LOS ANGELES (AP) – Show Bits brings you the 87th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item.
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FAST LANE TO OSCARS
Just like the freeway that carried some of them to the show, there’s even a fast lane for those who walk the red carpet at the Oscars.
It turns out the famous fabric is divided into three lanes.
The one you want to be in, if you’re really famous, is the Diamond Lane.
On the other side of the carpet is the one for people herded away from the TV cameras and reporters because nobody knows who they are anyway.
If it had a moniker it might be the No-Name Lane.
-Beth Harris – Twitter: www.twitter.com/@bethharrisap
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IN SEARCH OF CELEBS
Moments of pouring rain didn’t faze Jana Kahn, who traveled all the way from balmy Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, with her teen daughters and husband to join other celebrity-loving fans in bleachers above the Oscars’ red carpet.
Clear plastic tents shielded fans and the carpet itself from alternating periods of stormy weather and bright sun.
“I’m just trying to absorb everything!” said the 50-year-old red-headed mom of the family’s first time at the Oscars. Her equally red-daughters Tegan, 15, and Alexandra, 11, seated next to her on metal benches, chatted happily about the possibility of seeing Johnny Depp and Jennifer Lawrence.
All of them sported freshly painted sparkly nails.
“Johnny Depp is my favorite person ever!” said Tegan, grinning. “I love him. He’s an amazing actor.”
-Solvej Schou- Twitter: www.twitter.com/Solvej_Schou