I wrote “Oscar Wars,” a brand new ebook a few century of scandals and controversies on the Academy Awards—AMA concerning the Oscars then or now!

I’m Michael Schulman, a workers author at The New Yorker masking arts, tradition, and movie star. My new ebook, “Oscar Wars: A Historical past of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears,” covers almost a century of Oscar historical past, from the Academy’s turbulent beginning within the silent period by the envelope mix-up and the Slap. (I used to be within the balcony.) I’ve additionally been masking this yr’s race for The New Yorker and might be on the Oscars on Sunday, in my glamorous Males’s Wearhouse tux. Ask me concerning the Academy’s wrongest selections, most controversial snubs, or wackiest moments, about who’s going to win Finest Actress this weekend, or about profiling individuals like Bo Burnham, Adam Driver, Wendy Williams, and Jeremy Robust for The New Yorker.

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