The Oscar Telecast From First to Last

The tentative order of ABC’s telecast of the 60th Academy Awards: * Singers and dancers open the show with a surprise production number honoring all of the year’s Oscar nominees.

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* Introduction of Academy President Robert Wise.

* Introduction of Chevy Chase, host of the show.

* And “The envelope, please” for the first Oscar: visual effects.

* Awarding of the Oscar for supporting actress.

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* Oscar for art direction.

* The cinematography Oscar.

* An animated Mickey Mouse bestows the award for animated short.

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* Oscar for documentary short.

* Oscar for documentary feature.

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* Oscar for sound.

* Oscar for supporting actor.

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* The Oscar for editing.

* Jack Lemmon introduces director/producer/screenwriter Billy Wilder, the recipient of the Irving Grant Thalberg Memorial Award for Outstanding Production, the highest honor given by the academy. Wilder has more than 50 films and six Oscars to his credit. Some of his films: “Double Indemnity,” “The Lost Weekend,” “Sunset Boulevard,” “Stalag 17,” “Some Like It Hot” and “The Apartment.”

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* A medley of the nominees for original song, wrapped around Liza Minnelli and Dudley Moore: Willy DeVille sings “Storybook Love,” which he wrote and performed for “The Princess Bride”; Starship with Gloria Estefan (Grace Slick can’t be there) perform “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” from “Mannequin”; Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley sing “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life,” from “Dirty Dancing”; George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa, collaborators on the song “Cry Freedom,” perform it, from “Cry Freedom,” and Little Richard sings “Shakedown,” from “Beverly Hills Cop II.”

* Oscar for original song.

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* Oscar for original score.

* Marlee Matlin, last year’s best-actress winner for “Children of a Lesser God,” presents the actor Oscar.

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* Recap of the scientific and technical awards presented earlier in the evening and announcement of the winners.

* Oscar for live-action short.

* Oscar for costume design.

* Oscar for director.

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* Oscar for makeup.

* Oscar for adapted screenplay.

* Oscar for original screenplay.

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* Oscar for foreign-language film.

* Paul Newman, last year’s best-actor winner for “The Color of Money,” presents the actress Oscar.

* Final Oscar: for best picture.

Other presenters of Oscars: Nicolas Cage, John Candy, Joan Chen, John Lone, Cher, Glenn Close, Sean Connery, Kevin Costner, Billy Crystal, Olivia De Havilland, Michael Douglas, Richard Dreyfuss, James Garner, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Daryl Hannah, Pee-wee Herman, Rob Lowe, Eddie Murphy, Gregory Peck, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tom Selleck, Patrick Swayze, Robin Williams and Sean Young.