Want to hold an Oscar® statuette?

The countdown to film’s big night is on and to celebrate this year’s Academy Awards, the digital team are creating a bit of hype in a different way. The first-ever Oscar Roadtrip kicks off next Monday in New York City. The roadtrip will give Oscar fans the opportunity to hold an actual statuette before it arrives in Hollywood on the 24th of February.
The roadtrip will be covered by Oscar Roadtrip reporters, Ben Gleib and Angie Greenup. They’ll be posting a whole bunch of blog posts, videos, photos, tweets and so much more. You can follow the journey via:

OscarRoadtrip.com,

@OscarRoadtrip on Twitter

and on Facebook: Facebook.com/TheAcademy.

Speaking about the roadtrip, managing director of digital media and marketing for the Academy, Josh Spector said, “We created the Oscar Roadtrip to bring the magic and fun of the Oscar ceremony to movie fans across the country. The Oscar Roadtrip makes it possible to share the once-in-a-lifetime thrill that only comes from holding an Oscar statuette.”

I’m in SA, so I won’t be able to see or hold the Oscar just yet, but if you’re in the US take note of the following dates:

February 4		New York
February 6		Philadelphia
February 7		Washington, D.C.
February 8		Baltimore
February 11		Chicago
February 13		St. Louis
February 14		Kansas City
February 17		Houston
February 18		Dallas
February 21		Phoenix
February 24		Hollywood

Sounds like a lot of fun and hey Josh, next year I’m happy to participate. Being a multimedia journalist and all, I could rock it. #JustSaying

 

Adele to perform at the Oscars

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Last year Adele cleaned up at the Grammys for her album 21. It’s an amazing album and so well deserving off all the success it has enjoyed. So last weekend Adele added another little statue to her collection, that being a Golden Globe for her song Skyfall. This was her first appearance on the red carpet and awards show since the birth of her son (Angelo seems to be his name). I recall her saying she was just out on a girls night and not expecting to win an award. It was yet another great moment for the star who remarked, “Thank you so much for letting me be apart of your night”.

Well the song has been nominated for an Academy Award® too. She’s clearly the favourite to win in the Original Song category come the 24th of February. It gets better. In celebration of fifty years of Bond and the franchise, it has just been announced by the Academy that she will be performing at this year’s awards. This will be her first television performance since last year’s Grammys®.

On the news, the star said “It’s an honour to be nominated and terrifyingly wonderful to be singing in front of people who have captured my imagination over and over again,” said Adele. “It’s something I’ve never experienced and probably only ever will once!”

The producers for the 85th Academy Awards® said,”We have enormous respect for Adele’s unique artistry as a songwriter and a singer,” said Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. “She is currently one of the most successful recording artists in the world, and we believe that her performance of ‘Skyfall’ will be an exciting Oscar moment for audiences watching at the Dolby Theatre™ and on television screens around the world.”

The awards take place on the 24th of February. I’ll sadly be on this side of the globe again, so I’ll be up blogging and tweeting through the night. More on the Oscars to come soon.

 

Watch the Oscar Nominations Announcement live

The nominees for this year’s Academy Awards will be announced in just over half an hour. Watch Emma Stone and Seth MacFarlane announcing this year’s nominees above.

#OscarNoms online

• Use #OscarNoms on all nominations-related tweets and Instagram posts.

•Follow Oscars’ Host Seth MacFarlane on Twitter
https://twitter.com/SethMacFarlane

•Follow Seth’s Dad
http://twitter.com/DadMacFarlane

•You Can Even Follow our Oscars’ Producer on Twitter for Behind the Scenes Updates
http://twitter.com/NeilMeron

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Catch the Golden Globes live on M-Net Movies Premiere this Monday

Awards season is just about ready to go. The Golden Globes kick things off this Sunday/ Monday (depending on where you are in the world). Also, the Oscar nominations will be revealed this coming Thursday at 5am local time. The announcement will be made by Gangster Squad star, Emma Stone and actor Seth MacFarlane. I’ll bring you more on that on Thursday.

As far as the Globes go, I’m going to attempt to stay up, as I’ve done before to catch it live, but for you normal beings, you can catch the repeat on M-Net on Monday evening at 20:30.

More details below:

The Oscars 2012- List of winners

1. BEST PICTURE The Artist

2. BEST ACTOR Jean Dujardin, The Artist

3. BEST ACTRESS Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

4. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Christopher Plummer, Beginners

5. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Octavia Spencer, “The Help

6. BEST DIRECTING Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

7. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM A Separation, Iran.

8. BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants

9. BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

10. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Rango

11. BEST ART DIRECTION Hugo

12. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Hugo

13. BEST SOUND MIXING Hugo BEST SOUND EDITING Hugo

14. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE The Artist, Ludovic Bource;

15. BEST ORIGINAL SONG “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie

16. BEST COSTUME The Artist

17. BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Undefeated

18. BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT) Saving Face

19. BEST FILM EDITING Hugo

20. BEST MAKEUP The Iron Lady

21. BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

22. BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM The Shore

24. BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Hugo

The Oscars 2012 – The Artist wins Best Picture

Tom Cruise is up to present the award for Best Picture. And the Oscar goes to The Artist.

Thomas Langmann says “I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

I want to say hi to my kids. It’s six in the morning in Paris. I want to say thank you to my wife.”

The Oscars 2012 – Meryl Streep wins Best Actress

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The King is here to deliver his speech… aka Colin Firth. He is up to present the Best Actress Award. He speaks fondly of each nominee, their achievement in film and in particular this year. Who wins?

Meryl Streep wins

“Oh my God. Oh come on. Alright. Thank you so much. Thank you thank you. When they called my name I had this feeling half of America going aah come alive, her again. But whatever. First I’m going to thank Don. I want him to know everything I value in our lives you’ve given me…. I just want to thank all my colleagues, all my friends. I see my life before my eyes. Really, this is such an honour. The thing that counts the most with me are the friendships. Thank you for this inextricably wonderful career.”

The Oscars 2012 – In Memorium tribute

Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding has the honours of singing A Wonderful World during the In Memorium tribute to those the industry lost in the past year. It was done very beautifully. The tribute ends off with a short interview of dame Elizabeth Taylor, who was one of the many stars we lost last year.

 

The Oscars 2012- the cast of Bridesmaids present three awards

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The cast from Bridesmaids are up to present three awards. They’re waffling on about length, sizes and gosh who knows what else Fun times. The first award they’re presenting is the Best Live Action Short Film, which goes to The Shore:

“Thanks this is my daughter the producer. I want to thank the Academy. Our little film was inspired by the people of Northern Ireland, who after thirty years of war sat down and negotiated peace.”

Next: Before presenting the Best Documentary (Short Subject) award, stars Rose Byrne and Melissa McCarthy called a shotgun down-down. Someone shouted something and the two shouted Scorsese and then down a shot of what looked like a vodka or something. They then presented the award to those involved in Saving Face:

“It’s more important that the Pakistani on this stage speaks and not me.”

“I just want to dedicate this award to all of those who are working on the ground in Pakistan. To all the women working on the ground in Pakistan, don’t give up on your dreams. This is for you.”

And lastly, Best Animated Short Film award goes to The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.

William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg. “Look we’re like these two swamp rats from Louisiana. We’re going to keep on trying. Thank you to the Academy, our families, our wives, the Academy and you guys. And THANK YOU”