LOS ANGELES — This year's Oscars are all about wild swings. At least that's how the show's producer, Will Packer, is putting it, and who am I to argue with the guy who dares to move eight Oscars off Sunday's live telecast to make room for ... well ... who knows. Packer promises a ceremony that will be "vital, kinetic and relevant," and with a skateboarder and snowboarder in the house, it looks like he's got the "kinetic" part covered.
We'll wait and see about the other two buzzwords.
With the Oscar ceremony's traditions being turned upside down, it feels appropriate that the awards themselves are probably going to go their own way this year, bucking precedents left and right. You want a best picture winner with only three total nominations? "CODA" has you covered. How about a director winning an Oscar, but her movie getting nothing else? It might happen with Jane Campion and "The Power of the Dog."
