Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Oscar Week Notes

The Oscars are this Sunday at 7:00pm. The ballots are due today for all of the Academy members. For a 1 page printable ballot, go here.

The list of scheduled presenters is as follows: Alan Arkin, Jennifer Hudson, Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker—as well as Amy Adams, Jessica Alba, Cate Blanchett, Josh Brolin, Steve Carell, George Clooney, Penelope Cruz, Miley Cyrus, Patrick Dempsey, Cameron Diaz, Colin Farrell, Harrison Ford, Jennifer Garner, Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Katherine Heigl, Jonah Hill, Dwayne Johnson, Nicole Kidman, James McAvoy, Queen Latifah, Seth Rogen, Martin Scorsese, Hilary Swank, John Travolta, Denzel Washington and Renee Zellweger.

'Falling Slowly' from Once will be performed by the actors in the film (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova).

Go here for a handicapping of who will receive 'in memoriam' treatment at this year's ceremony.

1 comment:

Doctor said...

That Vanity Fair link is pretty crass, placing points on dead people. That said, I am hoping for a 30 minute Ingmar Bergman retrospective.

I'm looking forward to Falling Slowly and Scorsese sharing the stage with the Coens the most.