Academy names Awards producers

The Oscars finally have their producers: Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd will produce the 89th Academy Awards.

The announcement Friday by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences came after widespread conjecture over who would take the reins of next year’s ceremony. Reginald Hudlin and David Hill, who produced this year’s show, were jettisoned after the Chris Rock- hosted broadcast, marked by the “OscarsSoWhite” backlash, drew 34.4 million viewers, one of the show’s smallest audiences in recent years.