The Oscars crisis team 'has many plans in place.'
"It’s so important to have a host who knows how to handle live television and a live audience. That’s a very specific skill, and there aren’t a lot of people who can do that well," Kramer tells the magazine.As for Weiss, he'll be directing the Oscars for the eighth consecutive year and producing the show for the second time. Ricky Kirshner will also executive producer alongside Weiss, who just days ago scored a Directors Guild of America Award for directing the 75th Tony Awards.
"The idea of live television is the added little piece that makes it really invigorating for us," Weiss tells ET. that the crisis team has"many plans in place." "We’ve run many scenarios. So it is our hope that we will be prepared for anything that we may not anticipate right now but that we’re planning for just in case it does happen," Kramer says.If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page.
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