'No Zoom' Oscars: Academy mandates nominees' in-person attendance, faces backlash
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apparently issued a mandate that there will be no video-conferencing facilities like Zoom available for the 93rd Oscars ceremony. The nominees were informed via letters last week that it was mandatory to attend the ceremony in-person in case a winner needs to give an acceptance speech. This decision caused an uproar amid the pandemic restrictions.