Academy Awards has relaxed its decision that nominees must attend in-person this year or not at all.Following an outcry that the move would inhibit dozens of overseas actors, crew members and filmmakers amid a pandemic, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) which organises the Oscars appears to have now ruled that virtual appearances will be allowed.All nominees have been directly contacted and invited to participate in a Zoom “conversation with show producers” Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher and Jesse Collins, during which they will be given “updates about the show” including options to participate remotely, writes The Hollywood Reporter.It comes after concerns were also made by film distributors regarding the quarantine.
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