Twitter and The Oscars

The Oscar Tweets were a lot more fun than the show. Congrats to Slumdog Millionaire! (BTW, presidential prognosticator Nate Silver was 4 for 6 on the major awards. Today, he blogged about what went wrong.) Full list of winners after the jump.

Oscar Nominations, Bruce Out, M.I.A. In + Other Surprises and Snubs

  The 2009 Oscar Nominations were announced this morning and there were more than a few surprises, including the exclusion of Bruce Springsteen‘s Golden Globe Award winning song “The Wrestler”, and the inclusion of “O Saya” from Slumdog Millionaire by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam. Here’s a rundown of the music categories and the major…

Glen and Mar to Perform at Oscars, Swell Season Tour (RCMH Show)

“Falling Slowly” from Once This is surely one reason to stay home and watch the show. Variety has the rundown on all of this year’s Oscar musical performances below. Performers of the nominated songs will include Amy Adams (“Happy Working Song”), Kristin Chenoweth and Marlon Saunders (“That’s How You Know”) and Jon McLaughlin (“So Close”)….