Oscars 2019: live blog and analysis of the 91st Academy Awards
By Jake Skubish
Welcome to Oscars night! Follow along here as Peter Coutu and I give our thoughts and reactions to the winners, losers, speeches, and everything in between. (Refresh to update.)
11:47 pm
Jake: Final prediction scores. For the second year in a row I get first; Peter and Audrey tie for second.
Jake: 15/24
Peter: 13/24
Audrey: 13/24
11:19 pm
Peter: At least I can end the night happy, knowing Jake is mad about Green Book winning Best Picture.
11:16 pm
Jake: Big let down for Green Book winning Best Picture, but should this have been a surprise? During that montage, it felt SO much like a classic Oscars movie. This sucks, but honestly, whatever. No one will care about Green Book two years from now.
11:08 pm
Peter: I don’t know what I would have done if Alfonso didn’t win
Jake: Most predictable win of the night.
Jake: 15/23
Peter: 13/23
Audrey: 13/23
11:05 pm
Peter: Good speech, terrible choice
11:00 pm
Jake: Colman!!! The speech we deserve!!!
Jake: 14/22
Peter: 12/22
Audrey: 12/22
10:59 pm
Peter: I will FUCKING RIOT
10:45 pm
Jake: Who is picking all the wrong acting clips for these movies???
Jake: 14/21
Peter: 12/21
Audrey: 11/21
10:28 pm
Peter: Theda just heard “Shallow” for the first time and she is NOT a fan.
Jake: This is the first thing I don’t like about Theda!!!
Peter: It certainly is overrated!
Jake: Even more shocking that she never heard it before, I’ve listened to it LITERALLY a thousand times.
Jake: 13/20
Peter: 11/20
Audrey: 10/20
10:24 pm
Jake: Fun fact: Ludwig is Childish Gambino’s long-time producer!
Jake: 12/19
Peter: 10/19
Audrey: 9/19
10:16 pm
Peter: Spike Lee has STOLEN the show.
Jake: EASILY the best moment of the show. Do the right thing, 30 years late.
Jake: 12/18
Peter: 9/18
Audrey: 9/18
10:14 pm
Peter: Jake, can you ask Audrey why she hated Green Book so much?
Jake: …did you like it?
Peter: I didn’t see it!
10:09 pm
Jake: Welp, we all get Live Action Short wrong. Don’t bet chalk!
Jake: 10/16
Peter: 8/16
Audrey: 9/16
10:04 pm
Jake: OOOOH-OH-OH-OH-OH
9:58 pm
Jake: Infinity War is upset for Visual Effects, and a superhero movie still hasn’t won the award in more than a decade. At least First Man gets something!!!
Jake: 10/15
Peter: 8/15
Audrey: 9/15
9:57 pm
Peter: If anything bad about Paul Rudd came out I would be devastated.
9:55 pm
Jake: Point of contention between Peter and I: does the stage look like Ursula’s lair or Trump’s hair?
9:52 pm
Peter: I watched all the animated shorts at a local theatre, and as the credits rolled for each, a video showed the creators reacting to the Academy Award nomination and it was just the cutest thing.
9:48 pm
Jake: I take the sole lead for the first time tonight.
Jake: 10/14
Peter: 8/14
Audrey: 9/14
9:45 pm
Jake:
Jake: 9/13
Peter: 8/13
Audrey: 9/13
9:42 pm
Jake: Wayne’s World, please host the Oscars 2020.
9:32 pm
Jake: Spider-Verse should have been nominated for Best Picture, but this is good enough. Also, some really rude speech cut-offs tonight!
Jake: 8/12
Peter: 7/12
Audrey: 8/12
9:30 pm
Peter: Another Hampton Roads native — Pharrell! What a night for coastal Virginia.
9:29 pm
Jake: 7/11
Peter: 6/11
Audrey: 7/11
9:24 pm
Peter: Lock of the century. You don’t show up to the Academy Awards dressed like that and then lose.
9:23 pm
Jake: Mahershala Ali looking like…Bob Balaban in a Wes Anderson movie?
9:19 pm
Jake: Editing is a big win for Bohemian Rhapsody. Getting worried here.
Jake: 6/10
Peter: 5/10
Audrey: 6/10
9:10 pm
Peter: Instead of songs, the Academy Awards should do five-minute improv sessions for entertainment
9:09 pm
Jake:
Jake: 6/9
Peter: 4/9
Audrey: 6/9
9:07 pm
Jake: Perfectly executed tongue roll from Javier Bardem.
9:02 pm
Peter: Jake, not a good sign for what?
Jake: It has a real chance to win Best Picture, I think.
8:58 pm
Jake:
Jake: 5/8
Peter: 3/8
Audrey: 5/8
8:57 pm
Jake: Bohemian Rhapsody wins for Sound Editing. Not a good sign.
8:51 pm
Jake: GOOGLE GET AWAY FROM CLASSIC MOVIES
8:50 pm
Peter: Popcorn break for me.
8:44 pm
Jake: With two technical category wins, watch out for Black Panther’s Best Picture chances. Hopefully.
Update on our panel’s Oscars predictions:
Jake: 4/6
Peter: 3/6
Audrey: 4/6
8:41 pm
Peter: Also, as a fun fact for all of our readers in the Hampton Roads area, Ruth E. Carter (winner for costume design) is a Hampton University grad!
8:40 pm
Peter: That must have been the best-looking presenting pair of the night.
8:35 pm
Peter: Theda corrects her previous statement: I meant the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song.
8:34 pm
Peter: Theda with some smart analysis: Why are they playing the pirate music?
8:32 pm
Jake: Black Panther wins Costume Design in a minor upset! Well deserved.
8:31 pm
Peter: Thankfully The Favourite didn’t win.
8:27 pm
Peter: This is painfully awkward. They should have started the music right when they stepped on the stage. Get them off!
8:26 pm
Jake: Stephan James for Batman.
8:23 pm
Jake: MASSIVE thumbs down to Google infiltrating Jerry Maguire and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
8:19 pm
Peter: Off to a real snooze of a start. Jake, I have a prop bet for you. How many Oscars will be won by movies with a color in a title (Black Panther, BlacKkKlansmen, Green Book, Black Sheep)?
Jake: Three.
8:17 pm
Peter: Was he just being bleeped out when he first got on the stage or is my TV really broken?
8:15 pm
Peter: Either my screen is broken or Jason’s jacket is NOT pink.
8:14 pm
Jake: Nice speech from Regina King. Emma Stone looks like a honeycomb.
8:09 pm
Jake: Most exciting part of the Oscars: the mad scramble to find a live stream. We’re here!
Peter: Go Regina King! Go me!