Live Blogging the Oscars -- Let's Get This Party Started!

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Cinematical's Erik Davis, Scott Weinberg and Kim Voynar are live blogging the Oscars! Erik steps in first with the ceremony's opening hour below ...

9:37PM: Okay, I'm throwin' it to Weinberg. Enjoy the rest of your evening folks. (And sorry for pissing some of you off. I'm just havin' fun -- and I love you all!)

9:31PM: Looks like we've got Best Supporting Actress up next. This one is completely up in the air, but I'm rooting for Amy Ryan. Don't give Blanchett another Oscar please. Please. It's like, one more Oscar and she'll turn gold. (She might not have many, but doesn't it feel like she's already got 15 Oscar wins?) Seriously. She's already bronzing a bit. Man, there were so many better Ryan quotes. Here we go. Best Supporting Actress Winner: Tilda Swinton. Complete shocker right there!

9:28PM: Seriously. He's still doing f**king Bee Movie commercials! Holy God -- Seinfeld has officially jumped the hive. Best Animated Short Film Winner: Peter and the Wolf.

9:25PM: Owen Wilson! Did you know he's got a guy watching his wrists backstage? Best Live-Action Short Winner: Le Mozart De Pickpockets

9:22PM: Another song. How about they just sing Falling Slowly from Once a good seven times throughout the night and call it a show? Ah, but this one has the thirty people in the background swaying back and forth. Powerful, ladies and gentlemen. F**king powerful stuff right there. Sway people! Clap people! Raise that sh*t up people!

9:20PM: I'd say the writer's strike jokes will feel old and tired in another 10 minutes. Like the bad dream salute. Where's the "reveals breasts moment" salute?

9:16PM: Javier thanked his mom in Spanish. I bet half the theater wondered if she was an illegal immigrant at that moment.

9:10PM: Here comes supporting actor with a montage first. Let Regis announce this one please -- I want to hear him say Xavier Bardem again. Aww, I hope Cuba Gooding saw that look back from the McDonald's drive-thru. Best Supporting Actor Winner: Javier! Javier! Javier!

9:08PM: Shhh, it's Cate Blanchett. Are we allowed to talk while she's on stage? I feel like Blanchett is my somewhat hot 8th grade homeroom teacher. Man, all the shitty awards come in the first hour. Art Direction Winner: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Nice. Good win.

9:05PM: Because The Rock needs to announce every f**king award! Best Visual Effects Winner: The Golden Compass. Take that Transformers of the Caribbean!

8:59PM: Weinberg thinks there should be an Oscar for best stunt-man. I dig that. But only if Michael Bay could run onto stage with a machine gun before announcing the winner.

8:57PM: Here comes the first musical performance ... and it's from Enchanted. It's like every Disney song rolled into one! Amy Adams sounds like a chipmunk.

8:55PM: Norbit lost its Oscar! WTF MOMENT OF THE NIGHT BY FAR!

8:54PM: Man, Katherine Heigl is definitely spazzing a bit. Where's the funny Heigl? Looks hot though. I'll give her that. Best Make Up Winner: La vie en Rose

8:52PM: Best thank you in a speech so far definitely goes to Brad Bird for thanking his seventh grade guidance councelor. Rock on!

8:48PM: I'm loving Stewart so far. Anne Hathaway and Marion Cotillard are in a tie for hottest of the night so far in my opinion. Did you ever think we'd be at a place where Jon Stewart would be introducing Steve Carrell at the Oscars. Best Animated Feature Winner: The Simpsons Movie! D'oh! Ratatouille

8:44PM: George Clooney steps up -- the music changes -- and it's almost like a God has arrived on stage. A God ... with great hair. And ... our first montage clip. La la la. Do they ever change these up? Or will we be forced to watch Julia Roberts' annoying fake laugh every year?

8:41PM: Jennifer Garner's here with the first award. And it's for costume designer! Hang on people, this could get ... fabricy? Winner for best costume design: Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

8:40PM: I love how they cut to the two black guys in the audience after the black joke. Nice, pointing out how Obama's name rhymes with Osama. Hilary got it easy.

8:39PM: Stewart is telling the world how to get your stripper name. Mine would be Leia Getz. Ah, if only we had a Diablo every year.

8:37PM: "This year's slate of nominated psychopathic serial killer movies. Does this town need a hug?" I think Stewart needs to break out into song and dance. And there's our first Hilary Clinton joke! He goes from Clinton to Jews and Atonement. Nice.

8:35PM: And Jon Stewart's first joke goes to ... the WGA strike calling this year's show "make-up sex." Loved the Vanity Fair party joke. Obviously, this opening will be very heavy on the strike jokes.

8:30PM: Check it out -- it's an animated opening featuring all the films they stuff in the crappy categories! Yes, there's The Incredible Hulk -- what award is that film up for?

8:26PM: Let's get it on!!! Regis calls Javier Bardem Xavier Bardem! It's gonna be a great friggin' show. And before we begin, can I just give Clooney props for dating a cocktail waitress.