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So when the opening scenes of this pretape began playing, the crowd went wild.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

After considerable backlash from industry professionals following last year’s decision to pretape eight of the competitive categories, all 23 categories will be awarded live this year.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2023

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to pretape some of the less glamorous awards — such as production design, sound, original music score, makeup and hairstyling, and film editing.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2022

A source who has been involved with the breakfast told TYT they believed Biden would pretape a video for the event.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2021

Sia takes the stage to pretape her performance of “Cheap Thrills” in front of the judges and audience.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2016