Oscar Buzz: Oscar Presenters for Sunday Night Show

nicolekidman 207x300 Oscar Buzz: Oscar Presenters for Sunday Night ShowThe Oscar TV show producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman, and AMPAS President Tom Sherak talked to the press today about Sunday evening’s big show.  Mechanic and Shankman announced the list of presenters and it’s action packed with wall-to-wall celebs.  Dig, if you will, the list of the presenters for the Oscar show, in order of appearance:

* Pedro Almodovar
* Jason Bateman
* Elizabeth Banks
* Kathy Bates
* Jeff Bridges
* Sandra Bullock
* Gerard Butler
* Steve Carell
* Bradley Cooper
* Miley Cyrus
* Matt Damon
* Cameron Diaz
* Robert Downey Jr.
* Zac Efron
* Tina Fey
* Tom Ford
* Jake Gyllenhaal
* Samuel L. Jackson
* Anna Kendrick
* Taylor Lautner
* Carey Mulligan
* Tyler Perry
* Chris Pine
* Queen Latifah
* Keanu Reeves
* Ryan Reynolds
* Kristen Stewart
* Ben Stiller
* Barbra Streisand
* Quentin Tarantino
* Charlize Theron
* John Travolta
* Sigourney Weaver
* Sam Worthington

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Sandra Bullock: ‘I’m Gonna Beat the S*** Out of Meryl Streep’

nm bullock streep 100304 mn Sandra Bullock: Im Gonna Beat the S*** Out of Meryl StreepSandra Bullock is up against Meryl Streep in the Oscar race this year!  Bullock and Streep are competing against each other for the Best Actress Oscar and the fight is ON!

Sandra Bullock was joking around with Barbara Walters on The Barbara Walters Oscar Special, pretending to talk trash about Meryl Streep. The star of The Blind Side joked that she was going to “beat the s*** out of Meryl Streep”!

Streep is nominated for her portrayal of chef Julia Child in Julie & Julia. Sandra Bullock is nominated for best actress for her portrayal of Leigh Anne Touhy in The Blind Side.

I know I will be glued to the TV to watch “The Barbara Walters Oscar Special” before the Academy Awards, how about you?  The show airs Sunday at 7 p.m. ET. Here’s a clip of The Blind Side, one of my personal faves for the Oscar this year!

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Barbara Walters Quitting Her Oscar Special After 29 Years

barbara walters the view 234x300 Barbara Walters Quitting Her Oscar Special After 29 YearsBarbara Walters is was quitting her Oscars television special after 29 years.  Walter’s Oscar show before the March 7 Academy Awards has become a tradition for audiences for almost three decades and she says that’s enough!

This Sunday’s night, Walters will be back with “The Barbara Walters Special,” featuring Oscar nominees Sandra Bullock and Mo’Nique, as well as a roundup of the 93 interviews she conducted for the program over the years.  The Oscar night interviews began in 1981 but Walters says it has become harder to be original:

It’s not movie stars that are celebrities any more. You are a celebrity overnight, you are a celebrity for doing nothing, you are a celebrity for shopping. People don’t have much to talk about, classic stars like Bette Davis are rare today.

On her show The View Barbara Walters talks about her final Oscar special:

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‘The Hurt Locker’ Packed with Action, Will Shock and Awe You!

the hurt locker 1231882171 640w 300x288 The Hurt Locker Packed with Action, Will Shock and Awe You!The Hurt Locker is a front runner in the 2010 Oscar race. The Hurt Locker is the story of a bomb disposal team in Iraq whose lives are put on the line on a daily basis. The film is based on freelance journalist Mark Boal’s accounts of when he was embedded with an American bomb squad.

The movie has received loads of praise and audiences have high expectations. The Hurt Locker doesn’t disappoint! From the first moment, viewers are thrown into the hell of war.

This movie grips you from the first :60 seconds and doesn’t let go! You will be on edge of your seat and Locker is one of the best films of the year. The Hurt Locker is packed full of moments that will shock and awe—this movie is a must see!

Watch the preview of The Hurt Locker:

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