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In that same year, Ellen DeGeneres tweeted a selfie with a number of famous faces and it became the most retweeted picture ever to grace the site.
In 2014, Twitter released statistics to show that tweets about the event that year were viewed 3.3 billion times worldwide.
Every year for the past 92 years the greats of the acting world have gathered together to celebrate each other’s successes.
Of course, with the global COVID-19 pandemic still at large, the Oscars ceremony is set to look a little different in 2021.
At times controversial, the event is easily the most buzzed about entertainment event of the year (although TV viewing figures have declined in recent years).
They may also look at the possibility of a hybrid event, drawing inspiration from the European Film Awards, which took place in December 2020.
The annual awards ceremony put on by the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences is the undisputed king of all film industry award ceremonies.
The American director, who is best known for his films ‘Erin Brockovich,’ ‘Contagion,’ and ‘Traffic,’ said that he and his collaborators were “thrilled and terrified” by the challenge.
Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh has been appointed to “re-envision” the ceremony in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
They gave a statement explaining that, “Because of the situation we’re all in, there’s an opportunity to focus on the movies and the people who make them in a new way.”
Many players are hoping for a high-profile event that will give the industry the boost it needs after such a difficult year.
According to Comscore, box-office sales for Bong Joon-Ho’s ‘Parasite’ went up by 79% after its Best Picture nomination at the Oscars in 2020.
According to Mike Downey, the purpose of an awards ceremony now “is to demonstrate that cinema is still alive, and to paraphrase a quote, reports of its demise have been greatly exaggerated.”
The European Film Awards were hosted from the Futurium building in Berlin, but the only people in physical attendance were the hosts and the winners were congratulated online.
Hosting a physical event will inevitably raise the profile of the Oscars ceremony in 2021, but even so the reality is that there won’t be so much of a buildup as normal.
The traditional excitement that builds throughout January as nominees gather at parties, photo calls, and other red carpet events won’t be so tangible this year.
Netflix has had a number of high-profile releases in 2020, including David Fincher’s ‘Mank’ and Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods.’
It was also Netflix that put out the musical comedy-drama ‘The Prom,’ which, according to Meryl Streep, is “a big embrace of a film that we need at this time in the world.”
In addition to the projected greater visibility for Netflix, the 2021 Oscars are shaping up to be a more diverse ceremony than in previous years.
There is one Oscars contender that stands to benefit from the pandemic, however, and that’s Netflix. With people confined to their homes, Netflix has enjoyed greater film success.
The voting body for 2021 has 819 new members, 45% of whom are women and 36% of whom are not white.
The 2021 Oscars will take place on April 25—their latest date in history—rather than in February. Now February 28, the day the event was supposed to take place, is the cut off period for eligibility, so films that came out in the early days of 2021 will be considered for this year's awards.
Many filmmakers are surely hoping for a high-profile event, since history tells us this can do wonders for ticket sales.
The Academy released a statement celebrating the importance of films entertaining and inspiring us in dark times, and said, "Our hope, in extending the eligibility period and our awards date, is to provide the flexibility filmmakers need to finish and release their films without being penalized for something beyond anyone’s control.”
Many stars attended the 2021 Critics Choice Awards virtually as well, leading to some pretty dressed-down fashion.
There is still a lot of uncertainty about how the pandemic will progress, but the Grammy Awards did successfully hold a scaled-down physical event outdoors which gives hope for a good Oscars show.
The event is scheduled to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
The event will be broadcast on the ABC TV network in the US, as well as in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
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Can you believe it was only February 10, 2020, when Bong Joon-ho’s 'Parasite' swept the Oscars, with all of those people packed into a theater sharing public displays of affection and mouth-breathing without a care in the world?
After the pandemic struck, a number of prominent events were canceled and others had to drastically reformat their shows. Although the 2020 Oscars narrowly escaped cancellation as the ceremony took place before the world went into lockdown, the 2021 event still won't be a total return to normal.
But do not fear, the ceremony is shaping up to be quite interesting this year. The producers have promised to do the broadcast as if it were a movie itself, and they've "casted" 15 major stars to handle the presenting duties. Those stars include last year's award-winners Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger, Brad Pitt, Laura Dern, and Bong Joon-ho, as well as Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Bryan Cranston, Harrison Ford, Regina King, Marlee Matlin, Rita Moreno, Reese Witherspoon, and Zendaya, Deadline reports. “There’s so much wattage here, sunglasses may be required," the producers said.
Check out this gallery to find out about current plans for the Oscars this year.
Oscars 2021: What might the ceremony look like?
The broadcast will be shot like a movie, and it includes a star-studded cast
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Can you believe it was only February 10, 2020, when Bong Joon-ho’s 'Parasite' swept the Oscars, with all of those people packed into a theater sharing public displays of affection and mouth-breathing without a care in the world?
After the pandemic struck, a number of prominent events were canceled and others had to drastically reformat their shows. Although the 2020 Oscars narrowly escaped cancellation as the ceremony took place before the world went into lockdown, the 2021 event still won't be a total return to normal.
But do not fear, the ceremony is shaping up to be quite interesting this year. The producers have promised to do the broadcast as if it were a movie itself, and they've "casted" 15 major stars to handle the presenting duties. Those stars include last year's award-winners Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger, Brad Pitt, Laura Dern, and Bong Joon-ho, as well as Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Bryan Cranston, Harrison Ford, Regina King, Marlee Matlin, Rita Moreno, Reese Witherspoon, and Zendaya, Deadline reports. “There’s so much wattage here, sunglasses may be required," the producers said.
Check out this gallery to find out about current plans for the Oscars this year.