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Wayne Rd. • Westland, MI 48185 • 734-298-2657 31 YEARS OF SERVING 1ST CLASS ENTERTAINMENT TO MICHIGAN AUDIENCES A MICHIGAN COMPANY LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED FREE REFILL ON POP AND POPCORN, EVEN KIDPACKS Same Day Purchase Join our MJR ® Movie Reward Program Earn points for free pop, popcorn and even tickets GIFT CARDS AVAILABLE AT THEATRE BOX OFFICE Nominees for the 84th Academy Awards Makeup ❍ “Albert Nobbs,” Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle ❍ “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,” Nick Dud- man, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin ❍ “The Iron Lady,” Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland Music (Original Score) ❍ “The Adventures of Tintin,” John Williams ❍ “The Artist,” Ludovic Bource ❍ “Hugo,” Howard Shore ❍ “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” Alberto Iglesias ❍ “War Horse,” John Williams Music (Original Song) ❍ “Man or Muppet,” from “The Muppets,” Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie ❍ “Real in Rio,” from “Rio,” Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown; Lyric by Siedah Garrett Best Picture ❍ “The Artist,” Thomas Langmann, Producer ❍ “The Descendants,” Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers ❍ “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” Scott Rudin, Producer ❍ “The Help,” Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers ❍ “Hugo,” Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers ❍ “Midnight in Paris,” Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenen- baum, Producers ❍ “Moneyball,” Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers ❍ “The Tree of Life,” Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gard- ner and Grant Hill, Producers ❍ “War Horse,” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers Short Film (Animated) ❍ “Dimanche/Sunday,” Patrick Doyon ❍ “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore,” William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg ❍ “La Luna,” Enrico Casarosa ❍ “A Morning Stroll,” Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe ❍ “Wild Life,” Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby Short Film (Live Action) ❍ “Pentecost,” Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane ❍ “Raju,” Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren ❍ “The Shore,” Terry George and Oorlagh George ❍ “Time Freak,” Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey ❍ “Tuba Atlantic,” Hallvar Witzø Sound Editing ❍ “Drive,” Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis ❍ “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” Ren Klyce ❍ “Hugo,” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty ❍ “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl ❍ “War Horse,” Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom Sound Mixing ❍ “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson ❍ “Hugo,” Tom Fleischman and John Midgley ❍ “Moneyball,” Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco and Ed Novick ❍ “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin ❍ “War Horse,” Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson Visual Effects ❍ “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,” Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson ❍ “Hugo,” Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning ❍ “Real Steel,” Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg ❍ “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” Joe Letteri, Dan Lem- mon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett ❍ “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier Writing (Adapted Screenplay) ❍ “The Descendants,” Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash ❍ “Hugo,” Screenplay by John Logan ❍ “The Ides of March,” Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon ❍ “Moneyball,” Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin ❍ “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” Screenplay by Bridget O’Con- nor & Peter Straughan Writing (Original Screenplay) ❍ “The Artist,” Written by Michel Hazanavicius ❍ “Bridesmaids,” Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig ❍ “Margin Call,” Written by J.C. Chandor ❍ “Midnight in Paris,” Written by Woody Allen ❍ “A Separation,” Written by Asghar Farhadi Nominees for the 84th Academy Awards Actor in a Leading Role ❍ Demián Bichir in “A Better Life” ❍ George Clooney in “The Descendants” ❍ Jean Dujardin in “The Artist” ❍ Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” ❍ Brad Pitt in “Moneyball” Actor in a Supporting Role ❍ Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn” ❍ Jonah Hill in “Moneyball” ❍ Nick Nolte in “Warrior” ❍ Christopher Plummer in “Beginners” ❍ Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” Actress in a Leading Role ❍ Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs” ❍ Viola Davis in “The Help” ❍ Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” ❍ Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady” ❍ Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn” Actress in a Supporting Role ❍ Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist” ❍ Jessica Chastain in “The Help” ❍ Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids” ❍ Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs” ❍ Octavia Spencer in “The Help” Animated Feature Film ❍ “A Cat in Paris,” Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli ❍ “Chico & Rita,” Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal ❍ “Kung Fu Panda 2,” Jennifer Yuh Nelson ❍ “Puss in Boots,” Chris Miller ❍ “Rango,” Gore Verbinski Art Direction ❍ “The Artist,” Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould ❍ “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,” Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan ❍ “Hugo,” Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Dec- oration: Francesca Lo Schiavo ❍ “Midnight in Paris,” Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil ❍ “War Horse,” Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales Cinematography ❍ “The Artist,” Guillaume Schiffman ❍ “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” Jeff Cronenweth ❍ “Hugo,” Robert Richardson ❍ “The Tree of Life,” Emmanuel Lubezki ❍ “War Horse,” Janusz Kaminski Costume Design ❍ “Anonymous,” Lisy Christl ❍ “The Artist,” Mark Bridges ❍ “Hugo,” Sandy Powell ❍ “Jane Eyre,” Michael O’Connor ❍ “W.E.,” Arianne Phillips Directing ❍ “The Artist,” Michel Hazanavicius ❍ “The Descendants,” Alexander Payne ❍ “Hugo,” Martin Scorsese ❍ “Midnight in Paris,” Woody Allen ❍ “The Tree of Life,” Terrence Malick Documentary (Feature) ❍ “Hell and Back Again,” Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner ❍ “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front,” Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman ❍ “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory,” Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky ❍ “Pina,” Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel ❍ “Undefeated,” TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich Middlemas Documentary (Short Subject) ❍ “The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement,” Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin ❍ “God Is the Bigger Elvis,” Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson ❍ “Incident in New Baghdad,” James Spione ❍ “Saving Face,” Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid- Chinoy ❍ “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom,” Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen Film Editing ❍ “The Artist,” Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanav- icius ❍ “The Descendants,” Kevin Tent ❍ “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall ❍ “Hugo,” Thelma Schoonmaker ❍ “Moneyball,” Christopher Tellefsen Foreign Language Film ❍ “Bullhead,” Belgium ❍ “Footnote,” Israel ❍ “In Darkness,” Poland ❍ “Monsieur Lazhar,” Canada ❍ “A Separation,” Iran 2012 ACADEMY AWARDS PREVIEW, GUIDE AND SCORECARD PAGE 6C THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 2012 THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 2012 PAGE 7C Oscar Night Ameri- ca Party guest Carolyn Sohoza at- tended the event last year as Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) from the “Black Swan.” are eligible to win prizes (MJR gift cards). Doors open 7 p.m., Oscar premiere show- ing in the theater at 8 p.m., followed by the Academy Award presentations. Oscar Night America is sponsored by MJR Southgate, Sweet Arangements, The News- Herald Newspaper, Comcast, Tubby’s and Crystal Gar- dens. MJR Southgate Digital Cinema 20 is at 15651 Tren- ton Road, Southgate. being there, so infectious,” Hansen said. “It’s really a lot of fun. “All proceeds go to benefit the Southgate Community Players, the Overture Socie- ty and Ballet Americana,” Hansen said. Advance tickets are $25, or $30 at the door, and can be charged by phone at 734-282- 4727 or online at scpon- stage.com. Guests who at- tend the event in costume “All of these restaurants donate the food and wine, and there’s a ton of raffles,” said Robin Hansen, market- ing director for MJR. Film buffs — some dressed in cos- tumes inspired by their fa- vorite Oscar-nominated character — mingle, debate who’s going to win and chow down. “Then, when you go into the theater to actually watch the Oscars, it’s just like better and better,” said Mi- chael Mihalich, owner of MJR Digital Cinemas, which has been a Michigan-owned and operated company for more than 30 years. “It is the next best thing to being there.” Besides the pleasure of watching the Oscars on a big screen with surround sound, there’s the camaraderie among movie enthusiasts and a lot of great food. By Gina Joseph [email protected]; @gljoseph The Detroit area’s only Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sanctioned Oscar Night America Party, at MJR Southgate Digital Cinema 20, is your chance to experience Hollywood’s big- gest party of the year, close to home. “Every year it has grown MJR’s Oscar night keeps getting better Journal Register Newspapers photo “The 2012 Academy Awards” airs this Sunday at 8:30 p.m. EST on ABC. Let’s hear it for the girls Courtesy of Dale Robinette Octavia Spencer — “The Help” The Weinstein Company Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo — “The Artist” Sony Pictures Classic Marion Cotillard and Owen Wilson — “Midnight in Paris” www.wendersimages.com Wim Wenders — “Pina” Universal Pictures Attending the Oscars for the first time is former Detroiter and Hollywood director Paul Feig, who is surrounded by the talented cast of “Bridesmaids,” including , from left, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCar- thy, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig and Rose Byrne. The Weinstein Company/Laurence Cendrowicz Michelle Williams — “My Week with Marilyn” Sony Pictures Releasing/Baldur Bragason Rooney Mara — “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” He is the creator of the short-lived but critically beloved TV series, “Freaks and Geeks,” which launched the ca- reers of Seth Rogen, James Franco and Jason Segel, and earned Feig two Emmy nominations for comedy writ- ing. He’s the author of two humor novels, “Kick Me: Adventures in Ad- olescence” and “Superstud.” He’s ap- peared as a character actor on TV, in movies and has directed some of this generation’s funniest sitcoms includ- ing “Arrested Development,” “The Office” and “30 Rock,” a multi-award- winning show created by former “Sat- urday Night Live” head writer Tina Fey. “Tina Fey is an amazing writer, and so funny in the way she expresses her- self,” Feig said. Feig also considers Katharine Hep- burn, Judy Holiday, Carole Lombard and Irene Dunn funny actresses. How- ever, unlike Fey and Wiig, these ac- tresses had little input into the joke- writing process. Mindy Kaling, who plays Kelly Ka- poor on TV’s “The Office,” is humor- ous onscreen and shares her funny view of the world as one of two female writers on the staff of 14. Amy Poehler is hilarious in “Parks and Recreation” and she has written several episodes for the show. “There’s a bunch” of talented women who have a funny view of the world and a fun way of expressing it, Feig said. One comic actress that Feig has al- ways admired is Goldie Hawn. He’ll soon have the pleasure of working with her in the HBO comedy pilot, “Vi- agra Diaries,” which Feig is to direct. Hawn (“Death Becomes Her,” “Over- board,” “Private Benjamin,” and TV’s “Laugh-In”) plays a woman in her 60s who, after her husband has a midlife crisis and leaves her, struggles with being single for the first time in 35 years. “Bridesmaids” cast member Wendi McLendon-Covey is rumored to be playing Hawn’s daughter. “I can’t wait,” said Feig, of the opportu- nity to work with Hawn. “She’s so funny, inventive and smart. She was always one of my comedy heroes.” manhole cover and squats before the rocket launches, saving face and dress. “That’s how we work-shopped the script,” said the 49-year-old director, who has done enough work in come- dy to know what makes people laugh. street. The men on the set envisioned her running into the street and relieving herself so violently that it knocks her off her feet. The women’s version has the bride thinking on her feet. After running into the street she sees a fastened into a bridal dress, when suddenly you feel the rumbling of something going awry in the pit of your stomach. The script called for the bride to run to the bathroom, and upon seeing it occupied by the other girls (also suffering) darts into the By Gina Joseph [email protected]; @gljoseph irector Paul Feig could not be more proud of his film “Bridesmaids.” Not only did it win the Critics Choice Award for Best Comedy Movie and the People’s Choice for Favorite Comedy Movie, but three cast members are up for Academy Awards. Melissa McCar- thy’s portrayal of Megan, the humor- ous, self-made woman, is nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and co- scribes Kristin Wiig and Annie Mumolo are up for Best Original Screenplay. No shocker there, considering the movie earned $288 million- plus in ticket sales. Feig’s movie is about a maid of honor (Wiig) whose life unravels as she leads her best friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), and her brid- al party (Rose Byrne, McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper) on a wild ride down the road to matrimony. Given that premise, Feig finds it surprising — and a little silly — that it’s considered ground- breaking. “Women have been funny as long as men have been funny,” said Feig, who grew up in Mount Clemens and will be making his first appearance at the Oscars. “Funny people are funny people. It’s not based on gender. You either have a funny view of the world and a fun way of expressing it or not.” Whether that view makes it to the big screen is another story. “Women have not been given a chance to be funny in movies because it’s been a male-dominated field. Men are writing their version of what a woman might do,” Feig said. “What we tried to do with our women is allow them to be real.” Take the gross-humor scene that features the bridesmaids suffering from bad Brazilian food while at an upscale bridal store. Imagine you’re Warner Bros./Francois Duhamel Thomas Horn and Tom Hanks — “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” D
