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71st Oscars – The Academy Awards

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The Academy Awards — 71st Oscars

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Whoopi Goldberg brings polarizing raunch to a 71st Oscars that feels curdled from the outset due to controversially aggressive campaign tactics.

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Howard Rosenberg Los Angeles Times 11/11/2019
Goldberg had some other nice moments too. But they were outnumbered by her gratuitously coarse language and one-liners, and cheap political jokes. Some of us would have applauded, but we were sitting on our hands. Go to Full Review Mark Caro Chicago Tribune 11/11/2019
The longest-ever Academy Awards show, which was filled with surprises and nods to the past... The 4-hour-and-5-minute telecast was both achingly slow and particularly fraught with suspense. Go to Full Review Slate Staff Slate 11/11/2019
The ceremony itself gave you no clue about the issues at stake, preferring to champion a more old-fashioned -- and meaningless -- concept of "heroism." Go to Full Review Irish Times Staff Irish Times 11/11/2019
A soporific ceremony which dragged on for an all-too over-extended duration of more than four hours... Whoopi Goldberg, who was the compere for the evening, could not compare with Crystal's razor-sharp wit and ease with adlibbing. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Whoopi Goldberg

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Episode 1 Aired Mar 21, 1999 71st Oscars Details

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Season Info

Network
ABC
Genre
Special Interest
Release Date
Mar 21, 1999