Oscars producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan have pre-Awards celebration
The producers of this 12 months’s Oscars, Will Packer and Shayla Cowan, had been feted by associates at a celebration forward of Sunday’s upcoming 94th Academy Awards. We hear 50 visitors together with Terrence J, D-Good, and Kelly Rowland had been chauffeured in Bentleys to a swank dinner at Issama in LA on Wednesday —…
The producers of this 12 months’s Oscars, Will Packer and Shayla Cowan, had been feted by associates at a celebration forward of Sunday’s upcoming 94th Academy Awards.
We hear 50 visitors together with Terrence J, D-Good, and Kelly Rowland had been chauffeured in Bentleys to a swank dinner at Issama in LA on Wednesday — the place tunes had been offered by Dave Chapelle’s tour DJ, DJ Trauma.
“Will gave a toast with La Fête du Rosé to the primary all-Black Oscars producing staff,” says a supply.
The spy tells us that Packer, who produced “Ladies Journey” and “Straight Outta Compton,” additionally toasted Cowan, saying, “I’m so blessed that I’ve been profitable for therefore lengthy and for each step… [Shayla] has been proper by my facet — that is our second.”
The pair have been working collectively for twenty years. Cowan is listed as an affiliate producer on Packer’s “What Males Need” and “Night time Faculty.”
This 12 months’s awards will carry again hosts for the primary time since 2019, with Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Corridor sharing the evening’s duties.
Presenters are set to incorporate Josh Brolin, Jacob Elordi, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Momoa, Serena Williams and Venus Williams, Halle Berry, Jamie Lee Curtis, Zoë Kravitz, Elliot Web page, and Lupita Nyong’o.
There was some controversy over the choice to chop eight classes from the dwell broadcast, however Packer has insisted the nominees shall be given the respect they deserve.
“The present will begin within the Dolby and we wish to have everybody there with their friends cheering them on, and the televised present does begin an hour after that,” Packer explained throughout a press convention.
“That is like some other dwell present that makes selections about what’s going to be on the air and what’s going to make the minimize,” he continued. “However make no mistake, certainly, we’re going ensure that all people has their second as a result of on the finish of the day, it’s an entertaining present. We wish to be celebratory and enjoyable, however it’s about celebrating essentially the most proficient individuals on the earth and what they do, and we’re decided to do this and do it the fitting manner.”
The minimize classes are set to be pre-recorded after which edited into the published.
