Oscar Web Site Offers Unedited Views
Feb. 27 -- In this week's Cybershake, we go online with the official Web site for the 76th Annual Academy Awards show. Plus, we note how one toy company is lifitng the veil on a new set of high-tech toys for boys and girls.
Going Online for the Golden Guy
It's Hollywood's most glamorous moment: the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars. And while millions will watch the the 76th annual Academy Awards on the ABC television network on Sunday, for hard-core entertainment geeks, the real action is already happening online.
"We take great pride in how much content is available," says Keith Tralins, executive producer of Oscar.com, the official Web site run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the ABC network.
The biggest attraction, says Tralins, is the online predictions sections.
Visitors can register for the official Oscar pool to forecast which actors will walk away with a coveted golden statuette. The player with the most accurate prediction may walk away with a brand-new home entertainment center. Visitors can also create their own pool, in which up to 50 of their closest friends and family members.
The site also contains information that hasn't been seen elsewhere, such as the awards given for scientific and technical excellence. Those Oscars were given at a non-televised event on Feb. 14.
And of course, on Sunday evening, Tralins says the site will host a lot of "behind-the-scenes" photos and extras that won't be available anywhere else.
"We'll have extensive coverage," says Tralins. "We'll have pictures [of celebrities] moments — almost real-time — after the arrivals take place."
The digital photos of the red-carpet arrivals of actors and actresses will be supplemented with fashion news — a perennial favorite among Hollywood star gazers, says Tralins.
"You can log on and see who wore what , who designed what they were wearing… There's always one [outfit] that's scandalous," says Tralins jokingly.
What's more, Tralins says the site will post the acceptance speeches and complete "thank yous" of all the winners.
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