A Half-Hour In

LIVE OSCAR BLOGGING! — Paul Dini just e-mailed that he found Crystal's monologue more excruciating than sitting through Mel Gibson's new movie. And "DneColt" thinks the best joke so far was Michael Moore getting squashed by the elephant, which I agree was pretty funny.

Art Direction Oscar to Lord of the Rings. I'm two for two on predictions. These winners are all wearing bowties…first ones of the evening. Was there a memo they missed or something?