WELL, ALL THE stars have sashayed down the red carpet, Guiliana’s dashed off for a sandwich, and Adele has said “AWRIGHT LUV” to everyone, so now it’s time for the big show.
It’s Emer McLysaght and Sinéad O’Carroll here with you into the wee hours and we WON’T rest until Jennifer Lawrence says something inappropriate about Ben Affleck’s celebratory beard.
Keep us company in the comments section, by email at either sinead@thejournal.ie or emer@dailyedge.ie or on Twitter, @dailyedge_ie, @sineadocarroll and @emerthescreamer.
Did you miss the frocks on the red carpet? Never fear, because you can check out all of those mother frockers, beards and Les Nipperables on part one of our Liveblog.
1.44 – So we’ve already had a song about boobs (with mandatory reference to Kate Winslet showing her boobs in EVERYTHING) and now Channing Tatum and Charlize Theron have appeared to do some LOVELY dancing.
1.48 – There isn’t a massive amount of love for Seth McFarlane of Twitter, although he has JUST lobbed the gob on Sally Field in a pre-recorded segment.
Psst Is this REALLY Minnie Driver’s Twitter account?
1.54 – First Oscar goes to Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained.
He thanks his co-stars, his pals, and his director Quentin Tarantino.
3.05 – The much anticipated musicals section has kicked off, with a VERY impressive performance by Catherine Zeta Jones, reprising her Chicago role.
Also on the way are performances by Jennifer Hudson, the cast of Les Mis, and Adele of course.
Jennifer Hudson has SOME set of lungs on her. She didn’t win American Idol the year she was on it. She didn’t even come second. She came seventh.
3.08 – So Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, Sasha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter and LOADS of other people just belted out a Les Mis medley.
Je suis impressed. Je suis tres impressed*.
Please, do not mock my Leaving Cert French. It is 3.07am.
A standing ovation. We bet if Chris Brown was there he would have stayed sitting. The pup.
3.15 – The award for Best Sound Mixing goes to Les Miserables.
Not so Les Miserables now, hah? HAH?
Come on, we had to use that joke at least once.
3.33 – Thanks to Donal O’Flynn who tells us:
The Irish theatrical community are immensely proud of Meath man Killian Donnelly, who was a leading member of the ensemble (i.e he had a speaking part) in Les Mis and was on stage at the Dolby Theatre tonight!
Proving once again how Ireland consistently punches well above its weight on the world stage when it comes to all things theatrical! He was even singled out by Russell Crowe on Twitter before the performance :)
And here’s that tweet:
There’s Killian
3.46 – They are having the craic backstage.
Here’s Paul Rudd and Melissa McCarthy:
3.50 – Oprah has quite rightly tweeted some praise in Jennifer Hudson’s direction:
3.55 – Fergal in the comments section says:
Who keeps inviting Kristen Stewart to things!?
He’s got a point. She always seems like her mother dragged her (backwards through a hedge) to these awards shows with the threat of the wooden spoon.
Kristen, just stay at home. Nobody will mind.
His hair has seen more of a brush than Kristen’s this evening.
4.04 – Ah there’s George Clooney and the way he might look at you.
He’s here to present the ‘In Memorium’ section, dedicated to those in the business who passed away this year.
Among them are:
Ernest Borgnine
Jack Klugman
Michael Clarke Duncan
Top Gun director Tom Scott
Nora Ephron
Ray Bradbury
Barbra Streisand pays tribute with a performance of The Way We Were.
4.08 – Deirdre got in touch to say:
Am I the only one who remembers when Barbara Streisand uses to be Andre Agassi’s plus one at Wimbledon??
Eh, WHAT?
Yep, there she is. With bonus Michael Bolton appearance (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
4.15 – The stars of Chicago (Richard Gere. Renee Zellweger, Queen Latifah and Catherine Zeta Jones) are onstage to present the award for Best Score.
We had been hoping for a singing performance from Richard Gere, but alas it seems it is not to be.
The award for Best Score goes to Life of Pi.
As an aside: Is ‘Queen Latifah’ Queen Latifah’s real name? Like, is her first name Queen?
4.21 – Adele wins best speech of the night, no matter what, purely for her “AW GAWD”.
She also cried (and seemed genuinely surprised at herself for doing so) and waved in the general direction of the audience and said “you’re all amazing”.
4.34 – Next up it’s the award for Best Director. Please God don’t let a camera go to Ben Affleck.
5.04 – Argo wins Best Picture!
To quote Sinéad:
So many beards!
Props to producer Grant Heslov for the quip:
Well here we are, the three sexiest producers in the business.
It can’t be easy to be sandwiched between The Affleck and The Clooney
5.11 – So there you have it.
We’re already at work on our mega mother-frocking frock round up.
We’ll have the best bits, the after-party duuurt, nay FILTH, and all the Oscars fallout for you later this morning.
And now, we sleep.
Emer and Sinéad, off for a well-deserved glass of lady petrol.
FROCK-WATCH: Oscars 2013 Red Carpet as it happened>
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