{"id":76,"date":"2010-03-07T22:31:58","date_gmt":"2010-03-07T22:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomsalinsky.co.uk\/blog\/?p=76"},"modified":"2010-03-08T05:03:05","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T05:03:05","slug":"liveblogging-the-2010-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tomsalinsky.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/03\/07\/liveblogging-the-2010-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"Liveblogging The 2010 Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"

10:26:26 PM<\/strong>: Twitter, Facebook and my blog will all be mashed-up in Oscarland from midnight GMT onward… Join me. #oscars<\/p>\n

11:26:11 PM<\/strong>: Freshly-popped popcorn ready, red carpet coverage about to begin. Here we go. #Oscars<\/p>\n

11:43:52 PM<\/strong>: “Oh my god, Claudia, it’s The Oscars!” (It’s the sheer professionalism of the Sky One presenters I respect) #oscars<\/p>\n

11:59:11 PM<\/strong>: I gather Nick Park’s homemade bowtie is up for Best Adapted Neckwear. #oscars<\/p>\n

12:26:49 AM<\/strong>: This Sky One bimbette needs to stop saying “obviously” in every sentence. She really needs to stop. #oscars<\/p>\n

12:38:39 AM<\/strong>: Is George Clooney drunk already? Or tired? Or just tired of talking to Sky One bimbettes? #Oscars<\/p>\n

1:22:48 AM<\/strong>: You’re not a presenter. You’re a stalker with a microphone. #Oscars<\/p>\n

1:34:12 AM<\/strong>: What!? #Oscars<\/p>\n

1:34:43 AM<\/strong>: Here’s our big opening. First all the acting nominees stand around awkwardly for 120 seconds…<\/p>\n

1:35:17 AM<\/strong>: Then Doogie Houser sings inaudibly while 70s TV dancers spiral around him. It’ll be a smash! #Oscars<\/p>\n

1:39:26 AM<\/strong>: Either there’s something up with Alec Baldwin’s mic or he can clap *really* loud. #Oscars<\/p>\n

1:45:35 AM<\/strong>: Creditable gags rather than a barnstorming performance from Baldwin and Martin. What was up with George Clooney? #Oscars<\/p>\n

1:45:58 AM<\/strong>: Surely Christoph Waltz? #Oscars<\/p>\n

1:49:06 AM<\/strong>: Exactly so! #Oscars<\/p>\n

1:50:54 AM<\/strong>: Eloquent, concise and generous speech from Waltz. #Oscars<\/p>\n

1:51:41 AM<\/strong>: First of ten – fuck me, ten! – Best Picture nominees. The Blind Side, which I haven’t seen yet. Is it any good? #Oscars<\/p>\n

1:59:17 AM<\/strong>: Wonderful Best Animated Feature nominees. Funniest – Up. Second funniest – The Princess and the Frog. Good predictor? #Oscars<\/p>\n

1:59:43 AM<\/strong>: Up wins. Beautiful movie and well deserved. #Oscars<\/p>\n

2:01:24 AM<\/strong>: “Our next two presenters are two young actresses who have no idea who we are!” #Oscars<\/p>\n

2:03:13 AM<\/strong>: No production numbers for the Best Song nominees?? Shame. That always used to break up the show a bit. #Oscars.<\/p>\n

2:07:42 AM<\/strong>: Crazy Heart wins and the girls here are swooning over Colin Farrell. #Oscars<\/p>\n

2:13:24 AM<\/strong>: What does a writer look for in an actor? Memorizing. #Oscars.<\/p>\n

2:15:10 AM<\/strong>: Hurt Locker’s only chance for a win without Avatar breathing down its neck. #Oscars<\/p>\n

2:16:55 AM<\/strong>: Hurt Locker does it. This could be its only gong all night if Kathryn Bigelow doesn’t make it. Well deserved though. #Oscars.<\/p>\n

2:18:26 AM<\/strong>: What the rubbery fuck has happened to Molly Ringwold? #Oscars<\/p>\n

2:18:56 AM<\/strong>: “Hey Ferris, is it your day off?” Apparently Matthew Broderick never gets tired of that one. #Oscars<\/p>\n

2:23:42 AM<\/strong>: The Brat Pack reassembled – now the Middle Aged Spread Pack. #Oscars<\/p>\n

2:25:15 AM<\/strong>: If you think Up has a chance in hell of winning Best Picture, put your hands up in the air (which only has a slightly better chance) #Oscars<\/p>\n

2:29:41 AM<\/strong>: Short films. Ah, who cares. #Oscars<\/p>\n

2:32:50 AM<\/strong>: Nick Park fumbles it! Disaster! #Oscars<\/p>\n

2:34:42 AM<\/strong>: At least we’re sprinting through the shorts in one compact package. Good-o. #Oscars<\/p>\n

2:39:00 AM<\/strong>: Ben Stiller dressed up as a Na’vi FTW! #Oscars<\/p>\n

2:42:54 AM<\/strong>: Best Trek wins Star Make Up. Getting tired now. #Oscars.<\/p>\n

2:51:07 AM<\/strong>: Precious nicks its first statuette of the night. #Oscars<\/p>\n

2:55:31 AM<\/strong>: Roger Corman and Lauren Bacall pick up their honorary awards. I’d love to see a film directed by him and starring her. #Oscars<\/p>\n

2:56:56 AM<\/strong>: Everyone says its Mo’Nique for Best Supporting Actress. Even Penelope Cruz. #Oscars<\/p>\n

3:00:08 AM<\/strong>: For once, everyone is right! #Oscars<\/p>\n

3:07:09 AM<\/strong>: If Avatar doesn’t bag this, then we could be looking at a major upset. #Oscars<\/p>\n

3:10:29 AM<\/strong>: Sarah Jessica Parker – a whore and a lightweight apparently! #Oscars<\/p>\n

3:11:38 AM<\/strong>: Avatar not up for this one, so I don’t care. (I have a fiver on Avatar winning all nine Oscars it’s up for.) #Oscars<\/p>\n

3:12:18 AM<\/strong>: “I already have two of these…” Just one step down from “Thank you for awarding me my first Oscar.” #Oscars<\/p>\n

3:18:31 AM<\/strong>: Prefilmed Baldwin\/Martin sketch. After the Morcambe and Wise-esque dance routine at the beginning, now they’re sharing a bed. #Oscars<\/p>\n

3:21:53 AM<\/strong>: The Academy’s tribute to… movies in which scantily-clad women scream a lot. #Oscars<\/p>\n

3:26:10 AM<\/strong>: That kills my 9\/9 Avatar bet. Bollocks. Could be The Hurt Locker’s night though, which would be nice. #Oscar.<\/p>\n

3:28:21 AM<\/strong>: And that kills my insurance bet on 8\/9 for Avatar. Happy for the Hurt Locker, and I suppose for Paddy Power. #Oscars<\/p>\n

3:35:45 AM<\/strong>: “Please welcome my dear friend – and by that I mean I’ve never met her – Sandra Bullock!” #Oscars<\/p>\n

3:37:12 AM<\/strong>: Avatar finally gets its act together, but too late for it to even be exciting for me. #Oscars<\/p>\n

3:38:56 AM<\/strong>: First the tribute to horror, now the role-call of the dead. Morbid much? #Oscars<\/p>\n

3:39:24 AM<\/strong>: Sorry, that should have been “maudlin” – James Taylor is on stage. #Oscars<\/p>\n

3:47:24 AM<\/strong>: Here’s our missing production number. Achievement in Irrelevant Dancing. #Oscars<\/p>\n

3:48:44 AM<\/strong>: Is this the Los Angeles chapter of Diversity? #Oscars #Britainsgottalent<\/p>\n

3:53:47 AM<\/strong>: Really, really tired now. Need some balloons to help me stay upright…. #Oscars<\/p>\n

4:03:56 AM<\/strong>: Er, Food Inc probably? Don’t really care. Tired now. #oscars<\/p>\n

4:11:00 AM<\/strong>: Hoo-ray for Hollywood! Boo for time differences! #Oscars<\/p>\n

4:26:41 AM<\/strong>: The dude abides… #oscars<\/p>\n

4:33:45 AM<\/strong>: Jeff Bridges, unless i’m having very predictable dreams. #oscars<\/p>\n

4:46:13 AM<\/strong>: Somebody get Oprah a trowel so she can lay it on even thicker. #Oscars<\/p>\n

4:47:58 AM<\/strong>: Why can we never hear Voice Over Announcer Woman properly? #Oscars<\/p>\n

4:49:30 AM<\/strong>: Has Sandra Bullock come dressed as Anne Hathaway? #Oscars<\/p>\n

4:56:40 AM<\/strong>: Bigelow’s done it! Yay! (zzz) #Oscars<\/p>\n

4:59:27 AM<\/strong>: James Cameron = King of Nothing! #Oscars<\/p>\n

5:01:20 AM<\/strong>: That’s it, folks. Analysis in the next few days. Night all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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