Oscars won't end with best picture announcement
Invoking their best John Belushi from "Animal House," the Oscars have made their stand: "Nothing's over until we say it's over."
The Academy just announced that Kristin Chenoweth and host Seth MacFarlane will participate in a special show-closing musical performance at Sunday's ceremony.
"After the best picture award has been given, Seth and Kristin will perform a special number and we think it will be a 'can't miss' moment," said Oscarcast exec producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron in a statement.
Man, are they truly going all in on the music. Do even the most diehard musical fans have this much enthusiasm for it at the Academy Awards?
Maybe they think what works for the Tonys works for the Oscars, and what works for Neil Patrick Harris works for McFarlane. I remain unconvinced, but I hope to be proven wrong. It would be much better if this turned out to be a smash and not a "Smash."
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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That sounds just...just awful. I will, in fact, miss that.
Posted by: Wiseguy400 | 02/20/2013 at 06:13 PM
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Posted by: Graeme Edgeler | 02/21/2013 at 12:54 AM