Oscars 2012: live coverage of the Academy Awards

Didn't get an invite to this year's Oscars? Neither did Xan Brooks, but you can watch the 84th Academy Awards along with him here. The action begins at 11.15pm GMT as he casts his eye over the red carpet. Then from 1.15am it's down to business with the ceremony itself12.00am: Make way, make way for that wily old pro George Clooney, who is nominated for his turn in The Descendants but claims to have come without a speech. Clooney, it transpires, does not think much of his chances. "Go find Jean D...

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