Friday, January 13, 2017

Oscar Nominations Announcement Will Have a New Format

It sounds dumb. I'm not sure why they are doing this? The live announcement is one of the best parts of the season.


From Hollywood Reporter:

Instead of inviting the press and publicists to the Samuel Goldwyn Theater to witness Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs, along with a couple of Academy members, read out the list of nominees live, the Academy has decided to produce its own in-house announcement presentation, which will be offered via a live stream on the web at Oscar.com, Oscars.org and on the Academy's digital platforms. The announcement will also air on ABC's Good Morning America and be available as a satellite feed to other broadcasters.
The announcement will still take place during the predawn hours and is set to begin at 5:18 a.m. Pacific time.
Boone Isaacs will be joined by several past Oscar-winners and nominees, including Jennifer Hudson, Brie Larson, Emmanuel Lubezki, Jason Reitman and Ken Watanabe, who are expected to lend a personal touch, reflecting on their own experiences as nominees as they unveil the latest slate of noms in all 24 categories.

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