Oscar Producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain Reveal What They Would Have Changed About the 2020 Ceremony
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJust a little over a month before Hollywood came to a screeching halt in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, about 3,000 people crowded into the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood for the 92nd Academy Awards.“There were inklings of the virus because people started to hear about it, but what we’ve seen happen certainly wasn’t on our radar,” Stephanie Allain, who produced the Oscars with Lynette Howell Taylor, told Variety on Monday afternoon. “I’m sure people might have had it at the Oscars.”In fact, Hollywood’s last red carpet premiere for Disney’s “Mulan” wasn’t for another full month.