the Oscar’s are awarded , based on connections and political power within the movie Industry.
In modern times anyway. Most A list actors , best roles are typically early in their career, and propell them from relative unknown, to stardom. ( they never win the Oscar they deserve for those performances). But they get it later, when they have made the right connections, and it’s their year .

The ratings are plummeting, this elitism, plus turning into a political TV show for the progressive lefts’ cause of the week , have alienated the majority of past viewers.