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MEET THE OSCARS!
 

Fifty Oscars, four statuettes that belonged to a Hollywood legend, two Testimonial Awards and one statuette for the public to hold will be on display at “Meet the Oscars, Los Angeles,” located on the third level of the Hollywood & Highland Center® beginning on Friday, February 9, 2007 at 10 a.m. The exhibition will remain open through Saturday, February 24, 2007.

“Meet the Oscars, Los Angeles” will provide visitors the opportunity to walk among the displays and be photographed holding an Oscar®, and see the statuettes that were awarded to Katharine Hepburn for her performances in “Morning Glory” (1932/33), “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (1967), “The Lion in Winter” (1968) and “On Golden Pond” (1981). The Honorary Academy Award® that will be presented to composer-conductor Ennio Morricone and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to be presented to former Paramount Pictures chairman Sherry Lansing will also be on display.

The remaining 50 Oscar statuettes featured in the exhibition will be presented to winners at the 79th Academy Awards® ceremony on February 25.

The exhibition will also feature interactive “Oscar trivia” kiosks, where visitors can test their knowledge of Oscar winners, movie quotes and Academy Awards factoids.

Each Oscar weighs in at 8½ pounds and stands 13½ inches tall. Handmade annually by R.S. Owens & Company in Chicago, the statuettes are made of britannia, a metal alloy, and are plated in copper, nickel, silver and 24-karat gold.

“Meet the Oscars, Los Angeles” will be open Sunday to Thursday from noon to 8 p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. On Saturday, February 24, the exhibition will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”