6:36:10 PM: Yup, here we are as we enter the second hour of the show. Trucking along nice and neat.
6:36:53 PM: Another commercial allows us to catch up on Duke/Wake and Duke is up 93-82 with just under 3 minutes to go. It seems they may have this one locked in.
6:39:05 PM: Jessica Biel hits the stage to give us a Sci-Tech update.
6:39:31 PM: It’s so funny how they always get these hot young actresses for the Oscar Sci-Tech awards and then don’t televise them. Johansson and Alba handled those awards recently, but for what reason I am not sure.
6:42:29 PM: The Judd Apatow short is playing now with Franco and Rogen portraying their characters from Pineapple Express. They are now laughing at a clip from The Reader.
6:43:43 PM: Franco just confused Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder with Barack Obama.
6:44:13 PM: Now they’re laughing at Doubt followed by a clip of Franco in Milk smooching with Sean Penn.
6:45:54 PM: Saving Private Ryan cinematographer Janusz Kaminski joins them in the skit as the three are now on stage to present the winner for Live Action Short.
6:46:33 PM: Janusz is the first DP to produce at the Oscars to which he says, “Suck on that Anthony Dod Mantle.” Classic stuff!
6:47:01 PM: Oh, and I don’t predict shorts so I have no idea here, but the winner is
6:49:08 PM: Okay, I am calling the game for Duke. They are up 97-89 with 50 seconds to go. It is now all Oscars for the rest of the night.
6:52:21 PM: Jackman is now claiming the musical is back as Mamma Mia is the highest grossing film in the UK. Time for a new Hugh performance.
6:53:07 PM: He throws in a “Brad Pitt” for one of his five contractual announcements that Pitt and Jolie are in attendance. Good stuff.
6:53:36 PM: Beyonce is dressed in a skimpy red one and out to join Hugh. This show is about to get an upgrade.
6:55:12 PM: This must be the Baz Luhrmann produced number with Vanessa Hudgeons and Amanda Seyfried out to join the festivities along with Zac Efron. Wheee!
6:57:30 PM: This little number seemed a little out of nowhere. Maybe just me. Oh and Dominic Cooper was the other one out there with them.
6:58:48 PM: I have an idea for how this Oscars could knock it out of the park… Christian Bale comes out and goes on a profanity laced tirade. Make it happen Oscar!
6:59:58 PM: Oh man, I almost forgot, Arizona and Arizona State play at 7… might have to flip back and forth during commercials still.
7:02:43 PM: We have about 90 minutes left to go. The show is going by pretty smoothly if you ask me.
7:03:09 PM: Out now are Kevin Line, Alan Arkin, Cuba Gooding Jr., Christopher Walken and Joel Grey out to announce Supporting Actor like they did for Actresses… buckle up for five minutes of down time.
7:04:47 PM: Oh, and my prediction is obviously for Heath Ledger.
7:07:59 PM: And the winner is
7:08:20 PM: Out to accept for Ledger is his father, mother and sister. From what I understand his Oscar will be held by Michelle Williams for his daughter Matilda until Matilda turns 18 and can sign for proper ownership of the statuette legally.
7:09:20 PM: I think Kate Winslet may cry, everyone seems a bit humbled.
7:11:07 PM: A documentary montage is now taking over the stage. I still have to see Werner Herzog’s feature, it looks great and I have it sitting on Blu-ray right in front of my face.
7:13:33 PM: Bill Maher is out to present Best Documentary, this one is basically in Man on Wire‘s lap, but Trouble the Water could pull an upset.
7:15:00 PM: And the winner is
7:15:40 PM: No big surprise there, 9-10 with predictions with 11 more categories to go.
7:17:08 PM: Now we have Best Documentary Short. Once again, no idea on the shorts, haven’t seen ’em and don’t even know the titles.
7:17:39 PM: But I will tell you the winner is
7:18:09 PM: Awarding the shorts during the show seems so odd since no one has really seen them or even heard of them. Oh well, congrats anyway.
7:22:14 PM: Tom Cruise and Jimmy Kimmel in a promo for the Kimmel Show. Nice!
7:23:06 PM: Oooooooo, an action movie montage.
7:23:18 PM: We are getting into the post production awards so we are probably looking at editing, effects and sound awards on the way with — what I will assume — will be similar to the makeup, costume and art direction awards handed out by Sarah Jessica Parker and Daniel Craig.
7:25:25 PM: Will Smith is coming out to The Dark Knight‘s un-nominated score.
7:26:21 PM: We are starting with Visual Effects, my pick is Button, but Iron Man could pull upset.
7:26:39 PM: And the winner is…
7:27:16 PM: And that’s 10-11, but I have a feeling the Sound awards are going to hurt me with me WALL_E predictions even though that film deserves any sound award you can think of.
7:28:33 PM: Next up is Sound Editing… I have WALL-E
7:29:08 PM: And the winner is…
7:29:36 PM: Ugh, don’t like getting it wrong, especially when WALL-E deserves it. Oh well.
7:30:04 PM: That’s 10-12 on picks.
7:30:49 PM: Next up is Sound Mixing… I had WALL-E on this one too.
7:31:13 PM: And the winner is…
7:31:57 PM: Toldja, the sound was gonna get me as I now drop to 10-13 and cry in my corner.
7:32:34 PM: While they accept their award let’s do a page break as we move into what hopes to be the final hour.
