Oscars reached an all-time low this year with ratings falling to under 10 million.Statistics revealed that just 9.85 million people tuned in to watch the ceremony, which is down by an incredible 58% compared to 2020.Criticism was levelled at the ‘wokeness’ of the event and excessive virtue signalling in the speeches from hosts and award winners.One of the biggest upsets of the night was the Best Actor award being snapped up by Anthony Hopkins over fan-favourite late Chadwick Boseman, which later sparked huge backlash online.Many had assumed that the ceremony had switched the categories around so that Chadwick’s posthumous win for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom would be announced last.However, Anthony won but was not there to collect his award.
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