HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES — The countdown to Hollywood’s greatest evening is formally on! Who will win Oscar gold?
Stars will converge on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday for the 97th annual Academy Awards, which can undoubtedly see some first-time Oscar winners in high classes. See a full listing of nominees right here.
The ceremony kicks off 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT and shall be broadcast by ABC and streamed on Hulu. Conan O’Brien is internet hosting for the primary time.
It is the second 12 months the Oscars are beginning earlier within the hope that the very best image award shall be introduced earlier than audiences go to mattress.
Gentle rain was within the forecast for Sunday morning in Los Angeles, which remains to be recovering from wildfires that devastated the Pacific Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods earlier this 12 months.
The fires affected many all through the movie business and inside the Academy of Movement Footage Arts and Sciences. Some even referred to as for the cancellation of Hollywood’s awards season. Whereas his Pacific Palisades home was spared, O’Brien has been dwelling out of a lodge the final two months. Oscar producers have mentioned the present will have a good time the town’s resilience.
The awards ceremony went by a shakeup when Harrison Ford canceled his presenting function after he was identified with shingles. However stepping in is none aside from “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill. Different presenters inlucde Ben Stiller, Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña.
Is there an Oscar favourite?
The lead nominee is Netflix’s “Emilia Pérez,” with 13 nominations, however that movie has seen its probabilities crater following uproar over years-old offensive tweets by its star, Karla SofÃa Gascón, the primary brazenly trans actor nominated for greatest actress.
The favourite is Sean Baker’s “Anora,” a few intercourse employee who weds the son of a Russian oligarch. The Neon launch, the Cannes Palme d’Or winner, received with the producers, administrators and writers guild. The one film with the identical resume to not win greatest image is “Brokeback Mountain.”
Its closest competitors is “Conclave,” the papal thriller starring Ralph Fiennes. It received on the BAFTAs and the SAG Awards, wins that got here simply as Pope Francis was hospitalized for double pneumonia. Oscar voting concluded earlier than the pope fell sick.
Additionally within the combine are “The Brutalist,” nominated for 10 awards, and the musical hit “Depraved,” additionally with 10 nominations. A number of of the early craft Oscars might be shared between “Depraved” and “Dune: Half Two.”
Will Timothée Chalamet win his first Oscar?
Whereas the supporting performing classes function overwhelming favorites in Zoe Saldana (“Emilia Pérez”) and Kieran Culkin (“A Actual Ache”), each greatest actor and greatest actress are shut contests.
In greatest actress, Demi Moore (“The Substance”) is probably to win, however Mikey Madison (“Anora”) or Fernanda Torres (“I am Nonetheless Right here”) may pull off the upset.
Adrien Brody is favored in greatest actor for his efficiency in “The Brutalist.” However Timothée Chalamet stands an honest likelihood of beating him, for his efficiency as Bob Dylan in “A Full Unknown.” The 29-year-old Chalamet, who received on the Display screen Actors Guild, would turn into the youngest greatest actor winner ever, edging Brody’s document, set in 2003 in his win for “The Pianist.”
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The 97th Oscars, hosted by Conan O’Brien, begins at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. and shall be adopted by a particular preview of “American Idol.”
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The Related Press contributed to this report.
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