Live Blogging the Oscars Red Carpet!

The Red Carpet at the Oscars is one of the biggest events of the year for Hollywood. Whether you're nominated for one of the biggest awards of your Hollywood career, or just along for the ride as arm candy, or as the obligatory "I brought my Mom to the Oscars moment," you want to look your best for that stroll down the carpet. I'll be here liveblogging, so feel free to check back often and leave your own thoughts in the comments. Here's some galleries for you to look at ... more liveblogging is after the jump.

8:27PM [Kim] God, Regis is annoying. At least Seacrest is fun to watch. Nice, Reg ... he's freaking out the dancers for "How Will I Know." If someone has a panic attack on stage, we know who to blame. That's it for the Red Carpet. Erik's up now for the first hour, then Scott and I will be back for the second and third. On with the show!

8:24PM [Scott] Awww, Ellen Page really is adorable ... and then GAH a close-up of Hilary Swank's teeth! No fair! Oooh, backstage with Regis and the Oscar dancers. Where'd I leave my bourbon?

8:18PM [Kim] What the hell was DDLs mom wearing on that dress? The beading was enormous. It kind of scared me. And I'm seeing Kimora's point about the back of Cameron Diaz's dress. The back is poufy, and it kind of makes her look like she has a long, droopy ass.





8:17PM [Scott] I coulda swore I just saw Steve Guttenberg, but then I realized I'm watching the Oscars and not Hollywood Squares. And ZOWIE does Helen Mirren have a hot bod! Aw, Daniel Day-Lewis brought his mom. So sweet. Aw look! Cameron Diaz looks cute with crows' feet! Damn. I'm a real bitch, ain't I? But oooh: Amy Adams. Got nothing nasty to say there...

8:08PM [Kim] Talking to Javier Bardem, who looks way hotter minus the Prince Valiant hairdo he wore in No Country. Now Regis has Miley Cyrus, he thinks she looks like Cinderella. She looks very composed and calm, considering she has to perform in there in front of all these people.

8:05PM [Weinberg here, now switching from E! to ABC] Why the hell does Regis yell so much? How is it that Amy Adams is hotter than anyone else there? Does George Clooney making fun of Batmean & Robin ever get old?

8:03PM They just showed Katherine Heigl, in red. Wow, she looks great.

7:59: Weinberg here! Live-blogging a red carpet full of people ... walking around and ... talking about expensive ... clothes. Jeez, do I have time to get some Halo3 in before the show begins? This stuff is mind-numbing.... OOOH KATHERINE HIEGL dressed just like Scarlett Johansson and there's mega-hot Cate Blanchett in the picture-in-picture! Screw Halo! Back to you, Kim....

7:53: Oh, Viggo! Why is he hiding his beautifulness behind that Grizzly Adams beard? Jeez. I hope he's wearing it for a role, and not because he thinks it looks good. I've seen Viggo in person, sans beard, and it's a lovely sight.

7:52PM presenter Hilary Swank looks gorgeous. Her publicist gets up in Ryan's grill a bit, he seems kind of offended by that. I feel your pain, Ryan ... those publicists can be like bulldogs sometimes. Now the publicists retrieves her talent ... Ryan owes her, apparently.

7:49: I always forget how heavy Colin Farrell's accent is when he's not acting. He brought his mom as his date, that's kinda cute. Maybe he's not so bad after all. The tux does look nice on him, but the scruffy thing just doesn't do it for me. Now he has Casey Affleck and his wife, Summer. Ryan introduces himself to Summer, who disses him with a curt nod and a "nice to meet you" before abruptly turning her head away from him. Ouch. Maybe he caught her at a bad moment.

7:45PM They're showing a closeup of Anne Hathaway's rosettes. She looks great this year, made up for her fashion disaster last year. Jennifer Garner, they think, looks fantastic. Kimora thinks Amy Adams was too understated, she wasn't crazy about her look. Giuliana agrees the dress was too simple. Kimora thinks Miley Cyrus looked great -- but she sounds surprised. She likes her without the hair extensions. Kimora thinks Marion Cotillard looks like a fish on the red carpet -- but a beautiful fish.

7:39PM Marion Cotillard is very glad to be there, and thrilled to be nominated amidst such great actresses. Colin Farrell is on the main screen, looking scruffy. I just do not get the appeal of him at all. Ryan makes Cotillard practice her American accent on camera. Let's hear you speak French, Seacrest.

7:36PM Cameron Diaz's origami is apparently Dior. Also, she didn't buy friend Drew Barrymore anything for her birthday, even though she came to the party. All that money, and she couldn't even stop at Bath and Bodyworks or something? Her date is Rick Yorn. Kamora: "What did I think of her dress? I love Dior ... and the jewelry." She thinks Cameron should have steamed the dress in the back. But she likes the look overall. Karmora also likes Marion Cotillard's dress.

7:32PM Now Ryan has Helen Mirren, who he says is "more popular than Queen Elizabeth." Cameron Diaz, in the background, looks like she's wearing origami. Has the usual messy ponytail thing going with her hair. Now he has Jessica Alba, who looks fabulous in the third trimester. Holy crap! Did Ryan really just ask her if she's planning to breastfeed? "Wow, that's ... really personal," she says. But she does concede that yes, she plans to, because it's "best for the baby." Nice job pissing off the talent, Ryan.

7:27PM Keri Russell is there to introduce the songs. She looks lovely, but she's wearing a necklace bigger than she is. She says she just wanted to wear studs, but "everyone" voted for the necklace. Best Actress nominee Marion Cotillard looks very cool and elegant up on the main screen. But she won't look so calm if Gary Busey approaches.

7:16PM Ryan and Giuliani commiserate over their terrifying experience with Gary Busey, Giuliana wants to know if Ryan has pissed of Busey in the past or something. Ryan has no explanation for Busey's freakish behavior. Ryan notes that Garner looked way hot, but merely wishes Laura Linney good luck. Guess the hairdo didn't do it for him.

7:14PM Now Ryan has Miley Cyrus cornered, and tells her she may be the most famous person there. She's wearing Valentino. Miley says about her mom, "She looks hot, huh?" That's a nice sort of daughter to have. Here's a reality check for everyone slaving at their day jobs: Miley Cyrus, if she continues to be this successful, will be a BILLIONAIRE by the time she's 18. Clearly, I need a new job. Good news for all the teenage boys out there --- Miley does not have a boyfriend.

7:11PM Jennifer Garner's up now, there with Laura Linney. Jennifer Garner looks amazing. Is that Gary Busey? Holy crap, he just attacked Jennifer Garner and kissed her on the neck. She seems flustered ... hell, I would be too. Is Busey drunk or something? Crashing the Red Carpet? Very disturbing. Also, Laura Linney has an interesting '60s thing going with her hair (or is it '50s?) What do you think about it? Kinda looks like the mom's hair on Wonder Years.

7:09PM Now he has Amy Adams, there to present and to sing the "Happy Working Song." She looks so damn cute. Her green dress really sets off the red hair. Oh, look, she brought her Giselle Barbie doll with her. Awww. Sad thing is, the doll probably wears a bigger dress than some of the starlets.

7:05PM Talking up Kelly Preston and John Travolta. Ryan calls Kelly's dress "stoplight yellow" -- she asks if she's stopping traffic, and Ryan schmoozes that one up. Travolta, btw, looks way better tonight than he did in drag. Miley Cyrus is there, and while she's not up for an Oscar, she looks super. Hope she wore her seatbelt in the limo.

7:00PM Steve Carrel is there, looking very dapper and talking about the upcoming Get Smart. And now he's on Patrick Dempsey, and talking about how being under the tent is like "being wrapped in Saran Wrap." Which makes you wonder ... does Ryan have a lot of experience with that?

6:58PM Apparently the hot girl with Clooney is Sara Larson (not sure if that's her name is spelled). She was on a reality show and was a cocktail waitress in Vegas, now it's apparently significant that Clooney, an affirmed bachelor, has brought her to the Oscars. Could Clooney be on his way to something more serious? Cocktail waitresses everywhere (and other women, too) hope not.

6:56PM: Saiorse Ronan is there now, she's super-cute. The Rock is there in the big window. It's kinda rude to cut the person you're actually talking to into the tiny window, while you're showing someone else on the main screen, isn't it?

6:54PM Ryan's talking to Anne Hathaway, who looks fabulous. I like the ponytail, it suits her. I hate it when young actresses do "old lady" hairdos, good call for her stylish to go with a youthful look. John Travola and Kelly Preston are here ... and now the crowd screams for Ruby Dee, who looks great in her "older, distinctive woman" gown.

6:48PM Ryan chats up the very hot George Clooney. Erik Davis IMs me: who's the girl clooney is with?

6:44PM Ryan notes that some British guy has his face in his crotch. Sorry, there's no crotch cam.

6:35PM Now they're evaluating Heidi's dress -- German elegance. She does look nice twirling around. Now Ryan has Tom Wilkinson, but they've reduced him down to the small window to show us the younger, hotter Jason Bateman.

6:30PM Oh, godalmighty ... there's George Clooney. He looks mighty fine, I think I just had a hot flash there. Clooney reportedly called himself the "Hillary Clinton to Daniel Day-Lewis's Barack Obama." Ouch. That's okay, George, even if you don't win, we all love you. Or at least love looking at you.

6:27PM Ryan's chatting up Amy Ryan, Best Supporting Actress nominee for Gone Baby Gone. She's wearing Calvin Klein, she certainly looks classier than she did as a drug addict in the film. Ryan asks what kind of director Ben Affleck is, apparently he is an "actor's director". Best moment of the night so far: Ryan punching Seacrest repeatedly, as she shows off her movie punches, taught to her by Clint Eastwood.

6:20PM Heidi Klum and her man Seal are there, and they both look fabulous, except that there's something oddly pointy going on with Heidi's boobage there. Heidi reveals that, while she is in fact wearing panties, she is not wearing a bra. Thanks for sharing about your undergarments, Heidi. Heidi notes that George Clooney is there, she wants to get away from Ryan to go admire The Clooney. Can't say I blame her for that ... Ryan Seacrest ... George Clooney. Who would you rather be standing next to when you're not wearing a bra?

6:18PM Ryan brought a bag with some bologna ... and a whip? Well, we'll have to see what he plans to do with those. Now they're showing a pic of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt with Angie showing off a big baby bump. And of course, even pregnant, she looks fabulous, which will make pregnant women everywhere go look in the mirror and cry. Thanks for that, E!. Now, for some reason, an update on Britney Spears, who is not nominated for an Oscar.

6:16PM While we're waiting for Ryan and Guiliana to get back on, I'd just like to note that I'm watching E!s coverage online, and their interval music during commercial breaks is really annoying. Too bad they didn't plan ahead to have some good music for these breaks, I'm going to want to skewer my eardrums after two hours of it.

6:13PM Giuliana just noted that she likes Katherine Heigl because she's "not a size zero." Yeah, she must be rocking at least a size six, right? I appreciate the sentiment, though, Giuliana, and totally agree that it's always good to see female stars looking great with a little meat on their bones.

6:10PM - -Okay, here we are on the red carpet with Giuliana Rancic and Ryan Seacrest. I bet Ryan spent more time on his hair and makeup than most of the women there. Two hours of red carpet ... this would be WAY more fun with a pitcher of margaritas. Or two. Or at least a milkshake.