![]() ![]() Will the show be taking any risks?īill Kramer: It’s so important to have a host who knows how to handle live television and a live audience. ![]() TIME: This year’s host Jimmy Kimmel is perceived as the safe choice after a chaotic show last year because he’s hosted the Oscars so many times. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. TIME spoke to Kramer about the Academy’s plans for this year’s awards, from a host who will make the audience feel “safe” to producers’ plans for handling unscripted moments, and his conversation with The Woman King director Gina Prince-Bythewood about her movie’s snub. The Academy launched an investigation into the campaign but decided not to rescind Riseborough’s nomination. Riseborough’s nomination also seemingly boxed out two Black actors who had been considered likely nominees, Viola Davis for The Woman King and Danielle Deadwyler for Till, underlining the Academy’s historical failure to recognize Black women across categories. The To Leslie campaign was largely based on text message, email, and social media appeals instead of expensive trade magazine ads and billboards, and certain advocates were accused of breaking Academy rules by naming other potential nominees in their petitions for Riseborough. The first real test of the new Academy leader came early in 2023 with the second of the two controversies, when social media posts from celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Edward Norton helped Andrea Riseborough win a surprise Best Actress nomination for her performance in To Leslie, a little-seen indie drama. Kramer says a “crisis team” has been put in place for the first time in Academy history to handle other possible surprise moments. Almost a year after Will Smith slapped Oscars host Chris Rock at last year’s show, the Academy is still dealing with the fallout. ![]() But he has to do so while contending with two recent scandals, one from the 2022 ceremony and one that took place just before voting for 2023 nominations closed. ![]()
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