The Oscars start in 2 minutes. After a very long awards season, I'm ready for this show. There's definitely a lot of tension tonight and many categories are very hotly contested.
-The Oscars have begun and Neil Patrick Harris has taken the stage!
-Cumberbatch drinking from a flask was a good first gag.
-Absolutely fantastic opening. Really, really good. I'm impressed.
-Neil Patrick Harris killed the opening song. That was fantastic.
-Great opening by Neil Patrick Harris. He's done a great job so far.
-First category is Best Supporting Actor. Should be an easy victory for J.K. Simmons.
-"And the Actor goes to....."
-J.K. Simmons wins Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash. Truly a deserving victory. Fantastic performance.
-Doing the Farmers jingle after Simmons won was a stroke of genius.
-Liam Neeson is here to talk about The Grand Budapest Hotel and American Sniper.
-Dakota Johnson from Fifty Shades of Grey is introducing Maroon 5's performance of their song from Begin Again.
-Have to say, I hate the trend of performing every single song nominated for Best Original Song. It's kind of annoying.
-One award in 23 minutes. Wow.
-Chris Pine and J-Lo are here to present the second award of the night.
-Best Costume Design is our next category. Should be the first win of the night for The Grand Budapest Hotel.
-And Best Costume Design goes to The Grand Budapest Hotel!
-Cheesy way to introduce Reese Witherspoon, but whatever.
-Witherspoon is presenting the award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. I have The Grand Budapest Hotel here.
-And it's another win for Wes Anderson and co. The Grand Budapest Hotel wins Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
-Channing Tatum is here to talk about the Team Oscar search. Young filmmakers make movies and six get to come present at the Oscars.
-It's been a good night for The Grand Budapest Hotel so far. Could the film end up winning some of the bigger awards?
-Chiwetel Ejiofor and Nicole Kidman will be presenting the award for Best Foreign Language film. Ida with the easy win here.
-Ida wins Best Foreign Language film. I'm 4/4 so far.
-That dude didn't care that they played the music. He was just going for it. That was great.
-Shirley MacLaine is up to talk about Birdman, Boyhood and The Theory of Everything.
-"Everything is Awesome!!!" is about to be performed. Very excited.
-Okay, so that was awesome. Batman, LEGO Oscar statues, celebrities, the Lonely Island. Nothing can be better than that all night.
-Kerry Washington and Jason Bateman will be presenting the award for Best Live Action Short film, one of the categories that I don't care about.
-The Phone Call wins Best Live Action Short Film. Where I had to make short films predictions, that's what I picked.
-Best Documentary Short is up next. Crisis Hotline will win.
-Once again, didn't predict Crisis Hotline on here, but in official polls, I did. No surprise here.
-Stop playing the music during the nominees' acceptance speeches. It's absurd.
-Nice David Oyelowo joke.
-Gwyneth Paltrow is up next to introduce the next song performance.
-Best Birdman tribute of all time. This is gold.
-Neil Patrick Harris onstage in his underwear. Miles Teller on the drums. Absolutely perfect.
-Miles Teller and Margot Robbie are talking about the Scientific and Technical Visualization awards.
-Sienna Miller and Chris Evans are here to present the Sound awards. Should go to American Sniper and Whiplash.
-Whiplash wins its second Oscar of the night with a win in the Sound Mixing category. I'm seven for seven so far.
-Sound Editing is up next. Should be an easy win for American Sniper.
-American Sniper gets its first win of the night for Sound Editing.
-Jared Leto is about to present the role for Best Supporting Actress. Easy victory for Arquette.
-Patricia Arquette wins Best Supporting Actress for Boyhood.
-Slightly stilted speech but a strong message overall.
-Another song performance. Can't wait to be done with all of this stuff.
-Visual Effects award is up next. Tough category, but I've got my money on Interstellar.
-And Interstellar wins! The film picks up its first win of the night.
-Kevin Hart and Anna Kendrick are here to present the award for Best Animated Short. Feast will probably be the winner.
-Feast wins Best Animated Short. Great short film. Not much of a surprise.
-Best Animated Feature Film is up next. Predicted How to Train Your Dragon 2, but I'm not sure about that pick.
-And I was right about that fear. Big Hero 6 with the win!
-Great speech by the Big Hero 6 filmmakers. Happy that it beat Dragon 2.
-The President of the.......Academy. This part is always boring.
-Chris Pratt and Felicity Jones will be presenting the next award for Best Production Design. The Grand Budapest Hotel should snag its third win here.
-I've seen The Grand Budapest Hotel many times and it never gets old. Perfect movie. I'm so glad that it won another award.
-It's Dick Poop time. Emmanuel Lubezki will win this category no question.
-Yup, Birdman with its first win of the night.
-I'm 13 for 14 on the awards so far tonight. Doing pretty good.
-It's time for the sad part. The In Memoriam segment.
-If Boyhood wins Best Film Editing, that would be a big deal.
-But alas, Whiplash has won. Could Whiplash play spoiler and win Best Picture?
-Jennifer Aniston and David Oyelowo are here to present the award for Best Documentary Feature. Citizenfour should win.
-Citizenfour picks up the win for Best Documentary Feature.
-Some of NPH's jokes have been truly cringe-worthy.
-Octavia Spencer is here to introduce the songwriters behind "Glory"
-Powerful and exceptional performance of "Glory". Didn't love the movie, but I loved the song.
-NPH killed John Travolta.
-Menzel and Travolta reunited. This is perfect.
-Okay, Travolta was kinda creepy there. Best Original Song is up next.
-"Glory" wins Best Original Song for Selma. Good song and good win.
-This show is dragging on and on. Really want to get to the big awards right now. There's still a lot left to hand out.
-Should be a win for The Grand Budapest Hotel.
-And it goes to The Grand Budapest Hotel! Fourth Oscar of the night for the terrific film.
-Eddie Murphy is presenting. Haven't seen much of him in recent years.
-First big upset of the night. Birdman wins Best Original Screenplay, solidifying it as a major front-runner for the big prize.
-The Grand Budapest Hotel was the heavy favorite here. Birdman pulled a big upset.
-Another category that I'm very unsure about. I'm hoping for Whiplash, but Imitation Game could definitely get it.
-Dang, was really hoping that Whiplash would get that one. But not truly surprised.
-The Imitation Game and Birdman won the Screenplay awards. It's crunch time. Moore will win Best Actress, but the rest are toss-ups.
-Best Director. This will decide the fate of the Best Picture award.
-Alejandro G. Inarritu wins Best Director for Birdman. This is a big win for Inarritu. Unless there's a shocking split, Birdman will win Best Director.
-Best Actor is up next. If Cooper pulls an upset, I'll be stunned. If Keaton wins, I think Birdman has this thing locked up.
-Redmayne wins Best Actor and the Best Picture race gets very interesting. Birdman or Boyhood? Or maybe a Whiplash or Grand Budapest surprise?
-Julianne Moore wins Best Actress for Still Alice. No surprise there. One award left- Best Picture.
-And the award goes to.......BIRDMAN.
-And that's it for the live blog! Thanks for following along with me.
-The Oscars have begun and Neil Patrick Harris has taken the stage!
-Cumberbatch drinking from a flask was a good first gag.
-Absolutely fantastic opening. Really, really good. I'm impressed.
-Neil Patrick Harris killed the opening song. That was fantastic.
-Great opening by Neil Patrick Harris. He's done a great job so far.
-First category is Best Supporting Actor. Should be an easy victory for J.K. Simmons.
-"And the Actor goes to....."
-J.K. Simmons wins Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash. Truly a deserving victory. Fantastic performance.
-Doing the Farmers jingle after Simmons won was a stroke of genius.
-Liam Neeson is here to talk about The Grand Budapest Hotel and American Sniper.
-Dakota Johnson from Fifty Shades of Grey is introducing Maroon 5's performance of their song from Begin Again.
-Have to say, I hate the trend of performing every single song nominated for Best Original Song. It's kind of annoying.
-One award in 23 minutes. Wow.
-Chris Pine and J-Lo are here to present the second award of the night.
-Best Costume Design is our next category. Should be the first win of the night for The Grand Budapest Hotel.
-And Best Costume Design goes to The Grand Budapest Hotel!
-Cheesy way to introduce Reese Witherspoon, but whatever.
-Witherspoon is presenting the award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. I have The Grand Budapest Hotel here.
-And it's another win for Wes Anderson and co. The Grand Budapest Hotel wins Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
-Channing Tatum is here to talk about the Team Oscar search. Young filmmakers make movies and six get to come present at the Oscars.
-It's been a good night for The Grand Budapest Hotel so far. Could the film end up winning some of the bigger awards?
-Chiwetel Ejiofor and Nicole Kidman will be presenting the award for Best Foreign Language film. Ida with the easy win here.
-Ida wins Best Foreign Language film. I'm 4/4 so far.
-That dude didn't care that they played the music. He was just going for it. That was great.
-Shirley MacLaine is up to talk about Birdman, Boyhood and The Theory of Everything.
-"Everything is Awesome!!!" is about to be performed. Very excited.
-Okay, so that was awesome. Batman, LEGO Oscar statues, celebrities, the Lonely Island. Nothing can be better than that all night.
-Kerry Washington and Jason Bateman will be presenting the award for Best Live Action Short film, one of the categories that I don't care about.
-The Phone Call wins Best Live Action Short Film. Where I had to make short films predictions, that's what I picked.
-Best Documentary Short is up next. Crisis Hotline will win.
-Once again, didn't predict Crisis Hotline on here, but in official polls, I did. No surprise here.
-Stop playing the music during the nominees' acceptance speeches. It's absurd.
-Nice David Oyelowo joke.
-Gwyneth Paltrow is up next to introduce the next song performance.
-Best Birdman tribute of all time. This is gold.
-Neil Patrick Harris onstage in his underwear. Miles Teller on the drums. Absolutely perfect.
-Miles Teller and Margot Robbie are talking about the Scientific and Technical Visualization awards.
-Sienna Miller and Chris Evans are here to present the Sound awards. Should go to American Sniper and Whiplash.
-Whiplash wins its second Oscar of the night with a win in the Sound Mixing category. I'm seven for seven so far.
-Sound Editing is up next. Should be an easy win for American Sniper.
-American Sniper gets its first win of the night for Sound Editing.
-Jared Leto is about to present the role for Best Supporting Actress. Easy victory for Arquette.
-Patricia Arquette wins Best Supporting Actress for Boyhood.
-Slightly stilted speech but a strong message overall.
-Another song performance. Can't wait to be done with all of this stuff.
-Visual Effects award is up next. Tough category, but I've got my money on Interstellar.
-And Interstellar wins! The film picks up its first win of the night.
-Kevin Hart and Anna Kendrick are here to present the award for Best Animated Short. Feast will probably be the winner.
-Feast wins Best Animated Short. Great short film. Not much of a surprise.
-Best Animated Feature Film is up next. Predicted How to Train Your Dragon 2, but I'm not sure about that pick.
-And I was right about that fear. Big Hero 6 with the win!
-Great speech by the Big Hero 6 filmmakers. Happy that it beat Dragon 2.
-The President of the.......Academy. This part is always boring.
-Chris Pratt and Felicity Jones will be presenting the next award for Best Production Design. The Grand Budapest Hotel should snag its third win here.
-I've seen The Grand Budapest Hotel many times and it never gets old. Perfect movie. I'm so glad that it won another award.
-It's Dick Poop time. Emmanuel Lubezki will win this category no question.
-Yup, Birdman with its first win of the night.
-I'm 13 for 14 on the awards so far tonight. Doing pretty good.
-It's time for the sad part. The In Memoriam segment.
-If Boyhood wins Best Film Editing, that would be a big deal.
-But alas, Whiplash has won. Could Whiplash play spoiler and win Best Picture?
-Jennifer Aniston and David Oyelowo are here to present the award for Best Documentary Feature. Citizenfour should win.
-Citizenfour picks up the win for Best Documentary Feature.
-Some of NPH's jokes have been truly cringe-worthy.
-Octavia Spencer is here to introduce the songwriters behind "Glory"
-Powerful and exceptional performance of "Glory". Didn't love the movie, but I loved the song.
-NPH killed John Travolta.
-Menzel and Travolta reunited. This is perfect.
-Okay, Travolta was kinda creepy there. Best Original Song is up next.
-"Glory" wins Best Original Song for Selma. Good song and good win.
-This show is dragging on and on. Really want to get to the big awards right now. There's still a lot left to hand out.
-Should be a win for The Grand Budapest Hotel.
-And it goes to The Grand Budapest Hotel! Fourth Oscar of the night for the terrific film.
-Eddie Murphy is presenting. Haven't seen much of him in recent years.
-First big upset of the night. Birdman wins Best Original Screenplay, solidifying it as a major front-runner for the big prize.
-The Grand Budapest Hotel was the heavy favorite here. Birdman pulled a big upset.
-Another category that I'm very unsure about. I'm hoping for Whiplash, but Imitation Game could definitely get it.
-Dang, was really hoping that Whiplash would get that one. But not truly surprised.
-The Imitation Game and Birdman won the Screenplay awards. It's crunch time. Moore will win Best Actress, but the rest are toss-ups.
-Best Director. This will decide the fate of the Best Picture award.
-Alejandro G. Inarritu wins Best Director for Birdman. This is a big win for Inarritu. Unless there's a shocking split, Birdman will win Best Director.
-Best Actor is up next. If Cooper pulls an upset, I'll be stunned. If Keaton wins, I think Birdman has this thing locked up.
-Redmayne wins Best Actor and the Best Picture race gets very interesting. Birdman or Boyhood? Or maybe a Whiplash or Grand Budapest surprise?
-Julianne Moore wins Best Actress for Still Alice. No surprise there. One award left- Best Picture.
-And the award goes to.......BIRDMAN.
-And that's it for the live blog! Thanks for following along with me.
hoping Whiplash wins best picture - best film of the year!
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