Regal Cinemas is throwing an Oscar Night America party, one of 49 officially sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and designed to benefit local charities.
The Knoxville party is set for 7 p.m. Sunday at Regal Riviera Stadium 8. Tickets, which go for $35, are on sale now and are available at all Knoxville-area Regal Cinemas.
The proceeds will benefit Variety of Eastern Tennessee, which supports causes focused on children.
This is the 19th year that the Academy and ABC (which will air the Academy Awards) have cooperated with local charities to support official Oscar Night viewing parties throughout the country and the first time one has been held in Knoxville.
"Oscar night is an event meant to be a shared with others. This network of fundraising parties across the nation is a natural extension of that experience, and also represents the year-round philanthropic work the Academy does," said Academy CEO Dawn Hudson. "This February we are thrilled to be able to celebrate the movies with fans nationwide while supporting charities around the country."
Oscar Night parties last year raised more than $3.5 million in 51 cities. All money raised stays in the local community.
The Academy will provide party guests in Knoxville the same official program distributed to guests at the Academy Awards presentation at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood.
Guests will enter on the red carpet. The party will include live music, complimentary hors d'oeuvre and drinks. The Regal Riviera audience will watch the Academy Awards telecast live on large screens.
Enlisted
A second-grader at Cedar Bluff Elementary has been recruited for a role in the hit military drama "Army Wives."
Maddie Bell, 8, will play the daughter of Frank and Denise Sherwood (Tony Serpico and Catherine Bell) in a dream Denise is having.
Maddie got the role through her involvement with Talent Trek.
The episode will air at 9 p.m. Sunday, March 11, on Lifetime.
"Perchance to Dream" is the episode's title.
I'm told Maddie will have a small speaking role in three scenes.
Visit
Actress and AIDS activist Sheryl Lee Ralph is the keynote speaker at "Sisters Aware: Women ofFAITH Respond to HIV" in Knoxville 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 4, at the Beck Cultural Exchange Center.
Tickets are $10. Sponsor tickets are $100. Call 215-5170 or visitknoxcounty.org/health for a ticket order form.
Ralph's work includesthe Broadway musical, "Dreamgirls" and the television series "Moesha."
Terry Morrow may be reached at 865-342-6445 or morrowt@knoxville.com.
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