2022 Oscars Set To Roll Out. Here’s What’s Different This Year
etcanada.comFor the first time in two years, the Academy Awards are rolling out the red carpet at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre for what the film academy hopes will be a back-to-normal Oscars.
Except for all the stuff that’s changed. The telecast for the 94th Academy Awards will begin, as usual, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
But little else about how this year’s Oscars will get underway is traditional. An hour before the broadcast begins, attendees will assemble in the Dolby for the presentation of eight awards and acceptance speeches that will be edited into a broadcast that producer Will Packer has promised will be a tight three hours. Read more: 2022 Oscar nominations: Full list of Academy Awards nominees It’s one of many shifts, both slight and tectonic, around this year’s ceremony.
After two years of pandemic – and a socially distanced 2021 edition with record-low ratings – the Academy Awards will try to recapture their exalted place in pop culture with a revamped telecast that’s expected to see a streaming service win best picture for the first time.
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