Oscars 2012: All eyes on Billy Crystal, Sacha Baron Cohen and, yes, nominees

Is silence truly golden? Can George Clooney's tears bring Oscar happiness? Will Billy Crystal's yuks play as well as they did eight years ago? And could the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the first time bestow acting statuettes on two African American women on the same night?

By John Horn

February 26, 2012