Oscar Live-Blog - First Hour

Here we go, hosted this year by two of Hollywood's youngest and brightest stars in Hathaway and Franco.  I am excited mostly to see what the often wacky Franco brings to the table.  I hope they play up the fact he truly is the hardest working man in Hollywood.  About a month ago in Entertainment Weekly they posted his schedule and it was nuts.  The man lives on like 3 hours sleep a night.

8:30 - Great opening montage, what a great year in film.  Some amazing flicks this year.

8:32 - The Hathaway/Franco trip through the year's best was hilarious.  Hathaway can really pull off the Boston accent quite well.  "Loved You Tron" !!! HAHAHAA How awesome is Baldwin.  You just got Inceptioned!  LOVE IT! 

8:36 - Back to the Future clip!!!  WHAAAAAAAAT!!!  Highlight of the night so far, yes I know it's only six minutes in, but still.

8:39 - Franco looks a wee bit nervous or is it just me? or is he just high?

8:40 - This is dragging out a wee bit, it's starting to get a bit awkward.  Let's start handing out some awards already.

8:41 - Where was the dad in Toy Story?  Thinks that make you go hmmmm.

8:42 - History lessons while we watch the show? Let's not kill the flow of the show.

8:43 - Art Direction is up first, um, don't they normally start with the best supporting actress award?  Alice in Wonderland gets it, doesn't it seem like that movie came out like atleast two years ago?  Mental note, look up and see what Tim Burton is doing.

8:46 - Cinematogrophy, here we go with Inception's first award.  Considering the big show down is between The Social Network and The King's Speech, I made a tonne of picks for Inception.

8:51 - Wow, Kirk Douglas.  Good for him to be out there.

8:53 - Supporting Actress, let's see if all the previous award shows predicted it right.  Holy crap, I totally see Conan O' Brian's sister in The Fighter.  That's hilarious.  Kirk Douglas still has an amazing sense of humor!  Melissa Leo!!  Simply amazing in the role. 

8:59 - It would appear that we aren't on ANY sort of tape delay!  Classic!

9:02 - JT is Banksy, it's so obvious!

9:03 - Rumor has it that Franco has shared his stash with EVERYONE at the Oscars this year.

9:04 - Animated Short is up, The Lost Thing.

9:05 - I've just noticed something, I don't have a drink or any snacks.  That's how exciting this speech is.  Time to fill it up.

9:06 - Ah crap, we're jumping right into another award.  Toy Story 3.  Not really a surprise there.  Ok, let's get a drink and some snacks.  I'll be right back blog.

9:09 - Just in case you were curious, Throwback Pepsi and Smartfood - Salty and Sweet version.  I didn't even know Smartfood was doing a Kettle Corn.  Bless you Smartfood, bless you. 

9:13 - Holy crap, I need to turn down the brightness on my tv.  Damn those suits are BRIGHT!  Screenwriters are up with Adapted:  Yes!  The Social Network!  Great Book.  I really suggest you read it.  Sorkin delivers a great speech! 

9:16 - Original Screenplay, here we go:  The King's Speech!  I'm stunned. Sets the battle up even further between it and Social Network. 

9:23 - And we're back.  This isn't Doogie Howser or Hugh Jackman I'll tell ya.

9:24 - So next year, can we have Alec Baldwin back?

9:25 - It's almost an hour and we finally got a Sheen joke in there.

9:26 - Brand and Mirren, what a couple of presentators.  Brand is much funnier here than he was on SNL a few weeks back.

9:28 - Best Foriegn Film, A Better World. 

Going to end this hour here.  See you next hour.