Will Oscar show grab great ratings?

Each year, U.S. viewership of the Academy Awards rises and falls depending on the films in contention. This year, Oscar's big hopes may rest on a pregnant 16-year-old.

http://www.variety.com/VR1117981146.html

Us Weekly: Past Oscar Red Carpet Moments

In 2003, Brody, the presenter, surprised Best Actress winner Berry with a congratulatory lip lock!

http://www.usmagazine.com/past_oscar_show_moments

New Line pushes King of Kong for Oscar

NOV. 9 | New Line is positioning arcade documentary King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters as a contender for a Best Documentary Oscar, streeting the title on Jan. 29, days after the 2007 Academy Award nominations are unveiled on Jan. 22.

https://www.videobusinesss.com/article/CA6499152.html?industryid=43292

Nintendo's Wii makes an Oscar appearance

At one point in the show, as the broadcast came back from commercial, host Jon Stewart appeared on-stage playing tennis on the Wii, with the game displayed on the Oscars' giant screen. It was a funny moment, and in keeping with Stewart's contemporary wit.

http://www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9877783-52.html

Five Fun Oscar-Ad Facts

The Oscar telecast (Feb. 25 on ABC) is one of the biggest appointment-TV buys in an increasingly fragmented marketplace, but there is one ad category noticeably absent: movies.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6416857.html?industryid=47168

The Envelope: Cool it on the Alzheimer's jokes, group urges

Actress Julie Christie seems to be on everyone's short-list as a possible Oscar winner this year for her role as a woman with Alzheimer's disease in the film "Away From Her."

http://theenvelope.latimes.com/env-et-christie18feb18,0,7966387.story

Basinger Set for Lifetime Original

Basinger Set for Lifetime Original -- Multichannel News, 5/8/2006 4:11:00 PM Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning actress Kim Basinger will sit in The Mermaid Chair for Lifetime Television. The Lifetime Original Movie -- set to debut in September -- will mark Basinger’s television-movie

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6332786.html?q=

Examiner: The People Have Spoken: Oscar Favorites Chosen In Survey From Blockbuster

The People Have Spoken: Oscar Favorites Chosen In Survey From Blockbuster, DALLAS, Feb. 13

http://www.examiner.com/p-114819~The_People_Have_Spoken__Oscar_Favorites_Chosen_...

Oscar Madness

The nominations for the 80th annual Academy Awards were announced this morning. Variety has all the relevant news and list of nominations. No "Zodiac" for Best Picture? I find that hard to fathom.

http://www.contentagenda.com/article/CA6524537.html

High Definition Oscars

High Definition Oscars The live broadcast of the 77th Annual Academy Awards in 720p HD (minus a 5-second delay) across the United States on ABC presented a major opportunity for Thomson Grass Valley to show off a host of its high definition product.

http://www.broadcastandmedia.com/articles/a6/0c02d4a6.asp