The oscars have begun to feel less and less relevant. There's a mistake. They get so much wrong. Its not a joke. I'm afraid they rit the wrong thing. Not as funny as they used to be. Zero hosts, three hosts. It was unlike any other opening to the oscars in the history of the showegin. And though king richard was far from the most talked about movie of the year, certainly not the most acclaimed, biance's opening performance set the stage for hollywood's biggest night. By the end of the night, every one would, but maybe not for the right reasons.
The Oscars were bordering on irrelevancy until Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Victoria Chamberlin, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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