Elton John had an Oscar party, like he always does. And after looking through the pictures from the turn out and watching the Oscars last night, it seems like the big name celebrities were sort of missing this year. Granted, they probably didn’t make any good movies but still. Where were Ben Affleck, Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn, Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Hugh Jackman, Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt… I mean, where were all the celebrities that make you take notice? Yes, a few of my favorites (Kate Winslet, Colin Firth) were at the Oscars and yes a few of my favorites (but not super famous) celeb’s went to Elton’s (Michelle Rodriguez, Christina Hendricks) but it just seemed a bit blah this year. The Vanity Fair party had a little better turn out (Natalie Portman, Hilary Swank) but still a bit lack luster. Seems like Jimmy Kimmel gets more famous people in his sketches than the Oscars and after parties combined! Pics of celebrities partying after Oscar night below.

The Hurt Locker won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and more

6:40 pm- got a late start but Ben Stiller is funny, funny, funny! Loved the Avatar bit! And James Cameron needs to learn how to take a joke! He sat there with his skinny wife looking like someone killed his family! And hey… how come the Brangies aren’t here?

6:43: Yeah! Shout out to J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot… (love both because of LOST)

6:45: Jeff Bridges is kind of sexy for an old dude. Ok, maybe just his voice. Hum, “A Serious Man” looked pretty good. Maybe I will see this?

6:47: Rachel McAdams looks good, as usual! Jake Gyllenhaal looks… gay. Hum, these movies for Adapted Screenplay all look pretty good. Except District 9. I hated it!

6:50: Precious wins Adapted Screenplay. I must see this movie. This guy has weird voice! I feel like he’s Keanu Reeves trapped in a black man’s body! Oh and I love how Jake saw the camera and started trying to talk to the dude. Assface.

6:51: I love Steve Martin! Queen Latifah not that much. But she looks thinner? Oh and if I gave a crap about this Governor’s award crap I would’ve watched it when it was on… or at least Googled. Ron Howard may be great but he’s creepy.

Really waiting for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Scarsgaard make a cute couple. I hope they stay together! But ok, when did she get so skinny? Man, girl is skin and bones!

6:55: OOh Penny Cruz didn’t want to stand for Lauren Bacall! Ha. Hello hairy tweaker Robin Williams. Ball joke… classy.

6:57: Actress in Supporting Role! Mo’Nique. Seemed liked she deserved it? Anyone catch that film? Poor Penny and Maggie.

7:01: I LOVE COLIN FIRTH! He’s so hot and he’s a good actor. I am doubting he will win but still. Oh and Maggie looked sad when they panned to Peter. Kind of think her performance in Crazyheart was really similar to Sherry baby? She’s good at acting like trash

Commercial break. A chance for me to reflect back to last year’s Oscars where Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were both snubbed. Wasn’t that deserved? Karma is a bitch!

7:05: Sigourney Weaver looks pretty good. I like the dress. Didn’t know she was nominated, not sure it was that great of a performance, but whatever.

7:07: Jim Cameron? I think we should just call him James. And the more I see James Cameron the more I dislike him. Lighten up, buddy boy!

7:10: Sarah Jessica Parker <3

7:12: Charlize Theron looks great! Oh and I totally just saw Maggie Gyllenhaal give that chick from Precious a mean ass side-eye! Damn, maybe I don’t like MG? Thought she was all innocent but she starting to look like a real trick tonight!

7:21: YES! My favorite movie of ALL time got a shout out! Beetlejuice! YES YES YES! I love this scary movie thing. Very good Kathy Bates rules in Misery!

7:22: Zac Efron is like, 12! And yes, Morgan Freeman DOES have one of those goosebump-giving voices!

And sound is amazing when you see it done like this, isn’t it?

Love the Zachary Quinto picture on the screen for Star Trek sound Yay for The Hurt Locker but where is Evangeline Lilly?

7:29: John Travolta is weird. He reminds me of the bad guy in Charlie’s Angels. The one with the weird bowl cut hair.

Anyone know if B.J. Novak was any good in Inglorious Basterds??

7:37: Demi Moore kind of struts doesn’t she? She looks good… very good!.. but she has a crackie voice.

Ew, James Taylor! No! Although he was funny in Funny People. “F*ck Facebook!” Haha

Brittany Murphy’s flash was quick! Michael Jackson at the Oscars? Hum. Don’t think so. Where is Bea Arthur’s shout out? Farrah Fawcett?

COMMERCIAL. Um, does ABC just recycle all the people killed off of LOST to their other shows, like FlashForward, V, and Happy Town? Because it totally seems like it.

7:45: Sam Worthington YES but Jennifer Lopez NO. She sounds ghetto no matter what. Sam needs to lose the glasses, though. Also he may look better clean shaven?

Love the Sherlock Holmes music!

7:52: Michael Giacchino won! Yeah! He does that song I love from LOST!

7:54: Hasn’t Jennifer Aniston hooked up with both Gerard Butler and Bradley Cooper?

Tired of Avatar already.

8:03: Tired of Oscars.

8:09: Forgot Keanu Reeves existed and yet this is his second mention

I had no idea war was an alluring narcotic? Apparently so.

Just saw Cameron Diaz. Icky! Where the hell is Evie Lilly? All these Hurt Locker clips and no Evie!

8:17: Trying to live blog/tweet/fold laundry/look at Quentin Tarantino’s ugly face= very hard!

If anyone out there has seen Grandma’s Boy, you are totally laughing at the dude in Avatar trying to be legit!

8:24: Actor in a Leading Role!!!!!! GO COLIN FIRTH!!!!! Waiting to hear who wins….

Michelle Pfifer said nice stuff about Jeff Bridges. Shit, I wanna know the guy now too! Wonder if all this is true?

8:27: I really don’t believe any of the stuff she is saying about George Clooney. I don’t think anyone else believes it either. This Vera chick looks like Felicity Huffman, doesn’t she?

Julianne Moore is so lucky to have worked with Colin Firth. He’s so hot! I want to be with him, too, Julianne! (Um, edit: what’s with the chick BEHIND Colin? Her fake eyelashes are out of friggin control!)

LOL to Tim Robbins! Didn’t think he’d be funny but he is!

8:18: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are great together! And I love Kathy Bates! She plays a great crazy lady!

Um, did Colin actually hang out with Jeremy Renner? Doubt it! Lies! They just couldn’t dig anyone else up who knew him! (I should like this guy, as he is from a neighboring town.. but I don’t care!)

And the WINNER!

NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jeff Bridges!

I knew it wouldn’t be Colin Firth but I still hoped

Did the announcer just say “Best Pitcher?”

8:40: Actress in a Leading Role time! LETS DO THIS! Sandra Bullock, I hope you win! Or Meryl. Or chick from Precious. Or Carey Mulligan (even though she’s LeDouche’s girlfriend!)

8:45: Gabby turned down going to the Oscars with Oprah. But Oprah is still classy. It would be cool if this Gabby girl won!

AND THE WINNER IS…………….

(Sean Penn WTF are you talking about?)

(Sandra Bullocks man just said “I love you” to her…. HOW CUTE!)

ok, ok… THE WINNER IS!…

HOLY SHIT SANDRA BULLOCK WON!

I did NOT expect that! BUT she did not thank Jesse James (is that his name?).. YOU ALWAYS THANK YOUR HUSBAND!

8:53: Best Director.

And the winner is….

Kathryn Bigelow! FIRST OSCAR FOR FEMALE DIRECTOR! WOOT!

8:59: The Hurt Locker wins Best Picture. I must see this film!

Ok.. liveblogging is now ENDED! Sick of this, quite frankly

Oscars are on. The pictures below are on celebrities arriving to the red carpet. Not sure why Jennifer Lopez is here but whatever. Ryan Reynolds is looking good. A bit worn out but good. Wonder where his wife Scarlett Johansson is? Pictures below of celebrities on the red carpet at the 2010 Oscars.

5:39pm: Jon Stewart pissed off Dennis Hopper, I’m pretty sure. And before that, I’m pretty sure George Clooney was irritated for Jon to be talking to him. His political jokes about the Iraqi war was typical and, because of those jokes, I wish he wasn’t hosting. He was definitely pushing the Democratic thing and it was sort of funny but mostly annoying because the Oscars are about movies, not politics.

5:42pm: Jennifer Garner is the first presenter. She is presenting the award for Achievement in Costume Design. The winner is Alexandra Burn for Elizabeth: The Golden Age. She was previously nominated in the same category for her work on the film Hamlet. BORING! Let’s get to the good jokes, the good awards, and the good celebrities!

The first commercial break. The first of many, I’m sure. I wonder what those losers Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are doing right now? Besides getting snubbed.

5:46pm: George “I’ve got an attitude problem” Clooney is on-stage. He needs to learn how to read. Seems like he stumbled a bit. He is announcing the whole”80 Years of Oscar” bit. Seeing Julia Roberts winning reminded me how glad I am that she’s out of the spotlight. Charlie Chaplin sure looked different as an old guy but seeing the clip of him getting his Honorary Oscar was pretty neat.

5:51pm: Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell (who was funny AS USUAL!) are presenting for Best Animated Feature Film now. They came out to Get Smart music because of their new movie, Get Smart, coming out in June 2008. The winner is Brad Bird and his feature Ratatouille. This is Bird’s 2nd Academy Award.

5:55pm: Katherine Heigl is on-stage presenting the award for Achievement in Make Up. She was incredibly nervous and shaking, which I found endearing. The winner is La Vie En Rose. Now Amy Adams is singing some gay song from Enchanted. This is the time where I get up and eat and pee cause I hate this type of crap.

Second commercial break of the night. Hope everyone is watching these at home so you guys can relate to my comments!

6:06pm: And we’re back! Thank goodness that Amy Adams performance ended. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is now on-stage. He looks like a monkey! He’s presenting the award for Best Visual Effect. The winner is Michael Fink for The Golden Compass.

6:09pm: Cate Blanchett, who is a double-nominee this year, is presenting the award for Art Direction. The winner is the people for Sweeney Todd.

Okay so I was just reminded how little people care about all these awards as opposed to the big, main awards. So I will slow it down and update just for the really good stuff so that you guys aren’t reading a crap load of stuff.

6:16pm: Best Supporting Actor awards being presented by Jennifer Hudson. The winner is.. Javier Bardem for his role in No Country For Old Men.

6:34pm: Best Supporting Actress award being presented by last years Best Supporting Actor winner Alan Arkin. The winner is (I’m totally gunning for Cate but I’m waiting to see who actually wins it!) Tilda Swinton for her role in Michael Clayton.

Third commercial break

6:54pm: Kristen Chenoweth performing some horrible song from Enchanted. I’m so glad I never saw that movie!

Fourth commercial break but after that performance, we all need a break!

7:02pm: Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill presenting and they are hilarious. I wish all the presenters could have as much life and happiness as these two. Everyone else is boring. They presented their award to two hippies (seriously) for The Borne Ultimatum and they were totally lost the whole time. Classic.

7:09pm: Forest Whittaker presenting the award for Best Actress In A Leading Role. This one will be tough but I am still rooting for Cate B. The winner is (drumroll!) Marion Cotillard for La Vie En Rose.

Okay it’s 8:05pm and its been through seven commercials and I’m so tired of watching this! They just did the tribute to all the people who have passed away and seeing Heath Ledger’s name up there just wasn’t right. It’s so sad that he’s gone. Let’s hope the BEST ACTOR award is next!!

8:14pm: Tom Hanks just spoke and I wish there was more of him in this show. He’s beyond awesome. In fact, from seeing him I’m getting tempted to turn off this show and watch Forrest Gump. Seriously.

8:30pm: Best Actor award finally being given out by Helen Mirren after frickin 3 hours of waiting. The winner is Daniel Day Lewis for his role in There Will Be Blood. DAMN! I really wanted Viggo Mortensen to win. He did an excellent job in Eastern Promises.

8:45pm: Best Motion picture being presented by Denzel Washington. I wanted 3:10 to Yuma to win but it wasn’t nominated. No Country For Old Men was the winner. Hooray. The 3rd Oscar for them (the Cohen brothers) in one night.

FINALLY! They are over! What did you think of the results?  

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5:07pm:    Javier Bardem, who is nominated as Best Actor for his role in No Country For Old Men, is there with a hair cut looking very good! He gave a shout out to his sister in Spain and then spoke some Spanish.. it sounded good!

5:14pm:     Daniel Day Lewis talks about his role in There Will Be Blood. He sounds good with his accent and even though his hair is totally grayed out, he looks good. His wife has got a hideous dress on.  Regis is talking to the oldest Oscar fan, some lady in a bright yellow sweatshirt with an Oscar on the front. The show is starting in 11 minutes! Get ready!

5:23pm:     Ellen Page had a nice blurb to say about her nomination for Best Actress in the movie Juno. I hope she wins because she is so genuine and she is still so young she hasn’t been affected by all the dram and bitchiness!  Regis is talking to all the chicks who are performing the 3rd song of the night; a song from the Disney movie Enchanted. Should be gay.

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3:20pm:     Okay, I’m starting my live-blogging of the 2008 Oscars right now. I don’t want to start this early but it’s either this or reading about the Cold War and, well, we all know watching stuck-up famous people give each other fake hugs and dirty looks is wayy better than reading about any war. Heidi Klum and Seal were just interviewed by Ryan Seacrest and Heidi Klum is annoying. Anytime people ask her if she’s looking forward to seeing anyone famous she’s says no. Girlfriend thinks she’s too famous to get star-struck or something.

3:30pm:     I’m watching the pre-Academy Awards red carpet thing on the E! channel with Ryan Seacrest, Guiliana Rancic, and Kimora Lee Simmons. I found it totally hilarious when George Clooney (with girlfriend Sarah Larson) totally shot down every possible joke or conversation piece from Ryan Seacrest. I actually found him to be a little rude, which I definitely wasn’t expecting. Jason Bateman was funny when he insinuated that George Clooney wears a wig. I bet George heard him say that and was pissed! No one calls George out… no one! (Well, except Fabio, huh?) I’m totally already getting tired of watching this and the awards haven’t even started yet! To make it worse, I definitely don’t think Jon Stewart is neither cute or funny… so it’s going to be rough!

3:56pm:     Ryan is interviewing Saoirse Ronan of Atonement and I’m loving her cute little accent and her emerald green dress. I just learned from the text band at the bottom of the television screen that Kristen Chenoweth will be singing (eh, performing) a song tonight. And if you saw her on Leno then you know she’s the adorable blonde actress from Pushing Daisies.

4:00pm:     Steve Carell and his wife are being interviewed by Ryan right now and Steve is funny. I love The Office and I love all his movies so I’m happy to see he’s a funny, cute guy in real life. He’s starring in Get Smart with Anne Hathaway coming out in June. I love that Steve and his wife just said happy birthday to his wife’s sister… so cute! Patrick Dempsey and his wife are talking to Ryan. They’re boring and plain, I hate to say it.

4:05pm:     John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston are looking old and they weren’t very friendly with Ryan. Travolta’s wig is shaved off so that’s a plus. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is on the red carpet and is presenting tonight, which is a total joke because he’s like, the worst actor ever. I used to love him like 10 years ago but that fizzled out a long time ago! Atonement star James McAvoy and Anne Marie Scott are both so cute. I love James’ accent, as always.

4:12pm:     Charlie Wilson’s War actress Amy Adams just got interviewed on the red carpet by Ryan and she was cute and charming as always.  Adams was previously nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2005 Academy Awards for her role as Ashley Johnston in Junebug.

4:18pm:    Gary Busey just awkwardly hugged Jennifer Garner (who looks gorgeous with a huge diamond necklace on) and then kissed her. It was HILARIOUS and she handled it pretty well, aside from the fact she was beyond freaked out. She said she needed her man Ben Affleck around and I think she was right! Laura Linney was at Jennifer Garner’s side. Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill are looking like twins with pubic hair beards and black glasses.. but they are so hilarious. I love them. Miley Cyrus is wearing a red Valentino dress (and I’m wondering why she’s even there) and Ryan Seacrest is just feeding her ego.. it’s sick!

4:30pm:     Ryan Seacrest cannot let go of the whole “Gary Busey busting in” moment. It was, however, quite hilarious. Keri Russell is now talking to Ryan Seacrest. She is wearing a gold strapless dress and she is with her husband, Shane. She is a presenter for some sort of song. Jessica Alba and Cash Warren are being interviewed by Ryan and they’re totally stuck-up. Her face is looking fat now that she’s in her third-trimester. Sean “P. Diddy” Combs is talking to Ryan promoting his movie A Raisin In The Sun on ABC tomorrow night. Cameron Diaz had to ask her assistant what brand of jewels she was wearing. She is presenting at the Oscars again this year, the same as she did last year. Tilda Swinton talked about her role in Michael Clayton. That’s some red hair!

4:45pm:     Still on the red carpet with Ryan.  Lisa Rinna walked by in the background and I’m not sure why her and her big lips are there but whatever. Colin Farrell was there with his mommy and he said Nicole Kidman had nothing to do with why he became an actor, contrary to rumors.  Casey Affleck, who is being nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Assassination of Jesse James, was friendly with Ryan. Hilary Swank is wearing a black Versace dress. It’s pretty but somewhat plain.

4:58pm:    Katherine Heigl wearing a bright red dress with bright red lipstick. A bit intense for me but whatever.

5:01pm:    Now I’m watching the Red Carpet Countdown to the Oscars with Regis Philbin on ABC.  The Reeg is talking to George (been there, done that) about his Best Actor nomination for Michael Clayton. The Reeg couldn’t hear a damn word that George said and he made a fool outta himself. Funny, though. Marion Cotillard is wearing a white dress and is there for her nomination for Best Actress.

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