"OSCAR" UPDATE - TAPPING INTO THE "TWITTER" GENERATION

It's ain't easy putting together an "Oscar" show. Just ask producers, Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic as well as "Award" presenter Sigourney Weaver, who want you to know they have a healthy new respect for those producers who came before them. However, this is not going to be your parents' "Academy Awards."

The trio understands that they have to appeal to the traditionalists out there, but they're also courting the "Tweet" generation who want a whole heap of fun delivered up in that three-plus hour telecast.

They admit their nerves were frayed up until now, but at this point their surrendering to the gods of television and are hoping for the best.

Both producers have made careful choices from the music to the set design and they're convinced every expensive decision will be up on the screen.

Weaver is excited to be returning to the "Academy Awards" as a presenter. Her latest pic, "Avatar" is sitting pretty to win at least some of the nine nominations its received and it could very well take the statues for "Best Picture" and "Best Director."

The "Awards" themselves are enough to set a star on edge, but nothing like the endless red carpet line, which Weaver says seems to be getting longer every year.

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[tyraskids]

Great video!