The PEN15 Club

I’m sure Rob will have plenty to say about today’s Oscar nominations (and if he doesn’t, my sincere apologies to him for putting the pressure on), but I’d like to announce that Rob and I will be LIVE BLOGGING THE ACADEMY AWARDS right here at the PEN15 Club.

Of course, with all of the gin and champagne that will be flowing through our living room that day, we probably won’t get much farther than Clooney’s first scantily-masked pass at Matthew Macfadyen before we’re too incoherent to type, but we’re going to give it the ol’ college try all the same.

We’ll also be developing rules for the official PEN15 Club Academy Award Drinking Game, which will ensure that you, too, will be trashed by the time the red carpet extravaganza is over. Here’s a preview of what we’re working on:

• Every time Don Cheadle looks like he’s taking himself far too seriously, take a drink
• Every time Felicity Huffman is caught with another female actress on her lap, presumably to experience the prosthetic wang she still wears, take a drink
• Every time you mistake Philip Seymour Hoffman for Michael Moore’s gayer brother, take a drink
• Every time Michelle Williams acts as if someone just saved her mother from getting hit by a car, upon receiving a compliment, take a drink
• Every time Ryan Philippe embarrasses himself in front of the camera while attempting to be funny/charming, swill your drink and shake your head to what could have been
• Every time Heath Ledger seems to be acting gay, say “G’day mate” and see if you don’t sound gay, too
• Every time Jake Gyllenhaal does, well, anything, gently squeeze your inner thigh and take a drink
• Every time Dakota Fanning is allowed to talk, now’s probably a good time to use the bathroom

There will be plenty more by the time the Oscars come around, and remember to stop back to the PEN15 Club for all of your live blogging needs.

78th Academy Award Nominations [Oscars.org]