After going without an emcee since 2018, this year’s Academy Awards appear poised to move ahead with not just one but as many as three hosts.
From ‘Don’t Look Up’ to ‘Drive My Car,’ here’s how Times film critic Justin Chang would vote if he had one of the academy’s preferential ballots. motion picture academy announced
The academy is also asking moviegoers to submit their all-time favorite moments that spurred audiences to burst into cheers in theaters — something that has been in short supply as the pandemic has choked much of the life out of the box office — with the hashtag #OscarsCheerMoment.
This year, in the hopes of bringing a wider range of films into the mix, including theatrical crowd-pleasers, the academy committed to having 10 best picture nominees. But, only one, “Dune,” managed to gross more than $100 million at the domestic box office, down from five that cleared that benchmark in 2020, as the pandemic has accelerated the ongoing shift away from theater-going and toward streaming.
“The academy doesn’t know how to communicate in 21st century language,” Shamberg, who has called for radical changes to the Oscars, told The Times last year. “They’re going to end up as an institution whose only mission is to preserve the past, with nothing to contribute to the future.”
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