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The Spineless Oscars Fails to Live Up to the #MeToo Moment

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Sunday night’s ceremony awarded two accused abusers in Gary Oldman and Kobe Bryant, and lacked the passion and politics that have made the Time’s Up award season so important.

Kevin Fallon
Kevin Fallon 

Senior Editor, Obsessed

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The Oscars telecast, clocking in at four hours and 50 minutes, was chock-full of carefully-produced moments. Yet it couldn’t live up to its own.

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Kevin Fallon

Kevin Fallon

Senior Editor, Obsessed

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