Marcia Gay Harden to Join Academy President Frank Pierson for Oscar Nominations

Beverly Hills, CA - Nominations for the 74th Academy Awards will be announced Tuesday, February 12  by Academy of Motion 
Picture Arts and Sciences President Frank Pierson and his fellow Academy member, Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden.

Pierson and Harden will unveil the nominations in ten of the 24 categories at a 5:30 a.m. news conference, which will be 
attended by media outlets from around the world.

Nominations in all categories will be distributed simultaneously to news media in attendance and via the Internet on the 
official Academy Awards Web site, www.oscar.com.

Harden received her first Academy Award Nomination last year at the 73rd Academy Awards, and wound up taking home the 
Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Lee Krasner, the artist wife of abstract expressionist painter Jackson 
Pollock, in "Pollock."

Official screenings for Academy members of all pictures with a nomination are scheduled to begin February 16 at the 
Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.  Screenings in certain categories also will be held in London, New York and San 
Francisco.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2001 will be presented on Sunday, March 24, 2002, at the Kodak 
Theatre at Hollywood & Highland(R) and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5:30 p.m. (PST).  
A half-hour arrival segment will precede the presentation ceremony at 5 p.m.

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