On a plus note, now no one has to go up to the mic and pretend to care about their fans.
People’s Choice Awards are Canceled
“Extra” has just learned that the People’s Choice Awards ceremony has been canceled. Plans to televise some form of the show on CBS on January 8th is scheduled but no press is allowed and no red carpet. Stay tuned for an update.
When the first Academy Awards were handed out on May 16, 1929, movies had just begun to talk. That first ceremony took place during an Academy banquet in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The attendance was 270 and guest tickets cost $5. It was a long banquet, filled with speeches, but presentation of the statuettes was handled expeditiously by Academy President Douglas Fairbanks.
The suspense that now touches most of the world at Oscar® time was not always a characteristic of the Awards presentation. That first year, the award recipients were announced to the public three months ahead of the ceremony. For the next decade, the results were given in advance to newspapers for publication at 11 p.m. on the night of the Awards. But in 1940, much to the Academy’s dismay, the Los Angeles Times broke the embargo and announced the winning achievements in its evening edition, which was readily available to guests arriving for the affair. As a result, the Academy adopted the sealed-envelope system the next year, and the system remains in use today.
For 15 years the Academy Awards presentations were banquet affairs; after the first at the Hollywood Roosevelt, they were held at the Ambassador and Biltmore hotels. The custom of presenting the statuettes at a banquet was discontinued after the 1942 Awards. Increased attendance and the war had made banquets impractical, and the presentation ceremonies have since been held in theaters.
The 16th Awards ceremony was held at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. It was covered by network radio for the first time and broadcast overseas to American GIs. The Awards stayed at Grauman’s for three years, then moved to the Shrine Civic Auditorium. Two years later, in March 1949, the 21st Awards ceremony took place in the Academy’s own Melrose Avenue theater. For the next 11 years, the annual Awards were held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. It was there, on March 19, 1953, that the Academy Awards Presentation was first televised. The NBC-TV and radio network carried the 25th Academy Awards ceremonies live from Hollywood with Bob Hope as master of ceremonies, and from the NBC International Theatre in New York with Fredric March making the presentations.
In 1961 the Awards moved to the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, and for the subsequent 10 years, the ABC-TV network handled the broadcasting duties. In 1966 the Oscars® were first broadcast in color. From 1971 through 1975, the NBC-TV network carried the Awards. ABC has telecast the show since 1976 and is under contract through 2014.
On April 14, 1969, the 41st Academy Awards ceremonies moved to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles County Music Center. It was the first major event for this now world-renowned cultural center.
The Awards remained at the Music Center until 1987, then the ceremonies returned to the Shrine Auditorium for the 60th and 61st Awards. For a dozen years, the event alternated venues – the 62nd, 64th, 65th, 66th, 68th and 71st Awards were held at the Music Center, while the 63rd, 67th, 69th, 70th, 72nd and 73rd were at the Shrine. Since 2002, the Academy Awards have been held at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center® in Hollywood.
| 1 | I Am Legend | $77,211,321 | $77.21 |
| 2 | Alvin And The Chipmunks | $44,307,417 | $44.31 |
| 3 | Golden Compass, The | $8,825,549 | $40.77 |
| 4 | Enchanted | $5,533,884 | $91.8 |
| 5 | No Country For Old Men | $2,827,530 | $33.39 |
| 6 | Perfect Holiday, The | $2,283,360 | $2.93 |
| 7 | This Christmas | $2,260,812 | $46 |
| 8 | Fred Claus | $2,221,438 | $68.88 |
| 9 | Atonement | $1,806,862 | $2.92 |
| 10 | August Rush | $1,765,319 | $28.05 |
Here are the nominations for the 65th Annual Golden Globes Presentation by the Hollywood Foreign Press. Congrats to all the nominees and good luck!!
Best Motion Picture - Drama
American Gangster
Atonement
Eastern Promises
The Great Debaters
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Across the Universe
Charlie Wilson’s War
Hairspray
Juno
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
George Clooney for Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood
James McAvoy for Atonement
Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises
Denzel Washington for American Gangster
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Cate Blanchette for Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie for Away From Her
Jodie Foster for The Brave One
Angelina Jolie for A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley for Atonement
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ryan Gosling for Lars and the Real Girl
Tom Hanks for Charlie Wilson’s War
Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Savages
John C. Reilly for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams for Enchanted
Nikki Blonsky for Hairspray
Helena Bonham Carter for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Marion Cotillard for La Vie en rose
Ellen Page for Juno
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Charlie Wilson’s War
John Travolta for Hairspray
Tom Wilkinson for Michael Clayton
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Cate Blannchett for I’m Not There
Julia Roberts for Charlie Wilson’s War
Saoirse Ronan for Atonement
Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton
Best Director - Motion Picture
Time Burton for Sweeney Todd: The demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men
Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Ridley Scott for American Gangster
Joe Wright for Atonement
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Atonement : Christopher Hampton
Charlie Wilson’s War : Aaron Sorkin
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly : Ronald Harwood
Juno : Diablo Cody
No Country for Old Men : Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Enchanted “That’s How You Know”
Grace Is Gone “Grace is Gone”
Into the Wild “Guaranteed”
Love in the Time of Cholera “Despedida”
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story “Walk Hard”
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Atonement
Eastern Promises
Grace is Gone
Into the Wild
The Kite Runner
Best Animated Film
Bee Movie
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
Best Foreign Language Film
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Kite Runner
Lust Caution
Persepolis
Series, Drama:
“Big Love,” HBO
“Damages,” FX Networks
“Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC
“House,” Fox
“Mad Men,” AMC
“The Tudors,” Showtime.
Actress, Drama:
Patricia Arquette, “Medium”
Glenn Close, “Damages”
Minnie Driver, “The Riches”
Edie Falco, “The Sopranos”
Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters”
Holly Hunter, “Saving Grace”
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer.”
Actor, Drama:
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Hugh Laurie, “House”
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, “The Tudors”
Bill Paxton, “Big Love.”
Series, Musical or Comedy:
“30 Rock,” NBC
“Californication,” Showtime
“Entourage,” HBO
“Extras,” HBO
“Pushing Daisies,” ABC.
Actress, Musical or Comedy:
Christina Applegate, “Samantha Who?”
America Ferrera, “Ugly Betty”
Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Anna Friel, “Pushing Daisies”
Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds.”
Actor, Musical or Comedy:
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
Steve Carell, “The Office”
David Duchovny, “Californication”
Ricky Gervais, “Extras”
Lee Pace, “Pushing Daisies.”
Miniseries or Movie:
“Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” HBO;
“The Company,” TNT;
“Five Days,” HBO;
“Longford,” HBO;
“The State Within,” BBC America.
Actress, Miniseries or Movie:
Bryce Dallas Howard, “As You Like It”;
Debra Messing, “The Starter Wife”;
Queen Latifah, “Life Support”;
Sissy Spacek, “Pictures of Hollis Woods”;
Ruth Wilson, “Jane Eyre (Masterpiece Theatre).”
Actor, Miniseries or Movie:
Adam Beach, “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”;
Ernest Borgnine, “A Grandpa for Christmas”;
Jim Broadbent, “Longford”;
Jason Isaacs, “The State Within”;
James Nesbitt, “Jekyll.”
Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie:
Rose Byrne, “Damages”;
Rachel Griffiths, “Brothers & Sisters”;
Katherine Heigl, “Grey’s Anatomy”;
Samantha Morton, “Longford”;
Anna Paquin, “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”;
Jaime Pressly, “My Name Is Earl.”
Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie:
Ted Danson, “Damages”;
Kevin Dillon, “Entourage”;
Jeremy Piven, “Entourage”;
Andy Serkis, “Longford”;
William Shatner, “Boston Legal”;
Donald Sutherland, “Dirty Sexy Money.”
Nominations for 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be announced this Thursday December 13th. The Awards take place at the Beverly Hills Hilton on January 13, 2008. You have 35 days. Here is HFPA’s press release:
12.11.2007
ASHLEY JUDD AND HAYDEN PANETTIERE WILL ANNOUNCE GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS ON DECEMBER 13
HOLLYWOOD, CA, December 11, 2007 – Ashley Judd and Hayden Panettiere will join Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Jorge Camara to announce the Nominations for “The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards” on Thursday morning, December 13, 2007 at The Beverly Hilton. Nominations will be announced in 25 categories. An additional celebrity announcer will be named shortly.
Stephen Spilberg will be recieving the Cecil B. DeMille Award and this year’s Miss Golden Globe will be none other than Rumor Willis, daughter of actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore. If you don’t know, the Golden Globes are usually a precursor to who will go on and win the Oscar. It’s about 98.5% accurate.
There is officially 75 days until the Oscars are handed out. Here is the General Time Line provided by the Academy.
The 80th Annual Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2008.
The following schedule may change and you should check it periodically or check the press releases section of this Web site to be sure you have the most recent information about the 80th Awards.
It’s about that time to start thinking Oscar. I will be conducting a countdown the Academy Awards highlighting moments from Academy history from nominees to how Oscar became the industry’s top honor. This is all in celebration of the 80th Academy Awards set to take place February 24, 2008 at the legendary Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Negotiations have been stopped as we enter week 6 of the writer’s strike. This can go on longer than expected. Would suggest stocking up on some movies you missed over the summer that are now out on dvd but…
December 1, 2007
One thing’s certain about the Writers Guild of America strike, it follows no script.
The staff of the Tonight Show learned on Friday they were all out of jobs—but by Saturday, sources close to Jay Leno confirmed to PEOPLE that starting Monday, when workers face their first day off the NBC payroll, the talk show host will begin paying crew and band and other employees out of his own pocket.
This comes on the heels of NBC’s announcement that the network “regretfully informed the people who work on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O’Brien that their services are not needed at this time due to our inability to continue production of the shows.”
A show insider tells PEOPLE, “NBC kept the Tonight Show staff on the payroll until Friday and Jay has given the staff their usual Christmas bonus early this year. The bonus amount is based on the number of years the employee has worked for the show.”
And despite published reports, “the great majority of the staff was very grateful on Friday to get the holiday bonuses early,” said one show insider. “‘Jay never intended for that bonus to be his only step to help out.”
Earlier, several Tonight Show employees—on condition of anonymity—expressed dissatisfaction with Leno, telling the Hollywood Reporter that the comic had held a conference call early in the strike and, “told us not to panic.…He said: ‘I can’t get into details, but nobody will miss a car payment or lose their house. We’re family. Trust me. I’m going to take care of this.’”
Leno follows in the footsteps of his fellow NBC late night host Conan O’Brien, who announced earlier in the week that he would personally continue to pay his non-writing production workers once they were off NBC’s payroll at the end of November. —Brian Orloff and Pamela Warrick
Photo: Margaret Norton/NBC
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