iPhone ad to appear during today's Oscars ceremony?

I honestly wasn't planning on watching the Oscars, but now I'm hoping that Macworld hasn't gone the way of pageview-baiting because I just fired up the microwave for a jumbo popcorn session. Oh the things we do in the name of TUAW.
Update: The commercial has aired, see here for the recap and here for the video.
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Macworld UK has apparently heard it through the grape vine (or apple tree?) that Apple has secured some ad time for the iPhone during...
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Cute and kinda fun with 10 bonus points for the inclusion of Jeffrey Lebowski.
February 25 2007 at 9:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyiPhoneNation.com has posted the commercial.
http://www.iphonenation.com/content/view/48/1/
still nothing on youtube, hurting, must, see, ad, ahhhhhhh
February 25 2007 at 9:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI just saw the commercial, it features people answering their phone saying hello, from all sorts of shows and movies. its pretty good.
February 25 2007 at 8:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOh forgot...kind of harkens back to HELLO from the original Mac in 1984.
February 25 2007 at 8:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI was on my computer and then I was half watching then it said iPhone and I was like wha? haha. I want to see it again. Tell me if it comes up online.
February 25 2007 at 8:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHello!
That's it? This is why I chose not to have sex tonight? ;-)
HELLO...simple...liked the Incredibles tie at the end.
February 25 2007 at 8:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt just aired (5:52pm PST). It was a nice lil' commercial. Simple and to the point of its functionality. Can't wait!!
February 25 2007 at 8:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWow. I just read this comment, and two minutes later the Ad comes up.
It was pretty simple. A bunch of Hellos from movies and then the iPhone "coming in June" that was it.
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