There will be a limited audience, a stripped-back red carpet and some nominees will appear from international hubs
(Picture: Getty Images)Oscars guests will not be required to wear masks while the cameras are rolling during Sunday’s ceremony.
Some of Hollywood’s biggest names will gather at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles for the 93rd Academy Awards, but the show is expected to look different compared with previous years.
There will be a limited audience, a stripped-back red carpet and some nominees will appear from international hubs which have been set up to help those unable to travel due to the pandemic.
Those on camera will not be required to wear face coverings, according to Variety, but they are being asked to mask up when not on camera, for example during advertising breaks.
The audience capacity is capped at 170 people, Variety said. Director Steven Soderbergh, one of three producers, said masks would play “a very important role”.
The awards will take place in the early hours of Monday morning UK time.
While much about the ceremony will be different, the Academy has enlisted the usual array of star names to add as much glamour to proceedings as possible. Guests set to appear include Brad Pitt, Harrison Ford and Reese Witherspoon.
Soderbergh said: “We’ve assembled a truly stellar cast of stars. There’s so much wattage here, sunglasses may be required.”
British Oscar nominees include Daniel Kaluuya, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Carey Mulligan, Olivia Colman, Riz Ahmed and Gary Oldman.
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