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The Oscars 2021 ceremony will reportedly take place in person and will be aired live from multiple locations in April 2021. A statement was released by the organizers on Wednesday (February 10), stating that they are "determined to present an Oscars like none other while prioritizing the public health and safety of all those who will participate." A spokesperson for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) added, "To create the in-person show our global audience wants to see while adapting to the requirements of the pandemic, the ceremony will broadcast live from multiple locations, including the landmark Dolby Theatre." The Dolby Theatre which is a 3,400-seat theatre for a live show preceded by a red carpet packed with photographers and camera crews, has been the venue for the Academy Awards Ceremony for several years. While hundreds of movie stars are expected each year, the organisers are yet to reveal more details about the show. The … [Read more...] about Oscars 2021: Academy Awards Will Take Place In Person, To Air Live From Many Locations

Six actresses - Rose Byrne , Ellie Kemper , Melissa McCarthy , Wendi McLendon-Covey , Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig - from the hit comedy Bridesmaids will be presenters at the 84th Annual Academy Awards , telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today. McCarthy received her first Oscar nomination this year for her supporting role in the film, and Wiig also became a first-time nominee for the film's original screenplay. All six will be making their first Oscar show appearances. RELATED: Oscars 2021 Will Broadcast Live from Multiple Locations Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide. Topics: Oscars , Bridesmaids … [Read more...] about Bridesmaids Cast to Present at 84th Annual Academy Awards

As part of Deadline x Rolling Stone, a special issue of our AwardsLine print magazine dedicated to music in cinema, Noel Murray runs through the 20 Best Oscar music moments. For most of the history of the Academy Awards, the musical numbers have been at once glitzy and sappy, featuring fresh-scrubbed young dancers in spangled costumes, spinning and kicking behind a couple of old Hollywood stars. But every now and then, amid all the schmaltz, the producers of the Oscars telecasts have set aside some airtime to showcase some of the best singers and the snappiest songs of their eras. Beginning in the 1970s especially, the Academy began opening up more to rock ’n’ roll and R&B, around the same time that the producers started asking the Best Original Song nominees’ original artists to perform. Ever since, the show has featured some the music industry’s biggest stars, alongside a few lovable oddballs and critics’ darlings. All of these types are represented on the list below. … [Read more...] about Oscar’s Top 20: Charting The Best Musical Moments In The History Of The Academy Awards Telecast – Deadline x Rolling Stone

Nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, January 24) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2010 Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence . Hugo lead the pack with 11 nominations, while The Artist is close behind with 10 nominations. The Artist is also nominated in all five of the major categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress). Moneyball and War Horse landed six nominations apiece. RELATED: Oscars 2021 Will Broadcast Live from Multiple Locations The Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide. The Artist The Descendants Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close … [Read more...] about 84th Annual Academy Awards Nominations!

Continuing its recent nominations rout at the Golden Globes and SAG nominations last week, Netflix starts this week in the same mode scoring 46 noms in the Critics Choice Awards , with David Fincher’s Mank landing in an impressive 12 categories to lead the field. A24’s tender drama of a Korean American family seeking a new beginning on an Arkansas farm, Minari was just behind with 10 nominations. Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Universal’s Tom Hanks western, News Of The World followed with respectively 8 and 7 nominations each. The CCA list for Best Picture, often a good barometer on the way the Oscar winds may be blowing, includes 10 entries including the above aforementioned quartet  and two more Netflix contenders which grabbed 6 nominations each: Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, which had been completely ignored by the Globes, and another of the season’s strongest performers, Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial Of The Chicago 7 . The rest of the Best Picture possibilities … [Read more...] about ‘Mank’, ‘Minari’ Lead Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations; Netflix Tops Studios; Chadwick Boseman Receives 4