Oscars: A Stream of Consciousness, Part 9

Anne Hathaway presents...Billy Crystal! Probably the best Oscar host ever. I haven't seen him anywhere in a while. I miss him.

Doing a tribute to Bob Hope, who hosted the Oscars 18 times. Very good, very funny stuff. But ho-hum, really.

True Grit didn't win anything tonight. Not even cinematography. Not even costumes. Not even sound. TKS has only won one. This night could end in a thousand different ways.

Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law presenting something. They played the Sherlock Holmes score as they entered! I LOVE that score.

Best Visual Effects

Prediction: of COURSE I am predicting Inception.

Winner: Inception! That's four Oscars now. Should have been five with Art Direction, but that's okay. Woowoo! It's won the most awards so far tonight. One of the winners: "I feel like that top is still spinning...and I don't care anymore." Brilliant line.

11/14.

Best Editing

An absolute shame they didn't nominate Lee Smith for Inception. That's one of those integral components that MADE that film.

Prediction: The Social Network, of course. Editing made that film as much as Lee Smith made Inception.

Winner: The Social Network, of course! Perfect. Incredibly deserving. That's three wins so far for TSN; Score, Screenplay, and Editing.

I still have no idea what's going to happen in the end. Will The King's Speech end up eking out the win for Best Picture? It would be such a sparse win.

12/15.