Aside from his Oscar win, documentary filmmaker Roger Ross Williams can't seem to catch a break. He's now better known for being ambushed onstage by former co-producer Elinor Burkett (now nicknamed "Lady Kanye") during his acceptance speech, rather than for his film, "Music by Prudence," which won for best documentary short. The day after the Oscar incident, Williams attempted to give the speech he wrote in a public forum, and again he was interrupted.

Live awards shows are always full of snags and surprises, but as the stars converged on the red carpet tonight with their coteries of family members and handlers, there were some moments that stood out as especially awkward.

Miley Cyrus, slouching a bit in a gold gown, said she was nervous about negotiating the slick stairs onstage and recalled that her dad kept stepping on her train the previous year. Not to worry this year though: With dad at home babysitting, Cyrus brought her mom, Tish, who eventually popped on-screen and spun around to reveal a sizable back tattoo featuring two angel wings. "She has excellent taste in tattoos," said Cyrus, who herself wanted to be more "Marilyn-esque" for the night. Before moving down the carpet Miley's mom gave E! host Ryan Seacrest a kiss on the cheek. "Her mom's like out of control!" E!'s Giuliana Rancic later crowed.

The Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" won best picture and five other prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow.

Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood's top prize for filmmakers.

"There's no other way to describe it. It's the moment of a lifetime," Bigelow said. "It's so extraordinary to be in the company of my fellow nominees, such powerful filmmakers, who have inspired me and I have admired, some of them for decades."