Everyone loves to hate the Oscars. But here’s why I’ll be watching | Margaret Sullivan

Events like the Oscars are rare examples of monoculture in a pop-culture world increasingly fractured into tiny splinters

Ooh, the Hollywood issue!" was my first thought on pulling the glossy new Vanity Fair magazine - timed to this Sunday's Academy Awards - from my mailbox.

Then came my second thought: Who are these people?"

Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture