The 96th Academy Awards are almost upon us – here’s our guide to tuning in at home on Sunday and who we reckon will win the top prizes
was passed over entirely in the directing category. Well, this is a democracy, and the votes don’t just go with money.
The Oscars are fully aware that the bigger the movies they reward, the better the audience figures are for the TV broadcast , so they plan to rinse Barbie for everything they can. They will be giving 65 Kens to frug alongside, while Billie Eilish will sing her hit song What Was I Made For? Another element of Oscar “news” is the nudge to the start time: the ceremony is getting underway an hour earlier and is aiming for a snappy three and a half hour running time. Host– the universally acknowledged safe pair of hands – will have to do a lot of shooing, but unless they give the playoff orchestra leader an electric cattle prod, the chances of keeping things that trim are slim to bupkis.
What not many people are talking about, though, is the likelihood of significant political protest, given the activity at the Grammys, the Independent Spirit awards and elsewhere. Security around the venue has been “beefed up”, but the Oscars have said they won’t interfere with– though, unless Mark Ruffalo manages to get past Robert Downey Jr for best supporting actor, it’s hard to see where an incendiaryat 12:00 PT/15:00 ET, then moves to Live from the Red Carpet show at 14:00 PT/17:00 ET.
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