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Live-blogging ABC's Oscar pre-show telecast

Feb 25, 2007, 08:03 PM | by Michael Slezak

Categories: Oscars 2007

8:01 p.m. That was a pretty weak Happy Feet-Little Miss Sunshine mashup, no?

8:03 p.m. Who writes Chris Connelly's painful voiceovers? "A-list asylum"? "Amid all the glam what-am that makes this night fun"? Uff-da.

8:04 p.m. News you can use: Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts spend their BFF time barbequing.

8:06 p.m. Andre Leon Talley declares that Jennifer Hudson is the new "people's princess."

8:08 p.m. I love that both Patricia Field's hair and gown are the color of cherry-pie filling.

8:13 p.m. Abigail Breslin is so freakin' cute right now. Don't you love that she looks like an actual kid in her pink-checked dress, not a creepy child-bot?

8:15 p.m. Andre Leon Talley: I'm bringin crazy back! (Yeah!)

8:18 p.m. Eddie Murphy saves a zzzzz-inducing interview by responding to Lisa Ling's question about his favorite Eddie Murphy film: "I like 'em all! I even like Pluto Nash!"

8:20 p.m. Cate Blanchett deserves an Oscar just for making me believe she has any idea what Andre Leon Talley is talking about. I think he said she belted a horse? Wha?

8:22 p.m. I really wish Connelly had skipped the dull questions for Mark Wahlberg and just said: "Donnie D on the backup! Drug-free, so put the crack-up! No need for speed, I'm anti-d-r-u-g-g-i-e, my body's healthy, my rhymes make me wealthy, and the funky Bunch helps me! To bring you a show with no intoxication! So feel the vibrations!" But of course, he did not.

8:24 p.m. I gotta say, as much as I rag on Ryan and Giuliana, their show's a helluva lot more entertaining than ABC's.

8:27 p.m. Why are they showing random runway footage while Andre Leon Crazy rattles off a list of the night's best gowns and their designers? Random!

John Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 06:28 PM EST

Andre Leon is a flower who dress other women ugly Jennifer Hudson looked awful and he was the one who helped or screwed her with it.

Luke Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 05:48 PM EST

Lisa Ling is a very good interviewer.

Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 03:15 PM EST

never let Andre Leon Talley near a television camera ever again...

Kat Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 12:51 AM EST

I disagree, Slezak! It was so refreshing to hear some intelligent questions from Chris Connelly and Lisa Ling instead of the pandering, salivating nonsense that you usually hear from interviewers. Great change!

aramis Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 09:03 PM EST

8:00p.m. - Abigail is so cute. She could take her cuteness and transmogrify it into a bat and beat down Dakota Fanning. "Take that b*tch! I'm The Mary and YOU'RE the Rhoda!"

Jatarheel Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:29 PM EST

LOL. Slezak nails the Marky Mark lyrics. Love it.

Houstonian Jen in Baltimore Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:28 PM EST

Andre Leon Talley, will you be my friend?

aramis Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:27 PM EST

7:24p.m. - The Mexican-directing Three Amigos rock on. Alfonso, Guillermo, and Alejandro (all nominated) hang around like they were kickin' back with a couple of Dos Equis.

7:26p.m. - Dame Mirren admits to feeding off the souls of small children to look as good as she does now.

Jatarheel Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:23 PM EST

I thought AT's interview with Blanchette was lovely. He did a good job of describing her haute couture gown in language other than "it's pretty" unlike our friends at E.

Simon Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:21 PM EST

I think Rachel McAdams is away working, so she is unable to attend.

Simon Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:20 PM EST

I don't mind Andre Leon Talley - he's better than Jay Manual.

Jatarheel Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:19 PM EST

OK, I know it's wonderful to bring mom to the Oscars, but Ryan Gosling's gf is a fabulous youngish actress who's never been nominated so wouldn't she want to be there as well?

Jatarheel Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:18 PM EST

AT's genuine fashion passion and knowledge is refreshing. Good choice.

Jatarheel Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:17 PM EST

Love Abigail Breslin. Thank goodness she still looks like a kid. Cate's on now. Her dress and figure are unbelievable.

Jatarheel Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:16 PM EST

AT is such a fanboy with JH. Now I understand that exuberant Vogue cover a little better. Don't think he's the most objective person though for advice at this stage- his flamboyance seems to be spilling over onto JH. She may need to take him down a notch.

Simon Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:12 PM EST

At least these guys are better than the E! people

MM Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:11 PM EST

Andre Leon Talley may be a little over the top, but he stil did a better job in that one interview than Seacrist did all night.

Jatarheel Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:10 PM EST

I agree Connelly is not the smoothes on the red carpet. It just doesn't seem like his milieu. So are we already running behind with the opening?

aramis Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:08 PM EST

Emily Blunt? Still delicious.

aramis Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:07 PM EST

7:05p.m. - Andre Leon Talle is apparently to blame for J-Hud's fashion faux pas on her biggest night. She's about to blast off to space with that jacket.

Lora Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:07 PM EST

Andre Leon is...awkward

Jatarheel Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:07 PM EST

Andre Leon Talley is the queen of all fashion. That comment twice about JH being the new "people's princess" was a little over the top even for him though.

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