SOUTHLAND : Oscars Return to Music Center

The annual Academy Awards presentations will return next year to the Los Angeles Music Center after two years at the city’s Shrine Auditorium, it was announced today.

The academy’s Board of Governors said the ceremonies will be held March 26, 1990, at the Music Center, which had been their home for 19 years.

Academy President Richard Kahn said the academy had not ruled out returning to the cavernous Shrine in the future, despite horrendous traffic conditions and the fact that most academy members prefer the newer, smaller, less congested Music Center.