Natasha Samani BE MS
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Statement from the NYT, which is useful context, but still feel like you gotta mention it in the column!
December 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Statement from the NYT, which is useful context, but still feel like you gotta mention it in the column!
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Best-case scenario: The Oscars get to be themselves. No length worries, the honorary awards start streaming, things loosen up. Worst case: This is a desperate attempt to youthify, and the result will look like
a man in a music band shirt is holding a skateboard
Alt: the "How do you do, fellow kids?" meme.
media.tenor.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Best-case scenario: The Oscars get to be themselves. No length worries, the honorary awards start streaming, things loosen up. Worst case: This is a desperate attempt to youthify, and the result will look like
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Seriously: I think this is weird, but that's because I'm old and like it when silly rituals stay the same. That sentimentality aside, unyoking the Academy Awards from a network that has seemed increasingly annoyed by their requirements could (COULD, not WILL) be great and liberating.
December 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Seriously: I think this is weird, but that's because I'm old and like it when silly rituals stay the same. That sentimentality aside, unyoking the Academy Awards from a network that has seemed increasingly annoyed by their requirements could (COULD, not WILL) be great and liberating.