A top ABC executive has insisted the confusion over the order of the final Oscars awards was intended to shake up what was otherwise a predictable prizegiving.
Long acceptance speeches and a revolving door of presenters turned the hybrid 2021 Academy Awards into a three-hour-plus yawn for some, and many were startled when the Best Picture Oscar was handed to Nomadland before the Best Actor and Best Actress honours had been announced.
Traditionally, the Best Picture prize is the final award of the evening. But ABC boss Rob Mills has now revealed that producers wanted to befuddle viewers at the end of the prizegiving.
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