Which of the Oscars’ Special 2020 Rules Are Here to Stay? TheWrap magazine: Online viewing? Streaming movies qualifying for film awards? Extended eligibility dates?Steve Pond | February 19, 2021 @ 12:20 PM Last Updated: February 22, 2021 @ 2:28 PM AWARDS BEAT This story first appeared in the Actors/Directors/Screenwriters issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. The year 2020 may have ended, mercifully, but 2020’s awards rules linger on. We’re in an extended awards season where streaming premieres qualify as feature films, where viewing is done almost exclusively online and where what were once year-end eligibility deadlines extend well into the new year. And just as Hollywood has to figure out whether the pandemic-related changes to its business — goodbye theaters, hello premium subscription services — are here to stay, so do Hollywood’s awards bodies have to figure out if their new rules are going to turn into the new normal. So let’s look at some of those rules.