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by Stephanie Spiro

Salutations, LoveCinema.  Just logging in for a quick minute to share some Oscar info.  I’ll be popping up periodically for Digirazzi-style Oscar dish.  And of course, I’ll be doing the digging for you, sending you my love via clickable links to Oscar’s most notable news.  I’ll begin my OCD Oscar clip-hoarding here.  But first, I must share this Michael Jackson Oscar moment.  It’s heartbreaking.  Click here.

And for those of you living under a rock (next door to me), click here for a complete list of this year’s noms.  You can also print out Oscar ballots.  I like to decorate mine with crayons and glitter.  I don’t mess around.  Discuss the Oscars with LoveCinema here.  We welcome you (open arms):

I think the biggest news coming out of the noms this year is The Blind Side Best Picture nod, the Bigelow-Cameron-ex-loves-battle-it-out-for-best-director showdown (click here to read more), and the ten nominees for Best Pic.  If you’re curious, click here to read about the new method for Best Picture voting.  Did you click?  You are hardcore.  I love you.  I really love you.

Watch this montage of past Oscar winners.

I know it was long.  Don’t snooze just yet.

Remember the infamous Oscar streaker, or Roberto’s nutty Oscar win?  Click here for more classic Oscar moments.  What are your favorites?

TCM’s '31 Days of Oscar' promo kills me:

And this is one of my personal favorites:

I do believe in magic.

And of course, this brings me back to It Happened One Night, the first film to ever sweep the Oscars.  This is a special tribute to the Walls of Jericho: 

“I’m the soft morning breeze that caresses your lovely face.”  *swoon*

Bathe in these clips, folks, lather your eyeballs in soft black and white Capra-corn.  You may never come back from this.

Trailer:

The hitchhiking scene:

Remember when Colbert shows her ‘hose?  Elizabeth Perkins does:

.. And so does Vanity Fair.

It Happened One Oscar night Capra mashup:

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Lovecinema, I’m here for you loves.  Enjoy the show.