Los Angeles – After An Oscar season upside down in which the favorites were constantly shuffled, old tweets It limited a superior contender And the space was held for “Wicked”, the 97th Academy Awards are launched on Sunday.
The Domingo Academy Awards, at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, will approach one of the most unpredictable Oscar races in recent memory.
The ceremony begins at 7 pm Est and will be transmitted by ABC and transmitted in Hulu. Conan O’Brien is Hosting for the first time. The Official Presshow Red Carpet in ABC and Hulu starts at 6:30 pm not official e! The red carpet coverage begins at 4 pm Est and the Associated Press the live arrivals from 3 pm
The light rain was in the forecast for Sunday morning in Los Angeles, which is still recovering from forest fires that devastated the Pacific Pallisadas and the Altadena neighborhoods Earlier this year.
The fires affected many in the entire film industry and within the Motion Academy Arts and Sciences. Some even asked for the cancellation of the Hollywood awards season. While His Pacific Palisades house was savedO’Brien has been living outside a hotel for two months. The Oscar producers have said that the program will celebrate the resistance of the city.
The main nominated is the “Emilia Pérez” of Netflix, with 13 nominations, but that film has seen its crater of possibilities after an offensive tweets of years of age by its star, Karla Sofía GascónThe first openly trans actor nominated for the best actress.
The favorite is “Anora” by Sean Baker On a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch. The launch of neon, the Cannes Palma d’Or winnerHe won with the guild of producers, directors and writers. The only film with the same curriculum not to win the best movie is “Brokeback Mountain”.
Its closest competition is “conclave” The papal thriller starring Ralph Fiennes. He won at the BAFTA and the SAG Awards, victories that came just as Pope Francis was hospitalized for double pneumonia. Oscar’s vote concluded before the Pope fell ill.
Also in the mixture are “The Brutalist” Nominated for 10 awards, and the musical success “Wicked”, also with 10 nominations. Several of the first Oscar of Crafts could be shared between “Wicked” and “Dune: Part two”.
For the first time, an actor is nominated to play the president of the United States. Sebastian Stan is nominated for best actor for His performance as a young Donald Trump In “The Amprentice”, as is his co -star, Jeremy Strong, for playing Roy Cohn. Trump has called those involved with the movie “Human Scoria.”
The political tenor of this year’s ceremony could be volatile, with the Oscar in the weeks in the second Trump administration and falling two days later The president’s dramatic rupture with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky In the White House.
Speaking earlier this week, O’Brien said he will strive to achieve a delicate balance.
“I can’t ignore the moment we are inside,” he said. “But I also have to remember that a needle is threading. I also have to remember what we are here to celebrate and infuse the show with positivity. “
Although the support categories present overwhelming favorites in Zoe Saldana (“Emilia Pérez”) and Kieran Culkin (“A real pain”), both the best actor and the best actress are close competitions.
In the best actress, Demi Moore (“The substance”) is more likely to win, but Mikey Madison (“Anora”) or Fernanda Torres (“I’m still here”) could achieve discomfort.
Adrien Brody is favored in the best actor for his performance in “The Brutalist.” But Timothée Chalamet has a decent possibility to overcome it, to His performance as Bob Dylan in “a complete stranger.” The 29 -year -old chamet, which Cattle in the screen actors guildHe would become the winner of the best youngest actor in history, overcoming Brody’s record, established in 2003 in his victory for “The Pianist.”
This year’s Oscar are wearing after a turbulent year for the film industry. Ticket sales fell 3% compared to the previous year and more significantly in pre-pandemic times. The 2023 attacks played out of the launch schedules in 2024. Many studies withdrew production, leaving many without work. The fires, in January, only joined the pain.
Last year’s transmission, promoted by The box office successes of “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” He led the Oscar to a four -year audience, with 19.5 million viewers. This year, with smaller independent films favored in the most prominent awards, the academy will be tested to attract such a large audience.
With a non -particular variety of the nominees for best song, the academy has eliminated the actions of original songs this year. But there will be music, including a performance of the stars “Wicked” Cynthia Erito and Ariana Grande, and a tribute to the deceased Quincy Jones, with Queen Latifah.
The winners actors last year, Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy, Da’vine Joy Randolph, will also participate in the ceremony. Although the academy initially said that the “Fab Five” style would bring back the style of the action awards, with five previous winners by category, the organizers have abandoned those plans.
The ceremony will take place following days The death of Gene Hackman. The two -year -old winner of the 95 -year -old Oscar and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead on Wednesday at their home in New Mexico.
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