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Fiascos litter the road to this year’s Oscars

By Reuters
19 February 2019   |   11:48 am
It’s been a tough 12 months for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as it battles to restore its annual Oscars show to a must-see event after its television audience slumped to an all-time low last year.

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