Oscars Update: Academy To Create European Hubs For Nominees Unable To Travel To U.S.

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

As Deadline exclusively broke on March 31 (and as I also detailed earlier in today’s Notes on the Season column), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has confirmed that for the first time ever all five nominated songs will not be a part of the actual Oscar ceremony but rather performed in their entirety on the 90-minute pre-show “Oscars: Into the Spotlight.” Four of them will be pre-recorded at the Dolby Family Terrace of the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, and

Oscars just ten days away, Variety has learned a number of the original song performances will be pre-recorded this coming Monday and Tuesday.At least some of the contenders will be performing their nominated songs on the rooftop of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe Oscars could be heading to the BFI Southbank in London for its U.K.

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.

Oscars ceremony will be implementing “hubs” for nominees in London and Paris.Following the Academy’s initial and controversial “no-Zoom rule”, which aimed to encourage all nominees to travel to Los Angeles for the ceremony, the telecast producers are now introducing new physical locations.“We can just promise you that we will be more transparent from this point forward,” filmmaker Steven Soderbergh, one of the producers alongside Jesse Collins and Stacey Sher, told nominees on a Zoom call, per

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor In a Tuesday meeting for the studio and personal reps of Oscar nominees, producer Steven Soderbergh called the logistics of organizing this year’s ceremony “mind-numbing.” The producers announced they would add venues in London and elsewhere for participants who are not able to travel because of COVID restrictions.Soderbergh and co-producer Stacey Sher apologized for the confusing guidelines and reiterated that the producers are still

no Zoom element to it. A letter from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released to the film industry website Deadline said: “Our plan is to stage an intimate, in-person event at Union station in Los Angeles, with additional show elements live from the Dolby theatre in Hollywood.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The "No Zoom" policy for this year's Oscars ceremony is proving a headache for multiple nominees who live outside the United States and who are still under pandemic restrictions, according to Hollywood publications.

coronavirus pandemic, the Academy Awards will not. On Monday, This Morning hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby spoke to Sam Rubin in Los Angeles about the Oscars update.

Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, awards season will continue on with its next event — the 93rd annual Academy Awards. The star-studded show is set to air live and in-person from Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre and Union Station.

contenders to win an Oscar and have been invited out to Los Angeles for a “safe and enjoyable evening” for nominees, guests, presenters and “millions of film fans around the world”. In a break from other recent award ceremonies, which have largely been held virtually, the show’s producers are attempting to inject some glamour back into the event, with “casual” attire banned and speeches encouraged to be short and personal.

sent out to the nominees Thursday, Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher and Jesse Collins detailed the «safe and enjoyable» evening they have planned for the April 25th telecast. «Regarding the practical aspects of the show, our plan is to stage an intimate, in-person event at Union Station in Los Angeles, with additional show elements live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood,» the email states. The news comes just days after it was announced that the 2021 ceremony would only be open to presenters,

The producers of the upcoming 2021 Oscars telecast have revealed details about what viewers can expect from the show.