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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' Official New York Oscar Night Party
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Story By: Marcy MacDonald And Ann Watt
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Burt Young
Tina Louise
Tovah Feldshuh
Patricia Neal
Lisa Eichhorn With Celia Weston And David Rasche 
Sylvia Miles
Elaine Stritch
It was an encore performance at The Carlyle on Oscar night: the famous hotel has been taking bows since Richard Rogers became its first tenant in 1931 (Elaine Stritch came down to the Café Carlyle from her upstairs suite to toast her fellow overachievers in the room Bobby Short made even more famous than muralist Marcel Vertes -- who won two Academy Awards for Moulin Rouge -- did when he decorated the place). Oscar rolled out the red carpet for Patricia Neal (Best Actress for Hud) and the woman who would reprise one of the many roles she made famous, Lisa Eichorn; Rip Torn (Best Supporting Actor for Cross Creek); Sid Ramin (Oscar winner for Music Scoring of West Side Story); Ken Ascher; Richard Barlay (Oscar winning producer of An American Dream); Tina Louise; David Rasche; multi-nominee Shirley Knight; Geoffrey Rush (Best Actor for Shine); multi-Tony nominee, Tovah Feldshuh; Emmy winner, Robert Richter; nominee Sylvia Miles and a glittering roomful of their peers to celebrate the 81st Academy Awards. Meanwhile, upstairs in the Trianon Suite. Chef James Sacatos' prepared creations based pm each of the five films nominated for Best Picture: "As for the Frost/Nixon creation, revenge is best served cold, but we served grilled American snapper as the California course to reflect the public grilling of our 37th President -- including the moment when he finally snapped." The dish featured a fried lotus root that resembled reels of tape. And yes: his creation for Milk used coconut milk, but instead of cookies, "Opera cake and a cream tartlet recalls the pie in his face at Harvey's birthday bash." The other three entrees -- for The Reader, Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- were each culturally correct. "Nothing tops the Oscars," quipped official biographer, Robert Osborne, doing time on the left Coast as the Official Red Carpet Greeter (as well as the author of 80 YEARS OF THE OSCAR: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE ACADEMY AWARDS) -- nothing, that is, until next year.
Photos By: Rd/Dziekan/Retna
Patricia Neal
Burt Young
Tina Louise
Tovah Feldshuh
Patricia Neal
Lisa Eichhorn With Celia Weston And David Rasche 
Sylvia Miles
Elaine Stritch
It was an encore performance at The Carlyle on Oscar night: the famous hotel has been taking bows since Richard Rogers became its first tenant in 1931 (Elaine Stritch came down to the Café Carlyle from her upstairs suite to toast her fellow overachievers in the room Bobby Short made even more famous than muralist Marcel Vertes -- who won two Academy Awards for Moulin Rouge -- did when he decorated the place). Oscar rolled out the red carpet for Patricia Neal (Best Actress for Hud) and the woman who would reprise one of the many roles she made famous, Lisa Eichorn; Rip Torn (Best Supporting Actor for Cross Creek); Sid Ramin (Oscar winner for Music Scoring of West Side Story); Ken Ascher; Richard Barlay (Oscar winning producer of An American Dream); Tina Louise; David Rasche; multi-nominee Shirley Knight; Geoffrey Rush (Best Actor for Shine); multi-Tony nominee, Tovah Feldshuh; Emmy winner, Robert Richter; nominee Sylvia Miles and a glittering roomful of their peers to celebrate the 81st Academy Awards. Meanwhile, upstairs in the Trianon Suite. Chef James Sacatos' prepared creations based pm each of the five films nominated for Best Picture: "As for the Frost/Nixon creation, revenge is best served cold, but we served grilled American snapper as the California course to reflect the public grilling of our 37th President -- including the moment when he finally snapped." The dish featured a fried lotus root that resembled reels of tape. And yes: his creation for Milk used coconut milk, but instead of cookies, "Opera cake and a cream tartlet recalls the pie in his face at Harvey's birthday bash." The other three entrees -- for The Reader, Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- were each culturally correct. "Nothing tops the Oscars," quipped official biographer, Robert Osborne, doing time on the left Coast as the Official Red Carpet Greeter (as well as the author of 80 YEARS OF THE OSCAR: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE ACADEMY AWARDS) -- nothing, that is, until next year.
Hollywood icon Patricia Neal has been honoured with the lifetime achievement award at the Nashville Film Festival.The 82-year-old Nashville, Tennessee-born star began her career on New York City's Broadway, but later graduated to movies, winning a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in 1963’s Hud alongside Paul Newman. Neal, who was married to legendary British author Roald Dahl, was presented with the prize at a ceremony yesterday by fellow actor Lyle Lovett, her co-star in Robert Altman’s 1999 film Cookie’s Fortune.Neal is currently filming forthcoming movie Flying By with Billy Ray Cyrus.
