Tag: Dolby Theatre

February 17, 2015 / Vickie Lester

Oscars 2015: Host Neil Patrick Harris ready for showbiz’s biggest night – LA Times

Neil Patrick Harris will host the Oscars this Sunday. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times) Like every Oscar host before him, Harris has to win two persnickety audiences: the movie stars inside the Dolby Theatre and the folks at home who envy them and are not afraid to criticize…

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February 24, 2014 / Vickie Lester

I don’t care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page of your screenplay, in your head, you’re also writing your Oscar acceptance speech. Nora Ephron

I may be just about three Chardonnays past I don’t give a damn… I could talk about a few producers (like the extra dozen listed in the credits) not knowing a damn thing about film production, or I could talk about directors who…or that actor, when he… Hand me that…

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