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William Ross Named 79th Academy Awards® Music Director

Beverly Hills, CA — William Ross will be at the Oscar® podium as conductor for the 79th Academy Awards, telecast producer Laura Ziskin announced today. This will be the first time that Ross has conducted the Academy Awards Orchestra.

Ross is a prolific, award-winning composer and arranger whose work has spanned feature films, television and the recording industry. He recently composed music for the motion picture “September Dawn.” Ross has composed music for other films such as “The Game of Their Lives,” “Ladder 49,” “Tuck Everlasting” and “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

The Oscars® will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour red carpet arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”

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Southall, do you realize the link to your webpage is missing the dash in the middle?

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Do you realize that sentence sounds like an Asian who's recently moved to America?

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Southall,

Do you realize that sentence sounds like an Asian who's recently moved to America?

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Musical Performers Announced for the 79th Academy Awards®

Beverly Hills, CA — Beyoncé, Melissa Etheridge, Jennifer Hudson, Randy Newman, Keith Robinson, Anika Noni Rose and James Taylor are all set to perform this year’s Oscar®- nominated songs on the 79th Academy Awards show, telecast producer Laura Ziskin has announced.

Beyoncé will perform “Listen” (music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler, lyric by Anne Preven), one of three Original Song nominees from the musical “Dreamgirls.” Also from “Dreamgirls” will be Hudson singing “Love You I Do” (music by Henry Krieger and lyric by Siedah Garrett), and Rose, Robinson and other cast mates performing “Patience” (music by Henry Krieger and lyric by Willie Reale).

Etheridge will perform “I Need to Wake Up” from the documentary feature “An Inconvenient Truth.” Etheridge wrote the music and lyric for the nominated song.

Newman will perform his nominated song “Our Town” from the animated feature “Cars” with singer-guitarist James Taylor. Newman wrote both the music and lyric for “Our Town” and also composed the film’s score.

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