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Geena Davis Does Oscar
The Academy-blessed Davis (she won Best Supporting Actress for 1988's The Accidental Tourist and received a nom for 1991's Thelma and Louise) will host the first Academy-blessed, "official" preshow March 21 at this year's 71st awards.
Davis will enjoy exclusive red-carpet positioning for the March 21 half-hour ABC preshow (airing at 8 p.m. ET, right before the ceremony). "We wanted to be in control of this kind of material and programming," said Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences president Robert Rehme, summing up his organization's motivation to reporters Sunday.
Rival networks (including Joan Rivers and her E! crew) will still be able to broadcast live from the red carpet up until the 30 minutes before the show, however.
For her part, Davis couldn't help but take a shot at Joan. Describing what her coverage will be like, the actress said, "The one thing I can guarantee that it will not include is anyone yelling, 'Who made your dress?' "
In addition to Davis' red-carpet coverage, ABC's preshow will include backstage footage and highlights of the nominees' luncheon.
Meanwhile, in other Oscar news, director Norman Jewison, whose films (Fiddler on the Roof, ...And Justice for All, Moonstruck, et al.) have produced more than 10 Oscars and 45 nominations, will receive the lifetime-achievement-honoring Irving Thalberg Award this year. It'll be his first Academy Award.
Jewison is only the 32nd recipient of the prize, which has been given out sporadically-and-only-for-a-damned-good-reason since legendary producer Darryl Zanuck first won it in 1937. Producer Saul Zaentz (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The English Patient) was the last Thalberg recipient, in 1996.
Also being credited for a lifetime's work will be Elia Kazan. It was announced Monday that the 89-year-old Oscar-winning director, whose credits include the Marlon Brando classics On the Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire, will receive an honorary award. Kazan had long been ignored by the Academy because of his ties to the infamous McCarthy-era Hollywood blacklist.
And for those of you who think these awards shows go on way too long, the Academy is doing what it can in 2000 to correct the problem, announcing that it's combining four categories into two: Documentary Feature and Documentary Short will be joined, as will Dramatic and Musical/Comedy Scores.
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