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An Oscar statue covered in plastic Oscar: This statue is waiting for Sunday night's ceremony and not, as it might appear, waiting to get married. Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images
 

So you've been here all week, right? We talked about whether the Oscar show is doomed, and we questioned the wisdom of trying to tone down the glamour out of sympathy for the broke.

We talked about some of the movies up for major awards -- we compared two very different movies with very different endings, and we got more specific about what ails the most-nominated movie of the year.

We even looked back with pity and pleasure at Oscar fashion with the Fug Girls. And now we're ready for our very big weekend. To pull it all together, here's what's on tap for the next few days.

• Follow us on Twitter to see whether I survive the all-day Best Picture marathon tomorrow, or come back and watch the updates go by right here.

• On Sunday night, we'll be liveblogging the Oscars starting at 8 p.m. -- that will be me and two of my favorite speed-talking writer pals, Stephen Thompson and John Ramos. You can also check in with the rest of NPR's Oscar coverage Sunday night for backstage tweets, red-carpet photos, and all of the rest of the awards-ceremonial goodness you need.

• Come back Monday morning at 10 a.m., where NPR's Bob Mondello and I will chat and take your questions and comments about the ceremony, the winners and losers, and whatever else you dream up during the awards show and its many commercial breaks.

We'll see you then.

categories: Awards Season, Movies

5:17 - February 20, 2009

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