Film academy ditches controversial Oscars changes; all awards to be shown on telecast
by Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times
Feb 15, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Bowing to fierce blowback - and throwing yet another wrench into an already tumultuous Oscar season - the motion picture academy has announced that it is shelving a controversial plan to move the presentation of four key awards to commercial breaks during this year's telecast.
The decision follows several days of controversy that pitted the academy's leadership against some of the organization's most distinguished members, as hundreds of Hollywood luminaries rallied against a
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