Capital Fringe to Receive The Washington Post Award

 

 

Together with The Washington Post,theatreWashington is delighted to announce that Capital Fringe, the only major unjuried, self-producing, open-access Festival in the Washington area will receive The Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership in the Theatre Community at the 29th Helen Hayes Awards on Monday April 8, 2013.

Django, Ted, Knight & Silver Linings leads MTV Movie Nominees

 

Jennifer Lawrence, Seth MacFarlane, Emma Watson, Jamie Foxx, Bradley Cooper, and Rebel Wilson Vie for the Most Golden Popcorns during the “2013 MTV Movie Awards” Airing Live on Sunday, April 14 at 9:00 P.M. ET/PT on MTV

And the Winners of the 85th Academy Awards Are…..

Here are the winners of this year’s OSCARS! Life of Pi wins 4 Awards including Best Director! Les Misérables & Argo tied for 3 Awards. Argo won Best Picture!

Dame Shirley Bassey To Make Her First Oscar Appearance

 

Dame Shirley Bassey will make a special appearance on the Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today.

Barbra Streisand to Perform on the Oscars for the First Time in 36 Years

 

Two-time Academy Award winner Barbra Streisand, who has sung on the Oscars only once before, will perform on the upcoming Oscar telecast on February 24. Streisand last sang the love theme from “A Star Is Born” on the March 28, 1977 show, winning the Best Original Song Oscar for “Evergreen” that same night.

Oscar Hits the Road for Nationwide Tour, Stops by DC Feb. 7th & Baltimore Feb. 8th

 

Those Golden Oscars!

The first-ever Oscar Roadtrip will kick off on Monday, February 4, in New York City, and over the next three weeks will bring the excitement of the Oscars to numerous cities across the country. Fans along the way will have a chance to hold an actual Oscar statuette before it arrives on the Hollywood red carpet in time for the 85th Academy Awards presentation on Sunday, February 24.

Norah Jones to Perform Nominated Song from “Ted” Live on Oscar Telecast

 

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Norah Jones will perform “Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from the motion picture “Ted,” telecast producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced. “Everybody Needs a Best Friend,” with music by Walter Murphy and lyrics by Seth MacFarlane, is nominated for an Original Song Oscar.  This will be Jones’s first time performing on an Oscar show.

Adele to Perform Academy Award-Nominated Song “Skyfall” at Oscars

 

Multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter Adele will perform the  Oscar-nominated theme song from the latest James Bond movie at the 85th Academy Awards, the show’s producers announced today. “Skyfall,” from the film of the same name, was announced as a nominee for Original Song at the Academy’s Nominations Announcement on January 10.  The song, written  by Adele and Paul Epworth, is the first Bond theme ever to debut in Billboard’s Top 10 and the first to be nominated for an Oscar since “For Your Eyes  Only” in 1981.

Reiner/Baldwin to Present to Van Dyke

 

Writer, director, producer and actor Carl Reiner, along with seven-time SAG Award winner and 18-time nominee Alec Baldwin, will present the SAG 49th Life Achievement Award to Dick Van Dyke at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, executive producer and director Jeff Margolis announced today.

Oscar Experience to be Seen in 45 Cities Across the U.S.

 

On Oscar Sunday, February 24, charities in 45 cities will bring the Oscar experience to life at viewing parties in each city. The Oscar Experience: Benefits is the Academy’s grassroots outreach program that allows charities across the country to host official Oscar parties while raising money for their causes.