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ABC NewsOn Sunday, Oscars Director Hamish Hamilton is going to walk the red carpet at the 86th Academy Awards. But it’s not to be photographed or interviewed by the media, or even to mingle with the likes of Brad Pitt and host Ellen Degeneres, yet just to “take it all …Academy Awards: What do voters […]
The GuardianThe Academy Awards red carpet will be missing the one thing that should be there: a small plastic brick. Let me explain … Share
Why the Oscars Are the ‘Super Bowl for Women’Wall Street JournalIf the Super Bowl is the king of live events, with no fast-forwarding through the ads and a rare big-tent audience, the Academy Awards ceremony is the queen. People tune in not just to guess the winners, snipe at the red-carpet fashions and pray for […]
Music TimesThe Oscars are about to get a little pop of color in its lineup. Today (Feb. 21), it was announced that pop star P!nk will perform at the 2014 Academy Awards, joining the likes of Pharrell Williams, U2 and Bette Midler. According to Popdust, P!nk’s first time at the …Oscar producers: Hitchockian heroine, and […]
Los Angeles TimesPop star-turned-actor Pink will be making an appearance at March 2’s Academy Awards. Described by Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron in a statement as “one of the greatest voices in pop music and one of the best performers of her generation,” …How Pink Is Spending Her Oscars NightABC NewsPink to Perform […]
Los Angeles Times“The Oscars used to be a good time,” says Robert Osborne, author of “85 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards.” “But that was back in the early years when it was a banquet and people used to be able to eat and drink and relax.Oscar 2014 Best Original […]
By Steve Pond The Oscars will take place on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre, and will be hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. Before announcing the presenters, Zadan and Meron announced that U2, Idina Menzel, Pharrell Williams and Karen O will … …read more Source: Academy Awards Blog News From Google
By Perez Hilton The Oscars‘ $55000 consolation gift bags are loaded with goodies for everyone who doesn’t win! …read more Source: Academy Awards Blog News From Google
By Ariana Bacle The Oscars are looking to be a night of musical debuts. Earlier this week, we learned that Idina Menzel will perform Frozen’s “Let It Go” for the first time live. And Wednesday night, the Oscars revealed that U2 will appear to … …read more Source: Academy Awards Blog News From Google
Tom Sherak, the former President of The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences (AMPAS), died today after a reported bout with prostate cancer. The following is a statement from the Sherak family regarding the death of former Academy President Tom Sherak. “To the entertainment community, With broken hearts we want to share with you […]
Los Angeles TimesThe 2014 Academy Awards nominations are set for Thursday morning, and you can watch them live above. The Oscars announcement is expected to start at 5:38 a.m. and 30 seconds Pacific time. (Why the extra 30 seconds? At that hour, we’re willing to take …What to Expect from the Academy Award Nominations 2014ABC […]
E! OnlineNo magazine’s Movie Issue would be complete without Jennifer Lawrence! So, it’s no wonder that star of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and American Hustle covers W’s Movie Issue, on stands Jan. 7. But she’s not the only A-lister gracing a glossy: …What Word Triggered Jennifer Lawrence’s Fall At The Oscars Last Year?Vanity FairJennifer […]
Ellen DeGeneres, who rose to fame via her talk show “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” which has earned a total of 45 Daytime Emmys during its 10 seasons, has been selected to be the host of the 86th Academy Awards. “We are thrilled to have Ellen DeGeneres host the Oscars,” said Zadan and Meron. “As a […]
Mads Mikkelsen’s name is rapidly becoming a house-hold one. Thanks to a number of juicy roles that all fit the bill of someone who’s morally challenged, the Danish actor’s Google Insight for Search ranking is rising to a pattern of behavior that is typical for A-list celebrities. But before we look at his chart, let’s […]
During The 85th Academy Awards, someone from The Onion, the newspaper and online satirical publication, issued a Twitter Tweet about Oscars Best Actress Nominee Quvenzhané Wallis that went way beyond the bounds of acceptable taste. The tweet referred to the nine-year-old actress using the “C” word. And while it was immediately taken down, and the […]
The 85th Academy Awards and The Night Of 100 Stars Oscars Party is today, what’s called Oscar Sunday, the Super Bowl Sunday of entertainment! And what would Oscar Sunday be without a surprise, this day’s ripe for this one: Argo gets Best Picture over Lincoln. While this blogger explained why in the video below…. The […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv4yVykTid0 This is the video version of yesterday’s Oscar Red Carpet visit that was expressed in the previous blog post. Note the number of students playing celebs, and also we, Eva and I, highlight the blogs that are now on The Red Carpet for The Academy Awards.
Hollywood, CA – As this blog’s originating from the Loews Hollywood Hotel, the story of how this blogger got to this place, less than a day from the start of the 85th Academy Awards, is summed up in this embed produced by my Zennie62 On Vidoco page (I’m on the Vidoco Advisory Board): As you […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB72lJ90lKA Zennie62 has been invited to The Night Of 100 Stars Oscar Party for the 4th straight year. And this time, you can join us as a sponsor. That’s right, your name or company name can go on all of our videos and blogs related to our Oscar coverage. That means all videos and blogs, […]
James Bond will get an Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, sort of. The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Oscars producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have announced that the presentation ceremony will have a celebration of the 50th Birthday of James Bond. “We are very happy to include a special sequence […]
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has what could only be called a “Votergate” problem. First, the main news is that the Oscar Nominations Voting Period has been extended to January 4th (press release below). Second, according to Deadline.com, a number of Academy members were having problems adjusting to a new online voting […]
Daniel Sutton is a friend and LA media local who represents News 10 out of Austrialia and focuses on entertainment. Last Saturday, we traded videos in a way, with Sutton talking to me about what to look out for during the Oscars…. And also talking about why he wanted to see The Help win Oscars […]
Between Beverly Rivas, Tiana Patterson, and myself, there were three different views of The Red Carpet at the 2012 Oscars. Well, since Bev and Tiana were a team, really they should be considered one person. At any rate, here are the videos we created while on The Red Carpet, including the videos from the morning […]
(Thanks to the Courtyard By Marriott Century City / Beverly Hills) The Oscars Red Carpet design was vastly different this year, and I sought to talk to someone connected with The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to explain the reason for the difference. AMPAS staff pointed to Joe Lewis. Lewis’ official title is […]
(Thanks to the Courtyard By Marriott Century City / Beverly Hills) The 2012 Academy Awards featured the only Oscar upset of the Sunday evening – that belonged to the legendary Meryl Streep – and it was predicted by yours truly. It happened on Saturday, and while I was being interviewed by Daniel Sutton, who works […]
Some aren’t going to like this, and I don’t care that I may or may not be preaching to the choir, but Viola Davis, who played ‘Aibileen Clark’ in The Help should have won the Best Actress In A Leading Role Oscar over Meryl Streep, who played Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. I say […]
Beverly Hills, CA (And thanks to the Courtyard By Marriott Century City / Beverly Hills) As I write this, I’m sitting in the bar called 19 with my friends and colleagues Beverly Rivas, Tiana Patterson, Eva Crawford, and Matt Meeker, all who helped Zennie62 make this 4th Night Of 100 Stars Party a success. As […]
Hollywood, CA (And thanks to the Courtyard By Marriott Century City / Beverly Hills) Oscar stands ready for what should be a rather predictable Academy Award ceremony Sunday. But, predictability aside, and regardless of the number of times I’ve been here, the preparation for the Academy Awards just never gets old. And after all of […]
Beverly Hills, CA (And thanks to the Courtyard By Marriott Century City / Beverly Hills) – After a back-and-forth played out in the media – and what Deadline Hollywood Blogger Nikke Finke called a possible setup – Sacha Baron Cohen has been allowed to attend The 84th Academy Awards Red Carpet in character as The […]
As I write this, and thanks to the Courtyard By Marriott Century City / Beverly Hills, I’m off to LA for Zennie62 Channel’s 3rd year (no, 4th year!) of Oscars Coverage. (Gee, time flies.) And we’re featuring the Night Of 100 Stars Oscar Party Sunday Night, and a special surprise event too. Follow our Tout […]
Yesterday I blogged that Sacha Baron Cohen was banned from attending The 84th Annual Academy Awards, or The Oscars, because he planned to dress as his character Admiral General Aladeen on The Red Carpet in a kind of promotion of his movie The Dictator. See my Tout: http://www.tout.com/m/bqv5vv Now, Cohen has announced that he will […]
Here we are again…. faced with the ever so difficult question of which movie deserves to win best picture of the year for The Oscars. This year, without The Help, my decision would have been a much more difficult one. The performances by Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer and of course Viola Davis made this movie […]
The Oscars are just around the corner and there a lot of great films that are up for best picture but who will win…? My guess is Hugo. Why? The visual effects, fim editing and just overall journey of the film deserve a top nod from the Academy. I can’t remember the last time an […]
Sacha Baron Cohen, most famous for the character Borat, and currently for his movie The Dictator, has been banned from Sunday’s presentation of The 84th Academy Awards. The action was taken even though Cohen is both an Academy member, and stars in a film nominated for Best Picture: Hugo. According to Nikke Finke, who broke […]
For the first time in the history of The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, it has a non-Academy Awards night event that has dominated the Twitter Top Trend list. That happened, and is happening, this morning at just after 6 AM PST, as the Academy Awards Nominations Announcement resulted in as many as […]