Oscar Awards to pay tribute to movie musicals

Oscar Awards to pay tribute to movie musicals

Craig Zadan

MUMBAI: The Oscar Awards, which take place next month will include a special celebration of movie musicals of the last ten years, the telecast‘s producers have announced.

The show‘s producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said, "The musical as a motion picture genre has had a remarkable renaissance in the last decade. We are excited to showcase three musical films -- ‘Chicago,‘ ‘Dreamgirls‘ and ‘Les Misérables‘ -- on our Oscar show."

This year ‘Les Miserables‘ has been nominated for Best Picture. ‘Chicago‘ won the Best Picture Oscar a decade ago. Jennifer Hudson won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for ‘Dreamgirls‘ Oscars for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on 25 February at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center, and will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane.

It will air live on Star Movies. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide including in the US on ABC.