Oscars

Oscars to Require COVID-19 Vaccines for Most Attendees, but Not Performers or Presenters

Oscars to Require COVID-19 Vaccines for Most Attendees, but Not Performers or Presenters

BY REBECCA KEEGAN | HollywoodReporter.ComTroy Warren for CNT #COVID-19  #Entertainment  #EditorsPicksThe Academy will rely on testing alone for a small portion of people attending the March 27 ceremony.This year’s Oscars will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for most of the people in the audience at the show — but not for its performers and presenters, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided Thursday that nominees and guests must show proof of vaccination and two negative PCR tests, as first reported by the New York Times. But while a production like the Oscars has the…
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Oscars: Elections Turn Film Academy Board Majority-Female for First Time

Oscars: Elections Turn Film Academy Board Majority-Female for First Time

BY SCOTT FEINBERG | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT Of the 17 board seats that were up for grabs this cycle, only four will continue to be held for the next three years by the people who held them for the last three years. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 54-person board of governors will look considerably different when it next meets in July, the result of this year’s Academy board elections that took place over the past month. For the first time in the organization’s 94-year history, the majority of the board will be female (that figured ticked up…
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