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On Sunday, many of the film industry鈥檚 biggest stars will gather in Los Angeles for Hollywood鈥檚 biggest night: the 98th annual Academy Awards.

Looming over the celebrations are some major upheavals in Hollywood: big corporate mergers, the incursion of AI, and mass layoffs. And it鈥檚 against that backdrop that the Oscars are increasingly nominating films, filmmakers, and actors from elsewhere in the world.

麻豆社 film reporter and critic Tom Brook explains how the Oscars went global, and what it can tell us about the status of American soft power.

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Photo: Workers make preparations for the 98th annual Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles Credit: Reuters / Caroline Brehman