Live Oscar Blogging!

12:01am - And with that, The Hurt Locker becomes the lowest grossing Best Picture winner ever, with a domestic gross of about $13 million. It was the big winner of the night, winning a total of 6 awards; Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Sound Mixing and Sound Editing.
11:59pm - THE HURT LOCKER!
11:58pm - BEST PIC- I CANT HANDLE IT!
11:55pm - The Academy makes history and awards Kathryn Bigelow best Director for The Hurt Locker - I'll be able to watch the Oscars next year!
11:50pm - SaBu wins! Hooray!
11:44pm - Traipsing out the next set to present Best Actress - Oprah is speaking about Gabby Sidibe - should be ridiculous
11:33pm - Nice speeches to the nominees, and Jeff Bridges wins Best Actor and gets a standing ovation...bring on Best Actress
11:24pm - And things just got interesting with the Best Actor presenters....
11:16pm - El Secreto de sus Ojos wins foreign - boo
11:10pm - Ugh, there are 5 awards left! Do we REALLY need to go to another commercial?! Nice Hurt Locker montage though
11:08pm - The Hurt Locker takes editing
10:55pm - Avatar wins best visual effects. In a related story, the Earth is round.
10:52pm - So that was pretty terrible
10:46pm - Do we really need to have this dance segment? I'd like to get to bed before 2am...
10:36pm - In Memoriam montage - ends with Karl Malden, left off Farrah Fawcett - whoops
10:28pm - The Hurt Locker takes both sound awards - things are getting interesting...
10:08pm - Avatar gets its first win, art direction. These "I see you" jokes need to stop, they're lame
9:59pm - Mo'Nique wins Supporting Actress and gets a well deserved standing ovation. Outstanding
9:50pm - First major upset - Precious wins Adapted Screenplay - wow
9:39pm - Good for Ben Stiller for fully committing to the Avatar bit - awkward, but funny. And Star Trek wins make up
9:35pm - Shorts are over (read: most boring)
9:22pm - Nice John Hughes tribute - Judd and Macually are a mess...
9:16pm - Hurt Locker wins Best Original Screenplay!! Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come!
9:12pm - This is going to be a long night - it's been almost 40 minutes and only 3 awards have been given out
9:05pm - T-Bone Burnett is a GIANT!
8:58pm - Up wins animated - again, big shock...
8:47pm - First award of the night, Best Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds
8:42pm - Great opening - but a little nervous that The Hurt Locker didn't get a ton of applause and Avatar did...
8:34pm - Ok, awesome opening
8:32pm - YES!! NPH!!
8:30pm - OMG!! IT'S STARTING FOR REAL THIS TIME!!
8:22pm - Miley Cyrus is one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people?! Seriously?!
8:14pm - According to Sherry Shepard, JLo is wearing Armandi Preeday - ABC's casting people need to get the axe. Seriously. Do their decisions not have to be vetted by anyone?
8:10pm - Who hired Kathy Ireland? Someone should loose their job...
8:03pm - Ok, we get it, Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire - could we be any more pretentious?
8:01pm - Ugh, I forgot that ABC does a stupid pre-show. I have Oscar blue-balls
8:00pm - IT'S STARTING! IT'S STARTING!
7:58pm - Made the switch from E! to ABC - Ryan Seacrest was getting abrasive
7:55pm - Kate Winslet is beautiful. Sam Mendes is a lucky man
7:50pm - I still can't believe that Gerard Butler played the Phantom of the Opera
7:46pm - If NPH opens the show, I just might pee...
7:43pm - From @Awardsdaily I follow on twitter: When the camera cuts away from Gabby to any of the other actresses I have flashbacks of Auschwitz. #oscars. #jokesinpoortaste
7:40pm - Quote of the night goes to Gabby Sidibe "If a dress were porn, this would be the money shot." Game. Set. Match.
7:38pm - Whoa. Keanu Reeves. What's with the patchy beard? And Woody Harrelson is wearing a hemp suit. Are you surprised? Gabby Sidibe is gonna tell me somethin' bout her dress
7:36pm - If you're curious about the breakdown of the Academy:












7:33pm - Marc Anthony, you're at best, a B list celeb. You're not entitled to wear sunglasses when it's raining.
7:30pm - I think that Adam Shenkman would be fun to hang out with. And Meryl, why do you always look like an old woman - you're not THAT old! And can someone please give Demi Moore a steak? THIRTY MINUTES TIL THE BIG SHOW!
7:27 pm- Do you think George Clooney is as nice in person as he seems?
7:25pm - Live blogging or live tweeting? Ima do both
7:17pm - Is Ryan Seacrest a midget? I think so. Kathryn Bigelow is a COUGAR
7:12pm - Live blogging commences! I've waited 365 days for this - it's one of my favorite days of the year. SaBu looks amazing, Miley Cyrus is a whore, so is her mother with stupid angel wing tats. Ryan Seacrest asked Tom Ford who he was wearing - seriously? SJP looks a little tragic...