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Los Angeles-after a Topsy Turvy Oscar season, in which the pioneers were constantly mixed, old tweets limped a top candidate and for “Wicked” the 97th Oscar award took place on Sunday.

The Academy Awards on Sunday in the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles will end one of the most unpredictable Oscar races in recent times.

The ceremony begins at 7 p.m. EST and is broadcast by ABC and streamed on Hulu. Conan O'Brien is organizing for the first time. The official red carpet in ABC and Hulu begins at 6:30 p.m. unofficial E! The cover of the red carpet begins at 4 p.m. EST and the Associated Press will be the arrivals from 3 p.m.

Light rain was in the forecast for Sunday morning in Los Angeles, which is still recovering from forest fires, which devastated the Pacific Palisades and Altadena districts at the beginning of this year.

The fire were affected in the entire film industry and in the Motion Academy of Pictures and Sciences in the film industry. Some even called for the cancellation of the Hollywood's Awards. While his house was spared in Pacific Palisades, O'Brien has lived from a hotel in the past two months. Oscar producers said the show will celebrate the city's resistance.

Is there an Oscar best picture favorite?

The main candidate is Netflix 'Emilia Pérez with 13 nominations, but this film has followed its chance crater over the years of offensive tweets from his Star Karla Sofía Gascón, the first open trans actor who was nominated for the best actress.

The favorite is Sean Baker's “Anora” about a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch. The neon publication, the Cannes Palme d'Or winner, won with the producers, directors and writers Guild. The only film with the same curriculum vitae that does not win the best picture is “brokeback Mountain”.

The closest competition is “Conclave”, the papal thriller with Ralph Fiennes. It won the BAFTAS and SAG Awards, victories that came to the hospital when Pope Francis was taken to the hospital for double pneumonia. The Oscar vote closed before the Pope got sick.

“The Brutalist”, nominated for 10 prices, and the musical hit “Wicked”, also with 10 nominations are also in the mix. Some of the early craftsmanship could be shared between “Wicked” and “Dune: Part 2”.

Will politics play a leading role?

For the first time, an actor is nominated to play the seated US president. Sebastian Stan is nominated for the best actor for his performance as a young Donald Trump in “The Apprentice”, as well as his co-star Jeremy Strong, to play Roy Cohn. Trump named those who are involved with the film “Human Scum”.

The political tenor of this year's ceremony could be volatile, with the Oscars coming weeks after the second Trump government and falling two days after the president's dramatic break with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House.

O'Brien spoke at the beginning of this week and said that he would try to hit a sensitive balance.

“I can't ignore the moment we are in,” he said. “But I also have to remember that it threads a needle. I also have to remember what we are here to celebrate and celebrate the show with positivity. “

Will Timothée Chalamet win his first Oscar?

While the categories of supportive actors contain overwhelming favorites in Zoe Saldana (“Emilia Pérez”) and Kieran Culkin (“a real pain”), both best actors and best actress are tight competitions.

In the best actress, Demi Moore (“The Substance”) is most likely, but Mikey Madison (“Anora”) or Fernanda Torres (“I'm still here”) could go through the surprise.

Adrien Brody is in the best actor for his performance in “The Brutalist. But Timothée Chalamet has a decent chance of beating him, for his performance as a Bob Dylan in “A Complete unknown”. The 29-year-old Chalamet, who won the Screen Actors Guild, became the most recent best actor winner of all time who had Brody's record in 2003 in his victory for “The Pianist”.

Can the show raise a beaten Hollywood?

This year's Oscars are not weakened for the film industry after a turbulent year. The ticket sales had decreased by 3% compared to the previous year and more clearly compared to the pre-Pandemic period. The strikes of 2023 played chaos in 2024 with publication plans. Many studios withdrew production and left many unemployed. The fire in January only contributed to the pain.

Last year's television show, which was powered by the twin blockbusters of “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie”, led the Oscars to a four -year -old spectator high with 19.5 million viewers. This year, the academy is tested with smaller independent films that are preferred for the best -known awards, so that they draw as a large audience.

With a not particularly star -clear selection of the best song nominated, the academy has eliminated performance from original songs this year. But there will be music, including a performance of “Wicked” stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as well as a tribute to the late Quincy Jones with Queen Latifah.

Last year's drama winner – Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy, da'vine Joy Randolph – will also take part in the ceremony. In the case of the Acting Awards, the treatment “Fab Five” will not receive five earlier winners per category, but the producers say that it is used for some other categories that “may not normally get into the spotlight at the Oscar level”.

The ceremony takes place days after the death of Gene Hackman. The 95-year-old two-time Oscar winner and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their house in New Mexico on Wednesday.