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The 84th Annual Academy Award Winners bit.ly/Ah3vbI
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johnott Feb 26, 8:44pm via HootSuite

Producers should be commended for one of the better shows in recent memory. Should use this as a model next year, replace circus with songs
johnott Feb 26, 8:42pm via HootSuite

Show moved at a good clip. Winners were fairly predictable but that's not something the producers can control. #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 8:39pm via HootSuite

No matter how many times you thank Billy Wilder he won't rise from the dead. He's not Beetlejuice. #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 8:37pm via HootSuite

What a strange winner. And there is a dog on stage. I hope they do the finger gun trick at the end of the acceptance speech.
johnott Feb 26, 8:36pm via HootSuite

Winner: The Artist!
johnott Feb 26, 8:35pm via HootSuite

Artist? Descendants? Hugo? What will it be...? #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 8:35pm via HootSuite

All the shots from Hugo in this Best Picture montage are so beautiful. Makes me want to see it again. #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 8:33pm via HootSuite

"Does this mean I have to see Iron Lady now?" -Micah
johnott Feb 26, 8:32pm via HootSuite

Meryl is the definition of true class, no, check that, true humblebrag #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 8:29pm via HootSuite

Winner of Best Actress: Meryl Streep ... An upset, poor Viola Davis #oscars
ckrewson Feb 26, 8:24pm via Web

Does anyone else sorta want Colin Firth to stutter? Just me? OK.
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johnott Feb 26, 8:25pm via HootSuite

This is a grave mistake. Glen Close was supposed to be in the Best Actor category. #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 8:24pm via HootSuite

Telecast is running late as Colin Firth intros Best Actress #oscars
JeffMcMahon Feb 26, 8:18pm via Twitter for iPhone

Jean Dujardin + facial hair = Demian Bechir.
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johnott Feb 26, 8:19pm via HootSuite

Best Actor: Jean Dujardin -- good sign for The Artist Best Picture
johnott Feb 26, 8:17pm via HootSuite

I honestly don't know who will win this. Pitt? Clooney? Dujardin?
johnott Feb 26, 8:16pm via HootSuite

Spoiler Alert Natalie ... And clip selection #oscars putting the lie to those who've been calling it a silent film all night
johnott Feb 26, 8:14pm via HootSuite

Aha... They brought back the long winded talking to the nominees thing. #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 8:14pm via HootSuite

Again, more credits from Billy. Put it in a chyron. #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 8:12pm via HootSuite

More interrotron celebrity bloviation. #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 8:06pm via HootSuite

And Steve Jobs makes an appearance. He did run PIXAR for a while and sat on Disney's board.
johnott Feb 26, 8:05pm via HootSuite

Very Apple Steve Jobs with the B&W photos. Ooh ... clips.
johnott Feb 26, 7:58pm via HootSuite

Meryl Streep - honorary Oscars - touching. I'll admit it, I like this. Nice to have a genuine uplifting moment in the show.
johnott Feb 26, 7:55pm via HootSuite

Always thank your financier. The audience at home doesn't care, but it helps us filmmakers raise money!
Variety_Cynthia Feb 26, 7:48pm via Web

Bret McKenzie charming us backstage. Now that he's won an Oscar his plan is a "full length rap album with Chris Cooper."
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johnott Feb 26, 7:53pm via HootSuite

Winner ... Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist - good sign for Best Pic
johnott Feb 26, 7:52pm via HootSuite

If Scorsese wins this, Hugo has a chance for Best Picture
johnott Feb 26, 7:52pm via HootSuite

If Alexander Payne wins this, Descendants is a lock
johnott Feb 26, 7:51pm via HootSuite

Michael Douglas intros Best Director ... This early? What about the dead people montage? #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 7:45pm via HootSuite

Best Animated Short: Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Something or Other #oscars
slashfilm Feb 26, 7:35pm via Tweetbot for iOS

The Artist's predicted sweep of the #Oscars continues... to not happen.
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johnott Feb 26, 7:42pm via HootSuite

Scorsese drinking game - funny. #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 7:41pm via HootSuite

(Live Action Short Film) - inspired by people of Northern Ireland
johnott Feb 26, 7:40pm via HootSuite

Winner: The Shore
johnott Feb 26, 7:39pm via HootSuite

Raju expected...
johnott Feb 26, 7:39pm via HootSuite

Cast of Bridesmaids to intro short films with innuendo all over it
johnott Feb 26, 7:37pm via HootSuite

Milla Jovovich drug-slurred tech oscars intro #oscars
Variety_JLD Feb 26, 7:23pm via Web

THE ARTIST will have to sweep the last 4 categories it's nommed in to pass HUGO for most trophies tonight.
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johnott Feb 26, 7:31pm via HootSuite

#oscars Woody only showed up at Oscars once, to introduce a New York montage post-9/11
johnott Feb 26, 7:30pm via HootSuite

#oscars Best Original Screenplay - winner Woody Allen
johnott Feb 26, 7:28pm via HootSuite

#oscars Winner: Descendants. Good sign for them for Best Picture. Watch to see if Clooney winds Best Actor.
johnott Feb 26, 7:25pm via HootSuite

#oscars "The original girl with the dragon tattoo" Angelina Jolie intros Screenwriting (Adapted)
GermainLussier Feb 26, 6:49pm via Web

This has been better than expected. A few different twists and stuff. Not bad. #oscars
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johnott Feb 26, 7:23pm via HootSuite

Thanks to Jim Henson and original Muppet team a cut at current Muppet team? I like Steve Whitmire.
johnott Feb 26, 7:19pm via HootSuite

#oscars winner Bret Mackenzie for great song "Man or a Muppet"
johnott Feb 26, 7:18pm via HootSuite

Music finally - miss more nominees - at least 3 next year please #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 7:15pm via HootSuite

#oscars winner: Bernard Hermann for "Vertigo" theme
johnott Feb 26, 7:14pm via HootSuite

Winner - Bource for "The Artist" #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 7:13pm via HootSuite

Penelope Cruz and Owen Wilson intro Score nominees... could be a tip off for Best Picture... #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 7:11pm via HootSuite

#oscars "our mission: to promote excellence in motion pictures using circus performers"
johnott Feb 26, 7:10pm via HootSuite

Tom Sherak zzzzzz #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 7:09pm via HootSuite

Billy Crystal mind reader... funny Nolte as ogre #oscars
shutupbuck Feb 26, 7:05pm via Web

He forgot to thank Liesl. #oscars
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johnott Feb 26, 7:04pm via HootSuite

Martin Scorsese waited 26 years for an Oscar, how long will you wait through this commercial break?
johnott Feb 26, 7:03pm via HootSuite

Plummer shows how to thank predictable Hollywood people and still make it entertaining.
johnott Feb 26, 7:02pm via HootSuite

Plummer to Oscar "You're only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all my life?"
johnott Feb 26, 7:01pm via HootSuite

Best Supporting Actor... Christopher Plummer for Beginners #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 6:59pm via HootSuite

Might Hugo win Best Picture?
johnott Feb 26, 6:58pm via HootSuite

Great night for Hugo so far
johnott Feb 26, 6:57pm via HootSuite

Shameless plug: check out my documentary on the Hugo Blu Ray about the train crash sequence
johnott Feb 26, 6:56pm via HootSuite

Winner - Hugo in a strong category
johnott Feb 26, 6:56pm via HootSuite

Visual Effects - expected is Planet of the Apes...
johnott Feb 26, 6:54pm via HootSuite

Ben Stiller and an enthusiastic Emma Stone
johnott Feb 26, 6:48pm via HootSuite

It doesn't get any better than ... Zzzzzzzz
johnott Feb 26, 6:47pm via HootSuite

Best Animated - winner Rango #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 6:44pm via HootSuite

They killed their mic. Cold!
johnott Feb 26, 6:44pm via HootSuite

Is this the producers of Undefeated or an N'Sync Cover band? #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 6:43pm via HootSuite

Documentary Feature - winner Undefeated #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 6:42pm via HootSuite

#oscars this bit is dying. Paltrow/Downey Jr
johnott Feb 26, 6:40pm via HootSuite

#oscars Reax to Cirque on Twitter looks generally positive.
johnott Feb 26, 6:39pm via HootSuite

#oscars Great big ad for Cirque. Five more useless minutes of broadcast.
johnott Feb 26, 6:36pm via HootSuite

#oscars Yfke says the swinging guys were in the Cirque movie show Iris
johnott Feb 26, 6:36pm via HootSuite

Muppets intro Cirque - to the music of Danny Elfman #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 6:31pm via HootSuite

Brad Pitt. George Clooney. Natalie Portman. Brad Pitt. George Clooney. Stephen Spielberg. Brad Pitt.
johnott Feb 26, 6:28pm via HootSuite

Sound Mixing ... also Hugo
johnott Feb 26, 6:27pm via HootSuite

If course my streak ends - thought this Sound Editing would go to Transformers
johnott Feb 26, 6:27pm via HootSuite

Better put up a photo of my ballot so you believe me ow.ly/i/tN0w
johnott Feb 26, 6:25pm via HootSuite

Winner - Dragon Tatoo - A bit of a surprise (I still got it)
johnott Feb 26, 6:24pm via HootSuite

Best Editing - you can't judge it unless you know the raw footage, anyway
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johnott Feb 26, 6:22pm via HootSuite

Save the credits for the end, Billy.
johnott Feb 26, 6:19pm via HootSuite

Another fake sketch - with your Christopher Guest movie cast.
johnott Feb 26, 6:19pm via HootSuite

RT @LaKendrus: I wish I could shit in a pie and win an award for it. Way to go! #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 6:17pm via HootSuite

Too true RT @ElliottKalan: Fact: Calling "The Artist" a silent film will not change the fact that it has tons of sound in it. #Oscars
schwa23 Feb 26, 6:14pm via Tweetbot for iOS

OH: 'She's not ACTUALLY a maid.'
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johnott Feb 26, 6:16pm via HootSuite

Guess which commercial is directed by Wes Anderson.
johnott Feb 26, 6:14pm via HootSuite

Nice emotional speech. "I'm wrapping up, I'm sorry I'm freaking out!"
johnott Feb 26, 6:13pm via HootSuite

Best Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer, good sign for The Help
johnott Feb 26, 6:10pm via HootSuite

An acting category - the room perks up...
johnott Feb 26, 6:09pm via HootSuite

Lovely anti-war speech. A bonus from Asgar Farhadi.
johnott Feb 26, 6:07pm via HootSuite

Best Foreign "A Separation" - a masterpiece and truly deserved
johnott Feb 26, 6:06pm via HootSuite

Never thought I'd be as unenthusiastic for a Transformers thing till I saw that ad for Transformers: The Ride
johnott Feb 26, 6:01pm via HootSuite

#oscars I want to see a montage of celebrities talking about their first time seeing... Themselves in a mirror
johnott Feb 26, 6:00pm via HootSuite

#oscars 4/4 so far in my Oscar pool #notsohumblebrag
johnott Feb 26, 5:58pm via HootSuite

#oscars It had to have been the teeth makeup.
johnott Feb 26, 5:58pm via HootSuite

Makeup ... Iron Lady
johnott Feb 26, 5:57pm via HootSuite

#oscars J-Lo totally out-boobing Cameron Diaz
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johnott Feb 26, 5:55pm via HootSuite

Costume Design - Mark Bridges "The Artist"
ElliottKalan Feb 26, 5:45pm via Web

Glad "Hugo" isn't being hurt by the extreme license taken with Hugo Chavez's life story. #Oscars
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johnott Feb 26, 5:52pm via HootSuite

America, these are your catchphrases.
johnott Feb 26, 5:51pm via HootSuite

Lame intro to montage of winning films.
johnott Feb 26, 5:49pm via HootSuite

Re: Cirque RT @Erich617: @johnott They were at the theatre anyway. Nobody told them they had the night off.
monkeyltd Feb 26, 5:44pm via Web

In one song, @BillyCrystal has completely kicked the collective asses of every presenter since he last hosted.
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johnott Feb 26, 5:47pm via HootSuite

Did they trade the Oscar orchestra for Kevin Eubanks an the Tonight Show band?
johnott Feb 26, 5:46pm via HootSuite

Yup. We know Hugo would win a bunch of these, but consensus is it will falter in the big categories. We'll know soon.
johnott Feb 26, 5:45pm via HootSuite

Clipping through the tech credits - will it be two quick wins for Hugo?
johnott Feb 26, 5:44pm via HootSuite

Bob Richardson's first time shooting digital AND 3d.
johnott Feb 26, 5:43pm via HootSuite

Hugo - cinematography!
johnott Feb 26, 5:42pm via HootSuite

Celebrity seat filler - that will get the young audiences.
johnott Feb 26, 5:42pm via HootSuite

"9 is the new 5" - Billy Crystal
johnott Feb 26, 5:39pm via HootSuite

"Nothing can take the sting out economic times like millionaires handing each other golden statues." #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 5:37pm via HootSuite

More mentions of Extremely Loud than it deserves. #oscars
johnott Feb 26, 5:34pm via HootSuite

Clooney kisses Crystal. Justin Bieber, Sammy Davis Jr. - a great insert intro #oscars
hipstermermaid Feb 26, 5:21pm via Web

Emma Stone looks absolutely stunning in Lindsay Lohan's former career. #Oscars
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johnott Feb 26, 5:27pm via HootSuite

"God I hope Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close wins." - Darren
johnott Feb 26, 5:26pm via HootSuite

Here we go, folks...
johnott Feb 26, 5:25pm via HootSuite

Cirque de Soliel? Why? Didn't they learn their lesson with Palabolus dancers?
johnott Feb 26, 5:24pm via HootSuite

Brian Grazer is nervous, but his hair is ready to rock.
johnott Feb 26, 5:22pm via HootSuite

"Hardware" - worst Oscar slang?
johnott Feb 26, 5:17pm via HootSuite

Do they have a separate entrance for the Academy members with walkers and wheelchairs?
johnott Feb 26, 5:15pm via HootSuite

Gwyneth Paltrow wins the Oscar for Best Cape.
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johnott Feb 26, 5:13pm via HootSuite

Fashion nerds here like Jessica Chastain's dress.
JesseDavidFox Feb 26, 8:43am via Web