Just in time for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards – Sunday, March 7, 2010

We wanted you all to know we finally completed the  much needed updates to our Hollywood Nights and Lights, Camera, Action celebration packages.

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Academy Award Viewing Party Planning, Ideas, and Supplies

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82nd Annual Academy Awards Nominated Films

Encourage your guests to watch as many nominated films as possible before the party — an educated crowd is always more fun and more invested in the evening.  Although not all nominated films are currently available for purchase, many will be released in DVD or blu ray format a few days after the Academy Awards are broadcast.  Films currently in stock are highlighted.  Another option rather than buying the DVDs is to rent them by  subscribing to Blockbuster or Netflix.   With  Netflix you can  instantly watch the released movies on your computer or even your  TV via Netflix ready devices like game consoles, TVs, Blu-ray players.

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I you would like to cast your vote, our PartyIdeaPos.com on Squidoo has a fun interactive  82nd Annual Academy Awards Ballot.  We will publish the results after the Oscars!

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Actor in a Leading Role

• Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
• George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
• Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
• Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
• Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker ”

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Actor in a Supporting Role

• Matt Damon in “Invictus”
• Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
• Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
• Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
• Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds ”

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Actress in a Leading Role

• Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
• Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
• Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
• Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
• Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

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Actress in a Supporting Role

• Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
• Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
• Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
• Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
• Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

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Animated Feature Film

• “Coraline ” Henry Selick
• “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
• “The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
• “The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
• “Up ” Pete Docter

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Art Direction

• “Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
• “Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
• “Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
• “The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

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Cinematography

• “Avatar ” Mauro Fiore
• “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ” Bruno Delbonnel
• “The Hurt Locker ” Barry Ackroyd
• “Inglourious Basterds ” Robert Richardson
• “The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

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Costume Design

• “Bright Star” Janet Patterson
• “Coco Before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
• “Nine” Colleen Atwood
• “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

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Directing

• “Avatar ” James Cameron
• “The Hurt Locker ” Kathryn Bigelow
• “Inglourious Basterds ” Quentin Tarantino
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
• “Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

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Documentary (Feature)

• “Burma VJ ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
• “The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
• “Food, Inc..” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
• “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
• “Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa

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Documentary (Short Subject)

• “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
• “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
• “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
• “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
• “Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

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Film Editing

• “Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
• “District 9 ” Julian Clarke
• “The Hurt Locker ” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
• “Inglourious Basterds ” Sally Menke
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

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Foreign Language Film

• “Ajami” Israel
• “Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)” Peru
• “A Prophet (Un Prophète)” France
• “The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina
• “The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)” Germany

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Makeup

• “Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
• “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
• “The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

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Music (Original Score)

Create your own iMix!

• “Avatar” James Horner
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
• “The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
• “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
• “Up” Michael Giacchino

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Music (Original Song)

Create your own iMix!

• “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
• “Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
• “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

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Best Picture

• “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
• “The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
• “District 9 ” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
• “An Education ” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
• “The Hurt Locker ” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
• “Inglourious Basterds ” Lawrence Bender, Producer
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
• “A Serious Man ” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
• “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
• “Up in the Air ” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

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Short Film (Animated)

• “French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
• “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
• “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
• “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
• “A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

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Short Film (Live Action)

• “The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
• “Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
• “Kavi” Gregg Helvey
• “Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
• “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

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Sound Editing

• “Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
• “The Hurt Locker ” Paul N.J. Ottosson
• “Inglourious Basterds ” Wylie Stateman
• “Star Trek ” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
• “Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

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Sound Mixing

• “Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
• “The Hurt Locker ” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
• “Inglourious Basterds ” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
• “Star Trek ” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
• “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

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Visual Effects

• “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
• “District 9 ” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
• “Star Trek ” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

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Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• “District 9 ” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
• “An Education ” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
• “In the Loop ” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
• “Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

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Writing (Original Screenplay)

• “The Hurt Locker ” Written by Mark Boal
• “Inglourious Basterds ” Written by Quentin Tarantino
• “The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
• “A Serious Man ” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• “Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

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Music

Set the tone with your party music … use the soundtracks from Academy Award nominated pictures

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Delicious, Elegant, and a bit Whimsical – Small Bites

Use your imagination … display is key.  Use martini glasses, wine glasses, champagne flutes, shot glasses, square plates, rectangular plates, and round plates.  They don’t need to match and high quality clear or black plastic is fine.

Some of our favorites …

• prosciutto and sliced smoked salmon wrapped asparagus tied with chives

• salmon and/or  tuna tartar

• sushi

• deviled eggs

• mini burgers and pigs in a blanket

• sliced filet mignon on baguette topped with a dollop of horseradish sauce

• gazpacho

• tea sandwiches (be sure to cut off the crusts and use cookie cutters to create interesting shapes)

• cheese tortellini with various sauces
• quesadillas
• individual pizza slices with interesting toppings
• marinated herrings on mini pumpernickel breads

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Party Planning Ideas from  Oscars.org

Host Your Own Oscar Party

Cheryl Cecchetto (founder and president of Sequoia Productions) shares with you the 10 must haves to hosting the Best Oscar-viewing party in town! She’ll take you step-by-step from invites to games, from décor to food. Everything you need to throw an award-winning party for your friends and family.

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Oscar Night Essentials

Oscar Ballots

Predict the winners using these downloadable Oscar ballots.Download

Oscar Bingo

Download Bingo cards and play along as you watch the show! (Nine different cards available) Download

Oscar Crossword Puzzle

Test your Oscar smarts with this Academy Awards-themed crossword puzzle. Download

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Oscar Party  Prizes or Thank You Gifts

80 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards

Hollywood Birthday Box – Customize with His or Her Name!

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Any Party can be an Academy Award worthy.

Consider our Hollywood Nights celebration package when planning your next event.  A Hollywood theme works particularly well for …

• Awards Viewing Parties
• Dinner Parties
• Quinceanera and Sweet Sixteen Celebrations
• Weddings, Engagement Parties, Pre-nuptial Dinners
• Bat Mitzvah Celebrations
• Anniversary Celebrations
• Birthday Parties
• Non-profit Galas
• Fraternity and Sorority Soirees

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Hollywood Nights

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Party Hearty!

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