Also in Thursday evening’s round-up of news briefs, the Academy names a director for the 85th Oscars telecast. And a slew of Venice and Toronto titles find homes, leading them to U.S. theaters in the coming months.
Don Mischer to Direct 85th Oscar Telecast
Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said Don Mischer will direct the 85th Academy Awards telecast, marking the “continuation of [his] multi-faceted relationship with the Academy, which includes pro ducting the Oscars red carpet pre-show and producing the annual Governor’s Ball.”
Richard Gere to Receive Hamptons International Film Festival Honors
Aactor Richard Gere will attend the 20th anniversary HIFF to receive The Golden Starfish Award for Lifetime Achievement in Acting on October 6th. The award will be presented during the festival’s “Conversation With Richard Gere”, a discussion with Mr. Gere about his life and career, moderated by the festival’s Honorary Chairman, Alec Baldwin. The 20th Hamptons International Film Festival takes place October 4th – 8th in Long Island, NY’s East End.
Fandango Eyes Advanced Ticket Sales for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
The final installment of the Twilight behemoth will first go on sale October 1st at Midnight ET, more than six weeks before the movie’s November 16th release, the online ticketed said. Deadline also reports that MovieTickets.com is offering the advanced tickets on its site too. Advance tickets for the November 15 Twilight Marathon – where all five films of The Twilight Saga will be shown in order at select theaters - will also go on sale on October 1st. And, as part of a special sweepstakes on Fandango, two fans will also have the chance to win a trip to the world premiere of Breaking Dawn, Part 2 in…
I had vowed to get on with my life and leave the Academy Awards alone today. That all changed when a friend alerted me to an eye-popping moment on the Oscars red carpet that haunted my dreams and now demands reckoning. Dear readers, does anybody knows what the hell is going on here?
Seriously, I need to know. Also: Top that, Sacha Baron Cohen.
[Thanks to Justin for the heads-up.]
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Sacha Baron Cohen is probably browsing Big & Tall’s Black Label Collection today, because he’ll have to find some new shit to wear to the Oscars on Sunday since the show’s producers have banned him from dressing up as his character from his new movie The Dictator. The Academy told Sacha that his ass is more than welcome at the Oscars, but he’ll have to leave his Kid ‘n Play chin wig at home. Deadline says those prim and proper hos of the Academy aren’t taking any chances, though, and have temporarily sat on Sacha’s tickets and won’t give them to him until he promises to not bring the promo fuckery to their red carpet. One of the mouths for the Oscars said this to CNN about Sacha’s stunt:
“We would love to have Sacha Baron Cohen at the Oscar show. We have expressed [to Cohen] that we don’t like our red carpet to be used as a promotional stunt. We’re waiting to hear from him. We’ve put the ball in his court.”
Oh yes, because the Oscars red carpet is sacred ground where nobody, I mean nobody, promotes anything. We never hear the words: “My dress is by Chanel, my earrings are Cartier, my bag is Judith Leiber, my tampon is Fendi and the platinum stick up my ass is Bvlgari.” We never hear that! I don’t know why those Oscar bitches care about Sacha Baron Cohen showing up in character when they obviously have no problem with Ryan Seacrest showing up as a straight journalist every year.
