For the third year in a row, The Oscars will proceed without a host.
Despite lacking a host, Producers for the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards are reportedly “making offers” to “talent they hope will come in to present the categories” during the partially in-person live telecast on April 25.
According to Deadline, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and producers hope “for high profile presenters to deal out the awards on a rotating basis” throughout the night. The update on the upcoming cermony comes after it was revealed last week that the nominees have been warned that connecting to the Academy Awards via video link is “not an option”.
In the note sent to over 200 nominees, producers Steven Soderbergh, Jesse Collins and Stacey Sher acknowledged some may be uneasy about it being an in-person event at Los Angeles’ Union Station but sought to offer reassurance. They stated,
“Of course, your first thought is CAN THAT BE DONE SAFELY? The answer is YES, IT CAN. We are treating the event as an active movie set, with specially designed testing cadences to ensure up-to-the-minute results, including an on-site COVID safety team with PCR testing capability. (sic)”
Guests attending from outside of Los Angeles will receive further “specific instructions”, which will vary from those already living in the city, but those who are “unable to attend because of scheduling or continued uneasiness about traveling” were told, “there will not be an option to Zoom in for the show.”
