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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the show to
hand out the highest honors in the movie industry will be held
both at the Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles and the
traditional home of the Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in
Hollywood.
Everyone will be tested, and there will be a COVID-19 safety
team on site throughout the evening on April 25.
"There will not be an option to Zoom in for the show," producers
Steven Soderbergh, Jesse Collins and Stacey Sher said in a note
to the more than 200 nominees this year.
"We are going to great lengths to provide a safe and ENJOYABLE
evening for all of you in person, as well as for all the
millions of film fans around the world, and we feel the virtual
thing will diminish those efforts," the producers added.
They said nominees and their guests would gather at a courtyard
in the Union rail station, while other show elements would be
held live inside the Dolby Theatre some 8 miles (12.9 km) away.
Normally, hundreds of the world's top movie stars would gather
in the 3,400-seat theatre for a live show preceded by a red
carpet packed with photographers and camera crews.
Other awards shows in recent months have replaced the usual
gatherings at gala dinners and on stage with pre-recorded
appearances or virtual events or a combination.
Television audiences have slumped, with the Golden Globes and
the Grammys attracting the smallest numbers in decades.
Nominations for the Oscars were announced on Monday, with 1930s
Hollywood drama "Mank" leading the field with 10, followed by
"The Father," Black Panther story "Judas and the Black Messiah,"
Korean-language drama "Minari," "Nomadland," #MeToo revenge tale
"Promising Young Woman," Amazon Studio deaf drama "Sound of
Metal," and 1960s Vietnam War courtroom drama "The Trial of the
Chicago 7."
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant in Los Angeles; Editing by Matthew
Lewis)
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