The countdown is on for the 98th Oscars, with Conan O’Brien back and a 'moving' In Memoriam

Lynette Howell Taylor has seen the Oscars from a few different vantage points: As a nominee, in 2019 for “A Star is Born,” as a producer of the broadcast in 2020, as a member of the film academy’s board of governors and, for the last three years, as awards chair. It’s made her first year as the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences feel like a natural transition. “Every year is different,” Taylor said in a recent interview alongside film Academy CEO Bill Kramer.