82nd Annual Academy Awards 3/7/2010

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82nd Academy Awards®
Bleacher Registration Form

To enter the random drawing for bleacher seats outside the Kodak Theatre at the 82nd Academy Awards® on March 7, 2010, each fan must provide all the information listed below.

IMPORTANT

• One entry per person; if listed as a person’s guest one cannot also register separately; duplicate entries will be discarded.
• Group registrations are limited to four people maximum; contact information for the entire group must be complete on the registration form.
• No substitution of group members allowed after the registration process is completed.
• Must be 18 or older to enter; Children 8-17 years old can be listed as a guest only if their legal guardian is also registered in the group.
• All registrants will be initially notified of the results via e-mail after September 22, 2009; be sure you enter a valid email address and check your SPAM filter.
• Everyone selected to sit in the bleachers will be required to provide a social security number (or international equivalent) for the purposes of a security background check, and will have to sign a release form.
• Please note that the invitation to use a bleacher seat has no monetary value. Bleacher seats cannot be sold, traded, or otherwise transferred. Government issued photographic ID will be required for entrance to the bleachers.

ALL FIELDS ARE REQUIRED

form & official rules at:
Bleacher Seats | 82nd Academy Awards and the Oscars | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

Oscars 82nd annual will go from 5 to 10 Best Picture nominees - 6/23/09
Oscars' 82nd Annual will go from 5 to 10 Best Picture nominees

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Shankman, Mechanic to produce Oscars

Duo tapped for 82nd Academy Awards gig

Oscar has new ringleaders in Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic, who will produce the 82nd Academy Awards.

The duo replace Bill Condon and Laurence Mark, who produced last season's show, which enjoyed the first ratings boost in years with Hugh Jackman as host.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences' board of directors had asked Condon and Mark to return, but film projects didn't allow them to commit. The two were first-timers for the job, as are Shankman and Mechanic.

A former choreographer, Shankman has become a prolific director and producer, recently helming Disney's "Bedtime Stories" and New Line's musical "Hairspray." He also produced New Line's comedy "17 Again" and the Mouse's upcoming "Step Up 3-D."

Shankman can add the Oscars to a dance card that's filling up fast. In addition to serving as one of the main judges on Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance," Shankman is prepping to helm a bigscreen adaptation of the musical "Rock of Ages" for New Line, with production to start next summer, and has another of "Bye Bye Birdie" in development.

He also runs Disney-based Offspring Entertainment, together with Jennifer Gibgot, through which they produced "The Last Song," "Going the Distance" and "Step Up 3-D," all bowing next year.

Shankman, Mechanic to produce Oscars - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety

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One voter who enthusiastically supports the five extra finalists is John Lasseter, the big cheese of animation at Pixarand Disney as well as the secretary of the board of governors. Considering the only animated feature to ever make the best-picture cut was 1991's Beauty and the Beast, he's delighted that movies like Pixar's summer hit Up– which earned ecstatic reviews – will have an easier chance of sneaking in.

"I don't think it diminishes anything," he says. "There are an awful lot of more commercial films that have not been nominated that should have been. Now there's a whole generation of moviegoers who don't relate as much to the Oscars, since the movies that they love so much are not represented. This will open the door."

It does rankle some that the rules had to be bent before animated features as well as documentaries and foreign-language films, which all have separate best-picture categories, could be given a fairer chance at the biggest honor.

Says Peter Schneider, the former head of Disney feature animation who was in charge when Beauty was in the running: "It won't mean as much. Getting in is not as special as when it was just five. It's like cheating."

full article at:

Will having 10 best-picture nominees diminish Oscar?
Will having 10 best-picture nominees diminish Oscar? - USATODAY.com

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Entry forms for pics that aim to compete for the animated feature Oscar are due at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences by 5 pm. Monday.

Entry forms and supporting materials are due today. Prints of the submissions are due Nov. 13.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010726.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

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Hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin
will serve as co-hosts of the
82nd Academy Awards®.

“We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars,” said Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman. “Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event.”

“I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin,” said Martin.

“I don’t play the banjo but I’m thrilled to be hosting the Oscars – it’s the opportunity of a lifetime,” said Baldwin.

Steve Martin

Martin hosted the 73rd and 75th Academy Awards shows, earning an Emmy nomination for the first stint. He has also served as a presenter on the show several times, most recently at the ceremony in February when he appeared with Tina Fey. He is currently touring with the bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers in support of his latest album “The Crow: New Songs for the Five String Banjo.” In 1977 and 1978 Martin won Grammys for Best Comedy Recording. He earned a third Grammy in 2001 in the Best Country Instrumental Performance category. In 2007 Martin earned a Kennedy Center Honor.

Alec Balwin

Baldwin was nominated for an Academy Award in 2003 for his supporting role in “The Cooler.” That year also marked his most recent appearance as a presenter on the show. Baldwin currently stars as Jack Donaghy on the comedy “30 Rock,” a role for which he has won two Emmys (in 2008 and 2009). Baldwin earned a Tony nomination in 1992 for his performance in “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

• Hosts of the 2010 (82nd) Academy Awards | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

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