Friday, February 22, 2008 – Hollywood Hype

It's crazy time here in Hollywood. On Sunday, February 24, at five in the evening out here, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will present the Oscars, over at the Kodak Theater.  Here's a bit of the scene this year – the Friday before, between storms. The steady rain ended at dawn, then a day of low clouds, then more rain – and heavy rain coming Saturday evening that is supposed to end just as the stars arrive on the red carpet Sunday afternoon. We’ll see.

Hollywood Boulevard is closed at the theater, filled with tents and satellite trucks, and many of the adjoining streets are closed too, driving the locals crazy.  But you need an insider look at all this, don't you?

The press is out in full force –

You want to know, don't you?

The souvenir shops are doing brisk business. You can buy this rhinestone purse if you'd like.

For the locals –

Commentary in the window at the gallery at Hollywood and Cherokee –

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Technical Note:

Most of these photographs were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  Earlier photography was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

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