It's time for the main event! Oscars, baby! Will Ellen Page ruin Julie Christie's night? Will Hal Holbrook reminisce about the very fist Oscars? And most, importantly, sound mixing...who in the name of God will win sound mixing?!? Let's find out together, shall we?!?

The live blog begins....now! (Keep clicking back for updates!)

8:26PM -- Someone let Regis Philbin on stage!!! It's just not the same when he's not yelling at Gelman and Art Moore. Read more...

The Oscars are only hours away and yes, we're going to be all over them here at the Movies Blog and MTV.com. I'll be writing a delicious live blog right here and we'll even have a live red carpet show streaming on MTV.com starting at 7pm eastern.

So yes, we're Oscar-obsessed here. And if you need any more proof of that check out the video below. Ever wonder what it would be like to find yourself stuck in an Oscar montage a la Billy Crystal? Look no further than our ambitious film featuring Kurt Loder, myself, and all five Best Picture nominees! It's the Oscar montage from hell!

Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurh is the most chilling award-worthy performance since Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal Lecter. But how does the "No Country For Old Men" villain stack up against Hopkin's classic character? Watch below to find out, and then chime in below with whether you think Bardem deserves the golden statue.

PLUS: The Academy Awards are this weekend, and we'll be on the red carpet with a live pre-show on movies.mtv.com — we'll also have tons of photos, video and, of course, a full report on the show, the fashion, the stars and much more! Be sure to check it out on Sunday, February 24, beginning at 7 p.m. ET on movies.mtv.com!

Make some room on your list of the all time great movie villains because come Friday you're going to have sandwich in Javier Barden's Anton Chigurh somewhere in between Darth Vader and Hannibal Lecter. Last night I got a chance to see the latest from the Coen brothers, "No Country for Old Men" for the second time and without getting into a full-on review here I'll just say that I'm going to be shocked if this doesn't earn a ton of Oscar nods. I'm talking nominations for Picture, Screenplay, Directing. As for the actors, Bardem is a sure bet for the supporting category (his creepy haircut and mesmerizing line readings will be the talk of the season) with co-stars Josh Brolin, Kelly Macdonald, and Tommy Lee Jones all with decent shots themselves.

All of the actors save Jones were at the premiere and post-party last night. In between hanging around Dan Hedaya and Frances McDormand (insert "Fargo" imitation here) I spent a lot of time lurking around Bardem and Brolin who seemed to be getting along famously despite their intense cat and mouse game depicted in the film. See the film. See it once. See it twice. It's one for the books.

After appearing in a half-dozen instant classics, Tommy Lee Jones has stumbled over the past few years with "Man of the House," "The Missing" and "The Hunted"; after helming a half-dozen instant classics, the Coen Brothers have similarly been tripped up by the likes of "The Ladykillers" and "Intolerable Cruelty." It would seem that they need each other - and judging by the buzz around their upcoming flick, they make a helluva team.

"I don't think there's any question," Jones told us recently about "No Country for Old Men." "It's the best movie the boys have done." Read more...