Welcome to Creative Loafing's live blog of the 2009 Academy Awards. Make yourself at home and please, sound off in the comments section. Also, we'll be keeping you up to speed on the progress of our Oscar contest throughout the evening.
11:56 p.m.: Show officially over! Final tabulations in the Oscar contest ongoing. The answer will be in shortly.
11:53 p.m.: And the Oscar for Best Picture goes to … Slumdog Millionaire.
11:52 p.m.: Closing in on midnight. Will the show end tomorrow?
11:47 p.m.: The Sean Penn upset really thinned the herd in our Oscar contest. Only 15 people remain perfect. It looks like the winner will be determined by the tie-breaker.
11:43 p.m.: And the Oscar for Best Actor goes to … Sean Penn in Milk. The first big-time upset of the night!
11:36 p.m.: Oscar contest update: 33 entrants still alive. Up next, Best Actor. This should help separate the Oscar-pick geniuses from the pretenders.
11:33 p.m.: And the Oscar for Best Actress goes to … Kate Winslet for The Reader.
11:24 p.m.: 35 people have are perfect through half of the CL Oscar contest. I think you're going to have to have been perfect to win.
11:21 p.m.: And the Oscar for Best Director goes to … Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire.
This article appears in Feb 18-24, 2009.