2008 80th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) -- LIVE THREAD

tv: ABC network ^ | 2-24-2008

[lainie]

It's an Oscar Party!

Warning: might contain snark and/or discussions about fashion.

Best Picture:
"Atonement"
"Juno"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"

Best Actor:
George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Tommy Lee Jones, "In the Valley of Elah"
Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie, "Away From Her"
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"
Laura Linney, "The Savages"
Ellen Page, "Juno"

Best Supporting Actor:
Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"
Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton"

Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"
Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"

Best Director:
Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Jason Reitman, "Juno"
Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"

Best Animated Feature:
"Persepolis"
"Ratatouille"
"Surf's Up"

Best Documentary Feature:
"No End in Sight"
"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience"
"Sicko"
"Taxi to the Dark Side"
"War/Dance"

[spectre]

OK..then we have to endure the entire thing, I guess.

sw

[RummyChick]

I wonder if she is thanks the lord every day that she is not Katie Holmes.

[lainie]

*really* bad. That's two Oscar shows in a row for her.

[LiveFree99]

Thanks for posting the photos. I have neither the time nor the patience to sit through the broadcast.

[lainie]

If she doesn’t, she should

[peggybac]

“I wonder if she is thanks the lord every day that she is not Katie Holmes.”

LOL!!

[RummyChick]

last year was more flattering to her body..its just the jacket was ugly.

[mylife]

Its probably crossed her mind ;)

[Cheapskate]

"How can anyone look in the mirror and think that dress is flattering?"

Hell if I know! Stevie Wonder mabye?

[lainie]

These singers aren’t bad I guess.

[spectre]

They're from Harlem..they were amazing.

sw

[StarFan]

Apparently when ABC dramatically lowered expectations about tonight’s TV ratings to advertisers they didn’t exaggerate. Stewart is a terrible host.

[lainie]

ooh Owen Wilson presenting.

[bd476]

Hooray, Owen Wilson! He looks great.

[lainie]

They’re good but the song didn’t do much for me personally..

[RummyChick]

apparently penelope WAS/IS??? dating Javier,

http://www.tmz.com/2008/02/23/penelope-cruises-into-lax/

[peggybac]

I agree.

[spectre]

YES! I'm so glad he's better..May he live long and prosper :)

sw

[bd476]

If I were there, it’d be hard not to applaud his return to health and the limelight. I always liked him as an actor.

[peggybac]

I’m curious what the ratings will be for the show. Terrible, I bet.