After taking serious notes from the "Golden Globe" and "Emmy" celebrations this year, the American Academy of Film Arts and Sciences announced that the task of directing the Oscars award ceremony for the sixth time has been assigned to the expert in this type of celebration, Glen Weiss. Production will be directed by Steven Soderberg, director of Contagion.

Soderberg and the other producers said in a statement that their plan "is for this year's Oscars next April to look like a movie and not a TV show," and praised Glen Weiss' ideas to translate this trend.

The President of the Academy announced that the celebration will not be held only in the "Dolby Theater" hall, but at a historic train station (Union Station website)

And the president of the academy, David Rubin, announced this week that the ceremony will not be held only in the "Dolby Theater" in Los Angeles, as the public has been accustomed to since 2002;

But also at a historic train station in the city center, tens of miles from the usual venue, will be invited to attend in the usual way, and no more virtual celebrations via the Zoom app.

Union station, famous for its Spanish-style architecture, will allow the stars to participate in the evening while adhering to the rules of social distancing imposed by the Corona pandemic, and it is a famous historical landmark in Los Angeles and a dynamic destination for arts, entertainment and culture, and a true cultural center connecting the wonderful and infinitely diverse elements .

Front of Union Los Angeles station (official site of the station)

Built in 1939, Union Station is the largest passenger railway station in the western United States, and the station was operated in 1933 as a joint venture between the South Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific, Acheson, Topeka, and Santa Fe, and was intended to unify local railway stations, to That it was built in its current form after 6 years.

The producers wrote, "We are doing our best to provide an enjoyable and safe evening for all who will attend, as well as for millions of movie fans all over the world, and we feel that holding (this celebration) hypothetically will be in the opposite direction."

And they called all invited to come to the train station, reassuring the stars that measures will be taken at the site to conduct tests for the Corona virus, the results of which will be issued immediately.

Side of the historic Union Station (the station's official website)

The Oscars ceremony appears to be inspired by the one held for the Grammy Awards last Sunday in Los Angeles, between a covered theater and a nearby open-air award ceremony.

However, the organizers were not convinced of the way in which the "Golden Globe" winners received their prizes from their homes in sportswear or pajamas, as the producers stressed the necessity of wearing evening wear.

Previous cultural celebrations at Union Station (Union Station official website)

The Oscars ceremony was postponed 8 weeks from its usual date in February due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which caused cinemas to close and confused the agenda of major Hollywood studios.

Previous public performances at Union Station, which will be holding the Oscar 2021 concert (the station's official website)