It’s Been Over 20 Years Since the Academy Gave the Best Picture Oscar to a Movie as Bold, Brazen, and Glamorous as This
The 97th Academy Awards are upon us, and two filmsWickedandEmilia Perezhave the chance to make history by becoming the first musical to take home Best Picture in over 20 years. There are plenty of movie musicals that have earned Best Picture nominations over the past two and a half decades, likeLes Miserables,La La Land, andSteven SpielbergsWest Side Story, butnone have taken home the coveted award sinceChicagoin 2003.Since the first Oscars' ceremony in 1929,only ten musicals have won Best Picture, withChicagos win breaking a 34-year drought, and it’s easy to see why....