This Jan. 8, 2013 photo released by Starpix shows actress Quvenzhane Wallis, left, and director Benh Zeitlin at the National Board of Review awards gala in New York. Wallis was nominated for an Academy Award on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, for best actress for the film, "Beasts of the Southern Wild". Zeitlin was also nominated for best director. The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 on ABC. (AP Photo/Starpix, Marion Curtis)
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This Jan. 8, 2013 photo released by Starpix shows actress Quvenzhane Wallis, left, and director Benh Zeitlin at the National Board of Review awards gala in New York. Wallis was nominated for an Academy Award on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, for best actress for the film, "Beasts of the Southern Wild". Zeitlin was also nominated for best director. The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 on ABC. (AP Photo/Starpix, Marion Curtis)
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AJ Young, 23, from Chicago, right, and Jennifer Brofer, 30, from Austin, Texas, center, talk backstage during rehearsals for the 85th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Young and Brofer were among the six college students selected to serve as trophy presenters for The Academy Awards which will take place on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
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AJ Young, 23, from Chicago, holds a prop Oscar before walking on stage during rehearsals for the 85th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Young was among the six college students selected to serve as trophy presenters for The Academy Awards which will take place on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
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Hearin Ko, 19, from Seoul, South Korea, center, and ChaRon Brabham, 20, from New York, sit backstage during rehearsals for the 85th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Ko and Brabham were among the six college students selected to serve as trophy presenters for The Academy Awards which will take place on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
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In this Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 photo, the interior of the Dolby Theatre is seen in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. The 85th Academy Awards will be broadcast from the Dolby Theatre for the first time on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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This publicity photo provided by Dolby Laboratories, Inc. shows the interior of the Dolby Lounge located inside the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Dolby gave a makeover to the VIP lobby lounge. The 85th Academy Awards will be broadcast from the Dolby Theatre for the first time on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Ryan Gobuty/Gensler)
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This Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 photo shows the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. The 85th Academy Awards will be broadcast from the Dolby Theatre for the first time on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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This Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 photo shows the interior of the Dolby Lounge located inside the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Dolby gave a makeover to the VIP lobby lounge. The 85th Academy Awards will be broadcast from the Dolby Theatre for the first time on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 photo, from left, Dolby's Ramzi Haidamus, vice president of marketing and business development, David Gray, vice president of content services, and Gary Epstein, product marketing manager of professional content tools pose for photos in the Dolby Lounge at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. The 85th Academy Awards will be broadcast from the Dolby Theatre for the first time on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Affleck wins big at Critics' Choice Movie Awards; Top acting awards for Daniel Day-Lewis and Jessica Chastain; Stars react to Oscar nominations on Critic's Choice red carpet. (Jan. 11)
FROM FRONT LINE TO RED CARPET
A few months ago Army Sgt. 1st Class Walter Talens was shooting footage from Afghanistan, but on Sunday he had a prime seat to star watch at The Academy Awards.
Talens was one of dozens of service members from various military branches sprinkled around the show's fan bleachers, where Talens says he hopes to get a glimpse of actress Jennifer Lawrence from his second-row seat. It's a new vantage point for him — he's worked two Oscar shows filming shout outs to troops overseas, but had never sat in the fan bleachers, and neither has his boss, Maj. John Reynolds.
Reynolds , who relocated from a posting in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., a few months before last year's show, says he's hoping for a glimpse of Denzel Washington, Ben Affleck and Lawrence.
"I never thought I would be this close to the red carpet," says Reynolds, who has a front row seat near where the stars enter the Dolby Theatre.
When he moved to LA, he'd been told to expect occasional star sightings at restaurants or on the street, but Sunday's Oscars will feature a parade of top talent.
Talens, who noted the Oscars' long support of the troops, says, "I'm very happy the (motion picture) academy supports the military and allows us to see the glitz and glamour."
— Anthony McCartney — Twitter http://twitter.com/mccartneyAP
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