Los Angeles is ready for his particular day. After the devastating fires of January, the Californian city has more need to find itself around more festive rituals, even if the season that preceded the 97/a edition of the Oscars has been chosen by cancellations of events, scandals and twists and turns that leave the final on the Dolby stage open. And after death in still mysterious circumstances of Gene hackman, Found lifeless in his villa in Santa Fe together with his wife and one of the three dogs, to pay homage to him during the evening will be Morgan Freeman his co-star in the film The ruthless.
Uncertain outcome for the most important challenge, that for the Best movie. In the final straight he conquered many points the indie comedy of Sean Baker, anraora, golden palm in Cannes. But the victories of Conclave, the thriller on the pontifical election of Edward Berger, to the Bafta and the union of DGA directors have reopened the games. Between the two quarrels, he could enjoy The Brutalist, the long drama of Brady Corbet Leone of Silver in Venice on an architect who escaped the Holocaust. On the red carpet (this year of grenade shades) the unknown Karla Sofía Gascón hovers: the Spanish of Emilia Pérez, the first trans woman to be a candidate as best protagonisthe seemed to have the statuette in his pocket until some of his old tweets with a racist and Islamophobe flavor emerged. Canceled by the final rush of the countryside, it remains to be seen where it will sit and how it will be welcomed (or not) by colleagues. After her, the frontrunner for this category became Demi Moore – mature stars that refuses to age in The Substance – who won the Golden Globe and the awards of the Critics Choice Association and the Sag actors union. The Mickey Madison, a young prostitute who falls in love with a Russian scion in the anora, who has the victory to the Bafta of London and the Spirit, the prizes of the indie cinema. The third contender is the Brazilian Fernanda Torres, protagonist of Io are still here, a film about the dictatorship based on a true story, also in the race as best foreign film.
The statuette for the Best leading actor It is in the balance between the Adrien Brody of The Brutalist and Timothée Chalamet, the Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown. If the second triumphed, he would become the youngest actor to have ever won in this category, snatching the record from Brody who in 2003 won for the pianist at 29 years and 11 months (Chalamet will turn 30 in December). The race for the secondary actorswith Kieran Culkin favored for the forty -year -old painful of A Real Pain and Zoe Saldaña in pole position for the courageous lawyer Rita by Emilia Pérez. In this category, Italy hopes for Isabella Rosselliniwho earned the first nomination for his career with the shortest and most silent part: that of Sister Agnese in Conclave. An important moment for local cinema is also theOscar for photography, which will be announced by Alba Rohrwacher.
Among the presenters chosen by the Academy, Harrison Ford had to parade, at home with the fire of Sant’Antonio. Italy also brings some to Dolby workers: The furniture Cynthia Sleiter is a candidate for the best screenplay for Conclave with the Production Designer Surzie Davies. Eye also to the statuette for the best short live action. There the names of two Italians are hidden: Andrea Gavazzidirector of photography for in Lien e Fabrizio Mancinelli who wrote Anuja’s music. In the last few days Hollywood has tried to shake off the anguish of the bonfires, the difficulties of reconstruction and the numbers still in contraction of the most important industry for the city, respecting the traditional pre-icar events. Saturday evening at the Atelier Giorgio Armani in Rodeo Drive the usual aperitif in which Samuel L. Jackson and the protagonist of Anora, Mark Eydelshteyn, who confided to the Ansa: “I live this moment with detachment. I contemplate him how to look at a nice sunset: I am excited but I know it will end soon ». The Beverly Hills Hotel hosted Chanel’s dinner, with Adrien Brody, Demi Moore, Jeremy Strong, Ralph Fiennes, Fernanda Torres and also the CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos with his partner Lauren Sanchez. Large festival – more alternative – in a private villa Beverly Hills with Leo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Mick Jagger, Pamela Anderson, Goldie Hawn, Cara Delevingne, Jon Hamm and Michael Keaton.