The Academy Awards are returning to sense and sensibility. Variety’s Jazz Tangcay reports that the eight categories deleted from last year’s show will be restored in March 2023.
Last time, original score, makeup and hairstyling, documentary short, film editing, production design, animated short, live action short and sound were all shunted aside, pre-taped and inserted during the live show. Members of all the unions protested, and there was a lot of criticism. After all, who makes the movies? These exact people.
So the new Academy chiefs, Bill Kramer and Janet Yang, seem to have a firm grasp on getting things back on track. Jimmy Kimmel will host. All five songs will be performed during the show. No one will be seated outside. The show will run four hours and who cares? Get a drink, some snacks, a pillow. Did you have other plans that night?
