Watch the Oscars!

Channing Tatum rehearses

Ellen Degeneres hosts the 86th Academy Awards, which air live on ABC at 8:30PM Eastern with 90
minutes of official red carpet coverage beginning on the network at 7PM Eastern.

Scheduled presenters include Amy Adams, Kristen Bell, Jessica Biel, Jim Carrey, Glenn Close, Bradley Cooper, Penelope Cruz, Benedict Cumberbatch, Viola Davis, Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Sally Field, Harrison Ford, Jamie Foxx, Andrew Garfield, Jennifer Garner, Whoopi Goldberg, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Goldie Hawn, Chris Hemsworth, Kate Hudson, Samuel L. Jackson, Angelina Jolie, Michael B. Jordan, Anna Kendrick, Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew McConaughey, Ewan McGregor, Bill Murray, Kim Novak, Tyler Perry, Brad Pitt, Sidney Poitier, Gabourey Sidibe, Will Smith, Kevin Spacey, Jason Sudeikis, Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron, John Travolta, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, Emma Watson and Naomi Watts. 

Performing on the show will be Idina Menzel, Bette Midler, Karen O, Pink, Pharrell Williams and U2. 

It's snowing.  Hopefully, I don't have any problems watching the show but this snowstorm might be brutal.  Ugh, got my fingers crossed everything goes smoothly.  If not, the ensuing breakdown will be epic. 

Anyways, I hope hope hope this is an okay show.  I don't have much faith given the producers, but whatever trainwreck they bring perhaps will be balanced out by the likability of Ellen.  And everyone live tweeting on Twitter, don't be too mean!  You can be funny without being too mean!

Have a good Oscars everybody!


Naomi Watts is given directions during rehearsals