Hollywood in full Oscar mode
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March 7, 2010, Sunday
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TINSELTOWN is all aflutter. The red carpet is laid out in front of the Kodak Theatre. Traffic is snarled as tourists flock to Hollywood & Highland to see a bit of the Academy Awards preparations and snap photos of themselves with giant Oscar statues.
The theater buzzes with activity, as rehearsals continue for tonight's ceremony, the occasional celebrity quietly stepping in to practice presenting the coveted golden guy.
Oscar hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin seemed relaxed as they stepped out together on the Kodak Theatre stage to run through their lines for the show.
The two looked out into a sea of placards showing where the stars will sit. They laughed and goofed around with show workers.
The two hosts chatted with the stand-ins and dancers and enthusiastically approached their rehearsal when suddenly Baldwin looked troubled after seeing himself on a big-screen monitor.
"We look so pale," he said to Martin. "We're not in makeup," Martin said. "This is the way we actually look."
Female Oscar nominees celebrated their achievements on Thursday at Women In Film's third annual pre-Oscar party.
Oscar-winning producer and host Cathy Schulman toasted the year's nominated women, but said "the fight remains a big fight for women in film."
Only 7 percent of the year's 250 top films were directed by women, she said.
Preparations continued for the Academy Awards Governors Ball set in an Art Deco nightclub drenched in bronze and purple in Hollywood & Highland's grand ballroom.
Chef Wolfgang Puck gave a preview on Thursday of what's on the menu for the 4,600 guests.
There are bite-size Kobe beef burgers, ahi tuna cones and Oscar-shaped smoked salmon finished with caviar before the main course: "A twist on the old classic chicken pot pie," Puck said.
For dessert there will be chocolate Oscars of all sizes. It will take more than 300 chefs and 600 waiters to serve the post-show meal.
The theater buzzes with activity, as rehearsals continue for tonight's ceremony, the occasional celebrity quietly stepping in to practice presenting the coveted golden guy.
Oscar hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin seemed relaxed as they stepped out together on the Kodak Theatre stage to run through their lines for the show.
The two looked out into a sea of placards showing where the stars will sit. They laughed and goofed around with show workers.
The two hosts chatted with the stand-ins and dancers and enthusiastically approached their rehearsal when suddenly Baldwin looked troubled after seeing himself on a big-screen monitor.
"We look so pale," he said to Martin. "We're not in makeup," Martin said. "This is the way we actually look."
Female Oscar nominees celebrated their achievements on Thursday at Women In Film's third annual pre-Oscar party.
Oscar-winning producer and host Cathy Schulman toasted the year's nominated women, but said "the fight remains a big fight for women in film."
Only 7 percent of the year's 250 top films were directed by women, she said.
Preparations continued for the Academy Awards Governors Ball set in an Art Deco nightclub drenched in bronze and purple in Hollywood & Highland's grand ballroom.
Chef Wolfgang Puck gave a preview on Thursday of what's on the menu for the 4,600 guests.
There are bite-size Kobe beef burgers, ahi tuna cones and Oscar-shaped smoked salmon finished with caviar before the main course: "A twist on the old classic chicken pot pie," Puck said.
For dessert there will be chocolate Oscars of all sizes. It will take more than 300 chefs and 600 waiters to serve the post-show meal.
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