Social media loves an anniversary, and, earlier today, I kept seeing commemorations of something that happened exactly 12 years ago: The “Oscar selfie” featuring host Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts and all the rest was snapped on March 2. Now, this may sound somewhat strange, given that, here in 2026, the Oscars have not yet happened — and will not for another two weeks. That lateness is presenting a major problem for the ceremony. By the time they stagger onto ABC on March 15, the Oscars may feel like old news.
Why is this happening? In the 1960s, the Oscars were traditionally held in April, but that was when movies rolled out far more gradually, rather than hitting theaters all at once and leaving relatively quickly. They shifted back to late March by the 1990s, then skittered to late February (meaning that they’d already have happened by now) for the 2004 ceremony where “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King…
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