The Oscars 2023 ceremony will take place on Sunday night, and for the 95th ceremony, the exotic film “Everything, everywhere and at once” is the main favorite with 11 nominations.

American comedian Jimmy Kimmel will host the evening for the third time. Its debut on the Oscars stage in 2017 was marred by a mix-up that saw the best picture award mistakenly awarded to La La Land instead of the real winner, Moonlight.

So, in addition to the correct distribution of envelopes, there are five things to pay attention to at this Hollywood mega-show, writes AFP, as quoted by News.ro.

Rihanna takes the stage again

Every year, the nominees for the “Oscar” for the best song perform. So pop diva Rihanna will return to the stage just weeks after her Super Bowl performance, where she revealed she was pregnant. The artist, who hasn’t performed live in years, will perform “Lift Me Up” from the superhero film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

But Rihanna’s track may be overshadowed by “Naatu Naatu Naatu,” a heady anthem by Indian phenomenon RRR. Like the action movie, the song has a fast pace and got the audience dancing in some Hollywood cinemas. Entertainment is guaranteed, although there will be no eccentric Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga, nominated for “Hold My Hand” from the Top Gun soundtrack, turned down an invitation to the Oscars because she was “filming”.

Is history being rewritten?

The best actress category is likely to be one of the most closely watched, with a tight duel between Michelle Yeoh, the exhausted mother-turned-superheroine of Everything at once, and Cate Blanchett, the brilliant director and gritty Tar.

Malaysian native and former James Bond Michelle Yeoh could become the first Asian actress to win an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

On the other hand, Britain’s Cate Blanchett would enter an exclusive club if she won the award for the third time: so far only seven actors, male and female, have managed to do so.

In the shadow of the palm

As for men, the great Oscar will have to innovate. Banned from the ceremony for 10 years after attacking comedian Chris Rock last year, Will Smith will not be able to present the award to his successor.

“Oscar” would like to forget the famous slap that tarnished their history last year. The episode will likely generate a few inevitable jokes, but Oscar executive producer Molly McNearney clearly wants to move on. “We will acknowledge the event (…) and move on,” she said this week.

Chris Rock, meanwhile, didn’t ask permission to drop the punches. On his show a week before the ceremony, he explained that he was on the side of the slave owner defeating Will Smith’s character in his latest film, Emancipation.

Oscar for Marvel

The performance of the legendary Tina Turner in the biopic 30 years ago earned her a nomination, but did not receive a statuette. Will the comic book hero finally bring Angela Bassett into the Oscar pantheon? If Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever leads her to the best supporting actress award, the 64-year-old actress will become the first Hollywood star to win an Oscar for a role in the Marvel universe.

The competition is fierce and includes Jamie Lee Curtis in her hilarious role as a grumpy tax auditor in Everything Everywhere and Carrie Condon as a literary enthusiast on a lost island in Banshee of Inishreen.

Can we expect this in the West?

Are movies always better in the original version? If so, then the German adaptation of the film “Nothing New on the Western Front” was destined for glory.

In 1930, the American version of German Erich Maria Remarque’s pacifist novel about the horrors of World War I won the Oscar for Best Picture. Almost a century later, this new adaptation in Goethe’s language could allow Netflix to win the most prestigious statuette for the first time.

Acclaimed at the BAFTA (British Film Awards), the film seems to be the only one capable of stopping the wave of awards for Everything Everywhere and At Once.