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Richard Rushfield
Sep 21, 2020
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It took a pandemic for Hollywood to embrace the dictates of "We need fun."

The credo pronounced by host Kimmel—"What's happening is not important but it’s fun. And we need fun."—at the top of the show was just about the polar opposite of the guiding principle of every awards show for the past decade. From the Oscars to the MTV Awards, when you've turned …

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