to the stars on oscar night, it was a big deal. everybody showed up and it was a big event. and the movies were in the popular culture. everybody went to the movies and everybody cared. that is no longer true. it has been a real crisis of relevance for the academy in part because i think the movies are less relevant. people go to the cinema is now to see big movies like avatar, top gun. there are much fewer movies that win the oscars to popular culture. when you think about the 80s and 90s, movies like terms of endearment, forrest gump, these big hits that weren't franchises, people went out and saw them. so when the academy nominations went out, people had seen those movies. if i get an interviewee, would you go to that instead of the package? i spent several years intermittently interviewing live from the red carpet. it was a thrill. and a privilege. but fraught with technical difficulties.