News Genius - Live Blogging the Oscars 2014 lyrics

8:25 We're under five minutes until go time - they have Kevin Spacey on so that House of Cards withdrawal isn't too intense. 8:30 Ellen welcomes the crowd and makes a joke about rain in L.A. Because rain is a thing there. 8:31 Ellen jokes about how things were so different seven years ago the first time she hosted. JK - all the same people are always nominated. 8:32 Ellen shouts out African nominees (Lupita Nyong'o and Barkhad Abdi) and then makes a Somalia/Sommelier joke. 8:33 "We all know that the most important thing is youth." 8:35 First mixed message of the night: Kids stay in school. 8:36 Jennifer Lawrence tripped last year, it was an endearing thing. Also notable, J-Law is there with Nicholas Hoult, who was the kid in About a Boy and the dude in British Skins and the Beast in X-Men: First Cla**. They date off and on when they are working on X-men. 8:40 Ellen makes a joke about seeing Jonah Hill's penis in Wolf of Wall Street. Who else has seen Jonah Hill's penis? In Wolf of Wall Street or otherwise? Mystery! 8:41 Thought Anne Hathaway would be funny and riff on the whole everyone thinks I'm too sincere and drama student-y thing but instead she was just a really sincere drama student. 8:42 First award! Best Supporting Actor goes to... 8:43 ...Jordan Catalano! 8:44 Jared Leto gives a pretty wonderful speech about his Mom, who is also insanely beautiful. 8:45 And then he shouts out Venezuela, Ukraine, 30 Seconds to Mars and people who have suffered with AIDS. Well done. 8:46 Ellen is tweeting and takes a selfie. #oscars #blessed 8:48 Jim Carrey is showing love for Bruce Dern I think but movie stardom has warped all displays of love and respect into solipsism? 8:51 They introduce Kerry Washington by playing music from Dreamgirls. She was not in Dreamgirls but hey it works. Little known fact, Kerry Washington was once engaged to the guy who played young Tom Hanks in Big. 8:52 Pharrell is performing Happy, he's wearing the hat, and he's dancing with Lupita. It's all happening. 8:57 Costume Design - American Hustle has to win right? 8:59 No! Catherine Martin, Baz Luhrmann's wife and partner, wins for The Great Gatsby. 9:02 Dallas Buyers' Club wins for hair and make-up. There are some awkward constructions built around being grateful to victims of AIDS for being blessed to tell their story to young people. #blessed 9:07 Channing Tatum believes in making young people's dreams come true. 9:11 Ellen gives Bradley Cooper lotto scratchers as a consolation prize for losing. 9:12 Before you snicker, just remember Kim Novak was in Vertigo. 9:16 Frozen wins for best animated feature because the children would rise up and murder us all if it didn't. 9:19 Sally Field flubs a few lines introducing a clip reel about heroes like Gandhi, Woodward, Bernstein, Atticus Finch, Muhammad Ali and the mom from The Blindside. 9:21 Emma Watson and Joseph Gordon Levitt look insanely good together. They announce Best Visual Effects which goes to...Gravity. 9:24 Zach Ephron must be so grateful to Shia for messing so many things up. Ephron looks so upstanding! 9:25 Karen O sings The Moon Song with Ezra Koenig and it's beautiful. 9:31 Kate Hudson and Jason Sudeikis present Short Awards. Jason Sudeikis reminds himself that he is married to Olivia Wilde. Kate Hudson reminds herself she was once nominated for one of these awards. She does not remind herself of Raising Helen, but we do. 9:37 Bradley Cooper presents the award for Best Documentary Feature. He also speaks french beautifully. 9:38 Twenty Feet From Stardom wins. Blackfish and Act of k**ing fans are furious. Though an exuberant rendition of Eyes on the Sparrow, it has nothing on Lauryn Hill in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. 9:41 No one has ever generated more goodwill by playing a murderer than Kevin Spacey. I mean by playing Keyser Soze! Spoiler Alert! 9:51 Italy's The Great Beauty wins for Best Foreign Language film. 9:55 Brad Pitt introduces U2 in ultimate people who could and maybe are just coasting on laurels transition. 10:04 Ellen does a pretty wild megastar selfie bit. 10:06 Michael B. Jordan and Kristen Bell, two of the great murder victims of The Wire and Deadwood! 10:06 Remember last year when Charlize Theron and Channing Tatum danced and it was the most elegant moment of the whole Seth MacFarlane debacle? 10:08 Another technical award goes to Gravity. This is not surprising! 10:12 No we've got some juice! Lupita vs. J-Law for America's Sweetheart showdown! 10:15 Lupita wins! Steve McQueen gives her a huge hug. She is a vision of beauty and joy and grace. Everyone is happy. Standing ovation. 10:22 Brad Pitt knows how to participate in an awards show gag. But who will actually eat the pizza? 10:24 Head of the Academy speaks. Everyone take this time to write an annotation! 10:26 Bill Murray and Amy Adams together are super charming but also bring on the sads given their a**ociation to Harold Ramis and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Bill Murray gives HR a beautiful shoutout in the midst of giving the Best Cinematography Award. 10:27 Harold Ramis...I mean Gravity wins. 10:30 Anna Kendrick and Gabourey Sidibe have both been nominated for Oscars and now very charming on social media. 10:32 Alfonso Cuaron wins for editing Gravity. Will Gravity or 12 Years a Slave have the momentum going into Best Picture? 10:34 Judy Garland's kids: Liza Minelli and the Lufts. 10:35 Pink's real name is Alicia Moore! But honestly Pink, trapeze or GTFO. 10:42 Keep a straight face looking at Ellen's outfit. We dare you. 10:43 Benedict Cumberbatch is in things people on the internet love. 10:45 Catherine Martin wins Best production Design for The Great Gatsby. 10:47 Action heroes montage. Had feelings when they showed Hunger Games clips then stopped caring when Tom Cruise came on. 10:54 Who else was about to make fun of Glenn Close for looking like she was going to a funeral then realized she was introducing the In Memoriam montage and felt terrible? 10:55 Losing James Gandolfini alone would have made this a pretty brutal year, but then you get Ebert and Sid Caesar and... 10:57 Harold Ramis. At least Obama recognized. 10:58 And last but not least, Philip Seymour Hoffman. 10:59 At least they avoided the awkward popularity contest clapping this year. Growth! 11:06 Ellen claims the Oscars crashed Twitter. Traditional media wins! 11:09 John Travolta really screwed the pooch on Idina Menzel's name. The high pitched scream you hear is the children of the world - this is "Let It Go." 11:12 Ellen says Idina Menzel's name twice just so everyone has a chance to learn. 11:14 Jamie Foxx and Justin Timberlake's wife present Best Original Score. 11:15 Oh hey, cut and paste, Gravity wins again. 11:17 Best Original Song goes to...eh, Let It Go! 11:18 The EGOT is real!! 11:23 Pharrell's hat is back for collections. Pizza or charity? News Genius will pay big on Lupita's lip balm, just saying. 11:25 Best Adapted Screenplay goes to John Ridley for 12 Years a Slave. 11:28 Spike Jonze wins Best Original Screenplay for Her. Who can make a Siri joke? Who can make a Sofia Coppola joke? Note that three consecutive awards have just been given to movies other than Gravity. 11:33 Angelina Jolie is getting Sidney Poitier status these days, that's how above it all she is. Bet she still regrets pa**ing on Gravity. 11:35 Best Director goes to... Alfonso Cuaron for Jacka** Presents...Bad Grandpa! 11:38 The Oscars are running profoundly over time! But there's so much more to be done with Pharrell's hat! Also Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Picture still to go. 11:43 Daniel Day-Lewis presents Best Actress to... 11:45 Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine. Somebody check Mia and Ronan Farrow's twitter! Cate goes full-bore gracious. She also correctly points out that movies about women actually do quite well at the box office. 11:49 Jennifer Lawrence presents Best Actor to... 11:52 Alright, alright, alright! Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers' Club. 11:56 Will Smith is presenting Best Picture, because only secret scientologists get to do that. 11:57 12 Years a Slave wins Best Picture! That's what you call beating Gravity when it counts! 12:00 Everyone deserves not just to survive but to live! And live-blog! And annotate! Thank you all it's been an exhausting pleasure.