CNN is planning an Oscar special tonight with HLN's A.J. Hammer hosting 'Showbiz Tonight: Road To Gold' from 6:30pm (eastern). Details from CNN below.

CNN Press Release: CNN’S OSCAR SPECIAL“SHOWBIZ TONIGHT: ROAD TO GOLD” COVERS THE GLAMOUR AND PAGEANTRY LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET WITH
HOST AJ HAMMER

Coverage Features Special Guest Fashion Commentator Lisa Vanderpump and HLN “Showbiz Tonight” correspondents Nischelle Turner and Kareen Wynter

“Showbiz Tonight: Road to Gold” Airs Sun, Feb 26, 6:30 p.m. ET on CNN

CNN’s Oscar special “Showbiz Tonight” host AJ Hammer covers the 84th Annual Academy Awards live in the 90-minute special “Showbiz Tonight: Road To Gold” airing Sunday, Feb 26 at 6:30 p.m. ET on CNN.

Joining AJ as Hollywood’s biggest stars arrive will be “Showbiz Tonight” correspondent Nischelle Turner live on the Red Carpet, “Showbiz Tonight’s” Kareen Wynter reporting on the most anticipated showdowns expected Oscar night, and Lisa Vanderpump, star of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”, who will be providing special guest Fashion commentary.

“We are thrilled to have Lisa Vanderpump with us this year. She was terrific as HLN’s Fashion commentator during the Royal Wedding and now we can’t wait to hear her take on what the stars will be wearing at the Oscars. The Red Carpet will be amazing and Showbiz Tonight’s Nischelle Turner will be there live with all the top Oscar contenders, like George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, Glenn Close and Viola Davis. There’s a good reason they call this Hollywood’s biggest night of the year and the timing is really exciting for us because we are live at the Oscars the same week that Showbiz Tonight begins its eighth year on the air!” said Dave Levine, Senior Executive Producer, CNN Entertainment and Showbiz Tonight.

In addition to the live coverage on CNN, audiences can broaden their Oscar night experience, online. Exceptional access to the most compelling moments from the 84th Academy Awards at www.cnn.com/showbiz. CNN.com’s Entertainment section will feature the evening’s nominees and winners, photo galleries of the hottest fashions, an Oscar-themed quote board, and red carpet coverage streamed live from 6 to 7:30 p.m. ET.

The “Show Trending Stories” tab on the Entertainment section will also present the most popular, user-driven Oscar stories according to related user activity in CNN.com’s comments, as well as on Facebook.

Users can check The Marquee Blog throughout the night or follow @CNNShowbiz for updates from the red carpet, the award show’s most “buzz-worthy” moments, and the winners as they’re announced.

From the red carpet until the last acceptance speech, viewers can also engage with HLN anchors during the Oscar Twitter Watch Party via the following Twitter handles: @showbiztonight, @hlntv, @RichelleCarey

CNN and HLN will each air an Oscars special on February 27. Reality television identity, Camille Donatacci Grammer, has been tapped to join hosts AJ Hammer and Brooke Anderson. Details of CNN's and HLN's planned specials are below.

CNN Press Release: Grammer Joins Showbiz Tonight Hosts AJ Hammer and Brooke Anderson as Celebrity and Fashion Commentator.

Showbiz Tonight: Road to Gold Airs Sun, Feb 27, 7 p.m. ET on CNN and 11 p.m. ET on HLN

Television personality Camille Donatacci Grammer will join Showbiz Tonight as a fashion and celebrity commentator live from the Oscars on Sun, Feb 27, for the Red Carpet special, Showbiz Tonight: Road to Gold. Grammer, who stars on the TV show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, will provide her insider perspective on celebrity arrivals and fashion insights.

Grammer joins Showbiz Tonight hosts AJ Hammer and Brooke Anderson for the special, live at the Kodak Theater, 7-8 p.m. ET on CNN. Showbiz Tonight: Road to Gold returns at 11 p.m. ET on HLN and will be TV’s only entertainment news show live with the latest breaking news from the Academy Awards.

“We can’t wait to get Camille’s unabashed take on Hollywood’s biggest night,” said Dave Levine, Senior Executive Producer, CNN Entertainment and Showbiz Tonight. “She will be perfect for ‘Showbiz Tonight,’ TV’s most provocative entertainment news show.”

Also joining AJ, Brooke and Camille live at the Oscars will be acclaimed and outspoken actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and syndicated radio host Carlos Diaz with their colorful insights and candid views.

Online, CNN’s Oscar coverage will provide exceptional access to the most compelling moments from the 83rd Academy Awards at www.cnn.com/showbiz. CNN.com’s Entertainment section will feature all of the evening’s nominees and winners, photo galleries of the fashion ‘dos and don’ts’, an Oscar-themed quote board, as well as all of the excitement from the red carpet streamed live from 6 to 8 p.m. ET.

The “Show Trending Stories” tab on the Entertainment section will also present the most popular, user-driven Oscar stories according to related user activity in CNN.com’s comments, as well as on Facebook.

Users can check The Marquee Blog throughout the night or follow @CNNShowbiz for updates from the red carpet and the winners as they’re announced.

CNN Pressroom - As 2007 comes to a close, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer and CNN Radio are offering affiliates a special year-end review of the past 12 months – one minute at a time – and then in a two-hour special called “2007 Rewind.”

Hosted by Blitzer, the two-hour “2007 Rewind” takes a look at some of the biggest stories of 2007 while moving some of the stories forward into the New Year. CNN journalists including Lisa Desjardins, A.J. Hammer, Ed Henry, Amanda Moyer, Miles O'Brien, Kyra Phillips, Jim Ribble, Larry Smith, Gary Tuchman and others will contribute to the program.

The one-minute features, also anchored by Blitzer, examine the biggest stories of 2007 including such topics as the Virginia Tech shootings, the Minnesota bridge collapse, the resignation of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Barry Bonds, Michael Vick, Don Imus, Britney Spears, the California fires, drought, immigration and more.

All of the content is available in a special “Year End” section of www.CNNRadio.com.

CNN Radio is a full-service network, providing its approximately 2,000 worldwide affiliates with the latest information in news, sports and business. Utilizing CNN’s 36 bureaus worldwide, CNN Radio offers an unmatched menu of actualities and reports through satellite feeds and an affiliate-accessible Web site. CNN Radio is based in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, with personnel, including radio-only correspondents, located at the CNN bureau in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and New York. CNN Radio programming is distributed exclusively for radio broadcast in the United States by Westwood One. CNN Radio audio can also be heard via a link on the www.CNN.com Web site.