New Yorkers, Meet the Oscars!
New Yorkers, Meet the Oscars®! A Chance to Hold and be Photographed with an Actual Oscar® Statuette Your fantasy of holding an Oscar is now within virtual and physical reach! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently launched an interactive Oscar-themed sidewalk display in New York City to promote the 83 rd Academy Awards® presentation on Sunday, February 27, 2011. Director of Marketing for the Academy , Janet Weiss , explained the “theme for this year’s Academy Awards presentation is You’re Invited , and we have tried to extend that idea across as many platforms as possible. We’re excited that this innovated, interactive experience gives fans a fun new way to engage with and share in the Oscar.” Located at 1333 Broadway, a nine-linked 46-inch LCD screen display (which utilizes the same touch screen technology as an iPad) gives patrons a virtual “ red carpet experience .” As people walk through the display, motion detectors designed within the eight-foot high wa...