LOS ANGELES — An unfiltered Conan O’Brien, a K-pop takeover onstage and absolutely no awards for Tilly Norwood.
This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is “leaning into big cultural moments,” in the words of CEO Bill Kramer.
Sunday’s Oscars ceremony comes at a period of transition for the academy, which has recently signed a groundbreaking deal with YouTube and is grappling — like the rest of the world — with the impact of AI.
Kramer and academy President Lynette Howell Taylor said in a recent interview with NBC News that they are mindful of the challenges the Oscars face in an ever-changing media landscape and in a year when often bleak headlines have dominated the news cycle.
“Everybody’s aware all the time of what’s happening outside of the Dolby Theatre, what’s happening around the world,” Howell Taylor said. But, she emphasized, “this night is about elevating
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