Eddie Murphy Chosen As The Host For The 84th Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences(AMPAS) in the U.S. declared lately that American stand-up comedian, actor and director Eddie Murphy will host the 84th Academy Awards. The Academy Awards is scheduled to be held on February 26, 2012.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will return to its comedic host origins with Eddie Murphy in his lively and clowning role. Director and telecast producer of the Academy Awards, Brett Ratner stated that Eddie is a comedic genius as well as one of the most influential live performers ever. He explained that with his love of movies, history of crafting unforgettable characters and his iconic performances, especially onstage he can bring an excitement, spontaneity and remarkable heart to the show .

84th Academy Awards Telecast To Be Produced By Brett Ratner , Don Mischer

Filmmaker Brett Ratner and Don Mischer will produce the 84th Academy Awards telecast, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president, Tom Sherak announced lately.

This is going to be Ratner's first involvement with the Oscar show; For Mischer it will be the second year in a row as a producer and as the telecast director.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on 26 February 2012 and it will be held at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center.

Tom Sherak stated that he was so impressed with Brett when he met with him to discuss the Oscar show. He added that he has an unbelievable love of film and its history and is a true student of the business of movies. He's incredibly creative and knows how to take risks that are both appealing and inspirational. He concluded that, together with Don Mischer, who just earned an Emmy nomination for his work on the 83rd Academy Awards, both of them can certainly present a fantastic Oscar show that no one would want to miss.

Madonna's Wallis Simpson Film Obtains Oscars Release Date

Madonna's film regarding the relationship between American socialite Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII is being pitched for awards season glory by legendary Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

The pop singer's directorial debut "W.E" will premiere in December in the US, a timing that generally indicates a film is being prepped for an Oscars run. The Academy awards take place in March every year, but the previous months play host to a series of awards ceremonies which studios often use to hype their product before the big event at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

Weinstein stated that Madonna beautifully interweaves past and present in W.E. It's a very smart film, and a stunning feature directorial debut. He also added that he was incredibly excited about this movie and that he wanted to give it a prominent release date.

Edith Head - The Costume Designer With A Difference

Edith Head, the prominent costume designer of Hollywood had worked on 1,131 motion pictures.During her long career,she was nominated for  35 Academy Awards and won  8 Oscars , the maximum number of Oscars for any woman in history.

She was known for her modest working style, and in contrast to many of her male contemporaries typically consulted extensively with the female stars she worked with. Due to this, she was a favorite designer for many of the leading female stars of the 1940s and 1950s including Ginger Rogers, Shirley MacLaine, Anne Baxter, Barbara Stanwyck, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor.

Edith Head was responsible for some of the popular Hollywood fashion images of her day, with her costumes being worn by the most stunning and famous actresses in films. Head's influence on world fashion was across-the-board, especially in the 1950s when she started appearing on Art Linkletter's television program and writing books on fashion.

In addition to her film career, she designed Vogue sewing patterns; traveled across the country staging Hollywood fashion shows ; wrote magazine and newspaper columns; wrote two books, including The Dress Doctor (with Joan Kesner Ardmore, 1959) and How to Dress for Success (with Joe Hyams,1967) and audio taped hours of interviews in preparation for her autobiography, Edith Head’s Hollywood, co-authored by Paddy Calistro, and published posthumously in 1983.

Edith Head expired in 1981 of a progressive and rare blood disease, myeloid metaplasia, two weeks after completing work on her last film, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid.

One of her quotations : You can lead a horse to water and you can even make it drink, but you can't make actresses wear what they don't want to wear.