BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The Oscars will include a special celebration of movie musicals of the last ten years, the telecast's producers announced today.
"The musical as a motion picture genre has had a remarkable
renaissance in the last decade," said producers Craig Zadan and Neil
Meron. "We are excited to showcase three musical films—‘Chicago,’
‘Dreamgirls’ and ‘Les Misérables’— on our Oscar® show."
Oscars for outstanding
film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February
24 at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and will
be hosted by Seth MacFarlane live on the ABC Television Network. The
Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225
countries worldwide.
ABOUT CRAIG ZADAN AND NEIL MERON
Craig Zadan and Neil Meron
are producers of critically acclaimed and award-winning feature films,
television movies, series, and Broadway productions. Their feature
films include The Bucket List, Footloose, Hairspray, and Chicago,
which won six Academy Awards including one for “Best Picture.” For
television, they’ve produced films of “Steel Magnolias,” "Life with
Judy Garland," and "A Raisin in the Sun," among many others and the
series “Smash” and “Drop Dead Diva.” They recently returned to their
roots in live theater by producing Broadway revivals of the
Tony-winning “Promises, Promises” and the Tony-winning 50th Anniversary
revival of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”
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