LOS ANGELES: This year's Oscars will be broadcast live and "in-person" from multiple locations, the Academy said on Wednesday (Feb 10), as details of Hollywood's pandemic-delayed big night finally begin to take shape.

The Academy Awards in recent decades have taken place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, but with the United States' second largest city still under COVID-19 restrictions, the ceremony is "adapting to the requirements of the pandemic," said a spokesperson.