An Oscars comeback? How the film academy went global and found its footing again | Hollywood
For a few years, the Oscars looked to be hanging on by a thread. Viewership was plummeting. The pandemic didn't help. And the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization behind Hollywood’s biggest night, kept finding itself on the wrong side of the conversation, whether it be #OscarsSoWhite, envelope-gate, the blip that was the popular Oscar, the untelevised awards or the slap. Ryan Gosling is nominated in Best Actor category for Barbie.(AFP) Then a funny thing happened: Interest started…