Academy Hits the “Road to the Oscars” on Nominations Morning

Once again, WAMG will be present at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater for the the 83rd Academy Awards® nominations announcement on Tuesday morning. As any awards season follower will attest, it’s the most exciting morning. While at the Academy, I listened in on the flurry of guesses on who would and wouldn’t be nominated during the media breakfast held for members of the press. Last year, we brought you a little of the producers reactions and thoughts after the nominations were announced.

In a little more than 5 days from now, the 83rd Academy Awards® nominations announcement will be streamed live on the Internet and be available for viewing on mobile devices on Tuesday, January 25th.

The webcast will begin at 5:30 a.m. PT with “Road to the Oscars,” featuring Chris Harrison, host of ABC’s “The Bachelor” and TV Guide Network’s Academy Awards red carpet show, and Dave Karger, senior writer at Entertainment Weekly. Livestream.com will facilitate the stream on behalf of the Academy.

Harrison will introduce several brief segments that celebrate the year in movies as well as the upcoming Oscar® ceremony. Karger will join him in a discussion of movie trends from 2010 and how those trends might be reflected in the nominations.

Academy President Tom Sherak and last year’s Supporting Actress winner, Mo’Nique, will then take the stage in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater at 5:38:30 a.m. PT to reveal the nominees for 10 categories:

Leading Actor

Leading Actress

Supporting Actor

Supporting Actress

Animated Feature Film

Directing

Foreign Language Film

Adapted Screenplay

Original Screenplay

Best Picture

Immediately following the live announcement, Harrison and Karger will return to discuss interesting facts about the year’s nominees, Academy records that may have been broken, the movies receiving the most nominations and the races that look to be especially compelling. Additionally, they will be revealing a new piece of information about the Oscar telecast.

In February, “Road to the Oscars” will return exclusively on Oscar.com, the official website of the Academy Awards. Harrison will host the 10-episode series, with Karger offering insights about each of the 10 movies nominated for Best Picture.

The January 25 nominations announcement edition of “Road to the Oscars” can be viewed on Oscar.com, Oscars.org, Facebook.com/TheAcademy and Livestream.com/AcademyAwards, as well as on other sites that choose to embed the stream. The stream will also be enabled for mobile devices. Numerous television stations and networks will broadcast the 5:38:30 a.m. announcement live but the “Road to the Oscars” content before and after the announcement will be available exclusively online and on mobile devices.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

ABOUT THE ACADEMY
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards “in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners” the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.

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