Sunday February 26th, Historic Tampa Theatre in Downtown Tampa hosted their “Hollywood Awards Night”, a celebration and live viewing of 89th Annual Academy Awards. The event hosted guests from around Tampa Bay to walk the red carpet, enjoy popcorn and soda, and view the Oscar’s in real time. Stylists from Paul Mitchell the School were also on hand for make-up touch-ups to keep up with the Hollywood glamour, and limo rides around the block set the mood for the event. Inside, a “Predict the Winners” game was held for five dollars a ticket, where attendees could predict the winner of any given nomination. The attendees who correctly guessed the most winners were given many local prizes, such as a dinner at Bern’s steakhouse and a night at the Epicurean hotel. At the beginning of the night, impersonators of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe and Robert Redford walked the red carpet, all being cheered on and fawned over by volunteers from the community to create an authentic awards show atmosphere. The volunteers for the theatre, affectionately referred to as “gargoyles”, were invited to enjoy in the festivities after the red-carpet reception.
One special guest during the evening was Madison Harrison, a ten year old photographer who was photographing the event and interview the attendees as they arrived at the event. One such interviewee was with Clifton Smith, former NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneer player, who was in attendance. Throughout the evening, reactions to the awards were posted in real time on the Facebook page for the theatre. After the now infamous moment of the incorrect announcement of the Best Picture winner, which named “La La Land” when the correct winner was “Moonlight,” the theatre stated “What the heck just happened? #SteveHarvey,” in reference to the television’s hosts gaff at the Miss Universe competition in 2015. At the very end of the evening, guests who made it through the entire broadcast at the theatre were treated to complimentary coffee and doughnuts from the Tampa confectionery Datz Dough. The night following the event, Tampa Theatre followed up their engagement by showing the animated shorts nominated for academy awards, and the live actions shorts were shown on Tuesday, February 28th. The “Hollywood Awards Night” was the 18th annual for the Tampa Theatre.
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