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A Former Academy Exec on Why the Oscars Might Be Doomed

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Bruce Davis served as executive director of the Academy for over 20 years. In this excerpt from his new book “The Academy and the Award,” he writes about the Oscars’ shaky future.

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After serving as executive director of the Academy for over 20 years, Bruce Davis has penned the definitive history of the Academy Awards, from their awkward inception to the present.

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