Oscar preview: Nostalgia will reign

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cheap nike shoes 2012 cheap nike shoes Like much of Hollywood, the Academy Award ceremony has had its youth fling. Now it returns to its favorite subject — movie memories. Tonight, that will include: The films. Two front-runners — “The Artist” and “Hugo” — reflect movies' earliest days. Also, “Midnight in Paris” visits the Hemingway era; “War Horse” is a World War I film with a classic feel. The filmmakers. There are nominated movies by Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen; these men (ages 65, 69 and 76) had seven Oscars and 41nominations before this year. The host. Last year's youth kick brought in James Franco and Anne Hathaway, with mixed results; now Billy Crystal hosts for the ninth time. This retro mood is logical, said film critic Frank DeCaro. “We get nostalgic for a time when the future seemed unlimited. … It was all going to be jet packs and we could all live our dreams.” Hollywood fueled that optimism; now DeCaro suggests nostalgic Oscar parties, complete with recipes from his “Dead Celebrities Cookbook.” With or without that, this year will seem like a throwback. Stretching for young viewers, last year's show had young hosts. Midway in a wobbly night, Hathaway, then 28, introduced “one of the greatest Oscar hosts of all time — someone I have even more respect for right about now.” Crystal drew a standing ovation and some hardy laughs. There was talk of bringing him back to host this year, but the Academy hired action-comedy director Brett Ratner (“Rush Hour”) to produce; he chose his “Tower Heist” star, Eddie Murphy, to host. Crystal shrugged it off. Oscar duty “became months and months of work,” he told one interviewer. Then came a short cut: Talking to a screening audience in November, Ratner used a gay slur; he soon apologized, but was dropped (or resigned) from the Oscars. Murphy dropped out, too, putting the Academy in a tough spot. “When the man who said yes to 'Norbit' says no to you, you know you're in trouble,” Ricky Gervais joked as the Golden Globes host. Crystal was brought back. He contacted Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (the “Hairspray” and “Smash” songwriters) about resuming their old habit of creating song parodies for the Oscars. Then came the nominations, neatly fitting a retro theme.