The Oscars are finally here! After months of debating whether Hamnet and Frankenstein were any good, whether Sinners or One Battle After Another will take the top prizes, or if Kate Hudson really warranted that Best Actress nod, here we go: the 98th annual Academy Awards.
Conan O’Brien is back on hosting duties after a well-reviewed debut last year, while Sinners ranks as the most nominated film of the night, with a total of 16 – this also makes it the most nominated film in Oscar history, surpassing the likes of Titanic and All About Eve.
Major nominees this year include Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley, who is widely predicted to win the Best Actress prize, as well as Marty Supreme’s Timothée Chalamet, One Battle’s writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson, and Weapons scene-stealer Amy Madigan, who received a Best Supporting Actress nomination 40 years after her first Oscar nod for the drama Twice in a Lifetime.
We’ll be taking you through all the latest Oscars updates in our live blog below, from the most outrageous jokes and the most outrageous red carpet looks, to any slaps across the face that might occur on the Oscar stage… though we reckon that might be unlikely.
