Fasten your feedbags, this is going to be a long night.

Why does the audience look so pissed off? Clooney didn't even smile during the opening. No standing O for John Hughes?? Weird.

Seeing Molly Ringwald and Judd Nelson looking so awful, just makes me sad.

I don't think Clooney wants to look like he understands what's going on, so his date doesn't look so stupid since she doesn't understand English.

I don't understand why people who win short film awards should be embarrassed, they are just as important as the longer films awards. They deserve that moment just like the technical people.

I didn't get the claring between George Clooney and the host. What am I missing?

Queen Latifah looks amazing. Seems like they had a better time at the Governor's award.

My God, even reading a teleprompter the Twilight kids are wooden and make me want to stab.

Demi Moore is the same color as her dress.

Was Farrah dissed or did I miss her in the death montage?

Also, forgive my ignorance, but who was the hot hot man presenting with Jennifer Lopez?

When the score for UP played, I was struck again by how perfect it is. Sweet, whimsical, bouyant and a little sad, just like the movie itself. So glad it won!

Patrick was the first one they showed, before they went to close up. A shame as he was basically missed by the TV audience. And yeah, where was Farrah?

I second the Clooney comment. Dude, you're so gorgeous when you smile. Just...once, please.

Also, Farrah was totally skipped over, and the child in me who loved Man of the House is PISSED. But Swayze was definitely there, he opened it up.

BB, I think it was Sam Worthington who was in Avatar

I don't think Farrah was in any movies. Sam Elliott is the guy with long white hair. Yes, Patrick Swayze was at the start of the memoriam montage. JLo's co-presenter was Sam Worthington (Australian in Avatar)

Oh lord, they're giving wedding speeches for each of the best actors. The Oscars have reached a new low in cringeworthyness.

It may have been a silly 90s movie, but she was in Man of the House with JTT and Chevy Chase. I say that's enough to get her on the list, especially since Michael was included.

Farrah did a film called Extremities, playing a rape victim was captures and tortures her rapist. I believe it was in the '80's.

I saw Farrah Fawcett in "Dr T and the Women" just today. She was in at least as many movies as Michael Jackson (including "Cannonball Run," "Logan's Run," and "The Apostle"). I didn't see Zelda Rubinstein, either.

Hurt Locker!!!!!

Doing the LOLs for the "I am Woman, Hear Me Roar" insrumental as Kathryn Bigelow walked off the stage. Good for her! A well deserved win(s) and sticking it to the ex too!

Agree with the blog that Fey & RDJ gave, hands down, the best bit of the night. And also agree with Betsy: Bridges won deservedly, but deep down I was kinda rooting for Firth.
Some general notes: 1) Man, when NPH came on stage in the beginning, I came completely unglued. I've thought for a while that they should just let him host the Oscars, so I almost started wondering if a freak accident had occurred and he'd been hired to take the reigns at the last moment. I thought I was in some dream world alternate reality!
2) Alec & Steve are way funnier in their later introductions than they were during the opening duologue! Maybe they're just relaxing a little, but the start was so stiff with repetitive lines, stiff teleprompter reading & general iffiness that I'm really happy that things are getting better as the show goes on.
3) Boatload of people missing from the "in memoriam" montage.
4) Adam Shankman, you suck at this! Constant sound level issues, stupid staging decisions (like the opening with the best actor/-ress nominees on stage & fetched back to their seats by their dates... WTF?!?), weird decisions on what to spend time on and what to skip over, etc. etc.
5) Clips packages very hit & miss and over-long (be it the nominee clips or the salutes) & the constant plot revelations are pissing me off! Heck, even showing too much of the start of "Up" upset me, but don't get me started on some of the other ones, like "District 9".
6)Total rating: actual production very so-so & at times dismal, much saved by good acceptance speeches and a few good presenters.

We could've skipped the dance number and heard Lauren Bacall speak. That would've been fine with me.

(She looks great for over eighty!)

I kept thinking "anyone but James Cameron" and my wish was granted! I was rooting for Firth too. He's just so darn classy. And while I didn't love the personal speeches, I did like that Juliane admitted they barely knew each other yet she was still entranced. As she should be! Single Man is an awesome movie. It's much, much funnier than people realize, despite it being about grief. And it looks gorgeous. Tom Ford should be proud of himself.

Please, someone tell me why Clooney was so pissed?? Also, where was Jack Nicholson--he's always there in the front row with his sunglasses on. I thought the entire production pretty much sucked though...very disappointing, especially when you know what Martin and Baldwin can do.

Academy awards 2010 liveblog.. I like it :)

Academy awards 2010 liveblog.. Smashing :)

Academy awards 2010 liveblog.. WTF? :)

Many many quatliy points there.

I guess that to get the personal loans from banks you should present a good motivation. But, once I've got a term loan, just because I wanted to buy a building.

Ah, this totally explains why several of my own associated lenses show up in the Discovery box! (The bit about the tags, I mean.)