Who’s Your Favorite Star At The Oscars? Plus The Academy Awards Street Closures

With just about a week until the 84th Academy Awards, the fan bleachers are going up and the red carpet pre-show stages are being set for Oscar Sunday, February 26th. For those of you in the area, here’s a list of the Academy’s street closure plans around the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood.

• Hollywood Boulevard will be closed between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive beginning at 10 p.m. on Sunday, February 19, and remain closed until 6 a.m. on Tuesday, February 28.
• MTA subway trains will bypass the Hollywood & Highland station after the last regularly scheduled train on Saturday, February 25, until 6 a.m. Monday, February 27. Service at the station will resume with the first scheduled train after 6 a.m.
• Between Sunday, February 19, and Oscar Sunday, February 26, additional streets and sidewalks will be closed for varying periods.

Details of the closures and maps of affected areas are available from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, the Sixth and the Thirteenth District City Council field offices, at www.navigatehollywood.com, and on the Academy’s website at www.oscars.org/closures.

Viola Davis, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep…in this video movie fans share who they’re excited to see during the show. What stars are you hoping to catch a glimpse of on Oscar Sunday?

Check out this year’s lineup of presenters at the Oscars HERE.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

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