Neil Patrick Harris

Welcome to AFP's live report on the 2010 Oscars. A crush of stars in all their finery are beginning to descend on Hollywood?s Kodak Theatre for the movie industry?s biggest night out.

The stars are in perfect alignment on Hollywood's brightest night _ the Oscar awards. The Academy Awards is without question Hollywood's biggest night, a time when the world stops to gawk at its celluloid heroes. Here's an insider's look from the Kodak Theatre at what you are not seeing on camera.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedy stars Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, the first duo to share the Oscar stage as co-hosts in the television age, traded punch lines and barbs in Sunday's show as they gently roasted this year's nominees.

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin prove 2 hosts are better than 1 at this year's Oscar broadcast. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin just might have a future in show biz. Teamed up to co-host this year's Oscar broadcast, they offered a happy reminder that an often overstuffed, overwrought TV shindig can be lighthearted fun.

Christoph Waltz, an Austrian actor unknown to American audiences, and Mo'Nique, a stand-up comedian not known for her dramatic skills, were early winners at the 82d annual Academy Awards, held last night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Waltz won best supporting actor for his performance as a merrily sadistic SS officer in Quentin Tarantino's revisionist World War II action film ``Inglourious Basterds.'' Accepting the award from presenter Penelope Cruz, Waltz said, ``Oscar and Penelope - that's an uber-bingo.'' Mo'Nique won best supporting actress for ``Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' by Sapphire,'' in which she played a nightmarishly abusive inner-city mother. A visibly emotional Mo'Nique thanked ``Gone With the Wind'' Oscar-winner Hattie McDaniels as a key groundbreaker and her husband, Sidney Hicks, for urging her to ``do what's right, not what's popular.'' She and Waltz were favorites to win their categories. Both won numerous plaudits in year-end critics' polls and industr

Neil Patrick Harris goes to the dogs for PBS documentary on service pups airing in April. Neil Patrick Harris is the narrator of a PBS documentary exploring the bond between service dogs and those they help.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jennifer Lopez has landed a guest spot on the hit CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" -- and producers are expecting "revealing outfits and sexy dance moves."

Jennifer Lopez to play self-help expert on CBS' `How I Met Your Mother'. Jennifer Lopez will play a self-help expert on an episode of the CBS comedy "How I Met Your Mother" in March.

2050 PST: So, "Avatar" was the big winner of the night, clinching both best picture and best director globes for James Cameron, while "Up in the Air," the night's most nominated film with six nods but just one award, and "Nine" -- five nominations and no wins -- were the losers.

2050 PST: So, "Avatar" was the big winner of the night, clinching both best picture and best director globes for James Cameron, while "Up in the Air". the night's most nominated film with six nods but just one award, and Nine -- five nominations and no wins -- were the losers.

2050 PST: So, "Avatar" was the big winner of the night, clinching both best picture and best director globes for James Cameron, while "Up in the Air". the night's most nominated film with six nods but just one award, and Nine -- five nominations and no wins -- were the losers.

1953 PST: Turns out Tina Fey was right -- "30 Rock" loses out in the best TV series comedy or musical to fan favourite "Glee".

1902 PST: Chloe Sevigny suffers a wardrobe malfunction as she wins the best supporting actress in a mini series for "Big Love".

1807 PST: "Dexter" picks up its second Globe of the night as the show's star Michael C. Hall wins best actor in a TV drama series. It's the first win in four globe nominations for the 38-year-old actor, who just revealed he is battling cancer. He accepts his award wearing a black woolly hat.

Saucy Globes are heavy on sober themes with `Hurt Locker,' `Precious,' `Up in the Air'. A loose and cheeky tone is typical for the Golden Globes. Yet Hollywood's first major prize show on the road to the Academy Awards has plenty of heavy drama for the hard times we live in.

Paul McCartney, Harrison Ford, Reese Witherspoon set to appear on the Golden Globes. The Golden Globes' guest list includes a former Beatle, an Oscar winner and Indiana Jones.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Could 2010 be the last year the Primetime Emmy Awards are aired on broadcast TV?

Christina Aguilera, Tom Hanks, Neil Patrick Harris to appear at the Golden Globe Awards. Christina Aguilera, Tom Hanks and Neil Patrick Harris will appear at the Golden Globe Awards.

'American Idol' returns for 9th season with two-night premiere Jan. 12-13 featuring auditions. "American Idol" will return next month with a two-night, four-hour premiere featuring auditions in Boston and Atlanta, the Fox network says.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - For once, the TV writers were content.