95TH OSCARS® PRODUCTION TEAM WELCOMES NEW TALENT & SHOW VETERANS

THE OSCARS WILL BE STREAMED LIVE ON ABC ON MARCH 12TH, 2023.

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Oscars® executive producers and showrunners Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner today announced key members of the production team for the 95th Oscars, airing live Sunday, March 12, on ABC.

Rob Paine has worked on the Oscars telecast for over two decades and returns for his 28th year in a new role as co-executive producer. Paine has more than 200 credits to his name, spanning four decades, and is the recipient of 14 Primetime Emmy® Award nominations, a Peabody Award and the Emerson College Distinguished Alumni Award. He specializes in live, large-scale television events such as “Adele: One Night Only,” “Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration,” Super Bowl Halftime Shows, “Primetime Emmy Awards” and “The Kennedy Center Honors.”

Producer Sarah Levine Hall joins the Oscars telecast for the first time. She is an Emmy Award-nominated producer known for her work in live and variety television specials. Her credits include working with White Cherry Entertainment on the “Tony Awards,” “The Kennedy Center Honors,” “Primetime Emmy Awards,” “The Tony Awards Present: Broadway’s Back!” and “Celebrating America: An Inauguration Night Special.”

Raj Kapoor has been associated with the Oscars telecast for six years and returns as a producer. He has earned four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won a Primetime Emmy Award for executive producing the Outstanding Variety Special Pre-Recorded, “Adele: One Night Only.” Kapoor’s recent credits include “Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration,” “Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter,” “GRAMMY Awards,” “Latin GRAMMYS,” several “The Disney Family Singalong” specials and “Stand Up to Cancer.”

Taryn Hurd rejoins the Oscars for the 10th consecutive year as talent producer. She also has served as talent producer on the past seven Governors Awards ceremonies along with numerous television variety specials and award shows.

Erin Irwin joins the Oscars production team as a producer. She is an executive producer on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and has worked alongside Kimmel for 25 years, beginning with “The Man Show” on Comedy Central. Irwin has proven herself to be a staple at “Kimmel,” producing the show for nearly 20 years, rising from supervising producer to co-executive producer, before being elevated to executive producer in 2021. Irwin’s other producing credits include “The Emmy Awards,” “The Oscars,” “The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show,” “Donny & Marie,” “Later” and “The Wayne Brady Show,” for which she won a Daytime Emmy in 2003.

Jennifer Sharron joins the Oscars production team as a producer. She serves as an executive producer on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and has earned 11 Emmy nominations for her contributions to the show. Sharron joined the show at its debut in 2003 and has ascended from executive assistant to executive producer over the past 20 years. As a show producer, she was tasked with leading the field production team responsible for all pre-taped and live comedy segments for the show. Sharron has lent her producing skills to other industry tentpole events, serving as a producer on both the “Primetime Emmy Awards” and “The Oscars.”

Nefetari Spencer joins the Oscars production team as a writer. She began her career as a production coordinator and assistant to Bernie Mac. Her writing credits include material for Anthony Anderson, Deon Cole, Tiffany Haddish, Regina Hall, Taraji P. Henson, Leslie Jones, Niecy Nash, Craig Robinson and more. Spencer also wrote and performed in the one-woman show “I Am Willa.” Her past award show credits include “Primetime Emmy Awards,” “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,” “Soul Train Awards,” “American Music Awards,” “BET Awards” and more.

Agathe Panaretos returns as a writer for her third Oscars telecast. She was a writer-at-large for The Onion and has written for a variety of shows, including Netflix’s first late-night talk show, “Chelsea,” “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2023,” “2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards,” “2021 MTV Video Music Awards,” “The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards,” “The Kennedy Center Honors” and “Crank Yankers.” Her work has also been featured on E!, “Funny or Die” and “Team Coco.”

Dave Boone is a three-time Emmy and three-time Writers Guild of America Award-winning writer and producer. Returning for his 13th Oscars telecast, he began his Oscars journey as a member of Billy Crystal’s team on the 70th Academy Awards. Boone reunited with Crystal on the 72nd, 76th and 84th Oscars. He has also written for show hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Steve Martin, and served as head writer for Neil Patrick Harris on the 87th Oscars. The head writer of 18 consecutive Tony Awards telecasts, Boone’s other credits include “Primetime Emmy Awards,” “Academy of Country Music Awards,” “The Kennedy Center Honors” and “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.” Boone is also a sought-after script doctor for Broadway.

Music director Rickey Minor returns to the Oscars, having last been the music director in 2020. He has received 14 Emmy Award nominations and won twice for Outstanding Music Direction. Minor’s numerous television credits include “We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “American Idol,” “The Kennedy Center Honors,” “GRAMMY Awards” and “Primetime Emmy Awards.” Minor has also worked with Adele, Jon Batiste, Beyoncé, John Legend, Ed Sheeran and many more.

Lighting designer Robert Dickinson returns for his 34th Oscars show. During his four-decades long career, he has won 18 Primetime Emmy Awards and has over 1,500 on-screen television credits. His credits include “The Kennedy Center Honors,” “GRAMMY® Awards,” “Primetime Emmy Awards,” “Tony® Awards,” “Golden Globe® Awards,” and “Academy of Country Music Awards”; Olympics ceremonies in Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Athens, Vancouver and Shanghai; Super Bowl Halftime Shows and Democratic National Conventions. Dickinson has also worked on numerous television music specials for Christina Aguilera, Cher, Celine Dion, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel, Elton John, Ricky Martin, NSYNC, Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand, Taylor Swift, James Taylor, Justin Timberlake and U2. Dickinson has been recognized with an honorary degree of doctor of fine arts from Carnegie Mellon School of Drama for his body of work and influence.

The 95th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.

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RRR,The Kashmir Files,Kantara & Gangubai Kathiawadi are included on the Oscars 2023 reminder list

The Oscars 2023 reminder list includes the blockbusters "RRR," "The Kashmir Files," "Kantara," and "Gangubai Kathiawadi."

Swati Bhat

A list of 301 feature films that are still eligible for the Oscars in 2023 was issued by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

Previously, India's official submission for the Oscars in 2023 was the Gujarati film "Chhello Show" by Pan Nalin. Along with them, the list also includes the Indian movies "Me Vasantrao" and "Tuzhya Sathi Kahihi," "Iravin Nizhal," "Rocketry: The Nambi Effect," and the Kannada film "Vikrant Rona." Director Vivek Agnihotri posted on Twitter about his delight, saying, "BREAKING NEWS: The first list of @TheAcademy's nominees for the #Oscars2023 includes #TheKashmirFiles. It is one of the five Indian movies. I hope the best for everyone. a successful year for Indian film."

"The following actors have all been nominated for best actor: #PallaviJoshi #MithunChakraborty @DarshanKumaar @AnupamPKher. Just getting started A very long road lies ahead. Godspeed to everyone " he added.

Rishab Shetty also posted a thank-you message on Twitter for his fans' enthusiastic reception to his movie "Kantara." "We are thrilled to announce that "Kantara" has earned two Oscar nominations! A sincere thank you to everyone who has helped us. We are excited to embark on this journey with your help. I'm looking forward to seeing it shine at the Oscars for "Kantara" by "hombale films" "He composed.

The 9,579 eligible voters will start filling out their ballots on January 12 and they will close on January 17, 2023, according to Variety, an American Meida firm.

The Oscar ceremony will take place in the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 12, 2023, and the formal nominations will be announced on January 24, 2023.

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Oscar’s Final Frontier: Films with Disabilities

The most effective image The Oscar for "CODA" was historic for many reasons, including the fact that it recognised a film with authentic Deaf casting, after the disabled have historically been ignored or misrepresented in Hollywood.

Swati Bhat

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So, can we anticipate a flood of films about the disabled? Maybe. The 2022 Oscar nominees show that it's a trickle, not a flood, so far. "Causeway," "Cha Cha Real Smooth," "The Greatest Beer Run Ever," and "Lady Chatterley's Lover" all feature disabled actors playing disabled characters. (What a novel idea!)

"Beer Run" director and co-writer Peter Farrelly and his brother Bobby have always cast disabled actors. “Twenty percent of the world is disabled,” he said. “In making movies or TV shows, it’s not the real world if you don’t have people with disabilities in it.”

“Cha Cha” writer-director-star Cooper Raiff says it never occurred to him to audition non-autistic actors for the central role of Lola, who is on the autism spectrum, as is the actress who plays her, Vanessa Burghardt.

Raiff tells, “In a movie, I’m always trying to make a scene more real and authentic. And the first step is to cast someone who will play the role best. So to cast a neurotypical actor would be a waste of time. They would do research but wouldn’t have the heart.”

“Lady Chatterley’s Lover” marks the second feature film for director Laure de Clermont-Tonnere. Her 2013 short, “Atlantic Avenue,” featured Leopoldine Huyghues-Despointes, an actress in a wheelchair. So when it came to the role of wheelchair-user Lord Clifford Chatterley, “We obviously wanted to open the casting to people with disabilities,” she says. “This is important, to be authentic and also to give a chance” to disabled actors.

Matthew Duckett, a cerebral palsy stage actor making his feature film debut, plays the role.

Russell Harvard, who is deaf, has one memorable scene in "Causeway" as Jennifer Lawrence's brother. Four Oscar contenders with disabled characters isn't enough to accurately represent the world, but it's a huge improvement over most Oscar years. These films help to answer the question of whether disabled actors can work successfully in Hollywood: they already do.

Following the #OscarsSoWhite movement in 2015, decision-makers have worked to make the industry more inclusive, including the Academy Awards.

This year's nominees, which include "Bardo," "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," "Everything Everywhere All at Once," "Emancipation," "The Inspection," "Till," "The Woman King," and "Women Talking," demonstrate the growth in ethnic and gender diversity since 2015. However, the disabled have not always been a part of the inclusion movement.

Farrelly points out that for years, a script would need to specify that a character was not Caucasian for employers to consider this. “People have finally opened their minds and now racial diversity doesn’t have to be stated. This is what I hope happens for people with disabilities; give them an audition and you may be shocked how many good actors are out there who are not getting a chance.”

Farrelly’s fact-based “Beer Run” centers on Chickie (Zac Efron) and his friends, including Brandon (MacGregor Arney), whose cerebral palsy and crutch are never commented on; they’re just part of everyday life.

Jenni Gold directed the documentary “CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion,” which centers on this topic. She tells, “It’s important that employers understand that people with disabilities are fully capable of doing their jobs.” She is part of a group working to form a committee at the Directors Guild about disability hiring.

“There are so many programs dealing with diversity, but they rarely mention disability. Now things are opening up, even in corporate America, and that’s a great thing.”

There is a perception that hiring a disabled person will increase complications and budget for a project. Farrelly exclaims, “That is a myth! I hear that all the time. I’ve worked with literally hundreds of disabled actors, and they have never held us up. They are the most prepared actors I’ve ever worked with. This is 2022. We can make it work.”

As for behind-the-camera jobs, some individuals are currently working there, but keeping their disability a secret. Director Gold knows that some entry-level jobs are difficult for the disabled. Farrelly advises that there is “so much opportunity” for disabled artists in post-production.

French-born director de Clermont-Tonnere seems genuinely surprised at the notion that a disabled worker — behind or in front of the camera — might make production more difficult.

“I never heard that. That doesn’t make any sense. Why? It should never be an issue.” Burghardt sums up with a sigh: “Every conversation I have is about my condition. Having a disability shouldn’t be such a big deal.”