How to watch this year's Academy Awards online? Well, the
2012 Oscar
ceremony will not be officially live-streamed online. Videos, photos,
and interviews will be posted at the 2012 Oscars' official
website. Those generally feature red-carpet, behind-the-scenes, and/or post-Oscarcast interviews.
Dave Karger should once again be the Oscar ceremony 2012's official red-carpet greeter. (Oscar iPad/iPhone apps can be downloaded
here.)
At this time, it's unclear whether the Academy will be live-streaming
red-carpet arrivals. In case they do, you'd likely find it
here.
You can also watch Oscar 2012 red carpet arrivals at
E! Live from the Red Carpet. Beginning at 5:30 ET / 2:30 PT,
Ryan Seacrest and
Giuliana Rancic will
be hosting a three-hour Oscar marathon featuring the nominated movies,
red-carpet arrivals and perhaps some departures as well. Additionally,
E! will have an Oscar Red Carpet Online Livestream in a "companion show"
hosted by
Ross Matthews and
Kristina Guerrero starting at 5:15 p.m. ET / 2:15 PT. (Red carpet iPhone and iPad apps can be downloaded
here.)
Now,
several sites such as ustream.tv, tv.com, livestream.com,
rentadrone.tv, and Justin.tv may offer user-generated live-streams of
the 2012 Oscar ceremony. Bear in mind that those will be of poor
quality. You'll be watching someone else's TV through a video camera.
This year's Oscar presenters/participants include host
Billy Crystal, in addition to
The Fighter/The Flowers of War/The Dark Knight Rises'
Christian Bale;
Monster's Ball/Dark Tide/Cloud Atlas'
Halle Berry;
Bridesmaids'
Rose Byrne, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Maya Rudolph, and
Kristen Wiig, and the
Cirque du Soleil.
Also:
The Words/Outrun/The Place Beyond the Pines/The Silver Linings Playbook's
Bradley Cooper;
Mission: Impossible IV – Ghost Protocol/Rock of Ages'
Tom Cruise;
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides/Nero Fiddled/Into the World's
Penélope Cruz;
Bad Teacher/Gambit/What to Expect When You're Expecting's
Cameron Diaz; and
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps/Haywire/Behind the Candelabra's
Michael Douglas.
Plus:
Casa de Mi Padre/Dogfight's
Will Ferrell;
30 Rock/Date Night's
Tina Fey;
The King's Speech/Gambit's
Colin Firth;
The Hangover's
Zach Galifianakis;
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close/Cloud Atlas'
Tom Hanks;
The Tourist/Salt/Maleficent's
Angelina Jolie;
Resident Evil: Retribution/The Three Musketeers'
Milla Jovovich; and
Welcome to the Rileys/Dwegons/Flight's
Melissa Leo.
And finally:
What to Expect When You're Expecting/Parker/Ice Age: Continental Drift's
Jennifer Lopez;
Thor/Black Swan/No Strings Attached's
Natalie Portman;
What to Expect When You're Expecting/2 Days in New York's
Chris Rock;
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty/Neighborhood Watch's
Ben Stiller;
The Amazing Spider-Man /The Help/Movie 43/The Gangster Squad's
Emma Stone; and
The Iron Lady/August: Osage County/Great Hope Springs'
Meryl Streep.
