On Sunday evening in the US, Monday morning Australian time, the 93rd Academy Awards will get underway.

This year’s Oscars come as America’s film industry wrestles with the continuing effects of the pandemic which delayed movie releases and shut cinemas.

Many of the best-picture nominees aren’t as high-profile as previous years with some released onto streaming services.

Today on Please Explain, David King speaks with LA-based Culture Editor-at-Large Michael Idato about how the 2021 Oscars awards ceremony will be quite different as organisers seek to run a COVID-safe event that will still provide viewers a visual spectacle.

On Sunday evening in the US, Monday morning Australian time, the 93rd Academy Awards will get underway.
This year&rsquo;s Oscars come as America&rsquo;s film industry wrestles with the continuing effects of the pandemic which delayed movie releases and shut cinemas.
Many of the best-picture nominees aren&rsquo;t as high-profile as previous years with some released onto streaming services.
Today on Please Explain, David King speaks with LA-based Culture Editor-at-Large Michael Idato about how the 2021 Oscars awards ceremony will be quite different as organisers seek to run a COVID-safe event that will still provide viewers a visual spectacle.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

How will COVID affect this year’s Oscars?

After more than a decade of weakening strategic resolve under the Obama and Trump administrations, the United States is showing signs of re-emerging as an indispensable power to the world.

The United States helped to curtail broader conflict in the Middle East by rallying a coordinated response to Iran’s attack on Israel, and passed a 95 billion dollar aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

This willingness to again embrace its role as the gamekeeper and gardener of the international order comes after years of miscalculations that served only to embolden the world’s autocrats and their ambitions.

Today, international editor Peter Hartcher on three key positions taken by the United States and what this may mean for its allies and the world order.

After more than a decade of weakening strategic resolve under the Obama and Trump administrations, the United States is showing signs of re-emerging as an indispensable power to the world.
The United States helped to curtail broader conflict in the Middle East by rallying a coordinated response to Iran’s attack on Israel, and passed a 95 billion dollar aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
This willingness to again embrace its role as the gamekeeper and gardener of the international order comes after years of miscalculations that served only to embolden the world’s autocrats and their ambitions.
Today, international editor Peter Hartcher on three key positions taken by the United States and what this may mean for its allies and the world order.

Peter Hartcher on how the US finally re-emerged as an 'indispensable power'

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Earlier this week, the woman at the centre of the mushroom deaths case that captured the attention of the country, attended court for the second time.

Erin Patterson was arrested and charged in November last year with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder in the small-town Victorian case tracked around the world.

Legal teams are now focusing their efforts on the timing and location for a committal hearing, which could be impacted by a request from Patterson’s legal team to have the case tested in front of her peers in a local court.

Patterson has already spent five months in custody, and may spend many more waiting for a hearing that could be pushed out to 2025.

Today, crime and justice reporter Erin Pearson on everything we know so far, and what we can expect next.

Earlier this week, the woman at the centre of the mushroom deaths case that captured the attention of the country, attended court for the second time.
Erin Patterson was arrested and charged in November last year with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder in the small-town Victorian case tracked around the world.
Legal teams are now focusing their efforts on the timing and location for a committal hearing, which could be impacted by a request from Patterson’s legal team to have the case tested in front of her peers in a local court.
Patterson has already spent five months in custody, and may spend many more waiting for a hearing that could be pushed out to 2025.
Today, crime and justice reporter Erin Pearson on everything we know so far, and what we can expect next.

Why accused killer mushroom cook doesn't want case heard in Melbourne

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After seven months of war in the Middle East, the world again held its breath when news emerged that Israel had struck inside Iran.

This followed an unprecedented attack by Iran on April 14, when it launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israeli military targets.

What appeared on Friday to be a major response from Israel, and a signal of potentially a significant escalation in the region, then gave way to conflicting reports and confusion.

So what actually occurred, and what might happen from here?

Today, digital foreign editor Chris Zappone on the history of tension between Iran and Israel, a proxy war, and what both sides seek to gain from conflict.

After seven months of war in the Middle East, the world again held its breath when news emerged that Israel had struck inside Iran.
This followed an unprecedented attack by Iran on April 14, when it launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israeli military targets.
What appeared on Friday to be a major response from Israel, and a signal of potentially a significant escalation in the region, then gave way to conflicting reports and confusion.
So what actually occurred, and what might happen from here?
Today, digital foreign editor Chris Zappone on the history of tension between Iran and Israel, a proxy war, and what both sides seek to gain from conflict.

Missile strikes, confusion and tension: What’s happening between Israel and Iran?

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/88b564ea-a9a6-4751-910a-a5d800019396/clips/af8adf28-6acf-4d74-8bea-b15a00751879/transcript

How will COVID affect this year’s Oscars?

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