Live at the Oscars!

Rainbow over Denver shot from Elitch Gardens

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We're Live at the Oscars! And by that, I mean we are watching the Oscars... live. Besides, who wants the headache of all that traffic when you can watch them from the Blosser Theater in South Denver!?

We'll be updating this entry as the evening wears on... let it begin!!!!!!

Date: Feb 27, 2011
Place: Blosser Theater
Event: 83rd Annual Academy Awards

6:20pm - We've eaten 42 metric tons of food and bordering on food comaland... and welcome once again to our live blog... by the way, we've Googled Dana Delany the actress and you'll be surprised to know she is 55 years old... (my longest standing celebrity crush.. that's why I bring it up..)

Anyway... our contestants this year are....

Our rogues gallery of entrants in no particular order...

SamR
SannieM
ScottS
ChadS
KevinC
RonD
AmyF
TuckerG
Todd
HeatherC
TVGuy
GaryS
LaurenD
AdamW
TroyB
PaulF
ErinC
MattM
BillH
JustinM
ScottM
AngelinaR
JeremyH
WayneC
ScottK
Annie
Hilary
TVGal
BartB
JulieS
RickD
TedV

Show is about to begin... a fresh glass of Argentian wine over ice and lime (trust me) is needed.. back in a bit..

6:38p - Great opening sequence... just great... Wasn't sure about Hathaway and Franco as hosts, but the idea is growing on me...

6:45 - Art Direction - Alice in Wonderland.. a terrible start, 0-1..

6:47 - Cinematography - Inception.... wow, 0-2.. so much for competing this year.. btw, there will be 3 prizes which will be announced tomorrow on this blog...

6:55 - Best Supporting Actress - Melissa Leo.. finally, 1-2.

7:03 - Short animated film - The Lost Thing.. One person got it right. One. Wow... I'm 1-3 and only one out of first...

7:05 - Animated film - Toy Story 3... first no brainer of the night.. 2-3.

7:13 - Adapted Screenplay - Aaron Sorkin.. duh. 3-3.

7:15 - Original Screenplay - King's Speech... I move over .500 at 4-3

7:30 - Foreign Film - In a better world... 5-3.

7:32 - Best Supporting Actor - Christian Bale... no brainer, 6-3... time for a scoreboard update, brought to you by Geico...

Wins / Name
7 TVGal
7 Crisler
7 Sarra (J)
6 TVGuy
6 Todd
6 Troy
6 Paul
6 Erin
6 Matt
6 Bill
6 Scott
6 Blum

8:00 - Costume Design... damn, read too much into the King's Speech sweep... oh well.. there will def. be people beating me and getting prizes this year.. let's do an update.. brought to you by Totino's Pizza Rolls

11 TVGal
11 Crisler
11 Scott M
10 Todd
10 DeLong
10 Troy
10 Matt
10 J Sarra
10 Ted
9 TVGuy and many others...

8:28 - let's update our scoreboard... I don't have much to say about the broadcast... but I just ate a wonderful King Soopers soft banana chocolate chip cookie that I think I could smuggle the remaining dozen in my coat and take them home with me.. hopefully nobody at this oscar party is reading this blog...

12 Todd, Heather, Scott, JSarra
11 TVGuy, TVGal, Lauren, Troy, Matt, Bill, Ted

I realize now I'm screwed if Fincher wins for Best Director (which he will)... damn.

time for another cookie....

8:46 - Best Song.... We Belong Together... update in a moment

8:50p - Your update, brought to you by Hyundai... hard to spell, harder to drive.. Hyundai!

15 Scott
14 TVGuy, Todd, Crisler, Matt, Bill
13 TVGal and many others

9:07 - A HUGE win for TVGuy with Best Director... your update, brought to you by KitKat...

15 TVGuy, Scott
14 Heather, Todd, TVGal, Ted, Matt, Bill

Your final score, hosted by York Peppermint Patties...

18 TVGuy, Scott

17 TVGal, Todd, Matt, Bill, Sarra (J)

16 Mason, Heather, Lauren, Troy, Ted

15 Ron

14 Erin

13 Bart

12 Tucker, Hilary

11 Fay, Adam, Sarra (S), Paul, Justin, Scott

10 Kevin, Annie, Rick

9 Gary, Angelina, Jeremy, Wayne

8 Randel

7 Chad

So I am saved from sending out prizes... after missing the first two I thought I was done for, but a strong finish lifts TVGuy up to where he belongs... a tremendous ballot for TVGal, who spent all of 45 seconds filling it out.. had she done a little homework I think the prize would have been hers.. well done dear...

...until the Emmys, take care and good night..

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Steve Martin: Please, hold your applause until it's for me...
--"2001 Academy Awards" (ABC)