The Film Yap crew will be live-blogging the Oscars! Coverage begins around 8 p.m.
12:03 a.m. (Joe): Thanks, everyone for hanging around! A truly memorable evening! #Oscars
12:02 a.m. (Chris): Final tally on my predictions: I got 19 out of 24 categories right, one of my best showings. Of the five categories I missed, four went to my preferred pick. So in other words, only one award went to a movie I did not predict or personally prefer. Not too shabby, if I may say so myself...
12:00 a.m. (Chris): In his rambling acceptance speech, Steve McQueen actually repeats the incredibly cliched line from the movie about "wanting to live, not just survive," which was one of the primary reasons the movie didn't make my Top 10 list.
11:58 p.m. (Chris): By my math "12 Years a Slave" wins a total of 3 Oscars including Best Picture. That may sound low, but three or four has been about the median over the past decade.
11:55 p.m. (Joe): Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey. He's has the best two years of acting that I can remember. #Oscars
11:55 p.m. (Chris): McConaughey does his "Dazed & Confused" signature line in his acceptance speech!
11:47 p.m. (Chris): Seeing Cate Blanchett's hobbit-like husband gives hope to nerds everywhere that they can land a hot, talented babe.
11:46 p.m. (Joe): Crag Sniggler won Best Actress? #Travolta #Oscars
11:45 p.m. (Chris): Cate dodges the Woody curse. Ronan Farrow will have something to talk about on his show tomorrow.
11:42 p.m. (Chris): The fact they weren't able to find a better clip for Amy Adams is the best evidence that she shouldn't have been nominated for an Oscar in the first place.
11:41 p.m. (Joe): John Travolta: "I'm so happy for Alpaca Stegrone on his big win."
11:38 p.m. (Chris): I still don't think "Gravity" will Best Pic though. It did not get a screenwriting nomination, and though a number of films have won Best Picture without a director nomination, a screenwriting nod is pretty standard.
11:37 p.m. (Joe): Alfonso Cuaron wins Best Director. I called it immediately after seeing "Gravity." #Oscars
11:35 p.m. (Chris): A good win for Cuaron, much in the vein of Ang Lee last year. Give the award to the best-directed film, rather than the movie that is the favorite.
11:30 p.m. (Joe): VERY nice! Spike Jonze! Travolta just said "Whaa?? Steve Jackles won?"
11:27 p.m. (Chris): I am incredibly ecstatic to finally be able to say the words, "Spike Jonze, Oscar winner."
11:26 p.m. (Chris): For some reason John Ridley looks really pissed about winning the Oscar for Adapted Screenplay.
11:24 p.m. (Joe): 1) THAT was the best speech of the night. 2) John Travolta has now used up all of the goodwill he built from "Pulp Fiction." #Oscars
11:18 p.m. (Joe): At my daughter's Girl Scouts father/daughter dance, they played "Let It Go," and every single girl sang along. Every. Single. Girl. #Oscars
11:16 p.m. (Joe): This broadcast is officially too loose. Too many screw ups.
11:14 p.m. (Joe): What did Travolta say? Idell Dazi?
11:11 p.m. (Chris): Love you Idina, but right now we're all pretending we didn't just hear that horrendous crack on the high note. "Wonderful." "Beautiful." "Yes, yes."
11:09 p.m. (Chris): Is it me or did John Travolta just completely butcher Idina Menel's name? Sounded like "Ditzda Mzzder."
11:02 p.m. (Chris): Did you get the sense Bette Midler was just going to stand there until she got her standing O?
10:59 p.m. (Chris): Some might dislike it or even find it mean, but I just don't agree with putting Roger Ebert in the Oscar dead people roll. Critics should never confuse themselves as being a part of the movie biz, rather than journalists covering it, even through opinions.
10:57 p.m. (Chris): Elmore Leonard gets "Joe Kidd" as his Oscar epitaph?
10:46 p.m. (Chris): Chris Evans is standing on the Oscar stage. Don't those two things cancel each other out, like North-South magnetic poles and matter/anti-matter?
10:44 p.m. (Chris): "The Great Gatsby" now has two more Oscar wins than "American Hustle" will get tonight.
10:36 p.m. (Chris): The next musical number scheduled for this Oscar show is "A Salute to Oscar Salutes."
10:34 p.m. (Joe): Has #Gravity even lost one yet?
10:30 p.m. (Joe): Bill Murray, showing once again how he is better than us all.
10:28 p.m. (Chris): "American Hustle" at zero Oscar wins. Let's keep this streak going!
10:22 p.m. (Chris): You just effing know Harrison Ford went for the meat pizza!
10:19 p.m. (Joe): Lupita Nyongo just gave the speech of the night. #Oscars.
10:16 p.m. (Chris): Trying to retweet Ellen's photo nearly crashed my computer!
10:14 p.m. (Chris): Can't believe they showed the pootey-tang scene for June Squibb's Oscar clip.
10:11 p.m. (Joe): They are seriously not cutting speeches off for these "peasant" categories this year #Oscars
10:09 p.m. (Chris): Honestly, they should just do all the "technical" awards at once and say, "Yeah, 'Gravity' won them all."
10:06 p.m. (Joe): Kristen B. Ell is my new hotel pseudonym, if I ever needed one. #Oscars
10:04 p.m. (Chris): If you didn't see "Fruitvale Station," Michael B. Jordan = YES. Big career in front of that young man, I predict.
9:58 p.m. (Joe): What's the statute of limitations on bullshit?" Might be the line of the year. #Nebraska #Oscars
9:56 p.m. (Chris): Thirty-odd years into their tremendous career arc, I remain impervious to the charms of U2.
9:54 p.m. (Chris): I'm going way back to the beginning of the telecast here, but I wanted to mention that Ellen's joke about all of us being racist if "12 Years a Slave" doesn't win Best Pic was actually really ballsy, and really funny.
9:52 p.m. (Chris): Tyler Perry takes the stage to remind us that he will never, ever even so much as sniff an Academy Award.
9:50 p.m. (Joe): Gee, I hope no one spoils #TheWalkingDead for me. Twitter wouldn't do that, now, would they?
9:48 p.m. (Joe): Angelina: "my mother loved art, and my father is a complete asshole. God, I hate that prick."
9:42 p.m. (Joe): Bill Murray was REALLY down with that chick singing. The mic couldn't handle that voice.
9:40 p.m. (Chris): And we have the evening's first very obligatory-feeling standing ovation for the very OK-ish "20 Feet from Stardom." It was a cool move to break into song at the podium, but a lot of people heard the off-key wailing and thought to themselves, "Now I know why she stayed a backup singer."
9:39 p.m. (Chris): A LOT of people who made Oscar-winning films or were featured in them apparently just died recently.
9:34 p.m. (Chris): Why is a Danish guy "fanking" me over and over again? I'm not sure I really want to be fanked by a Dane.
9:31 p.m. (Chris): "Helium" deservedly wins Live Action Short. So far, every category I've been wrong in my preferred pick has won. Great way to be wrong!
9:28 p.m. (Joe): I'm liking the broadcast so far...subtly different camera angles, and Ellen is also gently behind-the-scenesish.
9:24 p.m. (Chris): My biggest hope for this Oscar telecast is that it will inspire more people to see "Her" when it comes out on video. Though all the sour notes in "The Moon Song" performance don't help.
9:21 p.m. (Joe): @JMV1070 @JRStangfan no noms for "42," but it is a solid flick. "The Blind Side"...garbage.
9:19 p.m. (Chris): When they complain about the Oscars being too long, why is it they want to shorten the song performances and cut off acceptance speeches, but they always have time for these bullcrappy "Salute to Heroes" sorts of montages?
9:15 p.m. (Chris): McConaughey is such a gentleman, trying to cover for Novak's missed cues and general disaster-ishness.
9:13 p.m. (Chris): I just loved "Mr. Hublot." Beautiful, beautiful film.
9:12 p.m. (Chris): Kim Novak is trying to speak through the Botox ... and failing.
9:08 p.m. (Chris): Busted! It was a fake! http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/24/jonah-hill-on-the-wolf-of-wall-street-prosthetic-penises-and-finance-douchebags.html
9:05 p.m. (Chris): Totally blanked it out, I guess.
9:04 p.m. (Joe): yes, Jonah Hill showed his crank in "Wolf." Remember the party scene?
9:03 p.m. (Chris): Harrison Ford should've kept his glasses on. He's really struggling to read the prompter. Hey, he's 71!
9:01 p.m. (Chris): As I predicted, no one wanted to see a "Jackass" movie win an Oscar. Even for makeup.
8:59 p.m. (Joe): "The Great Gatsby" was a crapfest, but Gatsby was a worthy winner for costume design. #Oscars
8:58 p.m. (Chris): OK, I'm not getting Ellen's banter with Jonah Hill about "showing us something." Did he show his dick in "Wolf?" And If so, why don't I remember that?
8:56 p.m. (Chris): OK, thank God for commercial breaks and Best Song performances, I'm all caught up.
8:55 p.m. (Joe): Pharrell Williams...what it it with him and those funky Sgt. Slaughter hats?
8:53p.m. (Chris): Jared's speech started out nice, but awkward shoehorning in Venezuela and other hot spots was just that ... awkward.
8:48 p.m. (Chris): OK, I'm already a few minutes behind due to childcare issues. So you all already knew who won Supporting Actor! Congrats Jared Leto!
8:43 p.m. (Joe): Jared Leto wins Best Supporting Actor!
8:39 p.m. (Joe): New early fave from Ellen: (to Jonah Hill) "In 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' we saw something I haven't seen for a very, very long time."
8:24 p.m. (Joe): Lara just made the comment that "the amount of air kissing that is going on is just phenomenal." Say whaa?
7:46 p.m.(Joe): for good or bad, "Frozen" seems destined to appear on awards telecast montages for years to come.
7:35 p.m.(Joe): Two time Oscar nominee Jonah Hill. Who'da thunk?
7:16 p.m.(Joe): My daughter Jenna, on Sally Hawkins on the red carpet: "She's talking British!"
7:11 p.m.: Welcome to The Film Yap's annual Oscars liveblog! Anna Kendrick is at the interview platform, and the shameless name dropping has officially begun! And next...Amy Adams. Rawr.
10:22 p.m. (Chris): You j