Also, congratulations to Derek McLane for another stunning set. (He did last year’s scenic design as well.) We will be keeping an eye out for an interview and hopefully some design renderings!
(And here’s hoping Disney will ask him to design Frozen if/when it comes to the stage!)
“Up for ‘Running on Empty’, in 1989, Phoenix attended his first (and only) Academy Awards ceremony. Although he looked the part in his tux, he was clearly not comfortable in the spotlight.
“The hype? No, that really means nothing to me. It’s more the history of the award that makes it special,” he tells a reporter when asked if he enjoyed the hype of the event.”
— Interview for ET at the Oscars ceremony, March 1989.
Did you know that popcorn was the first type of corn domesticated by humans? Or that the starch within popcorn is liquefied before it pops? This video explores the history and science of popcorn - just in time for the Oscars!
