By Emma SaundersEntertainment reporter in Los Angeles2 hours agoImage supply, Getty ImagesImage caption, America Ferrara, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling starred in Barbie – the highest-grossing movie of final yearThe largest evening within the leisure calendar is lastly upon us – the 96th Oscars.Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which has 13 nominations, is anticipated to comb up on the ceremony later.Many movie followers will even be cheering on Barbie, final yr’s largest hit on the field workplace, which has eight nods.Listed below are all the new speaking factors and issues to look out for on the ceremony (we have already positioned a guess on Margot Robbie sporting pink).Why are the Oscars such an enormous deal?Extra formally often called the Academy Awards, the Oscars have been recognising massive display screen expertise since 1929. The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences, primarily based in Los Angeles, yearly nominate and vote throughout greater than 20 classes together with greatest image, greatest actor and greatest actress. Whereas movie awards ceremonies together with the Golden Globes and the Baftas appeal to loads of consideration, the Oscars is the head of feat within the awards season calendar. The awards are voted for by Academy members.Which movies are within the operating?Picture supply, Melinda Sue Gordon/Common PicturesImage caption, Cillian Murphy performs theoretical quantum physicist Robert OppenheimerChristopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, concerning the lifetime of the person who helped develop the atomic bomb, is main the cost with 13 nominations together with greatest image, greatest actor (Cillian Murphy) and greatest supporting actress (Emily Blunt).Titanic, Ben Hur and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King collectively maintain the document for probably the most wins with 11, so may Oppenheimer match it and even do higher?Its British-born filmmaker Nolan is the new favorite to choose up greatest director. Whereas his movies have collected Oscars beforehand, the person behind motion pictures together with Interstellar, Inception and The Darkish Knight Rises has by no means gained this prestigious class. In truth, regardless of his pedigree, he is solely been nominated for greatest director as soon as beforehand (Dunkirk in 2018). That is absolutely his yr.4 out of 5 nominated administrators this yr are European (Nolan has twin US/British citizenship however he was born and grew up right here so we’re claiming him).If, as broadly anticipated, Oppenheimer’s Robert Downey Jr picks up the award for greatest supporting actor, it’s going to even be a primary Oscar win for him.Picture supply, Getty ImagesImage caption, Gladstone gained greatest actress on the SAG awards in FebruaryChasing down Oppenheimer with 11 nods is Yorgos Lanthimos’s brilliantly weird Poor Issues. Its star, Emma Stone, is a frontrunner in the most effective actress race alongside Lily Gladstone from Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. If Gladstone triumphs – and it is exhausting to name at this level – she would be the first Native American to win the award.Killers of the Flower Moon, concerning the homicide of members of the Osage Indian tribe by white settlers who’re after their oil, scored 10 nominations in whole.Scorsese has now been nominated for a greatest director Oscar 10 occasions, which makes him probably the most nominated residing director in Academy Awards historical past. He is additionally the oldest greatest director nominee at 81.His long-time collaborator Thelma Schoonmaker is probably the most nominated editor in historical past with 9 nods, and this may very well be a record-breaking fourth win for her (she at present holds the joint document with three wins).Picture supply, Studio CanalImage caption, Greta Lee’s Nora and Teo Yoo’s Hae Sung reunite years after Nora’s household emigrated to Canada from South KoreaUnless you’ve got been hiding beneath a rock since Christmas (and we have all felt like doing it on this climate), Barbie director Greta Gerwig and the movie’s star, Margot Robbie, missed out on particular person nominations once they have been introduced in January. Barbie did land eight nods in whole although, with America Ferrara and Ryan Gosling recognised in the most effective supporting actress and supporting actor classes respectively. Nevertheless it’s nonetheless not Kenough for some.All of the movies above are up for the coveted greatest image prize, and are joined by French courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall, romantic drama Previous Lives, Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro, incisive satire American Fiction, heat comedy story The Holdovers and chilling Nazi drama The Zone of Curiosity.What else is there to look out for?Picture supply, Getty ImagesImage caption, Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph celebrated her latest Bafta win with Holdovers co-star Paul GiamattiThe Barbenheimer juggernaut that sparked a thousand memes has achieved the Oscars no hurt this yr; the industrial success of those two movies which have put bums on seats and likewise gained over the critics, could convey new audiences to this yr’s occasion.Whereas some classes seem to have all of it wrapped up – The Holdovers’ Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph and Oppenheimer’s Robert Downey Jr have picked up just about each movie prize going within the run-up to the Oscars – there may nonetheless be some surprises in retailer.The race for greatest actress between Stone and Gladstone is just too near name, however may Gladstone’s latest Display Actors Guild (SAG) win get her over the road? That is what occurred with Michelle Yeoh final yr. Nevertheless, Stone has the showier position as Poor Issues’ charming protagonist Bella Baxter, whereas Gladstone’s dignified and resilient Molly Kyle in Flower Moon is a extra understated half that enjoys significantly much less display screen time. It is an intriguing contest.Finest actor can also be up within the air with Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) and Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) in a two-horse race, though Murphy appears to have his nostril in entrance following latest wins at Bafta and SAG. If he wins, he would be the first Irish-born actor to triumph, though Daniel Day-Lewis, who holds each British and Irish citizenship, has gained three greatest actor Oscars beforehand.Picture supply, Getty ImagesImage caption, Colman Domingo additionally stars in The Colour Purple, which acquired one nomination for Danielle Brooks (greatest supporting actress)In greatest image, may The Holdovers pull an Argo, profitable greatest image for a movie by which the director (Alexander Payne) is not nominated for greatest director? It should take some doing to overtake the Oppenheimer steamroller, however stranger issues have occurred.Barely within the realms of fantasy now, but when Rustin’s Colman Domingo additionally pulls off an enormous shock by profitable the Oscar for greatest actor for taking part in homosexual Civil Rights activist Bayard Rustin, he would be the first Afro-Latino actor to win the prize. And there are folks of color in each performing class.Jodie Foster was nominated for greatest supporting actress for her portrayal of the homosexual swimming coach Bonnie Stoll in Nyad. It is the primary time two homosexual actors have been nominated for taking part in two homosexual characters in the identical yr.There’s progress elsewhere, too. Nevertheless it’s gradual progress. Anatomy of a Fall’s Justine Triet is just the eighth girl to be nominated for greatest director (the Oscars director department is product of up 75% males). Nevertheless a document three movies directed by girls – Triet, Gerwig and Celine Tune (Previous Lives) – are up for greatest image (out of a attainable 10).Different classes are additionally value being attentive to – the quick movie and quick animation classes are buckling beneath the pressure of stardust this yr. Each shortlists are value testing in their very own proper however some names you may recognise embody Wes Anderson, who has directed The Great Story of Henry Sugar, a Roald Dahl adaptation starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes and Dev Patel.In the meantime, David Olewoyo stars in Misan Harriman’s The After, which tackles grief.And Robbie Robertson may decide up a posthumous Oscar for greatest rating for Killers of the Flower Moon. He sadly died aged 80 in August final yr.Dave Mullins, who labored at Pixar for 20 years, wrote and directed animated quick Struggle is Over! Impressed by the Music of John & Yoko. The well-known pair’s son, Sean Lennon, is the manager producer.Which stars are attending?Picture supply, Getty ImagesImage caption, Emma Stone gained the Bafta for greatest actress recentlyAnyone who’s anybody will likely be there, is the quick reply. A lot of the nominees will likely be gracing the purple carpet (we expect it is purple anyway, final yr they switched to a champagne color nevertheless it acquired soiled in a short time). Presenters embody Zendaya, Al Pacino, Lupita Nyong’o, Dangerous Bunny, Dwayne Johson, Regina King, Matthew McConaughey, Mahershala Ali, Ke Huy Quan, Brendan Fraser and Michelle Pfeiffer.By no means thoughts the A-listers, we’re hoping Messi, the canine from Anatomy of a Fall, makes one other star look.Who’s performing?The very best music nominees will all carry out, together with Barbie’s Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson with I am Simply Ken. Gosling gave a hilarious response to the music’s win on the Critics’ Alternative Awards earlier this yr – bemused and virtually suspicious. Billie Eilish will even sing her Barbie observe, the favorite to win, What Was I Made For? Who is that this yr’s host?US late evening presenter Jimmy Kimmel returns to internet hosting duties this yr – will probably be his fourth time, together with his stint on the helm final yr, which marked a clean return after the chaos of 2022’s ceremony when Will Smith slapped one of many awards presenters, Chris Rock.Kimmel joked when his return was introduced: “I all the time dreamed of internet hosting the Oscars precisely 4 occasions.” We guess it isn’t his final, although.How can I watch the Oscars?Picture supply, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Oscars is now free-to-air within the UKThe 2024 Oscars will air reside on Sunday 10 March from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, the place the ceremony has been held since 2002.The present will be watched within the US on ABC and on varied streaming companies. It is also broadcast all over the world in additional than 200 territories. Within the UK, you may really be capable of keep awake to look at this yr. The awards begin an hour earlier and the clocks in Los Angeles – PST – go ahead an hour on Oscars Sunday. The present begins at 16:00 (PT), 19:00 (ET) and midnight (GMT). UK viewers can watch on ITV and ITVX from 22:30.British and worldwide buzzImage supply, Getty ImagesImage caption, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr, Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Christopher Nolan have been doing the awards circuitAs nicely as Nolan, different Brits within the operating embody Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer), Carey Mulligan (Maestro), Jonathan Glazer (director, The Zone of Curiosity), Jacqueline Durran (costume design, Barbie) and Holly Waddington (costume design, Poor Issues).And what about this for an effort? Particular results whizz Neil Corbould (who already has two Oscars beneath his belt) is up for 3 this yr within the visible results class for The Creator, Napoleon and Mission: Inconceivable – Lifeless Reckoning Half One.In the meantime, if Sandra Huller picks up greatest actress (Anatomy of a Fall) she would be the first German to take action in 60 years.It is also the primary time two worldwide movies not within the English language have been nominated for greatest image in the identical yr (Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Curiosity).Learn extra about among the movies on this yr’s Oscars race: