When Paperman won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short early in the Oscar telecast, the film's director John Kahrs (pictured above) gave a lovely, brief speech, giving a special thanks to his wife, who was shown crying in the audience. A great Oscar moment. The film's producer, Christina Reed, reacted in a similarly enthusiastic, if slightly more mischievous manner; she threw three or four paper airplanes covered in kisses – much like those featured in the film — from the Dolby Theater's mezzanine.

Jamie Foxx on the red carpet outside the Oscars, introducing his daughter to former Destiny's Child Kelly Rowland: "She's an Aquarius... like you." Lincoln? Jamie Foxx is linkin' right here! Zero Dark Thirty? More like Zero Dark Flirty! Argo? Argo home, Jamie Foxx, you're embarrassing your daughter.

A naked Ken doll spray painted gold: everyone wants one, but not everyone can have one because Seth MacFarlane didn't order enough. It's time for the 85th annual Academy Awards!

Plucky actress Jennifer Lawrence is now Academy Award-winning plucky actress Jennifer Lawrence and her irreverent, straight-talkin' routine was on full display in the Oscars' press room last night. She announced to the room that she took a shot and then got jokingly belligerent (in her "hey idiots" kinda way) when a journalist asked her about tripping en route to accept her trophy for Best Actress. "Was that on purpose? Absolutely," said Lawrence. "What do you mean, 'What happened?' Look at my dress." Idiot. More »

Unless they get invited to a coronation or a really fancy funeral, the Oscars are the dressiest event most stars will ever attend. Whose beautiful gown will prompt Ryan Seacrest to shed his first, genuine tear? Who will wear pink even though they are a redhead? Who will forget the name of the lowly tailor who spun their jumpsuit out of gold?

Our old friends at the Westboro Baptist Church are welcoming attendees to the Oscars. How sweet of them.

The government of Afghanistan has banned elite American forces from operating in the province of Maidan Wardak, claiming that Afghans working with US special forces have been involved with the torture and killing of villagers in the area. The province, which is adjacent to the Afghan capital of Kabul, has been a strategic buffer against the Taliban and key to the defense of the capital.

Public editor Margaret Sullivan has a few questions about the editorial freedom with which the average New York Times columnist operates:

Science, what mysteries is the sea ready to disclose today?

Payday lenders, owners of the ubiquitous check-cashing store and scourge of the working poor, have a new partner when it comes to making sure people pay their outrageous, often illegal interest rates: the big banks.

Christ has finally chosen to reveal himself in the form of bird droppings on an Ohio man's windshield. From ABC's local news bureau:

Before his farewell address this morning, representatives of the Pope in the Vatican strongly condemned yesterday's media coverage of a report by a group of Cardinals that outlined a network of gay officials inside the Vatican and their blackmail by a gay prostitution ring. The Vatican did not deny or dispute the findings of the report.

One of the small and tidy comforts in life is the knowledge that when the latest winter storm sweeps through, trapping you inside your home for days on end, you can at least hunker down with some delivery and ride out the worst of it. And the pizza delivery drivers...they're fine, right? They've got those special pizza cars, or something. They wouldn't be out driving in weather like this if they couldn't handle it. Just ask this nice lady who owns a pizza place in Iowa:

Robert Gibbs told MSNBC he was ordered not to acknowledge the drone program's existence as White House Press Secretary.

For a variety of reasons, the winners in this years Oscars race have seemed clear-cut for weeks. Maybe it's because the nominations themselves this year contained few surprises or because of the heaping piles of trophies that the likes of Jennifer Lawrence and Argo have already picked up at the season's other awards shows. Maybe it's because of Nate Silver. Whatever. This year's Academy Awards have the potential to be the most boring in recent memory (and last year was really boring). We'll have to rely on host Seth MacFarlane to keep things lively. Come on, Seth! We're counting on you!

US Senator Ted Cruz claims that the faculty of Harvard Law School "believed in the overthrow of the U.S. Government."

Following a brief suspension of research, US scientists can now begin work again on creating even more deadly mutant strains of Avian Flu and other dangerous pathogens. They now simply, before receiving funding, have to outline the possible dangers of their research. Oh, and they can also now freely publish their results and findings to the entire world.

Giant goldfish the size of trout are threatening Lake Tahoe's ecosystem. Fish are not to be trusted, former pets or no.

When Marissa Mayer took over as CEO of Yahoo, she was tasked with turning around a fading Internet giant. Yesterday, she got rid of one of the best perks of a job in the tech world — working from home. In a bid to promote productivity and collaboration between employees, head of Human Resources Jackie Reses outlined why lying in your underwear, balancing your laptop on your growing midsection, while stuffing your face with a mix of M&M's and Cheerios was just not going to cut it anymore as proper workplace etiquette:

This might sound a little familiar: after filing for bankruptcy for the second time in three years, media company Journal Register Co. is being sold to an affiliate of its current owner. From the Detroit News: