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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences wanted everyone to be talking about the Oscars, and in a way it got what it wanted. In a bid to make the famously long Academy Awards telecast a tad tighter, eight award presentations have been cut from the main telecast and will be handed out an hour before ABC starts its broadcast. The Academy assured concerned parties in a letter that the awards will be presented in front of “a full audience in their seats, not seat fillers” — but that seems implausible given that the red-carpet show will be taking place simultaneously. Winners will be given full time to give their thank-yous, then condensed presentations and speeches will be played on the main…
