Oscars: Film Academy Revokes, Then Reinstates Screenings Access for Widows and Widowers After Backlash
Over the past week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences terminated — briefly and, the organization insists, inadvertently — a longstanding courtesy that it had afforded to widows and widowers of people who had been members of the organization, sparking considerable backlash. For at least the past few decades, the Academy has allowed widows…