The pandemic seems to have accelerated the perennial hand-wringing over the ratings for the Oscars broadcast and whether award shows are irrelevant and dying relics. The lead-up to Sunday’s ceremony brought the usual series of headlines about the enormous pressure on the academy and ABC to get audiences to tune in. (“The Oscars Are A Week Away, But How Many Will Watch?” “Oscars May Have Trouble Overcoming TV’s Awards Show Ratings Problems.” “Awards shows are struggling to draw TV audiences. Should the Oscars be worried?”). Sure, this year has been particularly precarious. Audiences are understandably fatigued from watching Zoom acceptance speeches beset by technical snafus (poor Daniel Kaluuya). And it may still feel superficial to care about a glitzy, gossipy gathering of Hollywood elites, against the backdrop of the trauma and grief of this horrific year.
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Celebrity by Wenlei Ma 16th Mar 2021 5:17 AM It was a history-making year for the Oscars with two women competing in the Best Director category. But before it got to the directing category, those watching the nominations live stream were shocked to see
Judas and the Black Messiah star Lakeith Stanfield show up in the Best Supporting Actor category. It s not that Stanfield s nervy and intense performance as a FBI informant who betrayed Black Panther leader Fred Hampton wasn t deserving, it was that his role was arguably a lead, and he had been submitted by Warner Bros. in the Lead Actor category.
Oscars 2021: Rogue nominations as nominees announced for 93rd Academy Awards
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By: Wenlei Ma
It was a history-making year for the Oscars with two women competing in the Best Director category.
But before it got to the directing category, those watching the nominations livestream were shocked to see Judas and the Black Messiah star Lakeith Stanfield show up in the Best Supporting Actor category.
It s not that Stanfield s nervy and intense performance as a FBI informant who betrayed Black Panther leader Fred Hampton wasn t deserving, it was that his role was arguably a lead, and he had been submitted by Warner Bros. in the Lead Actor category.
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