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Artçffulture aced@clackamas.edu Wednesday, Eeb,.22, 2012. The Clackamas Print Star-studded ceremony rolls out red carpet By Anna Axelson Its like prom night for celebrities: everyohe’shop- ing to get lucky. Decked out inyour’finèst, you arrive on Hollywood Boulevard at the Hollywood and Highland Center and roll to a stop in a high class limousine, flash bulbs popping and the crowd screaming. After presenting your invitation — something so exclusive that only a fraction o f the Academy even receives one— you shuffle through so much-security that even Tom Hanks couldn’t get past w ithout a valid photo ID (true story, look it up): Next comes the eternal red carpet, a Sid Grauman contribution to Hollywood’s history, in which you smile and .wave for hundreds, thousands, millions of fans and cameras as well as being taken under deep scrutiny for your right or wrong choice o f attire. Interviews and posing ensue as you slowly make your way past the press and a set o f bleachers holding somewhere around 500 lucky lottery winners (who after watching you strut your stuff, aren’t quite lucky enough to be invited inside — however they will head across the street to the El Capitan Theatre to watch the show on the big screen). After passing through a larger than life arch, the grand staircase laden with royal red carpet lays before you w ith matching red curtains to either side doing their best to conceal a deep dark secret and maintain the elegance o f such a prestigious event (psst, spoiler alert: you are in a maU; you’ll be lucky not to find a Pottery Barn behind one o f those curtains). T he stairs are wider and shorter in height than your aver age set, in accommodation o f high heels and trailing dresses as yqu make your way toward an exclusive set o f double doors info'the five story, $94 million Feeling parched? Don’t fret, there is a fully stocked open bar on every level o f the theater and a couple hundred unpaid seat fillers — under orders to only speak when spoken to— who stand, ready and waiting to keep your seat warm while you- duck out during commercial breaks for a nip. Definition: Small drink o f something usually alcoholic. - T he breakdown: the nominees, the per formances, the honoring of those lost and then finally, the winners. I f you’re lucky, you walk away a winner, in possession o f the m an himself: Oscar. Standing at 13 and a half inches and weighing eight and a half pounds, Oscar is cast from a pewter-like alloy, plated with 24-karat gold and stands upon a film reel with five spokes repre senting the five original branches o f the Academy: actors, directors, producers, technicians and writs ers. After four hours o f ceremony, speeches, laugh ter, tears and paparazzi: it’s all about the after parties, | T he planning for the notorious Governor’s Ball begins once the cleanup fo r,foe .last one ends. 'X - theme is chosen and meticulously planned, down to every last detail and whatever those details may encompass. N ot only will you be complexly swept into whatever world an imaginative designer chooses, but Wolfgang Puck himself is the brainchild behind your exclusive, delectable, Oscar themed meal. All in all, it’s n ot a bad night. W hat began May 16, 1929 at the Roosevelt Hotel with only 270 in attendance has now evolved into an event that "now has over 3000 attendees-as well as being telecast around the world to forty fflii- lion viewers. Sunday night, the American Kodak Theatre. A ca d e m y o f M o ti o n M any take this opportunity to visit the George Eastman VIP Room, and-you* might as well get in on the action. W ith its multifaceted glass, inside and out youare offered both exclusivity and a voyeuristic view q f the elite as they sip cocktails, rub elbows with their peers and await the festivities while an Oscar sits,, on display just feet away. ■ Before long, it’s to your seat you go; nominees in the ffont row-and lining die aisles, the Academy in the upper levels and everyone elsç filling in the blanks. M onths o f planning goes into this exact momgnt: rehearsals and contingency plans for every possible variable. T he amazing Billy 1 Crystal opens thé show (undoubtedly with a style that can’t’be matched) a n d . you are captivated as the show gets underway. Sciences for the eighty fourth time will induct a new group o f stars into its exclusive club,' granting them immor tality in Hollywood history. You never know, maybe even you can join that club someday. ' / W atch this Sunday night on ABC at 7 p.m. for the entire star studded action and reactions. You can also visit www.TheClackamasPrint. cqm 'for the complete list.o f nominees (with a Sunday night update o f the winners) and visit www.Oscar.com for more on anything Oscar. a | The Kodak Theatre has keen the perm anent hom e o f the Academy Awards Ceremonies A since its opening'imNbvember-2 0 0 1 : W eb E ditor P ic tu r e A rts a n d PIFF: Portland screens international films I Contihu;ed from Page 1 Hana Sot, projectionistfor the N W Film Center, threads the film “Footnote” örrSaturday, Feb. 18 a t Whitsett. all over 'the w orld, m an y o f w hich w ill only have / ‘T h ere used tb b e a 'th e a te r com pany called'S'even one show ing, th o u g h som gjfilm s wilLHave encore G ablçs’C in em a ,”, said Jessica Lyness, P R an d m ar screenings. k etin g m anager fö r’ th é N W Film C e n te r “For the T h e 1 N W Film C enteh ? dom ains its /o w n beau first three years, the [N W ] Film C en ter’ an d Seven tiful, single-scréèn th e a te r’ w ith in the 'P b m a n d Glibles w orked on [th e'P o ftla n d In tern a tio n a l Film A rt M useum , w hich is know n ‘as 'me'* W h itse ll Festival] to g e th e r;'a fte r th a t Seven G ables m oved A udrto,rium . T h e a u d ito riu m is m ainly used fo r jfestival screenings. on to so m eth in g else.”“ A fter p a rtin g ways w ith Seven G ables C inem a, § A c c o rd in g to Joe V onappen, a N W Film- C é n te r the N W F ilm G eqter f to o k co n tro l o f thé PIFF employee,- th e average a tte n d a n c e 'fó r the film s "at com pletely an d has been ' successful, for over. 30 th e W hitsell A u d ito riu m '1 h a s 'b e e n approxim ately years? A part from fhe/P IFF, th e N W F ilin C e n te r 1 5 0 o u t o f 375 seats. offers film classes to the p u b lic an d holds a han d fu l T h e N W Film C e n te r is staffed- b y fre g tila r o f o th er film ' festivals. em pldyees.. an d volunteers d u rin g fe-stivaLscreen- j “InpM hreff, we’fe show ing a N icolas W in d in g ings. «“I t ’s very easy to get involved. 'Y o u ? ju st Refn senes, h e ’s the directo r o f ‘D rive,’ th e recent go o n lin e to- the w ebsite an d fill o u t th e form 'film th a t cam é o u t With R yan'G osling,” said Lyness'.. there, which, takes ab’ó tft tw o m inufesffsaid? D on T h is year th e festival d à y s ^ 'îr^ fo ta l, B evington, a ”N W 'F ilm G ^ rttet volunteer^ featuring 93 fe a tu re -le n g th - film s, w ith six days B evington explained th a t volunteers are able to featuring 4 6 ' sh o rt film s,; e n title d /S h o rt C u ts ./ choose th e film s’iri'w h ic h they volunteer, whichSM Film scréem h'gs' w iïl be . h eld at various venues all also h an d led th ro u g h th e C e n te r’s w ebsite. H e an d over the- P o rtlan d area, in clu d in g Regal P iônëer his wife have been vo lu n teerin g 'to g eth 'er th ro u g h Place? C in em a 21, C inèM agic, N ew m ark T h eatre, o u t the/festival. T h e final w e ek e n d -o f the fèstivàl-1 will have the W hitsell A u d ito riu m , /¡Vo rid Trade C e n te r T h eater, Lake T w in 'Ç & e m a an d Regal Lloyd M all 8. m o st screenings th ro u g h o u t the day." T h e last day V iewers o f th e various -films are asked to raté th e o f th e PIFF w ill be S atu rd ay,¿Fe b .125-: Show tim es film s after each show ing. an d special events for- th e fè stiv à l, along w ith ticket r .The film s being show n in th e festival are from pricin g m ay be fo u n d on wvsfw.nwfilm.org.
