Ladies and Gentlemen, the Academy Awards

Welcome to the World Famous, Ace38 Oscars blog! We announce the winners faster than anyone else, and usually have a snarky comment or two. As they're announced, my choices will appear in bold.

7:30 CST: And we're underway! A montage of Best Picture nominees now screening.

7:36 CST: A reasonably humorous intro so far, taking an Inception theme to fun heights.

7:41 CST: A surprisingly good host banter bit

7:45 CST: Best Art Direction goes to Alice in Wonderland

7:47 CST: Best Cinematography goes to Inception

7:52 CST: My heart aches to see Kirk Douglas looking anything less than spry

7:57 CST: Best Supporting Actress goes to Melissa Leo for The Fighter

8:04 CST: Best Animated Short goes to The Lost Thing

8:06 CST: Best Animated Feature goes to Toy Story 3

8:14 CST: Best Adapted Screenplay goes to The Social Network

8:18 CST: Best Original Screenplay goes to The Kings Speech

8:24 CST: Anne Hathaway with an HYSTERICAL musical bit

8:28 CST: Best Foreign Film goes to In a Better World

8:32 CST: Best Supporting Actor goes to Christian Bale for The Fighter

8:43 CST: Best Original Score goes to The Social Network