{"id":1850,"date":"2017-02-15T12:05:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T19:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sebersole.wordpress.com\/?p=1850"},"modified":"2017-02-15T12:05:01","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T19:05:01","slug":"take-the-oscar-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/take-the-oscar-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Take the Oscar Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1852 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/logo_oscars_3d-color.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"logo_oscars_3d-color\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/logo_oscars_3d-color.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/logo_oscars_3d-color-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/logo_oscars_3d-color-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/logo_oscars_3d-color-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>If you&#8217;re 18 years of age or older, are a legal resident of the USA,\u00a0not a felon, not an employee of the Academy (or family member of an employee), and don&#8217;t mind signing in with your Facebook account&#8230;you can enter the Oscar Challenge sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip to \u00a0next year&#8217;s ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Just go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/challenge.oscar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/challenge.oscar.com\/<\/a> and submit your ballot by picking the winners in 24 categories up for selection. The grand prize winner (randomly selected from those with the highest number of correct predictions) will win,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;\u00a0one (1) Oscar\u00ae All-Star Winner prize package, which consists of a 3-day\/2-night trip for two (2) to Los Angeles, CA and tickets to sit in the bleachers next to the red carpet arrival area at the 90th Academy Awards\u00ae tentatively scheduled to take place on March 4, 2018 (\u201cTrip\u201d). The exact date of the 90th Academy Awards\u00ae is subject to change; exact date will be provided to winner at least sixty (60) days prior to the event. Grand Prize Trip includes round-trip coach class air transportation for two (2) to Los Angeles, CA from an airport near winner\u2019s residence (as selected by Sponsor in its sole discretion); two (2) nights\u2019 hotel accommodations (one room, double occupancy) at a Los Angeles area hotel (as selected by Sponsor in its sole discretion); ground transportation between Los Angeles area airport (of Sponsor\u2019s sole choosing) and hotel; and two (2) tickets to the bleacher section next to the red carpet arrival area at the 90th Academy Awards\u00ae.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Please note, &#8220;<strong>GRAND PRIZE DOES NOT INCLUDE ADMISSION TO THE 90TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS\u00ae CEREMONY OR ENTRANCE INTO THE DOLBY THEATER.&#8221; <\/strong>You can read all the rules <a href=\"http:\/\/challenge.oscar.com\/rules\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Of course if you want to witness the grand spectacle from INSIDE the venue, you could always look into becoming a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/how-become-a-seat-filler-776954\" target=\"_blank\">seat filler<\/a>. Or, if you prefer, just kick back and watch the show, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel (for the first time). The live show is scheduled for Sunday, Feb 26 at 5pm MST.<\/p>\n<p>This year there are nine nominees for Best Picture. The film with the most nominations is La La Land with 14 (including Best Picture)!<\/p>\n<p>Recently on Kimmel&#8217;s show Viggo Mortensen had some advice for Jimmy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Viggo Mortensen Gives Jimmy Kimmel Oscars Advice\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E-WelbXNX5E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re 18 years of age or older, are a legal resident of the USA,\u00a0not a felon, not an employee of the Academy (or family member of an employee), and don&#8217;t mind signing in with your Facebook account&#8230;you can enter the Oscar Challenge sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip to \u00a0next year&#8217;s ceremony. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/take-the-oscar-challenge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Take the Oscar Challenge&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","category-media-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}