Nostalgia films, this is your year
24.05.12
Will laughs save this year’s Oscars?
LOS ANGELES — The Oscar ceremony has much to prove today, including whether a blockbuster-free field can draw a TV audience and if Billy Crystal’s host routine remains a crowd-pleaser.
Brian Grazer and Don Mischer, the show’s producers, are laughing off the challenges: “Comedy is the direction we’re going in this year,” Mischer said.
Crystal has help. Presenting team Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis have a “great gag,” Grazer promised, with more light moments planned courtesy of co-presenters Tina Fey and Bradley Cooper and, in a group effort, the cast of “Bridesmaids.” There’s a chance for controversy in a presidential election year and, with Sacha Baron Cohen invited, for mock political friction.
The nominees represent a different challenge for the show. None of the favorites has soared at the box office. Among the best-picture nominees, only “The Help”
Source: Bend Bulletin