. >> academy ceo bill kramer hopes the drama. >> comes from the oscar. >> races themselves. >> there are going to be incredible surprises on the show this year. as always, an amazing celebration of cinema. >> i'm the king of the world. >> we caught up with. >> kramer as he helped plan. >> this year's show. >> on. >> the heels of los angeles devastating wildfires. >> we'll be celebrating our community, not just our community of filmmakers, but the community of los angeles. >> moments before. >> our interview, a source told cnn that best actress nominee. karla sofia. gascon would attend the ceremony amidst a scandal that saw the. emilia pÉrez star apologizing. >> for offensive. >> tweets overshadowing her historic moment. as the first out transgender person nominated for acting at the oscars. was there ever. >> a. >> discussion of rescinding that nomination? >> all of our nominees are invited to attend the oscars. i think what's so important this year? we have over 200 nominees. we need to celebrate all of our nominees. >> kramer also insists the oscars shouldn't get political. is that

academy ceo bill kramer hopes the drama comes from the oscar races themselves. >> they're going to be >> incredible surprises on the show this year. as always, an amazing celebration of cinema. >> i'm the king of the world. >> we caught up with kramer as he helped plan this year's show on the heels of los angeles devastating wildfires. >> we'll be celebrating our community, not just our community of filmmakers, but the community of los angeles. >> moments before our interview, a source told cnn that best actress nominee karla sofia gascon would attend the ceremony amidst a scandal that saw the emilia pÉrez star apologizing for offensive tweets overshadowing her historic moment. as the first out transgender person nominated for acting at the oscars. was there ever a discussion of rescinding that nomination? >> all of our nominees are invited to attend the oscars. i think what's so important this year? we have over 200 nominees. we need to celebrate all of our nominees. >> kramer also insists the oscars shouldn't get political. is that something that throughout the night, you want to st

. >> an. >> amazing celebration. >> of cinema. >> i'm the king of the world. >> we caught up with kramere helped plan this year's show. on the heels of los angeles devastating wildfires. >> we'll be celebrating our community, not just our community of. >> filmmakers. >> but the community of los angeles. >> moments before our interview, a source. >> told cnn that best actress nominee karla sofia gascon would attend the ceremony amidst a scandal that saw the emilia pÉrez star apologizing for offensive tweets overshadowing her historic moment. as the first out transgender person nominated for acting at the oscars. >> was there ever a discussion of rescinding. >> that nomination? >> all of our nominees are invited. >> to attend the oscars. i think what's so important. >> this year? we have over 200 nominees. we need to celebrate. >> all. >> of our nominees. >> kramer also insists the oscars shouldn't get political. is that something that throughout the night, you want to steer clear of? >> absolutely. we do talk to them about keeping things focused on the. >> work. >> but this is really a mo