Calling all jaded and/or lonely Oscar-viewers: have you seen it all when it comes to the Academy's finest night? Do you have the mind of an elephant when it comes to who-wore-what and who-said-what? Does the name Robert Opel mean anything to you? How about Sacheen Littlefeather?
Don't let your memories (or indeed your booze) go to waste. Bring them to our Oscars night! Join us @GuardianUS on Twitter for an evening of quizzes, competitions and Hollywood trash talk. We'll bring the trivia questions and the red-carpet snark, you bring your depth of historical Oscar knowledge and cheap white wine.
And when the show gets under way, help us endure the interminable experience – sorry, revel in a night of cinematic splendor – with our "shorter speeches" game. Watch the award-winners' speeches and recast what they said – or what they meant – in 140 characters or less.
As an example, for Natalie Portman winning best actress in 2011 for Black Swan:
Natalie Portman: I danced til my toes bled & didn't eat for 9 months. Did I mention I'm pregnant? Give me my statue before I pop #oscars140
— Ruth Spencer (@onthewag) February 24, 2012
For Sandra Bullock winning best actress for the Blind Side in 2010:
Sandra Bullock: I love my mom. I don't take this very seriously. My Husband is A CREEP. youtu.be/-hTTwSQPmMo #oscars140
— Ruth Spencer (@onthewag) February 24, 2012
And this works for pretty much any Meryl Streep speech:
Meryl Streep: My maturity is the secret to my success. Take that, Hollywood. #oscars140
— Amanda Michel (@amichel) February 24, 2012
You get the idea. And while we're all hanging out on Twitter, our top Oscars live-blogger Xan Brooks will have comprehensive coverage on the website.
Xan, Peter Bradshaw and Catherine Shoard have already picked their wins for Sunday – you can watch them discuss their predictions here.
See you Sunday.
