Welcome to the live blog of the Oscars, starting 6pm ET/3pm PT with the red carpet arrivals and continuing through the show. Escorting you through the evening will be Yahoo! editors Vera H-C Chan, Phat Chiem, Jason Sickles, Martin Rogers and Chloe Kestermont. They'll be joined by special guests, including Daniel Musto of the upcoming "Fashion Star" on NBC. Also be sure to follow @YahooMovies on Twitter for all things Oscar.
Your escorts:
- Vera H-C Chan, fresh from tracking cultural and news trends for the Yahoo! Year in Review and hosting Yahoo!'s Golden Globes live blog.
- Jason Sickles, who has covered everything from hurricanes to the Super Bowl, which pretty much prepares him for liveblogging celebrity madness.
- Daniel Musto is a leading Hollywood wardrobe stylist. He is currently the on-camera stylist for @NBCFashionStar premiering March 13, 2012.
- Chloe Kestermont is the producer for the super-cool iPad app, IntoNow.
- Deputy editor Phat Chiem leads the lifestyle coverage on Yahoo.com.
- Martin Rogers is a sports writer and Red Carpet groupie. Follow his tweets @mrogersyahoo.
- The Yahoo! Movies team on Twitter, at @YahooMovies.
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