Viacom CEO will bring his new team to the Oscars

Los Angeles — The Academy’s managing director, Lorenza Muñoz, has one of the toughest jobs in Hollywood.

It’s her task to figure out where all the talent and the film bosses sit. This year, she’ll need more than a few reserved signs for Viacom’s “flagship six.”

Tinseltown tipsters say Viacom CEO Bob Bakish is planning on attending along with the new five-member in-house committee established to run the studio going forward.

The committee consists of Viacom CFO Wade Davis, Paramount CFO Mark Badagliacca, Paramount TV executive Amy Powell, Paramount COO and production president Marc Evans and Paramount marketing chief Megan Colligan.

“The committee is showing they’re committed,” joked one executive.

Separately, former Paramount Pictures CEO Brad Grey, who was let go Wednesday, is still planning on attending, our sources say.

Grey is there to see Paramount’s hopefuls pick up the statuettes. The studio has 18 nominations for seven movies.

Amy Adams’ sci-fi flick “Arrival” picked up eight nominations, including one for best picture.

Other movies include: “Fences” also a best picture contender,” “Florence Foster Jenkins” and “Allied.”

We’re told that a meeting taking place earlier this week between Bakish and Rob Friedman, a possible replacement for Grey. We’re told the meeting went well.

Friedman had most recently been co-chairman at Lionsgate’s motion picture group. He’s also a former Paramount executive.