96th annual academic award on Sunday will bring together candidates that include box office record breakersHollywood veterans, newcomers and one above the other epic drama Because big players and even bigger films compete for coveted recognition. 2024 oscar ballot Promises to make for an interesting night. So, before the show, entertainment industry experts shared their predictions Result Some of the top categories.
Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?
“Oppenheimer” Is the clear frontrunner to win the Oscar perfect picture, Christopher Nolan’s epic historical drama about the nuclear physicist known as the “Father of the Atomic Bomb” leads the nominations at this year’s Academy Awards with 13 nominations.
he has also taken home each preceding award The first awards show of this season — which includes equivalent categories at the Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Screen Actors Guild, Directors Guild, Producers Guild and British Academy — are giving big signals that Sunday’s Best Picture How will its performance be? Race.
“I think it would be very disappointing if ‘Oppenheimer’ didn’t win, just because it won,” said Liliana Vazquez, a television presenter and lifestyle expert who previously hosted E! news. “It’s always a huge indicator, if all the individual guilds can come together and anoint a clear winner, I think you really have to celebrate that specific film, in any category, or that particular actor. Or keep an eye on the actress.”
Movies rarely earn such widespread industry-wide support, and in recent decades films like “Argo” and “Slumdog Millionaire” typically receive the Oscars’ top accolades.
Eric Davis, managing editor of Fandango, praised the film, saying, “I’m not sure if we’ve had a movie like ‘Oppenheimer’ as overwhelming a favorite in a while, but ‘Oppenheimer’ is really the favorite to win Best Picture. Is.” For its achievements on multiple fronts, including its narrative, the cast’s performances, cinematography, editing and score.
Davis said, “All the parts of ‘Oppenheimer,’ when put together, help propel it forward to Best Picture, because it’s so much more than just an entertaining movie.” “On the whole, I think this movie has reached Oscar-winning level.”
Vazquez echoed that sentiment.
“‘Oppenheimer’, to me, is a lock,” she said. “I think it hits on so many different levels. That style of film, the script, the acting, is great. Sometimes, you get these indie darling movies and people say, ‘I get that. Doesn’t come.’ It’s a topic that everyone can connect with.”
“Oppenheimer” will compete for best picture with nine other films: “American Fiction,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Barbie,” “The Holdovers,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” “Past Lives,” “Poor Things” and “Areas of Interest.”
Experts were skeptical that any of those titles would manage to beat Nolan’s film, and noted that a loss to “Oppenheimer” in this category would probably be the shock of the night.
“I think it’s one of those versatile movies that reached out to everyone. And, you know, we’re always drawn to historical dramas,” said Aramide Tinubu, a TV critic for Variety, who was nominated for the award for the win. Also betting on “Oppenheimer”. “As interesting as ‘The Holdovers’ was, and even though it’s historically set, it’s a very cool movie. We love a good blockbuster here in America.”
But potential contenders for the best picture prize still include “The Holdovers,” Alexander Payne’s nostalgic crowd-pleaser, Justin Triot’s multilingual court drama “Anatomy of a Fall” or Yorgos Lanthimos’ offbeat sci-fi comedy “Poor Things.” Can be, which is as follows. “Oppenheimer” with 11 Oscar nominations.
“The most interesting thing about the race this year is that you can’t even tell who the runner-up is going to be,” said Joyce Eng, entertainment journalist and senior editor at Gold Derby, a Hollywood-focused industry blog site. Prediction of rewards. Along with the site’s digital director Christopher Rosen, Ang co-hosts the podcast “Gold Derby Show”, where the two discuss and forecast awards season.
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Rosen explained that the projected win by “Oppenheimer” in the Best Picture race is not only due to the fact that it has come through the awards circuit to this point, but because it has all the makings of a winner. In addition to being a historical biopic, it was a critical hit and theatrical success, and Ang and Rosen both said that the film’s early debut as a perceived dark horse probably helped its popularity as well.
Rosen said by phone, “I think it was at least second to ‘Barbie’ that summer in terms of box office and coverage. So, it had the aura of an underdog, even though it was clearly Wasn’t.” “Oppenheimer” is a “steamroller as well as a perfect unanimous film.”
“There is no tiring feeling in being at the forefront,” Eng said. “I think it’s important.”
Who will win the Best Actor Oscar?
Similar to the race for Best Picture, experts, for the most part, agree on the outcome of the Best Actor contest. Cillian Murphy, who played the eponymous scientist He said, “Oppenheimer is favored to win this award, due to the film’s massive success as well as Murphy’s previous wins at the SAG Awards and BAFTAs – indicating strong support from members of the industry that participates in Oscar voting.” There are overlaps with pools. ,
“He (Murphy) has these two very important awards so it’s really hard to go against him,” Eng said. “The only thing Cillian has lost in terms of television awards shows was the Critics’ Choice to Paul Giamatti, so I think that gave the impression that this race is closer than it actually may be.”
Vazquez noted that eight of the last 13 Best Actor awards at the Academy Awards have gone to someone playing a real-life character, adding that “people like a story that’s rooted in reality.”
Rosen said, “Generally playing a real-life person is always a good job, especially for the best actor.” “And just the fact that ‘Oppenheimer’ is the frontrunner in the Best Picture race… there’s really no reason why Cillian Murphy would never have won it. And the fact that he’s won the preceding awards, it really That reflects that. So, I think it would be very surprising if he lost on Oscar night. Obviously not unprecedented, but certainly surprising.”
Giamatti is nominated alongside Murphy in this category for his leading performance An embarrassed boarding school teacher In “The Holdovers”, which has also won praise. Both veterans are first-time Oscar nominees for best actor, and Giamatti received the recognition nearly 20 years after Payne was an infamous snub in the category for his work in the 2004 comedy-drama “Sideways.” goes.
This has led some to suggest that a Best Actor win by Giamatti was too late, not to mention laudable, as he and Murphy faced each other’s biggest competition for the rest of awards season. Before being made, he had won equivalent awards for comedy and dramatic acting at the Globes. ,
Davis said, “Both individuals have won this award at different awards shows, so I think it’s definitely a two-person race in this category.” “Cillian Murphy comes out on top a little bit higher than Paul Giamatti, and I think that’s due to the fact that ‘Oppenheimer’ is a major contender and because of what it’s achieved this year.”
Also in the running for the Best Actor Oscar is Bradley Cooper for “Maestro.” Colman Domingo, for “Rustin”; and Jeffrey Wright, for “American Fiction”.
Who will win the Best Actress Oscar?
How best Actress Sunday’s race has become perhaps this year’s most debated Oscar contest Lily Gladstone And Emma Stone While working hard for their respective performances in “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Poor Things”, each of which were heralded as gems of those films.
Davis said, “Similar to the actor category, these two performances are very different from each other.” “Emma Stone’s performance is more physical, more physical transformation, very external, very animated…whereas Lily Gladstone’s performance is very quiet. It’s much more internal.”
Before Stone won at the Critics’ Choice Awards and BAFTA, both women won Best Actress at the Golden Globes in separate categories for comedy and drama. Gladstone won the award sag awards In a historic win, he became the first indigenous actor to receive the award. she will be there too first native american If she wins, the actor will receive an Oscar in this category.
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Tinubu said, “I’m torn. I can’t say it between Lily Gladstone and Emma Stone.” “I thought Lily would take it for the long haul, but things have escalated for Emma too. I loved ‘Poor Things’, it’s my movie of the year, but I think both women are very deserving. So, I’m still a toss-up.”
“Poor Things” was also Vazquez’s favorite film of 2023. She described Stone’s performance in it as “flawless”, but still believed that Gladstone would take home the Best Actress award.
Vazquez said, “Would I like to see Emma Stone win another Oscar? One hundred percent.” “Does she deserve another Oscar for this role? Yes, because the physicality of the role, matched with the emotions and the dialogue she delivers in the film is absolutely insane. From that standpoint, I would love to see her Would have won it, if Lily Gladstone wasn’t in the race.
Vazquez added, “As a woman of color, seeing her become the first Indigenous Actress winner is incredible not only for her community but for us as a country.” “And I think for her to shine the way she did in the Scorsese film, and she’s sharing the screen with Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, that’s the power. She keeps going.”
Overall, the competition in this category is stiff, as Gladstone and Stone compete for the title against Annette Bening, who is nominated for “Anatomy of a Fall”, along with Sandra Huller for “Anatomy” and Carey Mulligan for “Maestro”. Has been nominated.
