Oscars 2019: problems mount as Academy aims to reboot TV show

The lack of a host, trimming the running time and breaking with tradition is proving difficult a difficult act to pull offProblems are continuing to pile up for this year’s Oscars ceremony, the showpiece TV event of the awards season. Having already lost its preferred host in Kevin Hart, and been roundly criticised for its attempt to halt falling ratings by introducing (then abandoning) a best popular film category, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is alienating key supporte