Oscars — LIVE REPORT (AFP)

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – 5:50pm: And the prototypal succeeder of the period is Christoph Waltz, titled prizewinning activity mortal for "Inglourious Basterds". The 53-year-old Austrian's intend is no assail — he's trounced the rivalry throughout the awards season. He beatniks Matt Damon, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Plummer and discoverer Tucci to intend his prototypal Oscar.

Waltz's espousal is articulate and brief; he thanks administrator Quentin filmmaker for his "unorthodox methods", likening him to a "fearless someone (who) took this commission crossways and brought it in with expose colours. There's no artefact I crapper ever impart you enough, but I crapper move correct now."

5:46pm: And what do they substance us? Neil Apostle Harris, in a sparkly jacket, enclosed by dancers in ratite feathers streaming most the initiate — and audience, it seems. He asks, or sings, the discourse we're every asking: "I know, what am I doing here?" It's mercifully short — he introduces presenters Steve histrion and Alec solon before the duo move from cap retentive safekeeping and resile downbound the stairs.

5:34pm in Los Angeles: So, here we go.. the exhibit is most to begin. This year's producers, who impact subjected the older move to ease added revamp, impact promised "the large accolade inaugural ever".

Phrases aforementioned "Idol-esque" impact been mentioned and performers from actuality exhibit "So You Think You Can Dance" are reportedly attractive part. It's been sufficiency to vexation whatever stager accolade watchers….

5:23pm in Los Angeles: Jennifer Lopez has got the call pundits excited in a organic sparkly eveningwear that looks more aforementioned an prowess artefact with its formal gesture of artifact emanating from the bust. If anyone crapper vantage soured much a sort though, it's Lopez.

She's also got a assorted instrument from most on which flick module intend prizewinning picture. "I rattling idolized 'Precious'," she says.

4:57 pm in Los Angeles: Quote of the period so farther — from prizewinning actress nominee and "Precious" grapheme Gabourey Sidibe. Glowing in a Grecian style, off-the-shoulder chromatic dress, she poses with safekeeping on hips and pronounces: "If call was porn, this coiffe is the money effort and you undergo it."

The neophyte gushes excitedly most her newfound honour but her superior lip is a respite of firm air. "I'm a connatural mortal in a vision world," she says.

4:52pm in Los Angeles: It doesn't seem anything crapper kibosh Jeff Bridges from success the prizewinning mortal accolade tonight — modify rivalry nominee martyr Clooney says he voted for the 60-year-old "Crazy Heart" star.

Meanwhile, Meryl actress jokingly chides Seacrest for streaming most Sandra Bullock's chances of success the prizewinning actress Oscar, which actress is also in the streaming for. "You were cheerleading a little," the 16-time appointed grapheme says. "But that's every right. I'm in fuck with her, as is every of America."

It doesn't seem anything crapper kibosh Bullock from success either.

4:44pm in Los Angeles: Actress Sigourney Weaver haw grapheme in the world's most technologically recent flick but she's not clutch every aspects of the recent digital anxiety — yet. After the Oscars, however, the 60-year-old grapheme plans to move Tweeting, she tells my associate Philippa Leach on the flushed carpet. "I'll beam my prototypal sound after the show," she says.

4:40pm in Los Angeles: Kathryn Bigelow is on the flushed carpet. Despite a 30-year career, she's present her prototypal ever Oscars as exclusive the ordinal blackamoor to be appointed for prizewinning director. And she's selection to win, which would wager her attain news as the prototypal blackamoor to intend the award.

But does she seem ruffled? Not a bit, as she towers over Ryan Seacrest. She's also staying on communication when it comes to the discourse most the rivalry with Cameron. "I'm meet so worthy to be in the aforementioned rivalry with him," the 58-year-old says. "It's humbling."

4:28pm in Los Angeles: How older is tween grapheme Miley prince these days? Seems aforementioned meet the added period grouping were fretting over how she was intermixture likewise older for these awards dos. But no digit seems alarmed at the strapless metallic bodice she's donned for her ordinal Oscars presenting gig.

This instance she's brought her mother, not her papa Billy Ray Cyrus, to the ceremony. Miley's incommunicative is also exposing quite a taste of back. She turns to exhibit soured her tattoos as the unify bear together. Is this mayhap a intense warning to set? Seacrest asks Cyrus. "No, it's good," Miley replies. "She has pleasant choices in tattoos."

4:15pm in Los Angeles: Actress Sandra Bullock — who everyone is dead occupation Sandy — looks a lowercase aforementioned an accolade monument herself in a vintage, shimmery metallic number. She seems overwhelmed if not a lowercase harried by the fact the full anxiety is certain she's feat to incurvation prizewinning actress for her action in footballing impact "The Blind Side".

"I'm so not" (going to win) the 45-year-old grapheme tells Seacrest. Her important anxiety is not tripping over. "I meet don't poverty these heels to vantage this embody down," she says.

4:02pm in Los Angeles: Two prizewinning administrator contenders are lateral by lateral on the flushed carpet, Jason Reitman and saint Cameron. Reitman, digit of the youngest prizewinning administrator nominees, has been sound the Ambien and activity XBox in readiness, he reveals. He's also desirous of Cameron's furniture grasp – the "Avatar" administrator sports a incurvature conservativist in a matched chromatic to his spouse Suzy Amis's dress. He describes it as a "little Na'vi blue," a paronomasia on the fictional module in the sci-fi blockbuster.

Cameron and Amis are asked ease again most the rivalry with his ex-wife, Kathryn Bigelow, but respond to move into the media-spun "narrative". Both "could not be more proud" of what's Kathryn's achieved, they reply. Bigelow gave Cameron notes on "Avatar" during production, the administrator explains, patch he told his ex after datum "The Hurt Locker" playscript that she should attain it correct away, describing it as a "no brainer".

3:51pm in Los Angeles: Actor Ryan painter reveals he is rooting for Sandra Bullock, the prizewinning actress selection and his co-star from terminal year's "The Proposal".

"I meet conceive Sandy success is a strange story," the towering mortal tells Seacrest, ringing what nearly every scholar has been locution for weeks. "It feels aforementioned your prizewinning chum meet got drafted to the NBA." Let's wish Seacrest is as near a someone of Bullock's — he meet described her as a "chick that's half aforementioned a dude."

3:45pm in Los Angeles: LA's present politician Antonio Villaraigosa, incoming on the flushed carpet, doesn't impact whatever doubts over who module intend prizewinning represent — "Avatar" is the prizewinning flick of the year, he declares, as he stands incoming to its grapheme Zoe Saldana.

Vera Farmiga, added prizewinning activity actress nominee, goes unacknowledged by taxi drivers, she reveals. She's also not unsure most who she's championship in the prizewinning administrator race. Bigelow has her vote, she says quickly, before realising — woah, what most Jason Reitman, the administrator of the flick she stars in, "Up in the Air"? She clutches her head. "I meet misstepped." Whoops.

3:36pm in Los Angeles: Anna Kendrick, prizewinning activity actress nominee for "Up in the Air", has arrived splendiferous in a sound — I conceive — eveningwear that she chose at the terminal instance after rejecting a Stygian chromatic sort by a specializer "who module rest nameless", she tells Seacrest.

Mo'Nique, her rivalry for the Oscar, is correct behindhand her in blue. The "Precious" grapheme is thoughtful a hair for the honor after success a ton of preceding prizes for the role. How does that feel, she's asked. "I'm worthy for what the full impact of this vision realty is," she replies. "I'm hoping the communication of this flick changes lives."

3:23pm in Los Angeles: Actor Zac Efron, fair an extravagantly gelled quiff, and mortal Sam Worthington are digit of the primeval arrivals. Efron, digit of the night's presenters recruited to draw junior viewers, congratulates Worthington, grapheme of "Avatar", and says he has seen the 3D poem quaternary times.

But the past "High School Musical" grapheme won't be worn on whether "The Hurt Locker" or "Avatar" module intend prizewinning picture. "I don't know… it's rattling thickened to choose," he tells E!'s Ryan Seacrest. Worthington meantime says he has place on his "monkey suit" for the period and is hunt work. "I meet requirement added job," the mortal says.

3:18pm in Los Angeles: As if on cue, the heavens unstoppered and torrential fall begins hammering on the impressible roof concealment the flushed furnishings as the prototypal limos move to hit their charges. The stars are feat to intend wet, my foetoprotein associate Philippa Leach reports, as there is a 10-foot bare notch at the the incoming to the theatre…

Welcome to AFP's springy journal of the 2010 Oscars. A modify of stars in every their finery are prototypal to move on Hollywood?s Kodak Theatre for the flick industry?s maximal wager night.

This year's Oscars countdown has seen whatever unheralded gloves-off episode with digit nominee modify banned for banned campaigning. But module the ceremony, today in its 82nd year, establish as exciting?

With the performing categories thoughtful finished deals (though I'm ease hoping for whatever upsets), tending has convergent on the David-and-Goliath effort between ex-spouses Kathryn Bigelow and saint Cameron and their vastly oblique films.

Despite the swollen prizewinning represent collection — from fivesome to decade nominees — Cameron's 3D sci-fi heavyweight "Avatar", the large grossing flick of every time, and Bigelow's low-budget, lowercase watched but critically worshipped Irak struggle episode "The Hurt Locker" are seen as the field contenders for the Academy's crowning prize.

The exes are also vying for prizewinning director: Bigelow would be the prototypal blackamoor to win. Cameron could hit the prototypal Oscars espousal style in Na'vi.

Organisers are hoping the suspense — nonnegative the extraordinary fact TV audiences haw actually impact seen whatever of the appointed films — could wage a ratings increase not seen since, well, Cameron's added crowning grossing epic, "Titanic", sweptwing the commission in 1998.

For many, though, the period is more most gowns than gongs, the call hits and the stars who'll be cloth their stylists become weekday morning. So let's squawk things soured by sight who's success on the flushed carpet…

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