On Sunday, the Oscars will try to bounce back from a 2021 ceremony that was plagued by pandemic restrictions and record-low ratings. Can the awards shrug off the pandemic and reverse years of declining ratings for TV award shows? Here's what to know:
, Sian Heder’s deaf family drama “CODA” may have the edge. The film’s deep-pocketed backer, Apple TV+, has spent big to push a feel-good underdog indie to the front of the pack. If “CODA” wins, it will be the first time since 1932′s “Grand Hotel” that a film with fewer than four nominations took best picture. Some predictions this year have been wildly off, though, so other nominees like Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” could still pull off an upset.
may become the first woman to ever win that award. Her director, Jane Campion, is also poised to make history. Campion, the first women ever nominated twice for best director, is set to become only the third woman to win the category. It would mark the first time the directing award has ever gone to women in back-to-back years, after
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