Everything you need to know about the 2023 Academy Awards
LOS ANGELES — The 2023 Oscars is here, and it's looking for a comeback.
Ratings continue to be a struggle for the ceremony's telecast — last year was the second lowest in the show's history (15.4 million viewers versus 23.6 million in 2020 right before the COVID-19 pandemic).
And the specter of eventual lead actor winner Will Smith's onstage slap of presenter Chris Rock, which spoiled the show's return to post-pandemic normalcy, continues to loom over this year's ceremony.
Yet the motion picture academy seems poised to keep Hollywood's biggest night in line with its new "crisis team" in place should anything untoward happen during the ceremony.
The nomination of several blockbusters for best picture aims.
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