A unique pandemic-era Oscars kicked off in Los Angeles on Sunday with a movie-style opening credits sequence as actor-director Regina King walked into the ceremony's train station venue clutching a gold statuette. The Academy Awards are being held in-person -- shifted to a glammed-up Union Station to enable strict Covid-19 protocols -- at a ceremony that reunites Hollywood A-listers for the first time in over a year. "Live TV, here we go. Welcome to the 93rd Oscars!" said King. amz/sst