No more PowerPoint presentations for Oscar nominations – big screens with photos of actors, directors and movies are back to celebrate the best of 2022.
The Academy has announced that it will return to an in-person live event from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on January 24.
While the ungodly morning hour between 5 and 6 a.m. (PT) is still in effect (the special primetime appointment offer is here to be taken), this marks one of the fruits within reach. hand the Academy had before them to secure an easy victory. .
As many remember from the 80s, 90s, and Academy announcements, a celebrity and whoever the current Academy president was at the time would take the stage, surrounded by five small screens. And then, in a room full of nervous publicists, exhausted journalists and other industry figures, the reveal of the main categories would bring gasps and groans from the crowd.
For those of us watching at home, it’s one of the traditions that has made many awards-goers (myself included) fall in love with the Academy and the celebration of cinema.
As technology and industry evolved, the five small tube televisions were removed and scaled to a large screen with stills and movie splits. In 2015, the Academy made its most respected gesture by announcing the 24 categories. From best picture producers to directors of the animated short, artisans could now see their names and movie titles on screen and read by Hollywood’s leading personalities. It would be split into two parts, as not all TV networks would air the crafter category playback (but they definitely should). This process would bring in JJ Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron the first year, then Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee the second.
The sounds of the hall remain the most memorable and best moments of awards season, alongside the ceremony itself. However, in 2019 they started to move away from the big show and lean into simple text to do the work for them. Excitement was minimal in this format, missing the shocks and reactions with announcers in a smaller room format and missing the president of AMPAS.
To celebrate the return of the in-person format, Variety ranks the five most memorable morning announcements that elicited the best reactions from inside the room.
Honorable mention: Adrien Brody jokingly tries to kiss Frank Pierson.