81st Academy Awards® Press Kit Now Available

January 7 2009

81st Academy Awards® Press Kit Now Available

The 81st Academy Awards Press Kit is available at
http://www.oscars.org/press/presskits/academyawards.html.

The press kit contains information about the Academy as an institution, its membership and history, an explanation of voting procedures, information about the producer, host and other key participants in the telecast, approved artwork of the Oscar® statuette, high-resolution images and other factual information.

The Award of Merit statuette, commonly known as the “Oscar®,” is the copyrighted property and registered trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (“Academy”). No reproduction, replica, drawing, photograph, derivative work or other copy of the Award of Merit statuette may be made or used by any manufacturer, advertiser, organization or individual except in accordance with these regulations or under express written license from the Academy.

Permission to use Academy Award® symbols (the Award of Merit statuette and other statuettes, medals, plaques and certificates) and institutional marks of the Academy for any publication in other than fair use hard-news reporting must be obtained in writing from the Academy, except that permission is hereby given to use Academy Award symbols and marks of the Academy in accordance with these Regulations.

For information regarding any of the content in the materials, please contact:

81st Academy Awards Publicity Department
(310) 247-3090
publicity@oscars.org

Oscar(s)® and Academy Awards(s)® are registered trademarks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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