Live Oscar blog

Pretty good intro. Franco's comedic ability is so underrated. I just love the fact that we have two young stars hosting. A nice change.

We even got a Marky Mark joke in. BOOM!

Winner Best Art Direction -- Alice in Wonderland

Wouldn't have been my choice, but hey -- I'm not a voter.

Winner Best Cinematography -- Inception

Great choice. A very stunning film.

9:52 -- Kirk Douglas! It's awesome to see him on the stage. I applaud his courage. Great job, Kirk. What a way to work a room.

Winner Best Supporting Actress -- Melissa Leo

Well, I'm 0-1, but it was a very nice performance. My pick still goes with Steinfeld.

Nice quip from Anne Hathaway about "the young Oscar" following Leo's win. Good Job. Equally good job from Justin Timberland.

Decided I'm only going to blog about the categories I picked. Although I find it disturbing that they let Melissa Leo talk for 10 minutes and limited the winners for Best Animated Short to about three. At least they said something worth listening to.

Winner Best Animated Feature -- Toy Story 3

Shocker. Nominated for Best Picture, it's pretty much a given. I still would have liked to see "Tangled". Wonderful little movie. Now I'm 1-1, BTW.

Winner Best Adapted Screenplay -- Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

Everyone break out the Koo-Aid. I just didn't love this film as much as the next person I guess. Good film, but not my favorite. Although I did choose Sorkin because I knew it was a given. I am now 2-1.

Winner Best Original Screenplay -- David Seidler, The King's Speech

Another good choice. Seidler can't find the mic, but he sure can write a screenplay. Nice speech.

Thank goodness Hugh Jackman is a good sport. He did a great job hosting last year and has been essentially a co-host tonight. And then there's James Franco in a red dress.

A Charlie Sheen joke -- DOUBLE BOOM!

Winner Best Supporting Actor -- Christian Bale, The Fighter

This was a no-brainer. The category was filled with great performances, but his was heads above the rest. Great speech. Nice to see Bale get a little emotional and not in a 'I'm going to yell at you on the set of "Terminator: Salvation" emotional.' I am now 3-1.

STAR WARS THEME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and E.T. too.

Winner Best Original Score -- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, The Social Network

Hans Zimmer should be a very unhappy man right now. This is an outrage. This was fourth or fifth on my list. Ridiculous. This could spell doom later, folks. I am now 3-2.

New alert: Matthew McConaughey is wearing a shirt.

"Congratulations, nerds" -- James Franco (Nice)

GEORGE LUCAS REFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT. Giving some love to THX 1138.

Winner Best Original Song -- Randy Newman, We Belong Together (Toy Story 3)

Another snub for "Tangled". I thought the top two songs in this category were "I Saw the Light" from "Tangled" and "If I Rise" from "127 Hours". You gotta love Randy Newman though. The guys good entertainment.