I woke up a couple of hours ago ... I'm still a bit fuzzy! But it was worth it to spend the night watching The Oscars LIVE.
I predicted that Juno wouldn't win as Best Picture and that Ellen Page was up against huge competition.
Unfortunately, neither did George Clooney and his movie Michael Clayton ... Hard Luck!
But, Daniel Day Lewis seriously deserves the Golden Boy he got yesterday and No Country for Old Men is definitely one of the strongest movies this year.

Here's the full List of the major Oscar 2008 winners:

Best Motion Picture of the Year
No Country for Old Men

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

The rest of the list after the jump ...

Amy Adams was up next to present the Oscar for Original Score. The Award went to Atonement.
As for the next presenter, it's Tom Hanks.
Tom with the help of a few soldiers from way over in Baghdad presented Best Documentary - Short award ... which went to Freeheld.
Tom also presents the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. The Award goes to Taxi to The Dark Side.
Harrison Ford is the next presenter. He presents the award for Original Screenplay, and the Oscar goes to Diablo Cody for Juno.
One of the major categories is up next, Best Actor Award. To present the award is Helen Mirren and the Oscar goes to Daniel Day Lewis for his role in There Will be Blood.
The second major category is Best Director, and who better to present this award than Martin Scorsese. The Oscar goes to The Coen Brothers for No Country for Old Men.
The third major category is Best Motion Picture and to present the award is Denzel Washington. The Oscar goes to No Country for Old Men.

* This is an update to the first post ... Inside The Oscars 2008 Awards (LIVE) which has the rest of the winners list.

Jon Stewart is the host of the 80th Academy Awards and he's sure done a good job on his opening piece.
I loved the last joke about Barack Hussein Obama ... He's black American, got the last name of Iraq's former president and his last name rhymes with Osama!
The first presenter is Jennifer Garner. She presents the 1st Oscar of the night, Best Costume Design, which goes to Alexandra Byrne for her work in Elizabeth, The Golden Age.
The second presenter is nominee George Clooney. He presents "80 years of Oscar".
The next presenters are Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell, they present Best Animated Feature Film, which goes to Ratatouille. Yepee!
Katherine Heigl is the next presenter ... she was shivering and totally nervous!
She presented the Oscar for Best Makeup, which goes to the people who worked on La Vie en Rose.
As for Best Song ... Well, Amy Adams performed the nominated song 'A Happy Working Song' from the movie Enchanted, which she also stars in.

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The red carpet at the Kodak theater is starting to fill up with stars and Oscar nominees!
Nominees Tommy Lee Jones and Daniel Day Lewis have just arrived!
Javier Bardem is also present at the red carpet.

Patrick Dempsey and his wife are on the red carpet now.
He’s in a classic bow-tie and his wife in a strapless … red gown!
Katherine Heigl is also sporting a red gown.

Nominee Amy Adams is in a strapless dark Emerald green gown and her hair simply let down on her shoulder.
Jennifer Garner has arrived too. She’s in a stunning black gown and is wearing a sparkling diamond necklace! Totally regal!
Kerri Russell has also arrived, She's in a strapless white gown and she's also wearing a diamond necklace.
Mom-to-be Jessica alba has arrived and she's showing off her growing baby bump in a eggplant purple gown. Perfect dress for her at the moment.

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I'm going to try to Blog LIVE from The Oscars red carpet tonight ... there will come a point when i'll sleep over the keyboard, but i'll try my best!
So, fashion is a big part of the red carpet ... the hair, the jewelry and the gowns! It's a giant runway!
i wonder who will the first stars arriving at the red carpet of the Kodak theater ...
The whole red carpet is covered with a huge tent to protect the stars from any rain drops that might be falling!
Photographers and reporters are swarming the sides of the red carpet and Oh God! How i wish i was there right now!
Well, no stars have arrived just yet ... but i'm waiting!

Oh! Heidi Klum is one of the very first stars to arrive … she’s matching the whole atmosphere in a stunning bright red Galliano gown.
Heidi arrived at the arm of hubby seal, who sported a sexy tux! They looked great together!

Photos of Heidi Klum and Seal on the Oscars 2008 red carpet

George Clooney has just arrived! AAAHHH!!!
And his girlfriend Sarah Larson is with him!
He's super sexy in his black tux and Sarah looks very nice in a strapless dove grey gown with light pink flowers!

Photos of George Clooney at Oscars 2008 Red Carpet

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It's an Oscar countdown! The biggest night in Hollywood is only a few hours away and i am on the edge of my seat already!
Sure, it's the winners that make me want to watch ... but the Oscars red carpet is something not to be missed! And because the writers' strike is over, the stars of Hollywood will be arriving at the Kodak theater with ease. But, which of the stars will be there?
I already know that Charlize Theron has chosen her coach and her PJ's, so she won't be there ... but I bet most of the nominees will! Yepee!
George Clooney, Daniel Day Lewis, Cate Blanchett and her baby bump and Ellen Page for her baby bump in Juno!
Oh! The presenters also are going to be at the red carpet! Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman with her tiny baby bump are only three of the presenters.
How can i forget the host! Jon Stewart will hopefully light up the theater with his piercing jokes.

There's more to The Oscars than meets the eye!
I came across some fun facts about the most important award in Hollywood ... They're pretty interesting.
Did you know that recipients of Oscars cannot sell the Golden Boy and neither can their heirs, without first being offered back to the Academy for the sum of $1 ?!
Back in 2006 -which isn't long ago- nominees for the best actress award were given gift bags of Victoria's Secret lingerie worth ... get ready ... $15,000. You mya wonder what was in those bags? The underwear sets were adorned with diamond brooches! Yup, no wonder!
In 2003 the Golden Boy won by Orson Welles for his writer credit on Citizen Kane in 1942, came up for auction at Christie's. Orson's youngest daughter, Beatrice, was trying to sell the statue for an estimated $300,000 to $400,000, but Christie's were reluctant to go against the Academy's wishes. The statue was withdrawn from the auction!

The Oscars this year have really gathered the cream de la cream of actors, actresses and movies! Sometimes, the choices aren’t so great, you find one or two movies that really deserve an Oscar and the rest are just there … and then the best one wins! It’s sometimes predictable!
This year, it’s different! The movies chosen for Best Movie are all stunning and I can’t make up my mind as to which one to vote for or which might have a bigger chance of winning!
If I may say, 4 of the 5 films are astonishing ( Atonement, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men and There will be Blood ) … but the 5th; Juno … it’s a great movie and is worthy of recognition, but is it big enough to be an Oscar winner? I’m not sure!
As for Best Actor, The 5 nominees are strong … really strong! Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Viggo Mortensen and Tommy Lee Jones were stunning in their roles, but Daniel Day Lewis was a tad bit stunning-er! So, I expect that he may have a bit more chance to sweep away the Golden Boy in this category.

The biggest night in Hollywood is only a few weeks from ... everyone is one their toes now in anticipation of the long list of 2008 Oscar nominees.
Their waiting won't be long, because tonight this list will be announced! But, then another sort of waiting will start; who will actually win?
Maybe the three most important categories are the: Best Motion Picture of the Year - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role ... So, who will the lucky ones be?
I have three movies in mind for the Best Motion Picture ... No Country for Old Men, Atonement and Sweeney Todd. I'm not sure that Sweeney Todd will be to everyone's liking ... maybe too much blood mixed in with the musical notes?
As for the Best Actor ... Hmmm ... I guess Daniel Day-Lewis and George Clooney are strong candidates ... no? The performances in There Will be Blood and Michael Clayton were outstanding!

What's your say?
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Ellen is a funny gal ... but how did she do last night at The Oscars?
It was Ellen's first time hosting the Academy Awards ... she had lots of jokes up her sleeve ... but were they funny enough ... does she get 10 out of 10?
She wasn't sharp ... but her warm & low key jokes were what relaxed the audiences & made them at ease.
One of the funniest things she said was: "hosting the Oscars has been a dream of mine since I was a little girl. Let that be a lesson to you kids out there - aim lower."
Then there was that ironic parallel between Jennifer Hudson, a losing contestant from American Idol & former US Vice President Al Gore, who lost an election for president despite winning the popular vote.

Ellen is a funny gal ... but how did she do last night at The Oscars?
It was Ellen's first time hosting the Academy Awards ... she had lots of jokes up her sleeve ... but were they funny enough ... does she get 10 out of 10?
She wasn't sharp ... but her warm & low key jokes were what relaxed the audiences & made them at ease.
One of the funniest things she said was: "hosting the Oscars has been a dream of mine since I was a little girl. Let that be a lesson to you kids out there - aim lower."
Then there was that ironic parallel between Jennifer Hudson, a losing contestant from American Idol & former US Vice President Al Gore, who lost an election for president despite winning the popular vote.

The Red Carpet is always an exciting place to be ... The stars arrive, the cameras start flashing away & the reporters get their chance to ask the stars all the questions, whether silly, funny or burning questions ... They just fire away!
Last night the red carpet was bubbling & sizzling ... Wish I was there!
In all cases, the best moments of the red carpet arrivals -in my opinion- were when Nicole Kidman & Naomi Watts stood side by side for an 'Aussie' moment! Kidman looked smashing in a red dress, while Watts looked elegant in a cream dress ... She did look like she had a baby bump underneath that dress!

Hey! I was waiting to see Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie hand in hand on the red carpet at the Oscars' arrivals! Where were they?
Well, believe it or not, Angelina Jolie missed The Oscars to be in Africa! Yup! She went there yesterday to monitor & raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan.
All this is part of her role as United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.
Jolie will be staying in Africa for a few days, four or five & she is due to visit refugee camps near the border of Sudan. Wow!
As for Brad Pitt, he's in New Orleans ... Taking care of the kids & working on his latest movie Mysterious Case of Benjamin Button.

So many stars, so many categories, so may nominations ... But who won the real golden boy? Which stars can really say they ruled the Oscars last night?
In my opinion, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren & Jennifer Hudson were in control! Oh! I cannot forget Martin Scorsese ... He won! At last he won! Not only one awards, but four! Most importantly one for Best Director & another for Best Adapted Screenplay & both are for The Departed. He must have been ecstatic!