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No Surprise: No Host For Oscars For Second Straight Year

January 8, 2020 2:32 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Television

ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke revealed today what many had already expected, there will officially be no host for the 2020 Oscars. Burke confirmed the decision during her annual remarks at the Televis...

Oscars Set Unveiled As More Telecast Details Come To Light

Gregory Ellwood

February 18, 2019 3:51 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The 91st Academy Awards are less than a week away and after some of the most contentious pushbacks in Oscar history, more details of the now likely 3 hours plus telecast are coming to light. Not only will all ...

Emilia Clarke, Jason Momoa, Chadwick Boseman Added To 2019 Oscar Presenters

Gregory Ellwood

February 11, 2019 3:32 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a new round of presenters for the host-less Oscars on Feb. 24 and some names were more impressive than others. Oscar winner Javier Bardem, Oscar nomi...

Updated: Academy Adds Jennifer Hudson, ‘Mary Poppins,’ ‘Buster Scruggs’ Performances To Oscar Telecast

Gregory Ellwood

January 31, 2019 4:37 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

Following the revelation that only two of the Best Original Song nominees would be included on the upcoming "three hours and no longer" Oscar telecast, there was significant public and private backlash. The sh...

Donna Gigliotti Set As Producer & Glenn Weiss As Co-Producer For 2019 Oscars

Gregory Ellwood

October 22, 2018 5:24 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has found its producing team for the 2019 Academy Awards and it's a mix of a little something new and a little something familiar. Donna Gigliotti will be the pri...

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