Los Angeles Times to Publish Major Feb. 23 Academy Awards(R) Preview Section
February 22 2006 - 11:00AM
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Tabloid Section to Feature the Most Comprehensive Academy Awards
Coverage From The Times and Its Entertainment Awards Website, The
Envelope LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles Times
on Feb. 23 will publish a full-color, 20-page special section
offering Hollywood awards fans the most comprehensive preview of
the 78th Annual Academy Awards ceremony on March 5. The section
will showcase the best entertainment reporting from The Times'
Calendar and Business sections and the sharp-edged awards coverage
that has made The Envelope (http://www.theenvelope.com/) the
entertainment industry's leading year-round awards website. Since
its launch by The Times in November 2005, traffic on The Envelope
has increased steadily, with more than eight million page views in
January alone. "This special section combines the best of The
Envelope with the best of The Times to give our newspaper readers
and our online visitors more of what they love: an insider's view
of Hollywood's biggest event of the year," said Joel Sappell,
executive editor, Los Angeles Times Interactive. "We believe this
seamless integration between print and Web is the most ambitious
undertaking of its kind by a major U.S. newspaper, one that will
benefit all of our audiences." The stand-alone tabloid section will
top the Feb. 23 print edition of The Times. In addition to the
must-read entertainment news and insider features for which The
Envelope is best known, the tabloid special section will offer
plenty of fun and essential "water cooler" content, making the
section a must-have resource for Oscar night. The section will
include: * "Head to Head: Hot Topics" -- Times' Calendar columnist
Patrick Goldstein and senior film writer John Horn, who contribute
the weekly "Oscar Call" podcast to The Envelope, debate this year's
most pressing Oscar questions. * "Hosts with the Most" -- The
Envelope's Steve Pond looks back at the eight greatest performances
by Oscar hosts, from Johnny Carson to Billy Crystal. * "Quotable
Contenders" -- Highlights from Oscar nominee interviews conducted
by The Envelope columnist and Times Calendar writer Susan King. *
"Behind The Screens" -- The Envelope columnist and Times deputy
entertainment editor Jim Bates translates the doubletalk that is
the Academy Awards acceptance speech. * "How to Win Your Oscar
Pool" -- The Envelope's Tom O'Neil offers up five surefire tips to
make you the king or queen of the cubicles. * "Red Carpet Do's and
Don'ts" -- The Envelope Styles and Scenes columnist Elizabeth Snead
offers 10 helpful hints every actress should know before she hits
the red carpet. * "Oscar Odds" -- The Envelope tracks the latest
line on the favorites -- and the long shots -- in the major Oscar
races. About the Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles Times, a Tribune
Publishing company, is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in
the country and the winner of 37 Pulitzer Prizes. Celebrating this
year its 125th anniversary covering Southern California, The Times
maintains the largest newsgathering operation in California and
publishes five daily regional editions: Los Angeles metropolitan
area, Orange County, Ventura County, the San Fernando Valley and
the Inland Empire of Riverside and San Bernardino counties. The
Times' website, http://www.latimes.com/, features 50,000 content
pages and is updated continuously with more than 3,000 stories
posted daily. Latimes.com's award-winning arts and entertainment
section, calendarlive.com, offers an extensive range of
entertainment news reviews and Southern California's most
comprehensive event listing. The Times also produces The Envelope,
http://www.theenvelope.com/, the entertainment industry's most
comprehensive, year-round awards show website. Additional
information about The Times is available at
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