Sunday, March 2, 2014

86th Annual Academy Awards Live Blog

        Well ladies and gentlemen it's that time of year, the Oscars are here. I'm going to be doing a live blog of tonight's award show which starts at 8:30 PM tonight on ABC. I'll be updating the blog as quick as possible while the award show is going on. To get new updates just hit the refresh button and they'll be there as up to date as possible and share your thoughts and opinions below. So without further ado let the show begin...

Overall this was a pretty good Oscars show. Not a lot of shockers tonight and I finished with 20 correct predictions. Ellen started off on fire and then she was up and down all night. 

Thanks to everyone for sticking with me tonight and thank for your continued support of The Local Movieblog. Stay safe and goodnight

11:57 PM 
Will Smith out to present the award for Best Picture

The nominees are...

“American Hustle” Producers-Charles Roven (1st Nomination), Richard Suckle (1st Nomination), Megan Ellison (3rd Nomination)and Jonathan Gordon (2nd Nomination)
“Captain Phillips” Producers- Scott Rudin (6th Nomination), Dana Brunetti (2nd nomination) and Michael De Luca (3rd Nomination)
“Dallas Buyers Club” Producers- Robbie Brenner (1st Nomination) and Rachel Winter (1st Nomination)
“Gravity” Producers- Alfonso Cuarón (1st Nomination) and David Heyman (1st nomination)
“Her” Producers- Megan Ellison (3rd Nomination), Spike Jonze (1st Nomination) and Vincent Landay (1st Nomination)
“Nebraska” Producers- Albert Berger (2nd Nomination) and Ron Yerxa (2nd Nomination)
“Philomena” Producers- Gabrielle Tana (1st Nomination), Steve Coogan (1st Nomination) and Tracey Seaward (3rd Nomination)
“12 Years a Slave” Producers- Brad Pitt (2nd Nomination), Dede Gardner (2nd Nomination), Jeremy Kleiner (1st Nomination), Steve McQueen (1st Nomination) and Anthony Katagas (1st Nomination)
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Producers- Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff

and the winner is...

12 Years A Slave


11:54 PM
Wow what a magnificent speech by McConaughey 


11:51 PM
Jennifer Lawrence out to present the award for Best Actor 

The nominees are 

Christian Bale in “American Hustle” (1st Nomination)
Bruce Dern in “Nebraska” (1st Nomination)
Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street” (3rd Nomination)
Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave” (1st Nomination)
Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club” (1st Nomination)

and the winner is...

Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club


11:45 PM
All I can say is thank god that Meryl Streep didn't win 


11:44 PM
Daniel Day-Lewis out to present the award for Best Actress 

The nominees are...

Amy Adams in “American Hustle” (1st Nomination)
Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine” (3rd Nomination)
Sandra Bullock in “Gravity” (2nd Nomination)
Judi Dench in “Philomena” (5th Nomination)
Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County” (15th Nomination)

and the winner is...

Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine


11:40 PM


11:35 PM
Angelina Jolie and Sidney Poitier out to present the award for Best Director

The nominees are...

“American Hustle” David O. Russell (3rd Nomination)
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón (1st Nomination)
“Nebraska” Alexander Payne (3rd Nomination)
“12 Years a Slave” Steve McQueen (1st Nomination)
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Martin Scorsese (8th Nomination)

and the winner is...

Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity


11:30 PM
I have an idea for ABC and The Oscars start at 8:00 and you wouldn't run over for an hour


11:29 PM
Looks like the Oscars will be on til at least midnight if not 12:30 am


11:27 PM
Robert De Niro and Penelope Cruz out to present the award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay

The nominees are...

“Before Midnight” Written by Richard Linklater (2nd nomination), Julie Delpy (2nd Nomination), Ethan Hawke (2nd Nomination)
“Captain Phillips” Screenplay by Billy Ray (1st Nomination)
“Philomena” Screenplay by Steve Coogan (1st Nomination) and Jeff Pope (1st nomination)
“12 Years a Slave” Screenplay by John Ridley (1st nomination)
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Screenplay by Terence Winter (1st Nomination)

and the winner is...

John Ridley for 12 Years A Slave

Best Original Screenplay

The nominees are...

“American Hustle” Written by Eric Warren Singer (1st Nomination) and David O. Russell (1st nomination)
“Blue Jasmine” Written by Woody Allen (16th Nomination)
“Dallas Buyers Club” Written by Craig Borten (1st Nomination) & Melisa Wallack (1st Nomination)
“Her” Written by Spike Jonze (1st Nomination)
“Nebraska” Written by Bob Nelson (1st nomination)

and the winner is...

Spike Jonez for Her


11:18 PM
Jamie Foxx and Jessica Biel out to present the award for Best Original Score and Best Original Song

Best Original Score

The nominees are...

“The Book Thief” John Williams (49th Nomination)
“Gravity” Steven Price (1st Nomination)
“Her” William Butler (1st Nomination) and Owen Pallett (1st Nomination)
“Philomena” Alexandre Desplat (6th Nomination)
“Saving Mr. Banks” Thomas Newman (11th Nomination)

and the winner is...

Steven Price for Gravity

Best Original Song

The nominees are...

“Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams (1st Nomination)
“Let It Go” from “Frozen”Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez (1st Nomination) and Robert Lopez (1st Nomination)
“The Moon Song” from “Her”Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O (1st Nomination) and Spike Jonze (1st Nomination)
“Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”Music and Lyric by U2 (2nd Nomination)

and the winner is... Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for Frozen

11:10 PM
YOU HAD ONE JOB TRAVOLTA!!!!!!!!

11:09 PM
John Travolta out to introduce Idina Menzel


11:06 PM
Goldie Hawn out to introduce Philomena, Captain Phillips and 12 Years A Slave as our final nominees for Best Picture


10:58 PM 
That tribute made me tear up a little and now Bette Midler is out to sing in memory of the ones we've lost from Hollywood


10:54 PM
Glenn Close out to present the In Memoriam tribute


10:52 PM


10:46 PM
Chris Evans out to honor Most Popular Heroes 


10:45 PM
Jennifer Garner and Benedict Cumberbatch out to present the award for Best Production Design

The nominees are...

“American Hustle” Production Design: Judy Becker (4th Nomination); Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler (2nd Nomination)
“Gravity” Production Design: Andy Nicholson (1st Nomination); Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin (1st Nomination) and Joanne Woollard (1st Nomination)
“The Great Gatsby” Production Design: Catherine Martin (6th Nomination); Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn (1st Nomination)
“Her” Production Design: K.K. Barrett (1st Nomination); Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
“12 Years a Slave” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen (1st Nomination); Set Decoration: Alice Baker (1st Nomination)

and the winner is....

Catherine Martin and Beverley Dunn for The Great Gatsby


10:42 PM
12 for 15 on my predictions


10:38 PM 
First the Grammy's and now The Oscars, Pink has absolutely killed every performance she has done so far this year


10:34 PM 
Whoopi Goldberg out to honor the 75th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz and to introduce Pink 


10:32 PM
Don't worry Alfonso you'll get your time later tonight


10:31 PM
Anna Knedrick and Gabourey Sidibe out to present the award for Best Film Editing 

The Nominees are...

“American Hustle” Jay Cassidy (3rd Nomination), Crispin Struthers (2nd Nomination) and Alan Baumgarten (1st Nomination)
“Captain Phillips” Christopher Rouse (3rd Nomination)
“Dallas Buyers Club” John Mac McMurphy (1st Nomination) and Martin Pensa (1st Nomination)
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón (2nd Nomination) and Mark Sanger (1st Nomination)
“12 Years a Slave” Joe Walker (1st Nomination)

and the winner is...

Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger for Gravity


10:28 PM 
Class act by Bill Murray 


10:27 PM
Amy Adams and Bill Murray out to present the award for Best Cinematography 

The nominees are...

“The Grandmaster” Philippe Le Sourd (1st Nomination)
“Gravity” Emmanuel Lubezki (6th Nomination)
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Bruno Delbonnel (4th Nomination)
“Nebraska” Phedon Papamichael (1st Nomination)
“Prisoners” Roger A. Deakins (11th Nomination)

and the winner is...

Emmanuel Lubezki for Gravity


10:26 PM
Cheryl Boone Issacs is out to talk about the future of The Academy 


10:21 PM


10:17 PM
Congrats to Lupita, what a powerful speech, she is one heck of an actress and she absolutely deserved the award. She has a bright future ahead in Hollywood.


10:14 PM
Christoph Waltz out to present the award for Best Supporting Actress

The nominees are...

Sally Hawkins in “Blue Jasmine” (1st Nomination)
Jennifer Lawrence in “American Hustle” (1st Nomination)
Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years a Slave” (1st Nomination)
Julia Roberts in “August: Osage County” (2nd Nomination)
June Squibb in “Nebraska” (1st Nomination)

and the winner is....

Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years A Slave


10:10 PM
Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron are out to present the award for Best Sound Mixing and Sound Editing

Best Sound Mixing

The nominees are...

“Captain Phillips” Chris Burdon (1st Nomination), Mark Taylor (1st nomination), Mike Prestwood Smith (1st Nomination) and Chris Munro (1st Nomination)
“Gravity” Skip Lievsay (4th Nomination), Niv Adiri (1st Nomination), Christopher Benstead (1st nomination) and Chris Munro
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Christopher Boyes (7th nomination), Michael Hedges (4th Nomination), Michael Semanick (10th nomination) and Tony Johnson (3rd nomination)
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Skip Lievsay (3rd Nomination), Greg Orloff (4th nomination) and Peter F. Kurland (4th Nomination)
“Lone Survivor” Andy Koyama (1st Nomination), Beau Borders (1st Nomination) and David Brownlow (1st Nomination)

and the winner is...

Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro for Gravity

Best Sound Editing

The Nominees are...

“All Is Lost” Steve Boeddeker (1st Nomination) and Richard Hymns (9th nomination)
“Captain Phillips” Oliver Tarney (1st Nomination)
“Gravity” Glenn Freemantle (2nd Nomination)
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Brent Burge (1st nomination)
“Lone Survivor” Wylie Stateman (6th Nomination)

and the winner is...

Glenn Freemantle for Gravity


10:05 PM
Micheal B. Jordan (who was snubbed by the academy) and Kristen Bell are out to honor the winners of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement 


10:03 PM
I'm sorry folks but Ellen is going down hill 


10:00 PM


9:56 PM 
Just want to update that I am now 7 for 10 on my predictions


9:54 PM
Brad Pitt is out to introduce U2


9:52 PM
Tyler Perry better not crack a Madea joke as he is out to introduce Nebraska, Her and Gravity as Best Picture nominees


9:50 PM
Ewan McGregor and Viola Davis out to present the award for Best Foreign Language Film

The nominees are...

“The Broken Circle Breakdown” Belgium
“The Great Beauty” Italy
“The Hunt” Denmark
“The Missing Picture” Cambodia
“Omar” Palestine

and the award go for...

The Great Beauty


9:42 PM
Kevin Spacey out to present the Honorary Academy awards which go to Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin and Piero Tosi. As well as the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award which goes to Angelina Jolie 


9:40 PM
Bradley Cooper is out to present the award for Best Documnetry Feature

The Nominees are...

“The Act of Killing”Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
“Cutie and the Boxer” Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
“Dirty Wars” Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
“The Square” Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
“20 Feet from Stardom” Catrin Rogers, Morgan Neville and Gil Friesen

and the winner is...

Catrin Rogers, Morgan Neville and Gil Friesen for 20 Feet from Stardom


9:36 PM 
Now I am 6 out of 8


9:35 PM
Kate Hudson and Jason Sudeikis out to present the award for Best Live Action Short Film and Best Documentary Short

Best Live Action Film

The Nominees are...

“Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)” Esteban Crespo
“Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)” Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
“Helium” Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
“Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)” Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
“The Voorman Problem” Mark Gill and Baldwin Li

and the winner is...

Andres Walter and Kim Magnusson foe Helium!

Best Documnetry Short

The Nominees are...

“CaveDigger” Jeffrey Karoff
“Facing Fear” Jason Cohen
“Karama Has No Walls” Sara Ishaq
“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life” Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
“Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall” Edgar Barens

and the winner is

Malcolm Clark and Nicholas Reed for The Lady in No. 6: Music Saved My Life


9:29 PM
So far I am 4 out of 6 on my predictions. How is everyone else doing?


9:24 PM
Zac Efron out to introduce Karen O


9:22 PM
Emma Watson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt out to present the award for Best Visual effects

The Nominees are...

“Gravity” Tim Webber (1st Nomination), Chris Lawrence (1st Nomination), Dave Shirk (1st Nomination) and Neil Corbould (4th Nomination)
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Joe Letteri (7th Nomination), Eric Saindon (1st Nomination), David Clayton (1st Nomination) and R. Christopher White (2nd Nomination)
“Iron Man 3” Christopher Townsend (1st Nomination), Guy Williams (1st Nomination), Erik Nash (1st Nomination) and Dan Sudick (1st Nomination)
“The Lone Ranger” Tim Alexander (1st Nomination), Gary Brozenich (1st Nomination), Edson Williams (1st Nomination) and John Frazier (1st Nomination)
“Star Trek Into Darkness” Roger Guyett (1st Nomination), Patrick Tubach (1st Nomination), Ben Grossmann (1st Nomination) and Burt Dalton (1st Nomination)

and the award goes to...

Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould for Gravity


9:20 PM
This is an awesome montage 


9:18 PM
Sally Field out to honor everyday heroes in film


9:14 PM
I love the small award acceptance speeches


9:13 PM
Matthew McConaughey and Kim Novak out to present the award for Best Animated Short Feature and Best Animated Feature

Best Animated Short

The Nominees are...

“Feral” Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
“Get a Horse!” Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
“Mr. Hublot” Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
“Possessions” Shuhei Morita
“Room on the Broom” Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

and the winner is...

Lauren Witz and Alexandre Espigares for Mr. Hublot

Best Animated Feature

The Nominees are...

“The Croods” Chris Sanders (3rd Nomination), Kirk DeMicco (1st Nomination) and Kristine Belson (1st Nomination)
“Despicable Me 2” Chris Renaud (1st Nomination), Pierre Coffin (1st Nomination) and Chris Meledandri
“Ernest & Celestine” Benjamin Renner (1st Nomination) and Didier Brunner (1st Nomination)
“Frozen” Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee (1st Nomination) and Peter Del Vecho (2nd Nomination)
“The Wind Rises” Hayao Miyazaki (2nd Nomination) and Toshio Suzuki (1st Nomination)

and the winner is....

Jenifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho for Frozen

9:11 PM


9:06 PM
I can hear the young girls across America scream out loud for Channing Tatum


9:03 PM
Harrison Ford out to introduce three of the 9 Best Picture Nominees

American Hustle
Dallas Buyers Club
The Wolf of Wall Street

9:02 PM
Naomi Watts and Samuel L. Jackson out to present the awards or Best Makeup and Hairstyling  and Best Costume Design

Best Costume Design

Nominees are....

“American Hustle” Michael Wilkinson (1st Nomination)
“The Grandmaster” William Chang Suk Ping (1st Nomination)
“The Great Gatsby” Catherine Martin (6th Nomination)
“The Invisible Woman” Michael O’Connor (3rd Nomination)
“12 Years a Slave” Patricia Norris (5th Nomination)

and the winner is...

Catherine Martin for The Great Gatsby

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Nominees are...

“Dallas Buyers Club” Adruitha Lee (1st Nomination) and Robin Mathews (1st Nomination)
“Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” Stephen Prouty (1st Nomination)
“The Lone Ranger” Joel Harlow (2nd Nomination) and Gloria Pasqua-Casny (1st Nomination)

and the winner is...

Adrutha Lee and Robin Matthews for Dallas Buyers Club


8:50 PM
Kerry Washington out to introduce Pharell Williams


8:49  PM
Seeing The Incredibles pop up and it disappoints me because it hasn't been made yet :'(


8:48 PM
Jim Carrey for Oscar Host next year


8:47 PM
Jim Carrey out honor animated heros


8:45 PM
Great speech for Jared and I hope he doesn't go away for 6 years again


8:43 PM 
Anne Hathaway to announce the winner for Best Supporting Actor

The Nominees are...

Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips” (1st Nomination)
Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle” (1st Nomination)
Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave” (1st Nomination)
Jonah Hill in “The Wolf of Wall Street” (2nd Nomination)
Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club” (1st Nomination)

and the Oscar goes to...

Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club


8:40 PM 
I retract that last statement


8:38 PM 
So far a pretty good opening monologue by Ellen


8:30 PM
And here we go......


8:25 PM
Less than 5 minutes til showtime


8:20 PM


8:15 PM 
What is Will Smith doing here? This isn't the Razzie's!


8:14 PM


8:07 PM
Jimmy Kimmel is too good (I nominate him for the 87th Academy Awards Host)


8:05 PM
I absolutely love Julia Roberts, possibly the greatest sense of humor in Hollywood today


8:00 PM
30 Minutes til showtime


7:54 PM
Jared Leto definitely needs to keep acting


7:52 PM
Jamie Foxx should have been nominated for Django Unchained last year


7:47 PM 
Goodluck to those kids and I hope you accomplish you dream. Getting Nominated for an Oscar is tough enough, cough. cough Sam Rockwell


7: 43 PM
Cate Blanchett as the leading contender? She's the only contender


7:40 PM
Leo trying to keep a happy face since he will be going home Oscarless once again


7:34 PM
Crazy to see Jonah Hill nominated for the 2nd time



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