Anderson brought his boyfriend to Oscar afterparties, and they got down. "At one point, [the host] stopped the music and said unless Anderson Cooper started dancing, he wouldn't play any more music. Luckily, the CNN anchor quickly hit the dancefloor!"

A tipster tells us Ben Maisani was Anderson Cooper's guest at last night's Vanity Fair Oscar party. We turned up this picture that certainly looks like Cooper brought his very private boyfriend to a very public event.

If you were like me, last night you were watching the show with plenty of questions. Why so long? Why so bad? Who is that weird red-haired lady crashing the stage? Well, we found some answers and even more questions.

Twice, actually. Admittedly for about seven minutes in total. But it still counts as the first intrusion in 15 years. Here's how I assumed various guises, bypassed half a dozen checkpoints, and ended up making chitchat with Rupert Murdoch.

Did you miss the Oscars last night? Catch up on what you missed with clips of the 10 most memorable moments, pics from the red carpet, Gawker.TV's five-minute Oscars highlight reel, and our official Oscars post-mortem.

We went to the Elton John AIDS Foundation dinner at the Pacific Design Center tonight. The one we weren't invited to. (Ah, back doors.) But it really wasn't anything too exciting.

The Oscars just finished. The Hurt Locker won, which wasn't a surprise. Actually, there were hardly any surprises at all, except for maybe how long and lousy the broadcast was. Why can they never get this thing right?

Everyone likes watching the Oscars at a party, and we're having our very own! It's going to be here in the comments section. You're invited to come talk trash about Hollywood.

The most important day in the gay calendar, Oscar Sunday is important not only for the glorious shining awards handed out to a lucky few. There's also the dresses! Here are some red carpet low/highlights.

Bookies favor The Hurt Locker for a Best Picture win (gaining traction: an Up in the Air upset), but if BitTorrent downloads were votes, District 9 would squeak past Avatar for the win. Biggest losers: An Education, Blind Side. [TorrentFreak]

Cablevision and ABC are still negotiating Oscars coverage, but have yet to come to an agreement. Update: The two sides reached a "tentative" deal about 15 minutes after the show started, and the signal has been restored.

[The red carpet outside the Kodak Theater in LA got one last cleaning this afternoon in advance of tonight's Academy Awards. Photo via Zadi Diaz]

Quentin Tarantino has resurrected many careers. His next personal project, according to conversations we overheard between the two men, involves Chris Tucker.

There will be blubbering and blathering and blabbering at the Oscar podium tonight. Then, after 45 seconds, the music shall swell and, like nursing home attendants, elegant women will lead the winners to their backstage pasture.

We snuck into the Weinstein Oscars party by entering through the service entrance and hiding in the bathroom. It ended with us eavesdropping on Harvey—who introduced his kids with "these are my fucking children"— and getting banned.

Carey Mulligan won't let Shia drink. Russell Simmons lets slip he's got a huge dick. Mo'Nique acts like a diva. Mariah Carey acts like her spanx has cut off circulation to her brain. Sunday gossip has Oscars fever.