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.