Pharrell Williams Music Supervisor Of The 84th Academy Awards

pharrell williams Music Supervisor for the 84th Academy Awards

Pharrell Williams got the role of music supervisor of the 84th Academy Awards. Pharrel is best known for being a rapper, singer, record producing, and composing. He is also is the lead vocalist and drummer of hip-hop band N.E.R.D. Also Williams partner with Chad Hugo to form the record production groupe The Neptunes.

William has produced numerous hit singles for various musicians such as Jay Z, Snoop Dog and Ludacris and acquired  10 nomination and won 3 Grammy’s from those nominations. | Full Story

The Academy Reveals Official Poster for the 84th Oscars

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The Academy dropped the official poster for the 84th Oscars today. Deadline reports that the theme is “Celebrate the Movies.” Designed by Anthony Goldshmidt, and Mark and Karen Crawford. Check out the nice work they did below.

The Oscars will be live and in living color February 2012 on ABC. Billie Crystal is set to host and Brian Grazer is set to produce, following Bret Ratner and Eddie Murphy controversial resignation from their duties for the 84th Oscars. | Full Story

The Academy Reveals 100 Eligible Scores for an Oscar

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Here are 100 scores that the Academy deemed eligible for the the 84th Academy Awards. Among the eligible is  five time Oscar winner John Williams for “The Adventures of Tin Tin” and “War Horse” as well as Alan Silvestri for ” Captain America: The First Avenger” and Mark Isham for “The Conspirator”

The list is in Alphabetical order by film title.

• “The Adjustment Bureau,” Thomas Newman, composer

• “The Adventures of Tintin,” John Williams, composer

• “African Cats,” Nicholas Hooper, composer

• “Albert Nobbs,” Brian Byrne, composer

• “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,” Mark Mothersbaugh, composer

• “Anonymous,” Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser, composers

• “Another Earth,” Phil Mossman and Will Bates, composers

• “Answers to Nothing,” Craig Richey, composer

• “Arthur Christmas,” Harry Gregson-Williams, composer

• “The Artist,” Ludovic Bource, composer

• “@urFRENZ,” Lisbeth Scott, composer

• “Atlas Shrugged Part 1,” Elia Cmiral, composer

• “Battle: Los Angeles,” Brian Tyler, composer

• “Beastly,” Marcelo Zarvos, composer

• “The Big Year,” Theodore Shapiro, composer

• “Captain America: The First Avenger,” Alan Silvestri, composer

• “Cars 2,” Michael Giacchino, composer

• “Cedar Rapids,” Christophe Beck, composer

• “Conan the Barbarian,” Tyler Bates, composer

• “The Conspirator,” Mark Isham, composer

• “Contagion,” Cliff Martinez, composer

• “Coriolanus,” Ilan Eshkeri, composer

• “DAM999,” Ousepachan, composer

• “The Darkest Hour,” Tyler Bates, composer

• “The Debt,” Thomas Newman, composer

• “Dolphin Tale,” Mark Isham, composer

• “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, composers

• “Dream House,” John Debney, composer

• “The Eagle,” Atli Orvarsson, composer

• “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” Alexandre Desplat, composer

• “Fast Five,” Brian Tyler, composer

• “The First Grader,” Alex Heffes, composer

• “The Flowers of War,” Qigang Chen, composer

• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, composers

• “The Greatest Miracle,” Mark McKenzie, composer

• “Green Lantern,” James Newton Howard, composer

• “Hanna,” Tom Rowlands, composer

• “Happy Feet Two,” John Powell, composer

• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,” Alexandre Desplat, composer

• “The Help,” Thomas Newman, composer

• “Hop,” Christopher Lennertz, composer

• “Hugo,” Howard Shore, composer

• “I Don’t Know How She Does It,” Aaron Zigman, composer

• “The Ides of March,” Alexandre Desplat, composer

• “Immortals,” Trevor Morris, composer

• “In Search of God,” Rupam Sarmah, composer

• “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” Gabriel Yared, composer

• “In Time,” Craig Armstrong, composer

• “Insidious,” Joseph Bishara, composer

• “The Iron Lady,” Thomas Newman, composer

• “J. | Full Story

Exclusive Update: Brett Ratner And Eddie Murphy Both Drop Out Of The Oscars

Bret Ratner, Fag, producer, Oscars 84th

Brett Ratner is out as producer of the 84th Academy Awards show.

Brett Ratner shouted out a gay slur during a Q&A for the “Tower Heist” that led him to step down as producer for The 84th Oscars. During the event, Ratner said “rehearsing is for fags,” and just as quickly as these remarks flew out of his mouth, NY Magazine published the video that quickly spread all over the web. The director immediately called Tom Sherak and resigned as producer for the Oscars. | Full Story