11:47: No Country takes Best Picture. In the end, it looks like the pundits were right. No Country swept all the guilds and was in the frontrunner’s position the entire season. It might not have been a typical Oscar film, but it was good enough this year. As they said in the movie, You Can’t Stop What’s Coming. See you next year when we hope to finish better than 15 for 24.

11:38: Cohen brothers win for best director.

11:31: Best actor goes to Daniel Day-Lewis. Not so surprising. What is odd is that there was no standing ovation.

11:25: Diablo Cody wins for best original screenplay. What an amazing win. This was her first screenplay, and she’s already an Oscar winner. Here’s looking forward to many more great works from her.

11:20: Documentary Short Subject goes to Freeheld and Documentary Feature goes to Taxi to the Dark Side. Taxi was not expected to win.

11:09: Atonement takes best score. This is a well deserved award. Marianell also composed the beautiful piano music for Pride and Prejudice three years ago.

11:02: Now No Country may really be in trouble. It’s lost sound, editing, and cinematography. The presumptive Best Picture winner only has one award so far. Could there be a monumental upset in the making?

11:00: There Will Be Blood takes best cinematography.

10:51: Once wins best song for “Falling Slowly.” It looks like the curse of the multiple nominations prevails again. Same thing that happened to Dreamgirls happened to Enchanted this year. That’s three in a row for us.

10:44: The Counterfeiters takes best foreign film.

10:29: Bourne takes film editing. This could be a sign of weakness for No Country For Old Men. Usually, editing matches up with the eventual Best Picture winner.

10:27: The current tally is Bourne Ultimatum with 2 wins, La Vie En Rose with 2 wins, and no one else with more than one. No Best Picture nominee has more than one win so far. Dave just threw something at his TV screen when they showed Crash as the best picture winner.

10:09: Best actress goes to Marion Cotillard. Should have know. The actress with the most dramatic physical transformation always seems to win this category.

10:05: Sound mixing goes to Bourne. This means that Kevin O’Connell has now lost 20 times in this category. Doesn’t the academy have any sense of decency?

10:01: Sound editing goes to Bourne. We missed this, but it might bode well for our prediction of Bourne in the editing category.

9:51: Do we really need an overview of how Oscar ballots are counted? On behalf on East Coasters everywhere, Academy, please let us go to sleep at a reasonable hour tonight.

9:46: Adapted screenplay goes to the Cohen brothers. That was expected.

9:35: Best supporting actress goes to Tilda Swinton. That was sort of unexpected.

9:28: Peter and the Wolf takes best animated short. We’re happy to get a split in the shorts categories. as they are usually simply a toss-up.

9:28: Best live action short goes to Le Mozart Des Pickpickets. Didn’t see that one coming.

9:23: Oscar salute to binoculars and periscopes.

9:13: Best Supporting Actor goes to Javier Bardem. This was expected but he sure looked surprised.

9:10: Art direction goes to Sweeney Todd. We should have gone with the film with the most lavish sets.

9:06:Golden Compass takes best visual effects. We are completely baffled here.

9:03: Atonement’s loss in costume design doesn’t boast well for its art direction chances, since it was more heavily favored in costumes. We’ll have to wait and see…

9:00: Amy Adams is going a great job. Time to add Enchanted to the Netflix queue.

8:56: Best makeup goes to La Vie En Rose. We’re 2 for 3.

8:53: Ratatouille wins. This almost makes up for last year when Cars lost to Happy Feet.

8:48: 80 years of Oscar? Can the filler and give me the best supporting actress award. Looks like we’re in for a long evening of meaningless tributes as the Academy pats itself on the back for achieving it’s 80th anniversary

8:42: Elizabeth takes costume design. Not a good start for our predictions. It seems like period pieces win this every year. We should have known given that Marie Antoinette won last year. Does this mean that Sweeney Todd will take art direction?

8:41: Costume Design…come on Sweeney Todd.

8:38: Dave: Well, Jon Stewart is a vast improvement over speed talking Ellen Degeneres, but REALLY, is Billy Crystal really that busy to not host this show?! Julia: John Stewart is a great choice in this election-focused year. I vote for him!

Welcome to Oscar Frenzy’s third annual LIVE OSCAR BLOG. We’ll keep you up to date on all the awards, the memorable quotes, and the surprises. Here we go. We’re just a few minutes away now…

Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” (Warner Independent)
Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Universal)
Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal)
Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse)
Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
Ellen Page in “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee in “American Gangster” (Universal)
Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement” (Focus Features)
Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

Best animated feature film of the year
“Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics): Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney): Brad Bird
“Surf’s Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing): Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Achievement in art direction
“American Gangster” (Universal): Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
“Atonement” (Focus Features): Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount): Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Achievement in cinematography
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.): Roger Deakins
“Atonement” (Focus Features): Seamus McGarvey
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Janusz Kaminski
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Roger Deakins
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Robert Elswit

Achievement in costume design
“Across the Universe” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
“Atonement” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
“Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal) Alexandra Byrne
“La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Marit Allen
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood

Achievement in directing
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Julian Schnabel
“Juno” (Fox Searchlight), Jason Reitman
“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.), Tony Gilroy
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Paul Thomas Anderson

Best documentary feature
“No End in Sight” (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
“Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience” (The Documentary Group) A Documentary Group Production: Richard E. Robbins
“Sicko” (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company) A Dog Eat Dog Films Production: Michael Moore and Meghan O’Hara
“Taxi to the Dark Side” (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production: Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
“War/Dance” (THINKFilm) A Shine Global and Fine Films Production: Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Best documentary short subject
“Freeheld” A Lieutenant Films Production: Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
“La Corona (The Crown)” A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production: Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
“Salim Baba” A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production: Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
“Sari’s Mother” (Cinema Guild) A Daylight Factory Production: James Longley

Achievement in film editing
“The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal): Christopher Rouse
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Juliette Welfling
“Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment): Jay Cassidy
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Dylan Tichenor

Best foreign language film of the year
“Beaufort” Israel
“The Counterfeiters” Austria
“Katyn” Poland
“Mongol” Kazakhstan
“12″ Russia

Achievement in makeup
“La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
“Norbit” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount): Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney): Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Atonement” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
“The Kite Runner” (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics): Alberto Iglesias
“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
“3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Falling Slowly” from “Once” (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova
“Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
“Raise It Up” from “August Rush” (Warner Bros.): Nominees to be determined
“So Close” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
“That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Best motion picture of the year
“Atonement” (Focus Features) A Working Title Production: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
“Juno” (Fox Searchlight) A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production: Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

Best animated short film
“I Met the Walrus” A Kids & Explosions Production: Josh Raskin
“Madame Tutli-Putli” (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski “Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)” (Premium Films) A BUF Compagnie Production Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
“My Love (Moya Lyubov)” (Channel One Russia) A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production Alexander Petrov
“Peter & the Wolf” (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

Best live action short film
“At Night” A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production: Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
“Il Supplente (The Substitute)” (Sky Cinema Italia) A Frame by Frame Italia Production: Andrea Jublin
“Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)” (Premium Films) A Karé Production: Philippe Pollet-Villard
“Tanghi Argentini” (Premium Films) An Another Dimension of an Idea Production: Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
“The Tonto Woman” A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production: Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

Achievement in sound editing
“The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal): Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney): Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Matthew Wood
“Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

Achievement in sound mixing
“The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney): Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
“3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate): Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
“Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Achievement in visual effects
“The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney): John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
“Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

Adapted screenplay
“Atonement” (Focus Features), Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
“Away from Her” (Lionsgate), Written by Sarah Polley
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original screenplay
“Juno” (Fox Searchlight), Written by Diablo Cody
“Lars and the Real Girl” (MGM), Written by Nancy Oliver
“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.), Written by Tony Gilroy
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
“The Savages” (Fox Searchlight), Written by Tamara Jenkins

Best Picture Drama
Winner: Atonement
Prediction: Atonement

Best Picture Musical/Comedy
Winner: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Prediction: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Actress Drama
Winner: Julie Christie, Away From Her
Prediction: Julie Christie, Away From Her

Best Actor Drama
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will be Blood
Prediction: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will be Blood

Best Actress Musical/Comedy
Winner: Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Prediction: Ellen Page, Juno

Best Actor Musical/Comedy
Winner: Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Prediction: Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Prediction: Saroise Ronan, Atonement

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Prediction: Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men

Best Animated Film
Winner: Ratatouille
Prediction: Ratatouille

Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Prediction: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Director:
Winner: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Prediction: Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Screenplay
Winner: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men
Prediction: Diablo Cody, Juno

Best Original Score
Winner: Dario Marianelli, Atonement
Prediction: Dario Marianelli, Atonement

Best Original Song
Winner: “Guaranteed,” Into The Wild
Prediction: “Guaranteed,” Into The Wild