Academy awards 2012

• Hugo got off to an early start at Sunday nights Academy Awards, picking up the first two awards of the evening.
(CBS News)
• Christopher Plummer won the supporting actor Academy Award for Beginners, in which he portrays Hal Fields, a widower who reveals to his son that he is gay and that he has terminal cancer.
(Los Angeles Times)
• Billy Crystal was worth the wait Sunday night as he returned to host his first Oscar telecast in eight years.
(New York Daily News)
• Before his monologue, Crystal appeared in a collection of clips inserting him in scenes from key nominees.
(Cleveland Plain Dealer)
• The most pressing question at the Academy Awards is not whether George Clooney or Jean Dujardin will win best actor.
(Washington Post)
• What time are the Oscars? Despite what you may see online, the 84th Academy Awards show starts at 5:30 p.m. Pacific on ABC. Yet on the academy site and ABC.com, the promos clearly state: Live Oscar Sunday Feb. 26 7e | 4 p.
(Salon)
• Beginners star Christopher Plummer captured a Best Supporting Actor Oscar at the 84th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday for his performance mercifully I forgot it," Plummer quipped.
(Reuters)
• Please say thats for a movie.) 9:24: AWARD:The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo finally gets some love from the academy, winning the editing category. 9:22: Crystal thanks Justin Bieber and George Clooney for appearing in his opening montage.
(USA Today)
• Welcome to our comprehensive Oscars live blog, with an up-to-the-minute feed straight from Los Angeles and Washington. The celebrities are starting to trek down the red carpet. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. EST.
(Washington Post)