Oscars 2024: Shock cameos, Zendaya and loads of Kenergy – all you could find out about Hollywood’s largest night time

It’s the largest night time within the movie calendar, filled with Hollywood glamour, countless celebrities, and naturally an entire haul of little gold males.

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

Now, as we strategy the 96th Annual Academy Awards, all eyes are on the movies and stars who could possibly be taking dwelling a prize. Here’s every thing you may anticipate from the night time.

When and the place?

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

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

The complete occasion shall be liveblogged right here at Sky News – so you may comply with each second, from the run as much as the purple carpet, the celebrities arrival proper as much as the ceremony and into the Vanity Fair after get together.

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 have promised “something special and beautiful” throughout the In Memoriam part, which can honour stars of the trade – each in entrance of and behind the digital camera – we have now misplaced within the final yr.

They additionally hinted at some sudden company on the night time, advising followers to look out for “reunions, acknowledgements of the past and surprise cameos”.

Who’s internet hosting?

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

Academy Award bosses have described him as “relaxed and comfortable” within the position (as nicely he needs to be after three earlier outings). They additionally 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 needs to be prepped and prepared for any sudden occasions, having made it via 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 Hall and Wanda Sykes that yr.

What movies are up for awards?

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

Of course, final summer season was actually a story of simply two movies – due to Oppenheimer and Barbie’s same-day launch the sudden portmanteau “Barbenheimer” grew to become a factor and offered a great addition to the summer season field workplace after months of trade strikes.

While Barbie received the field workplace battle with $1.4bn (£1.1bn) in world ticket gross sales, Oppenheimer is the clear chief for the perfect image trophy.

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

Could there be any upsets on the night time?

Could something truly derail Oppenheimer from being the large winner of the night time?

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

It’s 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.

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

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

Perhaps the one nail-biter of the night is in the perfect 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.

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

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

Both Randolph and Downey Jr could be first-time Oscar winners.

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

Any snubs we must always find out about?

Barbie could have gotten eight nods, however it’s star – Margot Robbie – and director – Greta Gerwig – have been not noted within the chilly when it got here to nominations in the perfect 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 trade snub.

Their Barbie co-star Gosling called 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 Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie”.

Who’s presenting the awards?

Dune star Zendaya will be a 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 Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Other celebrities set to grace the Dolby stage embody Bad 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 dwell performances?

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

The different nominated songs embody Diane Warren’s The Fire Inside, from Flamin’ Hot, which shall be carried out by Becky G, Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson’s It Never Went Away from American Symphony, and Scott George’s Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) from Killers Of The Flower Moon.

Check again on the Sky News web site from round 4pm on Sunday night time to comply with all the occasion on the Oscars liveblog.