Adam Shankman

...Arts & Sciences announced Wednesday that Hamish Hamilton would direct the telecast. Like the telecast's producers, Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman, Hamilton is a newcomer to the Oscars. "One of the things that came to mind from...

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...on March 7, they have paired comedian Steve Martin and comic actor Alec Baldwin to boost the laughter. Mechanic's co-producer Adam Shankman, who directed "Hairspray," said Hamilton "will bring enthusiasm, experience and a fresh eye to...

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...NFL game on NBC. The 2010 telecast marks the end of the current broadcast contract. • Joining first-time producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman on the Oscarcast will be another Oscar newbie -- British director Hamish Hamilton who has...

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...think? Tony Meredith, you own the paso doble! The routine he gave to Legacy and Kathryn was insane! Adam Shankman nailed it right on the head when he told Legacy that he is no longer a breakdancer … he is a dancer! Kathryn, the Beast Award...

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...wasn't the only dancer in the pair to work with this costume (or lack thereof). Kathryn was definitely fiery tonight, including, as Adam Shankman pointed out, the way she flung her flowing white dress down when she hit the ground. This couple...

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...year's Oscar producer Bill Condon, sitting at a front table with his co-producer, Laurence Mark, and this year's Oscar producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic, also heaped praise on the young star, saying he had just spent the day shooting...

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...played matchmaker for the Oscar producers, Bill Mechanic, one of Sherak's former bosses at Fox, and director Adam Shankman, whom he knew only through his movies, such as "Hairspray" and "Bedtime Stories." After meeting for lunch, the...

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Choreographer, director and producer Adam Shankman joined "So You Think You Can Dance" this season as its third full-time judge. We caught up with him between the top 18 and top 16 performance episodes to talk about his role on the show,...

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So You Think You Can Dance new permanent judge Adam Shankman sat down on Hollywood 411 to talk about his new permanent gig on the show. He expresses his disappointment at Mia Michaels' decision to leave the show and tells about Paula Abdul's...

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Director/choreographer Adam Shankman has only been in his new job of co-producing the Oscars for only three weeks. But Shankman and his co-producer Bill Mechanic, former head of Twentieth Century Fox, have managed to lock down the biggest...

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