did marion cotillard get her dress from the little mermaid the musical?

oooh so we're watching the abc pre-show red carpet. it's regis and the girl with dancing with the stars ... let's see if she garbles her words tonight!

miley cyrus says she feels like cinderella -- is that because she works for the disney channel?

kate walsh is in a car commercial!

i don't like the gold sleeves on helen mirren's dress. it looks like a project from project runway

he'd never watched the hills, and was like, lauren, baby, lauren, tell us about jason, when that was sooo season 1

ok, opening credits = lame , let's hope the rest of the show is better

jon stewart starting with a standup act, referencing makeup sex and vanity fair's canceled party. i feel like i'm watching saturday night live

pop up video: saoirse ronan's first name is pronounced "sersha"

ok, they should have george clooney host this next year

for actors, they're not doing a good job of acting like they're laughing

costume design. post your predictions!

gold digger's score: 0 for 1

george clooney! anne says she likes him because he helps darfur

because stewart did such an awesomely boring job opening the show, they have to remind us that the oscars are cool by flashing back 80 years with the help of celine dion ... this is going to be a long night

her dress looks like she just came from hawaii

anne hathaway and heigl are both wearing the same dress

achievement in makeup!

ok, it's back

thanks for the update caseycritter

the rock is not a good teleprompter reader

awww, golden compass wins

visual effects

anne loves into the wild. she says it touched her 

jennifer hudson totally gets the award for worst presenter

javier wins! (btw)

yay keri russell

but how did august rush get nominated for best song? wasn't this the year of the musical?

even jon stewart looks bored

many different languages have we heard so far in acceptance speeches

according to oscar blogger tom o'neill, ruby dee's performance will be the shortest oscar winning performance ever if she gets it

i'm going on a limb and predicting amy ryan

ok, i love how she referenced george clooney's nipple suit in batman

the presenter voice lady just said miley cyrus is coming up. what is she doing?!! they should have had her sing a song or two from enchanted

adapted screenplay is going to go for no country for old men

i would've rather had a segment on the how you become a superdelegate

hahaha. this whole telecast seems like it's from a different era. the ratings will probably tank

random

i think it's going to go to julie christie

this will be one of the highlights of the nite

now there's a montage of 79 movies!!!!

2004, 2005, 2006 ..  and we're back to 2008

honorary oscar time

they really should stop stop stop panning to the audience during this speech. they all look so concerned/bored/thinking maybe it wouldn't be so bad if the wrtier's strike didn't end

let's go to another one of our correspondents! i just checked in with my mom, who is watching the show from fresno, calif.:  "it's not very interesting," she says. "the old man did the best job of talking. the girl who's in grey's anatomy looks so different. she looks just like the woman who was the girlfriend of that guy and then killed herself." marilyn monroe? "yes. how do you know. the woman who told you she liked yogurt"--renee zellweger, this was an interview i did a year ago--"has such sort hair. anyway, the oscars used to be so much better. it was exciting. i don't like jon stewart."

time for another enchanted song -- except it's not so enchanting

i predict falling slowly will win best song

i want her to say something funny, but she says she can't be funny and charming on demand. but she does has video on demand.

awww. john stewart, bringing back once girl is the greatest thing ever

cameron diaz can't pronounce the word cinematography

for a moment there, i thought the boy from jurassic park died , but it was someone who did makeup in jurassic park

they didn't even show a classic scene of him acting. it was just him standing again the hall, looking james dean-ish

but he was a pretty popular child actor, who starred in several high profile movies in the 90s. you'd think they would've included him - it's not about remembering award winners. it's about remembering hollywood

harrison ford comes on stage to promote the next indy movie

when diablo cody wins, how crazy do you think she's going to act?

did you know that she used to be a stripper?!

here comes daniel day lewis's second oscar

my bad. you're right about sweeney. but the movie that wins editing usually wins best picture

anne says she could've flown to la instead of watching the oscars

i think the coen brothers have this

yes! that would've been hilarious - but the coens just won

FINALLY last category

no country will get it, right?

no country wins