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design the 84th Academy Awards®, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer
announced today. This will be the first time Myhre has served as production designer for
the Oscars®.
"John is a prolific production designer, who has created some of the most intriguing
sets that we've ever seen," said Grazer and Mischer. "His cinematic perspective will be
a great contribution to our team dynamic and the show itself."
Myhre won Academy Awards in the Art Direction category in 2002 for "Chicago" and in
2005 for "Memoirs of a Geisha." He has three additional Oscar nominations for his work
on "Elizabeth" (1998), "Dreamgirls" (2006) and "Nine" (2009). Myhre's other production
design credits include "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," "Wanted," "Ali"
and "X-Men."
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday,
February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised
live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in
more than 200 countries worldwide.
announced today. This will be the first time Myhre has served as production designer for
the Oscars®.
"John is a prolific production designer, who has created some of the most intriguing
sets that we've ever seen," said Grazer and Mischer. "His cinematic perspective will be
a great contribution to our team dynamic and the show itself."
Myhre won Academy Awards in the Art Direction category in 2002 for "Chicago" and in
2005 for "Memoirs of a Geisha." He has three additional Oscar nominations for his work
on "Elizabeth" (1998), "Dreamgirls" (2006) and "Nine" (2009). Myhre's other production
design credits include "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," "Wanted," "Ali"
and "X-Men."
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday,
February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised
live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in
more than 200 countries worldwide.
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| John Myhre Named Production Designer for 2012 Oscar® Show |
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has
unveiled the poster for the 84th Academy Awards®. The art
features the iconic Oscar statuette alongside memorable
images from eight films spanning eight decades: “Gone
with the Wind” (1939), “Casablanca” (1943), “Giant” (1956),
“The Sound of Music” (1965), “The Godfather” (1972),
“Driving Miss Daisy” (1989), “Forrest Gump” (1994) and
“Gladiator” (2000).
unveiled the poster for the 84th Academy Awards®. The art
features the iconic Oscar statuette alongside memorable
images from eight films spanning eight decades: “Gone
with the Wind” (1939), “Casablanca” (1943), “Giant” (1956),
“The Sound of Music” (1965), “The Godfather” (1972),
“Driving Miss Daisy” (1989), “Forrest Gump” (1994) and
“Gladiator” (2000).
Denny Clairmont (pictured), John Hora,
Bob Lambert and Milt Shefter have
accepted invitations to join the
Science and Technology Council of
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences, bringing the Council's
2011–2012 membership roster to 24.
credit: Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S.
Bob Lambert and Milt Shefter have
accepted invitations to join the
Science and Technology Council of
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences, bringing the Council's
2011–2012 membership roster to 24.
credit: Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S.
Denny Clairmont, John Hora, Bob
Lambert and Milt Shefter (pictured)
have accepted invitations to join the
Science and Technology Council of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences, bringing the Council's 2011–
2012 membership roster to 24.
credit: Douglas Kirkland
Lambert and Milt Shefter (pictured)
have accepted invitations to join the
Science and Technology Council of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences, bringing the Council's 2011–
2012 membership roster to 24.
credit: Douglas Kirkland
Denny Clairmont, John Hora, Bob
Lambert (pictured) and Milt Shefter
have accepted invitations to join the
Science and Technology Council of
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences, bringing the Council's
2011–2012 membership roster to 24.
credit: Brett Winter Lemon
Photography
Lambert (pictured) and Milt Shefter
have accepted invitations to join the
Science and Technology Council of
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences, bringing the Council's
2011–2012 membership roster to 24.
credit: Brett Winter Lemon
Photography
Denny Clairmont, John Hora (pictured),
Bob Lambert and Milt Shefter have
accepted invitations to join the
Science and Technology Council of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences, bringing the Council's 2011–
2012 membership roster to 24.
Bob Lambert and Milt Shefter have
accepted invitations to join the
Science and Technology Council of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences, bringing the Council's 2011–
2012 membership roster to 24.
event it is today, the first Academy Awards ceremony
took place out of the public eye during an Academy
banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Two
hundred seventy people attended the May 16, 1929
dinner in the hotel’s Blossom Room; guest tickets cost
$5. It was a long affair filled with speeches, but
Academy President Douglas Fairbanks made quick
work of handing out the statuettes.
No Surprises
There was little suspense when the awards were
presented that night: the recipients had already been
announced three months earlier. That all changed the
following year, however, when the Academy decided to
keep the results secret until the ceremony but gave a
list in advance to newspapers for publication at 11 p.m.
on the night of the Awards. This policy continued until
1940 when, much to the Academy’s consternation, the
Los Angeles Times broke the embargo and published
the names of the winners in its evening edition – which
was readily available to guests arriving for the
ceremony. That prompted the Academy in 1941 to
adopt the sealed-envelope system still in use today.
Fifteen statuettes were awarded at the first ceremony
for cinematic achievements in 1927 and 1928. The first
Best Actor winner was acclaimed German tragedian
Emil Jannings, who had to return to Europe before the
ceremony. The Academy granted his request to
receive the trophy early, making his statuette the very
first Academy Award ever presented.
Public Interest Grows Quickly
The first presentation was the only one to escape a
media audience; by the second year, enthusiasm for
the Awards was such that a Los Angeles radio station
produced a live one-hour broadcast of the event. The
ceremony has been broadcast ever since.
The Academy continued to hand out the awards at
banquets – held at the Ambassador and Biltmore
hotels – until 1942, when increased attendance made
these dinner ceremonies impractical. Starting with the
16th Oscar ceremony, which was held at Grauman’s
Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, the event has always
been held at a theater.
In 1953, the first televised Oscar ceremony enabled
millions throughout the United States and Canada to
watch the proceedings. Broadcasting in color began in
1966, affording home viewers a chance to fully
experience the dazzling allure of the event. Since 1969,
the Oscar show has been broadcast internationally,
now reaching movie fans in over 200 countries.
More Academy Awards Milestones
•1st Awards – Recognizing the need to honor
achievements that didn’t fit into fixed categories, the
Academy presented two special awards at the very
first ceremony in 1929: one to Warner Bros. for
producing the pioneering talking picture “The Jazz
Singer,” and one to Charles Chaplin for producing,
directing, writing and starring in “The Circus.”
•2nd Awards – The number of categories was reduced
from 12 to seven: two for acting and one each for
Outstanding Picture, Directing, Writing,
Cinematography and Art Direction. Since then, the
number of awards has slowly increased.
•7th Awards – Film Editing, Music Scoring, and Song
were added to the categories honoring films released
in 1934. The year also brought the first write-in
campaign, seeking to nominate Bette Davis for her
performance in “Of Human Bondage.” (Academy rules
now prohibit write-ins on the final ballot.) Also that
year, the Academy retained the accounting firm of
Price Waterhouse to tabulate the ballots and ensure
the secrecy of the results. The firm, now called
PricewaterhouseCoopers, continues to tabulate the
voting to this day.
•9th Awards – The first Supporting Actor and
Supporting Actress Academy Awards are presented,
for performances in films of 1936. The honors went to
Walter Brennan for “Come and Get it” and Gale
Sondergaard for “Anthony Adverse.”
•10th Awards – The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
was presented for the first time at the ceremony held
in 1938. The honor went to Darryl F. Zanuck.
•12th Awards – Fred Sersen and E. H. Hansen of 20th
Century Fox were the first winners of the Academy
Award for Special Effects. They were honored for their
work in the 1939 film “The Rains Came.”
•14th Awards – In 1941, a documentary category
appeared on the ballot for the first time.
•20th Awards – The first special award to honor a
foreign language motion picture was given in 1947 to
the Italian film “Shoe-Shine.” Seven more special
awards were presented before Foreign Language Film
became an annual category in 1956.
•21st Awards – Costume Design was added to the
ballots for 1948.
•25th Awards – For the first time, the Oscar
presentation was televised. The NBC-TV and radio
network carried the ceremony, honoring the films of
1952, live from Hollywood with Bob Hope as master of
ceremonies, and from the NBC International Theatre in
New York with Conrad Nagel as host.
•29th Awards – The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
was established and Y. Frank Freeman was its first
recipient.
•36th Awards – The Special Effects Award was divided
into Sound Effects and Special Visual Effects beginning
with the honors for films released in 1963.
•38th Awards – The Oscar ceremony in 1966 was the
first to be televised in color.
•41st Awards – The April 14, 1969, Oscar ceremony
was the first major event held at the new Dorothy
Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles County Music
Center.
•54th Awards – Makeup became an annual category,
with Rick Baker winning for his work on the 1981
movie “An American Werewolf in London.” The Gordon
E. Sawyer Award, recognizing technological
contributions to the industry, was established.
•74th Awards – The Animated Feature Film Award is
added, with “Shrek” winning for 2001.
took place out of the public eye during an Academy
banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Two
hundred seventy people attended the May 16, 1929
dinner in the hotel’s Blossom Room; guest tickets cost
$5. It was a long affair filled with speeches, but
Academy President Douglas Fairbanks made quick
work of handing out the statuettes.
No Surprises
There was little suspense when the awards were
presented that night: the recipients had already been
announced three months earlier. That all changed the
following year, however, when the Academy decided to
keep the results secret until the ceremony but gave a
list in advance to newspapers for publication at 11 p.m.
on the night of the Awards. This policy continued until
1940 when, much to the Academy’s consternation, the
Los Angeles Times broke the embargo and published
the names of the winners in its evening edition – which
was readily available to guests arriving for the
ceremony. That prompted the Academy in 1941 to
adopt the sealed-envelope system still in use today.
Fifteen statuettes were awarded at the first ceremony
for cinematic achievements in 1927 and 1928. The first
Best Actor winner was acclaimed German tragedian
Emil Jannings, who had to return to Europe before the
ceremony. The Academy granted his request to
receive the trophy early, making his statuette the very
first Academy Award ever presented.
Public Interest Grows Quickly
The first presentation was the only one to escape a
media audience; by the second year, enthusiasm for
the Awards was such that a Los Angeles radio station
produced a live one-hour broadcast of the event. The
ceremony has been broadcast ever since.
The Academy continued to hand out the awards at
banquets – held at the Ambassador and Biltmore
hotels – until 1942, when increased attendance made
these dinner ceremonies impractical. Starting with the
16th Oscar ceremony, which was held at Grauman’s
Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, the event has always
been held at a theater.
In 1953, the first televised Oscar ceremony enabled
millions throughout the United States and Canada to
watch the proceedings. Broadcasting in color began in
1966, affording home viewers a chance to fully
experience the dazzling allure of the event. Since 1969,
the Oscar show has been broadcast internationally,
now reaching movie fans in over 200 countries.
More Academy Awards Milestones
•1st Awards – Recognizing the need to honor
achievements that didn’t fit into fixed categories, the
Academy presented two special awards at the very
first ceremony in 1929: one to Warner Bros. for
producing the pioneering talking picture “The Jazz
Singer,” and one to Charles Chaplin for producing,
directing, writing and starring in “The Circus.”
•2nd Awards – The number of categories was reduced
from 12 to seven: two for acting and one each for
Outstanding Picture, Directing, Writing,
Cinematography and Art Direction. Since then, the
number of awards has slowly increased.
•7th Awards – Film Editing, Music Scoring, and Song
were added to the categories honoring films released
in 1934. The year also brought the first write-in
campaign, seeking to nominate Bette Davis for her
performance in “Of Human Bondage.” (Academy rules
now prohibit write-ins on the final ballot.) Also that
year, the Academy retained the accounting firm of
Price Waterhouse to tabulate the ballots and ensure
the secrecy of the results. The firm, now called
PricewaterhouseCoopers, continues to tabulate the
voting to this day.
•9th Awards – The first Supporting Actor and
Supporting Actress Academy Awards are presented,
for performances in films of 1936. The honors went to
Walter Brennan for “Come and Get it” and Gale
Sondergaard for “Anthony Adverse.”
•10th Awards – The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
was presented for the first time at the ceremony held
in 1938. The honor went to Darryl F. Zanuck.
•12th Awards – Fred Sersen and E. H. Hansen of 20th
Century Fox were the first winners of the Academy
Award for Special Effects. They were honored for their
work in the 1939 film “The Rains Came.”
•14th Awards – In 1941, a documentary category
appeared on the ballot for the first time.
•20th Awards – The first special award to honor a
foreign language motion picture was given in 1947 to
the Italian film “Shoe-Shine.” Seven more special
awards were presented before Foreign Language Film
became an annual category in 1956.
•21st Awards – Costume Design was added to the
ballots for 1948.
•25th Awards – For the first time, the Oscar
presentation was televised. The NBC-TV and radio
network carried the ceremony, honoring the films of
1952, live from Hollywood with Bob Hope as master of
ceremonies, and from the NBC International Theatre in
New York with Conrad Nagel as host.
•29th Awards – The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
was established and Y. Frank Freeman was its first
recipient.
•36th Awards – The Special Effects Award was divided
into Sound Effects and Special Visual Effects beginning
with the honors for films released in 1963.
•38th Awards – The Oscar ceremony in 1966 was the
first to be televised in color.
•41st Awards – The April 14, 1969, Oscar ceremony
was the first major event held at the new Dorothy
Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles County Music
Center.
•54th Awards – Makeup became an annual category,
with Rick Baker winning for his work on the 1981
movie “An American Werewolf in London.” The Gordon
E. Sawyer Award, recognizing technological
contributions to the industry, was established.
•74th Awards – The Animated Feature Film Award is
added, with “Shrek” winning for 2001.
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The Scandinavian Film Festival was hosted at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills and
played from January 7th to the 15th. This was the 13th year for the Scandinavian film Festival
in Southern California.
While attending the screen opening for Beyond, a Swedish submission for "Best Foreign Film"
Academy Award consideration, I enjoyed a presentation that will surely keep your attention
while making you wonder what else could still happen with the main character, Lenna.
Lenna, 34, receives a phone call from the hospital in her hometown that her Mom is dying.
This takes Leena on a emotional journey of a very charged and dark memory that she had
fought all her life to erase! This was also the first time that Leena would face her Mom in her
adult life.
Beyond is a drama in every sense of the word and it will make many of us wonder how lucky
we are while others not so. I thought, "How much more can she bear?"
Wow, make sure to bring the tissues! It's a movie that deals with family relationships, parental
abuse behavior, strength, courage and love!
After watching the screening and feeling a bit overwhelmed, the Scandinavian Committee
served us delicious cake and refreshments allowing attendees to network a bit to finish the
night on a lighter note.
Carolina De Athey reporting from Beverly Hills...
played from January 7th to the 15th. This was the 13th year for the Scandinavian film Festival
in Southern California.
While attending the screen opening for Beyond, a Swedish submission for "Best Foreign Film"
Academy Award consideration, I enjoyed a presentation that will surely keep your attention
while making you wonder what else could still happen with the main character, Lenna.
Lenna, 34, receives a phone call from the hospital in her hometown that her Mom is dying.
This takes Leena on a emotional journey of a very charged and dark memory that she had
fought all her life to erase! This was also the first time that Leena would face her Mom in her
adult life.
Beyond is a drama in every sense of the word and it will make many of us wonder how lucky
we are while others not so. I thought, "How much more can she bear?"
Wow, make sure to bring the tissues! It's a movie that deals with family relationships, parental
abuse behavior, strength, courage and love!
After watching the screening and feeling a bit overwhelmed, the Scandinavian Committee
served us delicious cake and refreshments allowing attendees to network a bit to finish the
night on a lighter note.
Carolina De Athey reporting from Beverly Hills...
| Carolina De Athey |
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Academy Awards® from Hollywood, CA February 26, 2012.
credit: Matt Brown / ©A.M.P.A.S.
credit: Matt Brown / ©A.M.P.A.S.
| Red Carpet Concierge at the 84th Academy Awards in Hollywood! |