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5 Things I Learned About the Oscars Yesterday (3/4/2010):


  1. When anyone in L.A. is trying to convey a hypothetical yet likely scenario of a winner they say, “So, imagine that Jeff Bridges has just won…”
  2. I find this ironic, since many people consume films in malls, that the Oscars take place, essentially, in a really fancy mall. The Hollywood and Highland Center includes the Kodak Theatre (which uses the snooty British spelling) where the awards have been held since 2001, but the stars are walking past a “Build a Bear” sign to get into the event.
  3. The Hollywood and Highland Center pays homage to the great epics of D.W. Griffith and the grandeur of old Hollywood by recreating the elephants and sets from Griffith’s Intolerance. And there is a Starbucks there.
  4. On February 9, 1960 Joanne Woodward was the first person to get a star on the Walk of Fame. Not to take anything away from Ms. Woodward but I was surprised it was her and I was laboring under the impression that the Walk of Fame was much older than that, perhaps conflating them with the cement impressions.
  5. For the first time this year the award winners won’t have to give their Oscar back to the Academy to have their nameplates attached and returned at a later date.  An Oscar Engraving Service area will be available to personalize their statuette during the Governors Ball post-party…just like at the mall!!

    by Keith Simanton

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  1. #1 by canvas art - March 5th, 2010 at 10:17

    very nice nice list there.
    Why is that the award winners won’t have to give bacck the Oscar for nameplates, have they already attached them this time ??
    Won’t it b a li’l tricky..chances of a leak may b high ??

  2. #2 by Chris - March 5th, 2010 at 15:58

    isnt it stated that ‘live’ engraving service is available?

  3. #3 by Jon Reeves - March 5th, 2010 at 17:33

    The Academy engraved nameplates for all the nominees. The ones that don’t get used will be melted for scrap. There will be professional screw-turners there to attach the nameplates for the winners.

  4. #4 by Courtney - March 6th, 2010 at 05:43

    why was the author of the article so surprized Joanne was the first star given a star on the Hollywood walk of fame it was pre-promotion for the film the Fugitive kind with Marlon Brando coincidence is three of the four main stars had won oscars previously that would be Brando for On The Waterfront 3/30/1955 Magnani for The Rose Tattoo 3/21/1956 and Woodward for The Three Faces Of Eve 3/26/1958 mind you there’s 18 nominations between the four and 5 wins

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