Appetite For Distraction

Hollywood is dusting off the frocks and tuxes in preparation for the biggest heist of the year – the 91st annual Academy Awards

The Coen Brothers skewered the golden age of Hollywood in 2016’s Hail, Caesar! – maybe that’s why it had only one Oscar nomination

Oscars 2019 is shaping up to be a potentially shambolic affair.

A week from now the great and good of Hollywood will traipse down the red carpet, dutifully telling Mr Ronseal himself Ryan Seacrest that they’ve brought their doting mother as a date or they haven’t eaten in 72 hours.

Even better if they announce that the doting mother has already met George Clooney or they’ve just made an absolute hound of themselves ...