Oscars 2021 Pushed Back by Two Months

The 2021 Oscars will go on — just not on Feb. 28.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Monday that the 93rd Academy Awards telecast has been postponed two months to April 25, 2021. Variety was the first to report in mid-May that the Academy was considering delaying the big night in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.More from Variety How Online Platform Tongal Created The 'Sesame Street' Pride Image and Other Content During Coronavirus 'Love Island' U.K. Will Skip Winter Edition, Return to Air in Summer 2021 Media and Tech Stocks See-Saw Amid Fears of Coronavirus Resurgence“For over a century, movies have played an important role in comforting, inspiring, and entertaining us during the darkest of times. They certainly have this year. Our hope, in extending the eligibility period and our Awards date, is to provide the flexibility filmmakers need to finish and release their films without being penalized for something beyond any ...

• 2020-06-15T20:04:35+00:00
• Duration: 06:28

• Oscars
• oscars2021
• Oscar
• 2021
• Movies

Share

Keywords