The Oscars are right here! Within the lead-up to Hollywood’s greatest evening, it is a contest between Sam Mendes‘ warfare epic 1917, which picked up the Golden Globe and BAFTA huge prizes, and Bong Joon Ho‘s Parasite, which received the SAG Award for Finest Drama Ensemble and the WGA’s Finest Unique Screenplay award. Nonetheless, you possibly can’t rely out Martin Scorsese‘s The Irishman, Quentin Tarantino‘s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Greta Gerwig‘s Little Women, to name a few. So, whereas there are some heavy favorites going into the 92nd Academy Awards, the Oscars’ Finest Image race remains to be a contested class, and Oscar voters have undoubtedly shocked us earlier than.
This is every little thing you could know in regards to the 2020 Academy Awards, together with learn how to watch, who the nominees are, and who’s performing on the greatest award present of the yr.
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Laura Dern
It looks as if the appearing awards are sewn up going into the Academy Awards, however something can occur on Hollywood’s greatest evening. Discover out who prevails over surprisingly contentious classes like Finest Manufacturing Design and Finest Costume Design and takes house the large prizes with the full winners list.
Earlier than the present truly kicks off, we get to play style critic because the nominees, presenters, and performers stroll the purple carpet. Two-tone ensembles appeared to be the theme of the night, however some A-listers had been capable of make that memo work higher than others. There have been additionally just a few, like Spike Lee and Natalie Portman, who determined to make a press release with their purple carpet seems to be, and we give them an enormous spherical of applause in our roundup of the best and worst dressed stars at the Oscars.
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The Oscars went host-free for the second yr in a row, and as soon as once more was higher for it. Janelle Monáe‘s musical quantity and a few minutes of jokes from top-tier previous hosts Steve Martin and Chris Rock had been greater than sufficient to fill the room with vitality and enjoyable. The efficiency featured cameos from Billy Porter and Florence Pugh‘s flower robe from Midsommar, which Monáe wore throughout her rousing efficiency – and she or he managed to inject just a little little bit of social commentary into the center of it. Learn the complete review of the Oscars opening monologue performance.
Solar-kyun Lee and Yeo-jeong Jo, Parasite
Have not seen this yr’s Academy Awards nominees? Need to know what the fuss is all about? We have finished the legwork for you. This is your digital information to when, the place, and how to watch this year’s Oscar-nominated movies.
As one of many nominees for Finest Unique Music, Frozen II‘s”Into the Unknown” clearly nabbed a efficiency on the Oscars, however what you won’t have anticipated was to listen to so many voices becoming a member of Idina Menzel‘s on stage. In an superior nod to the worldwide success of Frozen and its sequel, voice actresses from all over the world additionally voiced Elsa joined Menzel on stage to accompany her within the track. Watch Idina Menzel’s Oscars performance right here.
Eminem, 92nd Academy Awards
This yr’s Oscars boasted one of the crucial random — but in addition most welcome — surprises of all time: an Eminem efficiency. Sure, Marshall Mathers determined to drop some bars on the award ceremony, showing from a lure door and serving up a full-on efficiency of his Academy Award-winning 2003 hit from 8-Mile. Here’s why…
Brad Pitt, 92nd Academy Awards
Brad Pitt has largely sidestepped political statements in favor of self-deprecating jokes all through his awards season sweep this yr, however that each one modified throughout Sunday evening’s Oscars when he took the stage to simply accept his trophy for Finest Supporting Actor in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, with a pointed dig at Senate Republicans…
Natalie Portman, 92nd Annual Academy Awards
Natalie Portman hasn’t been shy about championing female directors during awards season, and she or he took it to a brand new degree for the 92nd Annual Academy Awards. In a fashion-forward transfer, Portman included the names of feminine administrators into her outfit for the night. What look like buttons or simply intricate lace particulars on the lapels of Portman’s cape are literally elegantly stitched names of female directors who had been not nominated for Oscars at this yr’s ceremony.
Hair Love started with a Kickstarter marketing campaign and culminated with an Oscar win. The pic was honored with the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film on Sunday evening. Former NFL vast receiver Matthew A. Cherry, who wrote and directed Hair Love, joined the movie business following his soccer retirement in 2007 after taking part in for plenty of groups together with the Cincinnati Bengals and the Baltimore Ravens. He dedicated the Oscar win to Kobe Bryant, who received in the identical class two years in the past.
Rami Malek, Olivia Colman, Regina King, and Mahershala Ali
This yr’s listing of presenters options some A-list comedians, film stars, and tv expertise. The star-studded listing contains James Corden, Penélope Cruz, Beanie Feldstein, Zack Gottsagen, Diane Keaton, Shia LaBeouf, George MacKay, Steve Martin, Keanu Reeves, Maya Rudolph, Sigourney Weaver, Mahershala Ali, Zazie Beetz, Timothée Chalamet, Olivia Colman, Will Ferrell, Gal Gadot, Mindy Kaling, Regina King, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Rami Malek, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Mark Ruffalo, Kelly Marie Tran, Kristen Wiig, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Salma Hayek, Brie Larson, Spike Lee, Ray Romano, Rebel Wilson, Jane Fonda, Josh Gad, Tom Hanks, Oscar Isaac, Sandra Oh, Natalie Portman, Chris Rock, and Taika Waititi.
Billie Eilish
Per common, the nominees for Finest Unique Music will carry out their works because the music breaks for the present, so you possibly can count on to see Randy Newman along with his Toy Story 4 ballad, Elton John for Rocketman, Chrissy Metz together with her Breakthrough track “I am Standing with You,” and Idina Menzel bringing the Frozen II magic (together with the ladies who voice Elsa in Denmark, Germany, Japan, Mexico [for Latin America], Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, and Thailand). In the meantime, Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo will sing “Stand Up” from Harriet.
Other than the nominees, Grammys favorite Billie Eilish may even step onto the Oscar stage for a “particular efficiency,” based on the present organizers, as will singer Janelle Monáe. Nonetheless, particulars about what they’re every performing are being saved underneath wraps.
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The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony airs on Sunday, Feb. 9 at eight p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC.
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