Will Will Smith be there?
Smith, who took house final yr’s best possible actor statuette for his efficiency as the father of Venus and Serena Williams in the biopic “King Richard,” was once barred from the Oscars and different academy occasions for 10 years after he slapped the comic Chris Rock at the 2022 rite. (Rock lately joked about the explosive second on a reside Netflix display.)
Will Jennifer Coolidge be there?
It looks like she must be, proper? But alas, no. (Or, a minimum of, no longer that we all know of!)
What must you stay up for?
After substantial backlash from business execs following final yr’s resolution to pretape 8 of the aggressive classes, all 23 classes will likely be awarded reside this yr.
And there are a variety of milestones to stay an eye fixed out for: Yeoh may turn out to be the first Asian superstar to win best possible actress for her efficiency as the multiverse-surfing mom in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” if she will be able to cling off Blanchett’s bold conductor in “Tár.” If Spielberg, 76, wins best possible director for “The Fabelmans,” he would turn out to be the oldest winner in the class. And if John Williams, 91, wins best possible unique rating for “The Fabelmans,” he would turn out to be the oldest individual to win a aggressive Oscar.
Is someone shut to an EGOT?
Viola Davis become the 18th member of the membership of overachievers who’ve an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award after she received a Grammy for the audiobook of her memoir, “Finding Me.” But unfortunately, none of the nominees have the likelihood to sign up for her on Sunday.
Who do we predict will win?
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” won the maximum nominations — 11, together with best possible image, actress (Yeoh), supporting actor (Ke Huy Quan) and supporting actress (Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu) — and there’s an overly actual risk that it would win, smartly, the whole lot far and wide unexpectedly. The odds-making website Vegas Insider lately has it as the runaway favorite, distantly trailed via Martin McDonagh’s drama “The Banshees of Inisherin” and the German conflict movie “All Quiet on the Western Front,” every of which earned 9 nominations.