After a winter storm of awards – the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Grammys – the “granddaddy” of them all, the Academy Awardsis just around the corner.

The 96th Academy Awards the movie is approaching and according to the predictions “Oppenheimer” -with 13 nominations- will make a difference, however other films, such as ‘Barbie’, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ and ‘Poor Things’of our “own” Giorgos Lanthimos, claim the golden… statuette.

See everything you need to know about this year’s event:

  • When are the Oscars?

The Oscars will be awarded on Sunday, March 10 at the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles. The ceremony will be broadcast live on ABC.

  • Who will present the awards?

All of last year’s big acting winners return to the stage for a performance, including Brendan Fraser, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis.

The academy also announced that “Marked” co-stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino will also share awards (we don’t know if they’ll be together or not). Other celebrities to grace the Dolby stage include Zendaya, Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Lange, Nicolas Cage, Mahershala Ali, Sam Rockwell and Luptia Nyong’o. More names will be revealed as the day of the awards draws closer.

  • The host of the Oscars

Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted last year’s ceremony, will host for the fourth time. Broadcaster ABC is turning to its late-night host again, a year after Kimmel returned for the 2023 ceremony, which drew 18.7 million viewers. In the wake of Will Smith’s cuffing of Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, Kimmel tried to bring calm back to the event. Kimmel also hosted the Oscars in 2017 and 2018.

“I’ve always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times,” Kimmel said in a statement.

It is noted that Kimmel, who hosted in 2017, 2018 and 2023 with this year’s presentation is between Whoopi Goldberg and Jack Lemmon, who have also presented the awards four times. The only people who have held this unique role more times are Johnny Carson, five times, Billy Crystal nine times, and Bob Hope eleven times.

  • The nominations for the best film at this year’s Oscars

The ten nominations vying for the title of best picture are: “American Fiction”, “Anatomy of a Fall”, “Barbie”, “The Holdovers”, “Killers of the Flower Moon”, “Maestro”, “Oppenheimer” , “Past Lives,” “Poor Things,” and “The Zone of Interest.”

  • What do the forecasts say?

Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” is the dominant one. Nolan, the favorite for best director, is also set to win his first Oscar. The best actress category could be a “battle” between Lily Gladstone and Emma Stone.

Best Actor, too, could be a close contest between Cillian Murphy (“Oppenheimer”) and Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”). Both will be first-time winners. Giamatti’s co-star Da’Vine Joy Randolph is the favorite for the best actress award, while Robert Downey Jr. (“Oppenheimer”) is expected to win the award for best actor. His closest competitor is considered to be Ryan Gosling for the movie “Barbie”.

  • Are there any changes at this year’s Oscars?

While recent Oscars have been marred by everything from hand-slapping, deadlocks over envelopes and arguments over which awards will be presented live during the telecast, this year’s show comes without any major changes (aside from starting an hour earlier ). All awards will be broadcast live. The Academy is adding a new award for best casting, but it won’t be awarded until the 2026 Oscars.

  • What else should you know…

Composer John Williams is nominated for his 49th Oscar for best score, for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” and his 54th overall. Godzilla is going to the Oscars for the first time, with “Godzilla Minus One” winning a nomination for best visual effects. And for the first time, two non-English-language films are nominated for best picture: the German-language drama “The Zone of Interest” and the French film “Anatomy of a Fall.”