The Academy Awards reportedly won’t require the COVID-19 vaccination for in-person attendees of the March 27 ceremony, though attendees will have to submit a negative COVID-19 test taken the day of the Oscars.
It remains unclear if attendees will have to wear masks during the live televised ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is planning not to mandate proof of vaccination — with or without a booster — in order to attend this year’s ceremony, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter. Instead, it intends to require a negative PCR test or a negative rapid antigen test on the day of the event.
Reese Witherspoon, Michelle Couttolenc and Laura Dern attend the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Troy Harvey/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)
The Reporter noted…
