Film Academy Member Applauds Oscars Relocation, If Not Process That Led to It

Bruce Feldman, a veteran publicist and awards strategist, has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1986.

Quite a few people have reacted with surprise or dismay upon hearing the news announced yesterday that Oscars ceremony, starting in 2029, will be moved from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood to the L.A. LIVE complex downtown. I am not one of them.

I grew up watching the Oscars on TV back when it was held at the the Pantages in Hollywood and the Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica. Since entering the business, I’ve attended it twice, once at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion downtown and once at the Shrine Auditorium near the USC campus. And over the 24 years since it moved to the Dolby, I have never missed it.

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In other words, I have enough time

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