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Event Information:
The
Kodak Theatre is the venue for the
84th Academy Awards, presented by
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences (AMPAS), will honor the
best films of in California. During the
ceremony, AMPAS will present its
annual Academy Awards (commonly
referred to as Oscars) in 24
competitive categories. The ceremony
will be televised in the United
States on ABC. The Oscars are the
premier film awards ceremony
internationally, and mark the
culmination of a long season of
awards ceremonies worldwide,
including the Grammy Awards and the
BAFTA Awards in London.
Billy
Crystal will host the ceremony,
while Brian Grazer will produce it.
This will be Crystal's ninth time
serving as host for the Academy
Awards. The ceremony was originally
scheduled to be hosted by Eddie
Murphy. However, after Brett Ratner
resigned as producer after using a
gay slur when talking about
rehearsals, Murphy also stepped
down. The nominees for the 84th
annual Academy Awards were announced
on January 24, , at the Samuel
Goldwyn Theater by Tom Sherak, AMPAS
president, and Oscar-nominated
actress Jennifer Lawrence. The
winners will be announced during the
awards ceremony on February 26,
.
Unlike
most award categories, the
categories of Best Makeup, Best
Foreign Language Film, and Best
Visual Effects each have a
multiple-stage nomination process.
For these awards, specific Academy
branches choose pre-nominees and
then, from that list, final
nominees. From the list of final
nominees, the AMPAS membership
selects the award winner. For
example, seven Best Makeup
pre-nominees were narrowed down to
three final nominees, from which the
entire AMPAS membership will choose
a winner.
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