Welcome to Creative Loafing's live-blogging of the 2010 Academy Awards. Make yourself at home, and please vote in our Best Picture poll below. When you're done with that, and if you're in a voting mood, pick the winners of Best Supporting Actor & Actress, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director. I'll be announcing our winners right along with the Academy. …
12:02 a.m.: And that'll do it folks. Thanks for reading along. Very special thanks to everyone in the comments section who really made this live blog a worthwhile endeavor. Happy Monday everyone!
11:59 p.m.: And the Oscar for Best Picture goes to The Hurt Locker, which turns out to be the big winner of the night. Anyone else think Hanks rushed that because of time?
11:57 p.m.: One award to go. Can The Hurt Locker close it out? Hang on …
11:55 p.m.: And the Oscar for Best Director goes to Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to win the award. A little history right before midnight.
This article appears in Mar 3-9, 2010.