popbytes live blogging oscars '08

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hello helllo hello! today i will be live blogging the 80th annual academy awards - this is my third year in a row of trying to keep up with all the oscar madness! please add your own comments or send me an email at mk@popbytes.com and i will include your thoughts! first up is two hours of star studded red carpet arrivals (i'll be watching E! with ryan seacrest & giuliana rancic) followed by the awards ceremony which is usually over three hours...i'll try to keep things coming fast & furious as best i can - wish me luck! (keep refreshing for updates - and please forgive any spelling mistakes or grammar mishaps - i'll edit the post later tonight)

OSCAR RESOURCES
printable ballot (.pdf)
official oscar website
academy of motion picture arts and sciences
red carpet coverage on E!


» 3:00PM


i'm up and running! let's see who strolls down the red carpet first - the first people to arrive i always label as the desperate for attention ones! first off i hate that brown thing that ryan seacrest has wrapped around the border of his jacket - he reminds me of a priest! and i'm not feeling giuliana rancic's tic-tac-toe board dress! at least it's not raining - yet - the sun was kind of breaking through the clouds but it's starting to look gray again - and it is chilly for sure! (seven minutes in and we already have a commercial break - ugh!)

» 3:11PM


thank goodness giuliana switched to a cute purple dress - much better (also check out her ring - it's huge!) here's kimora lee simmons who is on bling overload - with a million dollar hair piece - a first (oh she needs to calm down - a totally annoying person) another commercial...

» 3:19PM


i hope we have a celebrity soon - we're like 20 minutes in! (no angelina jolie today - she was showing off her new baby bump at the spirit awards yesterday!) first up is seal and heidi klum in red galliano dress - she's so damn pretty - she looks great - love the hair - and her hubby always looks dashing! people are screaming for george clooney - hollywood's classiest guy!

» 3:27PM


clooney is with his girlfriend sarah larson - one lucky lady! ryan is with amy ryan in calvin klein - she's up for best supporting actress in 'gone baby gone' - one of the films i didn't get to see (to be honest i didn't see everything - i know shame on me) i am really pulling for marion cotillard to win best actress for 'la vie en rose' which i loved - and predicted that she'd be up for an oscar when i saw the film back in june - ms. cotillard was EXCELLENT - i hope she wins!


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» 3:34PM


oh no scattered showers are moving in - just by looking outside i can see it's going rain soon - don't forget i live right around the corner from the festivities!) wind seems to also be a big factor - ugh - i hate the weather! ryan is with tom wilkinson - another best supporting nominee for 'michael clayton' - oh my gosh he mentioned lisa kudrow - long live valerie cherish!

» 3:42PM


we've got george clooney looking handsome with his bowtie - his girlfriend is like silent - she's not all that cute - her dress is nice though! here's cutie jason bateman who starred in 'juno' - which i did really like - i don't see it winning best picture though - it sounds like 'no country for old men' has it in the bag! oh my word - i hope there's a movie of arrested development - what a great show!


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» 3:53PM


anne hathaway in red by marchesa - here's saoirse ronan who stars in 'atonement' and is up for best supporting actress tonight - she's just 13 years old! guiliana is dishing with us weekly's ken baker over how serious mr. clooney is with ms. larson - i still don't see him walking down the aisle anytime soon! it looks like john travolta has packed on the pounds - like his scientology pal kirstie alley! ryan is back with funny man steve carrell - i need to watch 'the office' - everyone at work loves it - he's cute in quirky way! oh dr. mcdreamy - patrick dempsey is so damn good looking - i still need to see 'enchanted' - another film i missed! here's mr. travolta with wife kelly preston in 'stop light' yellow - it's all starting to move fast - next up is dwayne johnson aka 'the rock' - with no date...james mcavoy - cutie UK star of 'atonement' - oh look there's jessica alba in a purple dress with feather trim showing off her baby bump - word is she might be having twins - moving on with amy adams - who was nominated last year for 'junebug' - and this year she's starred in 'enchanted' & 'charlie wilson's war' - phew - finally here's a commercial break - that was a long segment!

» 4:17PM


laura linney (dress in michael kors) nominated for best actress in 'the savages' - she's with jennifer garner - both look fabulous (oh my gosh gary busey is out of control - he accosted both ryan and ms. garner who looked terrified - no sight of ben affleck yet...) seth rogen is with jonah hill - they look like twins! oh lordy - we've got miley cyrus who i found out sings this song see you again that i have been obsessed with - i almost passed out when i realized with was a tune by miley! now she's talking about starring in films - ugh - we don't need to see that! ryan is back with keri russell who is introducing a song tonight! check out marion cotillard looking like a fish - she's gorgeous but i'm not feeling her 'scaled' dress at all!

» 4:32PM


last year's best actress helen mirren looking classy - not crazy about the dress - it's a little overdone - next up is boring jessica alba (in marchesa) the best thing about her is her sexy fiancee cash warren - although they're due to get married - i can't see it lasting very long...sean combs is plugging his movie...and cameron diaz is wearing dior and needed to consult her handler rick yorn (brother of pete) about her jewelry - here's ms. cotillard - the fish dress is by jean paul gaultier - oh my gosh - tilda swinton looks like she just rolled out of bed


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» 4:46PM


only a few more minutes left of red carpet arrivals - i need a snack break soon! colin farrell is with his mum - his eyebrows could use a little grooming but he's still really sexy - he'll be helping out to finish heath ledger's final film - next up is casey affleck - i think he's cuter than brother ben affleck - oh look calista flockheart is with her grandfather - oh i mean her boyfriend harrison ford - he's really gray right now! two time oscar winner hilary swank is dressed in a black versace dress - for sure the two main colors of the evening are black and red! i think viggo mortensen needs to shave - he looks really unkempt and old - he's up for best actor in 'eastern promises' - normally i find him to be quite sexy but not tonight!


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» 4:56PM


it looks like the last person with ryan will be katherine heigl - also in red! oh my gosh that all went so fast - we're already two hours in! right now i'm switching over to ABC's red carpet coverage hosted by regis philbin and i'll be taking a quick 30 minute break - the awards ceremony kicks off at 5:30 PST / 8:30 EST! (what's up with daniel day-lewis' wife - i hate her two red bows on her shoulder - along with that very large pendant type thing - yikes!)


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» 5:00PM - 5:30PM


BREAK TIME - GO GET YOUR SNACK ON!


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» 5:30PM


it's time for the 80th annual academy awards - hosted by jon stewart - supposedly the opening bit of film is supposed to be incredible - let's see what goes down...that opening with a bunch of movie characters all around hollywood - was pretty cool - did you notice brad pitt and angelina jolie - people cheered! i knew that mr. stewart's opening monologue would start off with the three month long writers' strike - thank heavens that's all cleared up! (he did a decent job at opening the show) the first award of the evening is up with jennifer garner presenting best costume design...which goes to...


» 5:47PM


woo hoo - george clooney! he's doing a little bit about eighty years of oscars - and introduced a montage of awards from the past - oh no - they're going all sappy with celine dion's 'my heart will go on' next up (after jon is done plugging the iphone) is anne hathaway & steve carrell presenting the award for best animated feature (i hope the rat wins!)
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