A swell of interest in this year’s Oscars with a lot of predictable winners. A spirited Independent Spirit Awards yesterday with a few surprise winners (Penelope Cruz, Tom McCarthy for The Visitor, and The Wrestler as best feature, among others). And to top it off, a river of new blogs with more penetration into Hollywood studio behavior.

Here’s a few we’ll be watching tonight via RSS and comparing to tomorrow’s trade coverage:

• The Wrap: Sharon Waxman’s new Hollywood, trade-scrimmager.
• The Daily Beast: Tina Brown’s tabloid-take on politics and media.
• Huffington Post: Arianna Huffington’s eponymous media network.
• Big Hollywood: Andrew Breitbart’s latest conservative iteration.
• The Biz/Alley Insider: Henry Blodget’s move into Hollywood media.

Each represents an alternative voice to tonight’s Oscar’s telecast.

Which will bring the best live-blogging, which will offer a concise opinion and analysis - minus the celebrity/TMZ factor of the dresses, the award slights and backroom shenanigans?

Read Jonathan Field’s Reelist Oscars’ Round-Up for our picks for the Academy Awards 2009.