The Oscar Buzz - what's it all about?

Hollywood, and indeed the movie going world, is counting down the days now until the stars come out for Tinsel Town's night of nights, and the sounds of adulation, gratification and edification fill the air as the US movie industry bestows greatness upon its chosen and worthy few!

The 86th Annual Academy Awards take place on Sunday 2nd March 2014, hosted this year by Ellen DeGeneres in front of a global audience that will reach well into a billion+. The media will go into overdrive, the paparazzi will click away until their fingers bleed, the fashion houses will polish every last starry spangly sequin, and enough French Champagne will be consumed to re-float the Titanic!

There will be winners & grinners; losers & boozers; jokes & jibes; laughter & tears; lengthy speeches where husbands, wives, children, agents, Moms, Dads, Co-stars, Directors and Producers and the Lord God Almighty will be thanked for making this award possible; and there will be fitting tributes to the nominees of course, and the legends that have sadly passed on to the great movie theatre in the sky these past 12 months.

It's such an over the top event that you just gotta love it, and you will gawp at the fashion faux pas, gasp at some of the results, and guffaw at who says what on stage during the ceremony. What ever you think about the sheer spectacle of the Oscars you are psyched for it as am I, and will debate the winners & losers the next day around the water cooler at work, over a coffee or in your lunch break.

And so, with just a few days to go, in the coming days log onto this Blog and see just who is nominated for what in the eight major categories that you will be hanging out for above all others, and out of the 24 categories receiving an Award on Oscar Night!

As for the winners and your hot tip for who's who in the Hollywood zoo - only you can decide, but enjoy the experience nonetheless!

-Steve, at Odeon Online-