My guess is that if the doc wins, Jamie d Cruz and Chris King will accept the award. Mbw may go onstage with them, who knows.

LOL 'since his career would die if he showed his face'

He must be one ugly fcuker!

WORLD NEWS AMERICA

"Secret street artist gets Oscars recognition"

Watch the BBC news report here - news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/world_news_america/9407023.stm

Oscars Doc. Filmmakers Q&A video

www.oscars.org/video/watch/83aa_ev_docs_features.html

what is the last question and answer at ~2:30 ? I don't understand what they say...

Is the Oscars gonna be live on TV in the UK?

isit!!! bollox.

where am i gonna be able to wtach it if i dont have sky.

Banksy is allowed to attend Oscars now.It's hit the tabloid rags! my daughter just forward me this link perezhilton.com/2011-02-25-academy-allows-banksy-to-dress-however-he-wants-to-show

Who Is Banksy? A Movieline Investigation at the 2011 Spirit Awards

Artists in these scenes have always made documentary's.... Banksy is hardly pioneering something here.

Well they were already being made, so imo very little effect. Dont expect any more reaching the level exit has, thats for sure.

in that picture MBW looks black!

Find it a bit sad how Banksy has been smashing LA like a mad man in order to hype himself up for an Oscar, he's been bitten by the celebrity bug a little too hard.

www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/oscars/banksy-has-already-won-as-oscar-tip-causes-prices-to-soar/story-e6frgdgx-1226013298400

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A selection of Banksy's latest work in and around Los Angeles. Pictures: Banksy.co.uk Source: The Australian

BANKSY'S plan to attend the Oscar ceremony in disguise was vetoed by the Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, but the British graffiti artist may take solace in the knowledge that his nomination has added hundreds of thousands of pounds to the value of his work.

The Bristol-born graffitist, whose real name is thought to be Robin Gunningham, has been on a publicity drive since he was nominated for Best Documentary Feature for his film Exit Through the Gift Shop.

Works in his irreverent style have appeared recently across Los Angeles. They include a boy with a machinegun firing crayons in a field of flowers, a drunk Mickey Mouse holding a cocktail and wrapping his arm around a model on a billboard on Sunset Boulevard and the cartoon character, Charlie Brown, with a cigarette hanging from his mouth.

The works impressed the Los Angeles Times, which opined that he was a welcome addition to the usual Oscar buzz. "If Academy officials are worried that Banksy might do something bizarre on Oscar night, our advice is not only to get over that but to invite him back next year as a presenter," the newspaper declared.

In the month since the nominations were announced, Banksy's art has already shown signs of a price bump. Analysis provided by the art-price monitor, artnet, of the ten most recent sales of Banksy works shows that prices were on average 25 per cent higher than the highest estimate put on the work by auction houses.

Sotheby's in London sold Banksy's Heavy Weaponry, an image of an elephant with a rocket on its back, for pounds 82,250 last week after giving it an upper estimate of pounds 18,000. The auction record for any of his works is a much larger piece entitled Keep it Spotless, a Damien Hirst spot painting defaced with the image of a chamber maid apparently lifting up the bottom of the canvas, which sold for dollars 1.87million at Sotheby's New York in February 2008.

The artist had his first brush with Hollywood in 2006 when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie expressed an interest in his work, but art experts believe that the Oscar coverage combined with canny control of the supply of his work will cause prices to rise again.

There is a catch, however, for owners of Banksy works. They are worth little without a certificate of authenticity, but Pest Control, which describes itself as the "handling agency" for Banksy's work, has refused to give certificates for works that it says were "not originally intended for resale", including street art and gifts.

Simon Todd, a consultant for artnet, said that Pest Control did not have a consistent policy for authenticating work. Pest Control, which is run by the art dealer Holly Cushing, has rejected some works as being "test sprays" but has authenticated others.

"If they like you, or they're feeling nice, then they will authenticate," Mr Todd said. "It is not in Pest Control's interests to authenticate more Banksy works because prices will go down."Jo Brooks, who handles Banksy's public relations, did not respond to inquiries about Pest Control.

The Times

 

 

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red carpet live. tune in. im sure the ceremony we will be able to stream from somewhere, will post links when it comes to it and if i dont fall asleep.

now wheres the monkey.