Live Blogging The Oscars

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I have risen from the dead. Let’s do this thing and please do feel free to comment along like crazy. Go team Annette! Wait, which one are we supporting again?

– ARGH, they’re saying it’s still 30 minutes till this sucker begins? I woke up too damn early!

– Oh, but Natalie is on the red carpet. Score! It’s an amazing moment. People love the film. Lucky to get to learn to dance. Darren is “the bees knees”.

– Majorly awkward interview with James Franco. Christ, this guy is the host? Hope he can turn it on when it matters because that was painful.

– Mila Kunis wants Natalie to win. I was not prepared for such a surprising comment this early in the morning.

– Not sure if Rachel is going to make it but I’ve set up a temporary gallery for arrival photos.


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Goodnight

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Since the live blogging of the Golden Globes went well, I thought I'd do the same thing again for the Oscars tonight. Hopefully Rachel can join me and you guys…

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Pre Oscar Tidbits

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A little warm up for tonight. Here we go!

– Kris Tapley has Natalie as his “will win” and “should win” picks. Bening is filed under “could win”.

The frontrunner has been as much for months now, and that’s Natalie Portman in Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan.” Here’s a bolt of lightning from clear blue sky, a performance of emotional and physical intensity from an actress we’ve watched grow up on the silver screen for over 15 years now. Add to that a baby bump that gets a little bigger every time she takes another awards show stage and you have a story built for Oscar. She may have gotten a bit snippy at press recently regarding the usual mundane questions, but who can blame her? It’s possible she gets edged out by the Hollywood royalty card, but in all likelihood, voters see this as the best and most sensible place to honor the film (which is also a Best Picture nominee) on their ballot.

– 12 of the 15 Guru’s Of Gold think Natalie will win in their final predictions.

– We know Natalie is the clear favourite, having picked up every award under the sun, but take a look at these comments from actual voting members, courtesy of Deadline Hollywood.

Actress in her 50’s: “Also, sorry, but I don’t really get the Natalie Portman thing. I thought she was over the top in Black Swan. I did like Annette Bening but I am voting for Jennifer Lawrence who was remarkable in Winter’s Bone. There was a special, very authentic, quality to that performance that touched me.”

Former studio head: “For Best Actress, definitely Annette Bening.”

Marketing person with uncanny knack for voting winners: “I loved Black Swan and will definitely vote for Natalie.”

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Indie Spirit Vids

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Back with some videos from yesterday’s Independent Spirit Awards.

Starting with Natalie’s acceptance speech for Best Actress. Look for No Strings Attached co-star, Greta Gerwig, who looks like she’s about to burst into rainbows at Natalie mentioning her name.

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Tidbits

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Good batch today. Come get some. - If you liked Natalie's outfit from the Vanity Fair event, you're in luck, it's from H&M and will be available for just $30…

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Saturn Nominee

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Natalie has landed another nomination for Black Swan, this time it's the Saturn Awards (Academy of science fiction, fantasy and horror films), which are due to be held in June.…

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