Jessica Alba glows as she arrives for the 78th annual Academy Awards.

Update: Lots of high-res Oscar pictures at Egotastic

George Clooney has won Best Supporting Actor for Syriana. He must have seen the instructional video, because his acceptance speech was funny, quick, and political without being controversial.

It’s nearly 3:00 am here in snowy Switzerland and I don’t know how much longer I’ll be able to stay up!

As Jennifer Aniston presents the Oscar for best costumes - why does she always look the same? Couldn’t she curl her hair or wear something other than black? She looks so boring.

There’s lots more to say, but it’s hard to keep up with everything and I’m half asleep.

If you’re up watching the Oscars and are online you may want to check out PopBytes for live Oscar Blogging.

Rachel Weisz has won best supporting actress for her role in The Constant Gardner.

Charlize Theron usually looks elegant and understated and her Oscar look is out of character. She’s wearing a monstrous green gown with a huge bow on her shoulder. With a little purse made out of the same fabric, bejewled shoes, bangle bracelets, and a bouffant hairdo, she just looks like she’s trying too hard.

There’s a fine line between looking the same all the time (Jennifer Aniston) and trying a radical new look that isn’t right for you.

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While looking through the red carpet photo gallery at Yahoo! I came across this picture of a woman who clearly does not belong at the Oscars. Her look is so outrageous that I’m not sure whether she would frighten or entertain my child.

She is fashion and jewelry designer Zandra Rhodes. Why is it that fashion designers are the ones that dress the worst? They must be the type of people who think they actually look good, and they’re so sure of it they’ve made a career out of convincing other people to dress like idiots too.

Controversial song “It’s Hard out there for a pimp” by 36 mafia from “Hustle and Flow” wins for best original song!

John Stewart is doing a great job as Oscar host, and I love the fake political ads by Steven Colbert!

The Oscars, though, should be cut to a two hour show. The program is full of small categories and self-congratulatory clips and in jokes. They relegate the technical awards to a separate event, and they should also move most of the small awards to a different ceremony. It’s interesting to see the costume designers and special effects people get awards, and they should have their moment, but it’s just way too long to sit through.

I’m just feeling guilty for staying up this long to watch a bunch of filler. It’s too… long…
After about a half an hour the thrill of seeing all the celebrities in one room wears out. No wonder the ratings are getting lower every year.

Philip Seymour Hoffman has won the Academy Award for best actor for his work in Capote. He’ll always be the camerman Scotty in Boogie Nights to me.

So far the NYT is three for three with their Oscar predictions.

The Oscars weren’t a surprise so far this year. Reese didn’t bother to watch the Academy video judging from her effusive acceptance speech.

It’s still early but I’m going to write the post that Brokeback won for best picture. I could have done everything ahead of time and gone to bed as there wasn’t a single surprise.

The Oscars are seriously a waste of time and they should think of reworking them next year. I don’t need to see any of the nominated films now because I’ve seen enough clips to figure out each movie.

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There was at least one surprise at this year’s Oscars, and it was a big one. Crash won best picture in an upset over favorite Brokeback Mountain! There was audible surprise from the audience.

Brokeback won best director for Ang Lee and best adapted screenplay. Crash won for best original screenplay and best picture. More Oscar results.

The Oscars are done finally and let’s hope they cut them way, way down next year. Jon Stewart was great but there were too many clip montages and small, boring awards.

Update: The NYT predicted that Crash would win best picture. All of their Oscar predictions were accurate. I really wanted Brokeback to win and assumed that the NYT would be wrong.