Oscars 2024: Surprise cameos, Zendaya and plenty of Kenergy – all you need to know about Hollywood’s biggest night | Ents & Arts News

It is the most important night time within the movie calendar, filled with Hollywood glamour, infinite celebrities, and naturally an entire haul of little gold males.

It has been a yr of two halves – with months-long business strikes adopted by the viral phenomenon that was Barbenheimer re-invigorating the film world.

Now, as we method the 96th Annual Academy Awards, all eyes are on the movies and stars who might be taking residence a prize. Here is all the things you possibly can count on from the night time.

When and the place?

The Oscars – showbiz’s greatest night time of the yr – takes place on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles tonight.

The pink carpet kicks off at 7.30pm UK time adopted by the celebrity-packed ceremony from 11pm UK time.

The entire occasion shall be liveblogged right here at Sky Information – so you possibly can comply with each second, from the run as much as the pink carpet, the celebs arrival proper as much as the ceremony and into the Vainness Honest after social gathering.

The ceremony will air within the UK on ITV.

Is there a theme?

This yr, organisers say the present’s all about human connection, with a give attention to emotion and creativity.

They’ve promised “one thing particular and delightful” through the In Memoriam part, which is able to honour stars of the business – each in entrance of and behind the digital camera – we’ve misplaced within the final yr.

In addition they hinted at some surprising friends on the night time, advising followers to look out for “reunions, acknowledgements of the previous and shock cameos”.

Who’s internet hosting?

The ceremony’s hosted for the fourth time by late-night, US speak present host Jimmy Kimmel.

Academy Award bosses have described him as “relaxed and cozy” within the function (as effectively he ought to be after three earlier outings). In addition they stated he will get concerned with the entire technique of the present, “working for months” and even serving to select presenters.

The 56-year-old beforehand hosted in 2017, 2018 and 2023 – so he ought to be prepped and prepared for any surprising occasions, having made it by 2017’s notorious La La Land and Moonlight finest image announcement mix-up.

He wasn’t there to witness Will Smith’s equally notorious slapping of comic Chris Rock in 2022, with the present hosted by Amy Schumer, Regina Corridor and Wanda Sykes that yr.

What movies are up for awards?

Oppenheimer leads the nominations pack with 13; Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Issues has 11; Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon has 10 and Greta Gerwig’s Barbie has eight.

After all, final summer season was actually a story of simply two movies – because of Oppenheimer and Barbie’s same-day launch the surprising portmanteau “Barbenheimer” grew to become a factor and supplied a fine addition to the summer season field workplace after months of business strikes.

Whereas Barbie gained the field workplace battle with $1.4bn (£1.1bn) in world ticket gross sales, Oppenheimer is the clear chief for one of the best image trophy.

The film concerning the race to construct the atomic bomb has taken the highest prizes on the Golden Globes, Display Actors Guild Awards and BAFTAs.

Might there be any upsets on the night time?

Might something really derail Oppenheimer from being the large winner of the night time?

Christopher Nolan – who’s certainly one of Britain’s most commercially profitable filmmakers – has by no means gained an Oscar, regardless of being nominated for finest image twice earlier than (for Inception and Dunkirk).

It is positively unlikely, but when Martin Scorsese, who’s 81, pipped him to it for Killers Of A Flower Moon he’d make historical past because the oldest finest director winner.

Learn extra:
Oscar nominations: Record of movies and stars within the working
Oscars 2024 predictions: Is all of it about Oppenheimer?
Why Hollywood would possibly lastly be turning a nook

In one of the best actor race it is Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy within the lead, with The Holdovers main actor Paul Giamatti additionally in with a (small) likelihood.

Neither have gained this award earlier than, each give nice performances, and each are recognized for being all-round good guys. Nevertheless, Murphy’s wins on the SAGS, Globes and BAFTAs imply he’ll in all probability get it.

Maybe the one nail-biter of the night is in one of the best actress class, the place it is Emma Stone versus Lily Gladstone.

Stone will in all probability take the prize on the night time, but when Gladstone pulls it out of the bag she’d change into the primary particular person of Native American heritage to ever win an performing Oscar.

In the meantime, if Sandra Huller wins as a substitute, and he or she’s well-deserving after showing in two of the movies up for finest image (Anatomy Of A Fall and Zone Of Curiosity), she can be the primary German-born actor to win the class in additional than 60 years.

In one of the best supporting actress class, Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph is a shoo-in, whereas if the Oppenheimer attraction holds Robert Downey Jr will take finest supporting actor (his closest competitors is Barbie’s Ryan Gosling).

Each Randolph and Downey Jr can be first-time Oscar winners.

And whereas Oppenheimer will virtually actually bag finest image, ought to Anatomy Of A Fall, Zone Of Curiosity or Previous Lives get the gong, it will mark solely the second time ever {that a} non-English language movie has gained a feat first achieved by Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite in 2020.

Any snubs we should always learn about?

Barbie might have gotten eight nods, but it surely’s star – Margot Robbie – and director – Greta Gerwig – have been neglected within the chilly when it got here to nominations in one of the best actress and finest director classes.

The omissions led some to assert it is a case of life imitating artwork, with the misogyny of the film mirrored within the business snub.

Their Barbie co-star Gosling referred to as it “disappointing,” including that whereas he was “honoured” to be nominated for finest supporting actor for “portraying a plastic doll named Ken, there is no such thing as a Ken with out Barbie, and there’s no Barbie film with out Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie”.

Who’s presenting the awards?

Dune star Zendaya will be part of Academy Award-winner Al Pacino and three-time nominee Michelle Pfeiffer as presenters on the night time (not collectively).

And as custom dictates, final yr’s 4 performing winners may also come again to current on the present: Brendan Fraser from The Whale, and Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis from All the things In every single place All At As soon as.

Different celebrities set to grace the Dolby stage embody Unhealthy Bunny, Rita Moreno, Matthew McConaughey, Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Keaton, Regina King, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate McKinnon, John Mulaney, Catherine O’Hara, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Lange, Nicolas Cage, Mahershala Ali, Sam Rockwell, Lupita Nyong’o and Ramy Youssef.

Will there be stay performances?

There most actually will. All 5 unique music nominees shall be carried out on the present, which suggests we are able to look ahead to Ryan Gosling singing energy ballad I am Simply Ken and Billie Eilish singing What Was I Made For, which she co-wrote along with her brother Finneas.

The opposite nominated songs embody Diane Warren’s The Fireplace Inside, from Flamin’ Sizzling, which shall be carried out by Becky G, Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson’s It By no means Went Away from American Symphony, and Scott George’s Wahzhazhe (A Tune for My Individuals) from Killers Of The Flower Moon.

Examine again on the Sky Information web site from round 4pm on Sunday night time to comply with your complete occasion on the Oscars liveblog.