Red Carpet so far. Hailee Steinfeld continues to look flawless and age appropriate. Worst dressed is a toss up between Melissa Leo and (in a rare misstep) Cate Blanchett. Helena Bonham Carter is goth but not a train wreak. I prefer her as a mess over the all black she's been wearing since she got criticized for the two different colored shoes at the Globes. Lots of women in feathers and tulle. Helen Mirren looks great except a necklace a few inches too long that ruins everything. Reese Witherspoon looks like a Barbie. I don't think she's ever looked better.
The opening wasn't overly painful. Nice they pulled out one of the few true movie stars (Tom Hanks) to present art direction and cinematography. Wow--Kirk Douglas really doesn't look like himself anymore. Not sure how much of his bit was scripted, but he was damned funny for a man with speech difficulties. Shut up Aaron Sorkin. When the orchestra starts up, you wind down. Do not then go into a laundry list of names. If he wasn't a name they'd have cut the camera. The King's Speech gets its first award of the night. It's the only of the Oscar films I really, really want to see (although I think the True Grit reboot looks kind of good, too). Does anyone other than the Academy and ABC care about their partnership? A renewed contract does not deserve to be part of the broadcast. Oscar Winner Trent Reznor. Almost as odd as Oscar Winner Eminem. Political cause of the night is unions and not the Middle East. (Sorry Wisconsin, you voted the guy into office. Feel free to disagree and protest, but democracy means not everyone can have what they want. If you're not happy, go for a recall vote.) I like that several presenters are talking fast to try to keep things moving. I hate Randy Newman and his so-so songs that always get nominated. Nice that they are letting both winners talk in the minor categories. The "let only one person talk when there are several winners" never worked out well. The dweeb with the 'fro who won best live action short is completely adorable. The minor categories often end up with the best acceptance speech moment of the night. Tonight it is possibly this dude's shot-out to his mom for doing craft services on his short film. Damn--I wanted Exit Through the Gift Shop to win just to see what happened. Plus the guy who won documentary seems a bit of an ass. Just because your film was political doesn't mean your speech needs to be. I'm surprised Waiting for Superman wasn't nominated given it's one of the few documentaries I'd heard about last year. Billy Crystal. Yippee!!! With a standing ovation. Robert Downey, Jr. poking fun at his bad boy past--funny. The Fancy Feast commercial where the guy builds a cat room for his girlfriend is so cute. This year's song nominees suck, although I prefer the dress Gwyneth Paltrow has on now over her red carpet look. In Memorium. Surprised Tony Curtis was so early (third). Really odd that they ended the montage with Kevin McCarthy, after Blake Edwards and Dino de Laurentis, either of which should have been last. Then they take on Halle Berry doing a tribute to Lena Horne. I do not approve of singling out one dead person for a special tribute. King's Speech took directing. Bit of an upset there. Nice choice of the Henry V soundtrack for the honorary Oscar bit. That music gets me every time. It's so darn stirring. I like the set design. They seem to be keeping things moving. Anne Hathaway is too perky and Franco seems stoned, but they aren't bad. Rethink. It's 11:13 now and I thought we could get done before midnight, but Jeff Bridges is giving each beat actress nominee a long tribute which does not bode well for me getting to bed anytime soon. Damn I wanted Annette Bening to win. She is so much better than any one else and she keeps. losing. Okay, her other three losses were to decent actresses, but to lose to such a questionable talent as Natalie Portman is wrong. So glad Colin Firth finally one. Time to set the Tivo for the end. Since they will probably spend at least 30 minutes introducing the Best Picture nominees, and we all know King's Speech will win I'm not staying up.
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