT NOMINATING MICHAEL MOORE, I GUESS THE OSCAR’S IS PART OF THE CAPITALISM PROBLEM, + THEY NEVER NOMINATE SMALL MOV

MELizfuct who cares if michael moore didn’t get an oscar nod. he’s an idiot. and a biased one at that.

MancowMuller Michael Moore’s new movie “Capitalism: A Love Story” has been denied an Oscar nomination. Without him there they save a fortune on catering.

EAKEN Michael Moore’s latest film didn’t make the short list for Oscar nominations. So it seems people CAN learn after all.

StCyrlyMe2 Oscar Gives Michael Moore’s Love Story the Shaft (E! Online) : http://wik.io/hb3P/ And we all know why!

HelloWarshauer Why is the Oscar Best Documentary category obsessed w/ being out of touch? TYSON, SEPT. ISSUE, Michael Moore’s CAPITALISM all disqualified

davejesteadt Oscar doc nominees announced, no Michael Moore or Anvil! Looking forward to the outrage.

cmoviereview Michael Moore doesn’t make cut for Oscar for Capitalism – thankfully!

nathandonarum 1/2 HuffPo is mad that Michael Moore’s new documentary wasn’t nominated for an Oscar. Um… So what? He’s been nominated twice and won once.

unicornmajik Awww…Poor Michael Moore…”Capitalism” Misses Oscar List” http://tinyurl.com/yabap3g

evanchooly oh noes! michael moore not nominated for an oscar?!? the horror! maybe he’ll do us all a favor and stfu now.

Also missing from the list is the late Michael Jackson’s “This Is It,” since the film wasn’t submitted in time. The doc, however, is still eligible for Best Picture.

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Oscars to be Hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin

Rowena Li — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:12:37 +0000

The 82nd Academy Awards will be hosted by actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, reports PEOPLE.

Baldwin will be a first-time Oscars host while Martin will be hosting for the third time. He previously hosted the 73rd and 75th shows.

Mixed reactions came from the Twitterverse:

Raqui86 Seriously. Emmys get Ricky Gervais and best Oscars can do it Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin?

rae25rae Alec Baldwin (YESSSS!) and Steve Martin (Ok. Sure. Whatever.) to HOST THE OSCARS. ALEC EFFING BALDWIN. My day just got 10x better! #oscars

leoh1llary Oscars to be the smuggest and least funny ever. Hosts to be Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin (bbc)http://bit.ly/32yMUd

empiremag_aus Great day in the morning: woke up to learn Martin/Baldwin to host Oscars. Yay. http://bit.ly/1yyXmv

RedCarpetRoxy steve martin and alec baldwin hosting the oscars together in 2010-2 hosts for the price of one!!!

artilano Alec Baldwin + Steve Martin to host Oscars. Genius!

ioanna_s Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin to host the Oscars in 2010.. Niceeeeeee!!!

The Oscars will air on Sunday, March 7 on ABC.

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ABC Family to Air Pixar Shorts

Bobby Pellegrino — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:40 +0000

EW.com is reporting that ABC Family will air a night of 20 animated Pixar shorts on Dec. 2 from 7-9pm as part of its “25 Days of Christmas” lineup, which features holiday and family programming as part of a countdown to Christmas.

The short films became wildly popular among children and adults after they were introduced before successful Pixar films such as “Toy Story” and “Finding Nemo.” ABC Family plans to include the Academy Award-winning “Geri’s Game,” “For the Birds” and “Tin Toy” in the December programming.

Twitter users spread the news, a sign they are looking forward to the Pixar marathon:

dghughes Pixar shorts are bloody marvolous.

livinginburbank ABC Family Announces Disney/Pixar Event – Twenty Pixar Shorts Back … http://tinyurl.com/yg365kh

JHUeducation RT @alicewilder: Love these! ABC Family will host premiere of Pixar Short Films, 2-hour special feat. 20 Pixar shorts, on Wed. Dec 2, 7-9p.

ricetopher Required viewing! RT @alicewilder: ABC Family hosts premiere of Pixar Short Films, 2-hour special w/ 20 Pixar shorts, Wednesday Dec 2, 7-9p.

xXxASTRISxXx http://bit.ly/QuHNs pixar shorts marathon! ..

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Oscars Expand Best Pictures Category

Jessica Cherry — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:40:10 +0000

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided yesterday to return to its roots by increasing the number of nominees for the best picture award, reports CNN.com.

Since the 1940s, the best picture nominees were made up of five films, but prior to that, the category recognized ten best movies each year.

“After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when a wider field competed for the top award of the year,” Sid Ganis said in a press release. “The final outcome, of course, will be the same — one Best Picture winner – but the race to the finish line will feature 10, not just five, great movies from 2009.”

The announcement comes after 2008’s nominees did not include “The Dark Knight,” which reportedly upset moviegoers.

winkiegoldsboro The Oscars having 10 Best Film nominations instead of five should make things even more interesting!

davidkirwan Oscars to have 10 best picture nominees instead of 5. Shame it wasnt this year. The Dark Knight would have won hands down.

Athos42 Doesn’t expanding best picture at the oscars to 10 nominees cheapen it further?

LesArmistead About the Oscar announcement: the Oscars are long enough without having to highlight 10 Best Picture Nominees.

waxyjax I’m skeptical: Best picture shortlist at 2010 Oscars will be 10 films instead of five http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8118129.stm

VJ_Gurung now oscars gonna have 10 best pictures nominees instead of 5..thats alot.

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“Beauty and The Beast” to be Remade

Shari Weiss — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:17:00 +0000

It’s a tale as old as time and now it’s getting a modern twist: the Academy Award-nominated Disney film, “Beauty and the Beast,” will be remade with Vanessa Hudgens in one of the title roles, according to Variety.

The new film, simply called “Beastly,” will focus “on an arrogant 17-year-old who’s hideously transformed in order to find true romance. “

But fans don’t seem happy about the casting choice–or that this perennial favorite is being retooled at all.

Wanderer89 just found out that beastly is an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast…and VANESSA HUDGENS IS GOING TO BE BEAUTY…HELLLLLL NO!!!!!!!!

hoinmyshoe Vanessa Hudgens in Beauty and the Beast movie? DO NOT WANT. http://bit.ly/bbvbeastly

MitzAnn Vanessa hudgens playing belle in a modern remake of beauty and the beast?! Gross!! Get outta here!

julieannequinn why make a remake of beauty and the beast!? and why does vanessa hudgens have to be in it? it just gets worse

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