Reporters and photographers crowd around workers installing the red carpet, including a section with a huge gold Oscar, as preparations for the 79th annual Academy Awards continue at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 21, 2007. The awards ceremony is on Feb. 25.
A worker irons a seam on a portion of the red carpet featuring a large gold Oscar figure as preparations for the 79th annual Academy Awards continue at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 21, 2007. The awards ceremony is on Feb. 25.
St. Regis Hotel butlers Charito Rosario, left, and Sebastian Boes polish an 8-foot-tall Oscar statue that was delivered to the front of the New York hotel on Feb. 21, 2007. The hotel will host an Oscar Awards party on Sunday to coincide with the Academy Awards show in Los Angeles.
Eddie Techera, center, and Cesar Perez, right, move a pair of 8-foot-tall Oscar statues into place on the sidewalk in front of New York's St. Regis Hotel as butler Sebastian Boes looks on, Feb. 21, 2007. The hotel will host an Oscar Awards party on Sunday to coincide with the Academy Awards show in Los Angeles.
Workers patch up an Oscar statue in a parking lot adjacent to the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 20, 2007, in preparation for Sunday's Academy Awards show. The 79th Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Feb. 25.
Noel Tribbey, center, of Charisma Floats organizes flowers as scenic artist Gayle Etcheverry, background right, sprays an Oscar statue in a parking lot adjacent to the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 20, 2007, in preparation for the Academy Awards. The 79th Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Feb. 25.
Scenic artist Gayle Etcheverry gives an Oscar statue a new coat of paint in a parking lot adjacent to the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 20, 2007, in preparation for the Academy Awards. The 79th Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday.
Large Oscar statues stand wrapped in plastic inside a tent adjacent to the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 20, 2007, in preparation for Sunday's Academy Awards.
A 32-foot Oscar statue is lifted into place at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 19, 2007. The 79th Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Feb. 25.
Oscar statuettes are lined up on display on Feb. 12, 2007, at the "Meet the Oscars, New York" exhibit in New York's Times Square. Fifty Oscars, two statuettes that belonged to Hollywood legends and one statuette for the public to hold will be on display through Feb. 25.
"I's like to thank..." Keith Bullock, left, savors his Oscar moment as Trisha Doss, right, takes a photo, Feb. 12, 2007, at the "Meet the Oscars, New York" exhibit in New York's Times Square. Fifty Oscars, two statuettes that belonged to Hollywood legends and one statuette for the public to hold will be on display through Feb. 25.
An advertisement for the Oscars is displayed before the famous Hollywood sign on Jan. 23, 2007. The 79th annual Academy Awards will be held Feb. 25 at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles.
Oscar statuettes in various stages of plating stand on a workbench at R.S. Owens & Co. in Chicago on Jan. 18, 2007. The company manufactures the Oscar statuettes that are presented at the annual Academy Awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.