Live Blog: 2009 Oscar Winners and Commentary
What's happening as it happens...
5:28:29 PM: And the show begins here…
5:29:49 PM: I see we have folks from Ireland, Florida and more from India logging on. Glad to have you all!
5:30:42 PM: Away we go and the sparkly stage is lit up as Hugh Jackman arrives…
5:32:07 PM: Jackman has charisma, hope he does well.
5:33:06 PM: Jackman is singing a Best Picture montage with a set made of pizza boxes… Interesting and told Kate Winslet he would swim a sea of human excrement.
5:34:48 PM: Okay, this isn't doing much for me. Hope others are having fun.
5:36:06 PM: I believe the first "surprise" of the night was Jackman pulling Hathaway out of the crowd. I can't figure out if I think she is sexy or not… help me out.
5:37:18 PM: Lyrics now go… "The Reader – I haven't seen The Reader." Jackman's getting a laugh out of that one.
5:38:38 PM: Jackman definitely went all out for that opening. Not exactly up my alley, but it had its moments.
5:40:47 PM: Hugh's throwing out the kudos to the crowd right now. Just accused Meryl Streep of steroids for all her nominations.
5:42:55 PM: Eva Marie Saint, Goldie Hawn, Anjelica Huston, Tilda Swinton and Whoopi Goldberg are now on stage… not sure why just yet.
5:43:29 PM: They are announcing Best Supporting Actress… will we be surprised right away or will Cruz win?
5:44:12 PM: Wow, if they draw all the winners out like this it is going to be a long night.
5:46:23 PM: Okay, I think we are getting close to a winner being announced…
5:47:29 PM: And the winner is…
5:48:29 PM: I am now 1-1 on predictions. Let's see how good I end up doing, I worry my technical predictions won't work out too well.
5:52:21 PM: Duke is still up on Wake Forest, 51-30…. and the Oscars resume.
5:53:09 PM: We are getting a screenplay award with Tina Fey and Steve Martin out to present with some quality jokes.
5:54:53 PM: It's original screenplay… I have Milk but would love to see WALL-E
5:55:54 PM: Oh hell, even In Bruges winning would make me happy.
5:56:37 PM: And the winner is…
5:56:53 PM: That's 2-2 for me… how are your predictions going?
5:57:14 PM: I give them credit for a great nominee announcement on that one, love the screenplay reading over the images.
5:58:59 PM: I think Fey and Martin are sticking around to announce Adapted too… Yup.
5:59:31 PM: I have Slumdog on this one.
5:59:52 PM: And the winner is…
6:01:28 PM: That's 3-3 for me and streaks are meant to end so I feel I will be missing one very soon.
6:02:50 PM: Simon Beaufoy gave a shout out to Latika instead of Freida Pinto… Oh well.
6:03:17 PM: Man, here comes the Animated award with Jennifer Aniston and Jack Black presenting… They are trucking through a few big nominees this year.
6:04:10 PM: Oh wait… this is now being called a "Movie Yearbook"… maybe it won't be an award. WALL-E is now finding an Oscar in a refrigerator. Foreshadowing perhaps?
6:06:33 PM: Nevermind, they are now doing the noms for animated…
6:06:54 PM: And the winner is…
6:07:15 PM: I am now 4-4 but we haven't gotten to the hard ones yet.
6:07:47 PM: Meryl Streep's daughter is getting some real front row recognition.
6:08:12 PM: Aniston and Black are sticking around to present Animated Short Film… I didn't predict this one, but I will go with Presto just because it's the only title I know.
6:09:40 PM: And the winner here is
6:10:36 PM: Duke vs. Wake Forest check at commercial and Duke is still up, but only 70-65 with 11 mins to go.
6:15:50 PM: Sarah Jessica Parker and Daniel Craig are out to announce Art Direction… I have Button.
6:17:36 PM: And the winner is…
6:17:47 PM: And that is 5-5. Nope, I am not counting shorts… sue me. :)
6:19:32 PM: Craig and Parker are sticking around for Costume Design… this one has to be The Duchess.
6:20:54 PM: And the winner is…
6:21:01 PM: And that would be 6-6 folks, this train has to get derailed very, very soon.
6:22:59 PM: They are really trucking along as Craig and Parker stick around for Makeup.
6:23:15 PM: Now this is probably going to be my first miss, because I thought logically and went with Hellboy 2 since Button's makeup is primarily CG, but it is probably going to be a Button win…
6:23:52 PM: And the winner is…
6:24:22 PM: I knew it… Just go look at the featurettes, the great work in that film was all CG. Give it the Effects award not Makeup… I am now 6-7.
6:25:15 PM: Here you go little girls, Robert Pattinson is out with Amanda Seyfried.
6:25:35 PM: They are doing a romance movie montage. Neato!
6:27:30 PM: I see we have commenters from France and Manchester joining the crowd! Nice to have you all, the Internet and the Oscars bring us all together once again.
6:29:05 PM: Cinematography and a short film from Judd Apatow are on the way… Quick Duke/Wake check…
6:29:34 PM: Keeping it close, Duke is up 86-80 on Wake Forest with 5:30 to go.
6:31:32 PM: Jackman's back to introduce Natalie Portman (looking gorgeous) and Ben Stiller (dressed as Joaquin Phoenix)… Very nice.
6:32:05 PM: Stiller is nailing this and not even paying attention… It's the Letterman appearance all over again. He just put his gum on the podium.
6:32:50 PM: Oh, by the way, I have Slumdog for a win here. Let's get that streak started again.
6:34:01 PM: Stiller is just strolling around the stage now while Portman does all the work. This is good stuff.
6:34:44 PM: And the winner is…
6:35:04 PM: The ship is righted, I am now 7-8 with that lowsy makeup loss messing up the works. Congrats to Anthony Dod Mantle.
6:35:45 PM: Let's do a page break and start anew… follow me by hitting "next page".
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Hi Brad
Let me be the first to join you and say how much I am looking forward to your blog and commentary. It should be a fun evening with maybe a couple of surprises
Good luck
Helen (DC)
Russia online and following!
What do you think, how soon till we all crush the server as on…. what was that? SAGs?
Hi Brad!
Live from Dominican Republic following all night long!
Here from Nova Scotia up in Canada, plan to follow you all night.
And as a die hard Tar Heels fan, I am obligated to say go Wake Forest!
Who is Pattinson?
Sitting here in Florida and watching tons of Oscar stuff from E! and TV Guide.
Finally now the show is starting and I must say the fashion stuff is really killing me.
I am enjoying, but lets get to the movies already. Don't care about Valentino!
Watching in Ireland here. In Bruges will win the original screenplay oscar, mark my words! Very underrated movie.
Logging in from India – Bangalore.. Meghana here. Was with you during the Golden Globes as well, completely enjoyed your updates…
Fingers crossed for Ledger and Slumdog Millionaire!
Undecided on Hathaway myself, her features are too big or something(mouth, eyes etc.), can't really put my finger on it.
Here from New York. Writing a research paper. You're a life saver! Love your commentary.
i like the way they're announcing the winners. it's nice for the performances to be discussed a bit. nice change i think.
indonesia's here, reading you too brad!
This announcing the noms thing is extremely annoying. And Hathaway is gorgeous.
What the eff is taking so long?
but it's a shame that this way they had to cut music performances down to a medley. that's lame.
I hope only the top categories are this long. The technical awards will probably be shorter.
And did someone just shout something during Cruz's speech? No hablo espanol.
watching from France…
Indian in UK and watching …
loving the new format… tina fey and steve martin for next years hosts…
i had adams for supporting… got wall-e for this one animated movie… no rocket science there…
well can t watch it so reading you
whats next?
Firstly..kisses you! Secondly..no that was everything ;)
Seriously..thanks for this..I feel at almost 28 I should be over the freaking out when I somehow can't see the big daddy award show but I'm thinking learn to live with it.
Slumdog kids killed me on the RC…Mickey made me cackle as usual and Kate..well I think I'm still dead. Mad as a hatter that I'm missing the show but this is sure the next best thing.
Hi Brad, so far I've guessed only the Supporting Actress Oscar wrong. Greetings from Manchester, England by the way.
Brad, you are good man. Real good.
These are not guesses, these are not predictions, these are foresights!
@Risa:
Oh Risa…he meant Robert Pattinson, the male heartthrob who plays "Edward Cullen" in the Twilight movie, of course!
Who else thinks the show this year is kinda dumb? I mean, most of the award shows are kinda dumb normally, but I find myself laughing AT this show, not with it, if you know what I mean.
@jacynth:
Jacynth – you can check out a running order for the awards at:
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Oscar-Presentation-Order-Revealed-12100.html
Brads actually predictions correct: 7-9 also just saw an interesting spot for The Soloist definitely will be nominated next year its got oscar bait written all over it.
@Vince
I've just checked him out on IMDb and I remain underwhelmed. Thanks for the info though, mate.
Brad, please tell me you thought Rebecca Hall was snubbed!
sorry but the last win went to slumdog… for which category?
OK never mind, the Apatow bit was friggin hilarious- I was dying when they started laughing at "The Reader".
Still though, show is a bit underwhelming IMO.
ahhhhhhh the hours score playin on the documentary montage. definintely one of the best scores of the century.
getting all moist eyed…. Heath Ledger truly deserved this honor
YeY for heath ledger… he deserved it and all this talk of if he were alive would he win it… i couldnt care less.. if he were alive we would have another fantastic return of the joker… it is a loss and oscar cannot begin to fill the gap left by tat talented actor… lovely speach too… RIP ledger
they used TheDarkKnight soundtrack to bring up will smith… and he is takinga shot at the oscars for snubbing the dark knight.
its a shame that hans zimmer is not nominated
When they showed the action montage, they used the main theme from "Cloverfield", I noticed. I still think that that movie had Special Effects that rival anything that was nominated this year, and it cost about $30 million or so to make. Just my two cents.
Oh, and I'm totally screwed for my Oscar pool/contests this year- "Slumdog" taking best Sound Mixing over "TDK", really??
"Departures" taking Best Foreign Language Film- certainly a (welcome) surprise there.
Oh, and Freida Pinto is gorgeous isn't she? I'm in love, and I hear she's single…sorry, that was in incredibly poor taste.
I need to go to the store, but I can't leave now! I'll miss the juicy stuff. Here's hoping for a rambling speech from Mr. Mickey Rourke!
Hey Brad, do you know any update on who's going to direct BEAT THE REAPER? I was thinking of either Danny Boyle or Fincher does it but only he(Fincher) makes sure that Brad Pitt won't get involved.
Umm…Shirley Maclaine is not going to be in Nine either.
Brad was probably thinking of Judi Dench.
Hmmm, I guess Daniel Day-Lewis wasn't interested in presenting?? All the others have had the 2008 winners amongst the 5…
First big disappointment of the evening – should have been Mickey
I'm glad I guessed right for the Best Actor!!!! Well deserved second Oscar for Sean Penn. My prediction for Best Picture was MILK but I won't have any objection if any of the other nominees win, well, maybe apart from The Curious Blah Blah.
Hey Brad – thanks for all the hard work, much appreciated – I liked the format with past winners presenting too
I guess now we start all over again….
I really don't think Slumdog Millionaire should have been as recognized as much as it was at all. Golden Globes, yes, because it's a Bollywood movie, but I really wasn't touched by the cliche movie as much as I was by Changeling or MILK.
It was a super bland show
Enjoyed the commentary tonight. And, yes, I enjoyed the show and the new format. Thanks very much for the good work !!!
Rgds, Kevin. Toronto, ON Canada
Headlines read -
Slumdog Poops all over the 81st Academy Awards
If I go by Brad's logic (in that the Short Film awards "don't count"), I'm 20 for 21!!! That's why I'm a bit disappointed overall though- it was fairly predictable, except for the Best Actor/Actress categories (and In all honesty, I just wanted to see Kate and Sean give awesome speeches- although Rourke would've been welcome as well).
So not all is lost for me! Good night everybody, catch ya'll on the flip side.
P.S. Robert Pattinson lurking behind Mickey had to be one of the highlights of the night for me easily- looked like he was about to bite a fool.
HEATH WON!!! HOORAY!!! he made history! :D
I'm sick of even hearing the words "Slumdog" or "Millionaire". I'm pissed that Eastwood didn't get nominated for director, Gran Torino and Changeling were in my top 5 favorite movies this year.
@Kent:
I totally agree, Kent. Completely disappointing. And I think Clint should have also been nominated for Best Original Score for Changeling. I can still hear the tune in my head. In the beginning, it sounded so hopeful and sweet, but at the end, it just sounded so sad and when a tune can take on both persona's, it really is "music" to me
@Vince: Very nice Vince! That's some quality prognosticating.
I was happy for everyone tonight who won, especially Justin Lance Black he seemed very passionate. I feel bad for Mickey but am completely content with sean penn because he was equally fantastic.
I loved Slumdog millionaire, however, 10years from now when I look back at 2008, the only movies that I will recollect with pure unadulterated joy will be Wall-E , and maybe TDK, The Class, and Let the Right One In.
Whoa, this had its tiny glitches here and there but overall it was a pretty great show(well, much better than what I expected-the five former winners coming out to honor the acting nominees is a great idea..for a new idea!)
I know some people are upset with the Slumdog and Milk wins but I'm not. Just watching the happiness and excitement of the Slumdog cast/crew and Dustin Lance Black as well as Penn's great opening for his speech made all those wins worth happening.
Hugh Jackman was a competent host, even if not on the same level as Billy Crystal-awesomeness.
I only wish Hellboy had won make-up over Button not only because HB deserved it but also because that would not have Button coming in sole second but tied with TDK and Milk. But that is a minor complaint. All in all, pretty satisfying for me.