Note: 2008 Oscar Red Carpet and event photos can be found here and the 2008 Oscar Winners are here.

First off, my Oscar picks.

Sound Mixing - Ratatouille
Sound Editing - Transformers
Live Action Short - Le Mozart des Pickpockets
Animated Short - Madame Tutli-Putli
Original Song - "Falling Slowly" from Once
Original Score - Atonement
Visual Effects - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Makeup - La Vie En Rose
Film Editing - No Country for Old Men
Documentary Short - Sari's Mother
Documentary Feature - No End in Sight
Costume Design - La Vie En Rose
Cinematography - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Art Direction - Sweeney Todd
Foreign Language - Katyn
Animated Feature - Ratatouille
Adapted Screenplay - There Will Be Blood
Original Screenplay - Juno
Supporting Actress - Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Actress - Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Directors - The Coens, No Country for Old Men
Best Picture - No Country for Old Men

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11:33 AM: I just found out the E! Red Carpet coverage starts at noon, a full five hours before the show starts. That's officially insane. If I started at noon with this thing there would be nothing left of me. They'd have to scrape me up. So I'm sticking with my 3pm PST time. That's the most I can do.

11:35 AM: Ok, maybe I'll give you a little taste. I'm watching the TV Guide Channel and they play the Caveman Geico Ads... and I think to myself: "Self, what are the Cavemen guys doing these days?" I'm pretty sure the sitcom didn't work out. So are they available? Does one of them want to tag in for the live diary? We'll contact their reps and get back to you. Stat.

11:42 AM: Joey Fatone is doing the pre-noon coverage for TvGuide. 'Nuff said.

12:17 PM: Right now they've got live tiny penguins on E!. I don't have a joke, I just thought the moment should be noted for all time.

12:21 PM: And now the monkey from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End makes an appearance. No low is too low.

12:32 PM: E!'s theme, for the umpteenth straight year, seems to be "We're really really shallow. Wheeeeee!"

12:35 PM: Jared Fogle has been on Subway commercials for ten years now. Yeah, we get it, he lost weight eating Subway. But what were the other 9.5 years worth of commercials for? It would be like me winning a Pulitzer for this live blog. It just doesn't add up.

12:37 PM: E! is giving away their own awards. Examples of which include Best Legs and Sexiest Nerd. Take my eyes.

12:39 PM: Ben Lyons is taking Cate Blanchett for Supporting Actress. Total chalk. I love Ben Lyons because we're a TON alike. My dad and grandpa were both bigtime writers too, so it was easy for me to get into the biz.

12:41 PM: Oh no, wait, my dad is a CPA.

12:42 PM: Right now Ben Lyons is competing against the Ollie Girls (of Sunset Tan) fame. I love the Ollie girls but this is just sad. I hurt for our future.

12:55 PM: My new network will be called L? and it will be all about movies. So pretty much the opposite of what I'm watching now.

1:08 PM: Hello to any EvilBeet readers joining us!

1:10 PM: Why again is Kim Kardashian a star? Was it all the sex tape? If so she deserves the "Fogle" Award for "Making the most out of what you've got." Put Ben Lyons in there too.

1:31 PM: I love me some Joel McHale (from the hit TV show Talk Soup). He's the only funny thing about the E! network.

1:58 PM: I like Stuckey and Murray too. They are doing a take-off of the Moldy Peaches song from Juno that's actually funny. Hmm, whoever has been programming E!!!! the last 30 minutes has done better. Maybe the hangover is starting to wear off.

2:03 PM: Taking a little break to change venues to my official Oscar party location. Don't worry, I'm not following a hippy. See you at the official start time of 3pm (consider this section a bonus).

3:01 PM: Ryan Seacrest is rocking the all black look and Jon Stewart just made fun of E!. I knew I loved him for a reason.

3:09 PM: The party I just got to doesn't have HD?? But they do have Peeps Marshmallow Chicks as party favors. You take the good with the bad I suppose.

3:14 PM: They are making fun of Ellen Page for being "plain." Let that be a lesson to all young women out there: Try harder. You can't possibly wear enough makeup or jewelry to impress E!

3:27 PM: Heidi Klum just said she's not looking forward to seeing anyone at the Academy Awards. I dig, it's honesty. She's got her Seal, what else you need?

3:28 PM: For the record he sang "Kiss From a Rose" which was featured in a hit Batman film.

3:36 PM: Now they are hating on Klum's style. If Heidi Klum can't get some red carpet love I don't know what to say.

3:43 PM: The rain has come. Luckily E! is under cover. Well, sort of... it's raining on them a bit because clearly the person at at The Academy who assigns red carpet locations hates them. Like the rest of us.

3:44 PM: Clooney on the carpet. I'm guessing he gets there earlier so he can hit up the bar. My type of fellow. Hmmm, he mentions a possible actors' strike. Not good times.

3:47 PM: Jason Bateman! I love Jason Bateman. Oooh, there could be an Arrested Development movie happening somewhere besides my dreams? Who do I need to pay?

3:54 PM: Wow, Seacrest just went after Anne Hathaway's date. That's just plain mean. Poor guy.

3:55 PM: What I mean to say is that he sort of made fun of him. He didn't hit on him. Just to clarify.

3:56 PM: I think Hathaway may hate Ryan Seacrest. Not in a fun way either.

3:59 PM: Clooney met his current girlfriend in Vegas. She was a waitress. Just thought you want to know.

4:01 PM: Can we retire the question "Was the movie fun to make?" No one has ever given an interesting answer to that. Ever. So let's just call it dead. K? Great.

4:17 PM: Programming note: When the show starts we'll switch over to another page so you don't have to scroll as much. I do this because I truly care about you.

4:18 PM: Gary Busey just went after Seacrest. Seacrest was interviewing Jennifer Garner when Busey attacked. Busey kissed Garner (who looked appalled) and then she mentioned, on air, that she wondered where Ben was (presumably to save her).

4:20 PM: Then Busey patted Seacrest on the back WAY too hard - causing Seacrest to turn around and call for security. I guess the lesson is this: Busey is crazy. And he likes to drink.

4:21 PM: Miley Cyrus is in the mix! She has a truly strange smile. She mentions she's lost some friends in the past year, most likely due to the fact she's a millionaire and her "friends" are working up the courage to ask for a Playstation 3 for Christmas.

4:27 PM: I will give Seacrest credit. He's doing well. I don't know if my standards were set crazy low by the idiots they had open the show or if the way he handled Busey upped my respect level for him. He also just rapped "Busta Move" - which is a classic American standard. You keep this up and we'll be friends Ryan. You, me, and Dunkleman.

4:39 PM: Seacrest just mocked Cotillard's accent. He's back on the bad list.

4:51 PM: Colin Farrell just said that if he wasn't an actor he'd do something with his hands. His example: making hats. Ryan asked if he was being sarcastic. Colin said he was dead serious. Thus ended the most awkward conversation of the night. Besides Busey of course.

4:54 PM: Viggo Mortensen just said Cronenberg wasn't in attendance because there'd been a death in the family. Seacrest blinked and then congratulated him on his nom and sent him on his merry way. No time for death on the red carpet.

4:59 PM: They've got Seacrest standing on a box. Again, not a joke. Just a statement of fact. The kid needs a box. Otherwise we'd only be able to see the top of his tiny head.

5:00 PM: E!'s coverage is over and we're headed to ABC. I think ABC is going to class it up. It's about to get real classy in here.

5:01 PM: Regis is all over this. Along with Samantha Harris and Shauna Robinson... whom you've never ever heard of.

5:07 PM: Laura Linney LOVED working with Phil Hoffman in The Savages. That's a scoop! Regis is really going after these people to get us the dirt.

5:08 PM: Miley's birth name was Destiny Hope Cyrus... but they went with Miley so that she didn't become a stripper when she grew up.

5:15 PM: Daniel Day-Lewis is sporting the dual pirate hoops. Dig it. Makes his ears really stand out.

5:18 PM: 12 minutes until it gets serious.

5:22 PM: Ellen Page clearly hates doing press and thus she is my girl.

5:27 PM: Regis just called Javier Bardem "Xavier" - nice touch.

Okay, we're going to page two now! Click here for even more live bloggin' fun.

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