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The Oscars Are Making a BIG Change This Year to Make Movie Lovers Happy · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. There were two big
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Speaker 1: controversies in this past marches Oscars, the larger one involving
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Speaker 1: a slab, but the other point of contention was the
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Speaker 1: decision by the Academy to not televise eight major awards,
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Speaker 1: including categories at the core filmmaking like Best Editing and
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Speaker 1: Production Design. The goal was to streamline the show, but
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Speaker 1: after several Hollywood's most powerful filmmakers voiced their displeasure over
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Speaker 1: that decision, the Academy is reversed the course, announcing the
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Speaker 1: award show will once again broadcast all twenty three categories
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Speaker 1: in including the eight previously omitted for variety. The Academy
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Speaker 1: says in a statement, We're committed to having a show
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Speaker 1: that celebrates the artisans, arts and sciences and the collaborative
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Speaker 1: nature of moviemaking and entertaining an engaging way. Jimmy Kimmel
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Speaker 1: hosting that March twelfth, ABC That's Direct from Hollywood,