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The 96th Oscar ceremony has a clear favorite this 2024:
Oppenheimer,
by Christopher Nolan.
The
biopic
about the father of the atomic bomb starts at the top with 13 nominations, two more than
Poor Creatures
, the revision of the Frankenstein myth by Yorgos Lanthimos with a powerful performance by Emma Stone.
They are the films with the most possibilities of starting at the big night of cinema, which Jimmy Kimmel presents for the fourth time at the Dolby theater in Los Angeles.
They are followed with 10 nominations by Martin Scorsese's
The Moon Killers
, which will bring the vindication of the Osage Indians to the stage of the ceremony with Lily Gladstone competing with Stone for being the best actress of the season.
Billie Eilish could win her second Oscar thanks to her song
What Was I Made For?
, by
Barbie
, one of the eight nominations for Greta Gerwig's comedy.
On the Spanish side, the makeup and hairdressing team of
The Snow Society
competes in this section, and Juan Antonio Bayona's film has also made it to the quintet for the best international film award.
Robot Dreams
, by Pablo Berger, tries to make history as best animated feature film.
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The Los Angeles police, on alert for the demonstrations
The Los Angeles Police tactical team is on the lookout for an anti-Israel demonstration.
This takes place at the intersections of Hollywood and La Brea avenues, about 500 meters from the Dolby theater.
The protest has been mostly peaceful, except for an altercation between a driver and some people holding the Palestinian flag.
ACT.10 MAR 2024 - 21:47
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Vanessa Hudgens, on the Oscars red carpet.
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Vanessa Hudgens (from 'High School Musical'), presenter on the red carpet, announces her pregnancy in the middle of the Oscars
The first to arrive on the red carpet each year are the red carpet hosts of various channels.
Vanessa Hudgens, actress of 'High School Musical' and 'Tick, tick... boom', is the official channel, ABC, and has taken advantage of the event to make public the pregnancy of her first child, along with the player of baseball Cole Tucker.
You can follow the red carpet live on Smoda
ACT.10 MAR 2024 - 21:43
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María Porcel tells us from Los Angeles what the carpet was like hours before
These days on TikTok, and the rest of the networks, we have been telling everything related to the Oscars: pools, curiosities and the chronicles of
María Porcel from Los Angeles
, who has been with Pablo Berger and Juan Antonio Bayona and on the red carpet from the Dolby theater.
Yesterday, for example, she told us curiosities like how dirty the carpet was yesterday.
ACT.10 MAR 2024 - 21:07
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The monster, about to use its energy, in 'Godzilla Minus One'.
A Japanese film about Godzilla can win the Oscar for visual effects
In
Godzilla Minus One
, director Takashi Yamazaki takes the story to 1946, to Tokyo after World War II, to tell a story about internal battles, mourning for the loss of loved ones, and pacifism.
According to the director in the promotion of the premiere: “Godzilla belongs to those years and that is why I chose to return him there.
It was a period of considerable misgovernment, there were hardly any weapons and people had to use other means to defeat it.
Furthermore, another of the keys to its success is that it has always told a human story in parallel.”
With a budget of only 15 million dollars, the film can tonight defeat films that have cost 10 and 20 times more.
You can read this story here
ACT.10 MAR 2024 - 21:05
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Lily Gladstone, Oscar candidate for 'Moon Killers': “The world has to start worrying about Trump's return”
Gregorio Belinchón
The Moon Killers
have made this actress, who was looking for another job, the global spokesperson for an entire community.
“I actually feel the weight.
There have been a lot of performers who suddenly found fame, and they don't have to worry about anything other than their art.
I am the first Native American and the third indigenous person to be nominated for an acting Oscar [previously Keisha Castle-Hughes for
Whale Rider
in 2004 and Yalitza Aparicio for
Roma
in 2018].
I have become a kind of ambassador for a community of very diverse people, who, yes, have a certain common past, but who in the end have experienced very different situations in the relationship of each tribe with the US Government.
It is an enormous weight for a person,” she said a few days ago in Madrid.
Here is an interview with Gladstone
ACT.10 MAR 2024 - 20:50
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OSCAR AWARDS
The Oscars announce a new award for 2026: best supporting cast director
Maria Porcel
In two ceremonies, at the Oscars there will be one more statuette, that of casting direction.
This is the first time in almost 25 years that the Academy has created a new award, since in 2001 it added the category of best animated film (which Shrek won in 2002).
It will be in the 98th edition of the gala when this recognition is awarded.
“Casting directors play an essential role in film, and as the Academy evolves, we are proud to add casting to the disciplines we recognize and celebrate,” Academy officials said in their announcement.
You can read this story here
ACT.10 MAR 2024 - 20:40
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OSCAR AWARDS
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, the methodical actress (and almost opera singer) who did not want to be one and is already pursuing the Oscar
Maria Porcel
Randolph's (Philadelphia, 37 years old) career is taking a definitive acceleration in recent months thanks to her role as cook Mary Lamb in
Those Who Remain
.
But it is exactly that, the last step of a long, stable path, built with care and dedication, based on good offers and also very thoughtful decisions for almost 12 years.
And she didn't even want to be an actress.
She became very angry when she was forced to follow that path.
Young Da'Vine was studying to be an opera singer.
Here you can read his profile
ACT.10 MAR 2024 - 20:25
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Why can't the European film of the year win the international Oscar?
The French
film Anatomy of a Fall
, by Justine Triet, won the Palme d'Or at Cannes last May.
Since that moment she has won almost all possible awards, especially in the United States. And those that have eluded her are collected by the British
The Zone of Interest
.
Both come to tonight tied for five nominations, but the international Oscar can only be won by the British: France sent
A Slow Fire
to the Hollywood awards instead of Triet's drama.
Here we analyze the journey of this film.
ACT.10 MAR 2024 - 20:15
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Oscar awards
10 years of the most famous selfie at the Oscars: where are its protagonists now
The country
In 2014, host Ellen DeGeneres, and actors Brad Pitt, Lupota Nyong'o (with her brother), Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Channing Tatum, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie posed for a colossal self-portrait in the middle of the ceremony.
Today those photos are unthinkable.
Because?
Here we tell it.
ACT.10 MAR 2024 - 20:00
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CINEMA
Christopher Nolan, the filmmaker who imposed his vision on Hollywood
Luis Pablo Beauregard
The filmmaker is close to winning his first Oscar thanks to
Oppenheimer
, a film that has a box office of around $1 billion (915 million euros) while wowing critics.
The award can adorn the career of Nolan, 53, a figure whose merits include having made the industry adapt to his vision in a city where it is common for studies to shape authors.
Here you can learn its story
ACT.10 MAR 2024 - 19:50
The country
The Spanish nominees for the 2024 Oscar. From left to right, director Pablo Berger, producer Sandra Hermida (above), hair designer Belén López-Puigcerver, producer Belén Atienza, special effects supervisor Montse Ribé (above) , director JA Bayona, makeup designer Ana López-Puigcerver and special effects supervisor David Martí, on March 8 in the patio of the Telefèric restaurant in Los Angeles (USA).
/ Zaydee Sanchez
Spanish representation at the awards
In this edition, the Spanish representation at the awards is provided by
The Snow Society
, by Juan Antonio Bayona, (nominated for best international film and best makeup and hairdressing) and
Robot Dreams,
by Pablo Berger, (which is up for the statuette as best animated film).
It is very likely that Berger will not win the Oscar for best animated feature film (for bets he is in third place), but his
Robot Dreams
has come very far, winning the European film award for best animated feature and the Annie (the Oscar of this technique) in the independent production category.
Berger has only made four feature films, two of them without words although with music and sound, and he thinks more like a music composer than a filmmaker: not in vain is he a cousin of the Uranga brothers, the founders of Mocedades.
Here is an analysis of his work.
For its part,
The Snow Society
swept this year's Goya Awards with 12 awards, becoming the third film in history that has won the most big heads, including best film and best direction.
In addition, this story about the plane crash in the Andes on October 13, 1972 is among the 10 most viewed non-English speaking films in Netflix history.
One of the categories for which it is nominated is best makeup.
Here you can read a report about the sisters Ana and Belén López-Puigcerver, and David Martí and Montse Ribé who are competing to win the award.
Furthermore, in this report you can read how the teams from the two films landed in Los Angeles.
ACT.10 MAR 2024 - 19:35
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The creator of the gift bag that Oscar nominees receive, worth $175,000: “You are never too famous not to accept free things”
Maria Porcel
In Hollywood, traditions, in addition to years, are usually counted in dollars.
In a city as expensive and complicated as Los Angeles, money moves careers and mountains.
And over the last two decades, an already classic tradition has been established: that of the famous gift bag that is delivered on the occasion of the Oscars and that some of the nominees receive.
A bag (more like a gigantic sack, given its size) whose cost, more than its gifts, is known every year.
You can check the list of gifts for this year's nominees here
ACT.10 MAR 2024 - 19:25
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And at the Oscars, what's for dinner?
Iberian acorn-fed ham, macaroni and cheese, 37 desserts and a menu cooked by 120 chefs
Maria Porcel
Well, to be honest, nothing, because there is no food inside the Dolby theater, although there are open bars to quench the thirst of guests and nominees.
But at the end of the ceremony, as has been a tradition for decades, at the Governor's Ball, the post-ceremony party, chef Wolfgang Puck, who commands 120 other cooks, will serve a gargantuan menu.
For the second time there will be Spanish Iberian ham, specifically from the brand Cinco Jotas, chosen by the chef, who has been a client of the house (and a fan) for more than five years and who directly decides who his suppliers are for the event.
You can read more details about the menu here
ACT.10 MAR 2024 - 19:10
The country
Good afternoon.
Here we begin the story of this edition of the Oscars, the 96th, which in a few hours will be held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, right on Hollywood Boulevard.
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel will repeat as presenter, bringing him four galas (2017, 2018 and 2023) as host.
Demands from the scriptwriters regarding the strike that stopped the sector from July to November of last year are expected in the speeches.
Here you can consult all the nominees of this edition
ACT.10 MAR 2024 - 19:02