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For now though, that's it from me. Thank you all for spending your precious Oscars hours with us, we look forward to the campaigning to begin for Oscars 2014 ... many, many, hours from now.
Which is a joke I'm stealing from Seth, which makes us one all. Take that MacFarlane!
A quick reminder, if you haven't had your glut of awards, you can read about the Razzies over here.
Hint: It didn't go well for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 and I'm hoping that's the last time I have to type that drawn out non-title for a very long time.
Giles: So all up that was a three and a half hour show.
Nine have allocated two and a half hours to the broadcast tonight.
Now there's some fat to be trimmed, but given you have to keep most award introductions and clearly the ads, what do you lose?
Are we going to see all the awards on Nine tonight?
What would you cut?
What did you think of Seth's performance?
Poll: What did you think of Seth MacFarlane as host for the 2013 Academy Awards
- Great job, funny, scandalous and reacting to the crowd
- Started well but faded
- Never quite comfortable but he had some good moments
- Too offensive, not funny enough
- Awful in every regard
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And a thank you to all those who pointed out the absence of Silver Linings Playbook on the tally sheet. A typo that has now been rectified. As a modicum of compensation, please accept my heart felt endorsement of that excellent film.
Best rom-com of the 21st century? Surely it's down to that and 500 Days of Summer?
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Ang Lee's win for Best Director capped a disappointing evening for Lincoln which managed only two wins from its twelve nominations.
Jennifer Lawrence tripped taking the stage to accept Best Actress while Daniel Day-Lewis delivered a great comedy moment with his speech for Best Actor.
The musicals theme worked well, with every song delivered well and with class. The introductions of each of the Best Picture nominees on the other hand were bland and drawn out. The same had to be said for a lot of the hosts.
Seth MacFarlane got lots of laughs, and probably gave the Ricky Gervais style hosting performance that we all expected. Though he pushed the line, that's far better than not getting near it or being way too cool for it (in other words, it's always better than Franco).
No Australian wins out of our five nominations, however they all looked good and Hugh and Rusty were both excellent in the Les Miserables performance.
The surprising live cross to the White House in order that Michelle Obama could announce the Best Picture winner. She had the envelope and all. Certainly a well kept secret that one. Whether it was a good idea in the first place, is something else. Will it resonate with America or be seen as a shameless act of self-promotion?
And of course a tied Oscar! Only the third one in history.
The biggest excitement is surely Lincoln though, and the strange absence of Affleck, Bigelow and Hooper from the Best Director ballot now looks like it may have worked against Spielberg.
Jennifer Lawrence trips on her way to the stage. Photo: Getty
Karl Quinn: Interesting to ponder the significance of Michelle Obama presenting the best picture award, but maybe there's a clue in the presence of Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln and the winner, Argo, among the nominees. A film about the hunt for bin Laden, a hunt that delivered Barack Obama one of the biggest coups of his presidency and won over some of the hawks; a paean to the President who abolished slavery in the US; a rollicking adventure about American derring-do, a movie-length embodiment of the "yes we can" slogan. You can kind of see how those three might resonate in the White House.
So the final tally is as follows:
Life of Pi
Les Miserables
Silver Linings Playbook
Anna Karenina
Searching for Sugarman
Zero Dark Thirty
Final words from Seth. "We'll be back in a moment to say a proper goodbye but first here's who's paying for all this stuff."
And those are the final words of the Oscars.
Seth, it has to be said, looked a little deflated at the end. Like a man who had been chewed out for going long and probably for being a little scandalous as well.
Then again, maybe it's just past his bedtime.
Director Ben Affleck. Photo: Getty
The First Lady presents Oscar to Argo.
If you saw that headline coming, please send in your Lotto numbers in the comments.
"I know what you're thinking ... three sexiest producers alive" says Grant Heslov, the producer standing between Ben Affleck and George Clooney. Nice.
He's doing all the talking it seems. He thought it would be awkward for Ben to thank himself, so he does it for himself and George "for directing a hell of a film."
He then introduces Affleck.
"Eventually that thing's going to start to go, so forgive me for being a bit quick" says Affleck.
He acknowledges Spielberg specifically and the other nominees and films that didn't get nominated.
"I thank everyone in the movie, that worked on the movie that did anything for the movie. I want to thank Canada. I want to thank Iran. I want to thank my wife who I don't normally associate with Iran."
Jennifer Garner is Affleck's favourite person to work with.
Affleck is clearly thanking the people who helped him through the Bennifer phase now. "You can't hold grudges. It doesn't matter how you get knocked down in life. It's that you get back up."
He then dedicates the award to his kids.
Beast of the Southern Wild
Zero Dark Thirty
Life of Pi
Les Miserables
Silver Linings Playbook
Django Unchained
And the Oscar goes to: Argo
As announced by Michelle Obama.
Michelle Obama is flanked by military veterans and is clearly a fan of the movies.
Not that that really explains why she's doing this, but hey, now that we are aware that these films contain lessons for life for us all. Especially for our young people ...
... ok this is just turning into a political speech.
Then she hands back to Jack. I'm not sure why we ever left.
Michelle Obama. Wow. #Oscars twitter.com/TheAcademy/sta…— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 25, 2013
"The incomparable Mr Jack Nicholson" has the honour of the final award tonight.
"I don't suppose any of you have every noticed that traditionally the best picture award is presented solo. Probably because they don't want some guy like me messing about talking about ringlets and rouge."
"However. Tonight it is my great pleasure to introduce live from the White House the First Lady of the United States."
A significant cheer and standing ovation for Day-Lewis from the assembled crowd.
"I really don't know how any of this happened," says Day-Lewis. I've already talked about this.
Daniel is a bit lost for words, so he dips into a comedy routine. A really good one too.
"Three years ago, before we decided to do a straight swap, I had actually committed to playing Margaret Thatcher," he says pointing to Streep who is agog.
The room, rightly descends into laughter.
"And Meryl was rightly Steven's first choice for Lincoln. I'd like to see that version."
To Spielberg "he didn't have to convince me to do it, but I had to pursuade him that if I was going to do it, perhaps Lincoln shouldn't be a musical."
"Since we got married sixteen years ago my wife has had to live with some very strange men."
So begins At Home With The Method Actor a new series I want to see.
Day-Lewis dedicates the award "for my mother," and walks off to applause.
Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day-Lewis. Photo: Reuters
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Denzel Washington - Flight
And the Oscar goes to: Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Hugh had the best nominee shot then. He gave us a wave after releasing his hands from Deb's seeming vice-like grip.
Interesting to see a big spoiler for Flight as the Oscar moment.
"Ladies and gentlemen our next guest needs no introduction" and he walks off without doing so.
He stole my joke.
The lady he didn't introduce is, of course, Meryl Streep.
First Oscar, second nomination for Jennifer Lawrence and the second mishap on the stairs leading up to the podium as she trips! Jardin is on hand to help her up.
She gets a standing ovation "you guys are just standing up because I fell and you feel bad, thank you," opens Jennifer.
She's got a good list but runs out of preparedness. "My family ... err ... Happy Birthday Emmanuelle!" she finishes.
Jennifer Lawrence. Photo: Getty
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts - The Impossible
And the Oscar goes to: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Points go to Quvenzhane who has achieved the best 'cut to nominee' shot of the night. She was sat with a big grin giving not one but two fist pumps.
Philippa Hawker: Justin Henry, at 8, is the youngest ever nominee in any category. He was nominated as best supporting actor for Kramer vs Kramer.
Seth is still on stage after the break and introducing people with very few words.
Jean Dujardin, star of The Artist is the next man who needs no introduction.
Your votes have Lincoln as only the fourth favourite to win best film. It's looking very dicey for Spielberg at this stage.
More intriguingly, if the Academy voters are in a funny mood, do Hugh or Naomi come back into the reckoning? Is Les Mis back in with a shout for best picture?
Could we get another tie?
Or is this a hostage situation, and they'll all be allowed to leave only when they vote the right way.
Karl Quinn: OK. This really is a surprise. Ang Lee winning ahead of Spielberg. Daniel Day-Lewis must be sweating right about now, though he surely is Lincoln's one sure thing.
Seth introduces ... another ad as the Academy lets us in their little secret. This. Awards. Ceremony. Will. Never. End.
Ang Lee. Photo: Getty
Ang Lee!
I'm typing in gleeful shock.
Ang thanks the Oscars gods. "Thank you for taking the leap with me."
The work he did in directing this film and the risks he took certainly justify this award.
What does this mean for Lincoln?
"Everyone involved in this movie, you're the golden statue in my heart."
Ang is getting a case of the loves. His Taiwan crew. His Canada crew. His wife. His boys ... no they just get thanked. Hmmm, bitter times around the dinner table methinks.
Ang Lee - Life of Pi
Amour - Michael Haneke
Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
David O Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
Behn Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild
And the Oscar goes to: Ang Lee - Life of Pi
Jane Fonda. Photo: Getty
Michael Douglas and Jane Fonda are up to present the Director award.
Last chance for you to have a guess. Can Django pull out an unlikely win? Will Les Mis sing for a supper time win?
Poll: And who should win best picture?
- Lincoln
- Life of Pi
- Django Unchained
- Argo
- Les Miserables
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Amour
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Silver Linings Playbook
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Natalie: Lovely Anne.
Anne congratulates her Les Mis crew #oscars #les mis #grouphug instagr.am/p/WI9w8uSUBj/— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 25, 2013
Year of the musicals? It feels less like it after Celebrity Apprentice gives us the "Anything you can do ... " musical trailer for this year's show. It's funny .. ish, and ... well Rob Mills can sing.
"Since we've been here this long we're going to go right ahead and start the 2014 Oscars straight after this," Seth tells us.
So. True.
Karl Quinn: With the awards being spread around it's worth noting at least one pattern is emerging: voters appear to be rewarding success. This year's nine best-picture nominees have pulled a total of $US2.1 billion globally (according to boxofficemojo), compared to the $US1.2 billion last year's nominees managed. And there's an intriguing correspondence between awards and dollars so far (Amour excepted).
Of course, it could change before it's all over, but for now here's how they're stacking up so far (all box office figures are in US$). Last award announced was best original screenplay.
Beasts of the Southern Wild: $12.4 million, 0 awards so far
Amour: $18.3 million, 1 award
Zero Dark Thirty: $105 million, 1 award
Silver Linings Playbook: $160 million, 0 awards
Argo: $207 million, 2 awards
Lincoln: $245 million, 1 award
Django Unchained: $380 million, 2 awards
Les Miserables: $395 million, 3 awards
Life of Pi: $583 million, 3 awards
Dustin gives it to "Mr Tarantino"
"That's cool, Charlize is my neighbour and very nice to get this from you Hoffman."
"Knowing my movies thirty or fifty years from now its only because of the characters I create." He then thanks the actors who inhabit them. Gets the play off music.
And he shouts it down.
He does so to call this "the writers year" and celebrate all the scripts nominated before ending with a "peace out."
From the cheers, this is a very popular award.
Christoph Waltz celebrates with director Quentin Tarantino. Photo: Getty
Writing (Original Screenplay )
John Gatins - Flight
Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty
Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola - Moonrise Kingdom
Michael Haneke - Amour
And the Oscar goes to: Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
That win for Argo may not be a good sign. Writing awards are often given out as seeming 'encouragement' awards for the films that don't win the big ones.
Chris Terrio is short of breath and very excited. He thanks Ben Affleck who looks very calm and ... maybe a little bit like he'd demanded a writing co-credit!
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Chris Terrio - Argo
Tony Kushner - Lincoln
David O'Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
David Magee - Life of Pi
And the Oscar goes to: Chris Terrio - Argo
Charlize Theron and Dustin Hoffman. Photo: -
Seth "free associates" the names of two Oscar winners and brings together Dustin Hoffman and towering over him Charlize Theron.
"You're a good dancer" begins Dustin and the room gives a big cheer.
And now, some writing awards. This thing is going late as they sure aren't rushing.
It must be getting to the pointy end. Not only because we've done everything else, but because this ad break is made up almost entirely of films that are either in or coming to the cinema.
Some of which were of course assuming a few months ago they'd be being discussed tonight.
We're looking at you Cloud Atlas.
The win for Skyfall would appear to have induced tears in Adele who takes the stage with Paul Epworth.
Adele thanks us all so much, "this is amaaaazing".
She then thanks the producers and starts to list before blubbing. She hands over to Paul but quickly throws in a "and my man ... I love you baby!"
Paul thanks Adele and she let's the room know that "you're all amazing as well" with a big sweeping gesture.
They know Adele. They know.
Philippa Hawker: A long time coming. The last Bond Oscar was in 1965 - best visual effects for Thunderball.
Best Music (Original Song)
Before My Time - Chasing Ice, Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
Pi's Lullaby - Life of Pi, Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
Suddenly - Les Miserable, Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublils
Everybody Needs a Best Friend - Ted, Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
Skyfall - from Skyfall - Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
And the Oscar goes to: Skyfall - from Skyfall - Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Adele collects the Oscar for best original song. Photo: Getty Images
We get a sudden glut of music as the three remaining Best Song nominees get a look in.
This includes Norah Jones singing Everybody Needs a Best Friend live. It's from Ted, yet neither Ted nor Seth get on stage. How odd!
John Williams misses out and it's really beginning to look like it's not Lincoln's night.
Life of Pi moves to tie with Les Miserables on three wins. Surely neither of these dark horses can do it?
Mychael thanks his wife who is in a "balcony here somewhere"
Best Music (Original Score)
Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli
Argo - Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi - Mychael Danna
Lincoln - John Williams
Skyfall - Thomas Newman
And the Oscar goes to: Life of Pi - Mychael Danna
Seth promises a review of Adele's performance of Skyfall by Rex Reed before introducing the stars of Chicago "because we're afraid tonight isn't gay enough yet."
And that's another hmmmmm.
With 25 minutes of regular time to go, we have the BIG four awards ... and some music ones left.
This is going long people.
George Clooney comes on to introduce the beloved In Memoriam segment. "To those friends who are on this list tonight, we thank you for the memories."
The names are:
Ernest Borgnine
Eiko Ishioka
Ralph McQuarrie
Jack Klugman
Celeste Holm
Adam Yauch
Michael Clarke Duncan
Charles Durning
Carlo Rambaldi
Erland Josephson
Richard Robbins
Stephen Frankfurt
Harris Savides
Tonino Guerra
J Michael Riva
Ulu Grosbard
Herbert Lom
Bruce Surtees
Andrew Sarris
George A Bowers
Tony Scott
Theodore Soderberg
Lois W Smith
Geoffrey G Ammer
Neil Travis
Mike Hopkins
John D Lowry
Hal David
Nora Ephron
Charles Rosen
Jake Eberts
Mike Kohut
Frank Pierson
Chris Marker
Charles C Washburn
Ray Bradbury
Richard Rodney Bennett
Robert B Sherman
Richard D Zanuck
Matthew Yuricich
Marvin Hamlisch
The latter name leads us into Barbra Streisand singing The Way We Were ... and I genuinely just got a shiver down my spine from her hummed introduction. She speaks for a moment of Hamlisch a "kind and generous friend who could always make me laugh."
"I'll always have those wonderful, wonderful ..."
"MEEEEMORIES ..." [She sings]
If you don't love this, your heart is stone.
Barbra Streisand. Photo: AFP
Garry Maddox: With the best production design Oscar going to Lincoln, voters are spreading around the awards this year. Of the best picture contenders Les Miserables has won three awards, Life of Pi two, and one each for Argo, Lincoln, Django Unchained and Zero Dark Thirty.
If Argo is favourite to win best picture after collecting all the key lead-up awards, nothing has changed that so far.
The awards are spread right across the field at this stage, which may not bode well for Lincoln going in to the big one.
Les Mis has three, Life of Pi has two and then it's one a piece for:
Anna Karenina
Searching for Sugarman
Zero Dark Thirty
The four honourees are being kept isolated in a box above the stage in order to prevent any impromptu thank you speeching.
Salma Hayek Pinault. Photo: AFP
Seth's back.
"We have reached that point in the evening where either Javier Bardem, Salma Hayek or Penelope Cruz comes on stage. We don't understand a word they're saying, but we don't care because they're so attractive"
It's Salma and she's introducing the four honourees of the Governor's Awards.
They are:
D.A. Pennybaker
George Stevens
Hal Needham
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Philippa Hawker: A win at last for Lincoln, after missing out in the first six of the 12 categories for which it has been nominated.
Rick Carter accepts the award and begins by saying he wasn't prepared for this ... which never quite sounds sincere to me.
He also loves his wife Adele. I don't THINK it's the same one. But that would be one heck of a way of announcing it.
Best Production Design
Anna Karenina - Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)
Les Misérables -Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration)
Life of Pi - David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
Lincoln - Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)
And the Oscar goes to: Lincoln - Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)
The applause of the five interested audience members wakes everyone else up before Seth introduces Kristen Stewart and Daniel Radcliffe. Kristen is limping but has no cane. She sounds very uncomfortable though ... though that doesn't sound a lot unlike her speech style as Bella Swan.
No mention of that film sweeping the Razzies overnight sadly.
While we're talking Django, there's one more casting 'almost'. This one's pretty well known by now, but for those who missed it, the role of Django was initially planned for Will Smith.
Oh and right now we're up to the trailer for Amour. Available on the internet near you.
Nicole Kidman. Photo: Reuters
This has been a LONG ad break. And it will be followed by a LONG ad break within the show as Nicole Kidman ... sorry, OUR Nicole Kidman, takes the stage to introduce the next three Best Picture nominees.
Nicole is careful to outline the plot for Silver Linings Playbook before walking over the applause it gets. She stops, acknowledges the director - "David, let them clap, right?" - and goes on. It was a stumble, but the sort that demonstrates she's actually paying attention.
I tell you all this mostly in the interests of filling the time it will now take for the trailers for:
Silver Linings Playbook
Django Unchained; and
to play out to an audience who were in danger of getting interested for a moment there.
Which is swiftly undone by the magazine ad that has a big expose on the My Kitchen Rules Gatecrashers. Whoops!
Meanwhile Nine has realised people are watching so has changed from advertising cosmetic surgery to their big shows that they want you to watch. Finger. On. Pulse.
This is a BIG stage number. There's a significant orchestra and a choir and a rock band AND a row of back up singers.
I'm just waiting for Channing and Charlize to start dancing around the place again.
Good number well produced. Classy. Entertaining. Not a bleedin' trailer in sight (though there are some graphics on the back wall for those who lost interest.)
The shot below is of the Brit Awards, but it's the right colour scheme ... hum along and use your imagination.
Adele stuns with her performance of Skyfall. Photo: Getty Images
Karl Quinn: Jennifer Lawrence just popped in to the ceremony, from the wedding cake she was on top of.
Karl Quinn: Did Sandra Bullock just compare editors to "particularly sadistic butchers"? Expect a very unflattering close-up in her next picture.
Jennifer Lawrence now introduces Adele to sing Skyfall and she's (Lawrence) tripping over her tongue a bit. Again, I'm thinking nerves. A bit harsh to get her up for this so close to her award which is genuinely up for grabs.
Adele on the other hand has got quite good at singing this song by now and sounds fantastic. Big hair. Black sequin dress in front of a blue/black sequin stage makes her look all kinds of classy.
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. Photo: Getty
Sandra Bullock.
Sandra Bullock had a bit of a nail crisis trying to open that envelope and then seemed to argue with William Goldenberg about who should hold his award. All up I don't know that she's looking back on that with glee.
William meanwhile just admitted that Ben Affleck is his brother, which means Casey Affleck getting very grey.
Best Film Editing
Argo - William Goldenberg
Life of Pi - Tim Squyres
Lincoln - Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook - Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
Zero Dark Thirty - Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
And the Oscar goes to: Argo - William Goldenberg
Hawk is hawking the new Academy museum. You should go. ALL OF YOU. So he tells us.
The Indiana Jones theme welcomes us back, which really means nothing about John Williams chances of winning tonight, but let's pretend.
Seth then introduces the Academy President whose name "sounds like a Russian guy sneezing"
His name is Hawk Koch.
Seth kind of has a point.
We're getting close to the big ones ... well closer ... as we finish hour two.
Here's a 'What the?' fact for you. David O Russell admitted in interviews over the weekend that he wanted to cast Vince Vaughn and Zooey Deschanel in Silver Linings Playbook in the roles that Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence have been nominated for.
Can you imagine those performances? Those acceptance speeches?
As you were.
Zooey Deschanel
It was the most obvious Oscar win of the night, but Jacki Weaver got a HUGE round of applause from the crowd.
"It came true" begins Anne, who is clearly emotional. She then names all four of her fellow nominees and says she looks up to them.
"I must thank Hugh Jackman," says Hathaway who just got adopted by Australia.
There's a list that's been memorised here, which is fair as she was always likely to win.
"Please say I just said everyone" she finishes before repeating a name "just in case."
The friends in Crosby Street get a shout out and will be getting Googled a LOT around about now.
"Here's hoping that someday in the not too distant future the misfortunes of Fantine will only be found in stories and never more in real life."
So ends Anne. It should be too earnest but she pulls it off.
'It came true': Anne Hathaway accepts the Oscar for best supporting actress. Photo: Getty Images
Karl Quinn: OMG. Anne Hathaway. Who saw that coming? Oh right, absolutely everyone.
Sally Field - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Amy Adams - The Master
And the Oscar goes to: Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
Christopher Plummer is now flirting with the nominees for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. All of them. At once. The best thing is he gets away with it.
Canadian actor and Oscars presenter Christopher Plummer. Photo: Reuters
Seth now tries to introduce the Von Trapp Family Singers and gets only an SS Officer screaming "They're gone!"
He then introduces Christopher Plummer who of course has been consistently rude about that film. He gets played on by the song "The Sound of Music" and asks the conductor for a new song. "Pick on someone your own size" he says.
Philippa Hawker: Other Oscar ties: Wallace Beery and Fredric March, for The Champ and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1932.
Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand for A Lion in Winter and Funny Girl in 1968.
Anyone who picked THAT wins the Oscars sweep hands down.
Per Hallberg states simply "Thanks, this is cool."
It is really, as despite the fact that he and Karen Baker Landers got that extra few minutes of terrifying tension, their Oscar is now one hell of a trivia question and will be a lot more famous.
JAWS starts up again as these two run the gauntlet.
I love this, they're letting Paul N.J. Ottoson of Zero Dark Thirty give his speech before announcing:
Sound Editing
Argo - Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
Django Unchained - Wylie Stateman
Life of Pi - Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
Skyfall - Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Zero Dark Thirty -Paul N.J. Ottosson
And the OTHER Oscar goes to: Skyfall - Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Best Sound Editing
Argo - Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
Django Unchained - Wylie Stateman
Life of Pi - Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
Skyfall - Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Zero Dark Thirty -Paul N.J. Ottosson
And the Oscar goes to: Zero Dark Thirty ... and ...
Ted's now doing a jewish bit ... how brave in Hollywood. Asks Wahlberg about his 'berg' suffix.
"I'm catholic." Explains Wahlberg.
"I'm jewish," says Ted. "I was born Theodore Schapiro"
"We'll see who's an idiot when they give me my private plane at the next synagogue meeting."
Mark Wahlberg and Ted present an award. Photo: AFP
First thank you goes to Tom Hooper, or as we all think of him, another director who wasn't worth nominating.
Best Sound Mixing
Argo - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
Les Misérables - Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
Life of Pi -Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
Lincoln - Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
Skyfall - Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson
And the Oscar goes to: Les Misérables - Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
Ted talks: "I just want to be a part of it. The big post Oscars party orgy. Mark, please tell me where it is!"
"I'm really good at sex and I can bring sodas and snacks and soap and stuff."
"Ok, it's at Jack Nicholas' house" says Wahlberg.
Now an award, which will feel just a little dirty.
And now a bit of Seth.
"You guys have made some inspiring, beautiful movies ... I made TED."
"Your movies are here to receive awards, my movie is in red boxes in front of supermarkets being urinated on by bums."
"If only t hat weren't true."
And on walk Mark Wahlberg and Ted!
Another tradition is continued, the stars of Star Trek - which just HAPPENS to have a sequel coming out soon - take the stage.
They are introducing the montage of technical awards that were presented earlier when they got to see interesting video of behind the scenes technical triumphs.
Thank goodness we didn't get that and instead got more trailers from films we've already seen.
Around about now, viewers often start to ask themselves:
"Who the (*&#$%! votes for these things?"
The answer is as follows.
Meet Joe Academy, he is a man, he is proud to be 1/16 Irish, and he can ride public transport cheaply.
The median age of an Academy voter is 62. They are 94% Caucasian and 77% male.
Karl Quinn: Here's Hugh Jackman to sing some dirge from Les Mis. No pressure, mate, but the hopes of a nation ARE RESTING ON YOUR SHOULDERS.
Seriously, you'd have to say Australia's hopes of gold, gold, gold must now be close to zero with our strongest hopes - Rick Findlater (hair and make-up) and David Clayton (visual effects), both on The Hobbit - having missed out. Go Jacki! Go Naomi! Go Hugh!
Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness. Photo: Getty
I suppose its not a surprise, but the Les Miserables cast are singing Suddenly the only new song written for the film - and also nominated tonight.
No wait, it's medley time. On walks Anne Hathaway and we launch into One Day More. Soon they are joined by the tragic love triangle of Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne and Samantha Barks and I'm just going to say it again, Barks kicks that pair's efforts into touch.
Russell comes on, flanked by Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter and some combination of that trio earns a round of applause from the crowd.
The applause starts up again as the soloists step to the front. Rusty is clearly audible in the mix and sounds good. Very good. Probably better than he did in the film.
Is it cheating to finish on that number? The crowd stands as one because you are genetically programmed to do so when that song finishes.
If you can't watch the real thing, the trailer is reproduced below so you can (a) hear the people sing (hee) and (b) have a reminder of one of the less impressive aspects of the evening. That's how the Best Pictures get introduced nowadays.
Les Miserables - trailer
Les Misérables is an adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption. Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway.PT2M32S http://www.theage.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2bbrg 620 349 December 13, 2012
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Karl Quinn: This tribute to the "best" musicals of the past decade makes me remember why I'm generally not a fan.
Karl Quinn: We haven't seen the big contenders in contention yet but I'd say the cheer from the audience when Django Unchained was mentioned and Christoph Waltz's win for supporting actor suggest Quentin Tarantino could be a big hope for best original screenplay.
Garry Maddox: Good to see best documentary feature won by Searching for Sugar Man. It gives South Africans another Oscar to talk about tomorrow.
Jennifer takes a bow and the familiar strains of Les Miserables kick in. Heck even THIS is a better trailer than the one we got earlier.
And on stage ... is OUR HUGH! He's on his own, for now.
Again we're doing the whole number. Kudos to the producers for not trying to medley tonight to hell. Perhaps they could have medleyed some of the awards introductions instead?
We now get a video introduction to Dreamgirls which serves to remind us that that was a damn good musical too. (Didn't say that about Chicago, but really that's a given).
The nice SHORT video is played over the orchestral introduction for Jennifer Hudson who there was clearly no doubt about still having it. More of a 'what's she been doing with it since then?' kind of feel. Sadly the answer includes the title The Three Stooges. *shudder*
Natalie: I think (fake) Michael Haneke had this tweet pre-written. Love it.
yaaay i wins!!1! sory 2 the othr foreign nominees wotevr their calld agen lol #teamhaneke— Michael Haneke (@Michael_Haneke) February 25, 2013
We start off with Catherine Zeta Jones singing All That Jazz from Chicago.
No NOT as a clip. Live. At the ceremony. Ok, this could turn the whole thing around.
And for those not listening, yes, Catherine's still got it too!
Catherine Zeta-Jones, who won an Oscar for Chicago, stars in the tribute to movie musicals.
Seth introduces the Oscars orchestra and then John Travolta who promises a big treat for us.
That's right people, IT'S MUSICALS TIME!!!
It begins with Travolta discussing when he came of age. So you may go and scrub your ears and/or eyes now.
Amour is the second film from Austria to win this award we're told. Also the second Austrian win tonight after Christoph Waltz (the voice over didn't tell us that bit).
Michael Haneke gives a better speech in English than many of the other native speakers tonight. Just saying.
Best Foreign Language Film
War Witch
A Royal Affair
Kon Tiki
And the Oscar goes to: Amour
Jennifer Garner and Jessica Chastain. Photo: Getty
"We're back, it's Sunday, this is like church only with more people praying."
So says Seth MacFarlane who is the only thing alive in tonight's ceremony.
As if to prove it Jennifer Garner and Jessica Chastain come out to give cold reads of a long, long autocue script for Best Foreign Language Film.
While we have a moment to think about our buying options when it comes to hair product, it was an interesting decision to get Liam Neeson to introduce Lincoln.
He was initially to play Lincoln in Spielberg's film, but dropped out.
Just think what might have been!
Karl Quinn: Searching For Sugar Man is a crowd-pleasing winner for best documentary (and a terrific film), but it's a soft choice in a line-up full of tough subjects.
The team from Searching for Sugarman thank the Academy and then Rodriguez which gets a round of applause. Ironically only from a few people in the room as STILL most of them don't know who he is.
Karl Quinn: Not every MacFarlane joke has worked. "The man who best got inside Lincoln's head was John Wilkes Booth." Silence. "One hundred and fifty years and it's still too soon?" is a good recovery, though. He hit the rough too with the earlier joke about it being 16 years before Quvenzhane Wallis is too old for George Clooney. Yeuch. I think Seth imagined he was doing one of those Comedy Central roasts for a second there.
Best Documentary Feature
5 Broken Cameras - Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
The Gatekeepers - Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon.
How to Survive a Plague - David France and Howard Gertler
The Invisible War - Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering
Searching for Sugar Man - Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn
And the Oscar goes to: Searching for Sugar Man - Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn
Ben Affleck takes to the stage and his right of reply is clunky "I actually thought the show had been going pretty well, but maybe you can turn it around." Ben then stumbles over the introductions for an award. I think Ben is NERVOUS!
The applause that greets these videos is the sort that comes from an audience who love to see themselves on a big screen.
Seth does a brief bit about Raymond Massey playing Lincoln in the forties before saying "I would argue the actor who really got inside Abraham Lincoln's head was John Wilkes Booth" which gets a groan. Seth backs up with "Really? 150 years and it's still too soon."
Then Seth takes a shot at Ben Affleck, saying the first time he saw him with that facial hair "I thought the Kardashians had made the jump to the big screen."
Oh and Zero Dark Thirty? "A triumph of every woman's inate ability to never, ever, let anything go."
Ever wonder what happens backstage at the Oscars?
Backstage at the #oscars in the #ArchDigestGreenRoom with Dame Shirley Bassey twitter.com/TheAcademy/sta…— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 25, 2013
Seth's back. Introducing the "definition of a modern American superhero" Liam Neeson.
Liam's going to introduce three trailers, and first he's going to tell us what the three films they are for are about, which really undoes the role of the trailer.
He's introducing:
Zero Dark Thirty
And really and truly this is the time to go and make yourself a cup of tea. If you don't know what the trailers for these three films look like then you probably weren't that interested in the Academy Awards this year. Or cinema. Or television. Or the internet.
I've popped a trailer below so you too can relive the excitement of Lincoln ... 's advertising campaign.
Lincoln - Trailer
EXCLUSIVE: First look at Steven Spielberg's tale of the famous president facing the dual crises of Civil War and slavery.PT2M23S http://www.theage.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-28uhr 620 349 November 5, 2012
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Four people up on stage to collect, by the looks of things its Sean and Andrea and the film's subject who is in floods of tears. "All of us are artists and we need to stand up and help girls like her be seen."
The room WOULD be very enthusiastic about that but they haven't seen the film.
Best Documentary Short Subject
Inocente - Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
Kings Point - Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
Mondays at Racine - Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
Open Heart - Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
Redemption - Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
And the Oscar goes to: Inocente - Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
Shawn's best line is to thank his "devilishly handsome father"
Guess who just got a raise in his pocket money!!!
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Asad - Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
Buzkashi Boys - Sam French and Ariel Nasr
Curfew - Shawn Christensen
Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw) - Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Henry - Yan England
And the Oscar goes to: Curfew - Shawn Christensen
Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington. Photo: AFP
Kerry Washington and Jamie Foxx take the stage to stand awkwardly and wait for the autocue to roll on.
Yeah, seriously, they've got Live Action Shorts as a category and are lost without a script. Sigh.
And we're back from an ad break where a Wiggle shamelessly endorsed things with the musical mastery of Lawrence of Arabia. From one extreme to the other?
Natalie: US PR machine is working overtime.
Are you watching #Oscars2013? Check out a scene from Best Picture nominee #Argo being filmed at the @statedept. flic.kr/p/dX9vQ4— Department of State (@StateDept) February 25, 2013
Giles: That's one hour of Oscars down and frankly so far, it's not that flash. What has been gained with Seth's humour and the singing and dancing has been lost with some really cold and bland hosts for the individual awards.
That said, the Jaws play off is going to stay with me for a while. I'm wondering if it would be a different song if the winner hadn't been Life of Pi?
Karl Quinn: Not loving this tribute to 50 years of blowing things up and gawking at gorgeous women wearing sod-all as much as I should. Seeing Bond boiled down to such reductive essentials you have to wonder what all the fuss is about, really.
Philippa Hawker: A Bond song has never won best song, oddly enough. Maybe that's about to change.
And second guess I got wrong. It's Goldfinger start to finish and it's a hit with the crowd.
Second random guess - will Dame Shirley do a medley of her THREE Bond songs? Diamonds are Forever and Moonraker up her glittery sleeve.
Lots of love for the title sequence designs here, and the great cars.
But mostly the silhouetted girls.
And sure enough ... HERE'S ... Dame Shirley Bassey singing Goldfinger.
Well, I got that wrong!
But Shirley's still got it.
Singer Shirley Bassey. Photo: AFP
I'm just speculating, but anyone else think there's a chance that Adele will be on stage with a microphone once this wraps up?
Halle Berry takes to the stage to celebrate the 50th anniversary of James Bond in movie pictures.
The celebration of Cat Woman is scheduled for a few decades from now I'm sure.
We then get a montage of Bond sights, sounds and music and ... well this is going to be worth looking up on YouTube!
Natalie: And it was suitably terrifying.
I always dreamed that the score of one of my films would be used to play people off at the Oscars. We did it, Steven! #oscars2013— Richard Dreyfuss (@RichardDreyfuss) February 25, 2013
The play-on for Lisa and Julie is so lengthy that the applause has stopped by the time it ends, which is a bit awkward as they step forward for some wonderfully brief thanks.
Apologies for the incorrect post a moment ago. I really WANTED the Australian Rick Findlater to win the Oscar, but sadly it was not to be.
Best Makeup and Hair Styling
Hitchcock - Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
Les Misérables - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
And the Oscar goes to: Les Misérables - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
Jacqueline thanks her children who are "fast asleep in England."
Seth welcomes Channing Tatum and Jennifer Aniston to the stage to present an award ... or two.
Channing is a strangely nervous presenter, pointing out that Make Up artists and Costume teams are necessary for everyone ... except George Clooney who "rolls out of bed camera ready."
That is before he admits to being waxed by the Hair Stylists. Wow, that's where we've gone with the humour.
Best Costume Design
Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran
Les Misérables - Paco Delgado
Lincoln - Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror - Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman - Colleen Atwood
And the Oscar goes to: Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran
Jennifer Aniston and Channing Tatum. Photo: AFP
Garry Maddox: Who says the Oscars aren't international? A German actor and an animated film set in Scotland take two of the first three awards. Brave was a long way from Pixar's best movie but continues its strong record at the Oscars.
Karl Quinn: So, Life of Pi wins for visual effects. I wonder if that's any solace for the 200 staff who've been laid off from Rhythm and Hues, the bankrupt VFX company behind it. They sure didn't get any love from the show's producers who cut off the "our thoughts are with you" speech with the theme music from Jaws.
The best thing about the Oscars being on during the day, is the daytime ads. We're currently being offered liposuction. That's some great media buying there!
For those keeping score, that's the first Australian nominee missing out. David Clayton is, we're sure, thankful just to have been nominated.
Natalie Hambly: The Master co-stars Amy Adams and Philip Seymour Hoffman kick back before the show. They are shoe-ins for the most relaxed nominee award.
Amy Adams and Philip Seymour Hoffman before the start of the ceremony. Photo: Reuters
Two awards for Life of Pi in quick succession. The first acceptance speech was emotional and short. The second gets played off by the orchestra.
But wait ... they're played off by the THEME FROM JAWS!!!
And another award
Best Visual Effects
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
Life of Pi
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
Marvel's The Avengers
Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick More Information
Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
Snow White and the Huntsman
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson
And the Oscar goes to: Life of Pi
Philippa Hawker: Ten times unlucky for Roger Deakins.
Seth then introduces five stars of The Avengers.
Robert Downey Jr takes a shot at Box Office success and the rest of the cast then take shots at him, before an award.
Best Cinematography
Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained, Robert Richardson
Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda
Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall, Roger Deakins
And the Oscar goes to: Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda
Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson. Photo: Getty
Garry Maddox: Who says the Oscars aren't international? A German actor and an animated film set in Scotland take two of the first three awards. Brave was a long way from Pixar's best movie but continues its strong record at the Oscars.
Best Actress nominee Quvenzhane Wallis. Photo: AFP
Seth is now riffing on Quvenzhané Wallis of Beasts of the Southern Wild fame:
"She's 9, let me talk to the nominees here. Wow you got nominated for an Oscar, something a 9 year old could do."
"It'll be 16 years before she's too old for Clooney."
He makes up for that joke, which got a smattering of laughs, by throwing George a mini-bar spirit bottle.
Paul Rudd and Melissa McCarthy are on stage to do a sound gag, which is ... well exactly the gag that your mum would have written. Microphones not working. Bad voices. They break character for a while to discuss the fact that they aren't getting any work at the moment.
Paul Rudd and Melissa McCarthy. Photo: Getty
Karl Quinn: A moment to take stock. Good opening, with Seth MacFarlane finding a way to mix old-school panache, new-skool smut and the obligatory shout-outs to the big names in the crowd. The We Saw Your Boobs number was funny and Shatner's revelation that Seth will join the choir in July 2015 was cute. Some edgy lines too - the Rihanna/Chris Brown gag, and the suggestion that the screenplay for Django Unchained was based on Mel Gibson's voicemails especially. Let's hope that's not all the good material burnt already.
Reese Witherspoon. Photo: Getty
Reese Witherspoon takes the stage to introduce THREE of the Best Picture nominees.
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Each gets ... well a trailer. They look a lot like the trailers you will have seen for these films. In a particularly trailer-like way.
Yeah, this isn't very creative or really very interesting in the ear of the internet and the prolific number of clips we see for every major release.
Christoph Waltz certainly looks like an Oscar winner in this pic.
Christoph Waltz. Just give this man all of the #Oscars. twitter.com/GQMagazine/sta…— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) February 25, 2013
Best Animated Short Film
Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head over Heels
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
And the Oscar goes to: Paperman
So, we are now none for one here at Oscars central. Our experts flumoxed by the manner in which the Academy did exactly what they did last time they were faced with Waltz reading Tarantino.
Karl Quinn: First award and first good call. Christoph Waltz for best supporting actor, going two for two. Still, I wouldn't want him working on my teeth.
Christoph Waltz starts with a respectful bow to his fellow nominees.
And the first thank you of the night, goes to a fictional character! "My unlimited gratitude goes to Dr King Schultz" - by which he means the character's creator Quentin Tarantino.
The hero here is Quentin. "You scale the mountain because you're not afraid of it. You slay the dragon because you're not afraid of it. You cross the river because it's worth it." He says to Quentin, quoting the words that Quentin wrote for Waltz. Now that's a meta-thanks!
Christoph Waltz accepts the Best Supporting Actor award for "Django Unchained". Photo: Getty
Oh, wow it's time for an AWARD!
Alan Arkin, Argo
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Apparently POTUS is getting a 3D version of the Oscars.
Happy #Oscars night. twitter.com/BarackObama/st…— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 25, 2013
Karl Quinn: Well, damn me if Seth MacFarlane isn't putting his shingle out for a role on Broadway with the tux and slick patter and all this singing and dancing stuff.
Look away for a second and Seth is now singing and dancing with Joseph Gordon-Leviitt and Daniel Radcliffe.
It's "High Hopes" this time and sadly, Daniel and Joseph don't do their own dance number.
Shatner's future headline now rates MacFarlane "Mediocre".
"That's the best review I've ever gotten" quoth our host.
"Are you sure you want to be the first Oscars host to get a bad review?" asks Shatner and NO ONE LAUGHS. That has to be a joke, right?
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth MacFarlane and Daniel Radcliffe. Photo: afp
Shatner then updates the future headline that now rates Seth a "Pretty bad host" before introducing a recreation of Flight performed entirely by sock puppets.
Oh wow, sock puppets doing cocaine in a Boeing cockpit is something that has to be seen to be believed.
This is genuinely funny as the crash scene is recreated with a tumble dryer.
Then we get more drugs taken by socks.
Bigger applause.
"That's not that bad, right?"
"You're a white guy in 2013. You can't wear black hand!" explains Shatner.
On the advice of William Shatner ... you never thought you'd hear those words ... Seth MacFarlane introduces Channing Tatum and Charlize Theron dancing while he sings "The Way you look tonight..."
Channing and Charlize are SERIOUSLY impressive dancers here. And it's also a race as to who has the shortest hair.
Strictly Ballroom The Oscars!
Did Baz direct this?
Channing Tatum and Charlize Theron. Photo: Getty
William Shatner then outs MacFarlane as 'joining the chorus' in July 2015. That gets a good laugh.
The song lists actresses and the films in which we saw their boobs. It's Mr Skin the musical.
There are pre-shot appearances by the named actresses getting embarrassed (except Jennifer Lawrence) when they are identified.
There's a choir behind him ... the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles.
So that makes it ok!
It of course, gets a cheer.
And it just got weird ... Seth MacFarlane has just been interrupted by Captain Kirk. Literally, it's William Shatner arriving from the future to warn MacFarlane that tomorrow's headlines call him the worst host ever.
"Why can't they just get Tina and Amy to host it?" asks Shatner.
Then Shatner introduces a song MacFarlane is about to sing.
"We saw your boobs ..."
Yep, it's the Family Guy Oscars.
William Shatner appears from the future. Photo: Reuters
On Django Unchained:
A man's fight for his woman. "Or as Chris Brown and Rihanna know it, a date movie."
That gets a round of groans from the film.
As does a shot at Mel Gibson saying the film's swear-filled dialogue was based on a series of Gibson's voicemail messages.
On Daniel Day-Lewis:
Daniel your process fascinates me. You were 100% in character all day, every day. If you saw a cell phone. Were you like 'Oh my god, what is that?!'
If you bumped into Don Cheadle on the studio lot, did you try and free him?
Now let's look at what an Oscar can do for your career.
Jean Dujardin, look at him, he's everywhere.
The film is so Top Secret that the film's director is unknown to the Academy.
Ben Affleck looks a little miffed about that. Go figure!
Seth's first gag: And the quest to make Tommy Lee Jones starts ... NOW.
And he laughs!
Seth is honoured that everyone else said no to hosting.
Tonight for the first time the Oscars have a theme. Music in film.
Now, let's riff on the Best Picture films.
Oscars host Seth MacFarlane on stage. Photo: Reuters
And now LIVE from the Dolby Theatre ... it's THE OSCARS
Ok, here we go, the moment you've all been waiting for ... the first Network Promo that Nine is going to run in conjunction with the Oscars is ...
... The Great Australian Bake Off.
Because the Oscars and a bake off have LOTS in common.
Ten minutes from show time, run to the bathroom, close all the other windows, and have your say on the main award.
Poll: And who should win best picture?
- Lincoln
- Life of Pi
- Django Unchained
- Argo
- Les Miserables
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Amour
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Silver Linings Playbook
Total votes: 5135.
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Colour me ashamed for not mentioning David Clayton until now, so let's look at his and Rick Findlater's chances.
The good news is that Findlater is favourite to take home the award for Best Make Up and Hair Styling, as The Hobbit is the odds on favourite to win in that category.
Unfortunately the same cannot be said for Clayton, as the Visual Effects award is, at least according to the bookies an absolute lock for Life of Pi.
So we now have five nominees to follow ... but still only one favourite to win.
Good luck to you all!
Martin Freeman (centre) stars as the diminutive Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
Garry Maddox: We've been talking about four Australian nominees all along. In fact, there is a fifth ... Brisbane-born animation supervisor David Clayton is up for visual effects for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
Poll: Which Australian nominee is most likely to win an Oscar?
- Hugh Jackman - best actor, Les Miserable
- Naomi Watts - best actress, The Impossible
- Jacki Weaver - best supporting actress, Silver Linings Playbook
- Rick Findlater - best makeup and hairstyling, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- David Clayton - best visual effects, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Total votes: 879.
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Django Unchained's Jamie Foxx offers this behind-the-scenes glimpse into the life of a movie star on Oscars day.
Pre game. say.ly/HPi5f33— Jamie Foxx (@iamjamiefoxx) February 24, 2013
So, we couldn't decide, can you? Who do you think will win the Best Actress Oscar?
Poll: Who will win the 2013 Academy Award for Best Actress?
- Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
- Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
- Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
- Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Total votes: 642.
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Giles: We are 30 odd minutes away from the ceremony, so now is a good opportunity to take a breath, run for a bit of lunch and do a final look over of your acceptance speech.
And no, that's not a typo or a lack of hyphen, I suspect all of those minutes will be odd. Let's face it, if you start thinking of red carpets as normal, you're in a whole world of trouble.
Finally, in our line of predictions, BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR.
It's another mixed response from our experts:
Should win: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Will win: Tommy Lee Jones
Why: Because we want to see if the legendary grump actually smiles.
Should win: Robert De Niro
Will win: Tommy Lee Jones
Why: Only Christoph Waltz (for Django Unchained) is likely to pose a threat.
Should win: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Will win: Tommy Lee Jones
Why: He gives an appealing performance in a serious film, and the Academy likes that.
Should win: Dunno
Will win: Robert De Niro
Why: Because Harvey Weinstein says he should.
Should win: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Will win: Robert De Niro
Why: The amount of money and effort Weinstein has pumped into promoting the film, and the fact De Niro is the sentimental favourite.
Should win: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Will win: Tommy Lee Jones
Why: Who doesn't enjoy watching Jones act gruff yet lovable?
Our critics predict: Tommy Lee Jones 4, Robert De Niro 2
I'm hopping aboard the Tommy Lee Jones band-wagon for this one as he overcame Spielberg schmaltz and a *ahem* fascinating head piece to deliver a great performance in Lincoln. He got to take home the amendment, so it's only fair he take home the gong.
OUR PICK: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln.
How about BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS? Can "our" Jacki take home a gong on the second attempt?
No, say our experts.
Should win: Amy Adams
Will win: Anne Hathaway
Why: So we can see her deliver an acceptance speech as emotionally amplified and rehearsed as her rendition of I Dreamed a Dream in the film itself.
Should win: Anne Hathaway
Will win: Anne Hathaway
Why: She gives it her all as the saintly prostitute Fantine and she made Les Miserables largely bearable.
Should win: Helen Hunt
Will win: Anne Hathaway
Why: Her turn is the very definition of Oscar bait.
Should win: Helen Hunt
Will win: Anne Hathaway
Why: Because Les Mis won't win big in the other categories, and she made everyone cry.
Should win: Anne Hathaway
Will win: Anne Hathaway
Why: Fantine may be a brief role but it encapsulates everything that Les Mis is about.
Should win: Amy Adams
Will win: Anne Hathaway
Why: If not, we'll all be in trouble.
Our critics predict: Anne Hathaway 6-0
And me? I concur, this is the most certain award, even more so than Day-Lewis as there's just a slight chance the Academy might feel he's been recognised where they want to reward Anne for her efforts to date and for hosting with James Franco and not instigating litigation / violence.
Plus it continues the tradition of 15 minute roles taking out this award, which should be called the Dame Judi Dench memorial award really.
OUR PICK: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Anne Hathaway Photo: Supplied
Hand-in-(I have a contractual option to get a hand model)-hand with Best Actor comes BEST ACTRESS.
This is a genuine toss-up as far as our experts are concerned.
Craig Mathieson
Should win: Jessica Chastain
Will win: Jessica Chastain
Why: A remarkable performance lacking typical Oscar bait, but the quality is undeniable.
Ed Gibbs
Should win: Emmanuelle Riva
Will win: Jennifer Lawrence
Why: A typically intuitive and immaculately timed performance, and likely to be the only acting gong Russell's film wins.
Philippa Hawker
Should win: Jessica Chastain
Will win: Jessica Chastain
Why: A great performance, and even voters who are uncomfortable with the film acknowledge that.
Paul Byrnes
Should win: Jessica Chastain
Will win: Jennifer Lawrence
Why: Too many voters won't have seen Amour, and too many will punish Zero Dark Thirty for being "pro-torture''.
Sandra Hall
Should win: Emmanuelle Riva or Jessica Chastain
Will Win: Jessica Chastain
Why: For the uncompromising toughness and honesty she brings to Zero Dark Thirty.
Jake Wilson
Should win: Jessica Chastain
Will win: Naomi Watts
Why: Not too young, not too old, not too controversial.
Our critics predict: Jessica Chastain 3, Jennifer Lawrence 2, Naomi Watts 1
The bookies and I will tip Jennifer Lawrence for this, and I'm really glad. As much as my Australian side wants Naomi to get this, I thought Lawrence was outstanding in Silver Linings Playbook, and it would be a shame for the first film since REDS to be nominated for all four acting awards not to win one.
OUR PICK: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook (on count back)
The nominees for best actress: Emmanuelle Riva, Jennifer Lawrence, Quvenzhane Wallis, Jessica Chastain and Naomi Watts.
Now let's get the second most predictable award (BEST ACTOR) out of the way, as we let our Hugh know that he's going to need that "I'm so glad he won" face one more time.
Craig Mathieson
Should win: Joaquin Phoenix
Will win: Daniel Day-Lewis
Why: It's nigh on impossible to see anyone beating the Best Actor in the World™.
Ed Gibbs
Should win: Daniel Day-Lewis
Will win: Daniel Day-Lewis
Why: An exemplary, thoroughly rounded reading of the man, fused with wit, candour and wisdom.
Philippa Hawker
Should win: Joaquin Phoenix
Will win: Daniel Day-Lewis
Why: He's getting every award in the world for the role, and it's impossible to believe the Academy will buck the trend.
Paul Byrnes
Should win: Daniel Day-Lewis
Will win: Daniel Day-Lewis
Why: A towering performance in a towering career. If he's got any sense he'll make his acceptance speech exactly 272 words long, like the Gettysburg Address.
Sandra Hall
Should win: Daniel Day-Lewis
Will win: Daniel Day-Lewis
Why: Apart from the uncanny sense of conviction he brings to Lincoln, there's the gentle humour which saves his performance from the reverential.
Jake Wilson
Should win: Joaquin Phoenix
Will win: Daniel Day-Lewis
Why: A legend playing a legend - as close as you can get to a sure thing.
Our critics predict: Daniel Day-Lewis 6-0
I too will shock the world with the prediction that Daniel Day-Lewis will take home his third Oscar. As some sort of consolation I genuinely think Hugh should win, but my Academy ballot appears to have been lost in the mail.
OUR PICK: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
The nominees for best actor: Denzel Washington, Hugh Jackman, Joaquin Phoenix, Bradley Cooper and Daniel Day-Lewis.
Having made reference to Affleck's snub (drink!) it seems only fair that we turn our eye to the BEST DIRECTOR category.
Do our experts have a more disparate view of this award? Well, no.
Craig Mathieson
Should win: Michael Haneke.
Will win: Steven Spielberg.
Why: The absence of Zero Dark Thirty's Kathryn Bigelow renders the category irrelevant.
Ed Gibbs
Should win: Steven Spielberg.
Will win: Steven Spielberg.
Why: It's a timely reminder of what political muscle is truly capable of.
Philippa Hawker
Should win: Michael Haneke.
Will win: Steven Spielberg.
Why: Because it's probably time.
Paul Byrnes
Should win: Benh Zeitlin.
Will win: Steven Spielberg.
Why: A consolation for not winning best picture.
Sandra Hall
Should win: Ang Lee.
Will win: Steven Spielberg.
Why: He's delivered gravitas combined with box-office grosses, a perfect Oscar combo.
Jake Wilson
Should win: David O. Russell.
Will win: Steven Spielberg.
Why: A prestige project, and it hasn't been his turn in a while.
Our critics predict: Steven Spielberg 6-0
And me? Well, while I'd love to tell you Ang Lee is going to win - because if there is a director who has pushed the medium further this year I'll eat a CGI tiger and his boat - clearly it's going to go to Spielberg.
OUR PICK: Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Let us know what you think in the comments section on the right.
Best actor nominee Hugh Jackman appears to be coping well with the pressure in the lead-up to the awards ceremony.
Jason helping me get ready for the big day. Very excited...thank you all for the overwhelming support!! twitter.com/RealHughJackma…— Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman) February 24, 2013
Let's start off with the BEST PICTURE award and our predictions there.
Here's what our top print critics had to say on the topic:
Craig Mathieson
Should win: Zero Dark Thirty
Will win: Argo
Why: Director Ben Affleck and producer George Clooney have campaigned astutely, plus there's a great comeback angle: 10 years ago Affleck was starring in Gigli.
Ed Gibbs
Should win: Argo
Will win: Argo
Why: The Academy loves an underdog (even of its own making), and as a taut, concise and wildly entertaining thriller, Argo is the most worthy.
Philippa Hawker
Should win: Django Unchained
Will win: Argo
Why: In no conceivable way the outstanding film of the year, but it represents a safe, seemingly worthy middle ground.
Paul Byrnes
Should win: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Will win: Argo
Why: After three foreign films in four years (Slumdog Millionaire, The King's Speech and The Artist) it's an American year.
Sandra Hall
Should win: Life of Pi
Will Win: Argo
Why: It unites political thriller with the feelgood factor.
Jake Wilson
Should win: Zero Dark Thirty
Will win: Lincoln
Why: It ticks all the boxes.
Our critics predict: Argo 5, Lincoln 1
And me? I'm plumping for Argo too. The snub (drinking game lovers, there's that word!) for Affleck in the Directing nominations, combined with the Hollywood love for the man should help lift what is also a very good film across the line.
OUR PREDICTION: Argo
What do you think?
With a little under an hour to go, welcome to our live coverage of the 2013 Academy Awards, where you it all depends on your perspective. For the blindly patriotic, four Australians represent our country against the world. For the devoutly cynical, Hollywood comes together to celebrate itself while ignoring actual quality. For the star-struck, the bestest people in the whole wide world all get together and ohmygoddontyoujustwanttobethere??! And for the rest of us, we wonder how this can all take three hours, and wonder why we seem to be so fascinated by it all!
Until the event kicks off, we'll have a bit of analysis of the major awards, including our experts' predictions, and some of our experts are here to answer your questions - so please post away in the comments on the right.
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Foxcatcher SynopsisFoxcatcher is a psychological drama directed by Academy Award nominee Bennett Miller (Moneyball) and starring Golden Globe winner Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Academy Award nominee Mark Ruffalo, Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave and Sienna Miller. The film was written by E. Max Frye and Academy Award nominee Dan Futterman. Foxcatcher tells the story of Olympic Gold Medal-winning wrestler Mark Schultz (Tatum), who sees a way out from the shadow of his more celebrated wrestling brother Dave (Ruffalo) and a life of poverty when he is summoned by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont (Carell) to move onto his estate and train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Desperate to gain the respect of his disapproving mother, du Pont begins "coaching" a world-class athletic team and, in the process, lures Mark into dangerous habits, breaks his confidence and drives him into a self-destructive spiral. Based on actual events, Foxcatcher is a gripping and profoundly American story of fragile men who pinned their hopes for love and redemption on a desperate obsession for greatness that was to end in tragedy.
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Starring: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave and Sienna Miller
Written by: Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye
Directed by: Bennett Miller
Produced by: Anthony Bregman, Michael Coleman, Megan Ellison, Tom Heller, Jon Kilik, Bennett Miller, Ted Schipper, and Ron Schmidt
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Foxcatcher Slammed Yet Again, This Time By A Rival Studio
And the Foxcatcher fiasco continues. Warner Bros. had to publicly apologize to Sony, the studio behind Foxcatcher, after one of its employees slammed the film over Twitter.
by Nick Romano January 5, 2015 comments
Foxcatcher's Main Character Deletes His Hostile Tweets, Posts New Explanation For His Anger
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Foxcatcher's Main Character Is Furious About The Movie's Gay Undertones
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Foxcatcher's Main Character Seems To Have Declared War On The Director
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by Sean O'Connell December 15, 2014 comments
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Awards Blend: The Best Actor Race Is About To Get Bloody
Someones going to be left out in the cold. Several very talented and deserving people, in fact. Theres no avoiding it. There are simply too many talented actors vying for five Best Actor slots this year, so on the morning of the Oscar nominations, there could be as many as 10 worthy performers looking at the five nominees and wondering why they arent in that exclusive group.
by Sean O'Connell December 5, 2014 comments
Fantastic Mr. Fox And Foxcatcher Just Got The Greatest Mash-Up Trailer Ever
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Awards Blend: Boyhood Leads The Pack As We Make Our First Oscar Predictions
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The Scary Story Of How Channing Tatum Hurt Himself Filming Foxcatcher
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Monday Movie Memo: Why Aren't The Oscar Contenders Playing In My Town?
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by Sean O'Connell October 20, 2014 comments
Foxcatcher Is A Masterpiece
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by Kristy Puchko September 4, 2014 comments
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by Sean O'Connell September 3, 2014 comments
The Deranged Acting Advice Steve Carell Got From Foxcatcher's Director
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by Mack Rawden August 26, 2014 comments
Foxcatcher, Maps To The Stars, Others Added To New York Film Festival Full Lineup
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by Gabe Toro August 13, 2014 comments
Foxcatcher, Rosewater And Whiplash Lead Early List Of Toronto Film Festival Titles
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by Sean O'Connell July 22, 2014 comments
Channing Tatum Really Hates Mirrors In This Incredible New Foxcatcher Trailer
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by Gabe Toro July 2, 2014 comments
Channing Tatum Looks Beaten And Serious On The New Foxcatcher Poster
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by Eric Eisenberg September 4, 2013 comments
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by Sean O'Connell August 16, 2013 comments
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by Katey Rich November 1, 2012 comments
Anthony Michael Hall Joins Steve Carell And Channing Tatum In Foxcatcher
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Steve Carell Plans To Kill Channing Tatum In Foxcatcher
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A local organization to help the troops is now back open for business.
The former "Give To The Troops" organization is now called "NCPACKS4PATRIOTS" and is now in its new home in Ayden.
Barabara Whitehead has spearheaded this non-profit for years in Greenville but had to move the location. Then they separated from the national organization to start their own.
Tuesday supporters from all over the county came for the grand opening. Whitehead say it has always been her mission, since her son was deployed, to help do something for soldiers overseas. Whitehead says, "It's the least we could do to send cards and letters, beef jerky to send deodorant, body wash and come out and pack the boxes to make a donation to pay for the postage, it's a very small way to say thank you"
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Even though WWE has not utilized him as an in ring performer in quite some time now, Christian remains a very busy individual. He recently filmed an episode of Haven with his childhood friend Edge. Now, the two of them are apparently doing something else together in the entertaining industry. Through social media, they revealed that they just worked with William Shatner on an unspecified project. They praised him for being an acting legend.
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Bharara, perhaps more than anyone else, knows the extent of the shady dealings of too many state officials. Last September, he warned the Moreland Commission at its first hearing that "Public corruption, based on all evidence, appears rampant, and the ranks of those convicted in office have swelled to absolutely unacceptable levels."
The commission's all-too-brief work surely has not reduced that swelling.
Last July, State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said, "New Yorkers want real reform, and expect and deserve the officials they put in office to be working to serve the public interest, not their own. This commission will be able to conduct a top-to-bottom investigation of New York state's government, and move us forward to repair our broken political process, strengthen our representative democracy and give New Yorkers the quality of leadership they deserve."
New Yorkers still want real reform, but it seems to us that the governor has traded a useful government watchdog for more legislative harmony and only marginally strengthened ethics laws — another disappointingly political quid pro quo.
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Bring your favorite board games for some evening entertainment in your tent's screened porch, or set up a pop-up canopy next to your tent where you can store everything you'll need for a fire-cooked meal on your folding table and chairs. Keep your food chilled and fresh in a cooler, and set up a portable stovetop or outdoor camp oven if you want more options than just what can be cooked on top of your campfire. Lanterns can line the tabletop for extra light at night, and be sure to bring flashlights for ghost stories before bedtime and to help safely find your way back to the tent when you're ready for bed.
Restful sleep in the evenings means more energy in the morning for a hiking excursion through the sandy dunes or fishing by the lakeside. Bring a cold weather sleeping bag to keep warm on chilly nights, or a warm weather sleeping bag that's ventilated for summer weekends. If you're not a fan of sleeping on the hard ground, sleeping pads or cots are a great alternative. They set up and break down easily and you can place your sleeping bag right on top. You can also ditch the sleeping bag altogether and bring an air mattress if there's room in your tent. Bring your own sheets and your favorite blanket to make it feel like you're sleeping in your bedroom at home.
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Caroline Kennedy returns to poetry for 10th book
NEW YORK Beginning work a few years ago on her latest book, an anthology of poems for young people, Caroline Kennedy found herself looking through one of her mother's scrapbooks. She burst into laughter, she says, as she came across a poem that her brother John, as a youngster, had picked out and copied as a gift to their poetry-loving mom.
"Willie with a thirst for gore, Nailed his sister to the door," went the poem, by an unknown author. "Mother said with humor quaint, `Careful, Willie, don't scratch the paint!'"
The poem "brought back memories of our relationship," Kennedy told a bookstore audience this week. "I laughed so hard."
But for Kennedy, now 55 and a mother of three grown children, there's a deeper meaning to that irreverent ditty. Poetry was a central part of her home life growing up. She and John regularly copied out and illustrated poems for their mother, Jackie, upon birthdays and Mother's Days. Sometimes, they'd recite them too, "if we were feeling competitive." And at family gatherings with their grandmother, there were frequent challenges to recite Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous (and famously lengthy) "Paul Revere's Ride." Only Uncle Ted, it seems, was able to recite it in its entirety.
Now, with her 10th book, Kennedy wants to share with young readers the love for the written word that she feels her poetry-filled childhood helped instill in her (even though her own son, she quips, hates reading and only likes two poems.) Hence the title: "Poems to Learn By Heart."
"It was a combination of remembering my own childhood and thinking about gifts I'd been given," she said in an interview last week at her husband's downtown Manhattan design firm, explaining the genesis of the latest book. "And working in schools and seeing the role that poetry can play in kids' lives."
It's also an effort to promote literacy, a cause Kennedy has supported in a number of ways. "Fourteen percent of American adults can't read," Kennedy says. "It's a slow-motion disaster." She believes poetry can help. "Kids need a way in," she says, "and reading needs to be fun. Poetry can give them that - with the current emphasis on poetry slams, and these other open mic events. That's actually why I think poetry has a chance."
Kennedy's current book - a collection of poems from various authors, with introductions by her to each section, and vivid illustrations by John J Muth - is her fourth to focus on poetry. Her earlier books, especially "The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis," have been huge sellers, pulling in numbers unheard of for poetry anthologies.
"She's committed to becoming an advocate for the written word and poetry in particular," says Gretchen Young, who edited all of Kennedy's poetry books at Hyperion, working with the author to cull down huge numbers of beloved poems. "And she knows she can do that."
As to what else Kennedy can do with her high profile - and the unique and powerful celebrity status she's held since she was a little girl in the Kennedy White House - that is a question that people never cease to ask. The latest rumor has her up for an ambassadorship, perhaps to Japan, perhaps to Canada. Asked about those rumors during a recent TV appearance, she responded with typical restraint: "I'd love to serve in any way." She added that she hadn't been asked yet, and her response is still "No comment."
But many expect Kennedy, who considered seeking an appointment to the Senate from New York in 2009 but then withdrew her name from contention amid a flurry of publicity, to take up some high-profile position in the near future. She was an important and avid supporter of President Barack Obama, both in the 2008 and the 2012 elections.