Hello and welcome to Euronews Culture’s liveblog for the 96th Academy Awards, or Oppenheimer night, as it shall henceforth be known.
This is it – the end of another awards season.
The 96th Academy Awards take place tonight in Los Angeles at the Dolby Theatre, with Jimmy Kimmel hosting the show for the fourth time.
Follow along with us, as our resident (and perpetually sleep deprived) film geek David Mouriquand keeps you up to speed on the evening’s proceedings live.
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**Red Carpet -**We’re going to keep the red carpet action to a minimum here, but I won’t resist posting a few pics of our faves…
Jamie Lee Curtis is here!!! She won a Best Supporting Actress last year for Everything Everywhere All At Once. What a legend.
For instance, Celine Song has arrived at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles…
Here’s hoping that Past Lives, one of our favourite films of 2023 doesn’t go home empty handed… With only two nominations, it does seem a little likely though…
Nominations recap
Here are the number of nominations for the films vying for Oscar glory:
- Oppenheimer – 13 nominations
- Poor Things – 11 nominations
- Killers of the Flower Moon – 10 nominations
- Barbie – 8 nominations
- Maestro – nominations
- American Fiction – 5 nominations
- The Holdovers – 5 nominations
- Anatomy of a Fall – 5 nominations
- The Zone of Interest – 5 nominations
- Past Lives – 2 nominations
And we are open for business…
There’s a slight air of inevitability about the ceremony, with Christopher Nolan’s ambitious biopic Oppenheimer tipped for a massive sweep, following previous wins at the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice Awards, the BAFTAs, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
It has become an unstoppable awards juggernaut, and we’d be very surprised if it doesn’t bring home the most trophies tonight.
Still, who knows? Maybe the Oscar gods will be fickle and we’re in for an evening of surprises…
