Sunday, February 27, 2011

Academy Awards 2011

Real-time Feed:
  • James Franco and Anne Hathaway on opening skit.  Alec Baldwin in too.  Morgan Freeman also makes cameo as a narrator. They're in scenes of Inception, The Social Network, The Fighter, True Grit, The King's Speech, The Black Swan.  The DeLorean makes a cameo too as the hosts use a scene from Back to the Future!
  • Tom Hanks presents Art Direction award, and briefly features past films Gone with the Wind and Titanic as the standards for this category.  Alice in Wonderland wins this award.
  • Tom Hanks presents Achievement for Cinematography too. Wally Pfister wins award for Inception.
  • Kirk Douglas introduced by hosts, makes funny jokes.  He's the oldest celebrity blogger at 94. He presents Best Supporting Actress award. Melisa Leo wins.
  • Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis to present Best Animated feature and Best Animated Short.  The Lost Thing wins Best Animated Short.  Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich) wins.
  • Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem present award for Adapted Screenplay.  Aaron Sorkin of The Social Network wins Adapted Screenplay.  David Seidler of The King's Speech wins Original Screenplay.
  • Russell Brand and Helen Mirren present award for Foreign Language film.  In a Better World (Denmark) wins.
  • Reese Witherspoon presents Best Supporting Actor award.  Christian Bale wins.
  • Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman present award for Best Original Score.  Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network win.
  • ...
  • Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams present Best Short Film: Strangers No More.  Also present Best Live Action Short Film: God of Love.
  • Oprah presents Best Documentary Feature: Inside Job.
  • Multiple-time Oscar Host Billy Crystal talking about Bob Hope.
  • Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law present Achievement for Visual Effects: Inception wins.  Achievement for Film Editing: The Social Network.
  • Jennifer Hudson presents Best Original Song: Randy Newman for Toy Story 3.
  • Hillary Swank introduces Katherine Bigelow.  Ms. Bigelow presents Best Director: Tom Hooper, The King's Speech.
  • Jeff Bridges presents Best Actress award. Natalie Portman wins.
  • Sandra Bullock presents Best Actor award.  Colin Firth wins.
  • Steven Spielberg presents Best Picture award.  The King's Speech wins.

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