Oscars 2024: Who will win, when and how to watch Hollywood’s biggest night

For each serial winner like Daniel Day-Lewis or Frances McDormand, there’s a Willem Dafoe or Glenn Close: nice actors who haven’t but been given their due by the Academy.

Here’s a breakdown of all of the residing actors who’ve been nominated a number of occasions – however have by no means taken house an award.

Any perception that the Oscars award the precise movies, administrators and performances has light through the years.

While each ceremony has a smattering of right choices – trophies handed to the precise individuals for the precise movies – as a rule, the pervading feeling is one in every of pessimism brought on by a deluge of undeserving recipients.

The Oscars are a far cry from what they declare to be – a celebration of the earlier yr’s cinematic choices. But his doesn’t cease individuals from trawling the web the next morning within the hope that possibly, simply possibly, the winners record impresses moderately than disappoints.

Here, we spotlight 17 movies that basically shouldn’t have been awarded Oscars.

This yr’s nominees had been introduced by Atlanta and Joker actor Zazie Beetz alongside Jack Quaid, who appeared in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.

Leasing the pack are Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon and Barbie.

Hello, and welcome to The Independent’s protection of this yr’s Oscars!

Over the subsequent few days, within the run-up to the occasion, we will be sharing all the main points you want to know, in addition to our commentary, options and musings on Oscar ceremonies, previous and new.