Today is the day! It’s time for red carpets, teary speeches, and bets lost and won. We are live-blogging the Oscars tonight to cheer on our favorites and dish about the absurdities.
Starting at 7 p.m. (EST) tonight, Sunday, February 26, we’ll be watching the 89th Annual Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
Join us right here, cheer along, scroll down, and comment. (Log in any time during the ceremony that you feel the urge to opine.) We welcome your remarks—as short or long as you like. Comments will be screened before we post them, and our online chats are famously civil (if a little catty sometimes about fashion). Feel free to share your point of view. Feel free to share links and photos—and Tweets @womensvoices, too!
And catch up on our Oscar-nominated movie coverage with Alex MacAaron’s reviews.
Bringing in the folks from the tour bust= is a very cute waste of time.
And less weird somehow than that selfie thing, or the pizza thing.
This “real people” off the tour bus thing is kind of freaking me out. Does anyone else find it uncomfortable?
Not nice.
Love that Gael García Bernal just described himself as a “migrant worker.”
Yeah, that was an awesome bit.
Hailie’s dress reminds me of “Barbarella.” Or Saran Wrap. Can’t decide which
Back to Viola (I think we’ll be talking a lot about her for some time to come). She just became the first black woman to win an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy!
I just checked, and “Never Caught” already has an audiobook, but Viola will be due for the Grammy any year now.
Attn Sean Spicer: Put Dev Patel’s remarks about journalism on a loop.
Beautiful statement about the dangers of “us vs. them.”
I so hoped that The Salesman would win.
Viola set the bar for awards speeches for all time!
I agree! I think a theme this year is untold stories. And genuine love for their work and their colleagues. So far, it’s been inspiring.
“Oh Captain, my Captain. Denzel!” Choked up now.
I loved that! Davis’s own story is so inspiring.
Viola Davis wins the Oscar against tough competition, and then tops it with a frame worthy of Toni Morrison for her speech.
Supporting Actress … It has to be Viola!
YES!
For those who never left the East Coast, Californians think Red Vines are sacred and Twizzlers vastly inferior. That they’re wrong is completely irrelevant, because we need to unite the country against Necco Wafers.
Here is New England, NECCO Wafers still ROCK! 😉
Paula Poundstone on Twitter: “The head of the Academy just said, “Art doesn’t belong to one faith.” Trump is gonna disappear her. #TheOscars”
I’ve heard she’s “very overrated.” (Just like “Hamilton” and Meryl Streep.)
So, the parachuted movie candy was tgis year’s nod to Ellen’s pizza delivery and Chris’s Girl Scout cookies.
Auli’i Cravalho’s “whew” moment at the end of her song was great.
She’s lovely!
Damn, I was really hoping for 13th.
But watch it on Netflix after the telecast is over.
The “Hidden Figures” women look fantastic. And, I love the message. “Stories that deserve to be told.”
I agree.
My daughter just fist pumped to the costumes win for fantastic beasts!
I’m not surprised. (She’s 9.)
My daughter just fist pumped the makeup award!
She probably wasn’t the only one. 😉
Kate McKinnon walking out in a gown that has no pockets, but she’s got her hands in the right place anyhow.
M A made a gracious and time thoughtful acceptance speech. Fingers crossed that this continues
Mahershala Ali FTW!
As expected (and well deserved).
I’ve not seen Moonlight,but Ali has been amazing in so much else this year, from Luke Cage to Hidden Figures as well as House of Cards….
Is anyone keeping track of the Trump digs?
Jimmie, that joke about women losing weight all the time was made to Matthew McC for Dallas Buyers Club.
“Meryl Streep has phoned in more than 50 films.”
Jimmy has a hard job, Rachel. I can not imagine how stressful this is.
OMG, Kathryn Johnson, GEEK GODDESS!
We needed a little sunshine. Thanks JT for that opening!
Wow, this opening is about as awkward as seeing Mel Gibson parked next to a Jewish cemetary.
Justin Timberlake was great! Lots of excitement.
Jimmie Kimmel off to a good start.
Excitement finally: Great opening act.
Oh, Justin Timberlake. Who wants to see you tonight?
Ugh!
Not hers, obviously.