Oscar producers promise Shrek, sun, short speeches

[February 26, 2011]  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A giant green ogre will be part of Sunday's Academy Awards.

Oscar producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer say awards for animated feature and animated short will be presented at the kingdom of Far Far Away from "Shrek," which won the inaugural animated-feature Oscar 10 years ago.

Producers say the telecast will use technology to take viewers to various destinations during the show that help create context for the pair of awards presented there. The first two awards of the night, and the first two to be presented in one of these settings, will be art direction and cinematography.

Academy president Tom Sherak promised cold but dry weather. He also joked that the Oscars would have "paper detectors" in place to prevent winners from reading lists during their acceptance speeches.

[Associated Press]

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