The Academy Awards show is coming on March 10th on ABC, at 7pm. Yes, 7pm.
The show has to combat a bit of “Oppeneheimer” weariness plus the fact that between the Critics Choice, SAG and even the Golden Globes the audience knows who’s going to win.
Still, the first round of presenters is cool because it includes Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ke Huy Quan, Sam Rockwell, Michelle Yeoh and Zendaya.
Yeoh, Curtis, Fraser, and Quan are last year’s winners, so they were expected. Pacino should be giving out Best Picture. I hope they bring on more icons. That’s the lesson we learned from the Grammys.
The Zendaya part of this is smart. Bring her on with Timothee Chalamet. By that time, “Dune” will have been number 1 for 10 days!
