FILE – In this March 3, 2006 file photo, Oscars show producer Gil Cates takes questions from the press during a news conference outside of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Cates, 77, who produced a record 14 Academy Awards telecasts and founded the Geffen Playhouse and the School of Theater Film and Television at UCLA, has died. The Directors Guild of America confirmed the death Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)