Oscar, Oscar, Oscar: the show will go on despite the strike

Don't worry, all you fans out there who throw Oscar night parties and love the 8 hour long red carpet specials: the show is a go.

For a while there, it looked like the Oscars might be in danger of going the route of the Golden Globes (ugh), especially since the Writers Guild of America wasn't going to give the show a waiver during the strike, but they've come up with a plan. Two plans, actually. One idea is to just do the show as usual (with some changes, of course), and another idea would be "industry heavyweights writing their own speeches and presenting the awards." Though I wonder if those same heavyweights wouldn't want to do that since they support the writers. Also, how will the red carpet look if several stars boycott or go in the back door?

I also wonder how this will affect Jon Stewart. He's already irritated some by doing The Daily Show during the strike, and now he's going to host the Oscars too?