1:30 p.m. — Our forums moderator Chris “Boomer" Beachum has compiled this list of who we believe will be among the performers, presenters and participants on tonight's show. Over at Cinemascopian.com, he found an unofficial rundown of how the program reportedly will go tonight. Thanks, Chris!
PERFORMERS/PRESENTERS/PARTICIPANTS:
Jennifer Aniston
Beyonce
Jessica Biel
Marion Cotillard
Zac Efron
Tina Fey
Whoopi Goldberg
Anne Hathaway
Vanessa Hudgens
Queen Latifah
John Legend
Jennifer Lopez
Madonna
Bill Maher
Steve Martin
M.I.A. (possible)
Sarah Jessica Parker
Robert Pattinson
Natalie Portman
A.R. Rahman
Amanda Seyfried
Sukhwinder Singh
Soweto Gospel Choir
Kristen Stewart
Tilda Swinton
Carrie Underwood
USC Marching Band
Reese Witherspoon
UNOFFICIAL SHOW RUNDOWN (from cinemascopian.com):
5:38: Hugh’s opening performance
5:45:AWARD #1
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
5:51: AWARD #2:
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
5:55: AWARD #3
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
6:03: AWARD #4
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
6:05: AWARD #5
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
6:14: AWARD #6
ART DIRECTION
6:18: AWARD #7
COSTUME DESIGN
6:20: AWARD #8
MAKEUP
6:30: AWARD #9
CINEMATOGRAPHY
6:36: SCI-TECH AWARDS RECAP
6:41: AWARD #10
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
7:03: AWARD #11
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
7:08: AWARD #12
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
7:10: AWARD #13
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
7:20: AWARD #14
VISUAL EFFECTS
7:22: AWARD #15
SOUND EDITING
7:26: AWARD #16
SOUND MIXING
7:29: AWARD #17
FILM EDITING
7:37: JEAN HERSHOLT AWARD
TO JERRY LEWIS
7:48: AWARD #18
ORIGINAL SCORE
7:55: AWARD #19
ORIGINAL SONG
8:01: AWARD #20
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
8:10 In Memoriam
8:14: AWARD #21
DIRECTING
8:23: AWARD #22
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
8:31: AWARD #23
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
8:38: AWARD #24
BEST MOTION PICTURE
1:24 p.m. — Ben Lyons, host of At The Movies, just made an Oscar boo-boo over on E! Television. He said that if Kate Winslet goes down to defeat tonight, she will be Oscar's biggest loser. Now Ben, all that a loss tonight would mean for Kate is that she would be tied with Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter as Oscar's biggest female losers. Peter O'Toole sits alone atop - or is that the bottom - of the heap with eight losses.
