I thought this was strange, especially after Ricky Gervais calling these people out at the Golden Globes last year. They are usually obsessed with Coof restrictions but now they insist on participants being physically present? Seems like a potential happening.
https://abc7chicago.com/oscars-2021-oscar-award-show-plans-zoom-movies/10436159/
"Our plan is that this year's Oscars will look like a movie, not a television show," said show producers Jesse Collins, Stacy Sher and Steven Soderbergh in a statement Friday. They've enlisted Emmy and Tony Award-winning director Glenn Weiss to direct the live broadcast on April 25.
Getting ahead of the "Why does this look prerecorded" questions?
I’m guessing more boom mics passing through people’s hands lol