I will be live-blogging the Academy Awards for the 3rd straight year starting with the Red Carpet arrivals at 3 PM Pacific time today and continuing until host Jon Stewart calls it a night. Comments will be welcome. But leave your uninformed opinions elsewhere. This will be an unglamorous view of the Oscars for Industry people who already understand all the inside jokes (and for those who aspire to know). Come for the cynicism. Stay for the subversion.
Editor-in-Chief Nikki Finke - tip her here.


What! No questions about the lack of Britney’s underpants? Unfair. America and the world needs to know! Party pooper.
Nikki, are you going to approve the comments of the maniacal freaks that are coming here from Drudge?
Will Drudge be linking to this so we can get another couple hundred comments about how all the pinko liberals in Hollywood should die?
I guarantee John Stewart won’t be able to exercise the same freedom of expression Rainn did yesterday at the spirited Spirit Awards.
I am looking forward to the monolog prepared by Jon’s head writer D.J. Scaberbaum.
Can’t wait! Tear em’ to shreds Nikki!
can’t wait for your special pov…..
Is Francis Ford Coppola coming out tonight? What did you make of Youth Without Youth? It didn’t get very good reviews, but here’s an interesting discussion of the film.
Regis as he was wrapping up his pre-show shtick called Javier “Xavier” so I know this show will be a lot of fun!
Please tell me you saw Gary Busey weirdly annoying Tommy Lee Jones right before the show started. He actually sat on his arm rest for a second!