In particular, it seems, they like music when it is played on the soundtrack on a motion picture. Their enthusiasm is touching, but is there any particular reason that they are telling us all this now? Haven't we got an Oscar ceremony to watch? But then, of course, all is explained. All of this eulogising is just a preamble to their presenting the Oscar for "achievement in music written for motion pictures original score ".
They play it again as the winners walk up and it sounds as wonderful as ever. So many Oscars at this event, and who could have predicted that? This one is for sound mixing and it goes to Inception. And from here, it's just a quick scratchy skip to the Oscar for sound editing. This one goes to Inception too.
Quietly, stealthily, Chris Nolan's metaphysical heist movie is racking up a number of technical awards here. What remains to be seen is whether it can break out and colonise the other categories too.
So far, however, its success seems safely ring-fenced. This differentiates her from all those other Oscar winners who instantly run to fat and break out in spots, and start pulling out their own hair for kicks. That's why they're not here and Cate Blanchett is. Perhaps fittingly, Blanchett is here to hand out the makeup award which goes to The Wolfman and costume which falls to Alice in Wonderland. Job complete, Blanchett heads for the wings. Still stunning, no spots and forever an Oscar winner.
This portion of the evening, it transpires, is the time for songs. First Randy Newman sits at a piano and sings his song from Toy Story. Then it is the cue for Mandy Moore to step up and sing a song from Tangled.
The song is riddled, top-to-tail, with foul expletives. Actually, it's not riddled with foul expletives. Perish the thought. It is sweet, verging on the saccharine.
At no point does Mandy Moore pull a face into the camera and start effing and blinding like a drunken Melissa Leo. She stays entirely on message. Maybe she fears she will fall over.
The award is for best documentary short and it's going, going all the way to Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon for their refugee portrait Strangers No More. Both are roundly applauded as they collect their statues. Next up it's the turn of the live-action short. The winner is Luke Matheny for God of Love.
And with that we're into another musical montage. Inside Job, Charles Ferguson's rigorous, quietly devastating autopsy of the financial meltdown. No doubt about it: Inside Job is a fine film and a deserved winner. But its victory does spoil for the fun for those who wanted to see what would have happened had Exit Through the Gift Shop picked up the gong instead.
Would Banksy have shown? And if not, would he have sent a Sacheen Littlefeather-type in his place? Now, alas, we shall never know. Hey ho. What with Banksy's collapse and Lee Unkrich possibly nursing a deep and abiding grudge against the Academy for deliberately running over his dog on their Harley-Davidson, these Oscars are leaving so many pressing questions woefully unanswered.
It is none other than Billy Crystal, probably the most beloved of recent presenters, come to rescue hapless Hathaway and faltering Franco. Crystal hasn't MC-ed one of these things for a number of years now and first appearances aren't altogether encouraging. The face is a little too immobile; the hair a little too black. But he's limber and confident, striking just the balance between respect and irreverence, a professional to his fingertips.
Perhaps they can convince him to come back next year, assuming Little and Large aren't able to wriggle out of that booking in Dick Whittington Bournemouth Playhouse, tickets still on sale.
Inception, for the record, is now in the lead with a total of four Oscars. But it may well have peaked too soon. And our PAs. OK, they didn't actually say their PAs. But at this time of the evening the ears play tricks and you start hearing anything and everything. I'm now wondering if I hallucinated Melissa Leo using the F-word about hours ago. It is an exchange that may prove to be their epitaph.
They're not doing badly, exactly, but they sure as hell aren't doing good. Where's Steve Martin? Jon Stewart? Ricky Gervais? Hathaway and Franco just seem a shade underpowered. They are idling at half-speed, basking in the very fact of their being there and seemingly terrified of giving offence. On the desk next to me, sub-editing Ian is unimpressed. Sadly there's no time for Ian to make good on this promise, because Gwyneth has gone no encores for Gwyneth and then up steps Randy Newman to collect the best song Oscar for We Belong Together, from Toy Story 3.
Newman appears a bit startled to be there. Dion is singing "Smile, while your heart is breaking" as we flit through the clips of the dearly departed. It's a montage that is both poignant and oddly energising. If cinema does anything, I guess, it preserves and celebrates; catches these people at their best and then holds them that way forever.
So it's not just Tony Curtis who still seems as big-as-life, caught in that brief black-and-white clip.
It's the whole lovely lot of them. Time now for the best director Oscar. Tom Hooper for The King's Speech. This, it must be said, is something of a shock. Yes, Hooper picked up the Directors' Guild Award a month or two back usually a good Oscar indicator but failed on home soil at the Baftas. Most insiders figured this was going to Fincher. But no: it's Hooper. On stage, he heaps praise on his mother, who first pointed him towards The King's Speech. Nominee Amy Adams waves to oscars fans in the bleachers.
BTW she's in Gucci!! Look who jumped the carpet to greet the oscars fans. And the crowd goes wild for Meryl Streep oscars. I haven't made a movie in 6 years, to return with an independent film that barely got made is a dream. Jennifer Lawrence is making her way down the red carpet!
It's the 'Wolf' himself!! Leo snaps a pic of the bleach fans oscars. Jonah Hill just joined Bradley Cooper for an interview!! If anybody has any burning questions for Jared Leto, let me know -- he's on his way backstage! Funny, indeed. Out of place? They look enchanting But Franco's grandmom was a hoot. That "Marky Mark" joke pretty much stole the intro Since when is CGI cinematography?
Rogers Deakins "True Grit" gets robbed. A living legend The standing-O is deserved. She's kinda speechless An F-bomb! This movie gets worse every screening. There were so many people that helped me along the way and guided me and I'm so grateful to all of them," set designer Jan Pascale said.
Accepting the Best Cinematography award, Erik Messerschmidt said, "Thank you to my beautiful wife, Niara, who tolerates this crazy business and helped me get through this movie. Supernatural fans have been surprised and delighted to notice star Misha Collins is at the Oscars. The actor attended the event to support his best friend Darius Marder, director and co-writer of Sound of Metal.
So happy for him and for this incredible, inclusive film about the deaf community and addiction and the human condition. So full of love and pride tonight," Collins wrote on Twitter, alongside a photo of the pair. Nice to meet you," she said as she took to the stage. I'm honoured to meet you.
Addressing her fellow nominees, she said, "I think I'm just luckier than you. Me too," Pitt said. Chris Nolan's mind-bending film Tenet has taken out the award for Best Visual Effects, also marking the first win for an Australian nominee, visual effects supervisor Andrew Jackson. Despite the incredible visual impact of the film, much of the movie was shot in-camera — including the iconic scene of a smashing into a building. The film is the story of a diver and an octopus who develop an unexpected friendship in the waters of South Africa.
And in many ways this really is a tiny personal story that played out in a sea forest at the very tip of Africa," Pippa Ehrlich said. The award gives Netflix five wins for the night.
It's the biggest number of Oscars a streaming service has ever won. Notice the lack of 'please wrap up your speech' music today? The Oscars musical director Questlove has told Variety he isn't allowed to play off long acceptance speeches.
They were like, 'No, you can't interrupt speeches,' so if [eight-year-old Alan Kim from Minari , who cried when accepting a Critics' Choice award last month] won Best Supporting Actor, I would just interrupt his speech.
Not really. But one day I'll cross that off the bucket list. The film Colette, about a year-old French resistance fighter whose then year-old brother was sent to a German concentration camp, has won Best Documentary Short Subject. Anthony Giacchino paid tribute to the other nominees during his acceptance speech. That's why we make these films.
We are grateful that these stories and these individuals have been honoured tonight. Halle Berry and singer Van Hunt have taken their relationship to the next level, making their red carpet debut in style. The couple went public with their relationship on Instagram in September last year.
That's not the only big debut from the Oscar winner — Berry is also rocking a new short bob haircut. The Oscar for Best Animated Short Film has been awarded to If Anything Happens I Love You, a 2D animated short film following two grieving parents as they struggle to confront the death of their daughter killed in a school shooting. Writer Michael Govier dedicated the film and award to victims of gun violence.
We deserve to do better," he said.
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