Don Mischer

Don Mischer to Direct Academy Awards Show

Awards | Oscars
 September 13, 2012 By Steve Pond 35 weeks ago

After directing and co-producing the last two Oscars, Don Mischer will be back to direct the upcoming show for producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron

  

Emmys Consider More Nominees, Andy Griffith Tribute, Miniseries Category

Television
 July 27, 2012 By Tim Molloy 42 weeks ago

Emmys may do special tribute to star, outside of "In Memoriam" segment

  

Cheryl Boone Isaacs To Produce 2012 Governors Awards

Awards | Oscars
 July 9, 2012 By Steve Pond 44 weeks ago

Marketing exective and AMPAS governor Cheryl Boone Isaacs will join Don Mischer in overseeing fourth annual event for honorary Oscars

  

Tom Sherak on the Old-Fashioned, Billy Crystalized Oscars: 'We Are Who We Are'

Awards | Oscars
 February 27, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Academy president Sherak: "To celebrate our past and deal with our present, that is who we are -- we're never going to forget the past, and we don’t want to"

  

Cirque du Soleil Returns to the Oscars -- 10 Years After Almost Burning the Place Down

Awards | Oscars
 February 17, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The last time Cirque du Soleil appeared on the Oscar stage, the Kodak Theater nearly went up in flames

  

Jennifer Lopez Gets Oscars Presenting Gig

Awards | Oscars
 January 30, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

J-Lo becomes second announced Academy Awards presenter, after cast of "Bridesmaids"

  

Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams Tapped as Oscar Music Consultants

Awards | Oscars
 December 8, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Composer Zimmer and songwriter-producer Williams have never worked on Oscar show before

  

Oscar Winner (and Show Rookie) John Myhre Named Oscars Production Designer

Awards | Oscars
 November 17, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Designer has won Oscars for "Chicago" and "Memoirs of a Geisha," but has never worked on the Oscar show

  

Oscar Shocker! Brett Ratner Resigns as Producer of Telecast

Awards | Oscars
 November 8, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Anti-gay slur and raunchy Howard Stern interview doom bad-boy director's gig as producer of Academy's big show

  

Don Mischer to Receive Producers Guild TV Award

Awards | Oscars
 October 31, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Veteran becomes first live-television producer to win Norman Lear Achievement Award

  

Michael Seligman to Supervise Oscar Show, Of Course

Awards | Oscars
 October 17, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Veteran awards-show producer will be working on his 35th Academy Awards

  

Academy Makes It Official: Eddie Murphy to Host Oscars

Awards | Oscars
 September 6, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Selection marks return to old-style Oscar-host resume: an actor with standup comic experience

  

New Oscar Producer Brett Ratner: 'Comedy Is the Key'

Awards | Oscars
 August 4, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Director Ratner will co-produce Oscars with award-show vet Don Mischer

  

Good Morning Oscar, February 21: Counting to 10

Awards | Oscars
 February 21, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

The Oscar producers have big plans…and shaky math skills

  

Oscar Gets Fancier Envelopes, Gentler Phrase

Awards | Oscars
 February 16, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Redesign of iconic Oscar envelope comes as Academy brings back "and the Oscar goes to" after last year's "and the winner is" experiment

  

Speech Therapy and Sweatshirts at Oscar's Nominees Luncheon

Awards | Oscars
 February 7, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

More than 150 Oscar nominees come to the Beverly Hilton for a rare collegial moment on the campaign trail

  

Oscars Book Return Engagement for Danette Herman

Awards | Oscars
 January 20, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Coordinating Producer has history with the show dating back more than 30 years

  

Michael Seligman to Supervise Oscars, Again

Awards | Oscars
 January 12, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Veteran producer (and gift basket originator) to work on the Oscars for the 34th time

  

Oscar Expands Pre-Show to 90 Minutes

Awards | Oscars
 January 11, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Academy triples length of official arrivals show, names Charlie Haykel and Juliane Hare producers

  

James Franco, Anne Hathaway to Host Oscars

Awards | Oscars
 November 29, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Choice could open the door to the nearly unprecedented possibility of nominees hosting the show

  

Governors Awards, Part Deux: Twists, Secrets and That Godard Problem

Awards | Oscars
 November 11, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Sid Ganis on the perils of producing this weekend's encore to the best-received Oscar show in years -- the one that wasn't televised

  

The Hunt for Oscar's Host: Hugh Jackman's Out, Who's In?

Awards | Oscars
 November 8, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Justin Timberlake? Robert Downey Jr.? The guessing games have begun over who'll host the next Academy Awards

  

Steve Bass to Design Oscar Show

Awards | Oscars
 September 23, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

Veteran designer of awards shows and events has never before tackled the Academy Awards

  

Awards-Show Chaos: Too Many Categories = Hurt Feelings

Awards | Emmys
 August 19, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

The Emmy category squeeze has already caused a few brouhahas -- and don't even mention the Grammys ...

  

Date With Oscar: Ch-ch-anges vs. Rumors

Awards | Oscars
 June 25, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

The Academy makes news less for what it does than what it talks about

  

Why Cohen, Mischer Passed the 'Audition' to Oversee Oscars

Awards | Oscars
 June 23, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

AMPAS breaks with tradition by choosing producers early and looking outside the film world

  
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