Oscars planning to add ceremony 'hubs' after banning attendance via Zoom

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentFor the first time, there are two Asian Americans in Oscar’s director race: Lee Isaac Chung (“Minari”) and Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”). That’s notable, but it’s even more extraordinary considering only four Asians were ever nominated as director before this.The four predecessors were spread over the decades: Hiroshi Teshigahara (“Woman in the Dunes,” 1965); Akira Kurosawa (“Ran,” 1985; he also won a special Oscar in 1989); M.

Luke Bryan returned to on Sunday, after previously missing the first live show of the season due to his COVID-19 diagnosis.

The latest episode of American Idol was all about the Oscars and the contestants performed music that had been nominated for Academy Awards in the past.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeWith just a week until the 93rd Oscars ceremony on April 25, Disney is kicking the synergy machine into high gear in order to support the telecast on ABC.The challenge is steep: As Variety recently noted, ratings for all major awards telecasts this year have been down between 50% to 60%, making a similar decline a real possibility for the Academy Awards.

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Meghan Markle was not able to attend Prince Philip's funeral, but she was there in spirit. The 39-year-old Duchess of Sussex could not travel due to her pregnancy but she did watch the broadcast of the ceremony from her and Harry's home in California.

Academy Awards ceremony this year. The shorts category features two documentaries, “ A Concerto is a Conversation ” and “ Colette,” about fellow nonagenarians who have led extraordinary and extraordinarily different lives.One, Horace Bowers, is a 93-year-old Black man born in the Jim Crow South who became a successful business owner in California and the grandfather of a prominent composer.

Spider-Man's Zendaya and American Horror Story star Angela Bassett have joined the "ensemble cast" of presenters for the 2021 Oscars. This year's ceremony will take place later this month, with coronavirus pandemic regulations still in place.

Prince Harry is expected to travel from America to the UK to attend the funeral of his late grandfather Prince Philip next week. It is unclear if his wife, Meghan Markle, who is pregnant with their second child, will join him.

Jon Burlingame There’s a two-in-five chance that an African American will walk away with the Academy Award for original score on April 25, and if so, it will be only the second time a Black composer has won in that category. That’s because two films with Black composers were nominated this year: Terence Blanchard for “Da 5 Bloods,” and Jon Batiste, one of three composers nominated for “Soul” (along with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross).

Cade Foehner met his future wife Gabby Barrett when they were both just rising stars on American Idol, and now, he’s congratulating her for winning a major ACM award. The 21-year-old singer was given the prestigious title as the ACM New Female Artist of the Year, and learned the wonderful news from a country music legend: Keith Urban.

show up in person to the Hollywood event and that appearing via Zoom “will not be an option”. That caused uproar among non-Americans who did not want to fly during the pandemic.

show up in person to the Hollywood event and that appearing via Zoom “will not be an option”. That caused uproar among non-Americans who did not want to fly during the pandemic.

Meghan Markle is reportedly planning a home birth at her mansion in California to welcome her second child with her husband Prince Harry.The Duchess of Sussex, 39, is said to be planning to give birth to her baby girl at home, after plans to have a home birth with son Archie didn’t go ahead.

Many Americans, in particular, are excited about a chance to return closer to normal with the widespread distribution of vaccines over the past few months and moving forward. It appears the producers of the 93rd Academy Awards were in that boat.