The broadcast cut away, but reporters in the building kept their cameras rolling.
Academy Awards, the conversation was dominated by the radical changes that had been made to the show in the name of boosting its plummeting ratings, the result of heavy pressure from ABC to create a broadcast that would draw in younger audiences and create viral moments.
Well, no one is talking about relegating Best Sound to the pre-show now. And the viral moment? Maybe next time, don’t wish for it on a monkey’s paw.As the most famous couple in the room—Beyoncé went stag, and Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are a close second—Will and Jada Pinkett Smith had already been joked about several times by the time Chris Rock stepped up to present Best Documentary Feature.
, and her reaction to Rock was one you don’t often see at the Oscars, where being razzed by the presenters is accepted as one of the costs of fame, even one of its proofs. I kept waiting for her to drop the stern look and reveal she was just getting Rock back, messing with him the way he messed with her—and the broadcast seemed to anticipate that too, lingering on her for an uncomfortably long time before it cut back to Rock on stage.
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