Below you will find live streaming coverage and a selection of video clips from the 2009 Oscars. We’ll also include links to the top videos of the 81st Annual Academy Awards and the results.

The Oscars TV coverage in the U.S was on ABC on Sunday, February 22 starting at 8:30 Eastern/7:30 central. Hugh Jackman hosted the live event. Coverage of red carpet arrivals was on E!, the TV Guide Network, and ABC. Check your local listings for times and channels.

Watch The Oscars Live Online

• Associated Press Oscars 2009 – Live red carpet coverage and video highlights
• Backstage at the Oscars – The official Oscras site will have live coverage from backstage.
• Live coverage from El_Parcero
• Live coverage from Club Penguin

Hot Videos of the Academy Awards

• Hulu coverage – Rred carpet coverage and highlights (Available in U.S only).
• Road to Oscars – A video series with the latest oscar buzz and gossip
• Behind the Dress – A fashion focused video series with behind the scenes coverage of the Oscars. Hosted by Nick Verreos.
• BBC – Various news coverage from the Academy Awards (U.K Only)
• Yahoo Movies – More Oscar coverage from Yahoo
• Joost – A selection of Oscar videos from Joost.
• YouTube – The YouTube official Oscars Channel
• ABC News – Videos and news from the awards on ABC News

Search More

• Search for The Oscars Online
• Find The Oscars Torrents
• Graboid (pre-recorded) – Graboid is a very easy to use program that allows you to download pre-recorded videos online through P2P technology. It won’t have live coverage but after the Oscars will have a number of videos of the events that you can download. (Read more)

Nominations

Winners in bold

Best Picture

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor

• Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
• Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
• Sean Penn – Milk
• Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Best Actress

• Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
• Angelina Jolie – Changeling
• Melissa Leo – Frozen River
• Meryl Streep – Doubt
• Kate Winslet – The Reader

Best Supporting Actor

• Josh Brolin – Milk
• Robert Downey, Jr. – Tropic Thunder
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
• Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
• Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams – Doubt
• Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Viola Davis – Doubt
• Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler

Best Director

• Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
• Stephen Daldry – The Reader
• David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
• Gus Van Sant – Milk

Full list of nominees & winners

Highlights from the 81st Academy Awards

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Also check out last years highlights.

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Michael Moore’s latest documentary film, Slacker Uprising, is set to be available for free on the Internet. Does this signal a change in the movie industry or just Moore’s desire to see Obama in the White House?

When Radiohead released their latest album, In Rainbows, for free over the Internet last year, it was seen as a forward-thinking step which could revolutionise the way music is distributed.

Changing The Status Quo?

The album did well, but most people still ended up downloading it via less legal means. And the experiment didn’t really do anything to end the monopoly that the big record companies enjoy.

Could film-maker Michael Moore do any better in persuading the movie industry that there is an alternative to releasing movies in to cinemas?

Available For Free Online

Michael Moore, known for his hard-hitting documentaries attacking the status quo, is releasing Slacker Uprising for free on the Internet before it gets released on DVD.

The 97-minute-long film will be available to watch on BlipTV for three weeks starting from September 23rd. It will then be released on DVD on October 7th through Amazon and Netflix.

Unfortunately it will only be available to watch for free online in the United States and Canada, which alienates a lot of the world who would want to watch the documentary.

Slacker Uprising Trailer

Get Bush Out!

Slacker Uprising is a film following Michael Moore’s 62-city tour around the US swing states in the build-up to the 2004 US Presidential Election. Moore wanted Bush out and democrat John Kerry in.

While Moore’s hope wasn’t fulfilled, the documentary is now being released for free over the Internet in order to reach as many people as possible before this year’s US Presidential Election between Barack Obama and John McCain.

Moore Speaks

Moore released a statement explaining the move:

“This is being done entirely as a gift to my fans. The only return any of us are hoping for is the largest turnout of young voters ever at the polls in November. I think Slacker Uprising will inspire (millions) to get off the couch and give voting a chance.”

The film cost an estimated $2 million to make, and Moore thinks that this method of release will end up costing him $1 million. But neither Moore or the distributor, Brave New Films, plan to profit from the release.

Conclusions

This is an intriguing development, especially as Moore could have guaranteed a pay day by releasing this film in cinemas. He has instead decided to give his fans a present in the hope of inspiring more people to vote.

This comes just a week after No End In Sight was announced as being the first widely-released feature film to be screened in its entirety on YouTube.

Will this revolutionise the movie industry? Not a chance. But it does at least show the Web is becoming a more accepted form of distribution for long-form content.

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