After Will Smith slap final yr, ‘disaster crew’ is in place for Oscars 2023 ceremony, reveals Academy CEO

In a brand new interview, the CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences final July, Bill Kramer addressed the current issues going into this yr’s ceremony that can happen subsequent month. In the previous two years, the scores of the Oscars have sunk to their lowest within the present’s 90 year-old historical past. In the Oscar nominees luncheon that passed off final month, AMPAS president Janet Yang additionally stated that the response from the group was ‘insufficient’.

Now, Bill Kramer stated within the new interview with Time Magazine {that a} ‘disaster crew,’ is in place this yr. He stated, “…we have a whole crisis team, something we’ve never had before, and 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.”

Further addressing the sudden slap that created an issue final yr, Bill stated, “Because of last year, we’ve opened our minds to the many things that can happen at the Oscars. But these crisis plans—the crisis communication teams and structures we have in place—allow us to say this is the group that we have to gather very quickly. This is how we all come together. This is the spokesperson. This will be the statement. And obviously depending on the specifics of the crisis, and let’s hope something doesn’t happen and we never have to use these, but we already have frameworks in place that we can modify.”

The ninety fifth Academy Awards will happen on March 12, with Jimmy Kimmel returning because the host for the third time.