Local Does Good. The South Central L.A. raised and USC theater Alumus Forest Whitaker will now have "Best Actor" or "Oscar" next to his name on all future key art. Ready for Downtown Closeup: The front of the Los Angeles Theater looked stately as it opened the Barbara Walters Oscar Special. So did the lobby. ". . . not quite your local megaplex." said Walters at the end of the broadcast with the camera pulling back showing the majestic staircase and chandelier. She's not going, Simon: The interview with Jennifer Hudson was held in the Palace Theater where portions of Dreamgirls was filmed. For real coverage, go to: Oscar Telecast review via Variety . . .Hollywood Reporter's Ray Richmond does play by play . . .Noticed the "paparazzi" backstage as presenters went on stage and winner off stage? Here's a few shots from the LATimes Next Year: Here's a trailer for something filmed Downtown that will voted "highest profile of filming done downtown that caused biggest fear of traffic" . Look for the helicopter in the Historic Core Live Free or Die Hard
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