academy-awards-2010

Top 10 Academy Award Mysteries: Explained

Brian Moylan · 03/08/10 04:10PM

If you were like me, last night you were watching the show with plenty of questions. Why so long? Why so bad? Who is that weird red-haired lady crashing the stage? Well, we found some answers and even more questions.

How I Crashed the Vanity Fair Oscar Party Last Night

Ravi Somaiya · 03/08/10 01:04PM

Twice, actually. Admittedly for about seven minutes in total. But it still counts as the first intrusion in 15 years. Here's how I assumed various guises, bypassed half a dozen checkpoints, and ended up making chitchat with Rupert Murdoch.

Team Party Crash: Elton John's Oscar Viewing Party

gawker.com · 03/08/10 02:21AM

We went to the Elton John AIDS Foundation dinner at the Pacific Design Center tonight. The one we weren't invited to. (Ah, back doors.) But it really wasn't anything too exciting.

The Instant Oscar Post-Mortem Discussion

Richard Lawson & Brian Moylan · 03/08/10 01:55AM

The Oscars just finished. The Hurt Locker won, which wasn't a surprise. Actually, there were hardly any surprises at all, except for maybe how long and lousy the broadcast was. Why can they never get this thing right?

Live Blogging the Academy Awards, 2010 Edition

Brian Moylan · 03/07/10 11:55PM

Everyone likes watching the Oscars at a party, and we're having our very own! It's going to be here in the comments section. You're invited to come talk trash about Hollywood.

March of the Penguin Suits: Red Carpet Oscar Fashion

Richard Lawson · 03/07/10 06:40PM

The most important day in the gay calendar, Oscar Sunday is important not only for the glorious shining awards handed out to a lucky few. There's also the dresses! Here are some red carpet low/highlights.

The Carpet Matches the Vacuum

Remy Stern · 03/07/10 04:38PM

[The red carpet outside the Kodak Theater in LA got one last cleaning this afternoon in advance of tonight's Academy Awards. Photo via Zadi Diaz]

Which Oscar Nominee Is Currently MIA?

gawker.com · 03/07/10 03:18PM

Which Oscar nominee actor has gone completely off reservation? He's not returning his publicist, agent or manager's calls. He's refusing to do media appearances. There are fears he may bail on the ceremony tonight. "Last I heard," said one friend, "he was holed up in his room with some model."

How to Deliver the Perfect Oscar Speech: A Rhetorical Guide

Joshua David Stein · 03/07/10 03:10PM

There will be blubbering and blathering and blabbering at the Oscar podium tonight. Then, after 45 seconds, the music shall swell and, like nursing home attendants, elegant women will lead the winners to their backstage pasture.