The Knockturnal caught up with Oscar nominees Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman, the producing duo behind this yearβs much buzzed about Best Documentary Feature nominee, WinterΒ OnΒ Fire: Ukraineβs Fight For Freedom, which chronicles the events that unfolded in Ukraine during 2013/2014 when student demonstrations led to a violent revolution calling for the end of a corrupt national regime.
The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) will present its 24th annual Academy Awards Viewing Party Wonderful Crazy Night on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at West Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. Elton John and David Furnish will host the gala event. Presenting Sponsors BVLGARI, MβAβC Cosmetics, and Neuro Drinks and Diana Jenkins areΒ supporting this important event.
Following dinner and an exciting live auction, Elton and his band will perform various selections, including songs from Eltonβs new album Wonderful Crazy Night, co-produced by Elton and T-Bone Burnett with lyrics by Bernie Taupin.
For a fourth consecutive year, award-winning Chef Gordon Ramsay will prepare the sumptuous dinner for party guests to enjoy while watching a live telecast of the 88th Academy Awards.Β DJ Johnny Dynell also returns to spin tunes for guests to dance the night away.
The Foundationβs Academy Awards Viewing Party is the most highly visible and successful fundraising event in Hollywood on Oscar Night. Over the past 23 years, this annual event has raised more than $50 million. These funds help the Foundation to make a real difference in the lives of people at risk for or living with HIV/AIDS, including urgently needed medical care in the Caribbean, innovative treatment and prevention programs in the Southern United States, and national initiatives addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States and Canada.
Audi, BBVA Compass, TheBLUEFISH, and StyleHaul are serving asΒ Co-Sponsors, and Fin Gray and Michael Melnick are Associate Sponsors. Β American Airlines is EJAFβs official airline.
This yearβs event co-chairs are Tim and Jane Allen, Beck, Boy George, Naomi Campbell, Jim Carrey, Ciara, Chris Colfer, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, John Demsey, Zooey Deschanel, Jennifer Kelly Dominiquini, Roland Emmerich, StΓ©phane Gerschel, Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, Debbie Harry, Stephanie Horbaczewski, Samuel L. Jackson, Diana Jenkins, Caitlyn Jenner, Quincy Jones, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss, Heidi Klum, Ryan Kwanten, Fred Latsko, Shelley Lazar, Sandra Lee, Rob and Sheryl Lowe, Eric and Janet McCormack, Joe McMillan, Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, Katy Perry, Tyler Perry, Adam Press, Andrew Rannells, Smokey and Frances Robinson, Zoe Saldana, Steve Sims, Britney Spears, Sharon Stone, Jeffrey Tambor, Steven Tyler, Denzel and Pauletta Washington, and Allison Williams.
The 88th Academy Awards announced their nominations on Thursday morning to the delightβand dismayβof all actors, directors, producers, writers, and of course, film buffs.