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And the Oscar goes to...
Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 05:13 PM
The Biography Channel announced it will salute the 75th Anniversary of the Academy Awards* with 40 hours of previous and potential award-winner's biographies. Beginning on Friday, March 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT and ending just in time for the start of the Oscar* telecast on Sunday, March 23 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, The Biography Channel will air biographies of past and possible 2003 Oscar winners including Roman Polanski, Nicolas Cage, Paul Newman, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. The Biography Channel is also launching "Match the Trivia with the Talent" - an interactive audience quiz on air and online at www.thebiographychannel.ca. "Match the Trivia with the Talent" challenges viewers to see how Oscar savvy they really are and to see what kind of information they've learned about their favourite Oscar winners through The Biography Channel programming. Viewers can test their Oscar knowledge and answer questions such as, Nicolas Cage is nominated this year for his role in Adaptation. When was the last time Nicolas Cage won an Oscar and what for film? Programming Highlights Bob Fosse, A look at the career of the legendary choreographer and director who took home the Best Director Oscar in 1973 for "Cabaret", and was nominated in 1975 for "Lenny" and again in 1980 for "All that Jazz". He was the Co-Author, Original Director, and Choreographer of the Broadway hit musical "Chicago", but behind the scenes, Fosse was a tortured, addictive genius who had a grim fascination with death. Sunday, March 23, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. ET Roman Polanski, Nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Picture for "The Pianist" at this years Academy Awards, Polanski is a recognized innovator in his industry. With his parents in Nazi concentration camps, where his mother died, young Roman fled the Polish ghetto and took up acting and directing before moving to the U.S. Clips from his work including "Rosemary's Baby" and "Chinatown", coverage of wife Sharon Tate's murder, and his guilty plea to unlawful sex reveal the complex man and artist. Sunday, March 23, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET Nicolas Cage, Profile of the actor known for his off-beat personality and independent spirit. Cage went from volatile outsider to box-office star in "Moonstruck" and "Leaving Las Vegas", for which he won the 1995 Best Actor Oscar. Cage is currently nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in "Adaptation" at this years Academy Awards. Sunday, March 23, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET Paul Newman, Profile of the legendary actor and philanthropist. Nominated for eight Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role, including a win for "The Colour of Money" in 1987, and a nomination this year for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for "Road to Perdition". From his early days on Broadway, in live TV drama during its Golden Age, and most notably in Hollywood blockbuster films, Newman's striking good looks and passionate intensity came to define the American leading man. Sunday, March 23, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET Tom Hanks, A two-time Oscar winner for Best Actor in a Leading Role, his name is associated with some of Hollywood's biggest blockbuster movies such as "Philadelphia", "Forest Gump", "Cast Away" and "Catch Me If You Can". Biography profiles Tom Hanks from his early beginnings as a movie actor to one of Hollywood's most sought-after talents, earning him comparisons with screen legends of the past such as Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant and Gary Cooper. Sunday, March 23, 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET Steven Spielberg, Has been nominated for 7 Academy Awards winning Best Director in 1999 for "Saving Private Ryan" and again in 1994 for Best Director and Best Picture for "Schindler's List". A look at the man who has brought us such cinematic classics as "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", "Jaws" and the 2003 hit "Catch Me If You Can". Sunday, March 23, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. ET Complete Oscar Programming March 21 March 22 continued * Mary Pickford 8pmET/PT * Jerry Lewis (2hrs) 8pmET/ 5pm PT * Charlie Chaplin (2hrs) 9pmET/PT * Sophia Loren 10pmET/ 7pm PT * The Barrymores 2amET11pmPT March 22 March 23 * Humphrey Bogart 7am ET/4amPT * Katharine Hepburn 7amET/4am PT * Henry Fonda 8am ET/5am PT * Tim Allen 8amET/5am PT * John Ford 9am ET/6am PT * Norman Jewison 9amET/6am PT * Vivien Leigh 10am ET/7am PT * Al Pacino 10am ET/7am PT * John Wayne (2hrs) 11am ET/8am PT * Bob Fosse 11am ET/8am PT * Bette Davis 1pm ET/10amPT * George Lucas (2hrs) 12pm ET/9am PT * James Dean (2hrs) 2pmET/11am PT * Roman Polanski 2pm ET/11am PT * Edith Head 4pmET/1pm PT * Nicolas Cage 3pm ET/12pm PT * Darryl F. Zanuck 5pmET/ 2pm PT * Paul Newman 4pm ET/1pm PT * Jack Palance 6pmET/ 3pm PT * Tom Hanks 5pm ET/2pm PT * Burt Bacharach 7pmET/ 4pm PT * Stephen Spielberg (2hrs) 6pm ET/3pm PT
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