Welcome to the the Oscars season from hell.
With most in-person events canceled due to the Omicron variant, awards consultants have been left struggling to find ways to drum up critically important chatter about this year’s Oscar hopefuls.The best picture Oscar race is wide-open as voting begins. Here are the pros and cons of each major contender.
In a scene from “King Richard,” from left, Aunjanue Ellis, Demi Singleton, Saniyya Sidney, Mikayla Bartholomew, Layla Crawford, Daniele Lawson and Will Smith.Heading into this year with a handful of Oscar hopefuls, including the Princess Diana mood piece “Spencer,” Neon co-founder and chief executive Tom Quinn felt the familiar gears of awards season starting to turn again.
“To return to this sort of shutdown, it’s both unexpected and disheartening in a way,” Quinn said. “Because all the fringe benefits of going to a movie — the human connection you get from standing in line, going to dinner afterward, the discussion about the film — all that’s gone.”
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