Oscars 2021: stars in the flesh to animate the ceremony

Movie fans who have been pining for stars on the red carpet are going to be elated.

Next week's Academy Awards will see them admire idols like Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt and Reese Witherspoon in person and in formal wear rather than pajamas via Zoom, organizers said Monday.

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Due to the pandemic, Hollywood's most prestigious night is being held this year at Union Station, a historic train station in central Los Angeles, on April 25, an unusually late date for film awards season.

The organizers of the ceremony on Monday promised in a statement

"a truly galactic areopagus of stars"

, so dazzling that

"sunglasses may be necessary"

.

Avoid a pajama ceremony

They want to limit as much as possible the interventions via the internet which have aroused criticism and disappointment during other ceremonies upset by the coronavirus.

Especially during the Golden Globes in late February, where stars appeared in jogging or pajamas to receive their rewards by videoconference.

Alongside Harrison Ford and Reese Witherspoon, we will find, to present the Oscars in flesh and blood, the winners of the 2020 edition, such as Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Renée Zellweger and Laura Dern, as well as the South- Korean Bong Joon-ho, crowned for his film

Parasite

, best feature film.

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Stars like Angela Bassett, Halle Berry and Bryan Cranston will also be present on the red carpet, the first of such a scale since the Covid-19 hit Hollywood in March 2020, upsetting the calendar of the film industry and causing the closing of dark rooms.

Thanks to a clear improvement in the health situation, notably enabled by the rise in vaccinations, California is now accelerating the resumption of its economic and cultural activities.

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In addition to the Union Station, the 93rd edition of the Oscars will be broadcast from the traditional Dolby Theater in the heart of Hollywood, where musical performances will be given live.

Venues have also been planned in the UK and France for selected artists who would not be able to travel to Los Angeles to attend the ceremony in person.

The Oscar night will be directed for the sixth time by Glenn Weiss, a recognized expert in this type of event, with Steven Soderbergh, director of the film

Contagion, in production

.

“We want the Oscars this year to look like a movie, not a TV show

,

”

the production insisted.