![]() ![]() There’s anticipation for this year’s ceremony in which films including Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog” and Focus Features’ “Belfast” are in the hunt for best picture glory. His love of movies runs the gamut between “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994) to “Aliens” (1986), with a never-ending respect and love for the late Bill Paxton. With an oversaturated market of events, and access to celebrities that didn’t exist as it does today thanks to TikTok, Instagram and other social media avenues, Packer says, “I always think of my audience first.”īest of all, he keeps his mind sharp and looks for those connections, proven by his daily fix of “Wordle,” “Quordle,” the four-lettered game version and the New York Times Spelling Bee, all before he goes out to his morning meetings and tasks. He, along with producing partner Shayla Cowan, tapped Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes to emcee the evening, the first time multiple women will host this awards ceremony. It can inspire you in other facets of life.” “There’s something very human about the need to celebrate those that give everything towards a particular goal and then succeed. This is not unique to Hollywood but all professions, whether they’re doctors or teachers, etc. Before he made it to this point, Packer says the Oscars represented “the highest heights of success for people that have labored for years, decades, in some instances, a lifetime, to achieve a certain status where their peers say you are the best of the best.” Petersburg, Fla., and an alum of Florida A&M University, he’s a fierce advocate and supporter of HBCU schools, which have been incorporated into the ceremony. This isn’t for vanity but for a viewer at home to say, “I look like him.”īorn in St. What’s really important to Packer, 47, is for people to see his face, and know he’s the one doing the job. It’s never going to be the ‘perfect’ time. Nevertheless, as he tells his children and people he mentors regarding overcoming the obstacles that scare us, “that’s the thing you got to face head-on. Mostly due to the steering of his self-owned media company, Will Packer Prods., which has assembled an array of blockbuster titles that have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide. He had conversations about taking this gig before, but the timing wasn’t right. Packer is generally a fearless person, unafraid of challenges, but he admits to the “hesitation” for taking the responsibility of ushering the most prestigious awards show in history into a new dawn. “It’s amazing to me because some of these folks live off this industry, and what’s the ultimate purpose and goal of this negativity? It’s a short-term mentality.” He’s also unafraid to clap back at the “people who want the world to burn,” as he describes them. Packer acknowledges the criticisms he and the Academy have received but ultimately agrees with the decision. To get everybody in to celebrate the most talented people in the world.” Listen below! ![]() “What they can control is who’s their half-time show, pregame show, who’s singing the national anthem to get everybody in. “The NFL can never control who plays in the game,” he says. He compares creating a newly envisioned Oscars to the Super Bowl.
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