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2C ENTERTAINMENT TEXARKANA GAZETTE ✯ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020 Art Continued from Page 1C Oscars 2020: Everything you need to know an event in which our citi- By Christi Carras “Rocketman,” Chrissy Metz will zens have a chance to see the Los Angeles Times sing “I’m Standing With You” TRAHC exhibit as well as the Finish those screeners and lock from “Breakthrough” and Randy TAAC exihbit,” Harper said. in your predictions — Oscar Newman will perform “I Can’t Let TRAHC’s exhibit features Sunday is nearly here. You Throw Yourself Away” from Woods’ work. With the Golden Globes, the “Toy Story 4.” TAAC’s 18th Annual SAGs and craft honors in the rear- The broadcast will also feature Regional Celebration of view mirror, the 2020 race is shap- debut Oscars performances from African American Artists: ing up to be quite a showdown newly minted Grammy winner The Designers features between more traditional awards Billie Eilish and Grammys veteran Henderson’s works as well as darlings (period drama “1917”) Janelle Monae. While the acad- a host of local and national and history-making entries (South emy is keeping details about the artists. Korean thriller “Parasite”). singer-songwriters’ appearances Both exhibits opened late And though the months leading under wraps, Eilish was recently last month and are on display up to the ceremony have been confirmed as the youngest artist through March 14. relatively calm compared to 2019, in history to record a James Bond The TAAC exhibit takes up the motion picture academy still theme song for “No Time to Die.” three floors and is inspired by managed to cause an inevitable Monae also stars opposite Erivo in many African Americans fus- ruckus by snubbing women and “Harriet.” ing their art and artistic skills artists of color in major categories in the design worlds of com- and tweeting a confusing sample Who’s presenting? merce and industry, Harper ballot of winners. Per tradition, all four 2019 Oscar- said. From show times to scandals, winning actors — Rami Malek, “That is why we came up Olivia Colman, Regina King and with our categories. In our here’s a complete guide to this weekend’s Academy Awards. Tribune News Service Mahershala Ali — have been invit- exhibit, we have fashion, tex- ■ Oscar statuettes that will be presented to winners at an Academy Award ed back to present awards at the tiles, movie sets, costumes, presentation are displayed at “Meet the Oscars” in the Times Square Studios 2020 show. automobiles, housewares, What time is the show, on February 12. The lineup also includes commercial and residential and where can I watch it? a handful of actors featured in building, home interiors and The 92nd Academy Awards will gangster epic, “The Irishman,” ■ See Oscar predictions on 5C 2020 best picture nominees, such leather goods.” air live from the Dolby Theatre and Quentin Tarantino’s L.A. as Zazie Beetz (“Joker”), Taika This thinking about how in Los Angeles at 7 p.m. on ABC. love letter, “Once Upon a Time walked away from the coveted gig. Waititi (“Jojo Rabbit”), Timothee design intersects with com- While the run time for the show … in Hollywood,” also fared well, It comes as no surprise that, in Chalamet (“Little Women”) and merce and industry was is about three hours, passionate racking up 10 nominations apiece. 2020, the network has moved to George MacKay (“1917”). inspired by an article Harper speeches and other only-on-live- Check out the complete list of TV variables are likely to stretch avoid any potential host-related Rounding out this year’s pre- read. drama altogether. 2020 nominees here. “One of my friends sent me the broadcast, so adjust your senters are: DVRs accordingly. Utkarsh Ambudkar an article about a young man What’s nominated? Who’s likely to win? I didn’t know about — Virgil A livestream of the program will Salma Hayek The film academy reignit- Times film critics Justin Chang Abloh,” Harper said. also be available in select mar- Brie Larson ed some familiar criticism after and Kenneth Turan are back with Abloh’s accolades include kets on ABC’s website and app Spike Lee announcing the nominees in their annual Oscars forecast, pre- Ray Romano being furniture designer for — accessible only with valid TV dicting winners in 11 key catego- Swedish company IKEA and provider login credentials. 24 categories last month. Todd Rebel Wilson Phillips’ dark comic-book adapta- ries. James Corden becoming the first African To achieve full immersion in the The experts were split on the day’s festivities, viewers can tune tion “Joker” led the field with 11 Penelope Cruz American to head the men’s best picture race, with Turan favor- in to the pre-show, “Oscars Live nominations, including best pic- Beanie Feldstein department for Louis Vuitton. ing “1917” and Chang champion- An Abloh quote in the arti- on the Red Carpet,” beginning at ture. Will Ferrell 5:30 p.m. on ABC, the ABC web- While the 2019 Oscar nominees ing “Parasite.” Chang also deemed Gal Gadot cle resonated with Harper: “Parasite” his “should win” selec- “I haven’t made a distinction site and the ABC app. “Oscars All were uncharacteristically diverse, Zack Gottsagen Access: Red Carpet Live” will also this year’s mostly white acting tion, while Turan bestowed that Mindy Kaling between the design world distinction on “Little Women.” and the real world—I’ve just showcase Hollywood’s brightest categories have sparked back- Diane Keaton stars in their Oscars-best starting lash reminiscent of the 2015-16 Shia LaBeouf immersed myself in both. And Who’s performing? because I came from outside at 5:30 p.m., via the academy’s #OscarsSoWhite controversy. And Julia Louis-Dreyfus the fashion industry, I don’t Twitter account. once again, not a single woman Let the storm rage on! Queen Steve Martin have the luxury of creating col- was nominated for director. Elsa herself, Idina Menzel, will Lin-Manuel Miranda lections in a traditional way.” Who’s the host? “Harriet” star Cynthia Erivo was return to the Oscars telecast six Anthony Ramos After reading the article, No one. the only actor of color to receive a years after she wowed the crowd Keanu Reeves Harper learned more about After 2019’s host-free experi- nomination in a year that included with her live rendition of “Let Maya Rudolph Abloh, who is the inspiration ment merited a ratings spike, ABC critically acclaimed performances It Go,” which won the Academy Mark Ruffalo for this year’s exhibit. Entertainment President Karey from Jennifer Lopez (“Hustlers”), Award for original song in 2014. Kelly Marie Tran Adopting Abloh’s talents and Burke told reporters in January Awkwafina (“The Farewell”) and This year, she’ll sing her Sigourney Weaver philosophies led to some won- that the network planned on the cast of “Parasite.” Despite get- “Frozen 2” power ballad, “Into the Kristen Wiig derful discoveries, especially “repeating what worked for us last ting shut out in the acting catego- Unknown,” during the ceremony, Jane Fonda locally. year.” The family-facing platform ries, Bong Joon Ho’s South Korean which will include performanc- Josh Gad Featured works by local art- scrapped the traditional emcee juggernaut scored six Oscar nods, es by all five original-song nom- Tom Hanks ists include: format for the previous ceremony including best picture — a rare inees. Erivo will take the stage Oscar Isaac ■ a Google doodle created after its initial comedian of choice, feat for an international film. with “Stand Up” from “Harriet,” Sandra Oh by a high school student in Kevin Hart, came under fire after Sam Mendes’ World War I Elton John will perform “(I’m Natalie Portman Hope that won a a state award. homophobic jokes resurfaced and drama, “1917,” Martin Scorsese’s Gonna) Love Me Again” from Chris Rock ■ a quilt called “Off the Beaten Path” that won the Four States Quilt show. ■ beautiful jewelry. ■ bird houses. ■ dresses made by two sis- Rolling Stones returning to ters for African girls through a Mount Pleasant CME Church project. The church is located North America for 15-city tour in Mandeville, Ark. ■ A free little library The Associated Press and Buffalo, New York. The shows fashioned out of a former LOS ANGELES — The Rolling will end July 9 with a concert in Texarkana Gazette newspaper Stones are returning to some Atlanta. rack. Several of the little free North American cities where they Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. library boxes can be found at haven’t played in years. local time on Feb. 14. Additional neighborhood centers, Harper The band announced Thursday details have been posted at the said. that it will kick off a 15-city leg band’s website, rollingstones.com. National artists represented of its No Filter tour in San Diego The Stones’ tour through North in the TAAC exhibit include America last year was postponed on May 8. Other cities where the designer of a dress worn after Mick Jagger had heart sur- by Cicely Tyson and a man the band will play that it hasn’t gery, but the band rescheduled who worked as an designer performed in recently include those dates and returned tri- for three automobile manufac- Cleveland; St. Louis; Austin, Texas; umphantly to the road with a turers. Louisville, Kentucky; Charlotte, show in Chicago. Another of the Harper has worked with North Carolina; Tampa, Florida; rescheduled shows featured the Lillie Young and Treva West, and Vancouver, British Columbia. announcement that NASA had Associated Press exhibit co-chair, to appoint The band will also perform named a tiny tumbling stone spot- ■ This file photo shows, from left, Ron Wood, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and the TAAC exhibit.