Live Blogging the 2008 Oscars (Winners and Highights) 8:00 p.m. ET
Stay tuned as we will update the winners and highlights as they happen!
In summation, this was a very BORING Oscars this year! No Country for Old Men picked up 4 Acadamy Awards, and the only big surprise was Tilda Swinton winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
11:45 p.m.: A bald Denzel Washington presents the award for Best Picture. Winner: No Country for Old Men
11:42 p.m.: Martin Scorsese presents award for Best Director. Winner: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)
11:30 p.m.: Helen Mirren presents award (and says the word “Cajones”) for Best Actor. Winner: Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
11:23 p.m.: Harrison Ford presents award for Best Original Screenplay. Winner: Juno (Diablo Cody)
11:15 p.m.: Tom Hanks presents award for Best Documentary Feature. Winner: Taxi to the Dark Side
11:12 p.m.: Tom Hanks (and Iraqi soldiers) present award for Best Documentary Short Subject. Winner: Freeheld
11:08 p.m.: Amy Adams presents award for Best Original Score. Winner: Atonement
11:01 p.m.: Hillary Swank presents the In Memoriam montage.
10:58 p.m.: Cameron Diaz presents award for Best Cinematography in a Film. Winner: There Will Be Blood
10:48 p.m. John Travolta waltzes out onto the stage (literally) to announce the winner for Best Original Song. Winner: “Falling Slowly” (Once)
10:45 p.m.: Patrick Dempsey presents Best Song nominee “So Close” from Enchanted.
10:42 p.m.: Penelope Cruz presents award for Best Foreign Language Film. Winner: The Counterfeiters (Austria)
10:31 p.m.: Nicole Kidman presents Honorary Oscar Recipient Robert Boyle with award.
10:27 p.m.: Renee Zellweger presents award for Best Film Editing. Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum.
10:20 p.m.: Colin Ferrell presents nominee for Best Song, “Falling Slowly,” for Once.
10:15 p.m.: Jon Stewart engages in a game of Wii Tennis.
10:10 p.m. Forrest Whitaker presents the winner for Best Actress. Winner: Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)
10:05 p.m.: Seth and Jonah present again for Best Sound Mixing. Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum
10:00 p.m.: Dame Judy Dench and Halle Berry Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill present award for Best Sound Editing. Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum.
9:52 p.m.: Miley Cyrus presents Best Song Nominee “That’s How You Know” from the movie Enchanted.
9:46 p.m.: Josh Brolin and James McAvoy present the award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Winner: No Country for Old Men
9:44 p.m.: Jessica Alba presents herself presenting the Scientific and Technical Awards on February 9th.
9:34 p.m.: Alan Arkin presents the award for Best Supporting Actress. Winner: Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
9:31 p.m.: The Bee from Bee Movie (Jerry Seinfeld) presents award for Best Animated Short Film. Winner: Peter and the Wolf
9:28 p.m.: Owen Wilson presents award for Best Live Action Short Film. Winner: Le Mozart de Pickpockets
9:25 p.m.: Keri Russell presents Best Song Nominee: “Raise it Up” performance from August Rush.
9:22 p.m.: Jon Stewart gives us a taste of what montages without the writers would have looked like, as he presents a montage to binoculars and periscopes.
9:15 p.m.: Jennifer Hudson presents award for Best Supporting Actor. Winner: Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men). His acceptance speech was mostly en Espanol.
9:10 p.m.: Cate Blanchett presents award for Best Art Direction. Winner: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
9:07 p.m.: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson presents award for Best Visual Effects. Winner: The Golden Compass
9:00 p.m.: Best Song nominee: “Happy Working Song” performance by Amy Adams (Enchanted)
8:56 p.m.: Katherine Heigl presents award for Achievement in Makeup. Winner: La Vie en Rose
8:52 p.m.: Anne Hathaway and Steve Carrell present award for Best Animated Feature. Winner: Ratatouille
8:47 p.m.: George Clooney presents dedication to 80 years of Oscar.
8:40 p.m.: Jennifer Garner presents award for Best Costume Design. Winner: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
8:30 p.m.: Jon Stewart is hosting; with the writer’s strike finally over, he describes the Oscars by saying, “welcome to the makeup sex!”
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Jon Stewart is mostly disappointing so far, no? Btw, what did you make of Francis Ford Coppola’s Youth Without Youth? It hasn’t gotten much play, but it’s a more engaging film than many of those being given awards tonight. Here’s an interesting discussion of the film.
nice work, brother