OK, I know this mini-review of the big night is a couple of days too late, but I gotta say that, surprisingly, Hugh Jackman did not totally suck as host of the Oscars. The opening number was actually pretty funny and he tried his damnedest to keep a very bloated telecast light and lively, but, any w...

Hugh Jackman's opening featuring Anne Hathaway as Richard Nixon. Penelope Cruz wins Best Supporting Actress Ben Stiller as Joaquin Phoenix Kate Winslet wins the Academy Award for Best Actress Philippe Petit performs some magic The comedy movies of 2008 montage Slumdog Millionaire wins Best Picture (...

TC and Kim wrap up the big awards weekend 2009 with their take on the Spirit Awards, the Razzies, and the big one, the 81st Academy Awards! We have a complete list of winners from all three award ceremonies, and plenty of dish and commentary on the winners and losers!See you Sunday for our regular e...

8:30 - The Academy Awards are starting! Here comes Hugh Jackman!! 8:32 - Jackman on the Academy cutting back this year because of the recession: "Next year I will starring in a film called New Zealand." Fred, who studied abroad in New Zealand last semester, flipped out at this. 8:33 - Shocker. He is...

6:26 PM - Hello! Cinefille here and it is time to start my live-blog of the 81st Annual Academy Awards. I'm am, sadly, not watching the Red Carpet on the Big Vowel with Ryan Seacrest right now. But maybe that is a good thing. According to the text message my ex-roommate Freddie just sent me High Sch...

For me, the Academy Awards is the greatest event to happen every year. It is as though Christmas, New Year's, birthdays and Thanksgiving combined and made one great holier than though holiday. I love the glitz, the stars, the history, the Red Carpet - seriously, words cannot explain how much I enjoy...

Tonight is the Academy Awards night. Which is odd, because it’s usually around my birthday - March 24th. Do you know how annoying it is to invite people over for a birthday party and they keep wanting to turn the music off and turn the telly on? I’m emotionally scarred for life. Anyway, this is ...

My favorite part of the days leading up to the Oscars is hearing all the different "Who will win" theories. Here is a list of 10 from EW: 1. Slumdog Millionaire picks up the Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing prizes, winning all nine categories in which it’s nominated. 2. Doubt’s Viola Dav...

Colbert uses "The DaColbert Code" to pick this years Oscar winners. And this genius quote: "President Obama, take out all the bailout money and bet it on the White House Oscar pool. It sure as shit is safer than a bank." .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycen...

Some people may consider it too early to handicap the 2009 Oscars for the films and performers of 2008, but experience has taught me that I am not much wiser on the day before the ceremony than I am right now, so here are my final words on this year’s Oscars. With the year’s Best Picture categor...