It's been just over two days since the 82nd Academy Awards came to a close and while some thoughts are still fairly clear, many are flitting away, so it's time to get my post-game analysis down.

At the bottom of this article, I've posted the full text of my Twitter updates that night. Before that is my perception of some of the best and worst wins of the night.

The first thing I did was tune into the E! live red carpet coverage where Ryan Seacrest made several blunders, including metaphorically pushing Anna Kendrick out of the way so he could talk to Mo'Nique. Kendrick, Sandra Bullock and Gabourey Sidibe were among my favorites for best dressed of the night. And the moment of the evening came when Meryl Streep breezed past Seacrest in a moment reminiscent of all those celebrities avoiding Joan Rivers when she did her red carpet coverage on E!
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Below are the winners of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.

Winner Totals

(6) The Hurt Locker
(2) Avatar
(2) Crazy Heart
(2) Precious
(2) Up

The Winners

Best Picture

• The Hurt Locker

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Today is what many of us would love to be a National Holiday! But, because of it's importance and popularity around the world, I guess it would also be an International Holiday. It's the Super Bowl of the film world and the second most watched television event each year, just behind the Super Bowl. Maybe if the Oscars wanted to bring in more viewers, they could get advertisers to show first-run commercials or maybe even a half-time show...but no, they bring in Adam Shankman to "young up" the Oscars and bring in a demographic that probably couldn't care less about one of the world's oldest awards-giving bodies regardless of who they awarded.

But, we're not here right now to debate the Academy's attempts to bring in younger viewers (that will come later). Let's celebrate one of our favorite events in just under 12 hours (well, the arrival show begins at 5p Pacific, 6p Mountain, 7p Central, 8p Eastern, the show begins a half hour later).

I will be tweeting live about the Oscars at Cinema Sight's Twitter account. So, stay tuned. I'll announce who's presenting, how dreadful the banter is, jeer at the cringe-worthy moments and reveal every winner as it's revealed. It will be my first foray into live coverage, so hopefully I won't meant too many hitches.

And just to remind you:

• Here is a link to Cinema Sight's Final Oscar Predictions.
• Here are some details about tonight's Awards Ceremony including a list of official presenters (including the so-far unofficial Oprah Winfrey).
• If you just want to be reminded of who's nominated, click here.
• For extra measure, here's my personal predictions and ranking of the chances of each Oscar nominee.
• Additionally, here's a reminder list of all of the precursor winners this year
• To go with the above, here's a side-by-side list of who and what have won the most.

I will also be posting a thread later today in which I will update this year's Academy Awards winners as they are announced. You can also find a discussion of every category individually in its own thread over at Cinema's Sight's discussion board, the UAADB.

And don't forget to follow live on Twitter.