Oscar time, baby! Time to make sure the door is locked against vampires, crack a few small beers, and see how Hollywood chose to honor some "top-level shit” (as Mr. Chalamet likes to call it.)
On Sunday night, I followed along as the 98th Academy Awards unfolded in real time. I’ve been covering the Academy Awards as a journalist since 2001, the year American Beauty took the top prize. Starting in 2004, when The Lord of the Rings: Return of the Kings took best picture, the Academy started trusting me with a crew badge, allowing me to roam the backstage area just behind the curtain. The Oscars are a great assignment because it’s full of emotion, most of it uplifting, but also fraught with tension and drama.
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