NEW YORK—Bowing to a backlash that had threatened to engulf an already blunder-plagued Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday reversed its decision to present four awards during the commercial breaks of this year’s Oscar broadcast. All 24 categories will be shown live, after all, at the 91st Academy Awards on February 24, the academy announced in a statement. The decision is the latest flip-flop by the academy in its attempts to tweak the Oscars. Following record-low ratings to last year’s broadcast, the academy has made a swifter, three-hour telecast a priority. This is just the latest flip-flop by the academy in its attempts to tweak the Oscars.

Source: thestar February 16, 2019 01:18 UTC