4:00:50 PM: Welcome to page two of the Oscar diary. Good to have you here.
4:01:18 PM: Can we retire the question “Was the movie fun to make?”
4:07:29 PM: The Rock is presenting an Oscar to some lucky soul. Do you think when they tell their grandkids they leave that part out?
4:15:57 PM: I can’t wait for the show to actually start. This red carpet stuff is merciless.
4:18:14 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).
4:20:33 PM: Then he 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.
4:21:39 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 ps3 for Christmas.
4:27:35 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.
4:39:15 PM: Seacrest just mocked Cotillard’s accent. He’s back on the bad list.
4:51:14 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.
4:54:23 PM: Viggo Mortensen just said Cronenberg wasn’t in attendance because there’d been a death in the family. Seacrest congratulated him on his nom and sent him on his merry way. No time for death on the red carpet.
4:59:18 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.
5:00:04 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.
5:01:31 PM: Regis is all over this. Along with Samantha Harris and Shauna Robinson… whom you’ve never ever heard of.
5:07:00 PM: Laura Linney LOVED working with Phil Hoffman in The Savages. That’s a scoop!
5:08:41 PM: Miley’s birth name was Destiny Hope Cyrus… but they went with Miley so that she didn’t become a stripper.
5:15:12 PM: Daniel Day-Lewis is sporting the dual pirate hoops. Dig it. Makes his ears really stand out.
5:18:06 PM: 12 minutes until it gets serious.
5:22:33 PM: Ellen Page clearly hates doing press and thus she is my girl.
5:27:55 PM: Regis just called Javier Bardem “Xavier” – nice touch. Thank God the show is about to start. Page break!
