Film Academy to Welcome Back Press and Publicists to Oscar Nominations Announcement

In January 2023, for the first time in seven years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Oscar nominations will be announced in front of not only ABC television cameras, but also an audience of press and publicists at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre, the La Academia announced Friday.

The disclosure of the nominees for the 95th edition of the Oscars will take place on Tuesday, January 24.

Since 2017, the Academy president and special presenters have shared the news with no one else present, a legacy, perhaps, of the awkward moments that followed announcements in 2015 and 2016 that sparked the #OscarsSoWhite backlash against the organization. .

But before that, announcements in front of excited media and nervous critics had been an annual occurrence dating back to the 1980s, when those voters clamored to use landlines to report the news to their employers as soon as the holidays ended. speakers.

The return of that tradition, if not an early call, is likely to be widely celebrated in the city, given how much its demise disappointed many. This reporter, for his part, is certainly excited about it!