February 11, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Dawn Newell - (310) 247-3090
                        dnewell@oscars.org

Beverly Hills, CA - The Oscar statuettes that will be handed out on Sunday, February 29, at the 76th Academy Awards ceremony will be on display at the Hollywood & Highland^® entertainment complex beginning Friday, February 20.

The exhibit, "And the Oscar Goes To...," will be located on the third level of Hollywood & Highland overlooking Babylon Court, and will consist of fifty statuettes. How many of them will actually be needed on Oscar Night^® will not be known until the night itself. The exhibition will be free and open to the public daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. through Friday, February 27.

The statuettes will arrive in Los Angeles on February 19, on United Airlines' "Flight of the Oscars^®," fresh from their public exhibition at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.

"The exhibition in Chicago has received an overwhelming response from the public so we thought why not put the Oscars on display here in Los Angeles," said Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' President Frank Pierson. "If the positive reaction continues we will seriously consider taking Oscar on tour next year."

Both the 76th Academy Awards poster and the 75th Anniversary Best Picture poster will be available for purchase at the Hollywood & Highland exhibit.

On Saturday, February 28, under heavy security, the Oscars will be on parade as each statuette will be carried from the exhibit space down the red carpet on Hollywood Boulevard to the Kodak Theatre where they will be polished for Oscar Night the following evening.

"And the Oscar Goes To...," is presented by the Academy, in cooperation with Hollywood & Highland, home of the Kodak Theatre. For more information about the exhibition call 310-247-3600.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2003 will be presented on Sunday, February 29, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST, beginning with a half-hour arrival segment. Information about the 76th Academy Awards can be accessed on the World Wide Web at www.oscar.com.