The Oscars may get rid of a single host & change it to numerous stars doing stunts, acting, and music performances

Saturday Night Live walked so the Oscars….

I’m sure their five viewers will welcome the change.

To me the Oscars lack a swarm of A listers like they used to have. Don’t get me wrong you still have a solid amount of A listers who present each year but it seems like back in the day EVERYONE who walked on the stage was famous famous sans maybe some of the nominees. But it hit me, in the past, stars in popular media became A list faster. Now it’s so much media content out there you either come out with a bang as this huge thing, usually becoming a novelty after that, or you slowly build up your popularity like Margo Robbie. This stunt they’re pulling is really showing the death of the A list star.

Ain’t nobody give a good gaddamn!

[quote] & change it to numerous stars doing stunts,

I want to see Dame judi Dench thrown out of a airplane!

Could they merge with the Miss America pageant and do a combined show?

Only if there are plate-spinners.

If they really wanted to get ratings back up they would have Will Smith host and he would have to guess the winner of EVERY category. Each one that he got wrong the winner should have to slap the shit out of him upon receiving their award. This basic ass country would love that.

Stunts?

I’m in!

Because we so want to see Miss Jessica Chastain doing a monologue from Hedda Gabler.

JESUS! 🙄

Then again, I like your idea r8. 😂

Hollywood is dying. The Oscars don't matter anymore.

Bring back the swimsuit competition!

Clint Eastwood has agreed to duplicate this performance. I'm watching!

I think these shows are more for the sponsors than the viewers. These things are about as relevant as soap operas nowadays.

People no longer tune into the Academy Awards because the films they honor tend not to have broad mass appeal anymore, the awards ecosystem has eliminated suspense with most winners anointed by the ceremony, and celebrity culture is oversaturated. Nothing will make the Academy Awards more interesting or relevant. It is an industry ceremony the industry was fortunate enough to fool the public with for so long into believing matters.

Didn't the globes try this? Even the Oscars? I seem to remember.

The 2024 Oscars was the highest ratings they had in 4 years, with 19.5 million viewers. I get a kick out of a particular DLer claiming almost 20 million people is “no one”

Essentially, return it to the format used during those horrible early 70s presentations.

They need to make the Oscars more classy and more elitist.

The film industry killed itself. 2023 was a slightly better year for semi-accessible, good movies. But overall, it’s fairly rare that I’m very interested in a movie coming out. And I used to go to the movies every weekend and host an Oscar party every year. Comic book movies killed the industry.

Glenn is going to perform DA BUTT once again to the delight of all!

Does anyone still go to the movies regularly? Before the internet and streaming, I used to go several times a week.

I keep saying streaming is a completely different breed than movie theaters or even cable and network TV. It's creating product that regardless of content is going have limited, niche audiences. It's not going to have the same impact or longevity that older models have had.

2024 oscars drew huge ratings because of Barbie and Oppenheimer, which were your standard box office smashes. Same with Black Panther a few years back. You give audiences what they want, and they will watch.

No one is going to watch an award show because of a Saorise Ronan or Amy Adams movie is nominated.

This year might do big depending on the box office success of Wicked. As well as if more identifiable names like Pamela Anderson and Demi Moore get nominated.

[quote]As well as if more identifiable names like Pamela Anderson and Demi Moore get nominated.

This would make the Oscars the most exciting event of the year!

Unfortunately, that year would be 1992.

R24 it depends on interest. The Oscars will continue to happen whether they have 20 million viewers or 10 million viewers. They aren’t going anywhere. And the Academy will nominate what they feel should be.

Barbie’s nominations were a joke outside of maybe two of them.

I wish RDJ had won for Zodiac instead of Oppenheimer.

He’s electrifying in “Zodiac.”

So Vaudeville?

La La Land!

Laugh In! Meets the Oscars!

R29, 😂😂😂

R30. You bet your sweet bippy.

Yeah. What a novelty, the thought of having actual members of the film community hosting the Academy Awards (?!).

Please don't let it make the show longer.

I don’t care since I don’t even go to the movies anymore. Most movies are shit 💩 and way too expensive. Why don’t they just have the Oscars on the wreck of the TITANIC?