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ACADEMY MAILS APPLICATIONS FOR 2002 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARDS

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - In the fi rst offici al public act relating to the 75th Academy Awards' season, the Aca demy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has

mailed applications for the 2002 Scientific and Teclmical Awards. Entry forms have been sent to more than 850 companies and individuals,

including past w inners, w ithin the sci-tech film community both in the United States and abroad. "We want to begin collecting achievements that can be considered by the Scientific and Technical Committee for recognition at the 75th Academy Aw ards," said Committee Chair Richard Edlund. In order to be considered, achievements must show exceptional merit and

evidence of having provided significant advances in the production of motion pictures. "The technology didn't have to be invented within the past yea r, but the achievements ultimately chosen need to have a proven track record showcasing successful and repeated use in the film industry," said Awards Administration Director Rich Miller. - more - Academy Mails Applications For 2002 Sci-Tech A wards 2-2-2-2-2-2

All entry applications must be submitted to the Academy no later than

Thursday, August 1. Technical advances submitted to the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee will be evaluated by sub-committees comprised of distinguished engineers, scientists and craftspersons before being recommended to the Academy's Board of Governors for award consideration. Information and application packets may be obtained by contacting Rich Miller's office via phone at 310-247-3000, ext. 129; by fax at 310-859-9619; via e-mail to [email protected] or by visiting the Academy website at www.oscars.org.

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ACADEMY BOARD APPROVES 75TH AWARDS RULES

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Rules for the 75th Academy Awards'" have been approved by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with the governors making it tougher to give honorary awards. The procedure by which governors vote for honorary awards - the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Honorary Award - will now require a vote of two-thirds of the governors present to give an award, and three-fourths of the governors will have to endorse a candidate for a second award. Nominating and voting for all three awards will be conducted as a single procedure. The move is an attempt by the board to limit the number of honoraries presented each year to one, or, at most, two, and to do so in a way that is fair to each of the three types of award. Other changes include: • deletion of the requirement that devices and inventions must be employed in the motion picture industry during the awards year to be eligible for consideration for scientific and technical awards • simplification of the category names for the writing awards. The "Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published" category will now be known as the "Adapted Screenplay" category. "Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen" will now be called "Original Screenplay." --more-- Academy Approves 75th Awards Rules 2-2-2-2-2-2

• excluding from consideration in the short documentary category films that are reedited versions of earlier feature-length documentaries . • buttressing of the Academy's resolve to restrict Best Picture nominations and awards to producers who actually functioned as producers. If a nominated picture has more than the permissible three credited producers, and they can't agree among themselves which three should be the nominees, the Producers Branch Executive Committee, which arbitrates in such cases, now has the option of identifying fewer than three producers as nominees. The official "75th Annual Academy Award'" Rules" booklet will be ready for distribution to Academy members during the first week of August. Academy Award rules are reviewed annually by branch and category committees, and submitted to the Awards Rules Committee, which then reviews all proposed changes and presents its recommendations to the Board of Governors. The 75th Annual Academy Awards Presentation will be telecast live from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland'" by the ABC Television Network at 5:30 p.m., PST, on Sunday, March 23, 2003. ### ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES

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VOTING SCHEDULE SET FOR 75TH ACADEMY A W ARDS®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - The schedule of voting events for the 75th Annual Academy Awards was released today by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: December 2, 2002: Deadline for receipt of official screen credit forms to qualify feature films for award consideration. December 31, 2002: Awards year ends at midnight.

January 10, 2003: Nominations ballots mailed.

January 29, 2003: Nominations polls close 5 p.m. PST.

February 11, 2003: All nominations announced at 5:30 a.m. PST, Samuel Goldwyn Theater. February 25, 2003: Final ballots mailed.

March 1, 2003: Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation, 6 p.m. PST, Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. March 10, 2003: Nominees Luncheon, Beverly Hilton Hotel.

March 18, 2003: Final polls close 5 p.m. PST.

March 23, 2003: 75th Annual Academy Awards Presentation from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland" will be televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. (PST), with a half-hour arrivals program preceding the presentation ceremony.

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AUGUST 1 IS OSCAR®DEADLINE TO SUBMIT SCI-TECH ENTRIES

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Thursday, August 1, is the deadline to submit scientific and technical achievements to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for consideration for the 75th Academy Awards' , Scientific and Technical Awards Committee Chair Richard Edlund announced today. In late May, entry information was sent to over 850 companies and individuals, including past winners, within the sci-tech film community both in

the United States and abroad. According to Awards Administration Director Rich Miller, any device, method, formula, discovery or invention of special and outstanding value may be considered. "The committee will be looking for exceptional achievements - technologies that have proven their value with repeated use in films and have provided significant advances in the production of motion pictures," said Miller. Teclmical advances submitted to the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee will be evaluated by subcommittees comprised of distinguished engineers, scientists and craftspersons before being recommended to the

Academy's Board of Governors for award consideration. Information may be obtained by contacting Rich Miller's office via phone at 310-247-3000, ext. 129 or by fa x at 310-859-9619. 1#1# ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES

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ACADEMY INVITES 85 COUNTRIES TO SUBMIT THEIR BEST PICTURES FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OSCAR'"

BEV ERLY HILLS, CA - Eighty-five countries have been invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to submit their top films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 75th Academy Awards'". Entry forms must be received at the Academy by Friday, November 1, and films must be received by Friday, November 15. According to Academy rules, to qualify for consideration for the 2002 Award, a film must have had its first public showing in a commercial theater in its home country for at least seven consecutive days between November 1, 2001, and October 31, 2002, and must have been produced with a predominantly non English dialogue track in the language of the submitting country. Over the years, 92 different countries have submitted films to the competition at least once. In 2001, a record number of 51 entries were rece ived for this category. The 75th Academy Award'" nominations will be announced at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Tuesday, February 11, 2003. Information about the Foreign Language Film Award m ay be obtained by contacting Awards Coordinator Patrick Stockstill at the Academy via phone at 310-247-3000, ext. 116; by fax at 310-247-2600 or bye-mail to [email protected]. Academy Awa rds for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland'" and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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Statement by

Frank Pierson

President Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

"The Academy is not moving the Academy Awards telecast to New York. "The Academy has received no proposal from any group in New York City regarding moving the Academy Awards telecast, or any portion of it, to New York in 2003 or any date thereafter. "Discussion about the possibility of broadcasting a segment of the telecast from New York could take place, but not before a producer is on board. "No producer has been appointed. "The Academy has no proposal in hand to react to. There have been no internal discussions about any such proposal. There has been no discussion with members of the Board of Governors prior to these press stories, no discussion with the network, no discussion with members of previous production teams, no discussion with venues here or in New York." ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES

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18 SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR 75TH ACADEMY AWARDS®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Eighteen scientific and technical achievements have

been selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards Committee for consideration in the 75 th Academy Awards,

Committee Chair Richard Edlund announced today. "The committee announces these achievements in advance to give any persons or companies with claims of a prior or similar technology the opportunity to contact the Academy and enter themselves in competition," said Edlund. "The committee can then review these claims to determine whether or not they warrant consideration as well." The deadline for additional entries to be submitted to the Academy is 5 p.m.,

F~ida y, September 27. The methods or devices selected by the committee and the individuals or companies submitting them are:

Deva Digital Audio Disk Recorder; Zaxcom

Maya H I ; Ali as/ Wavefron t, ·Inc.

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POI/Dream works Facial Animation System; POI/ Dreamworks

Houdini VEX; Side Effects Software

Mental Ray; Mental Images GmbH

Deep Canvas; Walt Disney Company

Deluxe Worldwide Printing System; Deluxe Laboratories

Use of Color Positive Print Film to Create Yellow Mattes; Cmeric, Inc.

Kodak Vision Premier Color Print Filml2393; Eastman Kodak Company

Fully Automated, Computer Controlled Proofing Printer; Hollywood Film Company

Reduction of Color Anomalies - Yellow Layer Dye Fading; Pacific Title & Arts Studio

Dedolight 4000; Dedo Weigert Film GmbH

Ultimate Director's Finder (UDF); Kish Optics, Inc.

Kinoton FP 30/38 EC High Speed Studio Projector; Kinoton America

Wireless Systems for Movie Production; Sennheiser Electronic GmbH

Microprocessor Controlled Wireless Microphone System; Lectrosonics, Inc.

Video Assist; Jimmie Songer

Airstar Lighting Balloons; Airstar America

Demonstration of selected achievements will be conducted on Tuesday, October 22, in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Awards Administration Director Richard Miller said the committee will meet on December 4 to make recommendations to the Academy's Board of Governors, which will make the . - final decisions. The Scientific and Technical Awards will be presented at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Saturday, March 1, 2003. For more information call the Academy at 310-247-3000, ext. 129; fax 310-859-9619; or e-mail [email protected].

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OCTOBER 1 IS OSCAR'" ENTRY DEADLINE FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMS

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Documentary filmmakers who have either short subject or feature-length films eligible for the 75th Academy Awards" must submit their entry forms and supporting materials to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by Tuesday, October 1, Documentary Branch Executive Committee Chair Freida Lee Mock reminded today, The supporting documentation that must accompany each entry includes a synopsis of the film in English, a 12-month theatrical exhibition plan, film credits, scene stills, 15 VHS cassette tapes of the film and proof of qualifying exhibition , Videotapes will be distributed to screening committees comprised of Academy member documentary filmmakers who will determine the nominees, Additional information about the Documentary Awards categories may be obtained by contacting Assistant Awards Coordinator Michelle Ayala via phone 310-247-3000; fa x 310-247-2600; e-mail m ayala@oscars,org or on the Academy's website, www,oscars,org, The 75 th Academy Award®nominations will be announced at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Tuesday, February 11, 2003, Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23,2003, from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland'" and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p,m, PST A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p,m, ### A CADE MY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AN D SCIENCES

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ACADEMY COMMITTEE REVIEWS SCI-TECH DEVICES FOR POTENTIAL AWARDS

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Eight devices being considered for Scientific and Technical Academy Awards'" by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences were demonstrated Tuesday night, October 22. The Academy's Scientific and Technical Awards Committee and several of its advisory committees were on hand to evaluate the demonstrations in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The devices demonstrated and the submitting companies were:

Kodak Vision Premier Color Print Film/2393; Eastman Kodak Company Use of Color Positive Print Film to Create Yellow Mattes; Cineric, Inc. Reduction of Color Anomalies-Yellow Dye Layer Fading; Pacific Title & Arts Studio Dedolight 400D; Dedo Weigert Film GmbH Ultimate Director's Finder (UDF); Ki sh Optics, Inc. Airstar Lighting Balloons; Ai rstar America Sourcemaker Helium Tube & Cube Lighting Balloons; Sourcemaker, Inc. Leelium Tube Lite; Leelium Balloons

The technical achievements reviewed are among 20 being assessed by the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee for the 75th Academy Awards, Committee Chair Richard Edlund said.

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Other methods or devices being considered, but which were not demonstrated, and their submitting companies are:

Deva Digital Audio Disk Recorder; Zaxcom Maya™; Alias/Wavefront, Inc. PDI/Dreamworks Facial Animation System; POI/ Dreamworks Houdini VEX; Side Effects Software Mental Ray; Mental Images GmbH Deep Canvas; Walt Disney Company Deluxe Worldwide Printing System; Deluxe Laboratories Fully Automated, Computer Controlled Proofing Printer; Hollywood Film Company Kinoton FP 30/38 EC High Speed Studio Projector; Kinoton America Wireless Systems for Movie Production; Sennheiser Electronic GmbH Microprocessor Controlled Wireless Microphone System; Lectrosonics, Inc. Video Assist; Jimmie Songer

Awards Administration Director Richard Miller said the committee will meet on December 4 and vote on award recommendations to make to the Academy's Board of Governors, which will have the final decision. After review and approval by the Academy Board, official announcements will be made in early January, 2003. The Scientific and Technical Awards will be presented during a gala dinner at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Saturday, March 1, 2003.

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ENTRY DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 1 IN FOUR OSCAR®CATEGORIES

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Friday, November 1, is the deadline for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to receive entry forms in four categories for the 75th Academy Awards' - Animated Feature, Live-Action and Animated Short Film and Foreign Language Film. To be considered in this year's Oscar competition, makers of eligible animated feature films and live-action and animated short films as well as countries submitting films for Foreign Language Film Award consideration must submit their entry forms and supporting materials to the Academy by Friday, November 1.

In the Animated Feature Film category, an entry form including the name of the intended award recipient and the signatures of all credited producers and directors is required. The supporting documentation that must accompany each entry includes a synopsis of the film, cast and credits list and scene stills. The deadline for submitting film prints is Wednesday, December 18.

- more - Entry Deadline is November 1 In Four Oscar Categories 2-2-2-2-2-2

Entries in the Short Films categories must submit the entry form, synopsis, credits list and stills as well as film prints and proof of qualifying exhibition by Friday, November l. In the Foreign Language Film category, additional required documentation including a synopsis of the film in English, a biography of the director and a copy of public notification of exhibition, such as an advertisement, is due by November l. Film prints must be received by the Academy no later than Friday, November 15. Screenings of submitted films in the Live-Action and Animated Short Film and Foreign Language Film categories will begin in December. Films submitted in the Animated Feature category will begin screening in January. Additional information about the Animated Feature, Short Films and Foreign Language Film categories may be obtained by calling 310-247-3000, ext. 116; sending an inquiry via fax to 310-247-2600; or on the Academy's website, www.oscars.org. The 75th Academy Award®nominations will be announced at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Tuesday, February 11, 2003. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood

& Highland'" and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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GIL CATES TO PRODUCE 75TH ANNIvERSARY OSCAR'" TELECAST

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Gilbert Cates' 11th assignment as producer of an Academy Awards'" telecast will be for the Annual 75th Anniversary edition scheduled for Sunday, March 23, 2003, Academy President Frank Pierson announced today. Academy Cates, who has ten telecasts to his credit since 1990, has Awards® produced more Oscar shows than any other producer. "With ten shows under his belt, no other living producer even comes close to the depth of his experience," Pierson said. "Gil practically invented the awards show as a stylistic genre. News We're privileged to have him present a very special event to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Oscars." Cates' previous outings as producer have garnered 76

Tel: 310-247-3090 Emmy nominations and 18 Emmy Awards. Cates won the Fa x: 310-271-3395 Emmy himself in 1991 for producing the 63rd Annual publicity@oscars . org www.oscars.org/ press Academy Awards telecast. "Who could pass up the chance to tackle the 75th Anniversary telecast?" Cates asked. "I'm delighted that Frank has asked me to take on this very special occasion. Dozens of ideas have been whirling through my head since he did and a few of them will coalesce to make a fun, fast-paced, exciting show." --more-- Cates to Produce Oscar's 75th Anniversary Telecast 2-2-2-2-2-2-2

The 75th Anniversary Academy Awards will be preceded by the telecast of the Academy's official arrivals pre show from 5 to 5:30 p.m. Cates also will serve as executive producer of that show. A member of the Academy's Board of Governors representing the directors branch (a position he previously held for nine years from 1984 to 1993), Cates also served as dean of UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television for seven years and is a former two-term president of the Directors Guild of America. For the past five years Cates has served as producing director of UCLA's Geffen Playhouse, for which he received the Jimmy Doolittle Award for Outstanding Contribution to Los Angeles Theater. Cates has had a distinguished career in both motion pictures and television. He produced and directed "I Never Sang for My Father" (1970), a film which earned three Academy Award nominations, and directed "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" (1973), which collected two more Oscar nominations. Cates' accolades as Oscar Show producer are among a long roster of television credits. He earned an Emmy nomination as director of the 1991 television movie, "Absolute Strangers," starring Henry Winkler. His credits, under his CateslDoty Productions banner, also include "A Death in the Family" (2002), "Collected Stories" (2002), "Innocent Victims" (1996); 1990's critically-acclaimed "Call Me Anna," the telefilm based on Patty Duke's autobiography; the Emmy-nominated "Do You Know the Muffin Man?" (1990); "Confessions: Two Faces of Evil" (1993); "Fatal Judgment" (1988); "Consenting Adult" (1984), for which he earned an Emmy nomination; and "Hobson's Choice" (1983). --more-- Cates to Produce Oscar's 75th Anniversary Telecast 3-3-3-3-3-3-3

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland. Sunday at the Oscars will be televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. (PST), with a half-hour arrivals segment preceding the presentation ceremony. ### ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES

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OSCAR®CREDITS FORMS ARE DUE DECEMBER 2

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - The deadline for submission of Official Screen Credits forms to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is Monday, December 2. In order for a feature to be considered for the 75th Academy Awards®, the distributor or producer must file an Official Screen Credits form with the Academy on or before the December 2 deadline. Forms and information regarding eligibility can be obtained by contacting credits coordinator Torene Svitil at the Academy. Svitil can be reached by phone at 310-247-3000, ext. 113 or via e-mail [email protected]. If the completed form isn't received by 5 p.m. December 2, the feature's title can't be included in the Remil1der List of Eligible Releases - the list of films eligible for Academy Award' nominations. Votes will not be counted for films not included in the Remil1der List. Though the credits submission deadline is December 2, feature films have until midnight, December 31, to open in Los Angeles County and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days to be eligible for 2002 Academy Awards consideration. Entries in the Foreign Language, Animated Feature, Documentary and Short Films categories are subject to special rules and must meet other qualifying criteria. The 75th Academy Award nominations will be announced at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Tuesday, February 11, 2003. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland' and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. ### Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc ie nces CONTACT: Dawn Newel! (310) 247-3000 November 7, 2002 8949 Wilshi re Blvd . [email protected] Beverly Hills, CA Q0211-1972 FOR llvtMEDIA TE RELEASE

STEVE MARTIN TO HOST 75TH ACADEMY A WARDS®

BEVE RLY HILLS, CA - Steve Martin will host the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards, Gil Cates, producer of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual presentation telecast, announced today. "The 75th Anniversary show is a meaningful one for the Academy, and it is CA.MP.A5.- Annual wonderful to work with a host who's done it before," Cates said. "A host who's witty, clever, sharp, intelligent, quick on his feet and always on top of the Academy unfolding action. Wait, I've forgotten something. Oh yeah, and outrageously Awards® funny." "He's also a gentleman, a gentle man and a d elight to work with. " This will be Martin's second appearance as Oscar' telecast hos t. He first served as ringleader of the li ve broadcast in March 2001, for the 73rd Academy Award s. In addition, Martin has sen'ed as a presenter on six shows and introduced News a Best Picture clip on the 69 th telecast in 1997. He also participated in a gag film sequence for the 67th show in 1995. ''I'm very pleased to be hosting the Oscars again, beca use fear and nausea always make me lose weight," said Martin. Te l: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271 -339 5 Martin recently completed filming the Disney comedy "Bringing Down the ' pu blicity@osca rs.org House," with co-stars Queen Latifah and Eugene Levy. The film is due out this www.oscars.org/ press spring. He begins "Shopgirl," adapted for the screen by Martin from his own best selling nove ll a, in January. Along wi th Martin, the film will star Claire Danes and Jimmy Fallon, under the direction of Anand Tucker. His next novel, The Pleasure of My Company. will be published next fall by Hyperion. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland'" and televised li ve by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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DENNIS DOTY APPOINTED OSCAR~ PRE-SHOW PRODUCER

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Dennis boty will be back to produce the pre-show for the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards®, Oscar telecast producer Gil Cates announced today. Annual This will be Doty's third pre-show. He produced the first Academy Oscar pre-show, which aired prior to the 71st Academy Awards® Awards in 1999, as well as the show preceding the 73rd Awards in 200l. The 2003 show will air on the ABC Network at 5 p.m. PST, immediately preceding the Oscar telecast. News "It is a joy to work with Dennis, which is why he's my partner and has been my friend for more than 30 years," Cates said, "but more importantly, it is liberating because he will carry the burden and get the show done beautifully and I won't Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 have to worry about it at all." pu blicity@oscars. org www.oscars.org / press "I'm thrilled that Gil has turned to me again to produce the Oscar pre-show," Doty said. "Covering the glamour and excitement on the red carpet, especially on Oscar's 75th anniversary, is like televising the overture to the greatest event on television. That, plus the production team that Gil assembles and the assistance of the terrific Academy staff makes producing the pre-show a joy for me, and I think that that will again rub off on the show." --more-- Dennis Doty Named Oscar Telecast Pre-Show Producer 2-2-2-2-2-2-2

Together with partner Cates, Doty formed CateslDoty Productions twelve years ago with a focus on development and production of motion pictures, mini-series and specials for television. CateslDoty Productions telecasts this last year include James Agee's "A Death in the Family" for PBS Masterpiece Theater; Donald Margulies' "Collected Stories" for PBS Hollywood Presents; "An American Celebration at Ford's Theatre" for ABC and "Rockin' for the USA: A National Salute to the U.S. Military" from the aircraft carrier Harry S Truman for CBS. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland'" and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network. ### Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CONTACT: Dawn Newell- (310) 247-3000 November 22, 2002 8949 Wilshire Blvd. [email protected] Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1972 FOR llvlMEDlA IE RELEASE

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LOUIS J. HORVITZ TO DIRECT 75TH ANNIVERSARY ACADEMY AWARDS"

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Three-time Emmy Award-winning

director Louis J. Horvitz will helm the 75th Atmiversary Oscar'" Annual Academy telecast, show producer Gil Cates has announced. Awards® "Lou is a master at capturing the essence and heart of a show," said Cates. "I invited him to direct his first Oscar telecast and this will

be our fifth Oscar coll aboration. I am very pleased to be working with News a director who has the knowledge and experience necessary to make the 75 th Awards a landmark event."

This will be Horvitz's seventh consecutive stint as director of the

Te l : 310-247-3090 Academy Awards telecast. One of the most industrious directors in Fax: 310-271-3395 publicity@osca rs.org television, Horvitz has directed 10 high-profile specials this year alone, www.oscars.org/press including the 74th Academy Awards, the 28th Annual People's Choice

Awards, the Super Bowl XXXVI Halftime with U2, the VHl Divas in

Las Vegas, both the Daytime and Primetime Emmy Awards and the

American Film Institute Salute to Tom Hanks.

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"Gil's exceptional talent both as a producer and director makes for an extremely stimulating experience," said Horvitz. "I feel very fortunate to be serving, once again, under the leadership of Gil Cates on the Academy's 75th Anniversary celebration. It is truly a privilege

J to be a part of this milestone event. '

Horvitz's expertise as one of the premiere live-event television directors has been recognized by his peers with eight Emmy Award nominations and 10 nominations from the Directors Guild of America.

He won his first Emmy for outstanding variety directing in 1996 for

The Kennedy Center Honors. He also won two Emmy Awards for directing the Academy Awards, in 1998 for the 70th Oscars~ and in

2000 for the 72nd Awards. He received a DGA Award in 1997 for outstanding directorial achievement in musical variety for The

Kennedy Center Honors. In the summer of 2001, Horvitz was honored with the UCLA Alumni Achievement Award in theatre arts, film and television.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at

Hollywood & Highland'" and televised live by the ABC Television

Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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OSCAR®CREDITS FORMS AND MuSIC SUBMISSION FORMS ARE DUE MONDAY, DECEMBER 2

BEVERLY HI LLS, CA - Monday, December 2, is the deadline for both the Official Screen Credits forms and Music Award submission forms to be received by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In order for a feature film to be considered for the 75th Academy Awards' , the Official Screen Credits forms must be submitted to the Annual Academy by 5 p.m. on Monday. For music to be eligible for Oscar Academy consideration in the Original Score and Original Song categories, music Awards® submission forms also must be received by the same deadline. Films have until midnight, December 31, to open in Los Angeles County and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days to qualify for 2002 Academy Awards consideration. Official Screen Credits forms can be obtained by contacting News Academy Credits Coordinator Torene Svitil by phone at 310-247-3000, ext. 113, via e-mail at [email protected] or on the Academy website www.oscars.org. Te l: 310-247-3090 Music Submission forms are available by contacting Awards Fax: 310-271-3395 public ity@osca rs.org Coordinator Patrick Stockstill via phone at 310-247-3000, ext. 116 or by www_oscars.org / press e-mail at [email protected]. The 75th Academy Award" nominations will be announced at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Tuesday, February 11,2003. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland ' and televised li ve by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. ### Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CONTACT: John Pavlik November 26, 2002 8949 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ' 0211·1972

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MICHAEL B. SELIGMAN NAMED ASSOCIATE PRODUCER OF 75TH ® ACADEMY AWARDS TELECAST

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Michael B. Seligman has been named associate producer of the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards show, his 26th year of association with the Oscar® telecast, Annual producer Gilbert Cates has announced. Academy "Michael knows every bolt and nut of the inner workings of this show," Cates said, "and that makes him a right arm holding a Awards® very heavy-duty wrench. He's my go-to man, and I am very happy that he'll be back with me for this very special show." With over 300 major television events to his credit, Seligman specializes in producing live broadcasts throughout the world. Most News recently, he served as supervising producer for "The Prime time Emmy Awards," and as co-producer of "Rockin' for the USA: A National Salute to the U.S. Military." In addition, Seligman served as associate producer for both "The Kennedy Center Honors" and Tel: 310·247·3090 "An American Celebration at Ford's Theatre." Fax : 310·271·3395 Seligman'S other producing credits include "America's pu b l i city@oscars. org www.oscars.org / press Millennium," a three-hour live New Year's Eve celebration; "The Harry Connick Jr. Christmas Show;" the NBC special "Funny Women of Television" and "Return to the Titanic," television's " second highest-rated syndicated special in history. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland®. Sunday at the Oscars® will be televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. (PST), with a half-hour arrivals segment preceding the presentation ceremony. ### Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CONTACT: Dawn Newell- (310) 247-3000 December 2, 2002 8949 Wilshire Blvd. [email protected] Beverly Hills , CA '211-1972 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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RECORD-BREAKING 54 COUNTRIES IN COMPETITION FOR OSCAR®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - A record-breaking 54 co untries have Annual submitted films to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Academy for Academy Award ~ consideration in the Foreign Language Film Award category, Academy President Frank Pierson announced today. Awards® It is the largest number of films ever entered in this category, besting last year's record by three films. Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Chad each had films that qualified this year for the first time. The submissions for 2002 are: News Afghanistan, "FireDancer," Jawed Wassel, director; Algeria, "Rachida," Yamina Bachir-Chouikh, director; Argentina, "Kamchatka," Marcelo Piiieyro, director; Te l: 310·247-3090 Austria, "Geburtig," Robert Schindel & Lukas Stepanik, directors; Fa x: 310-271-3395 publicity@osca rs .org Bangladesh, "The Clay Bird," Tareque Masud, direc tor; www.oscars.org/press Belgium, "The Son," Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, directors; Brazil, "City of God," Fernando Meirelles, director; Bulgaria, "Warming up Yesterday's Lunch," Kostadin Bonev, direc tor; Canada, "Un Crabe Dans la Tete," Andre Turpin, director; Chad, "Abouna," Mahamat Sa leh Haroun, director; Chile, "Ogu yMampato en Rapa Nui," Alejandro Roj as, director;

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China, "Hero," Zhang Yimou, director; Colombia, "The Invisible Children," Lisandro Duque Naranjo, director; Croatia, "Fine Dead Girls," Dalibor Matanic, director; Cuba, "Nothing More," Juan Carlos Cremata, director; Czech Republic, "Wild Bees," Bohdan Slama, director; Denmark, "Open Hearts," Susanne Bier, director; Egypt, "The Secret of the Young Girl," Magdy Ahmed Aly, director; Finland, "The Man without a Past," Aki Kaurismaki, director;

France, "8 Women," Fran~ois Ozon, director; Germany, "Nowhere in Africa," Caroline Link, director; Greece, "The Only Journey of His Life," Lakis Papastathis, director; Hungary, "Hukkle," Gyorgy Palfi, director; Iceland, "The Sea," Baltasar Kormakur, director; India, "Devdas," Sanjay Leela Bhansail, director; Indonesia, "Ca-bau-kan," Nia diNata, director; Iran, ''I'm Taraneh, 15," Rassul Sa dr-Ameli, director; Israel, "Broken Wings," Nir Bergman, director; Italy, "Pinocchio," Roberto Benigni, director; Japan, "Out," Hideyuki Hirayama, director; Korea, "Oasis," Lee Chang-dong, director; Lebanon, "When Maryam Spoke Out," Assad Fouladkar, director; Luxembourg, "Dead Man's Hand," Laurent Brandenburger & Philippe Boon, directors; Mexico, "The Crime of Father Amaro," Carlos Carrera, director; Netherlands, "Zus & Zo," Paula van der Oest, director; Norway, "Hold My Heart," Trygve Allister Diesen, director; Philippines, "Small Voices," Gil M. Portes, director; Poland, "Edi," Piotr T rzaskalski, director; Portugal, "0 Delfim," Fernando Lopes, director; - more- Record-breaking S4 Countries In Competition for Oscar 3-3-3-3-3-3

Romania, "Philanthropy," Nae Caranfil, director; Russia, "House of Fools," Andrei Konchalovsky, director; Slovakia, "Cruel Joys," Juraj Nvota, director; Slovenia, "Head Noise," Andrej Kosak, director; Spain, "Los Lunes Al So!," Fernando Leon de Aranoa, director; Sweden, "Lilja 4-ever," Lukas Moodysson, director; Switzerland, "Aime Ton Pere," Jacob Berger, director; Taiwan, "The Best of Times," Chang Tso-Chi, director; Thailand, "Mon-rak Transistor," Pen-ek Ratanaruang, director; Tunisia, "The Magic Box," Rida Behi, director; Turkey, "9," Vmit Una!, director; United Kingdom, "Eldra," Tim Lyn, director; Uruguay, "Corazon de Fuego," Diego Arsuaga, director; Venezuela, "The Archangel's Feather," Luis Manzo, director; Yugoslavia, "Labyrinth," Miroslav Leki, director. Each country is invited to submit its best film of the year to the Academy. Selection of those entries is made by juries comprised of filmmakers from that country. Only one film, which need not have been released in Los Angeles, is accepted from each country. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee, chaired by producer Mark Johnson ("Rain Man," for which he won the Best Picture Oscar", "What Lies Beneath" and "Galaxy Quest"), will screen all entries beginning December 4, and then vote to nominate five achievements, said Awards Coordinator Patrick Stockstill. Entries submitted for Foreign Language Film Award consideration may also be considered in most other categories, providing they meet the eligibility requirements governing those categories.

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Five films have won both the Foreign Language Film Oscar and another award as well: 1998's winner, "Life Is Beautifu!," also received both the Best Actor Award for its star Roberto Benigni and the Oscar for Best Original Dramatic Score; "Fanny and Alexander," which won in

1983, also won Oscars ~ for Costume Design, Cinematography and Art Direction; "Z," the 1969 winner, also won for Film Editing; "A Man and a Woman," which won in 1966, also won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar; and the 1963 winner, "81 / 2," also won an Oscar for Costume Design. The 75th Anniversary Academy Award nominations will be announced at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Tuesday, February 11, 2003. Academy Awards$ for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland"' and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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SEVENTEEN FILMS TO COMPETE FOR FEATURE ANIMATION OSCAR"'

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Seventeen films will compete for the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar in the 2002 Academy Awards"' competition. The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted last night (12/10) to activate the category

CA.M.P.A.5.- for the 75th Academy Award Presentations. Annual The 17 films were accepted as eligible to compete by the Academy executive committee of the Short Films and Feature Animation Awards® branch of the Academy, which recommended to the board of governors that the Award be given for this year. The films are: "Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights" "Alibaba & the Forty Thieves" News "Eden" "EI bosque animado (The Living Forest)" "Hey Arnold! The Movie" "Ice Age" Tel: 310-247-3090 "Jonah - A VeggieTales Movie" Fax : 310-271-3395 [email protected] "Lilo & Stitch" www.oscars.org/ press "Mutant Aliens" "The Powerpuff Girls Movie" "The Princess and the Pea" "Return to Never Land" "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" "Spirited Away" "Stuart Little 2" "Treasure Planet" "The Wild Thornberrys Movie" --more-- 17 Films to Compete for Feature Animation Oscaz4 2-2-2-2-2-2

The eligibility of two of the films, "Eden" and "The Wild Thornberrys Movie," is subject to their opening in Los Angeles prior to December 31. "Eden" is scheduled to open December 13 and "The Wild Thornberrys Movie," December 20. Under the rules for the category, a maximum of five films could be nominated. The Best Animated Feature category was created in September, 2000, and first presented last March. Films submitted in the Best Animated Feature category also may qualify for Academy Awards in other areas, including Best Picture, provided they meet the rules criteria governing those categories. ### Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CONTACT: Dawn Newell- (310) 247-3090 December 27, 2001 8949 Wilshire Blvd. . [email protected] Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1972 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ACADEMY AWARDS' YEAR ENDS A T MIDNIGHT DECEMBER 31

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Midnight on Tuesday, December 31, marks

the final deadline for a feature film to begin a seven-day run in Los

Angeles County to officially qualify for 2002 Oscar consideration. Annual Academy "A number of films every year begin their one-week qualifying Awards® run near the end of December," said Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Frank Pierson. "However, since producers

must have submitted the Academy's Official Screen Credits form by News December 2 in order for the films to be eligible for a nomination, there aren't any last minute surprises."

Oscar nominations will be announced at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday,

Tel: 310-247-3090 February 11, 2003, at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Fax: 310-271-3395 pu blicity@oscars. org Academy Awards for outstanding fi lm achievements of 2002 will www.oscars.org/press be presented on Sunday, March 23,2003, at the Kodak Theatre at

Hollywood & Highland ' and televised Jive by the ABC Television

Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. A half-hour arri,'ill segment will

precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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279 FEATURE FILMS ELIGIBLE FOR 75TH ACADEMY AWARDSl< CONSIDERATION

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - The Academy Award:' for Best Picture of 2002 will be chosen from a list of 279 feature-length films. Nomination ballots and a complete list of the 279 eligible films will be mailed next week to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. According to Academy rules, to qualify for consideration a feature-length motion picture must have a running length of more CAM.PA.S." than 40 minutes and have been exhibited theatrically on 35mm or Annual 70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format. The films must open in a Academy commercial theater, for paid admission, in Los Angeles County Awards® between January 1,2002, and midnight December 31, 2002, and run for seven consecutive days. Films that receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release are not eligible for Academy Awards in any category. Official News screen credit forms and copies of the main and end title credits must have been submitted to the Academy by December 2, 2002. Films submitted in the Documentary, Foreign Language, Animated Feature and Short Films categories have different eligibility Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 requirements and are viewed and selected by special voting panels of publicity@oscars. org Academy members. www.oscars.org/press The 75th Academy Award nominations will be announced at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Tuesday, February 11. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland:' and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. ### Academy of Motion Picture CONTACT: Dawn Newell- (310) 247-3090 January 6, 2003 Arts and Sciences [email protected] 8949 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1972 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS HONORED WITH ACADEMY AWARDS®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Three Oscar® statuettes will be among

the Academy Awards to be presented for scientific and technical

achievement on March 1 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and

CA.M.PAs.a Sciences. Annual Alias/Wavefront will receive an Oscar for developing Academy Awards® "Maya," a 3-D animation, modeling and rendering production tool. The "Maya" software is in extremely wide use, and can create

computer-generated versions of anything from character models to

sets and backdrops which are indistinguishable from live-action film

News footage. The customizable software has been used to some degree

on nearly every feature using 3-D computer-generated images and

Tel: 310-247-3090 was employed extensively in such films as "Spider-Man," "Ice Age," Fax: 310-271-3395 pu b l icity@oscars. org "Hollow Man" and "The Perfect Storm." www.oscars.org/press Oscars® also will be presented to Arnold & Richter Cine

Technik and to Panavision, Inc., for the two companies' continuing

advancements in camera systems designed for the film industry.

The two manufacturers have led the industry in developing and

introducing products that define "state-of-the-art" in motion

picture camera technology.

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The Academy's Board of Governors voted to award the Oscars,

as well as four Scientific and Engineering Awards, which will be presented

in the form of plaques, and six Technical Achievement Awards, to be

presented as certificates, based upon recommendations from the Scientific

and Technical Awards Committee, chaired by Richard Edlund.

Awards Administration Director Rich Miller said that unlike

other of this year's Academy Awards, achievements receiving Scientific

and Technical Awards do not have to have been introduced during 2002,

and in fact are only considered "if they have a proven track record

showcasing successful and repeated use in the film industry."

The Scientific and Technical Academy Awards will be presented

at a gala black tie dinner on Saturday evening, March I, at the Regent

Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

Academy Awards for Scientific and Technical achievements for

the year 2002 are:

ACADEMY AWARD OF MERIT

(Oscar Statuette)

To AliaslWavefront for the development of a 3D animation,

dynamics, modeling and rendering production tool known as Maya. With its significant and dominant impact on the motion picture

industry, the Maya software package offers a robust and widely used

commercial visual effects tool with a rich infrastructure for extension and

customization.

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To Arnold & Richter Cine Technik and to Panavision, Inc., for their continuing development and innovation in the design and manufacturing of advanced camera systems specifically designed for the motion picture entertainment industry.

With a commitment that lies beyond the usual commercial considerations, these two manufacturers continue to lead the industry in developing and introducing products that have defined state of the art in motion picture camera technology.

SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING AWARDS

(Academy Plaque)

To Glenn Sanders and Howard Stark of Zaxcom for the concept, design and engineering of the portable Deva Digital Audio Disk Recorder. This innovative design employs advanced hard disk recording technology and digital audio techniques for llse in both production and post production recording applications.

To Mark Elendt, Paul Breslin, Greg Hermanovic and Kim Davidson for their continued development of the procedural modeling and animation components of their Prisms program, as exemplified in the Houdini software package. Through a procedural building-block process, the Houdini software is used to simulate natural phenomena using particle effects and complex three-dimensional models.

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To Leslie Gutierrez, Diane Kestner, James Merrill and David Niklewicz for the design and development of the Kodak Vision Premier Color Print Film, 2393. This film stock provides filmmakers with enhanced color saturation, higher contrast and darker blacks, producing a bold, colorful"look" on the theater screen.

To Dedo Weigert for the concept, Depu Jin for the optical calculations, and Franz Petters for the mechanical construction of the Dedolight 400D. This uniquely designed set light provides superior performance, reliability and ease of use. Combined with its excellent array of accessories, the Dedolight 400D is an outstanding engineering achievement.

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

(Academy Certificates)

To Dick Walsh for the development of the PDlj Dreamworks Facial Animation System. This effective software simulation system is used to create and control natural, expressive, highly-nuanced facial animation on a wide range of computer-generated characters.

To Thomas Driemeyer and to the mathematicians, physicists and software engineers of Mental Images for their contributions to the Mental Ray rendering software for motion pictures. Mental Ray is a highly programmable computer-graphics renderer incorporating ray tracing and global illumination to realistically simulate the behavior of light in computer-generated imagery. - more- Sci-Tech Achievements Honored with Academy Awards 5-5-5-5-5-5

To Eric Daniels, George Katanics, Tasso Lappas and Chris Springfield for the development of the Deep Canvas rendering software. The Deep Canvas software program captures the original brush strokes of the traditional background artist to render elements in three dimensions for animated films.

To Jim Songer for his contributions to the technical development of video-assist in the motion picture industry. The work of Jim Songer from 1968 through 1973 led directly to the more widespread acceptance of video-assist in the motion picture industry.

To Pierre Chabert of Airstar for the introduction of balloons with internal light sources to provide set lighting for the motion picture industry. These helium-filled balloons with internal arrangements for tungsten halogen and HMI light sources are usable indoors or out, quick to set up, require essentially no rigging and provide a soft light that can cover a very large area.

To Rawden Hayne and Robert W. Jeffs of Leelium Tubelite for their contributions to the development of internally lit balloons for motion picture lighting. These helium-filled balloons with internal arrangements for tungsten halogen and HMI light sources are usable indoors or out, quick to set up, require essentially no rigging and provide a soft light that can cover a very large area.

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DANETTE HERMAN RETURNS AS OSCAR® SHOW TALENT EXECUTIVE

BEVERLY HILLS, CA -75th Anniversary Academy Awards telecast producer Gil Cates once again will bring back Danette Herman as executive in charge of talent. This will be the 29th year Herman has been associated with the show, serving for 17 of them in her current capacity. "Over the years, Danette has earned the trust and confidence Annual of virtually every major star in our business," said Cates. "I look Academy forward to working with her once again on the Oscar telecast Awards® which is the brightest showcase for the biggest stars in Hollywood." Herman specializes in live television, galas and special events. She recently completed the 54th Annual Primetime Emmy News Awards as coordinating producer and her 25th stint for the Kennedy Center Honors. Other credits include this year's Tony Awards telecast, four Presidential Inaugural Galas, "An American Celebration at Ford's Tel: 310-247-3090 Theatre," "America's Millennium/' a three-hour live New Years' Fax: 310-271-3395 pu b l ici ty@oscars. org Eve special, and the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1996 www.oscars.org/press Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta. She has worked on over 200 television events. Academy A wards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23,2003, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. ### Academy of Motion Picture CONTACT: Dawn Newell- (310) 247-3090 January 8, 2003 Arts and Sciences [email protected] 8949 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1972 FOR llvIMEDIA TE RELEASE

ACADEMY ANNOUNCES FILMS IN COMPETITION FOR VISUAL EFFECTS OSCAR®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the seven films being considered for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 75th Academy Awards®. The films in consideration are listed below in alphabetical order: ClA.M.PAS.'" Annual Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Academy Men in Black II Awards® Minority Report Spider-Man Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones XXX News Fifteen-minute clip reels from each of the seven films will be screened for the Visual Effects Award Nominating Committee on February 5. The members will then nominate three of these seven

Tel: 310-247-3090 films for Oscar consideration. Fax: 310-271-3395 The finalists will be announced along with nominations in 23 [email protected] www.oscars.org/press other categories on Tuesday, February 11, at 5:30 a.m. PST. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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SEVEN FILMS IN COMPETITION FOR SOUND EDITING OSCAR®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the seven films being considered for Achievement in Sound Editing for the 75th Academy Awards®. The films in consideration are listed below in alphabetical order: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Minority Report QAM.PAS.- Road to Perdition Annual Spider-Man Academy We Were Soldiers Awards® xxx Ten-minute clip reels from each of the seven films will be screened for the Sound Editing Award Committee on February 4. The members will then vote on these films for Oscar consideration. The outcome of this News vote will result in the following options: 1) if two or three productions receive the required votes they will become the nominated films in the Sound Editing category; 2) if only one film receives the required votes it will be recommended to the Academy Board of Governors for a Special Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 Achievement Award; or 3) if no film achieves the required votes, no pu b l i city@ osca rs. org award for 2002 will be given in the category. www.oscars.org/press If nominees are selected they will be announced along with nominations in 23 other categories on Tuesday, February 11, at 5:30 a.m. PST. Academy A wards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. ###: ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES

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ACADEMY EXHIBITION DISPLAYS 100 OSCAR STATUETIES FROM 75 YEARS

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - More than 100 Oscar statuettes presented oyer the

past 75 years will be featured in a glittering new exhibition at the Academy of

Motion Picture Arts and Sciences beginning January 24. Like all exhibitions at the Academy, "And the Oscar Went To ... " will be free and open to the public. The Academy's Fourth Floor Gallery will be the temporary home for the statuettes, most of which are being borrowed from the \vinners or their heirs. (Some are already in the permanent care of the Academy.) Every year the Academy Awards have been presented will be represented by at least one winners'statuette. In addition, the Academy hopes to display all 15 of the statuettes distributed to winners the very first year. Ten of those have already been located and

confirmed for the exhibition, including the Oscar presented to Emil Jannings, the

first recipient of an Academy Award of Merit in 1929. That year, the winners were announced far in advance of the presentation dinner. Jannings had plans to return to Europe before the gala, so he was given his statuette early.

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Among other notable Oscars to be featured are those won by: Katharine Hepburn for her performance in "Morning Glory" (1932/33), Irving Berlin for the song "White Christmas" from the film "Holiday Inn" (1942), Karl Malden for his performance in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), Robert Wise for directing "The Sound of Music" (1965), John Wayne for his performance in "True Grit"

Hauben and Bo Goldman and producers Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz have agreed to loan their Oscar statuettes. Among the other unique items and highlights will be the original prototype for the statuette, a plaster statuette that was awarded during the metal shortage of the WWII era, the regular sized statuette and its seven smaller friends that were awarded to ·Walt Disney for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and Judy Garland's miniature Oscar, presented in 1939 for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during that year.

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As a companion to "And the Oscar Went To ... " the Academy's Grand Lobby Gallery will feature "Academy Treasures: 75 Years of Collecting and Preserving." This showcase of artifacts and items relating to Oscar history will include film posters, costume and production design sketches, photographs and other ephemera from Oscar-winning films. All of the materials to be displayed are from the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library at the Fairbanks Center for

Motion Picture Study. "And the Oscar Went To ... " and "Academy Treasures" v,rill continue at the Academy through April 17, 2003. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Viewing hours are Tuesdays through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends noon to 6 p.m. Due to the Nominations Announcement for the 75th Academy Awards, the Academy galleries will not open until noon on Tuesday, February 11. For more information please call 310-247-3600.

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40 CITIES ACROSS AMERICA CELEBRATE OSCAR® NIGHT AMERICA

BEVERL Y HILLS, CA -This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences' Oscar Night CA.M.PAS." America program. It will also mark the year that more than ten million Annual dollars will have been generated for local charities by the Oscar viewing Academy parties. Awards® Last year, Oscar Night America parties raised over $1.6 million for local charities in 37 cities. All money raised stays in each community; none of it goes to the Academy. This year, 40 cities from Sacramento to Atlanta will attempt to re News create the glamour and excitement of the Academy Awards ceremony, a nice distance from its humble beginnings in 1994 with parties in just two cities, Minneapolis and San Francisco. The 40 cities hosting Oscar Night America parties in 2003 are Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, pu bl i city@ osca rs. org www.oscars.org/press Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Greenville-Spartanburg, Honolulu, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Louisville, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh-Durham, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, Tampa, Tucson and Washington, D.C. All of the parties will feature a live broadcast of the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards® Presentation, which is being televised by the ABC Television Network.

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"Oscar Night has always been a night for friends and families to gather to root and cheer for their favorite films and stars," said Ric Robertson, executive administrator of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "This nationwide nehvork of fundraising parties is a natural extension of that shared experience." The Academy provides official Oscar Night America parties with the same printed Academy Award show programs as those handed out at the ceremonies in Los Angeles. The Academy also provides the official commemorative poster and permits the party organizers to use the image of the Academy's copyrighted Oscar statuette on invitations and other materials. Most of the parties are black-tie affairs, though some are less formal, with varied and distinctive touches. Some events, for example, ask partygoers to dress up as famous couples, and some feature limousine arrivals, walks down red carpets, celebrities, photographers or "paparazzi" and press interviews with arriving guests. Only one charity party in a given city may participate in Oscar Night America. Events are completely produced by local non-profit organizations, with the active participation of the local ABC-TV affiliate station. Charities presenting parties this year are the Arthritis Foundation, Ronald McDonald House, Cobb Family Resources, American Red Cross, Capital City Aids Fund, Alzheimer's Association, Volunteers of America, Variety Club, Minnesota AIDS Project, The Ellie Fund, Chicago Academy of the Arts, USA Film Festival and other local arts foundations and film festivals. Concept Marketing Development of Camarillo, California, will assist the Academy in coordination of the program for the tenth consecutive year.

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NOMINATION BALLOTS MAILED TODAY FOR 75TH ACADEMY A W ARDS®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Nomination ballots for the 75th Academy Awards were mailed this week to the 5,816 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. eA.M.PAS.~ Annual Completed ballots must be returned to PricewaterhouseCoopers by 5 p.m., Wednesday, January 29. Any ballot received after this deadline Academy is ineligible. Awards® All nomination and final award ballots are tabulated by PricewaterhouseCoopers under the direction of partners Greg Garrison and Rick Rosas, who ensure that all aspects of the balloting process are conducted with fairness and accuracy. Both were present at the Academy News to supervise the mailing. Beverly Hills Postmaster Patrick McCloskey also was on hand to oversee transportation of the ballots from the Academy to the post office.

Tel: 310-247-3090 "The Postal Service is honored each year to be a part of the Academy Fax: 310-271-3395 Awards process and will do what it takes to make sure that the ballots are pu b l icity@ osca rs. org www.oscars.org/press delivered safely and without delay," said McCloskey. "PricewaterhouseCoopers has been tabulating the Oscar® ballots since 1936," said Garrison, head of Assurance and Business Advisory Services for PricewaterhouseCoopers. "We take the balloting seriously, so we review our procedures every year to maintain the integrity and high standards that the Academy expects."

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Prior to mailing, the PricewaterhouseCoopers staff administers a thorough verification process to make sure there are no duplicate ballots and that none are missing. In addition to being counted and sorted, each ballot is numbered to guarantee that it goes to the correct Academy voter. Garrison and Rosas have been with PricewaterhouseCoopers for 27 years and six years, respectively. This marks Garrison's eighth year and Rosas' second overseeing the balloting process. The 75th Academy Award® nominations will be announced at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Tuesday, February 11, at 5:30 a.m. PST. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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PATTY FOx RETURNS AS OSCAR® FASHION COORDINATOR

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Patty Fox has been named Fashion Coordinator by 75th Academy Awards® Producer Gil Cates. In 2001, Fox was named Fashion Coordinator for the 73rd Academy Awards after having orchestrated the Fashion Preview for the previous decade

ClA.M.PAS.~ for Fred Hayman. Annual Trained as a fashion designer, Fox is the author of two books, Academy Star Style: Hollywood Legends as Fashion ICOI1S and Star Style at the Awards® Academy Awards®. During a decade as the Fashion Director for Saks Fifth Avenue's Western Region, she launched the premiere collections for such designers as Christian Lacroix, Donna Karan, Isaac Mizrahi and Karl Lagerfeld. In her role as Academy Awards Fashion Coordinator, Fox will News coordinate the Fashion Preview, scheduled for March 4,2003 on

Awards Walk at the Hollywood & Highland® complex, and will assist presenters and performers in their Oscar Night fashion selections. Tel: 310-247-3090 Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 Fax: 310-271-3395 [email protected] will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at www.oscars.org/press Hollywood & Highland and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. ### Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 8949 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA CONTACT: Toni Thompson - (310) 247-3090 January 15, 2003 90211-1972

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ROY CHRISTOPHER TO DESIGN THE 75TH OSCAR" TELECAST

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Oscar Telecast Producer Gil Cates annolmced today that Roy Christopher has been appointed production designer of the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards'" Presentation. This will be the 14th time Christopher has designed an Academy Awards telecast. "Roy Christopher is a brilliant artist with a gift for production eA.M.p.A.S.~ Annual design that is truly extraordinary," said Cates. "His sets always have an eye-popping quality to them and I am confident that Roy's production Academy design will playa central role in making the 75th Academy Awards Awards® unforgettable." Christopher has received a total of 31 Emmy nominations. Thirteen of those nominations were for his work on the Oscar telecast, for which he has won five Emmy Awards. "This year 1 tried to put myself into the imaginary shoes of the News great motion pichlre production designers of the past and am creating the look of the show as if one of them were designing the Academy Awards today," said Christopher. "1 hope to honor their memory and that the

Tel: 310-247-3090 design will be glamorous, elegant, iconic, and that it possesses a real Fax: 310-271-3395 sense of 'event'." pub licity@oscars. org www.oscars.org!press His current projects include two top, long-running comedy series NBC's "Frasier" and CBS's "Becker." Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23,2003, at the Kodak Theatre at

® Hollywood & Highland and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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ROBERT Z. SHAPIRO NAMED SENIOR EXEC CONSULTANT

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Robert Z. Shapiro has been named senior executive consultant to 75th Anniversary Academy Awards Telecast Producer Gilbert Cates. It is Shapiro's tenth Academy Awards assignment. "Robert Shapiro has unique skills that have always made him a CAM.PA.S." Annual valuable member of my Oscar team," said Cates. "As we assemble the elements of this year's Oscar telecast celebrating 75 years of movie Academy excellence, it's great to know that I can once again rely on Robert's Awards® tremendous talents." Shapiro most recently served as strategic consultant for the first "NASA and the Creative Community Symposium." Prior to that, he served as chief creative officer of Solution Media's SpinRecords.com, a News pioneering website specializing in downloading music from the internet. Shapiro also has served as an associate producer, supervising visual effects and post-production for movies and mini-series for the

Tel: 310-247-3090 ABC, NBC and CBS networks and was vice president of original Fax: 310-271-3395 programming for the Interactive Television Group at Box Top Studios. pu bli city@ osca rs. org www.oscars.org/press Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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BLEACHER SEAT ApPLICATIONS FOR 75TH ACADEMY AWARDS® NOW AVAILABLE

Passes Will be Selected by Lottery

ClA.M.PAS." BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Oscar® fans once again will have the Annual opportunity to gain access to bleacher seats to watch the Academy Academy Awards red carpet arrivals, but this year it will be by luck of the draw. Awards® For the second year applications will be required and the selection process will be done through a random drawing, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. Fans interested in tickets for the 300-plus bleacher seats at the Kodak Theatre will have to submit an application form that includes News personal information such as name, address, birth date, driver's license and social security numbers. Applications are available now on the Academy's website at www.oscars.org/bleachers or by calling Tel: 310-247-3090 800-866-9197. Fax: 310-271-3395 pu b l i city@oscars. org The completed application, along with a recent passport-sized www.oscars.org/press photo, must be mailed to the Academy's coordinating agency on February 11 at the address below: CMD Bleacher Seat Request 601 Daily Drive, Suite 221 Camarillo, CA 93010 Forms cannot be hand-delivered or mailed directly to the Academy.

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There is a one-day mailing window. Forms must be postmarked by the United States Postal Service, or official postal service of a non-U.s. country, on February 11. Envelopes postmarked on dates prior to or after February 11 will not be opened. Application forms may not be sent via private delivery service such as UPS or FEDEX. Only one form will be accepted per person or group. Multiple entries will be discarded. The drawing will be held by March 3 and all applicants who successfully met the February 11 postmark criterion will be notified by mail whether or not they were selected for bleacher seats. These letters will be mailed no later than March 7. Those who have been selected also will receive a confirmation letter with seat numbers, general guidelines and instructions on when and where to arrive for admittance to the bleachers. No one will be admitted without the official Academy confirmation letter. Those attempting to wait outside overnight for admittance will not be permitted to do so. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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KIRK SMITH NAMED SECURITY CHIEF OF 75TH ACADEMY A WARDS®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Kirk Smith, a Los Angeles Police

Department sergeant, will serve as traffic and security chief for the

75th Academy Awards, his third year in the post. CA.M.P.A.5.- Annual Smith, who will work the telecast while on leave from the Academy LAPD, will coordinate all police, fire, traffic control and private security Awards® activities associated with the Academy Awards ceremony. The 75th

Academy Awards will mark the 15th ceremony at which Smith has

worked in either an on-duty or off-duty capacity. News "In terms of security, the Academy's main priority is the safety of our guests," said Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President

Frank Pierson. "As a 15-year veteran of the show, we trust Smith to Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 once again provide a safe environment for everyone attending." publicity@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002

will be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at

Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television

Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will

precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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ALAN BERGMAN ApPOINTED CHAIR OF 2003 GOVERNORS BALL

SID GANIS AND CHERYL BOONE ISAACS NAMED VICE-CHAIRS

BEVERL Y HILLS, CA - Alan Bergman, who represents the

Music Branch on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (lA.M.PAS.'" Annual Board of Governors, will return as chair of the Governors Ball for the Academy 75th Academy Awards®. For the sixth time and the second year in a Awards® row, Bergman will oversee plans for the post-awards dinner-dance for

winners, nominees, presenters and telecast participants.

Sid Ganis and Cheryl Boone Isaacs, both Governors from the News Academy's Public Relations Branch, were appointed vice chairs and will work closely with Bergman to conceive a vision for the 2003 Ball,

celebrating the Academy's 75th Anniversary. Ganis served as chair of

Tel: 310-247-3090 the Governors Ball from 1996 through 2001, while Boone Isaacs was· Fax: 310-271-3395 publicity@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press vice-chair of the Ball for the first time last year. "We try each year to produce an exciting and memorable evening

for our guests and we hope to do that again for this special year - the

75th anniversary of the Academy," said Bergman. "We plan to highlight

the style, the music and the history of every decade of the extraordinary

talent the Academy has recognized and celebrated since its inception."

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Bergman and his co-writer wife Marilyn have received 16

Academy Awardll> nominations. The pair has won three Oscars® - two in the Original Song category for "The Windmills of Your Mind" from

"The Thomas Crown Affair" in 1968 and "The Way We Were" from the 1973 film of the same name and one for Original Song Score for

"Yentl" in 1983.

The Governors Ball will be held in the Governors Ballroom on the top level of the Hollywood & Highland® complex immediately following the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards presentation on

Sunday, March 23. The ceremony, which will honor outstanding film achievements of 2002, will be televised live from the Kodak Theatre by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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DENZEL WASHINGTON TO MAKE EIGHTH OSCAR® SHOW ApPEARANCE

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Two-time Academy Award® winner

Denzel Washington is slated to make his eighth appearance as a

presenter at the 75th Academy Awards®, producer Gil Cates

announced today.

Washington won a Best Actor Oscar at the 74th Academy eA.M.PAS.~ Annual Awards for his role as undercover narcotics officer Alonzo Harris in Academy "Training Day." It was his fifth Oscar nomination. In 1989, he won a

Awards® Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the runaway slave,

Trip, in "Glory."

Washington recently made his directorial debut for the film News "Antwone Fisher," in which he also has a supporting role. His other film credits include "John Q.," "Remember the Titans,"

"The Hurricane," "Philadelphia," "Much Ado about Nothing," "Malcolm Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 X" and "Cry Freedom." pu bl icity@ osca rs. org www.oscars.org/press Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002

will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at

Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television

Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will

precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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ACADEMY TO PRESENT BONNER MEDALS TO CURT BEHLMER AND RICHARD GLICKMAN

BEVERL Y HILLS, CA - The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to award Curt Behlmer ClA.M.P.A.S." Annual and Richard Glickman the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation. Academy The medals will be presented during the Scientific and Technical Awards presentation dinner on Saturday, March l. Awards® Behlmer and Glickman will each receive a Bonner Medal for their longstanding support of and service to the Academy and the motion picture industry. Behlmer has dedicated his career to developing and News implementing technology applications to further the quality of motion pictures. Currently as a managing partner with Digital Cinema Ventures, he is responsible for systems development and

Tel: 310-247-3090 deployment of advanced technology solutions for motion picture Fax: 310-271-3395 exhibition. publicity@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press Recently, with ShoWorks Entertainment, Behlmer designed state-of-the art digital screening rooms and post-productio"n facilities in Hollywood, San Francisco and New York. He also is currently serving as chairman of the digital cinema standards committee (DC28) of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.

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While working with Warner Bros. in the 1990s, Behlmer oversaw the transition of the post-production and sound editorial departments to modern non-linear digital signal processing. By implementing comprehensive network and facility management software, he integrated the various post-production, sound editorial and archive facilities there. Early in his career, Behlmer was at the forefront of the development of the timecode interlock of film equipment, video recorders and multi-track audio recorders for post-production mixing applications, implementing one of Hollywood's early high-speed re recording systems with separate stem recorders. Behlmer has been an active member of the Academy for more than 20 years, having served as a Sound Branch Governor, vice-chair of the Sound Branch Executive Committee, and as a member of both the Sci-Tech Awards Committee and the Theater Standards Committee. Glickman has operated as an independent consulting engineer since 1971, carrying out a variety of product design and technical marketing projects for various clients in the entertainment industry. As a technical consultant to Robert Hagel, president of The Burbank Studios, Glickman spent eight years advising on new technologies and upgrading facilities, which included a complete redesign of TBS Stage 2 (now Warner Bros. Burbank) into a partially automated facility intended for both film and television production. Glickman began in the industry in 1959 as chief engineer of ColorTran Industries. He directed their pioneering use of the tungsten halogen lamps to achieve a new range of lightweight, portable professional lighting equipment. In 1964, Glickman was honored by the Academy with a Technical Achievement Award for these advancements in the design and application to motion picture photography of lighting units using quartz iodine lamps. - more- Academy Presents Bonner Medals To Behlmer and Glickman 3-3-3-3-3-3

Glickman directed the subsequent design and development efforts at ColorTran that resulted in multiple lamp fixtures and the first daylight balance PAR 64 light sources and the company's entry into the electronic dimming field. During his ll-year tenure at ColorTran he was active in the Education Committee of the Hollywood Branch of the SMPTE, and presented technical papers at the organization's national conferences. Glickman served as national vice-chairman of the Theater, Television and Film Lighting Committee of the Illuminating Engineering Society and also served on the U.s. Sub-Committee on Entertainment Lighting of the CIE (the international illumination standards organization). For more than 25 years, Glickman has been a member of the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee and has served on the steering committee of that group for more than 20 years. Author of numerous articles, Glickman also has presented seminars and lectured all over the world. "In addition to their longstanding service to the Academy, these men are exemplary in their respective fields," said Richard Edlund, chair of the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee. "Both have worked tirelessly for the industry and the Academy and personify what the Bonner Medal represents." Named in honor of the late director of special projects at Warner Hollywood Studios, the Bonner Medal is awarded for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy Awards® for Scientific and Technical Achievements of 2002 will be presented at a gala black tie dinner at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.

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ACADEMY'S DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY SCREENING SERIES TO FEATURE "MY FAIR LADY"

BEVERL Y HILLS, CA - The story of Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins can be

seen again on the big screen Monday, January 27, when "My Fair Lady" screens

at 7:30 p.m. in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel

Goldwyn Theater.

Footage from the 37th Academy Awards@ telecast will be shown during the

evening as will the Oscar'-winning Cartoon Short Subject of 1964, "The Pink

Phink." The original trailer for "The Sound of Music," the next film in the 75th

anniversary screening series, also will be featured. The Best Song of 1964, "Chim

Chim Cher-ee" from the film "Mary Poppins," will serve as the program's curtain

music.

Tickets may be purchased, pending availability, at a cost of $5 each for the

general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid I.D. Tickets

may be purchased in person at the Academy during regular business hours or by

mail. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more

information, caU310-247-3000, ext. 111.

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JULIANNE MOORE TO PRESENT AT 75TH ACADEMY AWARDS®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Actress Julianne Moore will make her

second Oscar'" show appearance as a presenter at the 75th Academy

ClA.M.P.A.S.'" Awards, producer Gil Cates announced today. Annual Moore received a Best Actress nomination in 1999 for her Academy Awards® acclaimed performance in "The End of the Affair." She also was nominated in 1997 for her supporting role in "Boogie Nights."

Moore currently can be seen in "Far From Heaven," co-starring News Dennis Quaid, and in "The Hours" with Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep. Her other film credits include "The Shipping News," "World

Traveler" and "Hannibal."

Tel: 310-247-3090 Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 Fax: 310-271-3395 publicity@oscars. org will be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at www.oscars.org!press Hollywood & HighlandjD and televised live by the ABC Television

Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will

precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

### Academy of Motion Picture CONTACT: Toni Thompson January 24,2003 Arts and Sciences 8949 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA FOR RELEASE MONDAY, JANUARY 27 90211-1972 A downloadable photo of Peter O'Toole is available at http://press.oscars.org

PETER O'TOOLE TO RECEIVE HONORARY ACADEMY AWARD®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Seven-time Academy A ward nominee

OA.M.PAS.~ Peter O'Toole has been chosen to receive an Honorary Award by the Annual Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Academy Sciences. Awards® The Award, an Oscar'" statuette, will be presented at the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards on March 23. The citation will read: "Peter O'Toole - whose remarkable talents have provided cinema history with some of its most memorable characters." News "O'Toole's performances have ignited the screen for more than four decades," said Academy President Frank Pierson. "He has appeared in some of the most unforgettable roles in the history of the medium. He's seven times been nominated as Best Actor, which puts Tel: 310-247-3090 him in extremely rarified air for a performer. The Board of Governors Fax: 310-271-3395 publicity@oscars. org felt it was time for him to hold his own Oscar in his hands." www.oscars.org/press O'Toole was nominated in the lead actor category for "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), "Becket" (1964), "The Lion in Winter" (1968), "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (1969), "The Ruling Class" (1972), "The Stunt Man" (1980) and "My Favorite Year" (1982). Born in Ireland, O'Toole made his stage debut at 17 before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. His first film role was a bit part in the 1959 film "The Savage Innocents;" he played "First Trooper." --more-- O'Toole To Receive Honorary Oscar 2-2-2-2-2-2

Within three years, though, he was tapped for the role of T. E. Lawrence in David Lean's desert epic, the role that made him an international star. O'Toole has appeared in some 50 films, including "Lord Jim," "The Night of the Generals," and "Man of La Mancha." Honorary Awards are given by the Academy for "exceptional distinction in the making of motion pictures or for outstanding service to the Academy./I Previous recipients over the Academy's 75-year history include Charles Chaplin (twice), D. W. Griffith, Bob Hope (twice), Gene Kelly, Jean Renoir, Alex North, Federico Fellini, Chuck Jones and Sidney Poi tier. O'Toole's Honorary Award will be presented, along with other Academy Awards"" for outstanding film achievements of 2002, on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland®. Sunday at the Os cars"" will be televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. ### Academy of Motion Picture CONTACT: Dawn Newell- (310) 247-3000 January 27,2003 Arts and Sciences [email protected] 8949 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1972 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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CHERYL CECCHETTO NAMED PRODUCER OF 2003 OSCAR® GOVERNORS BALL

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - For the 14th consecutive year, special events producer Cheryl Cecchetto has been appointed to produce the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Governors Ball. The gala event for Oscar winners and nominees will immediately follow the 75th Academy Awards® telecast on Sunday, March 23. ClA.M.PAS.'" Annual "This year's Governors Ball will pay homage to 75 years of the Academy Academy's history," said Cecchetto. "The theme will reflect the nostalgia, sophistication and celebrations of the last 75 years." Awards® Cecchetto and her team are responsible to Governors Ball Chair Alan Bergman and Academy President Frank Pierson for every detail pertaining to the event, including decor, lighting, sound, rentals, entertainment, food and personnel. News Sequoia Productions, Cecchetto's company, recently produced the Sotheby's/Platinum Guilds Women with Heart event, Young Presidents Organization's Global Leadership Conference, the Guess 20th

Tel: 310-247-3090 Anniversary and more recently the 100th Anniversary of Cedars Sinai Fax: 310-271-3395 Medical Center. pub l icity@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press The Governors Ball will be held in the Governors Ballroom on the top level of the Hollywood & Highland® complex following the 75th Academy Awards. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. ### Academy of Motion Picture CONTACT: Dawn Newell- (310) 247-3090 Arts and Sciences Jan uary 28, 2002 8949 Wilshire Blvd. [email protected] Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1972 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OSCAR® NOMINATION POLLS CLOSE WEDNESDAY AT 5 P.M.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Voting members of the Academy of Motion Pichlre Arts and Sciences must return their completed Oscar CAM.PAS."' nomination ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers by 5 p.m. on Annual Wednesday, January 29. Ballots received after the 5 p.m. deadline Academy are ineligible. Awards® Using the preferential voting system, the ballots will be tabulated under the direction of PricewaterhouseCoopers partners Greg Garrison and Rick Rosas. All eligible members of the Academy may cast their vote in News the Best Picture category, while Academy members in 12 branches will nominate achievements in up to 22 categories. Films submitted in the Animated Feature and Foreign Language Film categories are screened and selected by special voting groups of Academy Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 members. [email protected] The 75th Academy Award® nominations will be announced at www.oscars.org/press the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Tuesday, February II. Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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SWART DESIGNS COMMEMORATIVE . 75TH ANNIVERSARY ACADEMY AwARDS® POSTER

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Graphic designer Alex Swart has created

this year's official 75th Anniversary commemorative OscarlD poster.

CA.M.P.A5. a The poster features the word Oscar across the top with long, Annual gold bands trailing from it. Next to the bands of gold, an Oscar Academy Awards® statuette stands backlit against a black background. "It was an honor to design the 75th Oscar poster," said Swart.

"My design looks back to the past, as well as towards the future. The

gold bands represent the 75 year history of the Academy Awards

News while the black, silver and gold tones evoke an elegant "black tie"

mood befitting this anniversary."

Tel: 310-247-3090 This is Swart's second Academy Awards poster design. He Fax: 310-271-3395 pu bl i city@oscars. org previously designed the poster for the 73rd Academy Awards. He www.oscars.org/press also designed the Academy's retrospective 70th Anniversary "Best

Picture" poster in 1997.

In 1996, Swart opened SwartAd, an entertainment marketing

design agency based in Glendale, California. His work includes

marketing campaigns for television and movie studios.

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In a nationwide promotional campaign, 50,000 Oscar posters will be distributed beginning February 1. The commemorative poster will be available for purchase from today until April 7 on the Academy's website at www.oscars.org/publications or via phone at 1-800-554-1814.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at

Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television

Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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JENNIFER LOPEZ TO MAKE SIXTH OSCAR® SHOW ApPEARANCE

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez has

(lA.M.PAS." been set to participate in her sixth Oscar Show by telecast producer

Annual Gil Cates. Lopez will serve as a presenter on the 75th Academy Academy A wards® telecast. Awards® Lopez made her feahlre film debut in the highly acclaimed

"My Family, Mi Familia" and received considerable praise from the

critics for her work in the title role of "Selena." She currently can be

News seen in "Maid in Manhattan" and will be seen next in "Gigli." Her

other film credits include "Enough/' "Money Train/' "Out of Sight,"

"The Cell/' ''The Wedding Planner" and "Angel Eyes." Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 [email protected] www.oscars.org/press will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre

at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC

Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival

segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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HALLE BERRY TO MAKE THIRD OSCAR® SHOW ApPEARANCE

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry will make her third appearance as an Oscar show

ClA.M.PAS.'" presenter for the 75th Academy Awards® Presentation, Annual producer Gil Cates announced today. Academy Berry made history when she won an Oscar at the 74th Awards® Academy Awards for her leading role in "Monster's Ball." She currently can be seen in "Die Another Day" with Pierce Brosnan and will be seen next in "X-Men II." Berry's other film credits include "Swordfish/' "X-Men," "Bulworth/' "Losing Isaiah/ "The Flintstones," "Strictly Business" and "Jungle Fever." News Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland and televised live by the Tel: 310-247-3090 ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half Fax: 310-271-3395 pu b lici ty@ osca rs. org hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at www.oscars.org/press 5p.m.

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BILL CONTI NAMED MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE 75TH ACADEMY A W ARDS®

BEVERL Y HILLS, CA - Oscar80-winning composer Bill Conti will rehlrn to the Oscar podium as musical director for the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards, telecast producer Gil Cates announced today. This will be the 16th time that Conti has conducted the Academy Awards Orchestra. "Bill Conti leads the Oscar orchestra like a champion athlete CA.M.P.A.5.e who will accept nothing less than victory," said Cates. "His Annual conductor's baton is the lightning rod that sets the ongoing tone of Academy the Academy Award telecast, and I welcome this opportunity to Awards® once again add Bill's brilliant musicianship to our production team." Conti received his Oscar in 1983 for the Original Score of "The Right Stuff." He also received two nominations in the Original Song category: in 1976 for "Gonna Fly Now" from "Rocky" and in News 1981 for the title song from "For Your Eyes Only." In addition, Conti has won four Emmy Awards - two for the 64th and 70th Academy Awards Telecasts - and received six consecutive Emmy nominations for the 62nd through 67th Academy Awards. Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 He recently completed "Coast to Coast" for Show time and [email protected] "Tortilla Soup" for MGM. www.oscars.org/press Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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SAlMA HAYEK TO PRESENT AT 75TH ACADEMY AWARDS

BEVERL Y HILLS, CA - Salma Hayek will make her

third appearance as a presenter on an Oscar telecast, 75th

Academy Awards telecast producer Gil Cates has

OA.M.PA.S.~ Annual announced. Academy Hayek currently can be seen in "Frida" and will be Awards® seen next in "Once upon a Time in Mexico" opposite Antonio Banderas. She recently completed her directorial debut on

"Maldonado Miracle" for Showtime. Hayek's film credits News include "Dogma," "Wild Wild West," "Chain of Fools" and "Fools Rush In."

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements

Tel: 310-247-3090 of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23,2003, at the Fax: 310-271-3395 [email protected] www.oscars.org/ press Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST.

A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation

ceremony at 5 p.m.

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JENNIFER CONNELLY TO PRESENT AT 75TH ACADEMY A W ARDS®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA -75th Academy Awards Telecast Producer

CA.M.PAS.- Gil Cates has set Academy Award~-winning actress Jennifer Connelly Annual to make her first appearance as an Oscar1D presenter on March 23. Academy Awards® Connelly won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress last year for her performance as Alicia Nash in" A Beautiful Mind."

Connelly, who will next be seen in "The Hulk," recently News completed production on "The House of Sand and Fog," co-starring Ben Kingsley. Her other film credits include "Requiem for a Dream,"

"Pollock" and "Inventing the Abbotts."

Tel: 310-247-3090 Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 Fax: 310-271-3395 pu b licity@oscars. org will be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at www.oscars.org/press Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television

Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will

precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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MARISA TOMEI TO JOIN ACADEMY PRESIDENT FRANK PIERSON FOR OSCAR® NOMINATIONS

BEVERL Y HILLS, CA - Nominations for the 75 th Anniversary Academy Awards® will be announced Tuesday, February 11, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Frank Pierson and Oscar winner Marisa Tomei.

ClA.M.P.A5.'" Pierson and Tomei will unveil the nominations in ten of the 24 Annual categories at a 5:30 a.m. news conference, which will be attended by Academy media outlets from around the world. Awards® Nominations in all categories will be distributed simultaneously to news media in attendance and via the Internet on the official Academy Awards Web site, www.oscar.com. In 1993, Tomei received an Oscar for "My Cousin Vinny" at the 65th Academy Awards Presentation. She received her second Oscar News nomination last year for her "In the Bedroom" supporting role. Tomei will next be seen in "Anger Management" opposite Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler. Tel: 310-247-3090 Official screenings for Academy members of all pictures with a Fax: 310-271-3395 publicity@oscars. org nomination are scheduled to begin February 15 at the Academy's Samuel www.oscars.org/press Goldwyn Theater. Screenings in certain categories also will be held in London, New York and San Francisco. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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RENEE ZELLWEGER TO MAKE THIRD OSCAR ApPEARANCE

BEVERL Y HILLS, CA - Renee Zellweger will present

at the 75th Academy Awards ceremony, announced telecast

producer Gil Cates, who has set the actress for her third (lA-M.P.A.S.- Annual Oscar show appearance. Academy Zellweger, nominated last year for Best Actress in Awards® "Bridget Jones's Diary," currently can be seen in "Chicago"

and will be seen next in "Down with Love" and "Cold

Mountain." Her film credits include "White Oleander," News "Nurse Betty," "One True Thing," "Me, Myself and Irene," "Jerry Maguire" and "Whole Wide World."

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements

Tel: 310-247-3090 of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Fax: 310-271-3395 publ i city@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST.

A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation

ceremony at 5 p.m.

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75TH ACADEMY A WARDS('; NOMINATIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED TUESDAY

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Nominations for the 75th Anniversary

Academy Awards will be announced tomorrow (Tuesday, February

11) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Frank

Pierson and his fellow Academy member Marisa Tomei, recipient of C>A.M.P.A.S.~ Annual the Supporting Actress Oscar8l for her role in "My Cousin Vinny." Academy Pierson and Tomei will announce ten of the 24 categories at a

Awards® 5:30 a.m. press conference, which is expected to be attended by over

400 media from around the world. Numerous radio and television

outlets have indicated that they will carry the announcement live. News Nominations in all categories will be distributed simultaneously to press in attendance and via the Internet on , the official

website of the 75 th Academy Awards. Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 [email protected] www.oscars.org/press will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre

at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television

Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment

will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. Information

about the 75th Anniversary Academy A wards can be accessed on

the World Wide Web at .

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WILL SMITH TO MAKE FOURTH OSCAR® SHOW ApPEARANCE

CA.M.PA.S." Annual BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Oscar-nominated actor Will Smith will make his fourth appearance as an Oscar show presenter, Academy when he presents at the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards® Awards® telecast, producer Gil Cates announced today. Smith received his first Academy Award nomination last year for his leading role in "Ali." He was most recently seen in "Men in Black II" and will be seen next in "Bad Boys II." Smith's News other film credits include "The Legend of Bagger Vance," "Enemy of the State, " "Men in Black," "Independence Day," " Bad Boys" and "Six Degrees of Separation."

Tel: 310-247-3090 Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of Fax: 310-271-3395 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak pu bl i ci ty@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. Information about the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards can be accessed on the World Wide Web at . ### Academy of Motion Picture CONTACT: Toni Thompson February 13, 2003 Arts and Sciences 8949 Wilshire Blvd. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ~<>,f}everly Hills, CA 10211-1972

MEG RYAN NAMED OSCAR® PRESENTER

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Actress Meg Ryan is scheduled to be

a presenter at the 75 th Anniversary Academy Awards®telecast,

producer Gil Cates announced today. It will be her second Oscar ClA.M.P.A.5.· Annual show appearance. Academy This April, Ryan stars in the Paramount Pictures drama

Awards® "Against the Ropes," in which she plays real-life boxing coach

Jackie Kallen. She'll also be seen in "In the Cut" later this year.

Ryan's film credits include "Kate & Leopold," "Hanging Up" and News "You've Got Mail." Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002

will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television [email protected] www.oscars.org/press Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment

will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. Information

about the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards can be accessed on

the World Wide Web at .

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KATE HUDSON TO HOST ACADEMY'S SCI-TECH AWARDS

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Academy Award®-nominated actress

Kate Hudson will present the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and CAM.PA.S.'" Annual Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday, March 1, at the Academy Regent Beverly Wilshire. Awards® Three Oscar'" statuettes will be among the 14 awards presented

at the gala black-tie dinner. Alias/Wavefront will receive an Oscar for

developing "Maya," a 3-D animation, modeling and rendering News production tool. Oscars® also will be presented to Arnold & Richter Cine Technik and to Panavision Inc., for the two companies'

continuing advancements in camera systems designed for the film Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 industry. Portions of this presentation will be taped for inclusion in the pu blicity@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press March 23 Academy Awards® broadcast. Hudson, who currently stars in "How to Lose a Guy in 10

Days," received an Academy Award nomination in 2000 as Best

Supporting Actress for her role as Penny Lane in "Almost Famous."

Her other film credits include "The Four Feathers," "Dr. T and

the Women," "About Adam" and "200 Cigarettes."

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She will next be seen in "Le Divorce" with Naomi Watts, Glenn

Close and Stockard Channing and recently completed shooting

"Loosely Based on a True Love Story" for director Rob Reiner. She is currently filming Garry Marshall's "Raising Helen."

Hudson will appear live on the Oscar telecast to introduce the

Sci-Tech segment. This will mark her second appearance as a presenter at the Academy Awards.

Scientific and Technical Awards are presented by the Academy for devices, methods, formulas, discoveries or inventions of special and outstanding value to the arts and sciences of motion pictures.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at

Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television

Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. Information about the

75th Academy Awards can be accessed on the World Wide Web at www.oscars.com.

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WOLFGANG PUCK NAMED CHEF OF 2003 GOVERNORS BALL

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - For the ninth consecutive year, the

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has chosen master chef

OAM.PAS." Wolfgang Puck to create the cuisine at this year's post-Oscar"'-show Annual Governors Ball. Academy Awards® The Governors Ball, where Oscar nominees, winners, presenters and performers celebrate, is the official party of the 75th Anniversary

Academy Awards®. Puck's company, Wolfgang Puck Catering and

Events, will prepare and serve his culinary creations.

News "The Academy has a longstanding relationship with Wolfgang

and we know his masterful creations will help to make the Governors

Tel: 310-247-3090 Ball a spectacular anniversary celebration," said Governors Ball Chair Fax: 310-271-3395 [email protected] Alan Bergman. www.oscars.org/press Puck and his talented team of chefs will create the multi-course,

sit-down meal for the Academy's 1,650 guests.

"In preparation for this year's Governors Ball, my staff and I

have reviewed decades of menus from throughout the Academy

Awards' 75-year history," said Puck. "This year's menu will reflect that

rich history, making it an unforgettable event."

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In addition to Puck's personal involvement, culinary artists from Wolfgang Puck Catering and Events will be responsible for all cooking, presentation and service of the food. Puck's Oscar Night"" team will include top chefs from many of his restaurants, who will work in the state-of-the-art kitchen in the Governors Ballroom at the

Hollywood & Highland® complex.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at

Hollywood & Highland and televised live by the ABC Television

Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. Information about the

75th Academy Awards can be accessed on the World Wide Web at www.oscars.com.

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COLIN FARRELL TO MAKE FIRST OSCAR® SHOW ApPEARANCE

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Actor Colin Farrell will make his first CA.M.PAS.- Annual Oscar show appearance as a presenter at the 75th Anniversary Academy Academy Awards@, producer Gil Cates announced today.

Awards® Farrell currently stars in "Daredevil" with Ben Affleck and "The

Recruit" co-starring Al Pacino.

His film credits include "Tigerland" and "Minority Report." He News will next be seen in "Phone Booth" and in "S.W.A.T." with Samuel L. Jackson.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at [email protected] www.oscars.org/press Hollywood & Highland@ and televised live by the ABC Television

Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will

precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. Information about the

75th Academy Awards can be accessed on the World Wide Web at

www.oscars.com.

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JENNIFER GARNER TO MAKE OSCAR® SHOW ApPEARANCE

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Actress Jennifer Garner will make her

ClA.M.PAS."' Annual first Oscar Show appearance as a presenter on the 75th Anniversary Academy Academy Awards telecast, producer Gil Cates announced today. ~wards® Garner currently is starring in Twentieth Century Fox's boxoffice success "Daredevil" opposite Ben Affleck and can be seen

weekly on ABC Televisions "Alias." Her other film credits include News "Pearl Harbor," "Dude Where's My Car?" and "Deconstructing Harry."

Academy A wards for outstanding film achievements of 2002

Tel: 310-247-3090 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre Fax: 310-271-3395 publicity@oscars. org at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC www.oscars.org/press Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST with a half-hour

arrival segment. Information about the 75th Anniversary

Academy Awards can be accessed on line at .

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FINAL BALLOTS MAILED FOR 75TH ACADEMY A W ARDS®

EVENT INCLUDED FIRST DA Y OF ISSUE CEREMONY CA.M.PAS.'" FOR AMERICAN FILMMAKING POSTAGE STAMPS Annual Academy BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Final ballots for the 75th Academy A wards ~wards® were mailed today (February 25) to voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences during a special ceremony marking the

first day of issue of the U.s. Postal Service's new "American Filmmaking: News Behind the Scenes" postage stamps. Academy President Frank Pierson and U.s. Postmaster General

John E. Potter presided over the event at the Academy's headquarters in

Tel: 310-247-3090 Beverly Hills. Fax: 310-271-3395 publ [email protected] Listed on the ballots are the nominees in 19 Oscar'" categories. www.oscars.org/press Separate ballots for five additional award categories (foreign language

film, short and feature length documentaries and animated and live

action short films) will be distributed after verification of mandatory

member attendance at screenings.

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Completed ballots must be returned to PricewaterhouseCoopers by 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Any ballot received after this deadline is ineligible. The auditing firm then tabulates the votes and the winners' names are placed in sealed envelopes to be opened on Oscar Night,

Sunday, March 23.

The American Filmmaking postage stamps were developed to honor the artists and craftspeople who work behind the scenes to create movie magic. Areas represented with a stamp include art direction, cinematography, costume design, directing, film editing, makeup, music, screenwriting, sound and special effects. Producing is represented on the frame of the lO-stamp pane.

Academy voting members who work in a craft represented by a stamp will receive a ballot affixed with that stamp. Directors such as Steven

Spielberg, Penny Marshall and Ang Lee, for example, will receive ballots in envelopes with a stamp honoring directing.

Attending the event with Pierson and Postmaster General Potter were Gena Rowlands, Academy Award®-nominated actress and widow of

John Cassavetes, who appears on the "Directing" stamp; Sara Karloff, whose father Boris Karloff appears as Frankenstein's Monster on the

"Makeup" stamp; Ernest Borgnine, Academy Award-winning actor and former member of the Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee and

Leonard Maltin, film critic, author and historian. Greg Garrison and Rick

Rosas, partners with PricewaterhouseCoopers, also were present to supervise the mailing.

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Prior to and following the ceremony, the public had the opportunity to purchase the new stamps and obtain the first day of issue cancellation.

Academy A wards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood

& Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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MICHAEL DOUGLAS MAKES OSCAR® SHOW ApPEARANCE

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Academy Award-winning actor and

producer Michael Douglas will be a presenter on the 75th

c)A.M.P.A.S.~ Annual Anniversary Academy Awards® telecast, producer Gil Cates Academy announced today. It will be his tenth time presenting. iwards® Douglas is a two-time Academy Award winner. In 1975, he

took home a Best Picture Oscar for "One Flew over the Cuckoo's

Nest" and in 1987 he won a Best Actor Oscar for his leading role in News "Wall Street." Douglas will be seen next in the soon to be released "It Runs in the Family" and "The In-Laws." His other film credits include

"Traffic," "Falling Down" and "Fatal Attraction." Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 publicity@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press will be presented on Sunday, March 23,2003, at the Kodak Theatre

at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC

Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST with a half-hour

arrival segment. Information about the 75th Anniversary

Academy Awards can be accessed on line at .

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HARRISON FORD TO MAKE THIRD OSCAR® SHOW ApPEARANCE

BEVERLY HILLS, CA -75th Academy Awards® Telecast

Producer Gil Cates has chosen Harrison Ford to be an Oscar presenter CA.M.P.A.5.'" Annual on Sunday, March 23. Academy Ford received a Best Actor nomination in 1985 for his acclaimed ~wards® performance as John Book in "Witness."

Recently, Ford starred in "K-19: The Widowmaker," co-starring

Liam Neeson. His other film credits include "What Lies Beneath," News "Patriot Games," "Regarding Henry," "Working Girl" and the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" trilogies.

Ford will next be seen in "Hollywood Homicide" co-starring Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 Josh Hartnett. publicity@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002

will be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at

Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television

Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will

precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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JIM CARREY MAKES FOURTH OSCAR® SHOW ApPEARANCE

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Actor Jim Carrey will make his fourth

ClAM.PAS." Oscar telecast appearance as a presenter on the 75th Anniversary

Annual Academy Awards show, producer Gil Cates announced today. Academy Carrey currently is filming "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless ~wards® Mind" opposite Kate Winslet and will be seen next in Universal's

"Bruce Almighty." His other film credits include "The Majestic," "How

the Grinch Stole Christmas," "Me, Myself and Irene," "Man on the

News Moon" and "The Truman Show."

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002

will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC pu bli city@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST with a half-hour

arrival segment. Information about the 75th Anniversary

Academy Awards can be accessed on line at .

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BEN AFFLECK TO PRESENT AT 75TH ACADEMY AWARDS®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Actor and Academy Award®-winning

writer Ben Affleck will be a presenter at the 75th Academy Awards

©A.M.PAS.'" ceremony, producer Gil Cates announced today. It will be his fourth Annual appearance as a presenter. Academy Awards® Affleck won the Oscar® in 1997 for the Original Screenplay of "Good Will Hunting."

Affleck, who currently stars in "Daredevil," recently completed News production on "Gigli" and "Jersey Girl," both co-starring Jennifer Lopez. His other film credits include "The Sum of All Fears,"

"Changing Lanes" and "Shakespeare in Love."

Tel: 310-247-3090 Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 Fax: 310-271-3395 [email protected] will be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at www.oscars.org/press Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television

Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will

precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. Information about the

75th Academy Awards can be accessed on the World Wide Web at

www.oscars.com.

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ACADEMY HOSTS THE 2003 OSCAR® FASHION PREVIEW

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Glamour hit the runway today when 15 models displayed the latest fashions from the biggest names in couture at the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards® Fashion Preview. Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Academy Awards fashion coordinator Patty Fox previewed the glamour and sophistication fans can expect to see in the dresses worn by the nominees, «:lA-M.PAS.'" Annual presenters and guests attending this year's Oscar ceremony. "The Oscar red carpet has become the largest fashion show Academy in the world with each couture gown an individual work of art. Awards® Once inside the theater the evening is all about film," said Patty Fox. "It is only fitting that on Oscar night the highest art of fashion meets the highest art of film." Fox, who authored the fashion books "Star Style" and "Star News Style at the Academy Awards," visited the top New York design showrooms in February and selected gowns from some of the biggest names in fashion to feature in the preview. This year, Fox

Tel: 310-247-3090 also endeavored to apply her fashion expertise to identify and Fax: 310-271-3395 bring to light some of the hottest and most promising designers publicity@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press currently hitting the fashion scene. Fashion designers included in the preview were Christian Dior, Gianfranco Ferre, Badgley Mishka, Richard Tyler, Arnold Scaasi, Elie Saab and Bob Mackie. This year's red carpet discoveries include designs by Kevan Hall, Monique Lhuillier, Hylan Booker, Lloyd Klein, Gemma Kahng, Peter Som, Robert Best and Tom & Linda Platt.

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A team of expert hair stylists and make-up artists from Frederic Fekkai and Co. prepared the models for their high fashion stroll down the runway constructed for this occasion. "As the most anticipated event of the year, the Oscars set the stage for many of the year's beauty and fashion trends. For the 75th Academy Awards, we will be seeing glamour as always but a bit more edgy and sharp. Hair will be groomed, yet elegant and lived in," said Frederic Fekkai. "The overall look and feel on the red carpet will be a combination of old school glamour coupled with a rock'n'roll attitude." Jewels courtesy of Chopard, Vivid Collection, H. Stern, Hammerman, Harry Winston, De Beers and Martin Katz provided the finishing touches to the glamour of the preview. "Since this year is, after all, the Diamond Jubilee of the Academy Awards, we would expect to see major statement pieces. Whether intricate necklaces, big and beautiful important stones, or the play between clean design and fancy shaped diamonds and briolette drops, diamonds will playa central role on the red carpet ," said Sally Morrison, Director of the Diamond Information Center. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST with a half-hour arrival segment. Information about the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards can be accessed on line at .

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OSCAR® COUNTDOWN 2003 CO-HOSTS ARE NAMED

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Jann Carl, Chris Connelly, Jim

Moret and Shaun Robinson have been set to co-host the

ClA.M.PAS." Academy's arrivals show "Oscar Countdown 2003" preceding

Annual the 75th Academy Awards"" on Sunday, March 23. This is the Academy first Oscar Night~' association for Carl and Robinson, the third ~wards® for Moret and the fourth for Connelly. All four correspondents

will interview the nominees and celebrities as they walk down

the red carpet.

News "For the first time this year, there will be a red carpet

review of fashion on the show," said Oscar Countdown

Producer Dennis Doty. Style expert Steven Cojocaru will be Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 [email protected] making his second Oscar Countdown appearance. Cojocaru is www.oscars.org/ press the West Coast Style Editor for People Magazil1e and is a regular

style contributor on the Today Show.

Carl is in her eighth season on "Entertainment Tonight,"

where she currently serves as weekend anchor. She was anchor

of KTLA's "News at Ten" and the co-host of KABC's "Eye on

L.A."

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Connelly" and is a correspondent for "20/20." Prior to ESPN, he was an on-air correspondent and editorial director of MTV

News.

Jim Moret was co-anchor for both CNN's "Showbiz

Today" and "The World Today." Since leaving the cable network he has hosted a number of specials for ABC Television including "Contact: Talking with the Dead," "The \-\Torld Stunt

Awards" and "David Blaine: Vertigo."

Robinson is the weekend anchor and reporter for "Access

Hollywood." Prior to Access Hollywood, she was the morning anchor for the Miami television station WSVN.

The pre-show will be produced by Dennis Doty and executive produced by Gil Cates. It will air at 5 p.m. PST and will segue directly into the 75th AnniversaryAcademy Awards presentation at 5:30 p.m. The show will provide coverage from the red carpet outside the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood,

California.

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CAMERON DIAZ TO MAKE FOURTH OSCAR® SHOW APPEARANCE

BEVERL Y HILLS, CA - Actress Cameron Diaz has been OA.M.PAS.'" Annual tapped to present at the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards® Academy ceremony, producer Gil Cates announced today. It will be her Awards® fourth appearance as a presenter on an Academy Awards telecast.

Diaz currently can be seen in "Gangs of New York" and will

be seen next in "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle," due out June 2003. News Her other film credits include "The Sweetest Thing," "Vanilla Sky," "Charlie's Angels," "Any Given Sunday," "There's Something about

Mary," "The Mask" and "My Best Friend's Wedding."

Tel: 310-247-3090 Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 Fax: 310-271-3395 publicity@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC

Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST with a half-hour

arrival segment. Information about the 75th Anniversary

Academy Awards can be accessed on line at .

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OSCAR® NOMINEES HONORED AT ACADEMY LUNCHEON

BEVERL Y HILLS, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts

and Sciences will honor this year's Oscar contenders at its annual

Nominees Luncheon on Monday, March 10, at the Beverly Hilton

Hotel.

Seventeen of the 19 nominees in the acting categories will be CA.M.PAS." Annual among some 100 nominees from 24 categories who will gather at Academy noon for the traditional pre-Academy Awards fete.

L\wards® From the Leading Actor and Actress categories Adrien

Brody, Nicholas Cage, Michael Caine, Daniel Day Lewis, Jack

Nicholson, Salma Hayek, Nicole Kidman, Diane Lane and Renee News Zellweger are expected to attend. Kathy Bates, Queen Latifah, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chris Cooper, John C. Reilly, Ed Harris and

Christopher Walken are set to represent the Supporting Acting Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 categories. Julianne Moore, nominated for both Leading and pu bl i city@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press Supporting Actress, will also attend.

Scheduled to attend from the Directing category are Stephen

Daldry, Rob Marshall and Martin Scorsese. Nominated writers

expected are Bill Condon, David Hare, Todd Haynes, Peter Hedges,

Charlie Kaufman, Nia Vardalos, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz and Steve

Zaillian.

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Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002

will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre

at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC

Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST with a half-hour

arrival segment. Information about the 75th Anniversary

Academy Awards can be accessed on line at .

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LILA DOWNS AND CAETANO VELOSO TO PERFORM AT 75TH ANNIVERSARY ACADEMY AWARDS®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Lila Downs and Caetano Veloso

CA.M.PAS." will perform at the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards Annual ceremony, producer Gil Cates announced today. This will be Academy Awards® the first time each has performed on an Oscar telecast. The duo will perform the Original Song nominee

"Burn It Blue" from the motion picture "Frida." This is the third News nomination for Elliot Goldenthal, who wrote the song's music, and the first for lyric writer Julie Taymor.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of

Tel: 310-247-3090 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Fax: 310-271-3395 publicity@oscars. org Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the www.oscars.org/press ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST with a half-

hour arrival segment. Information about the 75th Anniversary

Academy Awards can be accessed on line at .

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RICHARD GERE MAKES FIFTH OSCAR® SHOW ApPEARANCE

BEVERL Y HILLS, CA - Actor Richard Gere will make his fifth

c)A.M.PA5.~ Annual Oscar telecast appearance as a presenter on the 75th Anniversary Academy Academy Awards® show, producer Gil Cates announced today. Awards® Gere currently can be seen in the Oscar-nominated film

"Chicago." His other film credits include "Unfaithful," " Dr. T and the

Women," "The Mothman Prophecies," "Internal Affairs," and "Pretty News Woman." Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002

will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC [email protected] www.oscars.org/press Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST with a half-hour arrival segment. Information about the 75th Anniversary

Academy Awards can be accessed on line at .

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TwO-TIME OSCAR® WINNER DUSTIN HOFFMAN TO PRESENT AT 75TH ACADEMY A W ARDS®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Academy Award®-winning actor Dustin

Hoffman will present an Oscar for the tenth time on March 23 when the

75th Anniversary Academy Awards presentation airs, producer Gil

Cates announced today. CAM.PAS.- Annual Hoffman has received seven Academy Award nominations Academy throughout his career and won two Best Actor Oscars® - in 1979 for ~wards® "Kramer vs. Kramer" and in 1988 for "Rain Man."

Hoffman, who recently starred in the drama "Moonlight Mile"

with Susan Sarandon, will next be seen in "Confidence" with Ed Burns News and the legal thriller "The Runaway Jury" co-starring Gene Hackman. Hoffman's other film credits include "Wag the Dog," "Sleepers,"

"Tootsie," "All the President's Men," "Lenny," "Midnight Cowboy" Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 and "The Graduate." pu b l i city@ osca rs. org www.oscars.org/ press Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will

be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood

& Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning

at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation

ceremony at 5 p.m. Information about the 75th Academy Awards can be

accessed on the World Wide Web at www.oscars.com.

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STREET CLOSURE PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR 75TH ANNIVERSARY ACADEMY AWARDS®

BEVERL Y HILLS, CA -Street closure plans to facilitate the production needs of the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards, as well as security strategies and public safety, have been finalized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the City of Los Angeles. ClAM.PAS.'" Annual While the closures will have impact on business owners, Academy residents and commuters, the Academy hopes that by making these closures known in advance, those who will be affected will Awards® have time to plan ahead for any inconveniences. Numerous agencies, including the L. A. Department of Transportation, Cal trans and the Los Angeles police and fire departments were consulted in the planning process and agree that the finalized plan News is the best way to accommodate the numerous involved parties. Hollywood Boulevard will be closed between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive for six days beginning at 11 p.m. on

Tel: 310-247-3090 Monday, March 17, for construction of press risers, fan bleachers Fax: 310-271-3395 and pre-show stages for the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards publicity@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press red carpet. The boulevard will reopen at noon on Monday, March 24. Additional streets will be closed on the day of the show, Sunday, March 23, induding Highland A venue from Sunset Boulevard to Franklin A venue, and Hollywood Boulevard from Cahuenga Boulevard to La Brea A venue. Also closed on the afternoon of the day of the show will be the southbound Highland A venue off-ramp from the 101 Freeway. - more- 75th Academy Awards Street Closures 2-2-2-2-2-2

MTA subway trains will by-pass the Hollywood and Highland station following the last regularly scheduled train on Saturday, March 22, to the first train on Monday morning, March 24. Also on the day of the show, north/ south streets between Cahuenga and La Brea that cross or dead-end on Hollywood Boulevard will be restricted to residents and local business traffic for the block north and south of Hollywood Boulevard. Franklin A venue will remain open in both directions from La Brea A venue to Highland A venue, and the northbound Highland A venue on-ramp to the 101 Freeway will be open. Between Monday, March 17, and the day of the Academy Awards Presentation, some additional streets and sidewalks will be closed for various periods: • Orange Drive from Orchid Alley to Hollywood Boulevard will be closed from 6 a.m. Friday, March 21, through 6 a.m. Monday, March 24. • Hawthorne Avenue will be closed from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive from 12:01 a.m. Friday, March 21, until 6 a.m. Monday, March 24, except for school buses on Friday. The sidewalks will remain open on Friday. • Orchid Street between Franklin Avenue and Orchid Alley will be closed to all but residents and hotel loading traffic from 6 a.m. Wednesday, March 19, to 6 a.m. Monday, March 24. • On Saturday and Sunday, March 22 and 23, sidewalks will be closed on Hawthorne Avenue from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive and on the west side of Highland Avenue from Johnny Grant Way to Hollywood Boulevard. On Sunday, show day, the sidewalk on the north side of Hollywood Boulevard from Highland to Orange will be closed.

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• The north sidewalk of Hollywood Boulevard will be dosed from 300 feet west of Orange Drive to 450 feet east of Orange Drive from 11 p.m. on Monday, March 17 until noon on Monday, March 24. This is a complete sidewalk closure in front of the entrance to Awards Walk. Pedestrian traffic will be re-routed but emergency access will be available. In addition, there will be some short-term street closures, and sidewalk and curb lane closures before March 18: • Hollywood Boulevard will be closed from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive for eight hours beginning at 10 p.m. on Sunday, March 16. • The north and south curb lanes of Hawthorne A venue from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive will be closed, except for school buses, from 10 p.m. Sunday, March 16, until 6 a.m. Monday, March 24. • The north curb lane of Hollywood Boulevard from Highland A venue to Orange Drive will be closed from 6 a.m. Sunday, March 9, until 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 24. • The east and west parking lanes on Orange Drive from Hollywood Boulevard to Orchid Alley will be closed for two weeks prior to the show. • The north curb lane of Hawthorne A venue from Orange Drive to Highland Avenue will be closed from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday, March 24. • Hollywood Boulevard from Orange Drive to Highland Avenue will be closed for eight hours from 10 p.m. on Monday, March 24, to 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 25. Details of the closures and maps of affected areas will be available from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, the Sixth and Thirteenth District City Council field offices and will be posted on the Academy's two web sites, oscars.org and oscar.com. ### Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 8949 Wilshire Blvd. /"">~everly Hills, CA CONTACT: Toni Thompson March 13, 2003 J0211-1972

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JULIA ROBERTS TO MAKE FOURTH OSCAR® SHOW ApPEARANCE

BEVERLY HILLS, CA -Academy Award-winning actress Julia

ClAM"PAS.~ Roberts will present at the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards® Annual ceremony, producer Gil Cates announced today. This will be her Academy fourth appearance as an Oscar presenter. Awards® Roberts received the Best Actress Oscar in 2001 for her portrayal of the title character in "Erin Brockovich." She also received nominations for her supporting role in "Steel Magnolias" in 1989 and for the leading role in "Pretty Woman" in 1990. Roberts News was recently seen in "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" and will be seen next in "Mona Lisa Smile." Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC pu bl i ci ty@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST preceded by a half hour network arrival segment. Information about the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards can be accessed on line at .

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ACADEMY'S DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY TRAILER SHIPPED TO MOVIE THEATERS NATIONWIDE

BEVERL Y HILLS, CA - Moviegoers across the country are being treated to a special one-minute trailer during the month of March promoting the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards® ceremony on Sunday,

ClA.M.P.AS.'" March 23. Some 14,000 prints of the trailer have been shipped to movie Annual theaters nationwide. Academy In celebration of the Academy's Diamond Anniversary, the trailer Awards® features footage of Marilyn Monroe singing "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" from the film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Film fans also will be reminded of some of 2002' s most memorable achievements as they watch the 15 assembled clips representing nominees News in the Leading Actor, Leading Actress and Best Picture categories. The 75th Anniversary Academy Awards trailer was produced by Kenji Thielstrom of the Hollywood-based company Alkemi Entertainment. Footage of Marilyn Monroe was used with the permission of Marilyn Tel: 310-247-3090 Monroe LLC by CMG Worldwide Inc. Fax: 310-271-3395 pu blicity@oscars. org Eastman Kodak donated the film stock and Deluxe Laboratories www.oscars.org/press the processing services for the trailer's production. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. Information about the 75th Academy Awards can be accessed on the World Wide Web at www.oscar.com. ### Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 8949 Wilshire Blvd. /~~everly Hills, CA CONTACT: Toni Thompson March 14, 2003 1;0211-1972

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U2 TO PERFORM AT 75TH ANNIVERSARY ACADEMY AWARDS®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - U2 will perform at the 75th

Anniversary Academy Awards Presentation, producer Gil Cates

CA.M.PAS.~ announced today. This will be the band's first time performing Annual Academy on the Oscar show. Awards® U2 will perform "The Hands that Built America" from "Gangs of New York," for which the band's four members are

nominated in the Original Song category. This is the first News nomination for U2, which has been performing together since the late seventies.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of

Tel: 310-247-3090 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Fax: 310-271-3395 pu bl icity@oscars. org Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the www.oscars.org/press ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST preceded

by a half-hour network arrival segment. Information about the

75th Anniversary Academy Awards can be accessed on line at

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JOHN TRAVOLTA TO MAKE NINTH OSCAR® SHOW ApPEARANCE

BEVERL Y HILLS, CA -John Travolta will present at the

CA.M.P.A.S. ~ 75th Anniversary Academy Awards® ceremony, producer Gil Annual Cates announced today. It will be his ninth appearance as an Academy Oscar show presenter. Awards® Travolta has twice been nominated by the Academy in the Leading Actor category, for "Saturday Night Fever" in 1977 and "Pulp Fiction" in 1994. He will be seen next in "Basic" in theatres March 28. Travolta's other film credits include "Swordfish," News "Domestic Disturbance, " "A Civil Action," "Primary Colors," "Face Off" and "Phenomenon." Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the pu bl ici ty@ osca rs. org www.oscars.org/press ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST preceded by a half-hour network arrival segment. Information about the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards can be accessed on line at . ### Academy of Motion Picture CONTACT: Dawn Newell- (310) 247-3090 March 17, 2003 Arts and Sciences [email protected] 8949 Wilshire Blvd. oo,eeverly Hills, CA )0211-1972 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MERYL STREEP TO MAKE FIRST OSCAR® PRESENTER ApPEARANCE

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Academy Award'-\vinning actress Meryl

CA.M.PAS."' Streep will make her first Oscar appearance as a presenter at the 75th Annual Anniversary Academy Awards~' presentation, producer Gil Cates Academy announced today. Awards® Streep is nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for her performance as novelist Susan Orlean in "Adaptation." This marks Streep's 13th Oscar nomination, making her the most-nominated performer in Oscar history. Streep won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1979 for "Kramer News vs. Kramer" and an Oscar for her leading role in the 1982 film "Sophie's Choice." In addition to starring in "Adaptation," Streep can currently be Tel: 310-247-3090 seen in "The Hours." Fax: 310-271-3395 publicity@oscars. org Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will www.oscars.org/press be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland@ and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. Information about the 75th Academy Awards can be accessed on the World Wide Web at www.oscar.com.

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OSCAR® TELECAST TO BE SIMULCAST IN SPANISH

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Sunday night's presentation of the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards® will be simultaneously translated and broadcast with a Spanish-language SAP audio track, Frank Pierson, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ClA-M.PAS.'" Sciences, announced today. Annual Two female and two male translators from Academy SMartSports, Inc., will cover the evening as they did last Awards® year, said Alvaro Martin, president of SMartSports. "This allows us maximum flexibility in covering what will be an event that emphasizes improvisation and quick interpretation, as well as multiple News combinations of presenters and honorees," Martin said. "The Oscar show will be very challenging for our talent, as there are many humorous asides that sometimes only Hollywood insiders can fully Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 appreciate," Martin said. "Some of the humor is [email protected] idiosyncratic, and thus difficult to translate. But I have www.oscars.org/press great confidence in the abilities of our crew to deliver as complete and faithful a version of this experience to Spanish-preferred households as possible." "This enhancement allows Spanish-preferred households to fully appreciate an event that connects them with the American mainstream," Martin added.

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SMartSports, Inc., has provided simultaneous translations for ABC News' Spanish-language SAP enhancement of World News Tonight, ABC News' Election 2000 coverage, presidential debates and addresses, as well as original Spanish-language SAP enhancements of ABC Sports' Monday Night Football, NHL and MLS broadcasts. SAP stands for Secondary Audio Program, a feature on almost every stereo television set purchased in the last decade. It is commonly used in the United States to provide Spanish-language audio for English language television programs. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23,2003, at the Kodak Theater at Hollywood & Highland@ and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. (PST). ### Academy of Motion Picture CONTACTO: Toni Thompson 17 de marzo de 2003 Arts and Sciences 8949 Wilshire Blvd. cc~everly Hills, CA '0211-1972 SE SOLICIT A SU DIFUSION

LA ENTREGA DEL OSCAR@ SE TRANSMITIRA EN ESPANOL

BEVERL Y HILLS, CA - La septuagesimo quinta presentaci6n de la entrega del Oscar® se transmitira con una interpretaci6n simultanea en espanol el domingo par la noche en el segundo canal de audio (SAP, por sus siglas en CA.M.P.AS.'" Annual ingles), anunci6 hoy Frank Pierson, Presidente del Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Academia de artes y Academy ciencias cinema tograficas). 4wards® Dos interpretes simultaneos femeninos y dos masculinos provistos por SMartSports, Inc. narraran los acontecimientos por segundo ano consecutivo, declar6 Alvaro Martin, presidente de SMartSparts. News "Este cuarteto nos provee la maxima flexibilidad al presentar un even to que celebra la improvisaci6n, exige una interpretaci6n inmediata y coloca combinaciones multiples de presentadores y galardonados", anade Martin. Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 "La entrega del Oscar® retara a nuestros interpretes, pu bl icity@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press porque a veces induye humor que s6lo es apreciado entre los que trabajan en la industria de cine en Hollywood", anadi6 Martin. "El humor es en ocasiones idiosincratico y por 10 tanto diflcil de traducir. Pero conflo en las destrezas de este equipo de interpretes de presentar la mas completa y fidedigna versi6n que sea posible.

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" El segundo canal de audio Ie permite a aquellos hogares que prefieren consumir sus medios de comunicacion en espanol el apreciar un evento que los conecta con la corriente cultural estadounidense," recalco Martin. SMartSports, Inc., ha provisto intepretaciones simultaneas para la version en espanol de World News Tonight de ABC News, la presentacion polftica de Election 2000 tambien de ABC News, los debates y discursos presidenciales, al igual que relatos originales de Monday Night Football de ABC Sports y otros eventos de la National Hockey League y Major League Soccer. SAP son las siglas de 'Secondary Audio Program', una opcion que portan casi todos los televisores estereo vendidos en la ultima decada. En los Estados Unidos, esta opcion se usa comunmente para proveer audio en espanol a programas de television originalmente producidos en ingles. Los premios del Oscar® a la excelencia cinematografica en el 2002 seran presentados el domingo 23 de marzo de 2003 en el Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® y televisado en vivo por ABC Television Network a partir de las 5:30 PM, hora del Pacifico (PST). ### Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 8949 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA CONTACT: Toni Thompson March 18, 2003 /"'~W211 -1972

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SUSAN SARANDON TO MAKE NINTH OSCAR® SHOW APPEARANCE

BEVERLY HILLS, CA -Academy Award-winning actress CAMPAS.- Annual Susan Sarandon will present at the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards® ceremony, producer Gil Cates announced today. This will Academy be Sarandon's ninth appearance as an Oscar show presenter. Awards® Sarandon received the Best Actress Oscar in 1995 for her role in "Dead Man Walking." She also received nominations for her leading roles in "Atlantic City" in 1981, "Thelma & Louise" in 1991, "Lorenzo's Oil" in 1992 and "The Client" in 1994. Sarandon was News recently seen in ''The Banger Sisters" and "Moonlight Mile." Her other film credits include "Bull Durham," "Igby Goes Down," "Cradle Will Rock," "Step mom," and "Pretty Baby."

Tel: 310-247-3090 Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 Fax: 310-271-3395 will be presented on Sunday, March 23,2003, at the Kodak Theatre publ ici ty@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST prececed by a half hour network arrival segment. Information about the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards can be accessed on line at .

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PAUL SIMON TO PERFORM AT THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY ACADEMY A W ARDS®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Singer-songwriter Paul Simon will

CA.M.P.A.5.- perform on the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards telecast,

Annual producer Gil Cates announced today. This will be his first time Academy performing on an Oscar show. ~wards® Simon will sing "Father and Daughter" from "The Wild

Thornberrys Movie." The song, which was written by Simon, is

nominated in the Best Original Song category.

News Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of

2002 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, 2003, at the Kodak

Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 publicity@oscars. org ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST preceded www.oscars.org/press by a half-hour network arrival segment. Information about the

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CATHERINE ZETA-JONES AND QUEEN LATIFAH TO PERFORM AT THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY ACADEMY AWARDS®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Oscar nominated actresses Catherine

Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah will perform on the 75th CA.M.PAS." Annual Anniversary Academy Awards telecast, producer Gil Cates Academy announced today. This will be Zeta-Jones' first time performing on

~wards® an Oscar show and Queen Latifah's second time performing.

The duo will perform the Original Song nominee

"I Move On" from the motion picture "Chicago." This is the second News nomination for both John Kander, who wrote the song's music, and lyric writer Fred Ebb.

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Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST preceded by the

half-hour "Oscar Countdown 2003"pre-show. Information about

the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards can be accessed on line at

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CATE BLANCHETT TO PRESENT AT 75TH ACADEMY AwARDS®

ClA.MPAS. ~ BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Academy Award®-nominated actress Annual Cate Blanchett will be a presenter at the 75th Anniversary Academy Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producer Gil Cates announced today. It f1.wards® will be Blanchett's second appearance as an Oscar® presenter. Blanchett received an Academy Award nomination in 1998 in the Lead Actress category for her performance as Queen Elizabeth I in the film "Elizabeth." News Blanchett, who can currently be seen in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," will next star in the crime drama "Veronica Guerin," directed by Joel Schumacher. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2002 Tel: 310-247-3090 Fax: 310-271-3395 will be presented on Sunday, March 23, at the Kodak Theatre at publicity@oscars. org www.oscars.org/press Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m. Information about the 75th Academy Awards can be accessed on the World Wide Web at www.oscar.com.

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ANGEL HARVEST TO DELIVER GOVERNORS BALL FOOD TO THE HUNGRY

(lA.M.PAS. ~ BEVERL Y HILLS, CA - On Sunday, March 23, around midnight Annual as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' post-Oscar® Academy Governors Ball comes to a close, trucks from Angel Harvest, a non- ~wards® profit agency that provides food to those in need in the Los Angeles

area, will arrive at the Hollywood & Highland® complex to pick up News food for the homeless. For the eighth consecutive year, Angel Harvest will deliver the

Ball leftovers to social service agencies providing emergency food to

Tel: 310-247-3090 the hungry men, women and children of Los Angeles. Fax: 310-271-3395 [email protected] The food will be the same Wolfgang Puck cuisine enjoyed by www.oscars.org/press those Hollywood stars who attended the Ball. The meals will be served

for lunch and dinner the following day at local Los Angeles shelters.

The food is divided among local agencies, depending upon each

organization's capability for handling that type of food. For example,

salads and entrees may go to some shelters while desserts, entrees and

appetizers to others.

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Founded in 1995, Angel Harvest is part of a network established in

1982 with 122 sister programs in the United States and 83 internationally.

These organizations provide 700,000 meals a day, seven days a week, worldwide. In the Los Angeles area alone, Angel Harvest provides enough food for 3,123 meals per day. Food is donated from film premieres, studios, hotels, private parties, retailers, caterers and schools.

The Governors Ball will be held in the Governors Ballroom on the top level of the Hollywood & Highland complex immediately following the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards® presentation on

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ACADEMY'S OSCAR STATUETIE EXHIBITION TO CLOSE

BEVERLY HILLS, CA -"And the Oscar Went to ... ," the Academy of ~1otion Picture Arts and Sciences' exhibition of 100 Oscar statuettes presented ewer the past 75 years, will close to the public on April 17. At that time, the glittering array of statuettes will be returned to those who generously loaned them for the exhibi tion. Since January, the Academy's Fourth Floor Gallery has been the temporary home for the statuettes, most of which were borrowed from the winners or their heirs. (Some are already in the permanent care of the Academy.) Each year the Academy Awards have been presented is represented by at least one winners' statuette. In addition, the Academy is displaying 10 of the 15 statuettes distributed to winners the very first year, including the Oscar presented to Emil Jannings, the first recipient of an Academy Award of Merit in 1929. That year, the winners were announced far in advance of the presentation dinner. Jannings had plans to return to Europe before the gala, so he was given his statuette early. Among other notable Oscars featured are those won by: Katharine Hepburn for her performance in "Morning Glory" (1932/33), Irving Berlin for the song "White Christmas" from the film "Holiday Inn" (1942), Karl Malden for his performance in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), Robert Wise for directing "The Sound of Music" (1965), John Wayne for his performance in "True Grit" (more) Academy's Oscar Statuette Exhibition to Close 2-2-2-2-2-2

(1969), Francis Ford Coppola for writing the screenplay for "The Godfather" (1972), John Williams for the music score from "Star Wars" (1977), Rick Baker for the makeup in "An American Werewolf in London" (1981), Richard Sylbert for the art direction for "Dick Tracy" (1990) and Cuba Gooding Jr. for his performance in "Jerry Maguire" (1996). "And the Oscar Went To ... " also includes statuettes \A.'on in each of the five categories swept by "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" in 1975. Among the other unique items and highlights are the original prototype for the statuette, a plaster statuette that was awarded during the metal shortage of the WVVII era, the regular sized statuette and its seven smaller friends that were awarded to Walt Disney for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and Judy Garland's miniature Oscar, presented in 1939 for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile during that year. A companion to "And the Oscar Went To ... ," "Academy Treasures: 75 Years of Collecting and Preserving," also will close April 17. This Grand Lobby Gallery showcase of artifacts and items relating to Oscar history includes film posters, costume and production design sketches, photographs and other ephemera from Oscar-winning films. All of the materials displayed are from the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library at the Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study. Viewing hours for "And the Oscar Went to ... " and "Academy Treasures" are Tuesdays through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends noon to 6 p.m , through April 17, 2003. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information please call 310-247-3600.

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OSCAR® WINNER CHRISTINE LAHTI TO MODERATE ACADEMY'S ANNUAL SHORT FILMS PROGRAM

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Christine Lahti, who won an Academy Award® for the 1995 short film "Lieberman in Love," will serve as moderator for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' short films program on Friday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. All of the films nominated in the Live Action and Animated Short Film categories for the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards® will be featured on the big screen of the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. This annual screening of Academy-recognized short films is presented as part of the Academy Standards series. Lahti will moderate a discussion with one of the filmmakers who took home an Oscar statuette last month. Eric Armstrong will talk about the making of the animated short film "The ChubbChubbs!" Following is the schedule for the evening:

Part One - Animation "The Cathedral" (Tomek Baginski, Poland) "The ChubbChubbs!" (Armstrong, U.S.A.) - Academy Award winner "Das Rad" (Chris Stenner and Heidi Wittlinger, Germany) "Mike's New Car" (Pete Docter and Roger Gould, U.s.A.) "Mt. Head" (Koji Yamamura, Japan) Discussion with Armstrong - more- Lahti to Moderate Academy's Annual Short Films Program 2-2-2-2-2-2

Part Two - Live Action

"Fait D'Hiver" (Dirk Beli{~n and Anja Daelemans, Belgium) "I'll Wait for the Next One" ("J'Attendrai Ie Suivant") (Philippe Orreindy and Thomas Gaudin, France) "Inja" ("Dog") (Steven Pasvolsky and Joe Weathers tone, Australia) "Johnny Flynton" (Lexi Alexander and Alexander Buono, U.s.A.) "This Charming Man" ("Der Er En Yndig Mand") (Martin Strange-Hansen and Mie Andreasen, Denmark) Academy Award winner

In addition to her Short Film Oscar, Lahti also earned an Academy Award nomination in the Supporting Actress category for her performance in the 1984 film "Swing Shift." Tickets for the Shorts! program are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members. They may be purchased by mail, in person at the Academy during regular business hours, or, pending availability, the night of the screening when the doors open at 6:30 p.m. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call 310-247-3600.

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