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by Billy Crystal will host the 84th Academy Awards tonight on ABC. The Oscars begin at 8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT, with red carpet festivities beginning at 7 p.m. ET. With the Oscars 2012 online experience, your night can involve more than simply watching a TV screen. The big question is: “Can I watch the Oscars online?” Unfortunately, unlike this year’s Super Bowl — which was available to stream free online — the Oscars will not offer a complete online stream. However, ABC is offering an official Oscars Back Stage iOS app for iPhone and iPad. This app will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the ceremony, including access to the control room, views from multiple cameras and interviews with the winners. Last year, the Oscars offered an all-access online experience for $4.99. This year, the experience-enhancing app will be available free. Even though the Oscars Back Stage experience won’t Read More

The Oscars are getting a big dose of social TV integration! From the official Oscar.com Backstage Experience to special promotions and activities from entertainment checkin services and second screen companies, the biggest award show of the year is taking big steps towards being more social and digital. Mashable will be getting in on the fun with our own live chat during the ceremony. We wanted to do a quick overview of some of the biggest social TV promotions related to the 84th Academy Awards. Be sure to read all the way to the end to find out how you can win a one-of-a-kind prize straight from the Red Carpet gift bags! The Academy Awards introduced its Oscar Backstage app last year. The experiment — one of the first true “second screen” iPad apps of its time, was a huge success, even winning an Emmy. This year Oscar.com and the Oscar Backstage Read More

Bring Hollywood and the red carpet to your iPhone and iPad. Using these iPhone and iPad apps you can follow the Oscars, the Grammys, the Emmys and more. Whether you’re interested in predictions, nominees or winners for various music, TV and movie awards, these applications have you covered. You can also keep up with breaking news and watch trailers for the films and celebrities in the running and check out photo galleries. Some apps even let you watch their award show and view them from various camera angles. Price: Free The Grammys universal app for iPhone and iPad is filled with music news, videos, photos, and history of the Grammy Awards. The home screen is well-planned and crammed with intuitive functionality. A bar at the top of the screen gives you the opportunity to navigate between news, videos, and photos. The feeds have a photo, brief description, and date. The bottom Read More

Looking for a new app this weekend?  Here are ten great new apps for the iPhone and iPad that you may want to check out! This free app lets you join in with the Steam gaming community on your iPhone, though chats, news stores and the various groups.  Free. An endless run game with shades of Cannon Fodder, as you command a squad of soldiers who must make it through dangerous war zones. The tap, tilt and swipe control method looks easy, plus you can recruit your friends from Facebook into the game too.  $0.99/£0.69. A free music discovery radio app that requires a premium Spotify account. Personalize radio stations to your tastes, skip through songs and stream music over Wi-Fi, 3G and AirPlay.  Free. A special Superbowl XLVI edition of the popular flick kicking game, complete with all 32 official NFL teams, intuitive controls, excellent graphics and Game Center support.  Read More

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by Tonight is Oscar night and that means that Twitter and Facebook streams will soon be filled with quips about who is wearing what, the jokes that bomb or land, and of course, who is taking home the big awards. Like the Grammy Awards and the Golden Globes, Oscar is finding his way into the 21st century. Check out these mobile and web apps that can help augment and enhance the Academy Awards experience: 1 of 5 This special edition of the Vanity Fair Hollywood app is a treat for iPhone and iPad users alike. The free app lets users fill out their own Oscar ballots. Users can also compare their picks with their friends on Facebook. Users can also follow Oscar tweets, see photos from the red carpet and get a glimpse of the famed Vanity Fair Oscar party. 1 The $0.99 iOS app gives users a backstage look at Read More

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Oscar Backstage Pass: This is a great idea: An application that allows you to view the Oscars exactly how you want. Just click where you want to be in a map, and it will show real time video from that camera. A perfect way to stalk your favorite stars from the red carpet to the moment they sit their butts in the Kodak Theatre and the Governors Ball. ABC's Oscar Backstage Pass is just $1 and it is designed for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Appetites: A convincing take on the the "cookbook of the future," Apetites offers nicely produced video walkthroughs of a good number of dishes. The app download comes with 7; after that you'll have to shell out a buck a pop. $5. Adult Swim: Adult Swim has a free app that lets you stream full episodes of all your favorite shows (and various clips!). There's also a Read More

It’s not just that movie about social networking that will be featured at this weekend’s Oscars. There are also social media and mobile app tie-ins up the wazoo. Here’s a sampling of what’s up for the big night: Fans can tweet and Facebook post their way into the pre-show ABC red-carpet coverage by asking questions of @TheAcademy on Twitter or going to the TheAcademy Facebook page. A start-up called Mass Relevance is helping filter the questions for hosts Robin Roberts, Tim Gunn, Krista Smith and Maria Menounos. (Facebook itself, which often hosts its own red carpet live chats for similar events, will not have a company presence at the Oscars.) The official ABC Oscar Backstage Pass app for Apple devices costs $0.99 and gives viewers additional live camera angles from the red carpet, backstage and the after party. For $4.99 you can get additional content on the Web, like a “360 Read More

The annual Academy Awards ceremony takes place on Sunday 27th February, and if you’re at all interested in film then chances are you’ll be watching it live or even holding an Oscar party.  Whatever you’re doing, keep your iPhone and iPad to hand and enjoy these Oscar-related applications: This is the official Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences app for the iPhone, where you can see the nominees, view trailers for all the films plus make you own predictions on who will win.  Free. A universal app for the iPhone and iPad, this comes from ABC Digital and will stream live coverage from cameras along the Red Carpet, the Kodak Theater and the Governor’s Ball.  This is an ideal companion piece to the television coverage.  $0.99, US-Only. An essential app not just for Oscar night, but for every movie fan all the time!  It’s universal for both the iPhone and Read More

by The 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be held in just over a week and in preparation for the big night, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC have created an Oscar companion app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The Oscar Backstage Pass [iTunes link] app is designed to give Oscar lovers an inside look before, during and after the big show. The $0.99 app is part of the Academy’s growing investment in digital media. Like the Grammy Awards, Oscar is fighting a battle to stay relevant in an always-connected, multi-screen, live-streamed world. In the days leading up to the show, the app offers users access to interviews, behind-the-scenes video clips and key Oscar moments from the past. The real action starts with the red carpet arrivals before the big night on February 27. The app will let users access multiple live streams of celebrity arrivals Read More