In case you missed 'ems: Ten days to go edition
-- Kristin Chenoweth, Entertainment Weekly managing editor Jess Cagle and “Good Morning America” anchor Lara Spencer hosting ABC's Oscar pre-show, ”The Oscars Red Carpet Live,” exec produced by this year's Oscarcast team of Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.
-- "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and Quvenzhane Wallis joined the pilgrimage of Oscar contenders to the White House, notes Ted Johnson at Wilshire & Washington.-- "Lincoln" screenwriter Tony Kushner joined a letter sent to the U.S. Senate "objecting to the pressure exerted by three of them — Dianne Feinstein, Carl Levin and John McCain — on 'Zero Dark Thirty,' " reports Michael Cieply at the Carpetbagger.
-- Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere and Queen Latifah from 2002 best picture winner "Chicago" have joined the musical-heavy presenter crew at this year's Oscars. So have Ben Affleck, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon.
-- The late Nora Ephron will receive a tribute at the WGA East portion of Sunday's Writers Guild Awards. (More on the WGAs here.)
-- Wednesday's Film Independent Event focused on Ben Affleck gets a recap from Dave McNary of Variety.
A native of Los Angeles raised by two parents and "Hill Street Blues," Jon Weisman ankled his scriptwriting career and began working for Variety in 2004, subsequently serving as associate editor of features and television reporter before becoming awards editor. He promises not to use this platform to retroactively campaign for Oscars for “The Misfits,” though he’d feel justified in doing so.
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