Oscars Producers Hint at How Masks and Satellite Hookups Will Make a Different Kind of Awards Show

Oscar producer Steven Soderbergh has confirmed why the Best Actor category was moved to the end of this year’s Academy Awards. Viewers who tuned into the Oscars last month were baffled as to why the evening ended on the Best Actor Award, a decision that rendered the ceremony’s conclusion somewhat anticlimactic.

Oscars, has opened up on the award show’s decision to end on the Best Actor category instead of Best Picture.The 3rd Academy Awards, which took place April 26, notably ended with Anthony Hopkins for The Father clinching Best Actor over the late Chadwick Boseman, who was nominated for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and a favourite in the category.

The Academy was very conscious that Chadwick Boseman was a frontrunner going into the 2021 Oscars.

As one of the producers of the 93rd Academy Awards, Steven Soderbergh took some big swings. Last—but certainly not least, in controversy—was the decision to switch up the order in which awards were presented, with Best Picture coming before the Lead Actor categories.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeGreetings from Variety Awards Headquarters! Today is May 3, 2021, which means it’s 28 days until Emmy eligibility ends on May 31; 45 days until nomination-round voting starts on June 17; 53 days until the Daytime Emmys telecast on June 25; 56 days until nomination-round voting ends on June 28; 71 days until nominations are announced on July 13; 108 days until final-round voting starts on Aug. 19; and 139 days until the Primetime Emmys telecast on Sept.

Oscars are finally upon us, with the 93rd Academy Awards scheduled to take place tonight (25 April) at Union Station, the main railway station in Los Angeles, famous for its blend of Art Deco and Mission Revival architectural styles.

After much delay seen in the award season, not just in 2021, but since 2020, the award season is finally upon us. With many big ceremonies already underway, it is now time for the prestigious Oscars to do the honours.

Oscars are finally upon us, with the 93rd Academy Awards scheduled to take place tomorrow (25 April) at the Union Station, the main railway station in Los Angeles, famous for its blend of Art Deco and Mission Revival architectural styles. Filmmakers, on-screen stars and behind-the-scenes masterminds will be gathering once again to celebrate the best talent that cinema has to offer.

Jasmin Rosemberg “The looks I’ve been seeing have been really groundbreaking,” says Terrell Mullin, makeup artist to Cynthia Erivo.

It’s been a year like no other. Actually, make that two years like no other, since eligibility in the unusual 14-month Oscar calendar was extended by two months until February 28, 2021.

Jasmin Rosemberg When Nick Jonas announced the Oscar nominations alongside his wife, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, last month, he glistened in a gold silk Dolce & Gabbana tuxedo.“The awards shows, particularly the Oscars, feel like a long-awaited embrace we’ve all been waiting for,” says his stylist Avo Yermagyan. “It’s a glimmer of what life was like before the world came to a screeching halt.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNormally, for an interview like the one Variety did on Tuesday with Oscars musical director Questlove and show producer Jesse Collins, the reporter can ask at least somewhat informed questions.

Oscars have detailed how they plan to make next week’s ceremony as safe as possible amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The 2021 Oscars will take place on April 25, and see the implementation of “hubs” for European-based nominees to appear in London and Paris.The news followed the organisation’s initial and controversial “no-Zoom rule,” which aimed to encourage all nominees to travel to Los Angeles for the ceremony.Speaking to Deadline ahead of this year’s ceremony, producers Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher