Blogging Oscar, 10:17 pm

Not exactly a shocker: Little Miss Sunshine gets the Best Original Screenplay gold. But is this a portent of a Best Picture win? My Magic 8-Ball says "Yes."

Blogging Oscar, 8:25 pm

Upset No. 1: Alan Arkin over Eddie Murphy for Supporting Actor. And I predicted it days ago. I'm feeling real good about my Oscar pool bet right now. Also feeling good about Best Picture chances for Little Miss Sunshine.

'Sunshine' Scores Spirits

The Little Movie That Could wins big time at the Spirit Awards. Can an Oscar be next?

Producing controversy

If Little Miss Sunshine wins the Academy Award for Best Picture this Sunday night, some people may be cheated out of the credit they deserve.

Awards central

The Dixie Chicks scored at The Grammys -- where, not incidentally, Walk the Line copped the Compilation Soundtrack prize, Memoirs of a Geisha won for Soundtrack Score, and Randy Newman's "Our Town" (from Cars) picked up the award for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media. Meanwhile, over at the WGA awards, kudos to The Departed and Little Miss Sunshine. It's all good.

BFCA: 'The Departed" is Best Film of 2006

But Dreamgirls and Little Miss Sunshine actually earned more Critics' Choice Awards last night.