Hey guys - I'm going to be periodically live blogging the whole Oscars! Here goes:
7:00 - Jon Stewart not very funny... no mention of bears.
7:20 - George Clooney wins first award, Lee jumps out to an early lead.
7:25 - Ben Stiller dresses funny, Dave now ties Lee!
7:30 - Crackers and Cheese, Grommit! Wooo, Dave takes the lead. That clip was sooooooo funny! That dog is soooo cool. I wish I was a dog like Grommit. I think I am going to buy that movie too!
7:44 - Ooops, neither Dave nor Lee got the live action short right. Duddles says that if the (Other) gets the most right, he wants his own personal McFurry.
7:48 - Another (Other) for Animated Short... looking good for Duddles I guess. I think those badgers got hosed!
7:50 - Oh no! Lee now ties it up at 2 after winning the costume documentary. I think she might have cheated somehow...
7:59 - We're back in the lead with the makeup category! I would have called shenanigans if we had lost on that one since all the makeup the Cinderella Man people did was to change the part in Russell Crowe's hair!
8:06 - Uh oh - tied again after Lee win's best supp. actress. Apparently Rachel Weisz's producer was brimming over with humanity... if I had known that I would have picked her. Did Lee have insider knowledge?
8:20 - Duddles now pulls up into a 3-way tie after some (Other) wins the best short documentary.
8:23 - Woooo for the penguins! They have penguins! We're now up by one. Our big guns (Penguins and Rabbits) have come through, but will it be enough? Stay tuned to Shnoods News to find out!
8:33 - This is from defamer!
Oh, and the March of the Penguins crew wins, making them look a little less ridiculous for bringing three-foot stuffed penguins to the ceremony. Cocky? Sure. But they won, bitches, so deal with it.
8:37 - Chalk up another win for Duddles as Memoirs of a Geisha wins for Art Direction. He's now trying to decide on a flavor, I think he's being a bit over-confident.
8:50 - Uh oh, 3-way tie again as Lee wins best score with Brokeback Mountain. She might be riding those sheep all the way to victory tonight! If I had known there were so many sheep I might have lobbied more for picking that movie. There's no sheep in Crash. What were we thinking?
9:03 - Duddles pulls ahead by 1 when King Kong wins Sound Mixing. Mr. Monkey is going to be mighty upset that noone wanted to pick the big monkey!
9:25 - Uh oh, Duddles now by 2 as some mafia pimp gangsters win an Oscar for best song. He'll be insufferable if he wins...
9:30 - Lee zooms into 2nd as she picked right with the monkey on Sound Editing. I think it is a Peter Jackson thing. Lee's looking pretty good now I think. Will monkeys and sheep trump rabbits and penguins?
9:39 - Oh my gosh, Tsotsi wins and now were tied with Lee! What is it about? Are there animals in it? I'll get Snuffles on this to find out.
9:43 - Wow - were now tied with Duddles after Crash wins for editing. I once had to edit Muffins application essay so I know how tough this can be.
9:48 - Capote wins for best acting. Were now in first! But will it be enough? Lee still has her Brokeback sheep looming. If I had any fingernails they'd be chewed on by now!
9:52 - I just realized that there could be a tie! McFurries for all! Except for Duddles. Heh heh.
9:56 - A wrench is thrown into the tie possibility as the Geisha movie upsets Brokeback for cinematography. I'm pretty sure they cheated since there are no animals
at all in the Geisha movie. Not even a mouse I'm told.
10:01 - Reese wins for best actress, point for us! She thanked T-Bone... is that a steak? I'm hungry... is this almost over?
10:10 - Another point for us as Brokeback wins best adapted story. I think we've wrapped up this McFurry! All that's left is to decide the flavor? I'm thinking root beer... who's with me?
10:14 - Lee brings the score closer as Crash wins original screenplay. Good try Lee!
10:21 - Lee wins another with Brokeback for directing by Ang Lee. They both have the name Lee. I'm really hungry.
10:24 - What a shocker - Crash beats out Brokeback for best picture. Does the academy have something against sheep. Oh well, nice try Lee. I think we'll take a root beer flavor, so send it over any time.
Here are the final tallies - Us - 10, Lee - 7, Duddles 7.
See you guys next year, in the Shnood!