There Will Be Bloody Marys

There Will Be Bloody Marys

Get Ready for the Oscars(R) with Fandango's Awards Watch:

Learn Exclusive Party Tips, Compare Predictions with Friends on Facebook(R) Platform, Enter to Win an HDTV and More

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Oscar(R) show must go on (and will, now that the writers' strike is officially over) -- and with that in mind, Fandango, the nation's leading moviegoer destination, is helping film fans prepare for Hollywood's Big Night with a special awards show feature available at http://www.fandango.com/awardswatch.

The highlights at Fandango's Awards Watch section include:

-- A comprehensive "How to Party with Oscar(R)" guide by awards expert
Kim Morgan, offering tips on how to plan your own Oscar(R)-watching
party. Among the suggestions: The There Will Be Blood Party (serve
Bloody Marys or milkshakes, depending upon the mood, and go bowling
afterwards) and The Juno Party (serve "Sunny D" with songs by The Moldy
Peaches and hold your own "Juno Jargon Contest" during the commercial
breaks). For more Fandango Oscar (R) Party tips, check out

http://awardswatch.fandango.com/allaboutawards.

-- A Fandango ballot on Facebook (R) Platform that allows you to see how
your picks compare with those of your friends.

-- A printable Oscar (R) ballot perfect for tallying votes at your party.

-- Predictions from award-watching experts including Finola Hughes, of The
Style Network and the new cyber magazine, Style Kick; Chelsea Lately
host Chelsea Handler; E! Entertainment's movie critic Ben Lyons, Los
Angeles Times' Elizabeth Snead of TheEnvelope.com; JoBlo (Berge
Garabedian), founder of fan site, JoBlo.com, Chicago Sun-Times' Nell
Minow and FilmStew's Richard Horgan.

-- If We Picked the Winners, a special online-only video presentation of
"At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper" with Richard Roeper and guest
critic Michael Phillips giving their choices for the top awards,
available only on Fandango and at http://www.atthemoviestv.com/.

These features are just part of the extensive information, videos and photos found in Fandango's Awards Watch section. Film fans can enter a giveaway to win a free HDTV and a DVD library of award-nominated films, vote in weekly polls, view photos from Red Carpet events, and watch Fandango-exclusive video interviews with Oscar (R) nominees Ellen Page, Cate Blanchett, Casey Affleck and other Oscar (R) winners and nominees. Additional content includes an awards fashion blog by The Style Network's online fashion guru Leslie Gornstein, an Oscar(R) trivia game and a full list of Oscar(R) nominees and winners dating back to the first ceremony and much more.

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Fandango theater partners include the nation's leading exhibitors: AMC Theatres, Carmike Cinemas, Century Theatres, Cinemark Theatres, Edwards Theatres, Regal Cinemas and United Artists Theatres, as well as American Cinematheque, Brenden Theatres, CineArts Theatres, Cinebarre, Cobb Theatres, Hollywood Theatres, IMAX, Kerasotes Theatres, Majestic Crest Theatre, Premiere Theatres, R/C Theatres, Wehrenberg Theatres and Winchester Theatres.

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