March 23, 2000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Noelle Brown - (310) 247-3090

Beverly Hills, CA - Today (Thursday, 3/23) marks the final voting deadline for the 72nd Annual Academy Awards^®. All ballots must be returned to the offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers by 5 p.m. (PST) this evening.

The final ballots were mailed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 5,607 voting members on March 1, but were lost in the mail and had to be re-sent on March 7. As a result, two extra days were added to the original deadline.

PricewaterhouseCoopers will tabulate the results of the voting and place the winners' names in sealed foil-lined envelopes. PWC's tabulating partners Greg Garrison and Lisa Pierozzi will be the only two people who know the results of the voting prior to the envelopes being opened on Oscar Night, next Sunday.

Academy Awards^® for outstanding film achievements of 1999 will be presented Sunday (3/26) at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium, televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:00 p.m. (PST), with a half-hour red-carpet arrivals segment.