War, labour strikes and a thorny political season made scant inroads at the 2024 Academy Awards, where branding trumped protest and jewelled ornaments far outnumbered cease-fire pins.
As the most traditional of award shows returned to its roots as a glorified trade affair (ginned up 96 years ago as a way of pacifying above-the-line talent in the wake of the unionising then gaining a foothold in moviedom), praise was near universal for the return to old Hollywood glamour.
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