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"The Academy Awards will feature added online footage this year.  Nominees and guests will be captured on a series of hidden cameras placed backstage in the lobby, the green room, the winners&amp;#039; walk and at the annual Governors Ball. There will also be cameras trained on the front row within the awards auditorium, allowing viewers to watch celebrities mingle during advert breaks.  The footage will be available for viewers at Oscars.com, and will not be a part of the main broadcast.  Visitors to the website may then pick what angles and locations they would like to view at any given moment.  &amp;quot;We want to encourage [fans] to be a part of the experience,&amp;quot; said chief marketing office of the Academy, Christina Kounelias.  Stars slated to be attending the Oscars include presenters Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Colin Firth, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, Michael Douglas and Angelina Jolie. Billy Crystal is set to host for the first time since 2003.  The Oscars air this Sunday, February 26, on ABC in the US and Sky Movies in the UK. Watch a trailer for the Oscars below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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