Images: Oscar Night with Dann Gire
Raymond Benson of Buffalo Grove and the Daily Herald's Dann Gire talk with the hosts as they host the 86th Academy Awards party for Daily Herald subscribers at Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
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Daily Herald's Dann Gire, left, and Raymond Benson of Buffalo Grove host the 86th Academy Awards party for Daily Herald subscribers at Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
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Best friends Sydney Cox and Gianna Danno, both 11 and from Channahon, dressed up special to watch the 86th Academy Awards at Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
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Daily Herald subscribers Alva and Dan Kreutzer of Elk Grove Village attend their first Daily Herald Oscar party for the 86th Academy Awards at Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2. They have attended two other Daily Herald events that Dann Gire has hosted.
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Raymond Benson of Buffalo Grove, left, and the Daily Herald's Dann Gire talk to Daily Herald subscribers during a commercial break as they host the 86th Academy Awards party at Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
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Tom Spadafora of Aurora wore movie star sunglasses to compliment his tux for the Daily Herald subscribers event of the 86th Academy Awards party hosted by Dann Gire at Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2. He and wife, Debbie, left, have attended a previous Daily Herald event hosted by Gire.
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Raymond Benson of Buffalo Grove, left, and Daily Herald's Dann Gire chat with Marie Zavoli of Glendale Heights, left, and Fran Scalafini of Bloomingdale before the start of the 86th Academy Awards party at Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
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Longtime friends and movie buffs, Fran Scalafini of Bloomingdale, left, and Marie Zavoli of Glendale Heights was the 86th Academy Awards begin at Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2. The event was for Daily Herald subscribers. The pair, who have known each other for 52 years, go to movies all the time.
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Daily Herald subscribers check in with Andrea Biewer at the 86th Academy Awards party hosted by Dann Gire at the Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
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Wearing hot pink, Gianna Danno, 11, of Channahon waits in line for the 86th Academy Awards party at Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
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"Yes!" exclaims Daily Herald film critic Dann Gire as Lupita Nyong'o takes the Best Supporting Actress award for "12 Years a Slave" at the Daily Herald 86th Academy Awards party for subscribers at Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
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Daily Herald reporter Jake Griffin tweets and writes about the 86th Academy Awards during a Daily Herald subscribers party at Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
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Daily Herald reporter Jake Griffin interviews Sydney Cox and Gianna Danno, both 11 and from Channahon, at the 86th Academy Awards party at Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
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Images from the 86th Academy Awards party for subscribers at the Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
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Images from the 86th Academy Awards party for subscribers at the Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Images from the 86th Academy Awards party for subscribers at the Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Images from the 86th Academy Awards party for subscribers at the Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Images from the 86th Academy Awards party for subscribers at the Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Images from the 86th Academy Awards party for subscribers at the Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Images from the 86th Academy Awards party for subscribers at the Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Images from the 86th Academy Awards party for subscribers at the Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Images from the 86th Academy Awards party for subscribers at the Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Images from the 86th Academy Awards party for subscribers at the Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Images from the 86th Academy Awards party for subscribers at the Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Images from the 86th Academy Awards party for subscribers at the Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton on Sunday, March 2.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
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