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OSCAR, OSCAR, OSCAR!
The Academy Awards Are Back — And Being Hosted For The First Time In Four Years.
By Jeff Pfeiffer
Awards season culminates with its premier event as 2021’s most acclaimed films are honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with that famous little statuette handed out across various categories during the 94th Oscars ceremony, which airs live on ABC Sunday, March 27. This year’s event is still being impacted by the ongoing pandemic, and not just in its delayed date (it had originally been slated for Feb. 27).
One exciting change this year is that not only will there be a host for the ceremony for the first time since 2018, when Jimmy Kimmel led the festivities, but there will be three hosts. Actor Regina Hall, comedian/actor Amy Schumer and comedian/actor Wanda Sykes will be the first female trio to be at the helm for this event.
“We want people to get ready to have a good time,” the women said in a joint statement. “It’s been a while.”
There were scant details about what more to expect from the ceremony itself, except that Will Packer — who has produced a number of films grossing over $1 billion in total worldwide at the box office — will be producing this event for the first time.
“We’re giving Will the keys to Hollywood’s biggest night,” said Craig Erwich, president of Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment, “and we’re excited to see how his vision comes to life.”
For his part, Packer is excited about the opportunity. “The power, the beauty, the romance of the imagery in movies has always attracted me,” he explained in a statement. “I’m fully embracing the challenge of bringing an ode to one of the most iconic mediums in the world to life. What an honor!”
YOU’RE ALL (OSCAR) WINNERS!
TCM’s Latest 31 Days Of Oscar Event Showcases Only Academy Award- Winning Titles.
Turner Classic Movies’ 31 Days of Oscar celebration continues to be one of the best-loved annual network programming events. This year the network offers a different spin, as it is putting aside the old cliché of “it’s an honor just to be nominated” to populate its 31 Days of Oscar lineup — airing March 1-31 (the Oscar ceremony is on March 27) — only with movies that have actually won at least one Oscar (including Honorary Awards). That means every minute on TCM this month, you will be enjoying the best of the best of films that have been honored throughout the Academy Awards’ nearly century-long history.
MONDAYS:
1920s & 1930s Oscar
Winners
Wings (1927, March 7) The Adventures of Robin
Hood (1938, March 7) The Jazz Singer (1927, March 14) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939, March 14) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939, March 21) Mutiny on the Bounty (1935, March 28)
Wings
TUESDAYS:
1940s Oscar Winners
The Lost Weekend (1945, March 1) Great Expectations (1946, March 8) National Velvet (1944, March 15) The Grapes of Wrath (1940, March 22) Mrs. Miniver (1942, March 29)
The Grapes of Wrath
WEDNESDAYS:
1950s Oscar Winners
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952, March 2) Ben-Hur (1959, March 9) Marty (1955, March 16) Lust for Life (1956, March 23) Giant (1956, March 30)
Ben-Hur
THURSDAYS:
1960s Oscar Winners
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961, March 3) A Man for All Seasons (1966, March 10) The Music Man (1962, March 17) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, March 24) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, March 31)
2001: A Space Odyssey
