Live Blogging the Oscars ‘08
Monday, February 25th, 200804:34 All done. What can I say but they got it right. They got it right. They got it right. I wrote everything before this sentence even before the director and picture nods because nothing could’ve let me down following Cotillard and “Falling Slowly”. Someone emphasized on the Kermode podcast a few weeks ago how the Oscars are always great because they are at their core a celebration of film and I was like “yes!” ‘cos that’s why I do this year after year and this year more than any I have known made me actually feel it more than I believed it. I’m just so high right now on movies I’m practically delirious. 8/21
04:26 Diablo! Like I’ve said, I didn’t really like the movie so much but it did almost surprise me a little and I just think she is so cool like everyone else does lol. 7/18
04:24 I can’t believe I haven’t been sleepy yet once tonight lol especially considering the booze and carbs consumed. Best sign of the greatness of the show so far.
04:18 Oh well, that cancels out the Foreign Language guess lol. I’m sure the same happened last year. 6/17
04:10 Atonement for score. It didn’t win costume and I loved the typewriter taps so hey, still no big upset 
6/16
04:06 Kerr, Pleshette, Francis, Bergman, Ledger – even the deaths were grand this year 
04:01 Blood’s first win? Should’ve known Deakins double nomination would be trouble 6/15
03:50 Champagne anyone? “Falling Slowly”. I really don’t care what wins or loses after this. 6/14
03:46 Kickass! Maybe it was worth counting my meaningless predix for doc and foreign afterall 5/13
03:42 There was actually just a flash across Claudia Winkleman’s face that made me warm to her as she said “Well, Marion Cotillard won and – well I’d argue many things but, back to Jon Stewart …” when one of the nameless critic people said the whole “Foreign Language” category is pointless etc …
03:30 “Someone just took the lead in their Oscar pool based on a guess!” lol
03:29 Three for Bourne?!? It’s all going wrong! lol 4/12
03:20 “Falling Slowly”. I said I had a gut feeling this would be a good show but honestly, I’m not overexaggerating, it is the best I have ever seen in 13 years of watching.
03:18 Wii! ROFL Best gag so far.
03:12 Marion Cotillard I feel like I should crack open the champagne right now, I’m so happy for her 4/11 “Thank you life! Thank you love!” Sally Field enough for ya?
02:59 “The next American to win needs to go up there and Sally Field this,” lol … the other British nobody on our ad break filler show who’s about the sanest of the bunch.
02:53 Y’know, I love kids TV, I love young actresses, so obviously I’ve checked out Hannah Montana once or twice and I could get into it … but why is she presenting at the Oscars? 3/8 Ah Kristen! (lol sorry I just mistook her for Amy Adams cos I wasn’t looking at the TV, sorry if anyone’s following this mindless babble avidly and just read that :P)
02:23 Javier and Tilda! and awww I love the quirky short winners’ speeches! which I also actually got right in the Awards Daily contest lol, I guess I shoulda included them below afterall! anyway 3/7
02:12 Sweeney! 2/5
02:08 Is the order of awards presentation just perfect so far this year or is it just me? 2/4 yay for The Golden Compass, even though it makes me wrong 
02:00 I’m still pretty adamant that 3 song noms were too much for Enchanted but how can you remain grumpy with Amy Adams onstage?
01:58 Marion Cotillard reacting to the Piaf win for make-up says everything I was trying to say about the two-way effort in my review of the movie 2/3
01:55 Had to be the rat 1/2
01:47 0/1 off the bat … but Elizabeth’s costumes were gorgeous too.
01:33 “The fight is over. Welcome to the make-up sex.”
01:30 I am very excite!
01:16 Lowly critic twat who doesn’t deserve naming filling a chair on Sky Movies’ pitiful 30 minute countdown to the show, talking about the writer’s strike etc: “I think what we’ll see tonight is a lot of pitching at the Oscar parties. Madonna’s supposed to be putting on a last minute one. I’m sure she’ll be talking with directors like Philip Thomas Anderson.” I swear to god, how do so many idiots get into these jobs?
01:11 Two channels to pick between in the last half hour before showtime. One is telling me Tilda Swinton looks awful ‘cos she’s different; the other is playing “guess the celebrity back!” Thank God Jon Stewart is presenting.
01:05 Oooh E! is still going.
01:03 Cries Winkleman so … Winkleman so … so boring!!!!
01:00 Kickass – slightly unrelated except I was surprised it wasn’t nominated in the Foreign Language category despite not seeing it yet – The Edge of Heaven is gonna show on Sky Box Office (a UK pay-per-view channel) at the same time as it goes out in cinemas. Start of something good?
00:54 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooo! Claudia Winkleman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, is there noone better willing to do this shift?
00:53 Steve Carrell and the pocket fan lol. I love it.
00:50 Oh that’s genius. I only just noticed Thornton is pregnant lol. Did Sky specifically impregnate her in September for the purpose of hooking the likes of Jessica Alba on the carpet? lol.
00:47 Just look at Marion Cotillard in the flesh on the red carpet and compare and contrast with her performance. OMG. It just amazes me every which way the more that movie dwells in my head.
00:45 When did Faye Dunaway stop looking like Faye Dunaway? OK that was still mean pushing her aside for Cameron Diaz of all people lol.
00:27 “Well my friend Lindsay -” “LOHAN?!?” lol yes, ‘cos there are only in fact 8 Lindsays on the whole planet and 7 of them are cleaners. Again, why I don’t watch E! lol.
00:23 Miley Cyrus scares me.
00:20 Oh Kristen Chenoweth That’s all I have to say. Overshoulder smile is all I need. Haven’t heard much about the Dusty Springfield movie but I think she’ll be back next year if it’s as good as it sounds
00:10 I love Amy Adams’ bag lol. Invisible lipstick hehe
00:00 “Well he rarely takes a girl on the Red Carpet and they’ve been dating barely a year but they … they’ve been through a lot, they were in a motorcycle accident just days before the premiere, she was a cocktail waitress in Vegas and was on a reality show and I guess they’ve bonded …” “Well you heard it, sign up for those reality shows, get a job cocktail waitressing in Vegas!” I just remembered why I don’t watch E! Jesus wept.
23:57 As with Abigail Breslin last year, having seen her on the Red Carpet, I no longer mind Saoirse Ronan winning lol.
23:51 I have had 1000 hits today lol 
23:48 Wow was that Saoirse Ronan?
23:32 Okay E! has way too many ads. Back to the old “switch-between” routine.
23:23 Screw it I’ve switched to E! lol.
23:14 Oh, she’s put her foot in it already grr. “2007 gave us everything right through from Atonement … to The Zodiac.” Shakes head.
23:06 Kate Thornton = Hmm. Hot dogs, doritos, beer and jellies = Yay!
