From CinemaCon To Cannes: Has The New Oscar Season Rung Its First Bell?
deadline.comIt has only been one month since the 96th Academy Awards ended, but this week it looks like the race for the 97th has (un)officially begun.
Say what??? Even though Emmy season is in full force (Deadline’s 2-day Contenders Television live-and-streamed event takes place this weekend), it’s never too early to start a new Oscar season.
That is why I travelled to Las Vegas this week to squeeze in CinemaCon — that movie orgy convention of what studios have in store for us — in between last Sunday’s roaring Bruce Springsteen concert at the Forum and last night’s rocking “Keep The Party Going: Jimmy Buffet Tribute” at the Hollywood Bowl.
By the way I spotted more Hollywood heavyweights in Bowl boxes on Thursday night than even at CinemaCon, including Ted Sarandos, David Zaslav, Jennifer Salke to name a few, and all kinds of stars from Jane Fonda to Woody Harrelson to Harrison Ford (yes, while his appearance in the new Captain America movie was being touted by Disney at CinemaCon), including legends like Paul McCartney, The Eagles, Jackson Browne, Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow and countless others doing musical tributes to the late, great Buffet.
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