MY DESK Brian Grazer

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Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer, known for such films as A Beautiful Mind, The Da Vinci Code, Apollo 13, American Gangster, Frost/Nixon, Splash, and last year's J. Edgar—in addition to his television projects, including Arrested Development, 24, and Friday Night Lights (which together have earned him 16 Emmy nominations)—is in production of a different sort this month. Grazer, who works from his office at Imagine Entertainment— his partner is Ron Howard—in Beverly Hills, is producing the 84th annual Oscar ceremony, which will be broadcast on February 26 from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre to more than 200 countries worldwide.