Academy Awards Schedule For This Year's Oscar Season

I'll leave it up to you to figure out why I put that picture with this article.

From the AMPAS website:

The 78th Annual Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 5, 2006, and it will start on the hour — 5 p.m. straight up on the West Coast, 8 p.m. on the East.

The traditional red carpet arrivals pre-show that precedes the Oscar telecast will start at 4:30 p.m. on Oscar Sunday 2006.

The telecast will again originate from the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network.

Key dates currently scheduled are:

Thursday, December 29, 2005: Nominations ballots mailed.
Saturday, January 21, 2006: Nominations polls close 5 p.m. PST.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006: Nominations announced 5:30 a.m. PST, Samuel Goldwyn Theater
Wednesday, February 8, 2006: Final ballots mailed.
Monday, February 13, 2006 Nominees Luncheon
Beverly Hilton Hotel
Saturday, February 18, 2006: Scientific and Technical Awards Dinner
Tuesday, February 28, 2006: Final polls close 5 p.m. PST.
Sunday, March 5, 2006: 78th Annual Academy Awards Presentation

Mark your calendars! Darren's Oscar party will be March 5 @ 6PM like always. Hopefully, my guests will actually arrive on time this year. :-P I'm thinking of a geisha and cowboy theme this year. Not sure why.....