The Oscars are shifting back by two months after the coronavirus shut down Hollywood film sets and emptied out movie theaters.
reported on May 19 that the Academy had been holding discussions on whether to postpone the event.
With limits on large events in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus, it had seemed unlikely Hollywood’s night of nights would go ahead in normal fashion. The Oscars are always a highly attended event, with more than 3,400 people seated in the Dolby Theatre, where the awards ceremony has taken place since 2002. In addition to the movie stars and their guests, hundreds of members of the media, security, and other personnel also work behind the scenes of the Oscars telecast.
“The Academy firmly believes there is no greater way to experience the magic of movies than to see them in a theater,” Rubin and Hudson said in a statement at the time. “Our commitment to that is unchanged and unwavering Nonetheless, the historically tragic COVID-19 pandemic necessitates this temporary exception to our awards eligibility rules.”
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