Roll out the red carpet
The cream of the crop descends on Hollywood
By Jacqueline Spendlove TV MediaThe red carpet and designer duds are ready for cameras to start rolling when the glitterati descend on Los Angeles once again for Hollywood’s biggest night.
Another glamorous awards season comes to an end with the granddaddy of them all when the last golden Oscar statue is handed out at L.A.’s Dolby Theatre this month. Hosted for the first time by award-winning stage and screen star Neil Patrick Harris (“How I Met Your Mother”), The 87th Annual Academy Awards airs live Sunday, Feb. 22, on ABC.
If you only tune in to one awards show this season, the Oscars is the one to catch. This year’s ceremony honors some of the best films of 2014 and shines a light on many of the biggest names in the business.
This is the third consecutive year that Neil Meron and Craig Zadan are producing the event, and despite some mixed reviews, particularly where the hosts were concerned, the previous two Oscar telecasts received a notable spike in ratings from previous years. The 86th Academy Awards, hosted by muchloved comedian Ellen DeGeneres (“Finding Nemo,” 2003), drew in more than 45 million viewers, making it television’s most-watched entertainment event in a decade and netting an eight per cent increase over the previous year. The host’s celebrity-filled selfie, now famous for being the picture that broke Twitter, was the most retweeted photo of all time with nearly 33 million views.
Though some critics denounced the ceremony as dull and far too long, citing DeGeneres’ unremarkable and, at times, cringe-worthy emceeing, Meron and Zadan wanted her back this year — after all, the ratings speak for themselves. The talk show darling was against hosting the awards for the third time, however, and the next two on the list, Chris Rock (“The Chris Rock Show”) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Seinfeld”), didn’t pan out either. (It should be noted that Rock denied he was ever offered the gig, and Meron and Zadan said in a statement to Deadline.com that the
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only person they ever sent a formal offer to host was Harris.)
The producers finally landed on Harris, and though he allegedly may not have been their first choice, the pair has high hopes for the actor.
“We are thrilled to have Neil host the Oscars,” they said in a
news release. “We have known him his entire adult life, and we have watched him explode as a great performer in feature films, television and stage. To work with him on the Oscars is the perfect storm, all of his resources and talent coming together on a global stage.”
As for Harris, he’ll be able to cross another item off his bucket list. “Host the Oscars” is right up there with “meet the president,” “perform with the Muppets” and “juggle flaming torches” as a must for the actor, so the night will truly be a personal accomplishment. Not to worry, though — he’s
Emmys, but the Oscars gig should top them all.
Since the nominees were announced last month, there’s been no shortage of speculation as to who will bring home the big prizes. Of the films that have received multiple nominations, “Birdman” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” lead the charge with nine each, followed closely by “The Imitation Game,” holding strong with eight. All three are up for the award for Best Picture and Best Director and were major players at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards last month.
It was “Boyhood” that came out on top at the Golden Globes, however, taking home three awards of its five nominations. The coming-ofage drama, which has been declared a landmark film by many critics, is up for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and acting nominations for Ethan Hawke (“Gattaca,” 1997) and Patricia Arquette (“Medium”).
To break up the barrage of speeches and awards, the Oscars always delivers some memorable musical performances as well. This year, John Legend and Common will perform their song “Glory” from the
movie “Selma,” for which they’ve nabbed a nomination for Best Original Song. British artist Rita Ora will be making her Oscars debut, and country superstar Tim McGraw and “The Voice” coach Adam Levine will take the stage as well.
Even our talented host will display his musical chops. Harris, who’s had Broadway roles both in singing and acting, will perform an original musical sequence written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, the team behind “Frozen’s” (2013) Oscar-winning song “Let It Go.”
“We love the Oscars and have always been huge Neil Patrick Harris fans, so when he asked us to write him a song for this year’s show we said, ‘Yes!’ before he could finish the sentence,” said the pair in a news release.
There’s obviously a lot to look forward to at this year’s Oscars, and there’s bound to be some surprises as well. Don’t forget to tune in beforehand to the Oscars Red Carpet Live to get a glimpse of the night’s A-listers arriving in all their hautecoutured glory. The 87th Annual Academy Awards airs live Sunday, Feb. 22, on ABC.
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GOLF LPGA Golf Round 2 Honda Thailand. From Siam Country Club-Chonburi, Thailand (2:00)
NBCSN NASCAR America (Live) (0:30)
6:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Countdown (Live) (0:30)
FSN Wolves Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
NBCSN NCAA Hockey Bos. vs. N.D. (Live) (2:30)
7:00 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Mia. vs. N.O. From New Orleans Arena-New Orleans, La. (Live) (2:30)
FSN NBA Basketball Min. vs. Chi. From United Center-- Chicago, Ill. (Live) (2:30)
8:00 p.m. ESPN2 Boxing Cletus Seldin vs. Johnny Garcia Friday Night Fights. From Paramount Theater-- Huntington, New York (Live) (2:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 2 The Honda Classic. From PGA National Champion Course-- Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (4:00)
SPIKE Mixed Martial Arts British Invasion. (3:15)
9:00 p.m. NBCSN Curling (2:00)
9:30 p.m. ESPN NBA Basketball Okl. vs. Por. From Moda Center-- Portland, Ore. (Live) (2:30)
FSN Wolves Live Post-game (Live) (0:30)
10:00 p.m. ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN Wolves Weekly (0:30)
10:15 p.m. (9) KMSP Fox 9 Sports Now (0:20)
10:30 p.m. FSN The Game 365 (0:30)
Saturday, Feb. 28
(7) KCCO NCAA Basketball UNC vs. Mia. (Live) (2:00)
(9) KMSP (15) KVRR NCAA Basketball Vill. vs. Xav. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
FSN Outdoor Bound TV With Kurt Walbeck (0:30)
1:30 p.m. (11) KARE Premier League Goal Zone (Live) (0:30)
FSN In-Depth Outdoors (0:30)
NBCSN Ski & Snowboard U.S. Grand Prix. (Live) (1:30)
2:00 p.m. (5) KSTP World of X Games (1:00)
(11) KARE PGA Golf Round 3 The Honda Classic. From Palm Beach Gardens-- Florida (3:00)
(23) WUCW Ring of Honor Wrestling (1:00)
FSN NCAA Basketball S.Ut. vs. N. Dak. (Live) (2:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Spotlight The Honda Classic. From PGA National Champion Course-- Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (Live) (2:00)
3:00 p.m. (5) KSTP Figure Skating (2:00)
(7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Ark. vs. Ken. (Live) (2:00)
(23) WUCW NCAA Basketball Vir.T vs. Vir. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN Track & Field U.S. Championship. (Live) (2:00)
4:00 p.m. FSN UEFA Soccer Champions League. Mon. vs. Ars. (2:00)
GOLF Big Break: Palm Beaches (1:00)
5:00 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
GOLF Golf Central (1:00)
NBCSN NCAA Hockey Bos. vs. N.D. (Live) (2:30)
6:00 p.m. FSN NCAA Hockey Omaha vs. Mn.D (Live) (2:30)
9:30 p.m. TNT NBA Basketball Okl. vs. Pho. From U.S. Airways Center-Phoenix, Ariz. (Live) (2:30)
10:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
ESPN2 College Basketball Live (Live) (0:30)
FSN Due North Outdoors (0:30)
NBCSN NHL Overtime (Live) (0:30)
10:30 p.m. ESPN2 30 for 30 (2:00)
FSN Backroads With Ron and Raven (0:30)
NBCSN NASCAR Football Challenge (1:00)
Friday, Feb. 27
10:00 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
FSN Lindner’s Angling Edge (0:30)
GOLF LPGA Golf Round 2 Honda Thailand. From Siam Country Club-Chonburi,
1:30 p.m. NBCSN IFA Redfish Tour (0:30)
2:00 p.m. ESPN Outside the Lines (Live) (0:30)
ESPN2 SportsNation (1:00)
FSN UEFA Soccer Champions League. BVB vs. Juv. (2:00)
NBCSN Charlie Moore: No Offense (0:30)
2:30 p.m. ESPN NFL Insiders (Live) (0:30)
3:00 p.m. ESPN NFL Live (Live) (1:00)
ESPN2 Highly Questionable (0:30)
NBCSN Lucas Oil Motorsport Hour (1:00)
3:30 p.m. ESPN2 You Herd ME With Colin Cowherd (0:30)
4:00 p.m. ESPN Around the Horn (0:30)
ESPN2 Olbermann (Live) (0:30)
FSN UEFA Europa League Highlights (1:00)
4:30 p.m. ESPN Pardon the Interruption (0:30)
ESPN2 Highly Questionable (0:30)
NBCSN Pro Football Talk (Live) (1:00)
5:00 p.m. ESPN SportsCenter (1:30)
10:00 a.m. ESPN College Gameday (Live) (1:00)
ESPN2 SportsCenter (1:00)
GOLF Golf Central Pre-game (Live) (2:00)
10:30 a.m. FSN Lindner’s Angling Edge (0:30)
11:00 a.m. (7) KCCO NCAA Basketball Geo. vs. St.J. (Live) (2:00)
ESPN ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
FSN Fishing the Midwest (0:30)
NBCSN Premier League Live Bridge (Live) (0:30)
11:30 a.m. (11) KARE EPL Soccer (2:00)
FSN Fishing With Joe Bucher (0:30)
NBCSN NCAA Basketball R.I. vs. La S. (Live) (2:00)
Noon FSN Sportsman’s Journal (0:30)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 The Honda Classic. From PGA National Champion Course-- Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (Live) (2:00)
12:30 p.m. (9) KMSP (15) KVRR Fox College Hoops Tip-Off (0:30)
FSN Lindy Fish Ed. (0:30)
1:00 p.m. (5) KSTP The Grantland Basketball Hour (1:00)
GOLF PGA Golf Round 3 The Honda Classic. From PGA National Champion Course-- Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (5:00)
6:30 p.m. (15) KVRR Ultimate Outdoor Adventure (0:30)
7:00 p.m. (11) KARE NHL Hockey N.Y. R. vs. Pha. From Wells Fargo Center-Philadelphia, Pa. (Live) (3:00)
ESPN College Gameday (Live) (1:00)
ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
7:30 p.m. NBCSN NHL Top 10 (0:30)
8:00 p.m. ESPN NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
NBCSN EPCR Soccer (2:00)
8:30 p.m. FSN Wild Live Pre-game (Live) (0:30)
9:00 p.m. ESPN2 NCAA Basketball (Live) (2:00)
FSN NHL Hockey Min. vs. Col. From Pepsi Center-- Denver, Colo. (Live) (2:30)
10:00 p.m. (23) WUCW Ring of Honor Wrestling (1:00)
ESPN SportsCenter (1:00)
NBCSN Premier League Match of the Day (2:00)
Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN: Sports Feb 22, 2015 to Feb 28, 2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Jimmy Fallon
There are reports that New York’s JFK Airport has plans to open the world’s first airport terminal for animals next year. Not to be outdone, LaGuardia has announced plans to finally open a terminal for humans.
A new helicopter service called Gotham Air is now offering users cheap flights from Manhattan to JFK or Newark airports that start at just $99. ‘Cause if there’s two words I trust together in the same sentence, it’s “cheap” and “helicopter.”
Vice-President Joe Biden recently said he has privately met with 17 Republican senators at his home to try and connect on issues like tax reform. Biden asked what he can do to speed up negotiations, while Democrats asked: “Does this door lock from the outside?”
As gas prices continue to drop across the U.S., 28 states are now selling regular gasoline for less than two dollars a gallon. It’s getting cheaper to pump two gallons of gas outside the station than it is to pump two squirts of nacho cheese inside.
Solution
Big Hero 6
In a futuristic world where robots are very much a part of everyday life, a young boy named Hiro (Potter) creates microbots, revolutionary new nanorobots, and accepts an invitation to the prestigious school his older brother Tadashi (Henney) attends. Shortly after Tadashi is tragically killed in a building fire, Hiro accidentally activates Baymax (Adsit), an inflatable health-care robot that his late brother had designed. Baymax
takes on the troubled boy as his patient, but the duo soon discovers that a nefarious villain has stolen Hiro’s idea and is mass producing his new robots. Along with his brother’s friends, Hiro and Baymax form a superhero team and set out to right past wrongs and learn the truth about the deadly fire.
Directors:DonHall,ChrisWilliams.
Stars:ScottAdsit,RyanPotter,DanielHenney,T.J.Miller,JamieChung,
Ithink that people fall into two categories: those who love hosting dinner parties and those who hate it.
Dinner parties can be a lot of work, sometimes even taking days to plan and execute, depending on how “big” you want to go. There’s cleaning the house, preparing the menu, carefully choosing which dishes to use, sending out invitations, running to the supermarket — heck, all of this before you can even start cooking, let alone waiting for the guests to arrive!
For the record, I’m firmly in the “love” camp here, and it looks like I’m in good company. It turns out that actress Tiffani Thiessen is a bit of a dinner party hostess extraordinaire, and she’s inviting all of us to join her with her new Cooking Channel show “Dinner at Tiffani’s,” premiering Wednesday, Feb. 25. Thiessen’s been a presence on our TV screens for decades. Her first major role was as high schooler Kelly Kapowski in 1989’s teenaged comedy/drama “Saved by the Bell.” After it wrapped up in 1993, she joined the cast of “Beverly Hills, 90210,” where she stayed until 2000. More recently, she’s starred as Elizabeth Burke in USA’s “White Collar.”
But enough about her acting: we’re here for her food. Each episode of “Dinner at Tiffani’s” will feature the hostess cooking up her own special crowd-pleasing dishes, like roasted dates with
smoked bacon and goat cheese. We’ll get to tag along, too, as she figures out the theme for each dinner and creates some ontheme decorations to tie the whole experience together. And what would a dinner party be without guests? (It sure wouldn’t be much of a party!) Each episode will feature actors and entertainers stopping by for
dinner, including former “Saved by the Bell” co-star Mario Lopez. “I have played many characters, but my favorite role is playing host,” Thiessen said in a statement about the show, and if she’s as entertaining a host as she is an actress, then it’s the TV viewers who will really be the ones in for a treat. “Dinner at Tiffani’s” premieres Wednesday, Feb. 25, on the Cooking Channel.
Sunday, Feb. 22
1:00 p.m. (9) KAWE New Scandinavian Cooking
4:30 p.m. (9) KAWE B Organic With Michele Beschen
7:00 p.m. (2) KTCA (8) WDSE (9) KAWE The Great British Baking Show (N)
Monday, Feb. 23
7:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods America
8:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations (N)
9:00 p.m. TRAV Booze Traveler (N)
Tuesday, Feb. 24
2:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show TRAV Food Paradise
3:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods
5:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods
6:00 p.m. TRAV Man v. Food
Wednesday, Feb. 25
9:00 p.m. BRAVO Best Restaurant (N)
Saturday, Feb. 28
6:00 a.m. BRAVO Best New Restaurant
7:00 a.m. BRAVO Best New Restaurant
8:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Simply Ming 9:00 a.m. (2) KTCA