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https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/disney-threat-allegedly-forced-oscars-to-pull-categories-including-short-animation-from-live-telecast-213962.html

I posted about this subject about the Oscars dropping the animation category along with dozens of other important categories, at the time it was said to focus skits but now some truth leaked out.

Disney demanded it.

Primarily for money. It costs millions of dollars in fee for ABC/Disney to host these shows, and it seems to be the main pillars holding the academy up, and because the only people who watch are caustic critics and hate watchers Disney is demanding get more views or else the academy will have go back to making movies instead of back pats and diversity points.

The fact there isn't a Disney/Pixar short up for an award is just gravy for them.