Oscars 2021 snubbed movie theaters in an hour of need By not calling audiences to action for traditional moviegoing, the Oscars snubbed struggling theaters in a time of need. (Nicole Vas / Los Angeles Times) April 27, 2021 6 AM PT Print This is the April 27, 2021, edition of The Wide Shot, a weekly newsletter about everything happening in the business of entertainment. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. As the cinematic experience mounts a tenuous recovery more than a year into the pandemic, one might think that Hollywood’s brightest stars, basking in Oscar glory, would have taken the opportunity to call audiences back to film’s natural home: the big screen.