Adam Shankman has a Twitter habit, and it's making Academy officials nervous.
Although the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has nothing against publicity, it likes to dole out its news about the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, set for March 7, on its own timetable.
Shankman, who is producing the Oscar show with Bill Mechanic, doesn't share that reserve, though. He enjoys talking to the fans directly via his Twitter account, which has more than 48,000 followers, as the mood strikes him.
To date, Shankman hasn't had too much to say about the upcoming awards show: Instead, a lot of his tweets have been devoted to Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance," where he became a permanent judge in October.
But this past weekend, Shankman's thoughts turned to Oscar.
It began innocently enough. Visiting New York, he tweeted on Saturday, "Had dinner last night with Oscar cohosts steve martin and Alec Baldwin.
Although the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has nothing against publicity, it likes to dole out its news about the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, set for March 7, on its own timetable.
Shankman, who is producing the Oscar show with Bill Mechanic, doesn't share that reserve, though. He enjoys talking to the fans directly via his Twitter account, which has more than 48,000 followers, as the mood strikes him.
To date, Shankman hasn't had too much to say about the upcoming awards show: Instead, a lot of his tweets have been devoted to Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance," where he became a permanent judge in October.
But this past weekend, Shankman's thoughts turned to Oscar.
It began innocently enough. Visiting New York, he tweeted on Saturday, "Had dinner last night with Oscar cohosts steve martin and Alec Baldwin.
- 12/7/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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