Are you going to watch the 97th Academy Awards?

Would you like to (sort of) watch them with us?

Will you be watching the Academy Awards broadcast this weekend? Since you’re a subscriber to a newsletter about movies that’s, frankly, not targeted at casual fans we’re guessing you probably will. We will too. And we’ll be chatting it up on The Reveal’s chat page. Where can you find it? Good question. Just go to substack.com/chat and look for The Reveal logo. The show starts at 7pm ET, but Scott and I will be around before that as the red-carpet festivities kick off. Last year was a lot of fun and this year should be too. It’s a year in which several categories seem to have no clear frontrunners and one in which current events are sure to be hard to ignore. Plus: Conan O’Brien. Who doesn’t love Conan O’Brien? As a bonus one of our readers currently has an Oscars ballot that’s open to everyone. Make your predictions and you could win… well, a lot of respect. You can find a link in the chat.

Finally, we’re leaving this chat open to all readers. But please remember that it’s paid subscriptions that allow us to keep The Reveal vital and growing and to add new features like our “Watch Along With The Reveal” audio commentaries and some other fun stuff we have planned for later this year. A paid subscription gives you access to everything we publish and to our lively comments section.