filmexperience.blogspot.com - 10/26/2009
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Shankman's got spirit! Do you follow the Oscar show news in the way you follow the Oscars? I don't so much, despite this life I lead constantly writin' about the awards themselves. I care who hosts to some degree but I tend to ignore the rest. But I found it interesting this week when ...
oscars.org - 10/20/2009
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oscars.org —
Beverly Hills, CA — Bill Mechanic and Adam
Shankman will produce the 82nd Academy Awards® telecast, Academy...
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak announced today. This will be the first major Oscar show involvement for both men.
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Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman Named Oscar® Telecast ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 10/21/2009
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In choosing former studio executive and producer Bill
Mechanic and "Hairspray" director-choreographer Adam Shankman as co-producers of...
the 82nd annual Academy Awards, the academy is clearly carrying on what was started last year with the Laurence ...
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With new Oscar producers, academy makes a statement
atomicpopcorn.net - 10/21/2009
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atomicpopcorn.net —
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it
again–Adam Shankman is a busy, busy man. Already a...
judge for So You Think You Can Dance , Shankman just signed on to direct the upcoming film adaptation of the Broadway smash Rock of Ages . Now, the Hollywood jack-of-all-trades (Shankman ...
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One More for Adam Shankman
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Fixing the Oscarcast … get your ideas in early
In Contention —
... Meanwhile, Nathaniel Rogers has one more specific area of concern to address to the new producing team: the Best Picture presentation, or, more to the point, the person presenting it. Complaining that previous Oscarcasts have worked an overly limited range of candidates for the honor of opening the night’s final envelope (predominantly old-guard white actors, Jack Nicholson chief among them), Rogers encourages Shankman and Mechanic to think a little outside the box this year. ...
Almodóvar, Tarantino to present at Oscars, five-presenter system scrapped
In Contention —
... A few weeks ago, The Film Experience’s Nathaniel Rogers invited alternative presenter ideas for next year’s Academy Awards ceremony. Among the suggestions I made was a more diverse roster of recognizable filmmakers deemed worthy of presenter status, naming Pedro Almodóvar as an example. ...
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