After Will Smith’s slap
Crisis team announced for this year’s Oscars
During the Oscar ceremony, a crisis team should react to unexpected developments in the future.
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After Will Smith’s slap scandal from last year, a quick-reacting crisis team is ready at the 95th Academy Awards.
At this year’s Oscar ceremony, which will take place on March 12 in Los Angeles, a scandal like last year should not be repeated. At that time, the later winner Will Smith (54) slapped comedian Chris Rock (58) live on stage at the 94th Academy Awards. Smith was not expelled from the hall afterwards, and a little later accepted his Oscar for “Best Actor” on stage. For the 95th Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organizes the award show, set up a crisis team to react quickly and appropriately to unwanted incidents. The CEO of the Academy, Bill Kramer, revealed this now in an interview with “Time”.
Oscar Academy has “played through many scenarios”
“We have prepared a whole crisis team, something we’ve never had before, and a lot of plans,” Kramer said. The Academy “played through many scenarios” in the hope of “being prepared for anything,” including events that are currently unpredictable. The Academy boss added that he “couldn’t have imagined in a billion years” Smith’s infamous slap in the face last year.
With Jimmy Kimmel, an experienced moderator leads through the Oscar ceremony
In addition to preparing for various eventualities, the Academy chairman has high hopes for moderator Jimmy Kimmel (55), who will lead through the Oscar ceremony for the third time. “It’s so important to have a host who knows how to deal with live broadcasts and a hall audience,” said Kramer. Kimmel, best known in the US for his late-night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is known to be “funny and respectful” and have “rough edges, but not too sharp ones”.