Things We Saw Today: Join Us Tonight As We Live-Tweet The Oscars!

Our assistant editor Rebecca Pahle (not pictured) will be socially mediaizing tonight’s ceremonies. Follow us at @TheMarySue to get in on the shenanigans.

• Ellen DeGeneres (actually pictured) says Miss Congeniality came about after a screenwriter watched her learning how to walk in heels. (via Digital Spy)
• The Academy of Arts and Sciences has made a point of adding more people of color to tonight’s list of presenters. A small step, but a good one. (via Variety)

Tonight’s best picture nominees, immortalized in latte form. (via Neatorama)

• Disney has pulled $4.8 million in funding for the Boy Scouts of America, due to their anti-LGBT policies. (via Boing Boing)
• A compilation of the Powerpuff Girls smashing the patriarchy. (via BuzzFeed)

And finally, dragon cakes. Because you never need a reason for dragon cakes. (via Cake Wrecks)