‘Sinners’ and ‘One Battle After Another’ are both front-runners in the race for the coveted Best Picture Oscar on Sunday night. Meanwhile, the acting prizes could throw up some surprises, with the best actor category expected to be an especially tight race, France 24 reported.
After months of expensive campaigns, the Oscars finally arrive Sunday, with all eyes on the race between “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners” for best picture, Hollywood’s most coveted prize.
Ahead of the star-packed gala, pundits say the Leonardo DiCaprio-starring political thriller “One Battle” is neck-and-neck with Michael B. Jordan’s bluesy vampire horror “Sinners,” while several acting prizes are similarly impossible to call.
Either movie could “break multiple Oscar records,” Variety awards editor Clayton Davis said.
But until “the final envelope is opened for best picture, we’re not going to know who’s going to win”.
The ceremony – live on ABC and Hulu from 4pm in Los Angeles (23:00 GMT) – will be hosted for a second year running by comedian Conan O’Brien, and will feature live musical performances from “KPop Demon Hunters” as well as “Sinners”.
With political tensions running high and war raging in the Middle East, Los Angeles police have tightened security in the streets of Hollywood.
Inside the theatre, both the frontrunner films have a chance of breaking the all-time Oscar wins record – shared at 11 between “Ben-Hur”, “Titanic” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”.
“Sinners,” the tale of gangster twins returning home to a supernatural and segregated Deep South in the 1930s, has already made Academy Awards history with its whopping 16 nominations.
