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Who hands over the statuettes at the Academy Awards?
Meet the winners of this year's Team Oscar
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Kelly FitzGerald, right, and Justin Floyd, left, hold prop Oscars backstage during rehearsals for the 87th Academy Awards. Team Oscar is a group of aspiring filmmakers spending a week in Hollywood as guests of the film academy. - photo by Associated Press
GLENDALE, Calif. — Six Hollywood hopefuls instantly became insiders when they won spots on the film academy's Team Oscar, and their superstar access began deep inside Disney's archives. Surrounded by vintage sketches, sculptures and other Disney treasures dating back to 1928, the Team Oscar winners — aspiring filmmakers between the ages of 18 and 23 — enjoyed the perks of their status as soon as they landed in Hollywood. They were treated to a private tour of the studio's Animation Research Library — typically only open to its artists and engineers — a visit to the Disney lot and a screening of its new live-action film "Cinderella," which doesn't open until next month.
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