![]() In short, it was back to business as usual for the 2023 Academy Awards, with the program produced by live-television veterans Ricky Kirshner (a Tony Awards executive producer since 2004) and Glenn Weiss (a seven-time veteran of this annual shindig), the latter of whom also directed. A broadcast theoretically made quicker by the complete absence of a host? Ladies and gentlemen … Jimmy Kimmel! That aiming-for-chic-and-speedy cinematic style that Steven Soderbergh tried initiating in 2021? Ancient history. ![]() Those eight categories that producers and ABC scooted off the air last year? They were all back. But it was long in a confident, even confrontational “Yeah, and what're you gonna do about it?!” way that I totally appreciated – and I'm betting that among fellow Oscars fans, I'm not alone. Running three hours and 40 minutes, making it almost a half-hour lengthier than the latest Avatar, the show was certainly long. Intentionally, gloriously, blessedly boring. ![]() ![]() Before getting to the awards – and one particular movie gave us loads to talk about on that front – let me begin by addressing the event itself, because last night's 95th Annual Oscars telecast was a little boring. ![]()
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